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1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The 

proposed deletion is not within the 

purview of subsection (r) of the Privacy 

Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended, which requires the 

submission of a new or altered system 

report. 

Dated: July 13, 2009. 

Morgan E. Frazier, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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Personnel System (APCAPS). 

REASON: 

Records are now covered under the 

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‘‘Defense Business Management System 

(DBMS)’’ published July 2, 2009, at 74 

FR 31711. 

[FR Doc. E9–17152 Filed 7–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Sunridge Specific Plan Projects, in 

Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County, 

CA, ID SPK–2009–00511 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Sacramento District, (Corps) 

will prepare a Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for six residential 

development projects in the Sunridge 

Specific Plan area in Rancho Cordova, 

Sacramento County, California. The EIS 

is being prepared for the projects as part 

of ongoing litigation concerning 

Department of the Army permits issued 

by the Corps between 2005 and 2007 for 

five of the projects and a pending permit 

decision for the sixth. A stay in the 

litigation is in place while the Corps 

reevaluates the impacts of these projects 

through preparation of the EIS. 

Collectively the projects would require 

the filling of approximately 29.7 acres of 

waters of the United States, including 

wetlands. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments to Michael Jewell, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 

1325 J Street, Room 1480, Sacramento, 

CA, 95814–2922. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and EIS can be answered by Michael 

Jewell, (916) 557–6605, e-mail: 

michael.s.jewell@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Sunridge Specific Plan area is a masterplanned area consisting of nine 

residential and commercial 

developments located in eastern Rancho 

Cordova, Sacramento County, 

California. The Specific Plan, which 

was originally approved by the County 

of Sacramento in 2002, is part of a larger 

planning effort in the City of Rancho 

Cordova called the Sunrise-Douglas 

Community Plan. Three of the nine 

projects in the Sunridge Specific Plan 

area have been built. The proposed 

action is the construction of the 

remaining six projects in the Specific 

Plan area. Collectively, these six 

projects are referred to as the Sunridge 

Specific Plan Projects. 

Between 2005 and 2007, the Corps 

completed Environmental Assessments, 

made Findings of No Significant Impact, 

and issued permits for five of the six 

Sunridge Specific Plan Projects. The 

permitted projects are Anatolia IV, 

Sunridge Village J, Grantline 208, 

Douglas Road 98, and Douglas Road 

103. A permit decision has not been 

rendered for the sixth of the Sunridge 

Specific Plan Projects, Arista Del Sol. 

1. Anatolia IV (ID SPK–1994–00210): 

The permitted project is located on a 25- 

acre site south of Douglas Road and 

adjacent to the west side of Jaeger Road. 

Approximately 1.36 acres of waters of 

the United States, including wetlands, 

are to be filled to construct 134 houses, 

several roads and other infrastructure. 

As compensation for the loss of waters, 

the permittee would construct 1.36 

acres of wetland habitat. The permittee 

for this project is Sunridge, LLC. 

2. Sunridge Village J (ID SPK–2001– 

00230): The permitted project is located 

on a 81.25-acre site in the southwest 

corner of the intersection formed by 

Douglas Road and Jaeger Road. 

Approximately 2.99 acres of waters of 

the United States, including wetlands, 

are to be filled to construct 369 houses, 

several roads and other infrastructure. 

As compensation for the loss of waters, 

the permittee would construct 3.38 

acres of wetland habitat. The permittee 

for this project is Cresleigh Homes. 

3. Grantline 208 (ID SPK 1994–00365): 

The permitted project is located on a 

211-acre site in the southeast corner of 

the intersection formed by Douglas Road 

and Grantline Road. Approximately 5.7 

acres of waters of the United States, 

including wetlands, are to be filled to 

construct 855 houses, several roads and 

other infrastructure. As compensation 

for the loss of waters, the permittee 

would construct 6.15 acres of wetland 

habitat. The permittee for this project is 

Grantline Investors, LLC. 

