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services listed below from nonprofit 

agencies employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in any additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities other 

than the small organizations that will 

furnish the services to the Government. 

2. If approved, the action will result 

in authorizing small entities to furnish 

the services to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the services proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List. 

Comments on this certification are 

invited. Commenters should identify the 

statement(s) underlying the certification 

on which they are providing additional 

information. 

End of Certification 

The following services are proposed 

for addition to Procurement List for 

production by the nonprofit agencies 

listed: 

Services 

Service Type/Location: Base Supply Center, 

Rock Island Arsenal, 3154 Rodman 

Avenue, Rock Island, IL. 

NPA: Association for Retarded Citizens of 

Rock Island County, Rock Island, IL. 

Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE ARMY, 

SR W0K8 USA ROCK ISL ARSENAL, 

ROCK ISLAND, IL. 

Service Type/Location: Base Operations 

Support, Mark Center Campus, 

Alexandria, VA. 

NPA: Service Source Inc., Alexandria, VA 

(prime); CW Resources Inc., New Britain, 

CT (subcontractor); Able Forces, Front 

Royal, VA (subcontractor). 

Contracting Activity: Department of Defense, 

Acquisition Directorate, Washington 

Headquarters Service, Washington, DC. 

Service Type/Location: Central Issue Facility 

Service, Fort Hood, TX. 

NPA: Skookum Educational Programs, 

Bremerton, WA. 

Contracting Activity: Department of the 

Army, Mission & Installation Contracting 

Command Center, Fort Sam Houston, 

TX. 

Service Type/Location: Mail Management 

Support Service, Philadelphia Naval 

Business Center, Official Mail Center 

Carderock, Philadelphia, PA. 

NPA: NewView Oklahoma, Inc., Oklahoma 

City, OK (prime); ServiceSource, Inc., 

Alexandria, VA (subcontractor); Naval 

Surface Warfare Center, Carderock 

Division, Ship Systems Engineering 

Station, Official Mail Center Carderock, 

West Bethesda, MD. 

NPA: NewView Oklahoma, Inc., Oklahoma 

City, OK. 

Contracting Activity: Department of the Navy, 

Commander, Fleet and Industrial Supply 

Center, San Diego, CA. 

Deletion 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities. 

2. If approved, the action may result 

in authorizing small entities to furnish 

the service to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the service proposed 

for deletion from the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

The following service is proposed for 

deletion from the Procurement List: 

Service 

Service Type/Location: Recycling Service, 

Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1500 

East Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, 

MS. 

NPA: Goodwill Industries of Mississippi, 

Inc., Ridgeland, MS. 

Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans 

Affairs, NAC, Hines, IL. 

Patricia Briscoe, 

Deputy Director, Business Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, March 16, 

2011; 10 a.m.–11 a.m. 

PLACE: Hearing Room 420, Bethesda 

Towers, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, Maryland. 

STATUS: Closed to the Public. 

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Compliance Status Report 

The Commission staff will brief the 

Commission on the status of compliance 

matters. For a recorded message 

containing the latest agenda 

information, call (301) 504–7948. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 

504–7923. 

Dated: March 8, 2011. 

Todd A Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Port of 

Gulfport Expansion Project, Harrison 

County, MS (Department of the Army 

Permit Number SAM–2009–1768–DMY) 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Mobile District (USACE) 

announces its intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

to assess the potential environmental 

impacts associated with the 

construction and operation of a project 

proposed by the Mississippi State Port 

Authority (MSPA). As part of the NEPA 

process, the Mississippi Development 

Authority (MDA) will be a cooperating 

agency in the preparation of the EIS. 

The National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) has expressed interest in acting 

as a cooperating agency in the 

preparation of the EIS. 

The proposed project as described in 

the application filed on March 17, 2010, 

proposed filling approximately 700 

acres of open-water benthic habitat. 

Since submittal of the application, the 

proposed project footprint has been 

modified by the MSPA to reduce the 

overall potential fill required for 

implementation and to not include any 

impacts to the Gulfport Harbor Federal 

Navigation Channel or Turning Basin. 

The currently proposed project involves 

filling of up to 400 acres of open-water 

bottom in the Mississippi Sound, the 

construction of wharfs, bulkheads, 

terminal facilities, container storage 

areas, intermodal container transfer 

facilities, dredging and dredged material 

disposal and infrastructure, and 

construction of a breakwater of 

approximately 4,000 linear feet. The 

proposed expanded port facility will be 

elevated 25 feet above sea level to 

provide protection against future 

tropical storm surge events. 

The EIS will evaluate the potential 

impacts of the proposed project, 

connected actions, and alternatives. The 


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EIS will also assist the USACE in 

deciding whether to issue a Department 

of the Army permit. 

The purpose of this Notice of Intent 

(NOI) is to inform and educate the 

public of the proposed project; invite 

public participation in the EIS process; 

announce the plans for a public scoping 

meeting; solicit public comments for 

consideration in establishing the scope 

and content of the EIS; and provide 

notice of potential impacts to openwater benthic habitats. 

DATES: A scoping meeting will be held 

on March 31, 2011. Comments will be 

accepted in written format at the 

scoping meeting or via mail/e-mail until 

April 11, 2011, to ensure consideration. 

Late comments will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting will be 

held at the Fleming Education Center 

Auditorium at the University of 

Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Park 

Campus, 730 East Beach Boulevard, 

Long Beach, Mississippi. Written 

comments regarding the proposed EIS 

scope should be addressed to Mr. 

Damon M. Young, P.G. USACE, Mobile 

District, Post Office Box 2288, Mobile, 

Alabama 36628. Individuals who would 

like to electronically provide comments 

should contact Mr. Young by electronic 

mail: port.gulfporteis@usace.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about this project, to be 

included on the mailing list for future 

updates and meeting announcements, or 

to receive a copy of the DRAFT EIS 

when it is issued, contact Damon M. 

Young, P.G., at the USACE at (251) 690– 

2658 or the address provided above. Mr. 

Ewing Milam, at the MDA can also be 

contacted for additional information at 

P.O. Box 849, Jackson, Mississippi, 

39205–0849, telephone 601.359.2157 or 

by electronic mail at 

emilam@mississippi.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background: The Gulfport Harbor 

Navigation Project was adopted by the 

River and Harbors Act approved on July 

3, 1930 (House Document Number 692, 

69th Congress, 2nd session) and the 

River and Harbors Act approved on June 

30, 1948 (House Document Number 112, 

81st Congress, 1st session). Construction 

of the existing Gulfport Harbor 

commenced in 1932 and was completed 

in 1950. Authorization to conduct 

improvements to the existing harbor 

was issued in the Fiscal Year 1985 

Supplemental Appropriations Act 

(Public Law 99–88). The Water 

Resources Development Acts (WRDAs) 

1986 and 1988 further modified the 

previous authorization to cover 

widening and deepening and thin-layer 

disposal, respectively. The authorized 

deepening was completed in 1993. 

Currently, there is an ongoing Federal 

action to widen the channel to the 

Federally authorized dimensions of 300 

feet in the Mississippi Sound Channel 

and 400 feet in the Bar Channel. A 

Department of the Army Permit MS96– 

02828–U was issued in 1998 authorizing 

an 84-acre expansion to fill the West 

Pier to construct new tenant terminals 

and infrastructure. Phases I and II are 

currently under construction. Phase III 

is expected to begin in late 2011. 

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane 

Katrina made landfall on the 

Mississippi Gulf Coast, resulting in one 

of the most significant natural disasters 

in the United States. The Port of 

Gulfport was severely impacted by the 

storm. The electrical power supply, 

roads, water, sewer, rail, small craft 

harbor fendering systems, navigational 

aids, and lighting and security systems 

were all destroyed or damaged beyond 

repair. According to the MSPA, the Port 

is currently operational at this time but 

it is not capable of withstanding another 

major hurricane without significant 

rehabilitation. 

