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Missile Defense Advisory Committee. 

Due to administrative matters, these 

meetings have been rescheduled from 

January 6–7, 2011 to January 19–20, 

2011. There are no other changes to the 

notice announced on Tuesday, 

December 14, 2010 (75 FR 77848). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Bagnati, Designated Federal 

Officer at MDAC@mda.mil, phone/voice 

mail 703–695–6438, or mail at 7100 

Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–7100. 

Dated: December 29, 2010. 

Morgan F. Park, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33168 Filed 1–3–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(SEIS) for PacRim Coal’s Proposed 

Chuitna Coal Project 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The Alaska District, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) 

intends to prepare an SEIS to identify 

and analyze the potential impacts 

associated with the proposed Chuitna 

Coal Project. It is anticipated that the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), the Native Village of Tyonek 

(NVT), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (USFWS), and the Alaska 

Department of Natural Resources 

(ADNR) will participate as cooperating 

agencies in the SEIS development 

process. The USACE will be evaluating 

a permit application for work under 

Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act 

and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. 

The SEIS will be used as a basis for the 

Corps’ permit decision and to ensure 

compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

SEIS will also address issues related to 

the Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control 

and Reclamation Act (ASCMCRA) 

permit, which governs all aspects of the 

mining operation and infrastructure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and the DSEIS can be answered by: Ms. 

Serena Sweet, Regulatory Division, 

telephone: (907) 753–2819, toll free in 

AK: (800) 478–2712, fax: (907) 753– 

5567, e-mail: 

serena.e.sweet@usace.army.mil, or mail: 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CEPOA– 

RD, Post Office Box 6898, Elmendorf 

AFB, Alaska 99506–0898. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. The Chuitna Coal Project (Project) 

is located in the Beluga Coal Field, 

approximately 10 miles northwest of the 

Native Village of Tyonek and 45 miles 

west of Anchorage, Alaska. The Project 

is based on the development of a +1 

billion metric ton, ultra low sulfur subbituminous coal resource located within 

the Chuitna Coal Lease Area. The 

proposed Project includes a surface coal 

mine, the Ladd Landing coal export 

terminal and other associated support 

facilities (including: Shop/office/ 

warehouse facility, fuel storage facility 

and fueling station, ready line for 

parking and fueling of rolling stock, 

electrical substation, truck dump with 

stilling shed and coal crusher, 35,000 to 

40,000-ton covered surge bin, overland 

conveyor loading station, roads, and a 

power distribution system). The project 

proponent, PacRim Coal, LP, targets a 

coal production rate of approximately 

12 million tons per year (facilities are 

designed for up to 18–20 million tons 

per year), and a 25-year mine life based 

on current estimated coal reserves. 

2. A previous project design was 

evaluated in an EIS and permitted by 

most of the applicable State and Federal 

regulatory programs in the early 1990s; 

however, this project did not proceed to 

development. Since 2006, EPA has been 

lead federal agency for the development 

of an SEIS for the Project and the 

USACE, ADNR, USFWS and NVT 

participated as cooperating agencies (71 

FR 33446). On October 31, 2010, the 

EPA’s authority to issue and enforce 

mining permits in Alaska for wastewater 

discharges issued under the Clean Water 

Act National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System program was 

transferred to the Alaska Department of 

Environmental Conservation. 

Consequently, the EPA recently 

discontinued their role as lead federal 

agency for the Chuitna SEIS. 

3. Alternatives: The alternatives to be 

evaluated include the ‘‘no-action’’ 

alternative, wastewater discharge 

alternatives and alternative discharge 

locations. In addition, the SEIS will 

evaluate mine access road and conveyor 

alignment alternatives, and coal export 

terminal alternatives. Additional 

alternatives may be developed. 

4. Scoping for the proposed project 

was completed by EPA in 2006. Based 

on the comments received during this 

scoping period, PacRim Coal, LP has 

made revisions to the proposed Project. 

In accordance with NEPA, the Corps has 

reviewed the revised project description 

and determined that because these 

revisions are the result of the original 

scoping process and remain within the 

original scope of review, additional 

scoping processes will not be conducted 

at this time. 

5. Estimated Date of DSEIS Release: 

December 2011. 

Dated: December 28, 2010. 

