8358 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 37 / Monday, February 26, 2007 / Notices 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 

404.6 and 404.7, announcement is made 

of the availability for licensing of the 

invention set forth in U.S. Patent No. 

7,177,623 entitled ‘‘Localized Cellular 

Awareness and Tracking of 

Emergencies,’’ issued on February 13, 

2007. The United States Government, as 

represented by the Secretary of the 

Army, has rights in this invention. 

ADDRESSES: Office of Research and 

Technology Applications, SDMC–

RDTC–TDL (Ms. Susan D. McRae), Bldg. 

5220, Von Braun Complex, Redstone 

Arsenal, AL 35898. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Joan Gilsdorf, Patent Attorney, e-mail: 

joan.gilsdorf@smdc.army.mil (256) 955–

3213 or Ms. Susan D. McRae, Office of 

Research and Technology Applications, 

e-mail: susan.mcrae@smdc.army.mil; 

(256) 955–1501. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

invention pertains to establishing a 

three-way call between a wireless 911 

caller, an emergency 911 dispatcher, 

and security/law enforcement personnel 

assigned to monitor a particular 

property. When a wireless 911 caller 

makes a 911 call from a specific 

property, the wireless network provides 

the caller’s automatic location 

identification (ALI) information to a 

Localized Cellular Awareness and 

Tracking of Emergencies (LoCATE) 

System Unit (LSU) before the call is 

routed to the 911 dispatcher. The LSU 

uses the ALI information to determine 

the phone numbers of the surveillance 

property’s assigned security/law 

enforcement personnel (e.g., a building 

security guard) and provides these 

phone numbers to the wireless network. 

The LSU requests the wireless network 

to establish a three-way call between the 

911 caller, the 911 emergency 

dispatcher, and the surveillance 

property’s assigned security/law 

enforcement personnel. Thus, the 

invention provides a real-time 

communication link with a specific 

property’s assigned security/law 

enforcement personnel, who can 

provide the most immediate response to 

an emergency occurring at the property 

before the arrival of the traditional or 

official first responders who are 

dispatched by the 911 dispatcher. 

Possible surveillance applications 

include buildings, campuses, national 

monuments, crime zones, airports, 

sports arenas, parades, amusement 

parks, bridges, borders, highways, 

waterways, special events, etc. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement To 

Address Operational Changes at 

Center Hill Dam, Center Hill Lake, 

DeKalb County, TN, That Could Affect 

Pool Elevations 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corps of Engineers 

(Corps) is preparing a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 

to address operational changes at Center 

Hill Dam that could affect pool 

elevations. Center Hill Dam impounds 

Center Hill Lake in central Tennessee. 

The DEIS is necessary to provide 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) compliance to address changes 

that could include, but are not limited 

to water quality, aquatic, riparian, and 

terrestrial habitat, recreation, water 

supply, flood storage, economics, 

hydropower production, and safety as a 

result of operating Center Hill Lake 

below normal pool elevations for 

extended periods of time. Several 

engineering studies have identified a 

heightened level of risk at Center Hill 

Dam due to increasing seepage problems 

under and around the dam. Since March 

2005, the Corps has attempted to keep 

fall, winter and early spring lake levels 

from extreme rises due to high inflow. 

Seepage problems are made worse 

during continual high lake levels. As a 

result, the Corps plans to maintain 

lower lake levels, but still within the 

operations curve, to reduce pressure on 

the dam foundation, abutments, and rim 

walls until a permanent remedy is in 

place. A major grouting project to 

address the dam seepage is scheduled 

for the fall of 2007, followed by 

installation of a cutoff wall through the 

earthen portions of the dam and 

adjoining rim walls. Although not 

anticipated, the Corps may have to 

lower the lake pool significantly below 

the operating pool should seepage 

conditions worsen, or new information 

determine this action is necessary to 

reduce risk. This notice serves to initiate 

the NEPA process. The Corps plans to 

prepare and circulate a DEIS which 

serves to cover possible impacts due to 

extreme changes in lake levels that 

could occur during the repair of the 

dam’s foundation and abutments. 

