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12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the Executive order is to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a strengthened federalism. The Executive order relies on processes developed by State and local governments for coordination and review of proposed Federal financial assistance.

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Dated: January 18, 2012. Michael Yudin, Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. [FR Doc. 2012–1247 Filed 1–20–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4000–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Notice of 229 Boundary Revision at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant** 

**AGENCY :**  Department of Energy (DOE).

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  The Notices concerning unauthorized entry into or upon areas, buildings, and other facilities of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, located in McCracken County, KY, published at (30 FR 13287, October 19, 1965 and at 45 FR 30106, May 7, 1980) are amended by substitution of the following descriptive language for the entirety of the former descriptions. **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Notice is hereby given, by the Department of Energy, pursuant to Section 229 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and as implemented by 10 CFR Part 860, and by Section 705(a) of the Department of Energy Organization Act, that unauthorized entry, as provided in 10 CFR 860.3, and the unauthorized introduction of dangerous weapons, explosives, or dangerous materials or dangerous instruments likely to produce substantial injury or damage to persons or property, as provided in 10 CFR 860.4, into or upon this facility, installation, or real property of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant located in McCracken County, Kentucky, as more fully described below, is prohibited by the United States Department of Energy. The areas subject to the above described prohibitions are more particularly described as follows:

1. The Department of Energy installation known as the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant located in McCracken County, KY, approximately 6,000 feet North of Woodville Road (State Route 725) and approximately 6,300 feet West of Metropolis Lake Road. The primary security interest area, including a buffer area, totals approximately 1,342 acres with boundary coordinates as follows: Longitude Latitude
1. 88.82566308 37.08885001 2. 88.81798343 37.10599209 3. 88.82655474 37.10845764 4. 88.82809126 37.11325409 5. 88.82809126 37.11676083 6. 88.82374798 37.11646865 7. 88.81993743 37.12479987 8. 88.80973832 37.12183780 9. 88.80839907 37.12475971 10. 88.80727527 37.12206995 11. 88.80472524 37.12163638 12. 88.79639904 37.11904332 13. 88.80358172 37.10300759 14. 88.80657162 37.09992874 15. 88.81123139 37.09860962 16. 88.82008684 37.09825329 17. 88.82436407 37.08842103

2. The Department of Energy landfill installation located North of Item 1 above and consisting of approximately 106 acres enclosed by a chain-link fence with boundary coordinates as follows: Longitude Latitude
1. 88.80235649 37.12538578 2. 88.79890091 37.13329589 3. 88.79333779 37.13168788 4. 88.79527431 37.12805870 5. 88.79601369 37.12826426 6. 88.79756107 37.12494008 7. 88.79855316 37.12421613 Issued in Paducah, Kentucky on January 12, 2012. William E. Murphie, Manager, Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office. [FR Doc. 2012–1214 Filed 1–20–12; 8:45 a.m.]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for**  **the Acquisition of a Natural Gas Pipeline and Natural Gas Utility Service**  **at the Hanford Site, Richland, WA, and Notice of Floodplains and Wetlands**  **Involvement (DOE/EIS–0467)**

**AGENCY :**  Department of Energy.

**ACTION :**  Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Notice of Floodplains and Wetlands Involvement.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of Energy (DOE) announces its intent to prepare

an Environmental Impact Statement for the Acquisition of a Natural Gas Pipeline and Natural Gas Utility Service at the Hanford Site, Richland, Washington (Natural Gas Pipeline or NGP EIS), and initiate a 30-day public scoping period. DOE will prepare the NGP EIS in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations that implement NEPA and DOE implementing procedures. DOE is inviting public comment on the proposed scope of the NGP EIS, including the alternatives and environmental issues to be evaluated.

DOE proposes to make natural gas available to facilities located on the Central Plateau of its Hanford Site near Richland, Washington, to help meet its objectives to reduce fuel costs, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and dependence on foreign fuel sources. Because natural gas is not currently available on the Central Plateau of the Site, this action would involve entering into a contract with a licensed natural gas utility supplier to construct, operate, and maintain a natural gas pipeline and deliver natural gas utility service to DOE.

The proposed pipeline would begin from a new interconnect tap on the existing Williams Northwest Pipe transmission line in Franklin County, north of the Pasco, Washington, airport, and then run westerly across non-DOE lands and under the Columbia River onto the Hanford Site 300 Area, before turning northwest and paralleling Route 4S. The pipeline would terminate at facilities in the 200 East Area of the