60798 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 19, 2005 / Notices 

imposed on contractors, offerors or 

members of the public. 

Steven L. Amato, 

Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force, Deputy 

Chief of Staff for Passenger and Personal 

Property. 

[FR Doc. 05–20900 Filed 10–18–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Availability of Final General 

Reevaluation Report and Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Poplar Island Environmental 

Restoration Project, Talbot County, MD 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), 

Baltimore District has prepared a Final 

General Reevaluation Report (GRR) and 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) for the Poplar Island 

Environmental Restoration Project 

(PIERP). The GRR/SEIS evaluated the 

vertical and/or lateral expansion of the 

PIERP, design modifications to the 

existing project, the addition of 

recreational/educational opportunities 

to the existing project, and the potential 

to accept dredged material from 

additional channels not specified in the 

1996 EIS for the existing project. A 

Notice of Availability (NOA) for the 

Draft GRR/SEIS was published by the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) in the Federal Register on June 

22, 2005 (70 FR 36129). 

The preferred alternative includes a 

northern lateral expansion consisting of 

approximately 575 acres, which would 

include wetland and upland habitat, 

and a protected open water embayment; 

construction of a 5-ft vertical raising of 

the existing upland Cells 2 and 6 at the 

PIERP; amending the existing project 

authorization and Project Cooperation 

Agreement to include the placement of 

dredged material from the southern 

approach channels to the Chesapeake 

and Delaware (C&D) Canal; 

incorporation of design modifications 

required for the completion of the 

existing project, and development of 

recreational and educational 

enhancement for the PIERP. 

DATES: USACE filed the final document 

with EPA on September 30, 2005. EPA 

published a Notice of Availability in the 

Federal Register on October 7, 2005 (70 

FR 58700). A Record of Decision may be 

signed no earlier than 30 days after the 

EPA notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore 

District, Attn: Mr. Mark Medelsohn, 

CENAB–PL–P, P.O. Box 1715, 

Baltimore, MD 21203–1715 or 

electronically at 

mark.mendelsohn@usace.army.mil or 

by telephone at (410) 962–9499 or (800) 

295–1610. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PIERP is 

located in the Chesapeake Bay, 

approximately 39 miles south-southeast 

of the Port of Baltimore, and two miles 

northwest of Tilghman Island in Talbot 

County, MD. Approximately 10,000 

acres of remote island habitat has been 

lost throughtout the Chesapeake Bay in 

the last 150 years. Dredged material 

from the Upper Chesapeake Bay 

Approach Channels to the Port of 

Balitmore is being beneficially used to 

restore 1,140 acres of wetland and 

upland habitat (approximately 570 acres 

of wetland habitat and 570 acres of 

upland habitat), and it is estimated that 

by 2014 the PIERP will provide up to 40 

million cubic yards (mcy) of dredged 

material placement capacity. To date, 

approximately 12 mcy of dredged 

material have been placed at the site. 

Construction and site operation at the 

PIERP is a collaborative effort that is 

cost shared between the Federal 

sponsor, the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers—Baltimore District and the 

non-Federal sponsor, Maryland Port 

Administration (MPA). 

To address a predicted dredged 

material placement capacity shortfall, 

USACE-Baltimore and MPA initiated 

the Poplar Island Expansion Study 

(PIES) under the existing PIERP 

Congressional Authorization, Section 

537 of the Water Resources 

Development Act (WRDA) of 1996. 

Authorization for ecosystem restoration 

projects using dredged material is 

included in Section 204 of the WRDA of 

1992, as amended by Section 207 of the 

WRDA of 1996. A Notice of Intent (NOI) 

to initiate the preparation of the GRR/ 

SEIS was published in the Federal 

Register in June 2003 (68 FR 33685). 

The Final Integrated GRR/SEIS 

documents NEPA compliance for the 

proposed expansion of the PIERP, 

provides information specific to the 

actions of the GRR, and supplements the 

Poplar Island Restoration Study, 

Maryland: Integrated Feasibility Report 

and Environmental Impact Statement 

(ERP No. D–COE–D350557–MD) 

(USACE/MPA, 1996). 

