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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5415–N–30] 

Notice of Availability: Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal 

Year 2010; Technical Assistance and 

Capacity Building Under the 

Transformation Initiative; Request for 

Qualifications 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief of the 

Human Capital Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD announces the 

availability on its Web site of the 

applicant information, submission 

deadlines, funding criteria, and other 

requirements for HUD’s Fiscal Year 

2010 Notice of Funding Availability 

(NOFA) for Technical Assistance and 

Capacity Building under the 

Transformation Initiative. The OneCPD 

Integrated Practitioner Assistance 

System (OneCPD) represents a 

fundamental change in the way HUD’s 

traditional ‘‘program-specific’’ technical 

assistance has been structured and 

delivered over the years to state and 

local government grantees, and 

nonprofits. Beyond improving the 

effectiveness of current technical 

assistance efforts by adopting a ‘‘crossprogram’’ approach, OneCPD is intended 

as a collaborative effort among HUD, our 

state and local partners and successful 

applicants focused on building the kind 

of grantee management systems and 

functional capacity necessary to 

successfully carry out comprehensive 

and sustainable ‘‘place-based’’ 

development and revitalization 

strategies. 

The notice providing information 

regarding the application process, 

funding criteria and eligibility 

requirements can be found using the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development agency link on the 

Grants.gov/Find Web site at http:// 

www.grants.gov/search/agency.do. A 

link to Grants.gov is also available on 

the HUD Web site at http:// 

www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/ 

fundsavail.cfm. The Catalogue of 

Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 

number for this program is 14.259. 

Applications must be submitted 

electronically through Grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding specific program 

requirements should be directed to the 

agency contact identified in the program 

NOFA. Program staff will not be 

available to provide guidance on how to 

prepare the application. Questions 

regarding the 2010 General Section 

should be directed to the Office of 

Grants Management and Oversight at 

(202) 708–0667 or the NOFA 

Information Center at 800–HUD–8929 

(toll free). Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access these 

numbers via TTY by calling the Federal 

Information Relay Service at 800–877– 

8339. 

Dated: December 29, 2010. 

Barbara S. Dorf, 

Director, Office of Departmental Grants 

Management and Oversight, Office of the 

Chief Human Capital Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement 

Notice of Scoping Meetings on the 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Proposed 2012–2017 Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of scoping meetings and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: BOEMRE (formerly Minerals 

Management Service) provided notice in 

the Federal Register on April 2, 2010, 

(75 FR 16828) of its intent to prepare a 

Programmatic EIS for the proposed OCS 

Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012– 

2017 and request for comments. The 

notice also announced that scoping 

meetings would be held during June and 

early July 2010 in coastal states 

bordering the Mid and South Atlantic; 

Western, Central, and a portion of the 

Eastern Gulf of Mexico; and at several 

locations in Alaska. Subsequently, on 

June 30, 2010, the Secretary of the 

Interior Ken Salazar announced that the 

scoping meetings were postponed until 

later in 2010 because of the need for 

BOEMRE to focus on reviewing and 

evaluating safety and environmental 

requirements of offshore drilling in 

response to the Deepwater Horizon 

incident and that a new public comment 

period would later be announced. On 

December 1, 2010, the Secretary 

announced an updated oil and gas 

leasing strategy for the OCS. Consistent 

with the Secretary’s direction to proceed 

with caution and focus on leasing in 

areas with current active leases, the area 

in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico that 

remains under a congressional 

moratorium, and the Mid and South 

Atlantic planning areas are no longer 

under consideration for potential sales 

and development through 2017. 

Therefore, meetings will not be held in 

these areas. The Western Gulf of 

Mexico, Central Gulf of Mexico, and the 

Cook Inlet, Chukchi Sea, and Beaufort 

Sea areas offshore Alaska will continue 

to be considered for potential leasing in 

the 2012–2017 OCS Program. 

