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public information collection and seeks

public comment on the provisions

thereof. Comments are invited on (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the proposed

information collection; (c) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; and

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the

information collection on respondents,

including through the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received by August 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water

Resource Support Center, Waterborne

Commerce Statistics Center, P.O. Box

61280, New Orleans, Louisiana 70161–

1280, ATTN: CEWRC–NDC–C (Susan K.

Hassett). Consideration will be given to

all comments received within 60 days of

the date of publication of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request more information on this

proposed information collection or to

obtain a copy of the proposal and

associated collection instruments,

please write to the above address, or call

Department of the Army Reports

clearance officer at (703) 614–0454.

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: Shipper’s Export Declaration

(SED) Program, ENG Form 7513

Needs and Uses: The data collected

are movements of foreign cargo from

one foreign country to another foreign

country through a U.S. water port. Since

goods are neither produced nor

consumed in the U.S. they do not count

in the balance of trade statistics, but are

important from a water transportation

standpoint. Vessels moving these goods

use federally maintained channels, and

these goods should be included in

federal water transportation an multimodel transportation analysis.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Annual Burden Hours: 29,737.

Number Per Respondents: 13,000.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 11

minutes.

Frequency: Mandatory.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corps

and Maritime Administration (MARAD)

use the data from the program to satisfy

the missions of their respective

agencies. The Corps is responsible for

the operation and maintenance of the

nation’s waterway system to ensure

efficient and safe passage of commercial

and recreation vessels. The support and

management of economically sound

navigation projects are dependent upon

reliable navigation data mandated by

the River and Harbor Appropriations

Act of September 22, 1922 (42 Stat.

1043) as amended and codified in 33

U.S.C. 555.

John A. Hall,

Alternate Army Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of

Engineers

Notice of Availability (NOA) of Draft

General Re-Evaluation Report/

Environmental Impact Report and

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement (Draft Report) for Proposed

Modifications to the Guadalupe River

Project, Downtown San Jose,

California, and Notice of Public

Hearing

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Sacramento District, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of Availability and

Notice of Public Hearing.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(s)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) of 1969 (as amended), the

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps)

and the Santa Clara Valley Water

District (SCVWD) have prepared a Draft

General Re-Evaluation Report/

Environmental Impact Report and

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement (Draft Report) for proposed

modifications to the multiple-purpose

Guadalupe River Project located in

downtown San Jose, California. This

Draft Report is being made available for

a 45-day public comment period. A

public hearing will be held to receive

oral and written comments on the Draft

Report. Interested Federal, state, and

local agencies, organizations, and

persons are invited to the hearing.

DATES: Comments on the Draft Report

should be submitted on or before

August 9, 2000. The public hearing will

be held July 26, 2000 from 7:00 to 9:30

p.m.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the Draft

Report should be submitted to the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento

District Planning Division, Attention:

Nina Bicknese, 1325 J Street,

Sacramento, California 95814–2922. The

Public Hearing will be held a the Santa

Clara Valley Water District,

Headquarters Board Room, 5750

Almaden Expressway, San Jose,

California 95118–3686. Printed copies

of the Draft Report are available for

public inspection and review at the

location listed below in Supplementary

Information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

obtain additional information related to

this Report, interested persons are

invited to contact the following: Nina

Bicknese, Biological Sciences

Environmental Manager, U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, 1325 J Street,

Sacramento, California, 95814–2922,

(916) 577–7948. (916) 577–5138 (FAX),

nbicknese@spk.usace.army.mil

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Report Availability

In addition to availability for viewing

and downloading on the Internet at the

following World Wide Web address:

www.spk.usace.army.mil/civ/civ.html,

printed copies of the Draft Report are

available for public inspection and

review at the following locations:

Santa Clara Valley Water District, 5750

Almaden Expressway San Jose, CA,

95118

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Sacramento District, 1325 J Street,

Sacramento, CA, 95814–2922

Almaden Library, 6455 Camden Ave.

San Jose, CA, 95120–2823

Alviso Library, 5050 North First Street,

Alviso, CA, 95002

Biblioteca Latino America, 921 South

First Street, San Jose, CA, 95110

Cambrian Library, 1780 Hillsdale

Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95124

Pearl Avenue Library, 4270 Pearl

Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95136

Rosegarden Library, 1580 Naglee

Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95126

Willow Glen Library, 1157 Minnesota

Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95125

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Main Library,

180 West San Carlos Street, San Jose,

CA, 95113

2. Report Background and Scope

This Report is supplemental to the

1985 Final Guadalupe River Interim

Feasibility Report and Environmental

Impact Statement (U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, 1985). It addresses proposed

modifications to the Guadalupe River

Project authorized by Congress under

section 401(b) of the Water Resources

Development Act of 1986 (Public Law

99–662) and amended by the Energy

and Water Development Appropriations

Act For Fiscal Year 1990 (Public Law

101–101). These modifications include

flood protection, recreation, and

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mitigation measures primarily along 2.6

miles of the Guadalupe River in

downtown San Jose and two related

offsite mitigation areas. This Report will

support decision making by the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, Santa Clara

Valley Water District, and other

responsible agencies to implement the

proposed modifications and to ensure

compliance with NEPA, the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and

other pertinent laws and regulations.

