[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61344-61346]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22075]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket Number USCG-2021-0183]

Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Expansion and
Modernization of Base Seattle

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of Availability for Draft Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement Expansion and Modernization of Base Seattle; and
request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969 as amended and the Council on Environmental Quality NEPA
Regulations, the U.S. Coast Guard announces the availability of the
Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the
Expansion and Modernization of Base Seattle. The Draft PEIS analyzes
the potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts, and identifies
related mitigation measures, associated with land acquisition, facility
and infrastructure modernization, and continued operation to support
current and future Coast Guard missions at Base Seattle. By this
notice, Coast Guard is announcing the availability of the draft PEIS
for public review and comment.

DATES: Comments and related material must be post-marked or received by
the Coast Guard on or before December 2nd, 2022.

ADDRESSES: The PEIS can be reviewed at https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Engineering-Logistics-CG-4-/Program-Offices/Environmental-Management/Environmental-Planning-and-Historic-Preservation/. Comments can be submitted to docket number
USCG-2021-0183 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov/. See the ``Public Participation and Request for
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further
instructions on submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be sent to Dean Amundson, Coast Guard; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>,
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, sections 4321 et seq.
of Title 42 United States Code, and Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations (sections 1500-1508 of Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations
[CFR]; CEQ), the Coast Guard announces the availability of a Draft PEIS
for public comment. The Coast Guard published a Notice of Intent (NOI)
to prepare a PEIS on May 7, 2021 (FR24637). The NOI formally announced
a formal 45 day scoping period in which comments were received. The
Coast Guard used these comments to develop the Draft PEIS that is the
subject of this Notice.

I. Public Participation and Comments

    The Coast Guard invites you to review the Draft PEIS. The Coast
Guard will consider all submissions and may adjust our final analysis
and decision based on your comments. If you submit a comment, please
include the docket number for this notice, indicate the specific
section of this document to which each comment applies, and provide a
reason for each suggestion or recommendation.
    Submitting Comments: You may submit comments on the Draft PEIS by
one of the following methods:
     Via the Web: You may submit comments identified by docket
number USCG-2021-0183 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov.
     Via U.S. Mail: U.S. Coast Guard, Shore Infrastructure
Logistics Center, Environmental Management Division, Attn: Mr. Dean
Amundson, 1301 Clay Street, Suite 700N, Oakland, CA 94612-5203. Please
note that mailed comments must be post-marked on or before the comment
deadline of December 2nd, 2022.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available in the docket.

II. Public Comment and Meeting

    After publication of this Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft
PEIS, the Coast Guard will receive public comments for 57 days. During
this time period, the Coast Guard will hold a public meeting in
Seattle, Washington. The public meeting will provide an additional
opportunity to submit written comments on the Draft PEIS. The date and
time of the public meeting will be announced in the Seattle Times. If
special assistance is required to attend the meeting, contact the U.S.
Coast Guard as indicated in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Upon the completion of the 57 day public comment period, the Coast
Guard

will prepare comment responses and publish its Final PEIS. This notice
is issued under authority of NEPA, specifically in compliance with 42
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C) and CEQ implementing regulations in 40 CFR parts 1500
through 1508.

III. Purpose and Need

    Base Seattle supports, and will continue to support, the Coast
Guard's execution of its statutory missions, pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 102.
The Coast Guard's Base Seattle is located on Puget Sound in Seattle,
Washington. The Base serves as the homeport for several Coast Guard
cutters and provides a full range of support functions for vessels and
Coast Guard missions in the Pacific Northwest and Polar areas of
operation.
    The purpose of the Proposed Action is to provide adequate
facilities and infrastructure at Base Seattle to support current and
future execution of the Coast Guard's statutory missions. Base Seattle
is the largest Coast Guard facility in the Pacific Northwest and is an
essential facility to support Coast Guard missions in the Pacific
Northwest and Polar regions now and for the foreseeable future. To
continue to support Coast Guard mission execution throughout these
regions, expansion and extensive modernization of Base Seattle is
required.
    The need for the Proposed Action is to address substantial existing
deficiencies in facilities and infrastructure at Base Seattle that
hinder the efficient execution of Coast Guard missions, as well as
provide facility enhancements necessary to support current and future
major cutters homeported at Base Seattle. Advances in major cutter
technology require infrastructure enhancements and renovations to
accommodate the increased size and shore-side support requirements
associated with these advanced operating assets. The Coast Guard has
identified deficiencies that include, but are not limited to, a lack of
adequate land area, incompatible land uses, shortage of berthing
capacity, out of date and inadequate facilities and infrastructure, and
traffic congestion and parking shortfalls, as well as the need for
improved resiliency in the event of natural disasters, and improved
physical security capabilities.

