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CFR 51.3. Following termination of the 

prior concession contract at Great Island 

Camps on December 31, 2004, the 

National Park Service awarded a 

temporary concession contract to Morris 

Marina Kabin Kamps and Ferry Service, 

Inc., on May 15, 2005, that expires on 

December 31, 2006. A new concession 

contract cannot be awarded in time to 

avoid the interruption of visitor services 

during the 2007 operating season. The 

National Park Service has taken all 

reasonable and necessary steps to 

consider alternatives to avoid 

interruption of visitor services, and has 

determined that this award is necessary 

to avoid interruption of visitor services. 

This action is issued pursuant to 36 

CFR 51.24(a). This is not a request for 

proposals and no prospectus is being 

issued at this time. The Director intends 

to issue a prospectus in 2007 to allow 

the competitive award of a long-term 

concession contract that will be 

effective prior to the 2008 season for 

visitor reservations and cabin rental in 

the Great Island cabin area on South 

Core Banks (Banks), Cape Lookout 

National Seashore and ferry service to 

and from the community of Davis, North 

Carolina to the Banks. You may be 

placed on a mailing list for receiving 

information regarding the prospectus by 

sending a written request to the above 

address. 

Dated: February 20, 2007. 

Katherine H. Stevenson, 

Assistant Director, Business Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for Clean Water Coalition Systems 

Conveyance and Operations Program 

Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 

Clark County, NV; Notice of Availability 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to § 102(2)(C) of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 and the corresponding Council of 

Environmental Quality implementing 

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), 

the National Park Service and Bureau of 

Reclamation, as lead agencies for the 

Department of Interior, announce the 

availability of the Clean Water Coalition 

Systems Conveyance and Operations 

Program (SCOP) Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (Final EIS). The SCOP 

Final EIS completes the evaluation of 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with a proposed pipeline 

alternative, two additional pipeline 

alternatives, and the baseline No Action 

alternative (and also presents a Process 

Improvements option derived from the 

No Action Alternative). The purpose of 

implementing the proposal is to put into 

operation a treatment and conveyance 

system that will allow for flexible 

management of wastewater flow in the 

Las Vegas Valley, while maintaining 

water quality standards. Clark County, 

Nevada is one of the fastest growing 

counties in the U.S., with a projected 

population in the area of approximately 

3,130,000 by 2035. The quantity of 

effluent treated and discharged in the 

Las Vegas Valley will increase with the 

Valley populations. The treatment and 

conveyance facilities must 

accommodate the additional flows 

while continuing to meet current or 

future water quality standards for Las 

Vegas Wash and Bay, and Lake Mead. 

The Final EIS evaluates effects of the 

alternatives on both visitor experience 

and park resources including: surface 

water hydrology, groundwater, water 

quality, biological resources/endangered 

species, cultural resources, recreation, 

land use, air quality, noise, 

socioeconomics, and other appropriate 

resource issues identified during the 

public scoping phase. An impairment 

analysis was also completed by the 

National Park Service (NPS) for the 

portion of the proposed actions that 

would impinge upon this unit of the 

National Park System. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of 

the Final EIS may be obtained by 

contacting the SCOP EIS Project 

Manager, PBS&J, 2270 Corporate Circle, 

Suite 100, Henderson, NV 89074 (or emailing to 

eis@cleanwatercoalition.com). The Final 

EIS will also be made available at public 

libraries in the following locations: 

Nevada: Boulder City Library, Las Vegas 

Public Library, Searchlight Library, 

Community College of Southern 

Nevada, Sahara West Library, Mesquite 

Library, University of Nevada-Las 

Vegas, James I. Gibson Library, Clark 

County Library, James R. Dickinson 

Library, Moapa Valley Library, Green 

Valley Library, Sunrise Public Library, 

Laughlin Library. Arizona: Burton Barr 

Central Library, Tempe Public Library, 

University of Arizona Library, 

Meadview Community Library, Mohave 

County Library. Utah: Washington 

County Library. California: 

Environmental Services Library in San 

Diego, Palm Springs Public Library. 

