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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Los Angeles District, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) District Eleven, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 will act as cooperating agencies for the purposes of the PEIS.","action":"Notice of intent to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; notice of public scoping.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2022/05/23/2022-11010.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"87 FR 31210","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2022-07-22","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"NMFS requests comments concerning the scope of the proposed action, its potential impacts to the natural and human environment, means for avoiding, minimizing, or mitigating potential impacts, the range of preliminary alternatives proposed in this notification, and any additional reasonable alternatives that should be considered within the Southern California Bight. All comments must be received by 8:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) July 22, 2022. NMFS expects the Draft PEIS is to be available in 2023 and the Final PEIS to be available April of 2024 with a Record of Decision May of 2024. NMFS will host two webinar-based public scoping meetings and will allow for oral comments in English during allotted times in the webinar. 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