2. Location: The proposed Port of 

Gulfport Expansion Project is located in 

the City of Gulfport, Harrison County, 

Mississippi. The proposed project is 

approximately 80 miles west of Mobile, 

Alabama, and 80 miles east of New 

Orleans, Louisiana. The Port 

encompasses approximately 184 acres 

and is located within 5 miles of the Gulf 

Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) and 

approximately 7 miles south of 

Interstate Highway 10. 

3. Work: The proposed project 

involves filling of up to 400 acres of 

open-water bottom in the Mississippi 

Sound, the construction of wharfs, 

bulkheads, terminal facilities, container 

storage areas, intermodal container 

transfer facilities, dredging and dredged 

material disposal and infrastructure, 

construction of a breakwater of 

approximately 4,000 linear feet, and 

may include additional improvements 

identified at the public scoping meeting. 

The proposed expanded port facility 

will be elevated 25 feet above sea level 

to provide protection against future 

tropical storm surge events. A 

Department of the Army permit is 

required for the proposed project, 

pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean 

Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251), Section 10 

of the River and Harbors Act (33 U.S.C. 

403), and Section 103 of the Marine 

Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries 

Act (33 U.S.C. 1401–1445, 16 U.S.C. 

1431 et seq., also 33 U.S.C. 1271). 

An Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) will be prepared pursuant to the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), and the Council on 

Environmental Quality NEPA 

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508) to 

assess the potential environmental 

impacts associated with the 

construction and operation of a project 

proposed by the Mississippi State Port 

Authority (MSPA). 

4. Need: According to the MSPA, this 

project will enhance Mississippi’s 

standing in the global economy by 

repositioning the Port into a sustainable, 

world-class maritime facility for future 

generations. This project is needed to 

expand the Port’s current footprint, 

which will include the construction of 

wharfs, bulkheads, terminal facilities, 

container storage areas, intermodal 

container transfer facilities, dredging 

and dredged material disposal and 

infrastructure. Specific alternatives will 

be developed as part of the EIS process 

and feedback provided during project 

scoping. 

5. Affected Environment: 

Environmental characteristics that may 

be affected by the proposed project 

include geological, chemical, biological, 

physical, socioeconomic, and 

commercial and recreational activities. 

Offshore, the navigation channel 

extends 20 miles south into the Gulf of 

Mexico, passing close to the western 

end of Ship Island. On-shore, the 

regional environment is characterized as 

Coastal Lowlands, and the shore area, 

where not developed, consists typically 

of gently undulating swampy plains. 

The beach area is man-made and 

bordered by constructed seawalls. The 

existing Port, as part of the man-made 

environment of Gulfport, is constructed 

on fill material. The Gulfport area is 

well developed. Beyond the seawalls are 

extensive commercial and residential 

developments. The near-shore area is 

known for its valuable resources as a 

productive fishery and is also utilized 

extensively for commercial and 

recreational shipping and boating. 

6. Applicable Environmental Laws 

and Policies: The proposed project 

could result in both beneficial and 

negative environmental impacts. These 

impacts will be evaluated in the EIS in 

accordance with applicable 

environmental laws and policies, which 

include NEPA; WRDA; Endangered 

Species Act (ESA); Clean Water Act; 

Clean Air Act; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act; National Historic 

Preservation Act; Coastal Barrier 

Resources Act; Magnuson–Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act; Coastal Zone Management Act; 

Marine, Protection, Research, and 

Sanctuaries Act; Rivers and Harbors 


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Act; National Marine Sanctuaries Act; 

Fishery Conservation Act; Marine 

Mammal Protection Act; Executive 

Order 12898, Environmental Justice in 

Minority Populations and Low-Income 

Populations; Executive Order 13045, 

Protection of Children from 

Environmental Health Risks and Safety 

Risk (among other Executive Orders); 

and Ports and Waterways Safety Act. 

