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project. These alternatives will be 

further formulated and developed 

during the scoping process and an 

appropriate range of alternatives, 

including the no action alternative, will 

be considered in the Supplemental Draft 

EIS. 

5. Scoping Process. A public scoping 

meeting (see DATES) will be held to 

receive public comment and assess 

public concerns regarding the 

appropriate scope and preparation of 

the DSEIS. Participation in the public 

meeting by Federal, State, and local 

agencies and other interested 

organizations and persons is 

encouraged. 

The COE will also be consulting 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. 

Additionally, the EIS will assess the 

potential water quality impacts 

pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean 

Water Act, and will be coordinated with 

the North Carolina Division of Coastal 

Management (DCM) to determine the 

projects consistency with the Coastal 

Zone Management Act. The COE will 

closely work with DCM through the EIS 

to ensure the process complies with all 

State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) 

requirements. It is the COE and DCM’s 

intentions to consolidate both NEPA 

and SEPA processes to eliminate 

duplications. 

6. Availability of the Draft 

Supplemental EIS. The DSEIS is 

expected to be published and circulated 

sometime in early 2007, and a public 

hearing will be held after the 

publication of the DSEIS. 

Dated: December 4, 2006. 

John E. Pulliam, Jr. 

Colonel, U.S. Army, District Commander. 

[FR Doc. 06–9727 Filed 12–14–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–GN–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Review and Comments From the 

Interested Public on Draft 

Programmatic Agreement on the Effect 

on Historic Properties Due to Project 

Operations on the Federal Columbia 

River Power System 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, in cooperation with 

Bonneville Power Administration and 

the Bureau of Reclamation (together 

referred to as ‘‘Lead Federal Agencies’’), 

has released a draft of the Systemwide 

Programmatic Agreement (PA) under 

the National Historic Preservation Act. 

16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.; 36 CFR 800.14(b). 

The Lead Federal Agencies (Corps, BPA, 

and Reclamation) have released the 

draft PA for the management of historic 

properties affected by the multipurpose 

operations of fourteen dam/reservoir 

Projects of the Federal Columbia River 

Power System (Libby, Albeni Falls, 

Chief Joseph, McNary, John Day, the 

Dalles, Bonneville, Dworshak, Lower 

Granite, Lower Monumental, Little 

Goose, Ice Harbor, Grand Coulee, and 

Hungry Horse) on the Columbia or 

Snake rivers in the states of Oregon, 

Washington, Idaho, and Montana 

pursuant to section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). 

DATES: Comments are due on Friday, 

January 19, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to 

Tribal Affairs—DKT–7, Bonneville 

Power Administration; P.O. Box 14428; 

Portland, OR 97293–5884. They may 

also be faxed to (503) 230–5884 or emailed to comment@bpa.gov. Please 

include with your comments the title 

‘‘Draft FCRPS Systemwide PA’’. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly St. Hilaire, BPA Cultural 

Resource Manager, (503) 230–5361; 

Lynne MacDonald, Bureau of 

Reclamation Regional Archeologist, 

(208) 378–5316; or, Gail Celmer, Corps 

Regional Archeologist, (503) 808–4762. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposed agreement has been under 

development for over 10 years following 

commitments made by the agencies in 

Records of Decision in 1997 following 

the analysis of the System Operation 

Review Environmental Impact 

Statement. Agencies found that the 

Project operations have the potential to 

adversely affect and may continue to 

threaten historic properties eligible for 

the National Register of Historic Places. 

The Lead Federal Agencies developed 

this draft of the PA in cooperation and 

consultation with tribes, State and tribal 

historic preservation officers, the 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation, Federal land managing 

agencies, and other interested parties. 

Comments are now being sought on the 

draft PA which is available at http:// 

efw.bpa.gov/environmental_services/ 

culturalresources.aspx. The Lead 

Federal Agencies would appreciate any 

comments from interested members of 

the public. 

Dated: December 5, 2006. 

Randall L. Fofi, 

Deputy Division Commander. 

[FR Doc. 06–9728 Filed 12–14–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–AR–M 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education 

(DOE). 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information 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 February 

13, 2007. 

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 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing 

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary 

of the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

The Department of Education is 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following issues: (1) Is 

this collection necessary to the proper 

functions of the Department; (2) will 

this information be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

Department enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (5) how might the 

Department minimize the burden of this 

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