4. Douglas Road 98 (ID SPK–2002– 

00568): The permitted project is located 

on a 105-acre site south of Douglas Road 

and adjacent to the west side of 

Grantline Road. Approximately 3.9 

acres of waters of the United States, 

including wetlands, are to be filled to 

construct 693 houses, several roads and 

other infrastructure. As compensation 

for the loss of waters, the permittee 

would construct 3.9 acres of wetland 

habitat. The permittee for this project is 

Woodside Homes. 

5. Douglas Road 103 (ID SPK–1997– 

00006): The permitted project is located 

on a 106-acre site adjacent to the south 

side of Douglas Road and west of 

Grantline Road. Approximately 2 acres 

of waters of the United States, including 

wetlands, are to be filled to construct 

301 houses, several roads and other 

infrastructure. As compensation for the 

loss of waters, the permittee would 

construct 7.25 acres of wetland habitat. 

The permittee for this project is Douglas 

Grantline 103 Investors, LLC. 

6. Arista Del Sol (ID SPK–2004– 

00458): The proposed project is located 

on a 210-acre site south of Douglas Road 

and adjacent to the west side of 

Grantline Road. Approximately 13.9 

acres of waters of the United States, 

including wetlands, would be filled to 

construct 906 houses, several roads and 

other infrastructure. As compensation 

for the loss of waters, the permittee 

proposed to construct 13.9 acres of 

wetland habitat. The permit applicant 

for this project is Pappas Investments. 

The EIS will include an evaluation of 

a reasonable range of alternatives. 

Currently, the following alternatives are 

expected to be analyzed in detail: 

(1) The no action alternative, (2) the 

proposed action (the applicants 

preferred projects), and (3) a reduced 

development footprint alternative. The 

no action alternative will be limited 

development on uplands, while 

avoiding all waters of the United States. 

A reduced development footprint 

alternative will involve less 

development with fewer impacts to 

waters of the United States. 

The Corps’ scoping process for the EIS 

includes a public involvement program 

with several opportunities to provide 

oral and written comments. In addition 

to public meetings and notifications in 

the Federal Register, the Corps will 

issue public notices when the draft and 

final EISs are available. Affected federal, 

state, and local agencies, Native 

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private organizations and parties are 

invited to participate. 

Potentially significant issues to be 

analyzed in the EIS include, but are not 

limited to: Hydrology, water supply, 

water quality, cultural resources, 

biological resources, traffic and 

transportation, and air quality. The 

Corps is the lead agency for preparation 

of the EIS under the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). The Corps has requested the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (USFWS) serve as cooperating 

agencies on the EIS. The Corps will 

coordinate with other agencies, such as 

the City of Rancho Cordova, in 

preparation of the EIS. 

Other environmental review and 

consultation requirements for the 

proposed actions include water quality 

certification under Section 401 of the 

Clean Water Act from the California 

Regional Water Quality Control Board. 

All six of the Sunridge Specific Plans 

projects have received water quality 

certification. In addition, because the 

projects may affect federally-listed 

endangered species, the Corps was 

required to consult with the USFWS in 

accordance with Section 7 of the federal 

Endangered Species Act. Biological 

Opinions were issued by the USFWS for 

all six projects. 

Two public scoping meetings for the 

EIS will be held on July 30, 2009, with 

the first from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and the 

second from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The 

meetings will be held at the Rancho 

Cordova City Hall, 2729 Prospect Park 

Drive, American River Room—South, 

Rancho Cordova, CA 95670. Interested 

parties can provide oral and written 

comments at the meetings. Scoping 

comments should be submitted before 

August 31, 2009 but may be submitted 

at any time prior to publication of the 

Draft EIS. 

Interested parties may register for the 

Corps’ public notice email notification 

lists at: http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/ 

organizations/cespk-co/regulatory/ 

pnlist.html. 

Dated: July 9, 2009 

James A. Porter, 

Lt. Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Acting District 

Engineer. 

