Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 203 / Friday, October 20, 2006 / Notices 61961 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (the 

‘‘Corporation’’), as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to 

provide the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program 

helps to ensure that requested data can 

be provided in the desired format, 

reporting burden (time and financial 

resources) is minimized, collection 

instruments are clearly understood, and 

the impact of collection requirement on 

respondents can be properly assessed. 

Currently, the Corporation is 

soliciting comments concerning its 

AmeriCorps Application Instructions: 

National Direct, National Direct 

Education Award Program, National 

Professional Corps, Indian Tribes, and 

National Planning. These application 

instructions are used by current and 

prospective grantees to apply for funds 

for these programs. 

Copies of the information collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed in the address section 

of this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by 

December 19, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service, 

AmeriCorps State and National, Amy 

Borgstrom, Associate Director for Policy, 

1201 New York Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the Corporation’s mailroom at Room 

8100 at the mail address given in 

paragraph (1) above, between 9 a.m. and 

4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

(3) By fax to: (202) 606–3476, 

Attention Amy Borgstrom, Associate 

Director for Policy. 

(4) Electronically through the 

Corporation’s e-mail address system: 

aborgstrom@cns.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Borgstrom, (202) 606–6930 or by email at aborgstrom@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Corporation is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Corporation, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are expected to respond, including the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology 

(e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses). 

Background: AmeriCorps grants are 

generally awarded to eligible 

organizations to recruit, train, and 

manage AmeriCorps members who 

address unmet community needs. 

AmeriCorps members are individuals 

who engage in community service. 

Members may receive a living allowance 

during their term of service. Upon 

successful completion of their service 

members receive an education award 

from the National Service Trust. 

Roughly one quarter of all 

AmeriCorps grant funding goes to 

National grantees, which operate in 

more than one state. The AmeriCorps 

Application Instructions: National 

Direct, National Direct Education Award 

Program, National Professional Corps, 

Indian Tribes, and National Planning 

are used by applicants interested in 

these programs. The application is 

completed electronically using eGrants, 

the Corporation’s web-based grants 

management system. 

Current Action: The Corporation seeks 

to separate the current application 

instructions into two separate sets of 

instructions in order to increase clarity 

and ease of use. The application will be 

used in the same manner as the existing 

application. The Corporation also seeks 

to continue using the current 

application instructions until the 

revised application instructions are 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB). The current 

application instructions are due to 

expire on April 30, 2009. 

Type of Review: New. 

Agency: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Title: AmeriCorps Application 

Instructions: National Direct, National 

Direct Education Award Program, 

National Professional Corps, Indian 

Tribes, and National Planning. 

OMB Number: Were included in 

3045–0047. 

Agency Number: None. 

Affected Public: Non-profit 

institutions. 

Total Respondents: 500. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Average Time per Response: 24 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 12,000 

hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

None. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): None. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this Notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of the information collection 

request; they will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: October 1, 2006. 

Kristin McSwain, 

Director, AmeriCorps State and National. 

[FR Doc. E6–17544 Filed 10–19–06; 8:45 am] 

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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Notice of Sunshine Act Meeting 

The National Civilian Community 

Corps Advisory Board gives notice of 

the following meeting: 

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, November 

1, 2006, 9:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. 

PLACE: Lobby Conference Room, 

Corporation for National and 

Community Service Headquarters, 1201 

New York Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20525. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The purpose 

of the meeting is to update Advisory 

Board members on program activities, 

including the NCCC’s past and current 

efforts in the New Orleans and Gulf 

Coast areas. The Board will also discuss 

strategies concerning the NCCC’s future 

campus structure, and operational 

activities for the upcoming classes, 

including a major mobilization in the 

Gulf Coast. 

ACCOMMODATIONS: Anyone who needs 

an interpreter or other accommodation 

should notify the Corporation’s contact 

person by 5 p.m. Friday, October 27, 

2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Erma Hodge, NCCC, Corporation for 

National and Community Service, 10th 

Floor, Room 10404A, 1201 New York 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20525. 

Phone (202) 606–6696. Fax (202) 606–

3462. TDD: (202) 606–3472. E-mail: 

ehodge@cns.gov. 


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61962 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 203 / Friday, October 20, 2006 / Notices 

Dated: October 17, 2006. 

Frank R. Trinity, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 06–8832 Filed 10–18–06; 3:36 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) and the Announcement of a 

Public Hearing for the Proposed 

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan 

Phosphate Mine Continuation Near 

Aurora, in Beaufort County, NC 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (COE), Wilmington District, 

Regulatory Division has been reviewing 

the request for Department of the Army 

authorization, pursuant to Section 404 

of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 

of the Rivers and Harbor Act, from 

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan 

Phosphate Division (PCS) for the 

continuation of its phosphate mining 

operation near Aurora, Beaufort County, 

NC. PCS proposes to expand its existing 

open pit phosphate mining operation 

into a 3,412 acre tract immediately 

adjacent to the current mine. This 

expansion would impact 2,408 acres of 

waters of the U.S. including wetlands 

adjacent to the Pamlico River and South 

Creek. 

