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Mississippi River to the Maurepas 

Swamp, strategically delivering 

nutrient-laden river water to restore a 

degraded Cypress-Tupelo swamp. The 

proposed diversion has a 2,000 cubic 

foot per second (cfs) design flow. The 

freshwater intake structure and 

conveyance channel are located on the 

east bank of the Mississippi River in St. 

John the Baptist Parish, immediately 

west of Garyville, Louisiana, at River 

Mile 144 Above Head of Passes. The 

construction corridor for the 

conveyance channel extends from LA 44 

(River Road) northward for 51⁄2 miles, 

terminating at the outfall structure, 

which is approximately 1,000 ft north of 

Interstate 10. 

2. Scoping Process. The CEMVN 

invites all affected federal, state, and 

local agencies, affected Native American 

Tribes, other interested parties, and the 

general public to participate in the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) scoping process during 

development of the SEIS. The purpose 

of the public scoping process is to 

provide information to the public, 

narrow the scope of analysis to 

significant environmental issues, serve 

as a mechanism to solicit agency and 

public input on potential alternatives 

and issues of concern, and ensure full 

and open participation in scoping for 

the SEIS. CEMVN requests input from 

interested parties regarding potential 

WSLP mitigation alternatives and 

information and analyses relevant to the 

proposed MSP. To ensure that all the 

issues related to the proposed MSP are 

addressed, the CEMVN will conduct 

virtual and, if permissible, in-person 

public scoping meeting(s) to which 

agencies, organizations, and members of 

the general public are invited to present 

comments or suggestions with regard to 

the range of actions, alternatives, and 

potential impacts to be considered in 

the SEIS. Project and public scoping 

meeting information, including 

information as to where, when, and how 

to participate and submit scoping 

comments as well as other opportunities 

for public involvement, will be available 

on CEMVN’s website at: https://

www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Missions/ 

Environmental/NEPA-ComplianceDocuments/Bipartisan-Budget-Act2018-BBA-18/West-Shore-LakePontchartrain/. 

Notification of public scoping 

meetings will also be available via press 

releases, special public notices, and on 

CEMVN’s social media platforms. 

3. Federal Authority. The SEIS will 

disclose the context and intensity of 

environmental impacts, including 

focusing the analysis on those effects 

that are reasonably foreseeable and that 

have a reasonably close causal 

relationship to the proposed action as 

required under the Council of 

Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) NEPA 

regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500–1508 

and the Department of the Army’s NEPA 

regulations at 33 CFR part 230. A 

reasonable range of alternatives will be 

determined, and significant issues 

related to the proposed action will be 

identified during public scoping. 

The following agencies are being 

invited to participate as Cooperating 

Agencies on the SEIS: United States 

Environmental Protection Agency; 

United States Department of the 

Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service 

(USFWS); United States Department of 

Commerce, National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS); United States 

Department of Agriculture, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service; 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation (ACHP); State of Louisiana, 

Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), 

State of Louisiana Department of 

Natural Resources (LDNR), State of 

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and 

Fisheries (LDWF), and State of 

Louisiana, Coastal Protection and 

Restoration Authority (CPRA). 

4. Alternatives. The SEIS will address 

a reasonable range of alternatives based 

on the proposed Project’s purpose and 

need. The SEIS will compare, at a 

minimum, the previously identified 

BBA Alternative for the WSLP Project in 

EA 576 to Alternative 1 (MSP–1: Public 

and Private Lands) and Alternative 2 

(MSP–2: Public Land Only) by using the 

Alternatives Evaluation and Comparison 

(AEC) process. The results of the AEC 

process would be presented in the SEIS. 

The BBA Alternative would compensate 

for the WSLP Project impacts of 955 

AAHU of CZ swamp. The MSP 

Alternative would compensate for 

WSLP Project impacts of approximately 

1,010 AAHU of CZ swamp. 

5. Potentially Significant Issues. The 

SEIS will analyze the potential impacts 

on the human and natural environment 

resulting from the Project. The scoping, 

public involvement, and interagency 

coordination processes will help 

identify and define the range of 

potential significant issues that will be 

considered. Important resources and 

issues to be evaluated in the SEIS could 

include, but are not limited to, the 

reasonably foreseeable effects on tidal 

wetlands and other waters of the U.S.; 

aquatic resources; commercial and 

recreational fisheries; wildlife resources; 

essential fish habitat; water quality; 

cultural resources; geology and soils; 

hydrology and hydraulics; air quality; 

marine mammals; threatened and 

endangered species and their critical 

habitats; navigation and navigable 

waters; induced flooding; employment 

and incomes; land use; property values; 

tax revenues; population and housing; 

community and regional growth; 

environmental justice; community 

cohesion; public services; recreation; 

transportation and traffic; utilities and 

community service systems. 

