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However, the exact number of acres 

needed to be constructed and 

maintained is uncertain at this time. 

Based on the analysis in the PEIS, the 

impacts of the larger alternatives (3, 2 

and 1) are deemed to be moderate to 

high. The Corps has chosen a maximum 

construction ceiling of Alternative 3.5 

(4,370 acres) at this time. Impacts of 

lesser alternatives (3.5, 4 and 5) are 

deemed to be moderate to low. This 

checkpoint of Alternative 3.5 is 

proposed because it represents a 

midrange of habitat available at a time 

when the birds were productive 

(biological metric), and it is anticipated 

that a positive, sustainable biological 

response will be met before fully 

implementing up to Alternative 3.5. If 

Alternative 3.5 is fully implemented 

and the birds are not meeting biological 

metrics, the Corps can consider 

continuing to higher acreage alternatives 

or look at other methodologies. 

Appropriate coordination and 

disclosure would be pursued if 

Alternative 3.5 was exceeded (potential 

amended Record of Decision or 

additional NEPA). 

2. Document Availability. The 

Emergent Sandbar Habitat Programmatic 

EIS is available online at http:// 

www.moriverrecovery.org/mrrp/MRRP_

PUB_DEV.download_documentation_

peis, or see the ADDRESSES section. For 

more information about the Emergent 

Sandbar Habitat program, please visit 

http://www.moriverrecovery.org under 

‘‘BiOp/Mit Efforts.’’ 

Dated: May 9, 2011. 

Kayla Eckert Uptmor, 

Chief Planning Branch, Omaha District. 

[FR Doc. 2011–12511 Filed 5–19–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Availability of a Final Environmental 

Impact Statement To Consider 

Issuance of a Department of the Army 

Permit Pursuant to Section 404 of the 

Clean Water Act for the Sabine Mining 

Company’s Proposal To Construct, 

Operate, and Reclaim the Rusk Permit 

Area, Rusk, Panola, and Harrison 

Counties, TX (USACE Project No. 

SWF–2007–00560) 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) 

Fort Worth District has prepared a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). 

This FEIS evaluates project alternatives 

and potential impacts to the natural, 

physical and human environment as a 

result of the Sabine Mining Company’s 

proposal to construct, operate and 

reclaim the Rusk Permit Area. The 

USACE regulates this proposed project 

pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and 

Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 of 

the Clean Water Act. The proposed 

activity would involve the discharge of 

dredged and fill material into waters of 

the United States associated with the 

proposed construction, operation and 

reclamation of the Rusk Permit Area. 

DATES: Submit comments no later than 

60 days from the date of publication of 

this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments and 

suggestions concerning this proposal to 

Mr. Darvin Messer, Regulatory Project 

Manager, Regulatory Branch, CESWF– 

PER–R, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, 

Fort Worth, TX 76102–0300 or via email: Darvin.Messer@usace.army.mil. 

Requests to be placed on the mailing 

list should also be sent to this address. 

Please reference USACE Project No. 

SWF–2007–00560. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Darvin Messer, Regulatory Project 

Manager at (817) 886–1744 or via email: Darvin.Messer@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Discharges 

of fill material into waters of the United 

States are regulated under Section 404 

of the Clean Water Act, with the 

permitting responsibility administered 

by the USACE. The proposed project 

must also address environmental 

impacts relative to the Clean Air Act, 

Clean Water Act, Endangered Species 

Act and the Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act (FWCA). In 

accordance with the NEPA, the FEIS 

evaluates practicable alternatives for the 

USACE’s decision making process. As 

required by NEPA, the USACE also 

analyzes the ‘‘no action’’ alternative as a 

baseline for gauging potential impacts. 

Written comments should be sent to 

Mr. Darvin Messer (see ADDRESSES). The 

comments are due no later than 60 days 

from the date of publication of this 

notice. Copies of the FEIS may be 

obtained by contacting USACE Fort 

Worth District Regulatory Branch at 

(817) 886–1731 or downloaded/printed 

from the Fort Worth District USACE 

Internet Web site at: http:// 

www.swf.usace.army.mil/pubdata/ 

environ/regulatory/permitting/rusk.asp. 

Copies of the FEIS are also available 

for inspection at the locations identified 

below: 

(1) Tatum Public Library, 335 Hood 

Street, Tatum, TX 75691. 

(2) Sammie Brown Library, 522 West 

College Street, Carthage, TX 75633. 

(3) Longview Public Library, 222 West 

Cotton Street, Longview, TX 75601. 

(4) Rusk County Library, 106 East 

Main St., Henderson, TX 75652. 

(5) Marshall Public Library, 300 South 

Alamo Boulevard, Marshall, TX 75670. 

(6) Henderson City Hall, 400 West 

Main Street, Henderson, TX 75652. 

(7) Tatum City Hall, 680 Crystal 

Farms Road, Tatum, TX 75691. 

(8) Longview City Hall, 300 West 

Cotton Street, Longview, TX 75601. 

(9) Carthage City Hall, 812 West 

Panola Street, Carthage, TX 75633. 

(10) Marshall City Hall, 401 South 

Alamo Boulevard, Marshall, TX 75785. 

After the public comment period 

ends, the USACE will consider all 

comments received, revise the FEIS as 

appropriate, and issue a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

Stephen L Brooks, 

Chief, Regulatory Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2011–12512 Filed 5–19–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the Alaska 

Department of Transportation & Public 

Facilities Foothills West 

Transportation Access Project 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The Alaska District, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) 

intends to prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 

to identify and analyze the potential 

impacts associated with the proposed 

Foothills West Transportation Access 

Project (Foothills Project). The Corps is 

the lead Federal agency; the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) and the 

Alaska Department of Natural Resources 

(ADNR) are participating as cooperating 

agencies in the DEIS development 

process. The Corps will be evaluating a 

permit application for work under 

Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act 

of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean 

Water Act. The Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) will be used as a basis 

for the permit decision and to ensure 


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compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and the DEIS can be answered by: Ms. 

