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• Demolition of existing Columbia 

River bridges. 

In summary, the new Columbia River 

crossing will carry traffic on two 

separate pier-supported bridges and will 

include a new light rail transit (LRT) 

line and improved bicycle/pedestrian 

facilities, using a stacked alignment to 

reduce the number of in-water piers in 

the Columbia River by approximately 

one-third. CRC proposes six in-water 

pier complexes for a total of 12 piers for 

the Columbia River bridges. 

CRC proposes to widen the existing I– 

5 southbound bridge over North 

Portland Harbor, and will add three new 

bridges adjacent to the existing bridges. 

Starting from the east, these structures 

will carry: 

• A three-lane northbound collectordistributor (CD) ramp carrying local 

traffic; 

• Northbound and southbound I–5 on 

the widened existing bridge across the 

North Portland Harbor; 

• A southbound CD ramp carrying 

local traffic; and 

• LRT combined with a bicycle/ 

pedestrian path. 

Each bridge will have four or five inwater bents, consisting of one to three 

drilled shafts. The permanent in-water 

piers of both the Columbia River and 

North Portland Harbor crossings will be 

constructed using drilled shafts, rather 

than impact-driven piles. However, the 

project will include numerous 

temporary in-water structures to support 

equipment and materials during the 

course of construction which may 

require the use of temporary impactdriven piles. These structures will 

include work platforms, work bridges, 

and tower cranes. 

The existing Columbia River bridges 

will be demolished after the new 

Columbia River bridges have been 

constructed and after associated 

interchanges are operating. The existing 

Columbia River bridges will be 

demolished in two stages: (1) 

Superstructure demolition and (2) 

substructure demolition. In-water 

demolition will be accomplished either 

within cofferdams or with the use of 

diamond wire/wire saw. A full 

description of the activities proposed by 

CRC is described in the application. 

Information Solicited 

Interested persons may submit 

information, suggestions, and comments 

concerning CRC’s request (see 

ADDRESSES). All information, 

suggestions, and comments related to 

CRC’s request and NMFS’ potential 

development and implementation of 

regulations governing the incidental 

taking of marine mammals by CRC will 

be considered by NMFS in developing, 

if appropriate, regulations governing the 

issuance of letters of authorization. 

Dated: December 9, 2010. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31528 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Record of Decision for the U.S. Marine 

Corps East Coast Basing of the F–35B 

Aircraft 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Record of decision. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, 42 United States 

Code (U.S.C.) Section 4332(2)(c), the 

regulations of the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) for 

Implementing the Procedural Provisions 

of NEPA (40 Code of Federal 

Regulations [CFR] parts 1500–1508), the 

Department of the Navy (DoN) NEPA 

regulations (32 CFR part 775), and the 

Marine Corps Environmental 

Compliance and Protection Manual, 

which is Marine Corps Order P5090.2A 

with change 2 (MCO P5090.2A), the 

DoN announces its decision to base and 

operate 11 operational F–35B Joint 

Strike Fighter (JSF) squadrons (up to 16 

aircraft per squadron, for a total of 176 

aircraft) and one Pilot Training Center 

(PTC) (composed of two Fleet 

Replacement Squadrons [FRS]) (up to 20 

aircraft per squadron, for a total of 40 

aircraft) at two locations on the East 

Coast of the United States (U.S.). More 

specifically, the DoN has decided to 

implement Alternative 1, the Preferred 

Alternative, which includes basing three 

F–35B operational squadrons and the 

PTC at Marine Corps Air Station 

(MCAS) Beaufort in Beaufort, South 

Carolina, and eight operational 

squadrons at MCAS Cherry Point in 

Havelock, North Carolina. To support 

the basing action, the Marine Corps will: 

(1) Construct and/or renovate airfield 

facilities and infrastructure necessary to 

accommodate and maintain the F–35B 

squadrons; (2) change personnel to 

accommodate squadron staffing; and (3) 

conduct F–35B training operations to 

attain and maintain proficiency in the 

operational employment of the F–35B. 

The F–35B aircraft will replace 84 

legacy Marine Corps F/A–18A/B/C/D 

Hornet and 68 AV–8B Harrier aircraft in 

the Second Marine Air Wing (2d MAW) 

and the 4th MAW. All practical means 

to avoid or minimize environmental 

impacts resulting from implementation 

of the Preferred Alternative have been 

adopted. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

complete text of the Record of Decision 

is available for public viewing on the 

project Web site at http:// 

www.usmcjsfeast.com along with copies 

of the Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS). For further information, 

contact the JSF East Coast EIS Project 

Manager, Environmental Planning & 

Conservation Division (Attn: Linda 

Blount); Naval Facilities Engineering 

Command Mid-Atlantic, Code EV21; 

9742 Maryland Avenue, Z–144, 1st 

Floor; Norfolk, VA 23511; 757–341– 

0491. 