Scoping Meetings 

Pursuant to the regulations 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), BOEMRE 

will hold public scoping meetings on 

the Draft Programmatic EIS for the 

proposed 2012–2017 5-Year OCS Oil 

and Gas Leasing Program (Programmatic 

EIS). (See, 40 CFR 1501.7). The dates 

and locations of the Programmatic EIS 

public scoping meetings are as follows: 

• Houston, Texas, Tuesday, February 

15, 2011, Houston Airport Marriott at 

George Bush Intercontinental, 18700 

John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston, 

Texas, 1 p.m. (This scoping meeting will 

also accept comments on the lease sale 

EIS addressing Central and Western 

Gulf of Mexico sales included in the 

2012–2017 OCS 5-Year Program.) 

• New Orleans, Louisiana, 

Wednesday, February 16, 2011, New 

Orleans Airport Hilton, 901 Airline 

Drive, Kenner, Louisiana, 1 p.m. (This 

scoping meeting will also accept 

comments on the lease sale EIS 

addressing Central and Western Gulf of 

Mexico sales included in the 2012–2017 

OCS 5-Year Program.) 

• Mobile, Alabama, Thursday, 

February 17, 2011, Five Rivers— 

Alabama’s Delta Resource Center, 30945 

Five Rivers Boulevard, Spanish Fort, 

Alabama, 1 p.m. (This scoping meeting 

will also accept comments on the lease 

sale EIS addressing Central and Western 

Gulf of Mexico sales included in the 

2012–2017 OCS 5-Year Program.) 

• Kotzebue, Alaska, Monday, 

February 14, 2011, Kotzebue Middle/ 

High School, 7 p.m. 

• Point Hope, Alaska, Tuesday, 

February 15, 2011, Point Hope School 

Library, 7 p.m. 

• Point Lay, Alaska, Wednesday, 

February 16, 2011, Point Lay 

Community Center, 7 p.m. 

• Wainwright, Alaska, Thursday, 

February 17, 2011, Alak School Library, 

7 p.m. 

• Barrow, Alaska, Monday, February 

21, 2011, Inupiat Heritage Center, 

7 p.m. 

• Nuiqsut, Alaska, Tuesday, February 

22, 2011, Nuiqsut Community Center, 

7 p.m. 


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• Kaktovik, Alaska, Wednesday, 

February 23, 2011, Kaktovik Community 

Center, 7 p.m. 

• Washington, DC/Dulles, Virginia, 

Thursday, February 24, 2011, 

Washington, DC/Dulles Airport 

Marriott, 45020 Aviation Drive, Dulles, 

Virginia, 1 p.m. 

• Anchorage, Alaska, Friday, 

February 25, 2011, BOEMRE Regional 

Offices, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, 

Conference Room, Anchorage, Alaska, 7 

p.m. 

Scoping Comments 

The Federal Register notice published 

on April 2, 2010, (75 FR 16828) 

established a comment period that 

closed on June 30, 2010. The new 

comment period extends to March 31, 

2011. All comments received during the 

public comment period that closed on 

June 30 and all comments received 

during the new public comment period 

will be considered by BOEMRE as part 

of the EIS scoping process. Interested 

parties may submit their written scoping 

comments on the Programmatic EIS 

until March 31, 2011, to Mr. J. F. 

Bennett, Chief, Branch of Environmental 

Assessment, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, 381 Elden Street, Mail 

Stop 4042, Herndon, Virginia 20170– 

4817, or online at http:// 

ocs5yeareis.anl.gov. 

BOEMRE cautions that, before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment, including your 

personal identifying information, may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask BOEMRE 

(prominently at the beginning of your 

submission) to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, BOEMRE cannot guarantee that 

it will be able to do so. BOEMRE will 

not consider anonymous comments, and 

BOEMRE will make available for 

inspection, in their entirety, all 

comments submitted by organizations or 

businesses or by individuals identifying 

themselves as representatives of 

organizations or businesses. Information 

concerning the Leasing Program and 

Programmatic EIS can be accessed at 

http://www.boemre.gov/5-year/. 

For further information about 

preparation of the Programmatic EIS, 

please contact Mr. J. F. Bennett, Chief, 

Branch of Environmental Assessment, 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement, 381 Elden 

Street, Mail Stop 4042, Herndon, 

Virginia 20170–4817, (703) 787–1660. 

Dated: December 10, 2010. 

Michael R. Bromwich, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and Enforcement . 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Land Acquisitions; Cowlitz Indian 

Tribe of Washington 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Final Agency 

Determination. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs made a final agency 

determination to acquire approximately 

151.87 acres of land into trust for the 

Cowlitz Tribe of Washington on 

December 17, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian 

Gaming, Bureau of Indian Affairs, MS– 

3657 MIB, 1849 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20240; Telephone (202) 

219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published in the exercise of 

authority delegated by the Secretary of 

the Interior to the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs by 209 Departmental 

Manual 8.1 and is published to comply 

with the requirements of 25 CFR part 

151.12(b) that notice be given to the 

public of the Secretary’s decision to 

acquire land in trust at least 30 days 

prior to signatory acceptance of the land 

into trust. The purpose of the 30-day 

waiting period in 25 CFR 151.12(b) is to 

afford interested parties the opportunity 

to seek judicial review of final 

administrative decisions to take land in 

trust for Indian tribes and individual 

Indians before transfer of title to the 

property occurs. 

On December 17, 2010, the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs decided to 

accept approximately 151.87 acres of 

land into trust for the Cowlitz Indian 

Tribe of Washington under the authority 

of the Indian Reorganization Act of 

1934, 25 U.S.C. 465. The land is located 

in Clark County, Washington, and will 

be used for constructing and operating 

a gaming facility. 

We have determined that the Cowlitz 

Indian Tribe’s request meets the 

requirements of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act. While the Act contains 

a prohibition of gaming on lands 

acquired after October 17, 1988 (25 

U.S.C. 2179(a)), the Tribe’s request 

qualifies under the Act for an exception 

to the prohibition (25 U.S.C. 2719(a)). 

The 151.87 acre Cowlitz parcel 

located in Clark County, Washington is 

described as follows: 

Parcel I 

Beginning at the intersection of the 

West line of Primary State Highway No. 

1 and the East line of the Southeast 

quarter of Section 5, Township 4 North, 

Range 1 East of the Willamette 

Meridian, Clark County, Washington; 

thence Northerly along said West line of 

Primary State Highway No. 1 a distance 

of 1307.5 feet to the Point of Beginning 

of this description; thence West 108.5 

feet to an angle point thereon; thence 

Northerly along the fence 880.5 feet to 

the center line of a creek; thence 

Northerly along said creek 443 feet to 

the West line of Primary State Highway 

No. 1; thence Southerly along said West 

line of Highway to the Point of 

Beginning. 

Except that portion conveyed to the 

State of Washington by Auditor’s File 

Nos. G 450664 and G 147358. 

Parcel II 

That portion of the following 

described land lying West of the 

Westerly line of Interstate 5, formerly 

known as Pacific Highway, in Section 9, 

Township 4 North, Range 1 East of the 

Willamette Meridian, Clark County, 

Washington. 

The North half of the Southwest 

quarter of the Northwest quarter of the 

South half of the Northwest quarter of 

the Northwest quarter of Section 9, 

Township 4 North, Range 1 East of the 

Willamette Meridian, Clark County, 

Washington. 

Except any portion lying within NW. 

31st Avenue. 

Also except that portion thereof 

acquired by the State of Washington by 

deed recorded under Auditor’s File Nos. 

G 140380 and D 95767. 

Parcel III 

Beginning at the Northwest corner of 

the Northeast quarter of the Northeast 

quarter of Section 8, Township 4, North, 

Range 1 East of the Willamette 

Meridian, Clark County, Washington; 

and running thence East 390 feet to the 

Point of Beginning; thence East 206 feet; 

thence South 206 feet; thence West 206 

feet; and thence North to the Point of 

Beginning. 

Except that portion lying within the 

right of way of NW. 319th Street. 

Parcel IV 

All that part of the Southeast quarter 

of Section 5, Township 4 North, Range 

1 East of the Willamette Meridian, Clark 


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