Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 204 / Friday, October 22, 2004 / Notices 62029

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Potential Multipurpose Projects for 

Ecosystem Restoration, Flood Damage 

Reduction, and Recreation 

Development Within and Along the 

Clear and West Forks of the Trinity 

River in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

SUMMARY: The Fort Worth District, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers hereby 

announces its intent to modify the study 

area to be evaluated during the 

preparation of a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) for the 

potential multipurpose projects for 

ecosystem restoration, flood damage 

reduction, and recreation development 

within and along the portion of the 

Trinity River located in Forth Worth, 

Tarrant County, TX, as published in the 

Federal Register on October 14, 2002 

(67 FR 63900). 

A resolution by the United States 

Senate Committee on Environment and 

Public Works dated April 22, 1988, 

requested that the Board of Engineers 

review the report of the Chief of 

Engineers on the Trinity River and 

Tributaries, Texas, House Document No. 

276, Eighty-Ninth Congress, and other 

pertinent reports, with a view to 

determining the advisability of 

modifying the recommendations 

contained therein, with particular 

reference to providing improvements in 

the interest of flood protection, 

environmental enhancement, water 

quality, recreation, and other allied 

purposes in the Upper Trinity River 

Basin with specific attention on the 

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. An initial 

assessment based on the resolution 

guidance indicates a Federal interest in 

continuing with more detailed studies 

for these purposes and in accordance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA), the public was informed in 

October 2002 of the intent to prepare a 

DEIS. The notice identified a study area 

that was bound by Interstate Highway 

30 on the Clear Fork, Rockwood Park on 

the upstream end of the West Fork, 

Northeast 28th Street on Marine Creek, 

a tributary of the West Fork, and 

Riverside Drive on the downstream end 

of the West Fork. 

A public scoping and project studies 

have progressed, it has been determined 

that the study area for consideration of 

project purposes should be expanded 

further upstream of Rockwood Park on 

the West Fork of the Trinity River to 

include the additional area between 

Rockwood Park and U. S. Highway 183 

(approximately 793 acres). Studies of 

the expanded area will concentrate on 

identifying new plans to evaluate flood 

damage reduction potential and/or 

prevent future damages through 

establishing hydraulic and hydrologic 

mitigation through new and creative 

methodologies that reduce 

environmental impact and provide for 

improved aesthetic properties. 

Expansion of the study area also 

provides opportunities for ecosystem 

restoration, including increased 

connectivity of existing high resource 

value environmental and recreational 

opportunities between isolated natural 

resource bases along the study area.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Rebecca Griffith, CESWF–PER–P, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth 

District, P.O. Box 17300, 819 Taylor 

Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102–0300, 

phone (817) 886–1820, fax (817) 886–

6498.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No 

additional public meetings have been 

scheduled as a result of the decision to 

expand the study area, as public 

participation during the process was a 

factor in determining to expand the 

study area. However, all affected 

Federal, state, and local agencies, 

affected Indian tribes, and other 

interested private organizations and 

parties are hereby invited to provide 

scoping comments that should be 

considered during the remainder of the 

feasibility study. The public will be 

given the opportunity to review the 

DEIS during the 45-day public comment 

period. Prior to the close of the 

comment period, any person may make 

a written request for a public meeting, 

setting forth the particular reasons for 

the request. The District Engineer will 

then determine whether the issues 

raised are substantial and should be 

considered in his decision. If a public 

meeting is warranted, all known 

interested parties will be notified of the 

time, date, and location of such a 

meeting in the local news media. 

Release of the DEIS for public comment 

is scheduled for March 2005. The exact 

release date, once established, will be 

announced in the local news media.

Dated: October 14, 2004. 

John R. Minahan, 

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Commanding.

[FR Doc. 04–23681 Filed 10–21–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–20–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information 

Management Case Services Team, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: An emergency review has been 

requested in accordance with the Act 

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507(j)), since public 

harm is reasonably likely to result if 

normal clearance procedures are 

followed. Approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) has 

been requested by November 10. A 

regular clearance process is also 

beginning. Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments on or before 

December 31, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the emergency review should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Carolyn Lovett, Desk Officer, 

Department of Education, Office of 

Management and Budget; 725 17th 

Street, NW., Room 10235, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Director of OMB provide 

interested Federal agencies and the 

public an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

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requirement for public consultation to 

the extent that public participation in 

the approval process would defeat the 

purpose of the information collection, 

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substantially interfere with any agency’s 

ability to perform its statutory 

obligations. The Leader, Information 

Management Case Services Team, 

Information Management Services, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 

publishes this notice containing 

proposed information collection 

requests at the beginning of the 

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the following: (1) Type of review 

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