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subcontract for ammunition or 

explosives. 

3. DFARS 252.223–7003, Changes in 

Place of Performance—Ammunition 

and Explosives. Paragraph (a) requires 

the offeror to identify, in the Place of 

Performance provision of the 

solicitation, the place of performance of 

all ammunition and explosives work 

covered by the Safety Precautions for 

Ammunition and Explosives clause of 

the solicitation. Paragraphs (b) and (c) 

require the offeror or contractor to 

obtain written permission from the 

contracting officer before changing the 

place of performance after the date set 

for receipt of offers or after contract 

award. 

4. DFARS 252.223–7007, 

Safeguarding Sensitive Conventional 

Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives. 

Paragraph (e) requires the contractor to 

notify the cognizant Defense Security 

Service field office within 10 days after 

award of any subcontract involving 

sensitive conventional arms, 

ammunition, and explosives within the 

scope of DoD 5100.76–M. 

5. DFARS 252.223–7004, Drug-Free 

Work Force. The clause requires that 

certain contractors maintain records 

necessary to demonstrate reasonable 

efforts to eliminate the unlawful use by 

contractor employees of controlled 

substances. DoD does not regularly 

collect any information with regard to 

this clause. 

Jennifer L. Hawes, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17515 Filed 8–17–17; 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 Coos Bay Channel Modification 

Project 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Portland District intends to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) to analyze the potential 

environmental effects of approving the 

Oregon International Port of Coos Bay’s 

(OIPCB) proposed Coos Bay Channel 

Modification Project. The OIPCB 

proposes to widen and deepen the Coos 

Bay Federal Navigation Project from the 

ocean to river mile (RM) 8.2 to improve 

navigation efficiency, reduce shipping 

transportation costs and facilitate the 

shipping industry’s transition to larger, 

more efficient vessels. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written comments on or before 

October 3, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Portland District (PM–E), P.O. Box 2946, 

Portland, OR 97208–2946, or at the 

project Web site: http://www.nwp.usace.

army.mil/coast/coos-bay/channelmodification. All comments should 

include ‘‘Coos Bay Channel 

Modification Project EIS’’ in the subject 

line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and draft EIS can be addressed to: Dr. 

Ann Hodgson, by mail, telephone (503) 

808–4663, or by email at coosbay

channelmodEIS@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. 

Previous Withdrawn Action. The Corps 

published a Notice of Intent to prepare 

an EIS and Feasibility Study for a 

previous proposal to modify the Coos 

Bay Federal Navigation Project on 

January 11, 2008 (73 FR 2013). The 

channel modification described in 2008 

was proposed under the authority of 

Section 203 of the Water Resources 

Development Act of 1986; however, the 

proposal was withdrawn and a draft EIS 

was not prepared. 

2. Proposed Action. The OIPCB is 

requesting approval to construct the 

Coos Bay Channel Modification Project. 

If approved, the OIPCB would construct 

the project without any federal cost 

sharing (i.e., the OIPCB would pay 100 

percent of the cost of construction). The 

proposed project requires Department of 

the Army authorization under: Section 

204 of the Water Resources 

Development Act of 1986, as amended 

(33 U.S.C. 2232); Section 14 of the 

Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 

U.S.C. 408, commonly referred to as 

Section 408), Section 10 of the Rivers 

and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403); 

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 

U.S.C. 1344); and Section 103 of the 

Marine Protection, Research, and 

Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended (33 

U.S.C. 1413). 

Section 204 authorizes the Secretary 

of the Army, acting through the 

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 

Works, to grant approval to non-federal 

entities to design and construct 

improvements to Corps navigation 

projects. This section also provides that 

the Secretary shall be responsible for the 

operation and maintenance of those 

improvements if the Secretary 

determines the improvements are 

economically justified, environmentally 

acceptable and certifies the project was 

constructed in accordance with 

applicable permits and engineering and 

design standards. 

Section 408 authorizes the Secretary 

of the Army, acting through the Chief of 

Engineers, to grant permission for the 

alteration or occupation or use of Corps 

Civil Works projects (e.g., a federal 

navigation project) if the Secretary 

determines that the activity will not be 

injurious to the public interest and will 

not impair the usefulness of the project. 

Section 10, Section 404, and Section 

103 authorizes the Secretary of the 

Army, acting through the Chief of 

Engineers, to issue permits to authorize 

work in navigable waters of the U.S., to 

authorize the discharge of dredged of fill 

material into waters of the U.S., and to 

authorize the transport of dredged 

material for the purpose of dumping it 

into ocean waters, respectively. 

The Corps, as the lead agency for 

compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), has 

determined the above-listed actions 

require the preparation of an EIS. The 

following state and federal agencies may 

participate as cooperating agencies for 

the preparation of the EIS: The Bureau 

of Land Management, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Federal Aviation 

Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, 

Oregon Department of Fish and 

Wildlife, Oregon Department of Land 

Conservation and Development, Oregon 

Department of Environmental Quality. 

In addition, the Confederated Tribes of 

the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw, 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Indians, and the Coquille Indian Tribe 

may participate as cooperating entities 

on the preparation of the EIS. 