DATES: Written comments concerning 

issues to be considered in preparing the 

DEIS, must be received by the Corps of 

Engineers on or before March 28, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on issues 

to be considered in the DEIS shall be 

mailed to: Joy Broach, Project Planning 

Branch, Nashville District Corps of 

Engineers, P.O. Box 1070 (PM–P), 

Nashville, TN 37202–1070. Comments 

may also be e-mailed to: 

CenterHill.Repair@lrn02.usace.

army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information concerning the 

notice, please contact Joy Broach, 

Environmental Team, (615) 736–7956, 

Linda Adcock, Center Hill Dam Seepage 

Major Rehabilitation Project Manager, 

(615) 736–5940, or Public Affairs Office, 

(615) 736–7161. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Center Hill Dam was designed in 

the 1930s, constructed in the 1940s, and 

impounded in the early 1950s. The dam 

was built on karst geology using 

accepted engineering practices of the 

day. Since the 1960s, seepage flows 

through the dam’s right abutment and 

left rim wall have been monitored, and 

recently became a concern with 

increased seepage and development of 

turbid flows through springs below the 

left rim wall. Signs of seepage increase 

through the main dam and saddle dam 

foundations have also been noted. A 

formal risk assessment is currently 

being conducted to determine if a need 

exists to significantly alter lake levels 

outside the normal operations curve to 

reduce risk to people and property. 

2. A comprehensive plan for repairs 

has been approved; however, these 

repairs will take a number of years to 

implement. Until the repairs are 

sufficiently complete, the Corps has 

determined that it is in the public’s 

interest to operate Center Hill Lake at 

the lower range of the operations curve. 

Many rehabilitation alternatives were 

considered and potential impacts 

analyzed and are discussed in the 

following NEPA documents: Proposed 

Center Hill Dam Seepage Rehabilitation, 

Environmental Assessment, July 2005; 

and Proposed Center Hill Dam Seepage 

Rehabilitation, Environmental 

Assessment Supplement 1, March 2006. 

These documents have been included 

by reference. No significant 

environmental and economic 

consequences are anticipated under 

current dam repair plans; however, 


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some water intakes and boat ramps may 

need to be extended for safe operation. 

3. Though not expected, the Corps 

recognizes that if seepage conditions 

worsen, or new information determines 

that the lake elevations should be 

significantly changed to ensure the 

public’s health, safety, and welfare; then 

the following resources could be 

significantly impacted: 

(1) The cold-water fisheries both in 

the lake and tailwater; 

(2) Water quality throughout the 

Caney Fork River and downstream in 

the Cumberland River; 

(3) Federally listed threatened and 

endangered species; 

(4) Designated uses of the waterway 

including fish and aquatic life, livestock 

watering and wildlife, irrigation; 

(5) And economics including electric 

power production, municipal and 

industrial water supply, recreation, 

navigation, flood damage reduction, and 

disruption to communities, jobs, and 

other related factors. 

4. Current Actions to Reduce Risk. 

Several actions have already been taken 

to reduce the risk. Prior to 2005, spring 

rains were captured in the reservoir to 

maximize downstream flood protection 

and hydropower generation. Beginning 

in March 2005, the pool was managed 

more aggressively to reduce inflow 

peaks and adhere more closely to the 

prescribed guide curves. In 2006, 

continuous surveillance was initiated at 

the dam. This involves providing 

patrols to monitor the dam, known 

seepage and trouble spots, and 

downstream areas. Currently, the Corps 

is conducting exploratory drilling to 

assess the limestone rock condition and 

key access points for future grouting 

activities. Additional coordination and 

exercises have been held with state and 

local emergency management agencies. 

These agencies will be provided flood 

inundation maps to help coordinate 

emergency evacuation planning. The 

Corps has improved its emergency 

notification procedures, increased 

instrumentation in, on, and around the 

dam, and conducted numerous public 

meetings to advise the public of 

problems with the dam. 

5. A DEIS will be undertaken to 

review current actions taken and to 

consider other possible alternatives to 

reduce stress on the dam. 