IV. Scope of Analysis

    The Draft PEIS identifies and examines the proposed action to
expand and modernize Base Seattle, the reasonable alternatives
available to the Coast Guard, and assesses the potential environmental
impact of each. Future decisions to homeport major cutters at Base
Seattle, as well as the fate of cutters currently homeported at Base
Seattle, are independent actions from the modernization program
evaluated in this PEIS and therefore these actions are not within the
scope of the PEIS analysis. Additionally, the EPA is the lead agency
for a potential removal of contamination in Slip 36 at Base Seattle
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (CERCLA). Since the Coast Guard is not the lead agency,
and the project is being completed under CERCLA (exempt from NEPA),
this action is independent of the Base Seattle modernization.

V. Alternatives

    The Coast Guard has determined the requirements to modernize and
upgrade existing facilities and infrastructure at Base Seattle. These
requirements include resolving incompatible land uses, increasing
berthing capacity, upgrading existing facilities and infrastructure,
reducing congestion and parking shortfalls, providing a safer work
environment, enhancing physical security capabilities, and providing
new infrastructure, as necessary.
    All action alternatives include demolition, rehabilitation/
renovation, and construction of structures. In addition to buildings,
the proposed construction actions would include utility replacement,
upgrade, and modernization; seismic soil stabilization; upgrades to
base security (fencing); expanded parking and flexible use space; and
repair of internal road surfaces, hardscaping, and landscaping.
    Once the program is fully executed, Base Seattle population would
increase from the current level of 1,140 to an estimated 1,900
personnel.
    The Coast Guard identified three reasonable alternatives that would
meet the purpose and need of the Proposed Action.
    1. Alternative 1: Modernization with Additional Land and Two Berths
at Terminal 46 (Preferred Alternative). Under Alternative 1,
approximately 27 to 54 acres of land would be acquired, including the
1.1-acre Belknap property and between 26 and 53 acres at Terminal 46
from the Port of Seattle. The acquired property at Terminal 46 would
provide 1,070 linear feet of new Coast Guard berthing space. In
addition to the construction activities discussed above, Alternative 1
would include the re-construction of portions of Terminal 46.
    2. Alternative 2: Modernization with Additional Land from Terminals
30 and 46. Alternative 2 would expand Base Seattle both to the north
and south. Under Alternative 2, many of the proposed infrastructure
modernization and expansion elements would occur within the current
Base boundaries or on land acquired at Terminal 30 and berthing
requirements would be satisfied by the development of two new berths to
the south (Pier 35 E/F). Land acquired at Terminal 46 would be used for
active cutter support services, material laydown areas, and AT/FP
setbacks. Land acquisition under Alternative 2 would include 21.5 to
29.5 acres of land, with the majority being 13.5 to 21.5 acres at
Terminal 30, which would include Jack Perry Memorial Park. Two new
berths would provide 1,120 linear feet of wharf space. The berths would
be constructed through the Pier 35E/F development with one berth on
currently owned Coast Guard property and a second berth constructed on
acquired property at Terminal 30.
    3. Alternative 3: Modernization with Additional Land and One Berth
at Terminal 46. Under Alternative 3, Base Seattle would expand to the
north through land acquisition at Terminal 46 and would infill the
current Base footprint by acquiring currently leased properties. The
minimum acquired land would total approximately 24.25 to 32.25 acres
with the majority of land being 21.75 to 29.75 acres at Terminal 46.
These elements include satisfying berthing requirements with
construction of one new berth within the current Base boundaries (Pier
35E) and one additional existing berth at Terminal 46. Under this
alternative, one existing berth totaling 560 LF would be acquired at
Terminal 46. No further modifications are required for this berth. One
berth would be constructed on Coast Guard property at proposed Pier 35.
    The Coast Guard also carried forward the No Action Alternative for
detailed analysis in the Draft PEIS. While the No Action Alternative
would not satisfy the purpose and need for the Proposed Action, this
alternative was retained to provide a comparative against which to
analyze the effects of the Action Alternatives as required under CEQ's
NEPA regulation.

VI. Findings of the Draft PEIS

    The Draft PEIS analyzes the potential environmental and
socioeconomic impacts associated with the Proposed Action, action
alternatives and the No Action Alternative; including direct, indirect,
and cumulative effects, and mitigation measure to minimize impacts.
Resource areas analyzed in the Draft PEIS include: land use, geological
resources, water resources, transportation, air quality, biological
resources, socioeconomics and

environmental justice, cultural resources, noise, utilities and public
services, hazardous materials and wastes, visual resources,
recreational resources, and greenhouse gases and climate change.
    Based on the analysis presented in the Draft PEIS, significant
adverse impacts could occur to land use/Coastal Zone Management and
socioconomics/environmental justice. Due to the programmatic nature of
the Proposed Action, the analysis determined that there are adverse
potentially significant impacts to cultural resources. When considered
with other projects there will be both significant and potentially
significant cumulative impacts. The Coast Guard invites public response
and comments on the Draft PEIS to assist the Coast Guard in improving
the analysis and mitigation of environmental impacts associated with
the Proposed Action.

