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965–0454 or by writing to the address 

listed above. 

Permanent Residence Under Color of 

the Law (PRUCOL)—20 CFR 416.1615 

and 416.1618—0960–0451. Under 

Public Law 104–193, which was 

effective August 22, 1996, a non-citizen 

must be a ‘‘qualified alien’’ and meet 

certain additional requirements in order 

to be eligible for Supplemental Security 

Income (SSI). This law also established 

an exception to the new requirements 

for certain ‘‘nonqualified aliens’’ (i.e., 

non-citizens who are not qualified 

aliens). Nonqualified aliens who were 

receiving SSI on August 22, 1996 were 

allowed to remain on the rolls until 

September 30, 1997, at which time 

benefits would be suspended if the 

aliens had not acquired qualified alien 

status. Public Law 105–33 extended the 

suspension date to September 30, 1998. 

Public law 105–306, enacted October 

28, 1998, provided that nonqualified 

aliens who were receiving SSI on 

August 22, 1996 would remain eligible 

for SSI after September 30, 1998 

provided all other requirements for 

eligibility were met (e.g., income and 

resources, etc.). SSI eligibility for this 

group of aliens—’’grandfathered 

nonqualified aliens’’—will continue to 

be determined based on the rules 

governing alien eligibility in effect prior 

to August 22, 1996, i.e., the PRUCOL 

standard. 

As discussed in SSA regulations at 20 

CFR 416.1615 and 416.1618, a PRUCOL 

alien must present evidence of his/her 

alien status at application and 

periodically thereafter as part of the 

eligibility determination process for SSI. 

SSA verifies the validity of the evidence 

of PRUCOL for grandfathered 

nonqualified aliens with the Department 

of Homeland Security (DHS). Based on 

the DHS response, SSA will determine 

whether the individual is PRUCOL. 

Without this information, SSA would 

not be able to determine whether the 

individual is eligible for SSI payments. 

The respondents are individuals who 

have alien status and live in the United 

States. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 9,000. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 750 hours. 

Dated: January 18, 2006. 

Elizabeth A. Davidson, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for Actions To Substantially Restore 

Natural Quiet to the Grand Canyon 

National Park and Public Scoping 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration and National Park 

Service. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent: Request for 

scoping comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) and the National 

Park Service (NPS), as co-leads in the 

environmental process, intend to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) under the provisions of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969, as amended. The EIS will 

address environmental and related 

impacts that may result from actions to 

be proposed and alternatives to be 

developed to achieve the statutory 

mandate of Public Law 100–91 

(‘‘commonly know as the Overflights 

Act’’); to provide for the substantial 

restoration of the natural quiet and 

experience of Grand Canyon National 

Park (GCNP). The Presidential 

Memorandum dated April 22, 1996, 

Earth Day Initiative, Parks for Tomorrow 

calls for substantial restoration of 

natural quiet in the GCNP to be 

achieved by 2008. ‘‘Substantial 

restoration of natural quiet’’ has been 

defined by the NPS to mean that 50 

percent or more of the park will achieve 

natural quiet (i.e., no aircraft audible) 

for 75 to 100 percent of the day. 

This undertaking is a follow-on to 

previous actions taken by the FAA, in 

cooperation with the NPS, since 

December 1996. 

The FAA and NPS are inviting the 

public, agencies, and other interested 

parties to provide comments, 

suggestions, and input regarding: (1) 

The scope, issues, and concerns related 

to the development of proposed and 

alternative actions at Grand Canyon 

National Park that provide for the 

substantial restoration of the natural 

quiet and experience of the park and 

protection of public health and safety 

from significant adverse effects 

associated with all aircraft overflights; 

(2) past, present, and reasonably 

foreseeable future actions which, when 

considered with any alternatives, may 

result in significant cumulative impacts; 

and, (3) potential alternatives. 

The scoping process for this EIS will 

include three public meetings and a 

ninety-day comment period for 

interested agencies and parties to 

submit oral and/or written comments 

representing the concerns and issues 

they believe should be addressed. Please 

submit any written comments within 

ninety-days from the date of this Notice, 

or no later than April 27, 2006. Address 

your comments to: Docket Management 

System, Doc No. FAA–2005–23402, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Room 

Plaza 401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

The purpose of this Notice is to 

inform Federal, State, local government 

agencies, and the public of the intent to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) and to conduct a public 

and agency scoping process. 

Information, data, opinions, and 

comments obtained throughout the 

scoping process will be considered in 

preparing the Draft EIS. 

To maximize the opportunities for 

public participation in this 

environmental process, the FAA and 

NPS will also publish notices in the 

major local newspapers in the vicinity 

of the study area. 

DATES: The scoping period, and the 

opportunity to provide written 

comments will extend from publication 

of this Notice for a period of ninetydays. The forecast period of public and 

Agency scoping is January 20, through 

April 27, 2006. 

Public Meetings: Public scoping 

meetings will be held in Phoenix, 

Arizona (AZ) on February 21, Flagstaff, 

AZ on February 22, and in Las Vegas, 

Nevada (NV) on February 23. Following 

are the specifics for each of the public 

meetings: 

Phoenix—February 21, 2006; 4 p.m. to 

8 p.m., Glendale Community College, 

6000 W. Olive Ave., Glendale, AZ 

85302; 

Flagstaff—February 22; 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., 

Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 N. 

Ft. Valley Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86001; 

and, 

Las Vegas—February 23; 4 p.m. to 8 

p.m., Henderson Convention Center, 

200 Water St., Henderson, NV 89015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE

CONTACT: Questions concerning the 

environmental process should be 

directed to either the FAA or the NPS. 

The FAA contact person is Mr. Barry 

Brayer. Mr. Brayer can be contacted in 

writing at Federal Aviation 

Administration, Executive Resource 

Staff (AWP–4) 15000 Aviation Blvd., PO 

Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009–

2007; or via telephone at (310) 725–

3800. 


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The NPS contact person is Ms. Mary 

Killeen. She can be contacted at Chief, 

Office of Planning and Compliance, 

Grand Canyon National Park, P.O. Box 

129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023; or via 

telephone at (928) 638–7885. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

and NPS, with a working group 

established under the auspices of the 

National Parks Overflights Advisory 

Group (NPOAG) and any cooperating 

agency(ies), will develop alternatives to 

meet the statutory mandate for 

substantial restoration of natural quiet 

to the GCNP. 

In accordance with section 805 of the 

National Parks Air Tour Management 

Act of 2000, the Administrator of the 

FAA and the Director of the NPS jointly 

established the NPOAG on April 5, 

2001. The NPOAG provides continuing 

advice and counsel with respect to 

commercial air tour operations over and 

near national parks. On October 10, 

2003, the FAA Administrator signed 

FAA Order 1110.138, the NPOAG 

Aviation Rulemaking Committee 

Charter. The NPOAG is comprised of a 

balanced group of representatives of 

general aviation, commercial air tour 

operators, environmental interests, and 

American Indian tribes. Additional 

information related to the NPOAG can 

be found on their Web site at http:// 

www.atmp.faa.gov/npoag.htm. 

At the request of the FAA and NPS, 

the U.S. Institute of Environmental 

Conflict Resolution (USIECR) began 

working with the two agencies in 2003 

to help develop a cooperative working 

relationship to facilitate the resolution 

of issues surrounding the 

implementation of the Overflights Act at 

Grand Canyon National Park. The 

agencies agreed to move forward with 

an Alternative Dispute Resolution 

(ADR) process and through the USIECR, 

the firm of Lucy Moore Associates, Inc. 

was contracted to assist in the ADR 

process. Additionally, the two agencies 

decided to create a working group, 

under the authority of the NPOAG, to 

assist in the process. Through notice in 

the Federal Register, the agencies 

invited nominations from individuals, 

who met certain criteria established for 

participation on the working group. The 

result was the establishment of the 

Grand Canyon Working Group that 

consists of representatives from FAA, 

NPS, air tour operators, environmental 

groups, American Indian Tribes, 

commercial and general aviation, 

recreational interests, and other federal 

agencies. The working group is 

specifically tasked with developing 

recommendations for proposed actions 

to meet the statutory mandate contained 

in the Overflights Act. Information 

obtained during the public scoping 

process will inform and assist the 

working group in developing 

recommendations. The working group 

will participate in the development of 

the EIS and in any rulemaking that may 

be required with respect to a final 

overflights plan. 

