Notice2024-24291
Finding of No Significant Impact and Final Environmental Assessment for DARPA's Reefense Program, Baker Point, Florida
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Published
October 21, 2024
Issuing agencies
Defense Department
Abstract
DARPA announces the availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Reefense Program at Baker Point, Florida. The environmental review process led to the conclusion that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement will not be prepared.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 84124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24291]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Finding of No Significant Impact and Final Environmental
Assessment for DARPA's Reefense Program, Baker Point, Florida
AGENCY: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Department
of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: DARPA announces the availability of a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) and a Final Environmental Assessment (EA)
for the Reefense Program at Baker Point, Florida. The environmental
review process led to the conclusion that the proposed action will not
have a significant effect on the human environment. Therefore, an
Environmental Impact Statement will not be prepared.
ADDRESSES: The Final EA and FONSI are available online through the
project website at <a href="https://hsrl.rutgers.edu/research/darpa-reefense">https://hsrl.rutgers.edu/research/darpa-reefense</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Catherine Campbell, 703-526-2044
(Voice), <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#efac8e9b878a9d86818ac1ac8e829f8d8a8383af8b8e9d9f8ec1828683"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aeedcfdac6cbdcc7c0cb80edcfc3decccbc2c2eecacfdcdecf80c3c7c2">[email protected]</span></a> (Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notification of the availability of the
Draft EA was published in the Federal Register (89 FR 37184) on May 6,
2024. The public review period began on May 6, 2024 and concluded on
June 5, 2024. Legal notices were published in the Panama City News
Herald on May 9 and May 12, 2024. DARPA received two comments: one from
a private individual and one from the Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4. Comments received during this public review were considered
when preparing the Final EA. DARPA's proposed action analyzed in the EA
is for the installation of bio-hybrid oyster reef structures to test
whether such structures can attenuate wave energy more effectively than
traditional hardscape solutions to protect coastal shorelines and
infrastructure. Components would consist of reef module breakwaters,
mosaic oyster habitat structures, and intertidal vegetation planting.
These structures, or modules, created using cutting-edge scientific
advances, are intended to create a self-sustaining oyster reef to
attenuate wave energy and, thus, protect upland infrastructure by
mitigating damage related to coastal flooding, erosion, and storm
surge. The geographic scope analyzed in the EA is a proposed action
area of approximately one acre located off the coast of Baker Point,
Florida that is adjacent to Tyndall Air Force Base and within East Bay
of the St. Andrew Bay estuary. The analysis within the EA yielded no
significant impacts to the resources analyzed and would not result in
significant impacts overall. The EA and FONSI were prepared in
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (42 United States Code 4321 et seq.) and Council on
Environmental Quality implementing regulations (40 Code of Federal
Regulations parts 1500-1508).
Dated: October 16, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-24291 Filed 10-18-24; 8:45 am]
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