    Dated: September 29, 2022.
C.J. List,
Rear Admiral, USCG.
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[Notices]
[Page 37043]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16253]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Membership in the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: By Federal Register notice on April 20, 2018 the National Park
Service (NPS) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) invited
interested persons to apply to fill two openings on the National Parks
Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG) to represent air tour operator
concerns and Native American interests. This notice informs the public
of the selection made for the vacancy representing air tour operators
and invites persons interested in serving on the NPOAG to apply for
current and future openings representing Native American concerns, and
future openings representing general aviation, and air tour operator
interests.

DATES: Persons interested in applying for the NPOAG openings
representing air tour operator and Native American interests need to
apply by September 14, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Lusk, Special Programs Staff,
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region Headquarters,
727 S Aviation Boulevard, Suite #150, El Segundo, CA 90245, telephone:
(424) 405-7017, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (the Act) was
enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 106-181, and subsequently
amended in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. The Act
required the establishment of the advisory group within one year after
its enactment. The NPOAG was established in March 2001. The advisory
group is comprised of a balanced group of representatives of general
aviation, commercial air tour operations, environmental concerns, and
Native American tribes. The Administrator of the FAA and the Director
of NPS (or their designees) serve as ex officio members of the group.
Representatives of the Administrator and Director serve alternating
one-year terms as chairman of the advisory group.
    In accordance with the Act, the advisory group provides ``advice,
information, and recommendations to the Administrator and the
Director--
    (1) On the implementation of this title [the Act] and the
amendments made by this title;
    (2) On commonly accepted quiet aircraft technology for use in
commercial air tour operations over a national park or tribal lands,
which will receive preferential treatment in a given air tour
management plan;
    (3) On other measures that might be taken to accommodate the
interests of visitors to national parks; and
    (4) At the request of the Administrator and the Director, safety,
environmental, and other issues related to commercial air tour
operations over a national park or tribal lands.''

Membership

    The current NPOAG is made up of one member representing general
aviation, three members representing the commercial air tour industry,
four members representing environmental concerns, and two members
representing Native American interests. Members serve 3-year terms.
Current members of the NPOAG are as follows:
    Melissa Rudinger representing general aviation; Alan Stephen and
Matt Zuccaro representing commercial air tour operators with one open
seat; Les Blomberg, Rob Smith, John Eastman, and Dick Hingson
representing environmental interests; and Martin Begaye representing
Native American tribes with one open seat.

Selection

    Eric Lincoln has been selected to represent commercial air tour
operators. No selection was made for the opening to represent Native
American interests. In addition, three more seats are expiring in
October/November 2018. The upcoming openings are one each to represent
Native American concerns, general aviation, and air tour operator
interests.
    The FAA and NPS invite persons interested in applying for the four
openings on the NPOAG to contact Mr. Keith Lusk (contact information is
written above in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). Requests to serve on
the NPOAG must be made to Mr. Lusk in writing and postmarked or emailed
on or before September 14, 2018. The request should indicate whether or
not you are a member of an association or group related to air tour
operator, general aviation, or Native American concerns or have another
affiliation with issues relating to aircraft flights over national
parks. The request should also state what expertise you would bring to
the NPOAG as related to issues and concerns with aircraft flights over
national parks. The term of service for NPOAG members is 3 years.
Current members may re-apply for another term.
    On August 13, 2014, the Office of Management and Budget issued
revised guidance regarding the prohibition against appointing or not
reappointing federally registered lobbyists to serve on advisory
committees (79 FR 47482).
    Therefore, before appointing an applicant to serve on the NPOAG,
the FAA and NPS will require the prospective candidate to certify that
they are not a federally registered lobbyist.

    Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on July 23, 2018.
Keith Lusk,
Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region.
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24506-24507]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11167]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9994-45-OAR]

Allocations of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Allowances From New
Unit Set-Asides for 2019 Control Periods

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of data availability.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice
of the availability of data on emission allowance allocations to
certain units under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) trading
programs. EPA has completed preliminary calculations for the first
round of allocations of allowances from the CSAPR new unit set-asides
(NUSAs) for the 2019 control periods and has posted spreadsheets

containing the calculations on EPA's website. EPA will consider timely
objections to the preliminary calculations (including objections
concerning the identification of units eligible for allocations) before
determining the final amounts of the first-round allocations.