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BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the C–111 Spreader Canal Western 

Project Located in Miami-Dade 

Counties, FL 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) is issuing this notice 

to advise the public that a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

has been completed and is available for 

review and comment. 

DATES: In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), we 

have filed the Final EIS with the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

for publication of their notice of 

availability in the Federal Register. The 

EPA notice officially starts the 30-day 

review period for this document. It is 

the goal of the USACE to have this 

notice published on the same date as the 

EPA notice. However, if that does not 

occur, the date of the EPA notice will 

determine the closing date for 

comments on the Final EIS. Comments 

on the Final EIS must be submitted to 

the address below under Further 

Contact Information and must be 

received no later than 5 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday, August 17, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: The Final EIS can be viewed 

online at http:// 

www.saj.usace.army.mil/Divisions/ 

Regulatory/InterestItems.htm. Copies of 

the Final EIS are also available for 

review at the following libraries: MiamiDade Public Library, Homestead Branch, 

700 N. Homestead Blvd., Homestead, FL 

33030. Miami-Dade Public Library, 

Main Branch, 101 West Flagler Street, 

Miami, FL 33130. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Alisa Zarbo, Project Manager, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, 

4400 PGA Boulevard, Suite 500, Palm 

Beach Gardens, Florida 33410, 

Telephone: 561–472–3516, Fax: 561– 

626–6971. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South 

Florida Water Management District 

(SFWMD) proposes to construct the 

C–111 Spreader Canal Western Project 

in Miami-Dade County. The project 

addresses the need to restore ecosystem 

function in Taylor Slough and Florida 

Bay within the Everglades National 

Park, the adjacent Southern Glades, the 

Model Land, and other associated 

wetlands and estuarine systems. The 

SFWMD anticipates that this proposed 

project will become an authorized 

Comprehensive Everglades Restoration 

Plan (CERP) project, and that it will 

receive credit for the early construction 

of this proposed project as the local 

sponsor. This Final EIS builds upon the 

draft Project Implementation Report 

(PIR)/EIS that has already been released 

to the public under the CERP and the 

Regulatory program. As such, this EIS 

includes numerous discussions of 

compliance with CERP requirements. 

While not critical to the Department of 

the Army permit decision, this 

information provides more context than 

a typical EIS and also details about 

USACE planning policy. 

The C–111 Spreader Canal Western 

Project is essential to achieving 

restoration of Taylor Slough and 

downstream areas within the affected 

areas in the Everglades National Park, 

the Model Land and the Southern 

Glades area, and plays an integral role 

in meeting the CERP system-wide 

ecosystem restoration goals and 

objectives. Structural and operational 

changes will be implemented to 

improve the quantity, timing, and 

distribution of water delivered to 

Florida Bay via Taylor Slough, as well 

as improve hydroperiods within the 

wetlands of the Southern Glades and 

Model Land. Hydroperiods and 

hydropatterns within the wetlands of 

the Southern Glades and Model Land 

will be improved by the construction of 

a new operable water control structure 

in the lower C–111 Canal, incremental 

operational changes at existing structure 

S–18C, changes in operations at the 

existing S–20 structure, construction of 

a plug at existing structure S–20A, and 

the installation of ten earthen plugs in 

the C–110 Canal. As a result of the 

construction and operation of the C–111 

Spreader Canal Western project, 

approximately 200.73 acres (in total) of 

wetlands and waters of the United 

States would be permanently impacted 

and 39.98 acres (in total) of wetlands 

and waters of the United States would 

be temporarily impacted as a result of 

the placement of fill material, 

excavation, and/or flooding. In addition, 

approximately 149.26 acres of atypical 

wetlands (agricultural) would be 

impacted by excavation, then inundated 

with water. The SFWMD would need to 

obtain a U.S. Department of the Army 

permit from the USACE pursuant to 

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. This 

final Environmental Impact Statement 

evaluates the environmental effects of 

seven alternatives, including the 


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