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authorized for release and export to the 

Government of Bahrain. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Availability of The Great 

Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin 

Study—Brandon Road Draft Integrated 

Feasibility Study and Environmental 

Impact Statement—Will County, Illinois 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Extension of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) is extending the 

comment period for the report ‘‘The 

Great Lakes and Mississippi River 

Interbasin Study—Brandon Road Draft 

Integrated Feasibility Study and 

Environmental Impact Statement—Will 

County, Illinois’’ (GLMRIS-Brandon 

Road) for 45 days in response to 

stakeholder requests for an extension, 

from October 2, 2017 to November 16, 

2017. 

DATES: The comment period is extended 

for the draft GLMRIS-Brandon Road 

report published in the Federal Register 

on August 7, 2017 (82 FR 36760). 

Comments must be received or 

postmarked by November 16, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted in the following ways: 

GLMRIS Project Web site: Use the 

Web comment function found at http:// 

glmris.anl.gov. 

Mail: Send comments to U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, 

ATTN: GLMRIS-Brandon Road 

Comments, 231 S. LaSalle St., Suite 

1500, Chicago, IL 60604. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Andrew Leichty, Program 

Manager, by mail: U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Rock Island District, Clock 

Tower Building (ATTN: Leichty), P.O. 

Box 2004, Rock Island, IL 61204–2004, 

by phone: 309–794–5399; or by email: 

Andrew.L.Leichty@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

GLMRIS authority directed USACE to 

identify the range of options and 

technologies available to prevent the 

spread of aquatic nuisance species 

between the Great Lakes and 

Mississippi River Basins through the 

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and 

other aquatic pathways. The goal of the 

GLMRIS-Brandon Road Study is to 

prevent the upstream transfer of aquatic 

nuisance species while minimizing 

impacts to existing waterways uses and 

users. 

Comments, including the names and 

addresses of those who comment, 

received during the comment period 

will be posted on the GLMRIS project 

Web site. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted, 

considered, and posted. Commenters 

may indicate that they do not wish to 

have their name or other personal 

information made available on the Web 

site. However, USACE cannot guarantee 

that information withheld from the Web 

site will be maintained as confidential. 

Persons requesting confidentiality 

should be aware that, under the 

Freedom of Information Act, 

confidentiality may be granted in only 

limited circumstances. 

Dated: September 18, 2017. 

Dennis W. Hamilton, 

Chief, Programs and Project Management 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Record of Decision for Final 

Supplement I to the Final 

Environmental Statement, Mississippi 

River Between the Ohio and Missouri 

Rivers (Regulating Works), Missouri 

and Illinois 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Record of Decision. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, is 

issuing this notice to advise Federal, 

state, and local government agencies, 

affected Tribes, and the public that 

USACE has signed a Record of Decision 

(ROD) for Final Supplement I to the 

Final Environmental Statement, 

Mississippi River between the Ohio and 

Missouri Rivers (Regulating Works). The 

ROD was rendered to declare that, after 

careful consideration of the purpose of 

and need for the Regulating Works 

Project, the analysis contained in Final 

Supplement I, input from the public, 

affected Tribes, state and Federal 

agencies, and other interested parties, 

and based on the Regulating Works 

Project’s Congressional authority and 

continued benefit of remaining 

construction, USACE has determined 

that the public interest will best be 

served by implementing the Continue 

Construction Alternative (hereafter, the 

Selected Plan). 

DATES: The USACE Mississippi Valley 

Division Commander, Major General 

Michael C. Wehr, signed the ROD on 

August 31, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Regional Planning and 

Environmental Division North, CEMVP– 

PD–P (Attn: Mr. Kip Runyon), 1222 

Spruce St., St. Louis, MO 63103–2833. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kip 

Runyon, Environmental Planner, 

Regional Planning and Environmental 

Division North, at 314–331–8396 or by 

email at RegWorksSEIS@

usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USACE is 

charged with obtaining and maintaining 

a navigation channel on the Middle 

Mississippi River (MMR) that is nine 

feet deep and 300 feet wide with 

additional width in bends as necessary 

(commonly called the Regulating Works 

Project). As authorized by Congress, the 

Regulating Works Project is obtained by 

construction of revetment, rock removal, 

and river training structures to maintain 

bank stability and ensure adequate, 

reliable navigation depth and width. 

The Regulating Works Project is 

maintained through dredging and any 

needed maintenance to constructed 

features. The long-term goal of the 

Regulating Works Project, as authorized 

by Congress, is to obtain and maintain 

a navigation channel at the authorized 

dimensions and to reduce federal 

expenditures by alleviating the amount 

of annual maintenance dredging 

through the construction of river 

training structures. The Selected Plan 

consists of continuing with construction 

of new river training structures and 

revetment for navigation purposes until 

such time as the costs of placing more 

structures, including costs for any 

mitigation, are no longer justified by the 

resultant reduction in repetitive 

dredging quantities and associated 

costs. The Selected Plan also involves 

continuing to dredge as necessary, 

completing known bankline 

stabilization work to reduce the risk of 

a channel cutoff, placing additional 

revetment, and continuing to maintain 

existing structures. 