6. This notice serves to solicit 

comments from the public; Federal, 

State and local agencies and officials; 

Indian Tribes; and other interested 

parties in order to consider and evaluate 

impacts of these proposed activities. 

Any comments received by the agency 

will be considered in determining future 

operations. In the decision-making 

process, comments are used to assess 

impacts on public health and safety, 

endangered species, historic properties, 

water quality, water supply and 

conservation, economics, aesthetics, 

wetlands, flood hazards, floodplain 

values, land use, navigation, shore 

erosion and accretion, recreation, energy 

needs, food and fiber production, 

mineral needs, considerations of 

property ownership, general 

environmental effects, and in general, 

the needs and welfare of the people. 

7. Activities proposed that may 

require a review under the guidelines 

promulgated by the Administrator, 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), under authority of Section 

404(b)(1) of the Clean Water Act (40 

CFR part 230) include fill placement for 

water intake extensions, boat ramp 

extensions, and other mitigation actions. 

8. Other Federal, State, and local 

approvals that may be required for 

proposed work are as follows: 

a. Section 401 water quality 

certification from the Tennessee 

Department of Environment and 

Conservation. 

b. Coordination with the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service for the Endangered 

Species Act and Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act. 

c. Coordination with the Tennessee 

Wildlife Resources Agency. 

d. Coordination with the State 

Historic Preservation Officer and 

President’s Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation. 

9. Significant issues to be analyzed in 

the DEIS include impacts to fisheries, 

tailwater mussel resources, water 

quality, flood control, recreation, 

navigation, water supply, electric power 

production, economics, and community 

development. The U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service has agreed to be a 

Cooperating Agency on the DEIS. A 

DEIS should be available in June 2007. 

10. Public Meetings: At present, no 

public meetings have been scheduled to 

scope for potential issues to be 

evaluated in the DEIS. Requests for 

public meetings should be directed to 

Mr. William Peoples, Chief, Public 

Affairs Office, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Nashville District, Nashville, 

TN, 37202–1070. Mr. Peoples may be 

reached by telephone at (615) 736–7834. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for the Development of an Inlet 

Management Plan That Includes the 

Repositioning and Realignment of the 

Main Ebb Channel of Rich Inlet and To 

Use the Material To Nourish Figure 

Eight Island, North of Wilmington, New 

Hanover County, NC 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (COE), Wilmington District, 

Wilmington Regulatory Field Office has 

received a request for Department of the 

Army authorization, pursuant to Section 

404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 

10 of the Rivers and Harbor Act, from 

Figure ‘‘8’’ Beach Homeowners 

Association to develop a management 

plan for Rich Inlet that would mitigate 

chronic erosion on the northern portion 

of Figure Eight Island so as to preserve 

the integrity of its infrastructure, 

provide protection to existing 

development, and ensure the continued 

use of the oceanfront beach along the 

northernmost three miles of its 

oceanfront shoreline. Figure Eight 

Island is an unincorporated privately 

developed island located on the 

southeast coast of North Carolina, 

approximately eight miles north of 

Wilmington. The island is bordered to 

the south by Mason Inlet and 

Wrightsville Beach; and to the north by 

Rich Inlet and Lea-Hutaff Island, an 

undeveloped, privately-owned island. 

The inlet management plan would 

involve the repositioning and 

realignment of the main ebb channel of 

Rich Inlet to a location closer to the 

north end of Figure Eight Island. The 

intended alignment is to be essentially 

perpendicular to the oceanfront 

shorelines of the adjacent islands. The 

new channel position would be 

periodically maintained with 

maintenance episodes dictated by 

natural shifts in the channel position 

that produce unfavorable shoreline 

responses on the north end of Figure 

Eight Island. While the main focus of 

the project is to relocate the main ebb 

bar channel, consideration will also be 

given to possible alterations in Nixon 

Channel and Green Channel to 

determine if such modification would 

enhance the stability of the new 

channel. Nixon Channel meanders along 

a southwesterly path on the landward 


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