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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Preparation of an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for Stationing 

and Training of Increased Aviation 

Assets Within U.S. Army Alaska 

(USARAK) 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The Army intends to prepare 

an EIS to assess the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

the stationing and training of increased 

numbers and types of aviation assets 

within Alaska. The proposed increase 

and reorganization will allow the Army 

to transition to a force that is capable of 

providing a broad range of integrated 

aviation training experience to the 

forces of USARAK and more aviation 

capabilities when the unit deploys to 

support operational missions abroad. 

Existing aviation units would 

potentially be reorganized and stationed 

at Fort Wainwright, Fort Richardson or 

other military installations to support 

the training of aviation assets on U.S. 

Army training lands in Alaska. The 

reorganized unit would be capable of 

providing first line air transport, air 

reconnaissance, and close air support. 

The new aviation unit would be built 

around the existing USARAK aviation 

fleet of 30 medium and heavy lift 

transport helicopters, and USARAK’s 

640 aviation personnel. To this the 

Army proposes to add helicopters 

capable of providing medical 

evacuation, air reconnaissance, close air 

support, and aviation attack capabilities. 

The proposed aviation unit, an Aviation 

Task Force or Combat Aviation Brigade 

(CAB), would potentially consist of up 

to 62 medium and heavy lift helicopters, 

30 combat scout helicopter, 24 attack 

helicopters, and between 1,200 to 2,850 

personnel. This proposed stationing and 

training of increased aviation assets 

involves construction of new facilities, 

execution of day-to-day support 

operations, and routine joint military 

training at nearby training lands and 

ranges. The action may have significant 

environmental impacts resulting from 

training and construction required as 

part of the proposed reorganization. 

Significant impacts resulting from this 

action may include impacts to air space, 

noise, and cultural resources. The EIS 

will analyze the impacts of the proposed 

action and a full range of reasonable 

alternatives upon Alaska’s natural and 

man-made environments. 

DATES: Written comments identifying 

potential impacts to be analyzed in the 

EIS must be received not later than May 

4, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be forwarded to Ms. Carrie McEnteer, 

Directorate of Public Works, Attention: 

IMPA–FWA–PWE (C. McEnteer), 1060 

Gaffney Road #4500, Fort Wainwright, 

AK 99703–4500; fax: (907) 353–9867; 

e-mail: carrie.mcenteer@us.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Hall, Public Affairs Office, 724 

Postal Service Loop Road, # 6000, Bldg. 

600, Room B349, Fort Richardson, AK 

99505–6000; telephone: (907) 384–2546, 

e-mail: robert.hall33@us.army.mil, or at 

Fort Wainwright, AK; telephone: (907) 

353–6701. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To better 

support current and future national 

defense requirements, USARAK has 

restructured its two major military 

combat component units into modular 

force structures. These two components, 

the Stryker Brigade Combat Team (BCT) 

and Airborne BCT, have been 

reorganized to fit the Army’s Modularity 

model as directed by the Army 

Campaign Plan. The new force structure 

offers a more flexible, sustainable, and 

rapidly deployable force, better to meet 

current and future defense 

requirements. The goal is for each BCT 

to be able to operate either 

independently or to integrate readily 

into a larger mission-tailored force 

capable of accomplishing a designated 

mission. 

An essential element of USARAK 

combat capabilities is the development 

of modern war-fighting skills. Chief 

among these skills is the ability to 

integrate USARAK efforts with the vital 

support offered by modern Army 

aviation assets. These skills can only be 

mastered through frequent training with 

an aviation unit that is equipped with 

the full spectrum of aviation assets that 

are typically deployed to support a BCT 

during wartime. Such avaition units 

would provide infantry and light 

armored combat units first line air 

transport, air reconnaissance, and close 

air support. 

While USARAK has historically 

supported unit training activities within 

Alaska with rotary-winged aircraft 

(helicopters), the types and numbers of 

current assets are not sufficient to 

provide the full range of integrated 

tactical training required by the modern 

BCT. To resolve this shortcoming, 

USARAK is proposing to reorganize its 

existing aviation assets (approximately 

640 personnel and 30 medium and 

heavy lift helicopters) to become a front 

line aviaiton unit with an increased 

capacity that could range in size from an 

Aviation Task Force (approximately 

1,200 personnel, 40–50 medium and 

heavy lift helicopters, and 30 combat 

scout helicopters) to a CAB 

(approximately 2,850 personnel, 60 

medium and heavy lift helicopters, 30 

combat scout helicopters, and 24 attack 

aviaiton helicopters). The new aviation 

unit would provide key aviation assets 

for operational deployment abroad, and 

would serve to enhance the training 

capability of USARAK’s two BCTs by 

providing a local opportunity to 

conduct integrated training with 

multiple types of Army aviation assets. 

In addition to consideration of a No 

Action Alternative (use of existing 

aviation assets and infrastructure to 

support USARAK BCT training with no 

increase to current integrated land-air 

training capability), three additional 

alternatives are proposed as possible 

scenarios for the reorganization of 

existing USARAK aviation assets. The 

alternatives vary by aviation unit size, 

aviation asset composition, and amount 

of facility construction. Alternatives 

include: (1) Expansion of Existing 

Aviation Units into an Aviation Task 

Force with Full Construction and 

Increased Training—convert existing 

USARAK aviation assets into an 

Aviation Task Force (approximately 

1,200 personnel, station additional 

helicopters, build sufficient new 

infrastructure to support indoor storage 

of 100% of the Aviation Task Force’s 

aviation inventory and conduct 

increased aviation training on existing 

Alaska military ranges; (2) Expansion of 

Existing Aviation Assets into a CAB 

with Partial Construction and Increased 

Training—convert existing USARAK 

aviation assets into a CAB, station 

additional helicopters, build sufficient 

new infrastructure to support indoor 

storage of 20% of the CABs aviation 

inventory and conduct increased 

aviation training on existing Alaska 

military ranges; and (3) Expansion of 

Existing Aviation Assets into a CAB 

with Full Construction and Increased 

Training—convert existing USARAK 

aviation assets into a CAB, station 

additional helicopters, build sufficient 

new infrastructure to support indoor 

storage of 100% of the CABs aviation 

inventory and conduct increased 

aviation training on existing Alaska 

military ranges. Additional potential 

alternative sites within Alaska will be 

evaluated based upon the purpose and 

need and criteria associated with the 

proposed action. 

Scoping and Public Comment: Tribes, 

Federal, state, and local agencies and 

the public are invited to participate in 

the scoping process for the preparation 

of this EIS. Scoping meetings will be 

held in Fairbanks, Anchorage, and Delta 


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Junction, Alaska. The scoping process 

will help identify possible alternatives, 

potential environmental impacts, and 

key issues of concern to be analyzed in 

the EIS. Notification of the times and 

locations for the scoping meetings will 

be published in local newspapers. 

Dated: March 26, 2007. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety, and Occupational 

Health). 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

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 June 4, 

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 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Dated: March 30, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: Reinstatement. 

Title: Robert C. Byrd Honors 

Scholarship Program Performance 

Report. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 57. 

Burden Hours: 570. 

Abstract: This information is required 

of State agencies that administer the 

Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship 

Program under Title IV, Part A, Subpart 

6 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

as amended and administered under 34 

CFR part 654. This information is used 

to monitor the compliance of the state 

educational agencies. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 3304. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be 

electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA No. 84.330B] 

Advanced Placement (AP) Test Fee 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice reopening the AP Test 

Fee fiscal year (FY) 2007 competition. 

SUMMARY: On November 21, 2006, we 

published in the Federal Register (71 

FR 67346) a notice inviting applications 

for the AP Test Fee FY 2007 

competition. That notice established a 

January 5, 2007 deadline date for 

eligible applicants to apply for funding 

under this program. As a result of the 

applications we received, thirty-four 

awards were made on March 6, 2007. 

In order to afford as many eligible 

applicants as possible an opportunity to 

receive funding under this program, we 

are reopening the AP Test Fee FY 2007 

competition to eligible applicants that 

were not awarded funds on March 6, 

2007. All information in the November 

21, 2006 notice remains the same for 

this notice reopening the competition, 

except for the following updates to 

DATES. 

DATES: Applications Available: April 4, 

2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 18, 2007. 

Note: Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted electronically 

using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site at http://www.grants.gov. For information 

about how to submit your application 

electronically, please refer to Electronic 

Submission of Applications in the November 

21, 2006 notice (71 FR 67346–67348). We 

encourage eligible applicants to submit their 

applications as soon as possible to avoid any 

problems with filing electronic applications 

on the last day. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 4, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lynyetta Johnson, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–6200. 

Telephone: (202) 260–1990 or via 

Internet: 

advancedplacementprogram@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. Individuals with 

disabilities may obtain this notice in an 

alternative format (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the contact person listed 

in this section. 

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