Finally, the document will also be 

available via the Internet at http:// 

www.cleanwatercoalition.com and 

http://www.nps.gov/lame/docs.html. 

For questions concerning release of the 

Final EIS, please contact: Mr. Michael 

Boyles, National Park Service, Lake 

Mead National Recreation Area, 601 

Nevada Way, Boulder City, NV 89005, 

telephone (702) 293–8978; or Mr. 

Anthony Vigil (LC–2621), Bureau of 

Reclamation, P.O. Box 61470, Boulder 

City, NV 89006–1470, telephone (702) 

293–8674. 

Please note that all information 

received in support of preparing the EIS 

becomes part of the public record. Our 

practice is to make comments, including 

names, home addresses, home phone 

numbers, and e-mail addresses of 

respondents, available for public 

review. Before including your address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Public Involvement and Other Agency 

Coordination: The NPS, along with the 

Bureau of Reclamation, began the 

conservation planning and 

environmental impact analysis process 

for SCOP in 2002. The Notice of Intent 

(NOI) to prepare an EIS was published 

in the Federal Register on July 26, 2002. 

In addition to the NOI, notices were 

published in local and regional 

newspapers announcing public scoping 

meetings, which were held in August of 

2002 in Las Vegas and Henderson, NV, 

Kingman and Phoenix, AZ, and San 

Diego and Palm Springs, CA. Postcards 

including a brief description of the 

proposed project and the locations and 

dates of the public meetings were 

mailed to all interested parties in 

Nevada, Arizona, and California. The 

Draft EIS was released for public review 

(and also distributed to the area libraries 

listed above) in late September 2005; the 

EPA’s announcement of availability of 

the Draft EIS was noticed in the Federal 

Register on October 7, 2005. Nine 

public comment meetings were held 

during October, 2005 in the same cities 

in which the initial public scoping 

sessions were conducted. The public 

comment period on the Draft EIS ended 

December 6, 2005. Over 500 oral and 

written comments were received. The 

Final EIS contains responses to all 

comments received and incorporates 

additional information obtained during 

the review period. 

Implementation of SCOP will require 

a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, which regulates construction 

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U.S. It will also require a right-of-way 

permit from the Bureau of Land 

Management for those portions of the 

alignment which cross lands under that 

agency’s jurisdiction. Coordination with 

Native Americans occured in 2002 and 

2004. Consultation with the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service under Section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act is in 

process, as are consultations under 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

Proposal and Alternatives: The SCOP 

Final EIS evaluates the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

three pipeline alternatives, a Process 

Improvements Alternative, and the NoAction Alternative (the three pipeline 

alternatives and No Action alternatives 

were presented in the Draft EIS). The 

Boulder Islands North Alternative is the 

‘‘environmentally preferred’’ alternative 

and remains the ‘‘agency preferred’’

alternative. However, based on public 

comments, the pipeline alternatives 

have been slightly modified and the 

Process Improvements Alternative has 

been added. 

The pipeline alternatives have been 

revised to limit the total phosphorus 

loading discharged to Lake Mead and 

the Las Vegas Wash to not exceed the 

current wasteload allocation of 334 

pounds per day on an average annual 

basis during ordinary conditions. In 

addition, details regarding the Boulder 

Basin Adaptive Management Plan have 

been included in the description of the 

pipeline alternatives. The Process 

Improvements Alternative has been 

added to the EIS. Although the Process 

Improvements Alternative meets the 

definition of ‘‘No Action’’ described in 

CEQ’s Forty Questions, and is 

considered an extension of the original 

‘‘No Action’’ alternative, it is analyzed 

and presented in the Final EIS as a 

separate alternative at the request of the 

public. 