6. Environmental Consultation and 

Review and Authorizations. The 

proposed action is being coordinated 

with a number of federal, state, regional, 

and local agencies. In accordance with 

relevant environmental laws and 

regulations, CEMVN will consult with 

the following agencies: USFWS under 

the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act; 

USFWS and NMFS under the 

Endangered Species Act; NMFS under 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act; 

LDNR for Coastal Zone Consistency 

determination concurrence; and LDEQ 

for Clean Water Act, Section 401 Water 

Quality Certification; and, the ACHP, 

Louisiana SHPO, and the appropriate 

Tribal Historic Preservation Officers 

under the National Historic Preservation 

Act using an integrated NHPA Section 

106/NEPA EIS process. 

7. Availability. The SEIS is presently 

scheduled to be available for public 

review and comment in October 2021. A 

Final SEIS is scheduled for release in 

January 2022. A decision regarding 

implementation of the MSP is expected 

in 2022. All comments received 

throughout the review process will 

become part of the project file for the 

proposed Project and will be subject to 

public release. 

Edward E. Belk, Jr., 

Programs Director, Mississippi Valley 

Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17313 Filed 8–12–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Certificate of Alternate Compliance for 

Block IV VIRGINIA Class Submarines 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of Certificate 

of Alternate Compliance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Navy hereby 

announces that a Certificate of Alternate 

Compliance has been issued for Block 

IV VIRGINIA Class Submarines. All 

Block IV VIRGINIA Class submarines 

are built to the same design. Due to the 

special construction and purpose of 

each submarine of this class, the Deputy 

Assistant Judge Advocate General 


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(DAJAG)(Admiralty and Maritime Law) 

has determined that each submarine of 

this class is a vessel of the Navy which, 

due to its special construction and 

purpose, cannot comply fully with the 

navigation lights provisions of the 

International Regulations for Preventing 

Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS) 

without interfering with its special 

function as a naval vessel. The intended 

effect of this notice is to warn mariners 

in waters where 72 COLREGS apply. 

DATES: This Certificate of Alternate 

Compliance is effective August 13, 2021 

and is applicable beginning August 6, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lieutenant Commander Darren E. 

Myers, JAGC, U.S. Navy, Admiralty 

Attorney, Office of the Judge Advocate 

General, Admiralty and Maritime Law 

Division (Code 11), 1322 Patterson Ave. 

SE, Suite 3000, Washington Navy Yard, 

DC 20374–5066, 202–685–5040, or 

admiralty@navy.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose. 

Executive Order 11964 of January 19, 

1977 and 33 U.S.C. 1605 provide that 

the requirements of the International 

Regulations for Preventing Collisions at 

Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), as to the 

number, position, range, or arc of 

visibility of lights or shapes, as well as 

to the disposition and characteristics of 

sound-signaling appliances, shall not 

apply to a vessel or class of vessels of 

the Navy where the Secretary of the 

Navy shall find and certify that, by 

reason of special construction or 

purpose, it is not possible for such 

vessel(s) to comply fully with the 

provisions without interfering with the 

special function of the vessel(s). Notice 

of issuance of a Certificate of Alternate 

Compliance must be made in the 

Federal Register. 

In accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1605, 

the DAJAG (Admiralty and Maritime 

Law), under authority delegated by the 

Secretary of the Navy, hereby finds and 

certifies that all Block IV VIRGINIA 

Class submarines are vessels of special 

construction or purpose, and that, with 

respect to the position of the following 

navigational lights, it is not possible to 

comply fully with the requirements of 

the provisions enumerated in the 72 

COLREGS without interfering with the 

special function of the vessel: 

Annex I, Section 2(a)(i) pertaining to 

the height of the masthead light; Annex 

I, Section 2(f)(i) pertaining to the 

vertical position of the masthead light; 

Annex I, Section 2(k) pertaining to the 

height of the forward anchor light; Rule 

30(a) and Rule 21(e) pertaining to the 

360 degree arc of visibility of the 

forward and aft anchor lights; Annex I, 

Section 3(b) pertaining to the position of 

the sidelights; Rule 21(c) pertaining to 

the position and the arcs of visibility of 

the stern light. 

The DAJAG (Admiralty and Maritime 

Law) further finds and certifies that 

these navigational lights are in closest 

possible compliance with the applicable 

provision of the 72 COLREGS. 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1605(c), E.O. 

11964. 

Approved: August 10, 2021. 

K.R. Callan, 

Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17338 Filed 8–12–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0123] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Student 

Assistance General Provisions— 

Subpart K—Cash Management 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension without change 

of a currently approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2021–SCC–0123. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

ED will temporarily accept comments at 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the 

docket ID number and the title of the 

information collection request when 

requesting documents or submitting 

comments. Please note that comments 

submitted by fax or email and those 

submitted after the comment period will 

not be accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the PRA Coordinator of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208C, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Beth 

Grebeldinger, 202–377–4018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Student Assistance 

General Provisions—Subpart K—Cash 

Management. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0106. 

Type of Review: An extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector; State, Local, and Tribal 

Governments; Individuals and 

Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 2,503,922. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 764,450. 

Abstract: The Department of 

Education (the Department) amended 

the Student Assistance General 

Provisions regulations issued under the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA), to implement the 

changes made to the Student Assistance 

General Provisions regulations—Subpart 

K—Cash Management § 668.164— 

Disbursing funds. These regulations are 


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