Melissa Riordan, Regulatory Division, 

telephone: (907) 474–2166, or mail: U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, CEPOA–RD, 

2175 University Avenue, Suite 201(E), 

Fairbanks, AK 99709–4927. You may 

also request to be added to the mailing 

list and find additional information at 

the following Web site: http:// 

www.foothillswesteis.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Proposed Action. The Department 

of Transportation and Public Facilities 

(DOT&PF) is proposing to construct an 

all-season transportation access road 

from the Dalton Highway to Umiat, to 

increase access to potential oil and gas 

resources for exploration and 

development along the northwestern 

foothills of the Brooks Range, and 

within the National Petroleum 

Reserve—Alaska (NPR–A). The project 

is considered an important investment 

by the State of Alaska to further oil and 

gas resource exploration and 

development opportunities to benefit 

Alaska’s economy. 

The proposed Foothills Project area is 

within the North Slope Foothills 

Areawide Oil and Gas Lease Sale Area 

between the Dalton Highway and Umiat. 

The project area is within the North 

Slope Borough; south of the Umiat 

baseline (principal east-west line 

dividing survey townships 1 north and 

1 south of the Umiat Quadrangle, 

Alaska), west of the Dalton Highway, 

north of the Gates of the Arctic National 

Park and Preserve, and east of the 

National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska. 

Construction components of this 

project would include an all-season 

gravel road, associated bridges and other 

crossing structures (i.e., culverts), pullouts, maintenance facilities, temporary 

construction camps, and material sites. 

The road would be designed to safely 

accommodate industrial traffic in arctic 

conditions. Although the road may be 

closed to the public during periods of 

exploration, development and 

production activities, the road may 

eventually be open to the general 

public. Depending upon the final route 

alignment, there could be up to six 

major river crossings. These are the 

Anaktuvuk, Chandler, Colville, Itkillik, 

Kuparuk, and Toolik rivers. Bridges and 

other crossing structures would be 

designed to accommodate industrial 

activities and weight loads associated 

with oil and gas pipelines. While 

subsequent efforts by industry to 

develop infrastructure such as oil and 

gas pipelines and their associated 

components are reasonably foreseeable, 

these elements are not proposed by this 

action. 

2. Alternatives. A reasonable range of 

alternatives will be identified and 

evaluated through scoping and the EIS 

process. The DOT&PF has identified 

several possible road corridors between 

the Dalton Highway and Umiat within 

the Foothills Project area, including a 

preferred corridor that goes from 

Galbraith Lake at milepost 278 on the 

Dalton Highway and heads in a 

northerly, and then northwesterly, route 

to Umiat. The intent of the DOT&PF is 

to identify a feasible corridor that 

concurrently accesses areas with high 

oil and gas potential, minimizes the 

distance between the road corridor and 

likely exploration areas, and traverses as 

much state land as possible. One or 

more corridors will be identified 

through scoping. Within the corridor(s), 

additional analysis would be conducted 

to determine optimal road alignments 

and river crossing locations. 

3. Scoping Process. The scoping 

period will begin on May 20, 2011 and 

end on July 5, 2011. 

a. Public involvement. The Corps 

invites full public participation to 

promote open communication on the 

issues to be addressed regarding the 

proposed action. All Federal, state, 

Tribal, and local agencies, and other 

interested persons or organizations with 

an interest are urged to participate in 

the NEPA scoping process. Scoping 

meetings will be held to receive public 

input on the development of proposed 

alternatives to be reviewed in the EIS, 

and to identify significant issues to be 

analyzed. 

b. Scoping meetings. The Corps plans 

to hold scoping meetings in Anaktuvuk 

Pass, Anchorage, Barrow, Fairbanks, 

and Nuiqsut. Information about these 

meetings and meeting dates will be 

published locally, posted at http:// 

www.foothillswesteis.com, or available 

by contacting the Corps as described 

above. A description of the proposed 

project will be posted on the project 

Web site prior to these meetings to help 

the public focus their scoping 

comments. 

4. Major Issues To Be Analyzed in the 

DEIS. The DEIS will analyze the 

potential social, economic, physical, 

and biological impacts on the affected 

areas. The following major issues will 

be analyzed in depth in the DEIS: road 

construction and operation and its effect 

on the surrounding communities; water 

resources; fish and wildlife; cultural and 

subsistence resources; hazardous 

materials; human health; 

socioeconomics; and secondary and 

cumulative impacts. 

5. Other Environmental Review and 

Consultation Requirements. Other 

environmental review and consultation 

requirements include: Magnuson 

Stevens Act for Essential Fish Habitat 

identification, Executive Order 13175 

Consultation and Coordination with 

Indian Tribal Governments; Section 106 

of the National Historic Preservation Act 

of 1966; Section 9 of the Rivers and 

Harbors Act of 1899; and subsistence 

uses in accordance with Section 810 of 

the Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act (ANILCA). 

6. Land Ownership. The lands within 

the Foothills Project area are mostly 

state lands, but also include Federal 

lands administered by the BLM, Arctic 

Slope Regional Corporation lands, and 

private lands. 

7. Estimated Date DEIS Available to 

Public. It is anticipated that the DEIS 

will be available June 2012 for public 

review. 

Dated: May 5, 2011. 

Melissa C. Riordan, 

Project Manager, Alaska District, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers. 

[FR Doc. 2011–12371 Filed 5–19–11; 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, Privacy, Information and 

Records 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 July 19, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 


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