Further, the FAA and NPS are aware 

of American Indian Tribes with ties to 

the GCNP. The FAA, NPS, and Tribes 

will interact on a government-togovernment basis, in accordance with 

all executive orders, laws, regulations 

and other memoranda. They are also 

being invited to participate in the 

environmental process as Cooperating 

Agencies in accordance with NEPA and 

section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. To the extent 

practicable, compliance with section 

106 will be combined with the NEPA 

process, pursuant to Title 36, Code of 

Federal Regulations, part 800, sections 

800.3(b), and 800.8. 

The environmental process of 

developing and reviewing alternatives 

to achieve the substantial restoration of 

natural quiet at the GCNP began in 

1996. This is also the timeframe when 

consultation with American Indian 

Tribes with traditional cultural ties to 

the park began. Data and documentation 

from these previous actions have been 

retained and will be utilized, as 

necessary, as part of this current 

undertaking. As a result of the final 

rulemaking of December 31, 1996, flight 

free zones, air tours and reporting 

requirements were defined. 

In February 2000, the FAA issued a 

Supplemental Final Environmental 

Assessment (SFEA) and Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) associated 

with a final rule to modify the airspace 

over the GCNP, and a final rule to limit 

the number of commercial air tour 

operations that could be flown in that 

airspace. In May 2000, the FAA 

implemented the final rule limiting 

commercial air tour operations. 

However, the FAA determined that 

implementation of the airspace and 

proposed commercial air tour route 

changes for the east end of the GCNP 

should be delayed to address safety 

concerns that had not been previously 

raised by the commercial air tour 

operators. 

Additionally, in late-spring 2000, 

litigation related to the SFEA and 

FONSI was initiated. The litigation 

related to the final rule for airspace was 

stayed by the court pending FAA 

resolution of the safety issues. However, 

the Court remanded the SFEA, as it 

pertained to the limitations final rule, 

back to the FAA for resolution of several 

issues of concern between the FAA and 

NPS. Those issues have been 

substantially resolved and the FAA and 

NPS are ready to move forward with 

this EIS to develop and evaluate 

alternatives for a final overflights plan 

to substantially restore natural quiet in 

the GCNP. 

Since 1996, there has been 

considerable public participation in the 

environmental processes associated 

with these actions. The FAA, in 

cooperation with the NPS, held 

numerous meetings with the Tribes and 

the public. Copies of the previous 

environmental documents from 1996 

through 2000 were mailed to numerous 

Federal, State, and local agencies and 

elected officials; Tribes; private and 

public organizations and individuals; 

and libraries within the study area. 

As this undertaking will be a followon to the previous actions, the 

December 1996 Final Environmental 

Assessment and the February 2000 Final 

Supplemental Environmental 

Assessment may be reviewed for 

additional supplemental information at 

one of the following libraries to which 

it was mailed: 

Librarian, 113 South 1st St., Williams, 

AZ 86046. 

Flagstaff Public Library, Public Service/ 

Reference Room, 300 W. Aspen, 

Flagstaff, AZ 86001. 

Fredonia Public Library, Director, P.O. 

Box 217, Fredonia, AZ 86022. 

Grand Canyon Community Library, 

Librarian, P.O. Box 518, Grand 

Canyon, AZ 86023. 

Phoenix Public Library, Government 

Documents, 1221 N. Central Ave., 

Phoenix, AZ 85004. 

Phoenix Public Library, Arizona Room, 

1221 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 

85004. 

Washington County Library, Reference 

Department, 50 South Main, St. 

George, UT 84770. 

Kanab City Library, Director, 13 South 

100 East #129–6, Kanab, UT 84741. 

Mohave County Library, ATTN: Lee 

Smith, P.O. Box 7000, Kingman, AZ 

86402–7000. 

William C. Withycombe, 

Western Pacific Regional Administrator, 

Federal Aviation Administration. 

Steve Martin, 

Deputy Director, National Park Service. 

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