DATES: Objections to the information referenced in this document must
be received on or before June 27, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your objections via email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
Include ``2019 NUSA allocations'' in the email subject line and include
your name, title, affiliation, address, phone number, and email address
in the body of the email.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning this action
should be addressed to Kenon Smith at<PHONE_NUMBER> or
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or Jason Kuhns at<PHONE_NUMBER> or
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under each CSAPR trading program where EPA
is responsible for determining emission allowance allocations, a
portion of each state's emissions budget for the program for each
control period is reserved in a NUSA (and in an additional Indian
country NUSA in the case of states with Indian country within their
borders) for allocation to certain units that would not otherwise
receive allowance allocations. The procedures for identifying the
eligible units for each control period and for allocating allowances
from the NUSAs and Indian country NUSAs to these units are set forth in
the CSAPR trading program regulations at 40 CFR 97.411(b) and 97.412
(NOX Annual), 97.511(b) and 97.512 (NOX Ozone
Season Group 1), 97.611(b) and 97.612 (SO2 Group 1),
97.711(b) and 97.712 (SO2 Group 2), and 97.811(b) and 97.812
(NOX Ozone Season Group 2). Each NUSA allowance allocation
process involves up to two rounds of allocations to eligible units,
termed ``new'' units, followed by the allocation to ``existing'' units
of any allowances not allocated to new units.
    This document concerns preliminary calculations for the first round
of NUSA allowance allocations for the 2019 control periods. Generally,
the allocation procedures call for each eligible unit to receive a
first-round 2019 NUSA allocation equal to its 2018 control period
emissions as reported under 40 CFR part 75 unless the total of such
allocations to all eligible units would exceed the amount of allowances
in the NUSA, in which case the allocations are reduced on a pro-rata
basis. EPA notes that, under 40 CFR 97.406(c)(3), 97.506(c)(3),
97.606(c)(3), 97.706(c)(3), and 97.806(c)(3), a unit's emissions
occuring before its monitor certification deadline are not considered
to have occurred during a control period and consequently are not
included in the emission amounts used to determine NUSA allocations.
    The detailed unit-by-unit data and preliminary allowance allocation
calculations are set forth in Excel spreadsheets titled
``CSAPR_NUSA_2019_NOx_Annual_1st_Round_Prelim_Data'',
``CSAPR_NUSA_2019_NOx_OS_1st_Round_Prelim_Data'', and
``CSAPR_NUSA_2019_SO2_1st_Round_Prelim_Data,'' available on
EPA's website at https://www.epa.gov/csapr/new-unit-set-aside-notices-data-availability-nusa-noda-cross-state-air-pollution-rule. Each of the
spreadsheets contains a separate worksheet for each state covered by
that program showing, for each unit identified as eligible for a first-
round NUSA allocation, (1) the unit's emissions in the 2018 control
period (annual or ozone season as applicable), (2) the maximum first-
round 2019 NUSA allowance allocation for which the unit is eligible
(typically the unit's emissions in the 2018 control period), (3)
various adjustments to the unit's maximum allocation, many of which are
necessary only if the NUSA pool is oversubscribed, and (4) the
preliminary calculation of the unit's first-round 2019 NUSA allowance
allocation.
    Each state worksheet also contains a summary showing (1) the
quantity of allowances initially available in that state's 2019 NUSA,
(2) the sum of the first-round 2019 NUSA allowance allocations that
will be made to new units in that state, assuming there are no
corrections to the data, and (3) the quantity of allowances that would
remain in the 2019 NUSA for use in second-round allocations to new
units (or ultimately for allocation to existing units), again assuming
there are no corrections to the data.
    Objections should be strictly limited to the data and calculations
upon which the NUSA allowance allocations are based and should be
emailed to the address identified in ADDRESSES. Objections must
include: (1) Precise identification of the specific data and/or
calculations the commenter believes are inaccurate, (2) new proposed
data and/or calculations upon which the commenter believes EPA should
rely instead to determine allowance allocations, and (3) the reasons
why EPA should rely on the commenter's proposed data and/or
calculations and not the data referenced in this document.
    EPA notes that an allocation or lack of allocation of allowances to
a given unit does not constitute a determination that CSAPR does or
does not apply to the unit. EPA also notes that, under 40 CFR
97.411(c), 97.511(c), 97.611(c), 97.711(c), and 97.811(c), allocations
are subject to potential correction if a unit to which allowances have
been allocated for a given control period is not actually an affected
unit as of the start of that control period.

    Authority: 40 CFR 97.411(b), 97.511(b), 97.611(b), 97.711(b),
and 97.811(b).

    Dated: May 1, 2019.
Reid P. Harvey,
Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs,
Office of Air and Radiation.
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