3. Project Site and Background. The 

project site is in Coos Bay, located on 

the southern coast of Oregon. The Coos 

Bay Federal Navigation Project was 

originally authorized by the Rivers and 

Harbors Act of March 1879. The Coos 

Bay Federal Navigation Project includes 

two entrance jetties, the two navigation 

channels, two turning basins, and pile 

dikes. The current channel 

configuration from the ocean entrance to 

the navigation channel is ¥47 feet deep, 

the channel transitions to ¥37 feet deep 

between RM 0 to RM 1, then maintains 

¥37 feet deep from RM 1 to RM 15.0. 

The main channel has a nominal width 

of 300 feet wide from the ocean inlet to 

RM 9.2. At RM 9.2, the channel widens 

to 400 feet and continues at that width 

to RM 15.0; from RM 15.0 through RM 

17.0, the channel decreases to ¥22 feet 

deep and 150 feet wide. Advanced 

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maintenance dredging and allowable 

overdepth dredging (standard practice 

on deep draft navigation channels) 

results in a depth approximately five 

feet deeper than the authorized depth. 

The secondary channel, known as the 

Charleston Channel, is not included in 

the proposed project. 

4. Project Description. The OIPCB 

proposes to deepen and widen the 

navigation channel from the ocean to 

approximately RM 8.2. The project 

would require the dredging and disposal 

of approximately 18 million cubic yards 

of material (sand and rock) to deepen 

and widen the navigation channel. The 

proposed navigation channel 

configuration would be ¥45 feet deep 

with a nominal width of 450 feet wide. 

The entrance to the navigation channel 

at the ocean would have a nominal 

width of 1,280 feet and an authorized 

depth of 57 feet MLLW at its offshore 

entrance. The channel width would 

transition to a width of 450 feet at RM 

1; this narrowing is continuous from the 

offshore entrance until RM 1. Upstream 

of RM 1, the proposed channel would 

have a nominal width of 450 feet and an 

authorized depth of 45 feet MLLW. The 

proposed project design would also 

accommodate advance maintenance 

dredging and allowable overdepth 

dredging of approximately five feet 

deeper than the proposed depths. The 

modified channel would have a vesselturning basin extending from RM 7.3 to 

RM 7.8. At its full width, the proposed 

vessel-turning basin is 1,400-feet-long 

and 1,100-feet-wide, with an authorized 

depth of 37 feet MLLW. The portion of 

the channel that intersects this turning 

basin will have an authorized depth of 

45 feet MLLW. The Port proposes to 

dispose of this dredged material at a 

newly proposed Ocean Dredged 

Material Disposal Site located 

approximately two miles offshore of the 

navigation channel entrance. The 

proposed disposal site would have an 

area of approximately 1,850 acres in 

water depths ranging from ¥140 to 

¥320 feet deep. The channel 

modification project would include 

improvements to the North Jetty to 

alleviate impacts from the entrance 

channel widening, deepening, and 

lengthening, and to retard erosion at 

Log-Spiral Bay, by placing rock at the 

jetty toe and by increasing the size of 

the rock along the jetty head. The 

channel modification would also 

include the relocation and expansion of 

aids to navigation by relocating and 

installing new fixed and floating 

channel and range markers. The Corps 

will be responsible for the operation and 

maintenance of these improvements if 

the Secretary determines the 

improvements are economically 

justified, environmentally acceptable 

and certifies the project was constructed 

in accordance with applicable permits 

and engineering and design standards. 

5. Alternatives. The draft EIS will 

evaluate a range of reasonable 

alternatives. Alternatives may include, 

but are not limited to, no action, 

alternative channel widths and depths, 

and alternative dredged material 

disposal locations. 

6. Other Environmental Reviews and 

Consultations. Other environmental 

reviews and consultations for the 

proposed project may include, but is not 

limited to, Section 401 of the Clean 

Water Act, Section 7 of the Endangered 

Species Act, Section 305 of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

Section 307 of the Coastal Zone 

Management Act, and Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act. 

7. Scoping Process and Public 

Comments. The Corps will conduct 

public scoping (40 CFR 1501.7) to 

determine the scope of issues (40 CFR 

1508.25) to be addressed in the draft EIS 

and to identify the significant issues 

related to the proposed project. All 

interested parties including individuals; 

organizations; local, state, and federal 

agencies; and tribes and tribal 

governments are invited to participate 

in the scoping process for the draft EIS, 

which will analyze numerous issues in 

depth. These issues include, but are not 

limited to: Navigation, socioeconomics, 

fish and wildlife, water quality, safety, 

shoreline erosion and accretion, 

recreation, and cultural and historic 

resources. Scoping comments also will 

be used to develop possible project 

alternatives. Additional project 

information is available online at: 

www.nwp.usace.army.mil/coast/coosbay/channel-modification. All parties 

are invited to participate in the scoping 

process to determine the range of issues 

and alternatives to be addressed. A 

public scoping meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, September 13, 2017, from 

3–7:30 p.m. at the Coos Bay Public 

Library, 525 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay, 

OR 97420. The Corps expects the Draft 

EIS to be made available to the public 

in March 2018. 

John D. Cunningham, 

Major, Corps of Engineers Deputy District 

Commander. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17483 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2017–ICCD–0084] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Request for Title IV Reimbursement or 

Heightened Cash Monitoring 2 (HCM2) 

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 of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

September 18, 2017. 

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– 

2017–ICCD–0084. 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. 

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 Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

224–84, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Jo-Anne 

Cheatom, 202–377–3730. 

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 

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