Public meetings on the draft 

document were held on July 19, 2005, 

in Easton Maryland, and on July 20, 

2005, at Tilghman, Maryland. Both 

meetings provided an opportunity for 

the public to present oral and/or written 

comments. 

You may view the Final GRR/SEIS 

and related information on our Web 

page at: http:// 

www.nab.usace.army.mil./projects/ 

Maryland/PoplarIsland/expansion.html. 

The Final and Draft GRR/SEIS have 

been prepared in accordance with (1) 

NEPA of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of the 

Council on Environmental Quality for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), and 

(3) USACE regulations implementing 

NEPA (ER–200–2–2). 

Mark Mendelsohn, 

Study Manager. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Dredged Material Management Plan for 

the Lower Atchafalaya, Bayous Chene, 

Boeuf, and Black Navigation Channel, 

and the Gulf of Mexico, in Assumption, 

St. Mary, and Terrebone Parishes in 

the Vicinity of Morgan City, LA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Vicksburg District Corps 

of Engineers is preparing the Dredged 

Material Management Plan (DMMP) for 

the existing Atchafalaya River and 

Bayous Chene, Boeuf, and Black, 

Louisiana, navigation project. The 

DMMP will require a Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 

No. 3 to the Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS) for the Atchafalaya 

River and Bayous Chene, Boeuf, and 

Black, Louisiana (March 1973), 

navigation project. The project was 

authorized by the River and Harbor Act 

of 1968 in accordance with House 

Document 155, 90th Congress, 1st 

Session. The purpose of the DMMP is to 

develop a long term management 

strategy to accomplish the placement of 

dredged material associated with the 

navigation project in the least costly 

manner, that is consistent with sound 

engineering practice, and that meets all 

applicable Federal environmental laws. 

The Atchafalaya River and Bayous 

Chene, Boeuf, and Black, Louisiana, 

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navigation project requires, at a 

minimum, yearly channel maintenance. 

Existing disposal sites are at their design 

capacity and new disposal areas are 

required. The SEIS objective is to 

document the potential impacts at 

newly designated disposal sites (adverse 

and beneficial) related to maintaining 

the navigation channel for the next 

twenty years. The dredged material 

would be used for beneficial purposes to 

extent practicable (barrier island and 

coastal wetlands restoration). A public 

scoping meeting will be held on 

November 17, 2005, at the City 

Auditorium, 728 Myrtle Street, Morgan 

City, Louisiana, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. 

DATES: Public Scoping Meeting, 

November 17, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Correspondence may be 

sent to Mr. Larry Marcy at U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, 

CEMVK–PP–PQ, 4155 Clay Street, 

Vicksburg, MS 39180–3435. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Larry Marcy at phone (601) 631–5965, 

fax number (601) 631–5155, or e-mail at 

larry.e.marcy@MVK02.uasce.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed 

Action. The proposed action includes 

environmental impact assessment 

related to maintenance dredging of the 

existing Lower Atchafalaya River, 

Bayous Chene, Boeuf, and Black 

navigation channels to a depth of 24 feet 

(four feet over dredging required to 

maintain a 20-foot deep channel). The 

dredged material from channel 

maintenance would be used in the most 

environmentally sound and costeffective manner to restore coastal 

wetlands and barrier islands, 

maximizing the beneficial use of 

dredged material as a resource. 

Alternatives. alternative disposal sites 

could be identified, evaluated, and 

selected in cooperation with state and 

Federal agencies, local government, and 

the public. 

Scoping. Scoping is the process for 

determining the range of the alternatives 

and significant issues to be addressed in 

the SEIS. For this analysis, a letter will 

be sent to all parties believed to have an 

interest in the analysis, requesting their 

input on alternatives and issues to be 

evaluated. The letter will also notify 

interested parties of the public scoping 

meeting that will be held in the local 

area. A notice will be sent to the local 

new media. All interested parties are 

invited to comment at this time, and 

anyone interested in this study should 

request to be included on the mailing 

list. 

