37190 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 143 / Tuesday, July 28, 2009 / Notices 

Fisheries Advisory Committee 

(MAFAC). The members will discuss 

and provide advice on issues outlined 

in the agenda below. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

August 11, 2009, from 2 - 3 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time. 

ADDRESSES: Conference call. Public 

access is available at SSMC3, Room 

14817, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heidi Lovett, (301) 713–9070 x118; email: Heidi.Lovett@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

MAFAC was established by the 

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) on 

February 17, 1971, to advise the 

Secretary on all living marine resource 

matters that are the responsibility of the 

Department of Commerce. This 

committee advises and reviews the 

adequacy of living marine resource 

policies and programs to meet the needs 

of commercial and recreational 

fisheries, and environmental, State, 

consumer, academic, tribal, 

governmental and other national 

interests. The complete charter and 

summaries of prior meetings are located 

online at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ 

ocs/mafac/. 

Matters To Be Considered 

This agenda is subject to change. 

1. Discussion and consideration of 

recommendations on a national ocean 

policy, policy coordination and 

governance, and implementation 

strategy to the Federal Interagency 

Ocean Policy Task Force, submitted to 

MAFAC by the Governance Work 

Group. 

2. Discussion and consideration of 

recommended revisions and update to 

Vision 2020, MAFAC’s report on the 

desired future state of U.S. marine 

fisheries, submitted to MAFAC by the 

Vision 2020 Work Group. 

Dated: July 23, 2009. 

James W. Balsiger, 

Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft and Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for Reaches 1B, 1C and 1D 

on the Herbert Hoover Dike Major 

Rehabilitation Project, Martin and Palm 

Beach Counties 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of the project is 

to reconstruct and rehabilitate Reaches 

1B, 1C and 1D of the Herbert Hoover 

Dike to prevent catastrophic failure of 

the system to retain the waters of Lake 

Okeechobee. On July 8 2005, the 

Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers (Corps) issued a Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (FSEIS) for the Major 

Rehabilitation actions proposed for 

Herbert Hoover Dike (HHD), Reach One. 

Herbert Hoover Dike is the levee that 

completely surrounds Lake Okeechobee. 

On September 23, 2005, a Record of 

Decision was signed adopting the 

preferred alternative as the Selected 

Plan for Reach One. 

As plans and specifications were 

developed for Reach 1, it became 

apparent that the cut-off wall with 

seepage berm alternative would not 

work for all of Reach 1. The alternative 

for Reaches 1B, 1C and 1D will be a 

combination of one or more of the 

following features dependent on the 

geology and adjacent land factors with 

the cut-off wall: Seepage Berm, Relief 

Trench, Soil Replacement Wedge, Relief 

Wells, Drainage Feature and Sand 

Columns. Reaches 1B, 1C and 1D of the 

HHD extends for approximately 17.7 

miles within Palm Beach County, from 

the 10A culvert south to L–14 at Belle 

Glade, Florida. The final full design of 

the cutoff wall and landside 

rehabilitation feature will include lands 

outside of the existing ROW. Therefore 

it is necessary to update the July 2005 

SEIS for Reach 1 to include these new 

landside rehabilitation features and any 

impacts to lands outside of the existing 

ROW. This study is a cooperative effort 

between the Corps and the South 

Florida Water Management District 

(SFWMD). 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Planning Division, 

Environmental Branch, P.O. Box 4970, 

Jacksonville, FL 32232–0019. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

William Porter at (904) 232–3206 or 

e-mail at 

William.L.Porter2@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

a. The proposed action will be the 

selected plan described in the July 2005 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) with the additional 

action of implementing the landside 

rehabilitation features as needed based 

on geology and adjacent land factors. 

The proposed action will not affect the 

Regulation Schedule for Lake 

Okeechobee. Land may have to be 

acquired outside of the existing right-ofway (ROW) and this SEIS will account 

for any impacts that result due to 

acquisition of additional real estate. 

b. Alternatives to be considered 

separately for each subdivision of Reach 

1 are dependant upon the geology and 

adjacent land factors with the cut-off 

wall. Reach 1 is divided into Subreaches 

A, B, C and D. The alternatives to be 

implemented include one or more of the 

following features: Seepage Berm, Relief 

Trench, Soil Replacement Wedge, Relief 

Wells, Sand Column and Drainage 

Feature. 

c. A scoping letter will be used to 

invite comments on alternatives and 

issues from Federal, State, and local 

agencies, affected Indian Tribes, and 

other interested private organizations 

and individuals. A scoping letter was 

sent in October 2007 in anticipation of 

writing a single EIS for Reach 1. An 

additional scoping letter will be sent out 

in September 2009 to address the 

change in the process of the completing 

the Reach 1 Environmental Impact 

Statements. A scoping meeting is not 

anticipated. 

d. A public meeting will be held after 

release of each of the Draft 

Supplemental EIS’s. The public meeting 

is anticipated to be held in February 

2010 for Reaches 1B, 1C and 1D in 

Clewiston, FL. The exact location, date, 

and times will be announced in a public 

notice and local newspapers. 

e. A Major Rehabilitation Evaluation 

Report (MRR) was approved by 

Congress in the Water Resources 

Development Act (WRDA) 2000 that 

addressed the need to repair the aging 

dike. 

Dated: July 15, 2009. 

Eric P. Summa, 

Chief, Environmental Branch. 

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