The remaining construction 

associated with the Selected Plan is 

currently estimated from programmatic 

analysis to require approximately 4.4 

million tons (2.9 million cubic yards) of 

rock. Dredge quantities are expected to 

decrease from their current average 

annual quantity of approximately 4 

million cubic yards to approximately 

2.4 million cubic yards after 

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structures and any compensatory 

mitigation is complete. These estimates 

are based on assumptions of 

Congressional funding levels, rock 

prices, dredging costs, sediment loads, 

mitigation costs, etc. Because these 

assumptions are uncertain, the 

estimated quantity of construction could 

differ from actual implementation. 

Environmental impacts of the work 

associated with the Selected Plan will 

continue to be avoided and minimized 

to the extent practicable. Placement of 

river training structures is expected to 

increase the acreage of low-velocity 

habitat that is considered important 

habitat for many MMR fish species. 

However, placement of river training 

structures is also expected to reduce 

shallow to moderate-depth, moderate-to 

high-velocity habitat that is important 

for some MMR fish guilds. Analysis of 

the impacts of the Selected Plan to main 

channel border habitat suggests that 

future construction of river training 

structures will result in the 

consideration of compensatory 

mitigation measures. The specific 

impacts of each work area and any 

necessary compensatory mitigation 

measures will be covered in Tier II Site 

Specific Environmental Assessments, as 

appropriate. 

The ROD, Final Supplement I, and 

supporting documentation are available 

at: http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/ 

Missions/Navigation/SEIS/Library.aspx. 

Brian L. Johnson, 

Chief, Environmental Compliance Branch, 

Regional Planning and Environmental 

Division North. 

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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Proposed Methodology for 

the 2018 Delaware River and Bay Water 

Quality Assessment Report 

AGENCY: Delaware River Basin 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the methodology proposed to be used in 

the 2018 Delaware River and Bay Water 

Quality Assessment Report is available 

for review and comment. 

DATES: Comments on the assessment 

methodology or recommendations for 

the consideration of data sets should be 

submitted in writing before 5:00 p.m. 

EST on December 31, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments will be accepted 

via email to john.yagecic@drbc.nj.gov, 

with ‘‘Water Quality Assessment 2018’’ 

as the subject line; via fax to 609–883– 

9522; via U.S. Mail to DRBC, Attn: 

Water Quality Assessment 2016, P.O. 

Box 7360, West Trenton, NJ 08628– 

0360; via private carrier to DRBC, Attn: 

Water Quality Assessment 2016, 25 

Cosey Road, West Trenton, NJ 08628– 

0360; or by hand to the latter address. 

All submissions should have the phrase 

‘‘Water Quality Assessment 2018’’ in the 

subject line and should include the 

name, address (street address optional) 

and affiliation, if any, of the commenter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John Yagecic, Manager, Water Quality 

Assessment, john.yagecic@drbc.nj.gov, 

609–883–9500, ext. 271. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Delaware River Basin Commission 

(‘‘DRBC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) is an 

interstate and federal compact agency 

that was created in 1961 by concurrent 

legislation of the States of Delaware, 

New Jersey, and New York, the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the 

United States Government for purpose 

of jointly managing the water resources 

of the Delaware River Basin. 

DRBC currently is compiling data for 

the 2018 Delaware River and Bay Water 

Quality Assessment Report (‘‘2018 

Assessment’’) required by the federal 

Clean Water Act (‘‘CWA’’). The 2018 

Assessment will present the extent to 

which waters of the Delaware River and 

Bay are attaining designated uses in 

accordance with Section 305(b) of the 

CWA and the Commission’s Water 

Quality Regulations, 18 CFR part 410, 

and will identify impaired waters, 

which consist of waters in which 

surface water quality standards are not 

being met. 

The proposed assessment 

methodology to be used in the 2018 

Assessment is available for review at the 

following URL: 

http://www.nj.gov/drbc/library/ 

documents/WQAssessmentReport2018_

MethodologyDRAFTsept2017.pdf. 

Dated: September 21, 2017. 

Pamela M. Bush, 

Commission Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2017–ICCD–0098] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

State Lead Agency Record Keeping 

and Reporting Requirements Under 

Part C of the Individuals With 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), 

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 October 

27, 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–0098. 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 

216–32, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Rebecca 

Walawender, 202–245–7399. 

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 


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