Additions to the EIS resulting from 

public comments also include sections 

addressing the potential impacts to 

downstream users; a more extensive 

review of the studies and literature that 

are available regarding endocrine 

disrupting chemicals and 

pharmaceuticals and personal care 

products, and a discussion of the 

treatment capabilities of the plants and 

the effectiveness in removal of these 

substances; and a description of the 

destratification of Lake Mead and its 

effect on water quality. 

Decision Process: The National Park 

Service and Bureau of Reclamation will 

prepare separate Records of Decision no 

sooner than 30 days following 

publication of the Environmental 

Protection Agency’s notice of 

availability in the Federal Register. 

Following approval of the selected 

actions, the officials responsible for 

implementation are the Superintendent, 

Lake Mead National Recreational Area 

and the Regional Director, Lower 

Colorado Region, Bureau of 

Reclamation. 

Dated: November 14, 2006. 

Robert Walsh, 

Acting Regional Director, Lower Colorado 

Region, Bureau of Reclamation. 

Dated: November 20, 2006. 

Jonathan B. Jarvis, 

Regional Director, Pacific West Region, 

National Park Service. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received at the Office of the Federal Register 

on March 2, 2007. 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

Agency Form Submitted for OMB 

Review 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: In accordance with the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the 

Commission has submitted a request for 

emergency processing for review and 

clearance of questionnaires to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB). The 

Commission has requested OMB 

approval of this submission by COB 

March 15, 2007. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1, 2007. 

Purpose of Information Collection: 

The forms are for use by the 

Commission in connection with 

investigation No. 332–479, Certain 

Textile Articles: Performance 

Outerwear, instituted under section 

332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 

U.S.C. 1332(g)) at the request of the 

House Committee on Ways and Means. 

The Commission expects to deliver its 

report to the Committee by July 25, 

2007. 

Summary of Proposal: 

(1) Number of forms submitted: two. 

(2) Title of form: Questionnaire for 

U.S. Producers of Performance 

Outerwear Jackets and Pants; 

Questionnaire for U.S. Producers of 

Fabrics for Use in Performance 

Outerwear Jackets and Pants. 

(3) Type of request: New. 

(4) Frequency of use: Single data 

gathering, scheduled for 2007. 

(5) Description of respondents: U.S. 

firms that produce performance 

outerwear jackets and pants, and U.S. 

firms that produce the fabrics used in 

performance outerwear jackets and 

pants. 

(6) Estimated number of respondents: 

116 (Producer outerwear questionnaire). 

17 (Producer fabric questionnaire). 

(7) Estimated total number of hours 

for all respondents combined to 

complete the forms: 832 hours. 

(8) Information obtained from the 

form that qualifies as confidential 

business information will be so treated 

by the Commission and not disclosed in 

a manner that would reveal the 

individual operations of a firm. 

Additional Information or Comment: 

Copies of the forms and supporting 

documents may be obtained from the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/ 

research_ana/Ongoing_Inv.htm, or from 

Kimberlie Freund, Co-Project Leader 

(202–708–5402; 

kimberlie.freund@usitc.gov) or Heidi 

Colby-Oizumi, Co-Project Leader, (202–

205–3391; heidi.colby@usitc.gov), of the 

Office of Industries. Comments about 

the proposals should be directed to the 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Room 10102 (Docket Library), 

Washington, DC 20503, ATTENTION: 

Docket Librarian. All comments should 

be specific, indicating which part of the 

questionnaire is objectionable, 

describing the concern in detail, and 

including specific suggested revisions or 

language changes. Copies of any 

comments should be provided to Robert 

Rogowsky, Director, Office of 

Operations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, who is the 

Commission’s designated Senior Official 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act. 

Persons with mobility impairments 

who will need special assistance in 

gaining access to the Commission 

should contact the Secretary at 202–

205–2000. Hearing impaired individuals 

are advised that information on this 

matter can be obtained by contacting 

our TTD terminal (telephone no. 202–

205–1810). General information 

concerning the Commission may also be 

obtained by accessing its Internet server 

(http://www.usitc.gov). 

Issued: March 1, 2007. 

By order of the Commission. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

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