[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 45008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20680]


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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.

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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: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cf8ea1abbdaab8e183e183aaa6aca7bbb68fbabcaeacaae1aebda2b6e1a2a6a3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="de9fb0baacbba9f092f092bbb7bdb6aaa79eabadbfbdbbf0bfacb3a7f0b3b7b2">[email protected]</span></a>.

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.
[FR Doc. 2017-20680 Filed 9-26-17; 8:45 am]
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