Potential direct and indirect

environmental, social economic effects

of the Proposed Action and other

alternatives are evaluated, and project

modifications are recommended for

implementation.

The Draft Report analyses consider an

array of alternative plans developed to

modify the authorized project. These

alternatives were developed in a manner

that would avoid and minimize adverse

environmental impacts to the maximum

extent practicable, while meeting the

primary planning objectives to (1)

provide 100-year flood protection for

the downtown San Jose area; (2) protect

species listed under the Endangered

Species Act; (3) meet conditions for

State water quality certification under

the Clean Water Act; and (4) further

improve recreation opportunities along

the river corridor. Numerous

alternatives have been considered

including revised channel widening,

upstream detention, retention of the

original authorized project design with

additional mitigation, several channel

bypass alternative, and no action. The

Proposed Action fulfills all stated

objectives and includes construction of

some remaining components of the

original authorized project, proposed

modifications to include an

underground bypass to convey floodwaters around existing riparian habitat,

expanded onsite and offsite mitigation

measures to accomplish habitat

mitigation goals, and refined operation

and maintenance requirements. The

anticipated cumulative effects also have

been considered and addressed.

3. Project Area

The project area for resources

evaluated in the Report includes two

areas along the Guadalupe River and

one area Guadalupe Creek in Santa

Clara County, California. The flood

protection project is along the 2.6 mile

reach of the Guadalupe River in

downtown San Jose between Grant

Street (just upstream from I–280) and I–

880. The mitigation will be located (1)

in an area along the Guadalupe River

just downstream from I–880 and

adjacent to the San Jose Airport,

identified as the Reach A mitigation

site, and (2) the Guadalupe Creek

mitigation site, an area along Guadalupe

Creek, from 660 feet downstream from

Masson Dam to the Almaden

Expressway. Guadalupe Creek is

approximately 4 miles upstream from

the downtown flood protection area.

The project area includes the river, its

banks, and land adjacent to the bank in

each of these three locations.

4. Proposed Action

The Proposed Action is the

modification and implementation of the

remaining components of the

Guadalupe River Project. The Proposed

Action modification to the Authorized

Project accomplish the following

objectives:

• Provide 100-year flood protection

for the downtown San Jose area.

• Protect species recently listed or

proposed for listing under the

Endangered Species Act.

• Meet conditions for water quality

certification under the Clean Water Act.

• Refine recreational opportunities

along the Guadalupe River corridor.

• Implement mitigation commitments

specified in the Mitigation and

Monitoring Plan (MMP).

Modification to the Guadalupe River

Project include (1) construction and

operation of an underground bypass

between Santa Clara Street and Coleman

Avenue to convey floodwaters around

important riparian habitat, (2) riverfront

recreation trail between Santa Clara

Street and Coleman Avenue on the west

bank, and between New Julian Street

and Coleman Avenue on the east bank,

(3) expanded onsite SRA-cover

mitigation between Woz Way and I–880

(4) an additional offsite SRA-cover

mitigation site between I–880 and

Airport Parkway, and (5) an additional

offsite SRA-cover mitigation site on

Guadalupe Creek between Masson Dam

and Almaden Expressway. Remaining

components of the Authorized Project

which will be implemented as part of

the Proposed Action include (1)

construction of flood training walls near

I–280 to direct upstream flood flows

back into the river channel, (2)

westbank pedestrian overlook and

recreation trail between Park Avenue

and San Fernando Street, (3) eastbank

recreation trail between Park Avenue

and West Santa Clara, (4) westbank

recreation trail between New Julian

Street and Coleman, (5) removal of two

railroad bridges between New Julian

and Coleman Avenue.

5. Commenting

Comments received in response to

this report, including names and

addresses of those who comment, will

be considered part of the public record

on this proposed action. Comments

submitted anonymously will be

accepted and considered. Pursuant to 7

CFR 1.27(d), any person may request the

agency to withhold a submission from

the public record by showing how the

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

permits such confidentiality. Persons

requesting such confidentiality should

be aware that, under the FOIA,

confidentiality may be granted in only

very limited circumstances, such as to

protect trade secrets. The Corps will

inform the requester of the agency’s

decision regarding the request for

confidentiality, and where the request is

denied, the agency will return the

submission and notify the requester that

the comments may be resubmitted with

or without the name and address.

John A. Hall,

Alternate Army Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management, Office of the

Chief Information Officer invites

comments on the submission for OMB

review as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before July 21,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW, Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

DWERFEL@OMB.EOP.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

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

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere