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constitute an unwarranted invasion of 

personal privacy. As such, the 

discussions are protected by exemptions 

2 and 6 of section 552b(c) of Title 5 

U.S.C. 

The full Board will meet in closed 

session on August 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 

10 a.m. to receive a demonstration on 

NAEP Science Interactive Computer 

Tasks. The interactive computer tasks 

are secure items and cannot be 

discussed in an open meeting. 

Premature disclosure of the test items 

would significantly impede 

implementation of the NAEP program, 

and is therefore protected by exemption 

9(B) of section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. 

Thereafter, the Board will meet in 

open session from 10:15 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

to review and take action on Committee 

reports. The August 8, 2009 session of 

the Board meeting is scheduled to 

adjourn at 12 p.m. 

Detailed minutes of the meeting, 

including summaries of the activities of 

the closed sessions and related matters 

that are informative to the public and 

consistent with the policy of section 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c) will be available to the 

public within 14 days of the meeting. 

Records are kept of all Board 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the U.S. Department of 

Education, National Assessment 

Governing Board, Suite #825, 800 North 

Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC, 

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

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Dated: July 21, 2009. 

Cornelia Orr, 

Executive Director, National Assessment 

Governing Board, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

[FR Doc. E9–17728 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of an Additional Scoping 

Meeting for the Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Long-Term 

Management and Storage of Elemental 

Mercury, Extension of the Public 

Comment Period, and Correction 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of an Additional Scoping 

Meeting, Extension of the Public 

Comment Period, and Correction. 

SUMMARY: On July 2, 2009, the 

Department of Energy (DOE or the 

Department) published its Notice of 

Intent to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Long-Term 

Management and Storage of Elemental 

Mercury (Mercury Storage EIS) (74 FR 

31723). In that Notice of Intent, DOE 

invited public comments on the 

proposed scope of the Mercury Storage 

EIS during a 45-day public scoping 

period and announced seven public 

scoping meetings would be held in the 

vicinity of the sites proposed for 

evaluation in this EIS as candidate 

facilities for the long-term management 

and storage of elemental mercury 

generated within the United States. DOE 

is now announcing the addition of a 

public scoping meeting to be held on 

August 13, 2009, in Portland, Oregon, 

and an extension of the public scoping 

period. DOE also is correcting language 

contained in the July 2, 2009, Notice of 

Intent. 

DATES: DOE is extending the scoping 

period from the 45 days previously 

announced to 52 days. DOE invites 

public comment on the scope of this EIS 

during a public scoping period that 

commenced on July 2, 2009, and has 

been extended from August 17, 2009, to 

August 24, 2009. DOE will hold all of 

the public scoping meetings on this EIS 

from 5:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.. The added 

public scoping meeting will be held as 

follows: 

August 13, 2009. Red Lion Portland 

Convention Center, 1021 NE., Grand 

Avenue, Portland, OR 97232. 

All other public scoping meetings will 

be held as announced in the July 2, 

2009, Notice of Intent. Additional 

details on all scoping meetings will be 

provided in local media and at http:// 

www.mercurystorageeis.com. 

In defining the scope of the EIS, DOE 

will consider all comments received or 

postmarked by the end of the scoping 

period. Comments received or 

postmarked after the scoping period end 

date will be considered to the extent 

practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

scope of the EIS may be submitted by 

mail to: Mr. David Levenstein, EIS 

Document Manager, P.O. Box 2612 

Germantown, MD 20874, by toll free fax 

to 1–877–274–5462; or through the EIS 

Web site at http:// 

www.mercurystorageeis.com. 

To be placed on the EIS distribution 

list, any of the methods listed under 

ADDRESSES above can be used. In 

requesting a copy of the Draft EIS, 

please specify whether the request is for 

a copy of the Summary only, the entire 

Draft EIS, or the entire Draft EIS (which 

includes the Summary) on a compact 

disc. In addition, the Draft EIS will be 

available on the DOE NEPA Web site at 

http://www.gc.energy.gov/NEPA/ and at 

the EIS Web site referenced above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information about the EIS, 

please contact Mr. David Levenstein, 

EIS Document Manager, Office of 

Regulatory Compliance (EM–10), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. For general 

information concerning DOE’s NEPA 

process, contact: Carol M. Borgstrom, 

Director, Office of NEPA Policy and 

Compliance (GC–20), U.S. Department 

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585; e-mail: 

askNEPA@hq.doe.gov; telephone 202– 

586–4600; fax 202–586–7031; or leave a 

message at 1–800–472–2756. This 

Notice will be available at http:// 

www.gc.energy.gov/NEPA/ and at 

http://www.mercurystorageeis.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 2, 

2009 (74 FR 31723), the Department 

published a Notice of Intent in the 

Federal Register. We believe it is 

necessary to issue the following 

correction to read: 

• On page 31723, the first sentence of 

the ‘‘Background’’ section is corrected to 

read: The Mercury Export Ban Act of 

2008 (Pub. L. No. 110–414), amends 

section 6 of the Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA) (15 USC 2605) to 

prohibit, effective October 14, 2008, any 

Federal agency from conveying, selling, 

or distributing (with certain limited 

exceptions) to any other Federal agency, 

any State or local government agency, or 

any private individual or entity any 

elemental mercury under the control or 

jurisdiction of the Federal agency. In all 

other respects, the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of the July 2, 2009, 

Notice of Intent remains the same. 

The Mercury Export Ban Act also 

prohibits the export of elemental 

mercury from the United States effective 

January 1, 2013 (subject to certain 

essential use exceptions). Section 5 of 

the Act, Long-Term Storage, directs DOE 

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long-term management and storage of 

elemental mercury generated within the 

United States. DOE’s facility or facilities 

must be operational by January 1, 2013, 

and ready to accept custody of 

elemental mercury delivered to such a 

facility. The Act also requires DOE to 

assess fees based upon the pro rata costs 

of long-term management and storage. 

For additional supplementary 

information regarding anticipated 

mercury inventory, proposed NEPA 

alternatives, and preliminary 

identification of environmental issues, 

please refer to the July 2, 2009, Notice 

of Intent. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

DOE needs to develop a capability for 

the safe and secure long-term 

management and storage of elemental 

mercury as required by the Act. 

Accordingly, the Department needs to 

identify an appropriate facility or 

facilities to host this activity. 

Proposed Action 

DOE proposes to select one or more 

existing (including modification as 

needed) or new facilities for the longterm management and storage of 

elemental mercury in accordance with 

the Act. Facilities to be constructed as 

well as existing or modified facilities 

must comply with applicable 

requirements of section 5(d) of the Act, 

Management Standards for a Facility, 

including the requirements of the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA), and other permitting 

requirements. DOE intends to identify 

the facility or facilities through the 

NEPA process. EPA is a cooperating 

agency on the EIS. 

EIS Process and Invitation to Comment 

NEPA implementing regulations 

require an early and open process for 

determining the scope of an EIS and for 

identifying the significant issues related 

to the proposed action. Accordingly, 

DOE has invited Federal agencies, State, 

local and Tribal governments, the 

general public and international 

community to comment on the scope of 

the EIS, including identification of 

reasonable alternatives and specific 

issues to be addressed. DOE will hold 

public meetings on the scope of the EIS. 

(See DATES section above for detailed 

information.) 

At each scoping meeting, DOE plans 

to hold an open house one hour prior 

to the formal portion of the meetings to 

allow participants to register to provide 

oral comments, view informational 

materials, and engage project staff. The 

registration table will have an oral 

comment registration form as well as a 

sign up sheet for those who do not wish 

to give oral comments but who would 

like to be included on the mailing list 

to receive future information. The 

public may provide written and/or oral 

comments at the scoping meetings. 

Analysis of all public comments 

provided during the scoping meetings as 

well as those submitted as described in 

ADDRESSES above, will be considered in 

helping DOE further develop the scope 

of the EIS and potential issues to be 

addressed. DOE expects to issue a Draft 

EIS in the fall of 2009. 

Issued in Washington, DC on July 17, 2009. 

Frank Marcinowski, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory 

Compliance, Office of Environmental 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–17566 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 10359–044] 

Public Utility District No. 1 of 

Snohomish County, WA ; Notice of 

Application for Amendment of License 

and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Protests 

July 17, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Application Type: Amendment of 

License. 

b. Project No.: 10359–044. 

c. Date Filed: June 19, 2009. 

d. Applicant: Public Utility District 

No. 1 of Snohomish County, WA. 

e. Name of Project: Youngs Creek 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: When constructed, the 

proposed project will be located on 

Youngs Creek, in Snohomish County, 

Washington. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Steve Klein, 

General Manager, Snohomish County 

PUD No. 1, 2320 California Street, P.O. 

Box 1107, Everett, Washington 98206; 

telephone (425) 783–8473. 

i. FERC Contact: Anthony DeLuca, 

telephone (202) 502–6632, and e-mail 

address Anthony.deluca@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: 

August 18, 2009. 

Comments, protests, and 

interventions may be filed electronically 

via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘efiling’’ link. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filings. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) filed by paper should be sent to: 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. Please include 

the project number (P–10359–044) on 

any comments or motions filed. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all interveners 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervener files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. A copy of any 

motion to intervene must also be served 

upon each representative of the 

Applicant specified in the particular 

application. 

k. Description of Request: 

(i) Amendment to Project Design: The 

Public Utility District No. 1 of 

Snohomish County proposes to decrease 

the project’s rated turbine capacity from 

the originally licensed 8.3 MW (11,067 

horsepower) to 7.5 MW (10,000 

horsepower), and to change the type of 

turbine to a horizontal shaft, 2-jet 

impulse Pelton turbine connected to a 

synchronous type generator rated at 

8,333 kVA at a 0.9 power factor (7,500 

kW). This decrease in the turbine’s 

capacity will decrease the project’s 

maximum hydraulic capacity from 140 

cfs to 120 cfs. The licensee also plans to 

change the operating voltage of the 

project transmission line to 12.5 

kilovolts as originally licensed, correct 

the length of transmission line in the 

original license from 6.1 miles to 8.2 

miles, and install certain segments of 

transmission line on existing overhead 

distribution poles while installing the 

remaining segments of the transmission 

line underground. The transmission line 

will continue to follow the alignment as 

provided in the current license. 

l. Locations of the Application: A 

copy of the application is available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling 

(202) 502–8371. This filing may also be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 


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