7. Preliminary Identification of 

Environmental Issues: The following list 

of nine environmental issues has been 

tentatively identified for analysis in the 

EIS. This list, which was developed 

during preliminary internal scoping, has 

been included with the permit 

application filed for the proposed 

project. This list (and information from 

similar projects) is neither intended to 

be all inclusive nor a predetermined set 

of potential impacts, but is presented to 

facilitate public comment on the 

planned scope of the EIS. Additions to 

or deletions may occur as a result of the 

public scoping process. Preliminary 

identified environmental issues include 

but are not limited to the loss of aquatic 

resource (impact to potential submerged 

and shoreline aquatic habitat); water 

quality, coastal zone consistency, 

hydrodynamic modeling, threatened 

and endangered species (including 

critical habitat and essential fish and 

shellfish habitat), air quality, 

alternatives, secondary and cumulative 

impacts, socioeconomics, and 

mitigation. 

8. Scoping meeting: To ensure that all 

of the issues related to this proposed 

project are addressed, the USACE will 

conduct a public scoping meeting in 

which agencies, organizations, and 

members of the general public are 

invited to present comments or 

suggestions with regard to the range of 

actions, alternatives, and potential 

impacts to be considered in the EIS. The 

scoping meeting will be held at the 

Fleming Education Center Auditorium 

at the University of Southern 

Mississippi’s Gulf Park Campus, 730 

East Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, 

Mississippi, on March 31, 2011. The 

scoping meeting will begin with an 

informal open house from 5:30 p.m. to 

6:30 p.m. followed by a formal 

presentation of the proposed action and 

a description of the NEPA process. 

Comments will be accepted following 

the formal presentation until 8 p.m. 

Displays and other forms of information 

about the proposed action will be 

available, and the USACE, the MSPA 

and the MDA personnel will be present 

at the informal session to discuss the 

proposed project and the EIS Process. 

The USACE invites comments on the 

proposed scope and content of the EIS 

from all interested parties. Verbal 

transcribers will be available at the 

scoping meeting to accept verbal 

comments following the formal 

presentation until 8:00 p.m. A time limit 

will be imposed on verbal comments. 

9. DRAFT EIS: It is anticipated that a 

DRAFT EIS will be made available for 

public review in late calendar year 2011 

or early 2012. 

Dated: February 24, 2011. 

Craig J. Litteken, 

Chief, Regulatory Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5672 Filed 3–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Credit Enhancement for Charter 

School Facilities Program; Office of 

Innovation and Improvement; 

Overview Information; Credit 

Enhancement for Charter School 

Facilities Program; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2011 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.354A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: March 11, 

2011. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: 

April 4, 2011 at 9:00 a.m., Washington, 

DC time. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 10, 2011. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 9, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: This program 

provides grants to eligible entities to 

permit them to enhance the credit of 

charter schools so that the charter 

schools can access private-sector and 

other non-Federal capital in order to 

acquire, construct, and renovate 

facilities at a reasonable cost. Grants 

awarded under this program will be of 

sufficient size, scope, and quality to 

enable the grantees to implement 

effective strategies for reaching this 

objective. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

one competitive preference priority and 

one invitational priority that are 

explained in the following paragraphs. 

In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(ii), the competitive 

preference priority is from the 

regulations for this program (34 CFR 

225.12). 

Competitive Preference Priority: For 

FY 2011 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition, this priority is a 

competitive preference priority. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to 

an additional 15 points to an 

application, depending on how well the 

application meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

The capacity of charter schools to 

offer public school choice in those 

communities with the greatest need for 

school choice based on— 

(1) The extent to which the applicant 

would target services to geographic 

areas in which a large proportion or 

number of public schools have been 

identified for improvement, corrective 

action, or restructuring under Title I of 

the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(ESEA); 

(2) The extent to which the applicant 

would target services to geographic 

areas in which a large proportion of 

students perform below proficient on 

State academic assessments; and 

(3) The extent to which the applicant 

would target services to communities 

with large proportions of students from 

low-income families. 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2011 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an invitational priority. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not 

give an application that meets this 

priority a competitive or absolute 

preference over other applications. 

This priority is: 

Applications that propose a grant 

project that uses competitive market 

forces to obtain the best rates and terms 

on financing for charter schools in order 

for the charter schools to acquire, 

construct, and renovate facilities while 

using the least amount of grant funds. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7223– 

7223j. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 

84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The 

regulations for this program in 34 CFR 

part 225. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration’s budget request for FY 

2011 does not include funds for this 


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