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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 154 / Friday, August 13, 2021 / Notices Mississippi River to the Maurepas Swamp, strategically delivering nutrient-laden river water to restore a degraded Cypress-Tupelo swamp. The proposed diversion has a 2,000 cubic foot per second cfs design flow. The freshwater intake structure and conveyance channel are located on the east bank of the Mississippi River in St.
John the Baptist Parish, immediately west of Garyville, Louisiana, at River Mile 144 Above Head of Passes. The construction corridor for the conveyance channel extends from LA 44
River Road northward for 512 miles, terminating at the outfall structure, which is approximately 1,000 ft north of Interstate 10.
2. Scoping Process. The CEMVN
invites all affected federal, state, and local agencies, affected Native American Tribes, other interested parties, and the general public to participate in the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA scoping process during development of the SEIS. The purpose of the public scoping process is to provide information to the public, narrow the scope of analysis to significant environmental issues, serve as a mechanism to solicit agency and public input on potential alternatives and issues of concern, and ensure full and open participation in scoping for the SEIS. CEMVN requests input from interested parties regarding potential WSLP mitigation alternatives and information and analyses relevant to the proposed MSP. To ensure that all the issues related to the proposed MSP are addressed, the CEMVN will conduct virtual and, if permissible, in-person public scoping meetings to which agencies, organizations, and members of the general public are invited to present comments or suggestions with regard to the range of actions, alternatives, and potential impacts to be considered in the SEIS. Project and public scoping meeting information, including information as to where, when, and how to participate and submit scoping comments as well as other opportunities for public involvement, will be available on CEMVNs website at: https
www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Missions/
Environmental/NEPA-ComplianceDocuments/Bipartisan-Budget-Act2018-BBA-18/West-Shore-LakePontchartrain/.
Notification of public scoping meetings will also be available via press releases, special public notices, and on CEMVNs social media platforms.
3. Federal Authority. The SEIS will disclose the context and intensity of environmental impacts, including focusing the analysis on those effects that are reasonably foreseeable and that
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have a reasonably close causal relationship to the proposed action as required under the Council of Environmental Qualitys CEQ NEPA
regulations at 40 CFR parts 15001508
and the Department of the Armys NEPA
regulations at 33 CFR part 230. A
reasonable range of alternatives will be determined, and significant issues related to the proposed action will be identified during public scoping.
The following agencies are being invited to participate as Cooperating Agencies on the SEIS: United States Environmental Protection Agency;
United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service USFWS; United States Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS; United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service;
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation ACHP; State of Louisiana, Historic Preservation Office SHPO, State of Louisiana Department of Natural Resources LDNR, State of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries LDWF, and State of Louisiana, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority CPRA.
4. Alternatives. The SEIS will address a reasonable range of alternatives based on the proposed Projects purpose and need. The SEIS will compare, at a minimum, the previously identified BBA Alternative for the WSLP Project in EA 576 to Alternative 1 MSP1: Public and Private Lands and Alternative 2
MSP2: Public Land Only by using the Alternatives Evaluation and Comparison AEC process. The results of the AEC
process would be presented in the SEIS.
The BBA Alternative would compensate for the WSLP Project impacts of 955
AAHU of CZ swamp. The MSP
Alternative would compensate for WSLP Project impacts of approximately 1,010 AAHU of CZ swamp.
5. Potentially Significant Issues. The SEIS will analyze the potential impacts on the human and natural environment resulting from the Project. The scoping, public involvement, and interagency coordination processes will help identify and define the range of potential significant issues that will be considered. Important resources and issues to be evaluated in the SEIS could include, but are not limited to, the reasonably foreseeable effects on tidal wetlands and other waters of the U.S.;
aquatic resources; commercial and recreational fisheries; wildlife resources;
essential fish habitat; water quality;
cultural resources; geology and soils;
hydrology and hydraulics; air quality;
marine mammals; threatened and endangered species and their critical
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habitats; navigation and navigable waters; induced flooding; employment and incomes; land use; property values;
tax revenues; population and housing;
community and regional growth;
environmental justice; community cohesion; public services; recreation;
transportation and traffic; utilities and community service systems.
6. Environmental Consultation and Review and Authorizations. The proposed action is being coordinated with a number of federal, state, regional, and local agencies. In accordance with relevant environmental laws and regulations, CEMVN will consult with the following agencies: USFWS under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act;
USFWS and NMFS under the Endangered Species Act; NMFS under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act;
LDNR for Coastal Zone Consistency determination concurrence; and LDEQ
for Clean Water Act, Section 401 Water Quality Certification; and, the ACHP, Louisiana SHPO, and the appropriate Tribal Historic Preservation Officers under the National Historic Preservation Act using an integrated NHPA Section 106/NEPA EIS process.
7. Availability. The SEIS is presently scheduled to be available for public review and comment in October 2021. A
Final SEIS is scheduled for release in January 2022. A decision regarding implementation of the MSP is expected in 2022. All comments received throughout the review process will become part of the project file for the proposed Project and will be subject to public release.
Edward E. Belk, Jr., Programs Director, Mississippi Valley Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy Certificate of Alternate Compliance for Block IV VIRGINIA Class Submarines Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice of issuance of Certificate of Alternate Compliance.

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ACTION:

SUMMARY: The U.S. Navy hereby announces that a Certificate of Alternate Compliance has been issued for Block IV VIRGINIA Class Submarines. All Block IV VIRGINIA Class submarines are built to the same design. Due to the special construction and purpose of each submarine of this class, the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General
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