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extinction risk would be increased to an 

unacceptable level by the onset of future 

droughts. Therefore, we find that the 

petition does not present new 

substantial information on the threat to 

Alabama shad from other natural and 

manmade factors, such as water 

pollution, siltation and drought, 

indicating listing as threatened or 

endangered under the ESA may be 

warranted. 

Petition Finding 

We have reviewed the petition, the 

literature cited in the petition, and other 

literature and information contained in 

our files. We find that the petition does 

not present substantial scientific or 

commercial information indicating that 

the requested listing actions may be 

warranted. Alabama shad is currently 

designated as a NMFS Species of 

Concern. We periodically review the 

species on the Species of Concern list to 

evaluate whether they should be 

retained or removed from the list or 

proposed for listing under the ESA. For 

the Alabama shad, NMFS is currently 

scheduled to release a Species of 

Concern review in 2011. 

References Cited 

A complete list of all references is 

available upon request from the 

Protected Resources Division of the 

NMFS Southeast Regional Office (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Dated: February 11, 2011. 

Eric C. Schwaab, 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA222 

Gulf Spill Restoration Planning; Notice 

of Intent To Begin Restoration Scoping 

and Prepare a Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to begin 

restoration scoping and prepare a 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (PEIS). 

SUMMARY: The purpose of the Gulf Spill 

Restoration Planning PEIS is to identify 

restoration types and establish a 

programmatic framework and 

procedures that will enable the Trustees 

to expedite the selection and 

implementation of restoration projects 

to compensate the public and the 

environment for loss of natural 

resources and services from the 

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill that began 

on April 20, 2010, Mississippi Canyon 

Block 252 (‘‘the Oil Spill’’). The Trustees 

will prepare a PEIS that will evaluate a 

range of restoration types that could be 

used to compensate the public for the 

environmental and human use damages 

caused by the Oil Spill. The Trustees 

seek public involvement in the scoping 

process and development of the PEIS. 

This notice explains the scoping process 

the Trustees will use to gather input 

from the public. Comments on what the 

Trustees should consider in the PEIS 

may be submitted in written form or 

verbally at any of the public scoping 

meetings; or may be submitted in 

written or electronic form at any other 

time during the scoping process. 

DATES: Public comments must be 

received by May 18, 2011. Preliminary 

public scoping meeting locations are 

being scheduled for: 

• Pensacola, FL 

• Belle Chasse, LA 

• Grand Isle, LA 

• Port Arthur, TX 

• Galveston, TX 

• Houma, LA 

• Morgan City, LA 

• Gulfport, MS 

• Spanish Fort, AL 

• Panama City, FL 

• Washington, DC 

The specific dates and times for each 

are to be determined and will be 

announced in the Federal Register, on 

the Web site, and in local newspapers 

no later than two weeks prior to each 

meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Written scoping comments 

on suggested restoration types should be 

sent to NOAA Restoration Center, Attn: 

DWH PEIS Comments, 263 13th Avenue 

South, Suite 166, St. Petersburg, FL 

33701. Electronic comments are strongly 

encouraged, and can also be submitted 

to http:// 

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov. All 

written scoping comments must be 

received by the close of the scoping 

process to be considered during the 

scoping process. The exact dates and 

venues of scoping meetings, as well as 

the closing date for scoping comments, 

will be announced in a public notice to 

be released two weeks prior to the first 

public scoping meetings to be held 

pursuant to this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

NOAA—Brian Hostetter at 888.547.0174 

or by e-mail at 

gulfspillcomments@noaa.gov; 

DOI—Robin Renn by e-mail at 

Robin_Renn@fws.gov; 

AL— Will Gunter by e-mail at 

William.Gunter@dcnr.alabama.gov; 

FL—Lee Edminston or Gil McRae by 

e-mail at Lee.Edmiston@dep.state.fl.us 

or Gil.McRae@myfwc.com; 

LA—Karolien Debusschere by e-mail 

at karolien.debusschere@la.gov; 

MS—Richard Harrell by e-mail at 

Richard_Harrell@deq.state.ms.us; 

TX—Don Pitts by e-mail at 

Don.Pitts@tpwd.state.tx.us. 

To be added to the Oil Spill PEIS 

mailing list, please visit: http:// 

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce is the lead 

agency for the preparation of the PEIS 

on behalf of United States Department 

of the Interior (on behalf of the Fish and 

Wildlife Service, the National Park 

Service, the Bureau of Land 

Management and the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs) (‘‘DOI’’); the Louisiana Coastal 

Protection and Restoration Authority, 

the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s 

Office, the Louisiana Department of 

Environmental Quality, the Louisiana 

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 

and the Louisiana Department of 

Natural Resources, for the State of 

Louisiana; the Mississippi Department 

of Environmental Quality, for the State 

of Mississippi; the Alabama Department 

of Conservation and Natural Resources 

and the Geological Survey of Alabama, 

for the State of Alabama; the Florida 

Department of Environmental Protection 

and the Florida Fish and Wildlife 

Conservation Commission for the State 

of Florida; and the Texas Parks and 

Wildlife Department, Texas General 

Land Office, and the Texas Commission 

on Environmental Quality, for the State 

of Texas. 

Under the Oil Pollution Act (OPA), 33 

U.S.C. 2701 et seq. Responsible Parties 

incur liability for the costs of cleaning 

up the oil and for the restoration of 

injured natural resources and their 

services. Liability for natural resource 

injuries caused by the Oil Spill can also 

flow from the Park System Resource 

Protection Act (PSRPA) (16 U.S.C. 19jj), 

the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 

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and state laws. The Trustee agencies, 

including NOAA, are leading efforts to 

assess and restore affected resources. 

