Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 39 / Monday, February 28, 2011 / Notices 10889 

available on a first-come, first-served 

basis. 

Matters To Be Considered: The 

meeting will include the following 

topics: (1) SAB Ecosystem Sciences and 

Management Working Group Report on 

Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning; (2) 

Discussion of NOAA and SAB Activities 

on Ocean Policy and Coastal and Marine 

Spatial Planning; (3) SAB Data Archive 

and Access Requirements Working 

Group Report; (4) Update of the SAB 

Working Group Subcommittee; (5) 

NOAA Response to the SAB 

Recommendations on Implementing 

Integrated Ecosystem Assessments; (6) 

NOAA Response to the SAB 

Recommendations on Integrated 

Ecosystem Assessments, the Ecosystem 

Approach to Management and Coastal 

and Marine Spatial Planning; (7) NOAA 

Response to the SAB Recommendations 

on Oceans and Human Health; (8) 

Presentation on NOAA’s Space Weather 

Program; (9) Connecting Climate and 

Ecosystems: Progress and Challenges 

and (10) Updates from SAB Working 

Groups. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Cynthia Decker, Executive Director, 

Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 

11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301– 

734–1156, Fax: 301–713–1459, E-mail: 

Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov; or visit the 

NOAA SAB Web site at http:// 

www.sab.noaa.gov. 

Dated: February 22, 2011. 

Mark E. Brown, 

Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrator 

Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4354 Filed 2–25–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Record of Decision (ROD) for Grow the 

Army (GTA) Actions at Fort Lewis and 

the Yakima Training Center (YTC), 

Washington 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA). 

SUMMARY: The Executive Director of the 

Army’s Installation Management 

Command (IMCOM) has reviewed the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) for implementing Army GTA 

decisions at Fort Lewis and YTC and 

has made the decision to proceed with 

implementing the Preferred Alternative 

for the Proposed Action. The Preferred 

Alternative has several components that 

consist of stationing up to 1,900 

Soldiers at Fort Lewis to implement 

GTA stationing decisions, the potential 

stationing of up to approximately 1,000 

additional combat service support (CSS) 

Soldiers, and the potential stationing of 

a Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) of up 

to 2,800 Soldiers. If all stationing 

components are implemented, the 

Preferred Alternative would station up 

to 5,700 Soldiers, along with their 

Families, at Fort Lewis. Soldiers 

stationed at Fort Lewis as part of this 

decision would train at Fort Lewis and 

YTC. This alternative is summarized in 

the Army’s ROD and described fully in 

Chapter 2 of the FEIS. 

ADDRESSES: Questions or comments 

regarding the ROD should be forwarded 

to: Directorate of Public Works, 

Attention: Environmental (Mr. Paul T. 

Steucke, Jr.), Building 2012 Liggett 

Avenue, Box 339500 MS 17, Joint Base 

Lewis-McChord, WA 98433–9500. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Bill Van Hoesen, Joint Base LewisMcChord National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) Coordinator, at (253) 

966–1780 during normal business 

hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ROD 

incorporates analyses contained in the 

FEIS, including comments provided 

during formal comment and review 

periods. The ROD discusses the ability 

of each alternative to meet the Purpose 

and Need for the Proposed Action and 

outlines environmental mitigation 

commitments the Army will implement 

as part of this decision. The preferred 

alternative was selected as it is best able 

to meet the Army’s mission training and 

operational requirements while 

supporting the Army’s responsibility for 

protecting and sustaining the 

environment. The stationing of CSS 

units and/or a CAB are actions that the 

Army may implement in the future. 

Currently, the Army is completing a 

programmatic environmental analysis of 

suitable installations for CAB stationing 

that may result in the assignment of 

additional aviation units at Fort Lewis. 

As part of that CAB stationing 

evaluation, the Army considered the 

stationing of a full CAB equivalent of 

Soldiers and equipment; however, 

consideration is being given to 

stationing approximately half that total 

(up to 1,400 new Soldiers and their 

equipment). This more limited CAB 

stationing would provide a CAB training 

capability at Fort Lewis that would 

complement Active Army aviation units 

already stationed there. A final decision 

on the CAB stationing will be made as 

part of a separate decision process by 

the Army. 

This ROD documents the decision to 

proceed with the stationing of 1,900 

GTA Soldiers at Fort Lewis, and the 

decision about where the facilities for 

the CSS and CAB units could be located 

on the installation, what and where the 

training may be conducted, and what 

impacts or effects are anticipated. 

Construction and training to support 

CSS and CAB stationing would proceed 

in the future if the Army decided to 

station all or some of these Soldiers at 

Fort Lewis. 

On February 1, 2010, Fort Lewis, 

Yakima Training Center, and McChord 

Air Force Base were designated a joint 

base and renamed Joint Base LewisMcChord (JBLM); however, the terms 

Fort Lewis, and Yakima Training Center 

(YTC) are retained in the EIS and ROD 

and will be used until the EIS process 

is complete. 

A rationale for the decision can be 

found in the ROD which is available for 

public review at http:// 

www.lewis.army.mil/publicworks/sites/ 

envir/EIA_2.htm. 

Dated: February 17, 2011. 

Hershell E. Wolfe, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the 

Army, Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

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SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

30, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

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