[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 215 (Monday, November 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 68606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27895]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Chetco River Gravel Mining Executive and Technical Teams; 
Notification of Availability of Documents.

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is making available 
to the public all work products of the Chetco River Gravel Mining 
Executive and Technical Teams. These work products consist of meeting 
agendas, meeting minutes, reports, and other documents related to the 
proposed Chetco River Gravel Mining Regional General Permit and the 
evaluation of commercial gravel mining activities in other river 
systems within the state of Oregon. These work products (and additional 
information concerning the proposed regional general permit) can be 
viewed at http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/regulatory/publicnotice.asp 
under the heading ``Chetco River gravel mining.'' The Corps is 
soliciting comments from the public on these documents. The Corps will 
consider these comments in the evaluation of whether to issue the 
Chetco River Gravel Mining Regional General Permit.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted by December 8, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
    E-mail: [email protected].
    Mail: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (CENWP-OD-G), 
Attn: Ms. Judy Linton, P.O. Box 2946, Portland, Oregon 97208-2946.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Judy Linton, Project Manager, 
Portland District, Corps of Engineers, CENWP-OD-G, 333 SW First Avenue, 
P.O. Box 2946, Portland, Oregon 97208-2946, phone: (503) 808-4382 or e-
mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Executive and Technical Teams were 
established in 2007 as part of an initiative to evaluate, on a 
watershed basis, commercial gravel mining within the state of Oregon. 
The teams consisted of representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish & Wildlife 
Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Oregon Department of State 
Lands, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Oregon Department of 
Land Conservation and Development, Oregon Department of Fish & 
Wildlife, and the Oregon Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association. 
Effective October 29, 2010, the Corps formally disbanded the Executive 
and Technical Teams prior to moving forward with the evaluation of the 
proposed Chetco River Gravel Mining Regional General Permit.

    Dated: October 28, 2010.
Kevin P. Moynahan,
Chief, Regulatory Branch, Portland District.
[FR Doc. 2010-27895 Filed 11-5-10; 8:45 am]
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