[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 11424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04286]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Installation of a Terminal Groin Structure at the 
Western End of South Beach, Bald Head Island, Adjacent to the Federal 
Wilmington Harbor Channel of the Cape Fear River (Brunswick County, 
NC), and Re-Scheduling of the Public Hearing

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

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Wilmington District, 
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office has received a request for 
Department of the Army authorization, pursuant to Section 404 of the 
Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbor Act, from the 
Village of Bald Head Island (VBHI) to develop and implement a shoreline 
protection plan that includes the installation of a terminal groin 
structure on the east side of the Wilmington Harbor Baldhead Shoal 
Entrance Channel (a federally-maintained navigation channel of the Cape 
Fear River) at the ``Point'' of Bald Head Island. The structure will be 
designed to function in concert with Federal beach disposal operations 
associated with the Wilmington Harbor navigation project. This is a 
supplement to the notice published in the Federal Register (79 FR 1843) 
on January 10, 2014 and a revision to the date of the public hearing 
and an extension of the comment period.

DATES: Due to inclement weather, the public hearing that was scheduled 
for February 12 was cancelled and re-scheduled for March 4, 2014. 
Written comments on the DEIS will be received until March 17, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and questions regarding scoping of the 
DEIS may be submitted to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), 
Wilmington District, Regulatory Division. ATTN: File Number SAW-2012-
00040, 69 Darlington Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28403.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the proposed action 
and DEIS can be directed to Mr. Ronnie Smith, Wilmington Regulatory 
Field Office, telephone: (910) 251-4829. Additional description of the 
VBHI proposal can be found at the following link, http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/RegulatoryPermitProgram/MajorProjects, 
under the VBHI Terminal Groin Project.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please reference the Notice of Availability 
that was filed in the Federal Register (79 FR 1843) on January 10, 2014 
for project information, including alternatives.
    The DEIS has been published and circulated, and a public hearing 
will be held March 4, 2014 at the International Longshoreman's 
Association Center, located at 211 West 10th Street in Southport, 
Brunswick County, North Carolina at 6 p.m.

    Dated: February 18, 2014.
Scott McLendon,
Chief, Regulatory Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-04286 Filed 2-27-14; 8:45 am]
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