Dated: December 9, 2010. 

D. J. Werner, 

Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge 

Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31469 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Record of Decision for the U.S. Marine 

Corps West Coast Basing of the F–35B 

Aircraft 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Record of decision. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, 42 United States 

Code (U.S.C.) Section 4332(2)(c), the 

regulations of the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) for 

Implementing the Procedural Provisions 

of NEPA (40 Code of Federal 

Regulations [CFR] parts 1500–1508), the 

Department of the Navy (DoN) NEPA 

regulations (32 CFR part 775), and the 

Marine Corps Environmental 

Compliance and Protection Manual, 

which is Marine Corps Order P5090.2A 

with change 2 (MCO P5090.2A), the 

DoN announces its decision to base and 

operate 11 operational F–35B Joint 

Strike Fighter (JSF) squadrons (up to 16 

aircraft per squadron, for a total of 176 

aircraft), and 1 F–35B Operational Test 

and Evaluation (OT&E) squadron (8 

aircraft) on the West Coast of the United 

States (U.S.). More specifically, the DoN 

has decided to implement Alternative 1, 

the Preferred Alternative, which 

includes basing six F–35B operational 

squadrons at Marine Corps Air Station 

(MCAS) Miramar in San Diego, 

California, and five operational 


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squadrons plus one OT&E squadron at 

MCAS Yuma in Arizona. Each 

operational squadron will consist of up 

to 16 F–35B aircraft. To support the 

basing action, the DoN will: (1) 

Construct and/or renovate airfield 

facilities and infrastructure necessary to 

accommodate and maintain the F–35B 

squadrons; (2) change personnel to 

accommodate squadron staffing; and (3) 

conduct F–35B readiness and training 

operations to attain and maintain 

proficiency in the operational 

employment of the F–35B and special 

exercise operations. The Proposed 

Action also includes construction and 

operation of a new Auxiliary Landing 

Field (ALF) within the Goldwater 

Range, to accommodate Field Carrier 

Landing Practice for the F–35B. The F– 

35B aircraft will replace 126 legacy F/ 

A–18A/B/C/D Hornet and 56 AV–8B 

Harrier aircraft in the Third Marine Air 

Wing (3D MAW) and 4th MAW. All 

practical means to avoid or minimize 

environmental impacts resulting from 

implementation of the Preferred 

Alternative have been adopted. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

complete text of the Record of Decision 

is available for public viewing on the 

project Web site at http:// 

www.usmcjsfwest.com along with the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS). For further information, contact 

the JSF West EIS Project Manager, 1220 

Pacific Highway, San Diego, California 

92132–5190. Telephone 619–532–4742. 

Dated: December 10, 2010. 

D.J. Werner, 

Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge 

Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31468 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 

provides the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

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

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. The Department 

of Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. 

Dated: December 10, 2010. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title of Collection: Impact Evaluation 

of Race to the Top (RTT) and School 

Improvement Grants (SIG). 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Once. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government, State Educational 

Agencies, Local Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 591. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,083. 

Abstract: This Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) package requests 

clearance for activities to recruit 50 

states and the District of Columbia, and 

up to 825 schools across an estimated 

170 districts for inclusion in an 

evaluation of Race to the Top (RTT) and 

School Improvement Grants (SIG). The 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act contained substantial funding for 

systemic education reform. This 

included $4.35 billion in RTT grants, 

which were awarded to 11 states and 

the District of Columbia based both on 

their education reform plans and their 

past success in creating the conditions 

for reform, and $3 billion in additional 

funding for SIG, which is aimed at 

implementing one of four school 

turnaround models (STMs) in the 

lowest-performing schools. The 

evaluation is designed to (1) study the 

implementation of RTT and SIG; (2) 

analyze the impact of SIG-funded STMs 

on student outcomes using a regression 

discontinuity design; (3) analyze the 

impact of receipt of RTT funds on 

student outcomes using an interrupted 

time series design; and (4) investigate 

the relationship between STM 

turnaround models (and strategies 

within those models) and student 

outcomes in low-performing schools. No 

data are being collected or analyzed as 

part of recruitment activities. A second 

OMB submission will request clearance 

for the evaluation’s data collection, 

analysis, and reporting activities. This 

future package will include data 

collection forms, and burden estimates 

of the number of respondents and hours 

of response time. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on link 

number 4468. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 


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