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modification to the scope of the EIS in 

response to the scoping process 

comments. 

EIS Schedule 

The draft EIS is scheduled to be 

published by June 2009. A 45-day 

comment period on the draft EIS is 

planned, which will include public 

meetings to receive oral comments. 

Availability of the draft EIS, the dates of 

the public comment period, and 

information about the public hearings 

will be announced in the Federal 

Register and in the local news media. 

The final EIS for the Homer Harbor 

project is scheduled for January 2010. A 

ROD would be issued no sooner than 30 

days after the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency notice of availability 

of the final EIS is published in the 

Federal Register. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–16796 Filed 8–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–NL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

President’s Board of Advisors on 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, 

President’s Board of Advisors on 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities. 

ACTION: Notice of an Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and agenda of the meeting of 

the President’s Board of Advisors on 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities. This notice also describes 

the functions of the Board. Notice of this 

meeting is required by section 10(a)(2) 

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

and is intended to notify the public of 

its opportunity to attend. 

DATES: Wednesday, September 12, 2007. 

Time: 9 a.m.–3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Board will meet at the 

Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol 

Hill, 400 New Jersey, NW., Washington, 

DC 20001. Phone: 202–737–1234, Fax: 

202–737–5773. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles M. Greene, Executive Director, 

White House Initiative on Historically 

Black Colleges and Universities, 1990 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006; 

telephone: (202) 502–7511, fax: 202–

502–7852. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

President’s Board of Advisors on 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities is established under 

Executive Order 13256, dated February 

12, 2002 and Executive Order 13316 

dated September 17, 2003. The Board is 

established (a) to report to the President 

annually on the results of the 

participation of historically black 

colleges and universities (HBCUs) in 

federal programs, including 

recommendations on how to increase 

the private sector role in strengthening 

these institutions, with particular 

emphasis given to enhancing 

institutional planning and development; 

strengthening fiscal stability and 

financial management; and improving 

institutional infrastructure, including 

the use of technology, to ensure the 

long-term viability and enhancement of 

these institutions; (b) to advise the 

President and the Secretary of 

Education (Secretary) on the needs of 

HBCUs in the areas of infrastructure, 

academic programs, and faculty and 

institutional development; (c) to advise 

the Secretary in the preparation of an 

annual Federal plan for assistance to 

HBCUs in increasing their capacity to 

participate in Federal programs; (d) to 

provide the President with an annual 

progress report on enhancing the 

capacity of HBCUs to serve their 

students; and (e) to develop, in 

consultation with the Department of 

Education and other Federal agencies, a 

private sector strategy to assist HBCUs. 

Agenda 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

receive and deliberate on policy issues 

pertinent to the Board and the nation’s 

HBCUs and to discuss relevant issues to 

be addressed in the Board’s annual 

report. This meeting will also provide 

the Board a forum to vote and approve 

action items regarding implementation 

of Presidential Executive Order 13256. 

Additional Information 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting 

services, assistive listening devices, or 

material in alternative format) should 

notify ReShone Moore at (202) 502–

7893, no later than Friday, August 31, 

2007. We will attempt to meet requests 

for accommodations after this date, but 

cannot guarantee their availability. The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. 

An opportunity for public comment is 

available on Wednesday, September 12, 

2007, between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. 

Individuals who wish to provide 

comments will be allowed three to five 

minutes to speak. Those members of the 

public interested in submitting written 

comments may do so by submitting 

them to the attention of Charles M. 

Greene, 1990 K Street, NW., 

Washington, DC, by Friday, August 31, 

2007. 

Records are kept of all Board 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the office of the White 

House Initiative on Historically Black 

Colleges and Universities, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20006, Monday–

Friday during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 

p.m. 

Electronic Access to this Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister/index.html. To use PDF you 

must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, 

which is available free at this site. If you 

have questions about using PDF, call the 

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), 

toll free at 1–888–293–6498; or in the 

Washington, DC, area at 202–512–1530. 

Diane Auer Jones, 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary 

Education, U.S. Department of Education. 

[FR Doc. E7–16820 Filed 8–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting and 

Hearing Agenda. 

DATE & TIME: Thursday, September 6, 

2007, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. 

PLACE: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 1225 New York Ave, NW., 

Suite 150, Washington, DC 20005. 

(Metro Stop: Metro Center). 

AGENDA: The Commission will consider 

the following topics: Commissioners 

will discuss EAC’s regulatory authority 

under the National Voter Registration 

Act (NVRA) and consider approving a 

process for adopting NVRA regulations; 

Commissioners will discuss EAC’s 

regulatory and administrative 

responsibilities and discuss other 

administrative matters. 

EAC will provide a public comment 

period to receive comments regarding 

the commission’s regulatory authority 

under the NVRA. Members of the public 

who wish to speak must contact and 

register with EAC by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 

September 4, 2007. Speakers may 

contact EAC via e-mail at 

testimony@eac.gov, or via mail 

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Assistance Commission, 1225 New York 

Ave, NW., Suite 1100, Washington, DC 

20005, or by fax at 202/566–3127. 

Comments will be strictly limited to 4 

minutes per person or organization to 

ensure the fullest participation possible. 

All speakers will be contacted prior to 

the hearing. EAC also encourages 

members of the public to submit written 

testimony via e-mail, mail or fax. All 

public comments will be taken in 

writing via e-mail at testimony@eac.gov, 

or via mail addressed to the U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission, 1225 

New York Ave, NW., Suite 1100, 

Washington, DC 20005, or by fax at 202/ 

566–3127. 

This meeting and hearing will be 

open to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566–

3100. 

Thomas R. Wilkey, 

Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 07–4156 Filed 8–21–07; 2:48 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–M 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP07–579–000] 

Black Marlin Pipeline Company; Notice 

of Non-Conforming Agreement Filing 

August 20, 2007. 

Take notice that on August 15, 2007, 

Black Marlin Pipeline Company (Black 

Marlin) tendered for filing as part of its 

FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume 

No. 1, the following tariff sheets to 

become effective August 15, 2007: 

First Revised Sheet No. 5 

Original Sheet No. 6 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Protests will be considered by 

the Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed in accordance 

with the provisions of section 154.210 

of the Commission’s regulations (18 CFR 

154.210). Anyone filing an intervention 

or protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. Anyone 

filing an intervention or protest on or 

before the intervention or protest date 

need not serve motions to intervene or 

protests on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–16740 Filed 8–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP07–578–000] 

CenterPoint Energy-Mississippi River 

Transmission Corporation; Notice of 

Tariff Filing 

August 20, 2007. 

Take notice that on August 15, 2007, 

CenterPoint Energy-Mississippi River 

Transmission Corporation (MRT) 

tendered for filing as part of its FERC 

Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1, 

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 252 effective 

September 15, 2007. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Protests will be considered by 

the Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed in accordance 

with the provisions of section 154.210 

of the Commission’s regulations (18 CFR 

154.210). Anyone filing an intervention 

or protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. Anyone 

filing an intervention or protest on or 

before the intervention or protest date 

need not serve motions to intervene or 

protests on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–16748 Filed 8–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP07–577–000] 

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission 

Company; Notice of Tariff Filing 

August 20, 2007. 

Take notice that on August 15, 2007, 

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission 

Company (CEGT) tendered for filing as 

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth 

Revised Volume No. 1, Second Revised 

Sheet No. 683, to be effective September 

15, 2007. 

CEGT states that the purpose of this 

filing is to amend the penalty revenue 

crediting provisions of its Tariff. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Protests will be considered by 

the Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 


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