DATES: A Public Hearing will be held at 

Southside High School located at 5700 

Highway 33 East, Chocowinity, Beaufort 

County, NC on December 14, 2006 at 

6:30 p.m. Written comments on the 

Draft EIS will be received until January 

22, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and 

questions regarding the Draft EIS may be 

addressed to: U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Wilmington District, 

Regulatory Division. Attn: File Number 

2001–10096, Post Office Box 1890, 

Wilmington, NC 28402–1890. Copies of 

the Draft EIS can be reviewed on the 

Wilmington District Regulatory 

homepage at, http:// 

www.saw.usace.army.mil/wetlands/ 

regtour.htm, or contact Ms. Alex Phodes 

at (910) 251–4633, to receive written or 

CD copies of the Draft EIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and DEIS can be directed to Mr. Tom 

Walker, Project Manager, Regulatory 

Division, telephone: (828) 271–7980 

extension 222. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Project Description. The PCS 

Phosphate, Inc. Aurora (PCS) facility 

includes an open pit mining operation 

that supplies phosphate ore to its onsite 

manufacturing facilities producing 

sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, purified 

acid, liquid fertilizer, superphosphoric 

acid, diammonium phosphate, 

defluoinated phosphate, animal feed 

and solid fertilizers. Phosphate mining 

activities began at this site in 1965. On 

August 27, 1997, PCS was issued a 

Department of the Army permit to 

impact 1,268 acres of waters and 

wetlands to continue its mining 

operation into the current mine area. 

This action is more fully described in 

the August, 1996 Final Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Texasgulf Inc. 

Mine Continuation. PCS is nearing the 

end of the current mining area and is 

seeking to continue its mining operation 

into an adjacent 3,608 acre tract. 

2. Proposed Action. On November 2, 

2000, PCS applied for Department of the 

Army authorization pursuant to Section 

404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 

10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act to 

continue its phosphate mining 

operation on the Hickory Point 

peninsula adjacent the Pamlico River 

and South Creek once reserves are 

depleted under the existing permitted 

area. The applicant’s stated purpose and 

need for this project is to continue 

mining its phosphate reserve in an 

economically viable fashion. More 

specifically, the applicant’s stated 

purpose and need is to implement a 

long-term systematic and cost-effective 

mine advance within the project area for 

the ongoing PCS mine operation at 

Aurora, NC. 

The Corps circulated a Public Notice 

describing this application on January 2, 

2001 (Action ID No. 200110096). PCS 

elected to further reduce proposed 

impacts to waters of the U.S. in 

response to comments on this Public 

Notice and submitted a revised permit 

application on August 13, 2001. The 

Corps circulated a second Public Notice 

on October 4, 2001, describing the 

revised applicaiton. The proposed 

action includes a request for 

authorization to impact approximately 

2,408 acres of waters of the U.S. 

including wetlands to continue the 

mine advance into a 3,412 acre area 

located adjacent the Pamlico River and 

several of its tributaries. Waters and 

wetlands in the proposed impact area 

are more specifically described in the 

following table: 

Proposed Impacts Acres 

1. Creeks/Open Water ...................... 11 

2. Brackish Marsh Complex ............. 38 

3. Bottomland Hardwood Forest ...... 102 

4. Herbaceous Assemblage ............. 253 

5. Scrub-Shrub Assemblage ............ 202 

6. Pine Plantation ............................. 514 

7. Hardwood Forest .......................... 508 

8. Mixed Pine-Hardwood Forest ....... 564 

9. Pine Forest ................................... 195 

10. Ponds ......................................... 19 

Total ........................................... 2,408 

4. Alternatives. Several alternatives 

have been identified and evaluated 

through the scoping process, and further 

detailed description of all alternatives is 

disclosed in Section 2 of the Draft EIS. 

The applicant’s preferred alternatives is 

to continue its mining activity into a 

3,412 acre tract located immediately 

adjacent to the present mine. 

5. Scoping Process. A public scoping 

meeting was held on February 28, 2001 

and an interdisciplinary Review Team 

(Review Team) comprised of 

representatives from other state and 

federal regulatory and commenting 

agencies, environmental advocacy 

groups, the applicant, and CZR 

Incorporated (CZR) (third party 

consultant to the Corps in accordance 

with RGL–05–08). The Review Team 

was formed to identify major issues to 

be addressed in the EIS and to provide 

input on potential alternatives to be 

explored and potentially evaluated. As 

appropriate, the COE will initiate 

consultation with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service under the Endangered 

Species Act and the Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act, and with the National 

Marine Fisheries Service under the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act and Endangered 

Species Act. The Corps is coordinating 

with the North Carolina Division of 

Water Quality (NCDWQ) to ensure the 

Draft EIS has assessed the potential 

water quality impacts pursuant to 

Section 401 of the Clean Water Act and 

with the North Carolina Division of 

Coastal Management (NCDCM) to 

determine the project’s consistency with 

the Coastal Zone Management Act. The 

Corps is also coordinating with the 

NCDCM and NCDWQ in the 

development of the EIS to ensure the 

process complies with State 

Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) 

requirements, as well as the NEPA 

requirements. The Draft EIS has been 

designed to consolidate both NEPA and 

SEPA processes to eliminate 

duplications. 


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