These resources include ecologically, 

recreationally, and commercially 

important species and their habitats in 

the Gulf of Mexico and along the coastal 

areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, 

Alabama, Texas, and Florida, as well as 

human uses of these resources. 

Natural Resource Damage Assessment 

(NRDA) is the process established under 

OPA to evaluate the impacts to natural 

resources and lost human uses of those 

resources. Information continues to be 

collected on pre-oiled and oiled areas to 

assess potential impacts to natural 

resources, including: fish, shellfish, 

marine mammals, turtles, birds, and 

other sensitive resources and their 

habitats, including; wetlands, beaches, 

mudflats, bottom sediments, corals, and 

the water column. Losses of commercial 

and recreational human uses such as 

fishing, hunting, boating, and beach 

enjoyment are also being assessed. 

OPA authorizes certain federal and 

state agencies and Indian tribes to be 

designated as Trustees for affected 

natural resources. Under OPA, these 

agencies and tribes are authorized to 

assess natural resource injuries and to 

seek compensation from RPs, including 

the costs of performing the damage 

assessment. The Trustees are required to 

use recovered damages only to restore, 

replace or acquire the equivalent of 

injured or lost resources and the human 

use of those resources. Toward that end, 

the PEIS will identify types of 

restoration that could be used to 

compensate the public for lost resources 

and their services, as well as a 

framework and procedures for the 

selection and implementation of 

restoration projects that will 

compensate the public for the natural 

resource damages caused by the Oil 

Spill. 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., and 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations implementing NEPA under 

40 CFR Chapter V apply to restoration 

actions by federal trustees. The federal 

and state Trustees will be developing a 

PEIS to help guide restoration actions 

associated with the NRDA for the Oil 

Spill. The PEIS will assess the 

environmental, social, and economic 

attributes of the affected environment 

and the potential consequences of 

alternative actions to restore, 

rehabilitate, replace, or acquire the 

equivalent of natural resources and 

services potentially injured by the spill. 

A PEIS may be prepared to evaluate 

actions that encompass a large 

geographic scale. Tiered analyses 

considering particular restoration 

actions may be required in the future as 

specific plans for implementing 

particular alternatives are established. 

The purpose of the scoping process is 

to identify the concerns of the affected 

public and federal agencies, states, and 

Indian tribes, involve the public early in 

the decision making process, facilitate 

an efficient PEIS preparation process, 

define the issues and alternatives that 

will be examined in detail, and save 

time by ensuring that draft documents 

adequately address relevant issues. The 

scoping process reduces paperwork and 

delay by ensuring that important issues 

are addressed early. Following the 

scoping process, the Trustees will 

prepare a draft PEIS, at which time the 

public will be encouraged to comment 

on the document. Similar to the scoping 

process, public comment meetings will 

be held at that time to gather oral and 

written public input on the draft PEIS. 

In compliance with 15 CFR 990.45, 

the Trustees will prepare an 

Administrative Record (Record). The 

Record will include documents that the 

Trustees relied on during the 

development of the PEIS. After 

preparation, the Record will be on file 

at the NOAA Restoration Center in 

Silver Spring, MD, and duplicate copies 

will be maintained at the following Web 

site: http://www.darrp.noaa.gov/. The 

specific web page will be provided in 

the next public notice. 

The draft PEIS document is intended 

to be released for public comment by 

Fall/Winter, 2011. Specific dates and 

times for future events will be 

publicized when scheduled. 

Dated: February 11, 2011. 

Patricia A. Montanio, 

Director, Office of Habitat Conservation, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3634 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 

Notice of Meeting 

The next meeting of the U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts is scheduled 

for 17 February 2011, at 10 a.m. in the 

Commission offices at the National 

Building Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary 

Square, 401 F Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20001–2728. Items of discussion 

may include buildings, parks and 

memorials. 

Draft agendas and additional 

information regarding the Commission 

are available on our Web site: http:// 

www.cfa.gov. Inquiries regarding the 

agenda and requests to submit written 

or oral statements should be addressed 

to Thomas Luebke, Secretary, U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts, at the above 

address; by e-mailing staff@cfa.gov; or 

by calling 202–504–2200. Individuals 

requiring sign language interpretation 

for the hearing impaired should contact 

the Secretary at least 10 days before the 

meeting date. 

Dated February 8, 2011 in Washington, DC. 

Thomas Luebke, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3563 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6330–01–M 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Public Availability of Consumer 

Product Safety Commission FY 2010 

Service Contract Inventory 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (‘‘CPSC’’ or ‘‘we’’), in 

accordance with section 743(c) of 

Division C of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111– 

117, 123 Stat. 3034, 3216), is 

announcing the availability of its service 

contract inventory for fiscal year (‘‘FY’’) 

2010. This inventory provides 

information on service contract actions 

over $25,000 that we made in FY 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Hutton, Director, Division of 

Procurement Services, U.S. Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, 4330 East 

West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 

20814. Telephone: 301–504–7009; email dhutton@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 16, 2009, the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2010 ‘‘Consolidated 

Appropriations Act’’), Public Law 111– 

117, became law. Section 743(a) of the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, titled 

‘‘Service Contract Inventory 

Requirement,’’ requires agencies to 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (‘‘OMB’’) an annual inventory of 

service contracts awarded or extended 

through the exercise of an option on or 

after April 1, 2010 and describes the 

contents of the inventory. The contents 

of the inventory include: 

(A) A description of the services 

purchased by the executive agency and 

the role the services played in achieving 

agency objectives, regardless of whether 

such a purchase was made through a 

contract or task order; 

(B) The organizational component of 

the executive agency administering the 


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