Significant Issues. The tentative list of 

resources and issues to be evaluated in 

the DMMP SEIS includes tidal wetlands 

(marshes and swamps), aquatic 

resources, commercial and recreational 

fisheries, wildlife resources, essential 

fish habitat, water quality, air quality, 

threatened and endangered species, 

recreation resources, and cultural 

resources. Tentative socio economic 

items to be evaluated in the SEIS 

include navigation, business and 

industrial activity and service, tax 

revenues, population, community and 

regional growth, transportation, 

housing, community cohesion, and 

noise. 

Environmental Consultation and 

Review. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (USFWS) will be assisting in the 

documentation of existing conditions 

and assessment of effects of dredged 

material disposal at the various 

alternative disposal sites through Fish 

and Wildlife Coordination Act 

consultation procedures. The USFWS 

will provide a Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act report. Threatened 

and endangered species consultation 

will be accomplished with the USFWS 

and National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS). The NMFS will be consulted 

on the effects of this proposed action on 

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). The draft 

SEIS or a notice of availability will be 

distributed to all interested agencies, 

organizations, and individuals. 

Estimated Date of Availability. The 

earliest that the draft SEIS is expected 

to be available is June 2007. 

Michael B. Rogers, 

Director of Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 3710–PU–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Grant of Partially Exclusive or 

Exclusive Licenses 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army, 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

announces the general availability of 

partially exclusive licenses under the 

following pending patents listed under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Any 

license granted shall comply with 35 

U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR Part 404. 

ADDRESSES: Humphreys Engineer Center 

Support Activity, Office of Counsel, 

7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 

22315–3860. 

DATES: Applications for an exclusive or 

partially exclusive license may be 

submitted at any time from the date of 

this notice. However, no exclusive or 

partially exclusive license shall be 

granted until January 17, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia L. Howland (703) 428–6672. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Title: Corrosion-Resistant Structure 

Incorporating Zinc or Zinc-Alloy Plated 

Lead or Lead-Alloy Wires and Methods 

of Making Same. Structure 

incorporating lead is fabricated from 

specially prepared components such 

that mobility of the lead is impeded 

when the structure is exposed to an 

unprotected environment such as 

weathering outdoors or saltwater. In a 

preferred embodiment, a bullet or bullet 

core is swaged from a number of 

bunched electroplated fine lead or leadalloy wires placed in a die. The lead or 

lead-alloy wires may be fabricated from 

lead or lead-alloy wool. The lead alloy 

may comprise zinc and antimony. The 

electroplating process plates zinc on the 

fine wires and may plate a zinc alloy 

such as zinc-aluminum. The plated 

surface may be coated with a corrosion 

resistant coating such as molybdenum 

phosphate. In addition to bullets and 

bullet cores, fishing weights, lead 

shielding, counterweights, ballast, and 

other lead containing structure may be 

fabricated or treated using methods and 

materials of the present invention. 

Serial No.: 10/462,707. 

Date: 06/17/2003. 

2. Title: Deconvolution Technique 

Employing Hermite Functions. A 

procedure generates deconvolution 

algorithms by first solving a general 

convolution integral exactly. Results are 

transformed, yielding a linear 

relationship between actual 

(undistorted) and captured (distorted) 

data. Hermite functions and the FourierHermite series represent the two data 

classes. It circumvents the need for 

solving incompatible systems of linear 

equations derived from ‘‘numerically 

discretizing’’ convolution integrals, i.e., 

the convolution integral is not 

evaluated. It is execute by exploiting a 

mathematical coincidence that the most 

common Point spread Function (PSF) 

used to characterize a device is a 

Gaussian functions that is also a 

Fourier-Hermite functions of zero order. 

By expanding the undistorted data in a 

Fourier-Hermite series, the convolution 

integral becomes analytically integrable. 

It also avoids an inherent problem or 

dividing by decimal ‘‘noisy data’’ values 

in conventional ‘‘combined 

deconvolution’’ in that division is by a 

function of the PS parameters yielding 

divisors generally greater than one. 

Serial No.: 10/658,285.