Serena E. Sweet, 

Project Manager, Alaska District U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of NEPA Public Scoping 

Meeting Information for the Great 

Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin 

Study (‘‘GLMRIS’’) 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In a November 16, 2010, 

Federal Register Notice (75 FR 69983), 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(USACE), Chicago District announced in 

a notice of intent that it will prepare a 

feasibility report and an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) for GLMRIS, and 

it will host a public scoping meeting in 

Chicago, Illinois, on December 15, 2010. 

In a December 8, 2010, Federal Register 

Notice (75 FR 76447), USACE 

announced the metropolitan locations 

where USACE would be hosting nine (9) 

additional public scoping meetings for 

GLMRIS. The December 8, 2010, notice 

did not include specific meeting details. 

This notice announces the venues, dates 

and times of these nine (9) public 

scoping meetings and also announces 

USACE’s intent to host two (2) 

additional public scoping meetings in 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin and New 

Orleans, Louisiana. 

USACE, in consultation with other 

federal agencies, Native American 

tribes, state agencies, local governments 

and non-governmental organizations, is 

conducting a feasibility study of the 

options and technologies that could be 

applied to prevent aquatic nuisance 

species (ANS) transfer between the 

Great Lakes and Mississippi River 

basins through aquatic pathways. 

DATES: Until March 31, 2011, USACE 

will be accepting public comments on 

the scope of GLMRIS. Please refer to the 

‘‘Scoping and Public Involvement’’ 

section below for instructions on how to 

submit public comments, the dates of 


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the upcoming public scoping meetings 

and other meeting information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or questions 

about GLMRIS, please contact USACE, 

Chicago District, Project Manager, Mr. 

David Wethington, by mail: USACE, 

Chicago District, 111 N. Canal, Suite 

600, Chicago, IL 60606, or by e-mail: 

david.m.wethington@usace.army.mil. 

For media inquiries, please contact 

the USACE, Chicago District, Public 

Affairs Officer, Ms. Lynne Whelan, by 

mail: USACE, Chicago District, 111 N. 

Canal, Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60606, by 

phone: (312) 846–5330 or by e-mail: 

lynne.e.whelan@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background. USACE, in 

consultation with other federal agencies, 

Native American tribes, state agencies, 

local governments and nongovernmental organizations, is 

conducting GLMRIS. For GLMRIS, 

USACE will explore options and 

technologies, collectively known as 

ANS controls, that could be applied to 

prevent ANS transfer between the 

basins through aquatic pathways. 

Potential ANS controls may include, but 

are not limited to, hydrologic separation 

of the basins, waterway modifications, 

selective barriers, etc. 

USACE will conduct a comprehensive 

analysis of ANS controls and will 

analyze the effects an ANS control or 

combination of ANS controls may have 

on current uses of: (1) The Chicago Area 

Waterway System (CAWS), the only 

known continuous aquatic pathway 

between the Great Lakes and 

Mississippi River basins; and (2) other 

aquatic pathways between these basins. 

For the CAWS, current waterway uses 

include, but are not limited to: Flood 

risk management; commercial and 

recreational navigation; recreation; 

water supply; hydropower; and 

conveyance of effluent from wastewater 

treatment plants and other industries. 

Additionally, this study will identify 

mitigation measures or alternative 

facilities necessary to offset and address 

impacted waterway uses and current 

significant natural resources. 

USACE will conduct GLMRIS in 

accordance with NEPA and with the 

Economic and Environmental Principles 

and Guidelines for Water and Related 

Land Resource Implementation Studies, 

Water Resources Council, March 10, 

1983. 

2. Scoping and Public Involvement. 

USACE will accept comments related to 

GLMRIS until March 31, 2011. Note, 

USACE will only consider comments 

that disclose the first name, last name 

and zip code of the commenter. 

All forms of comments received 

during the scoping period will be 

weighted equally. Using input obtained 

during the scoping period, USACE will 

refine the scope of GLMRIS to focus on 

significant issues, as well as eliminate 

issues that are not significant from 

further detailed study. 

Comments may be submitted in the 

following ways: 

• GLMRIS project Web site: Use the 

Web comment function found at http:// 

www.glmris.anl.gov; 

• NEPA Scoping Meeting: USACE is 

hosting scoping meetings and asks those 

who want to make oral comments to 

register on the GLMRIS project Web site 

at http://www.glmris.anl.gov. Those 

registering to make oral comments 

through the project Web site may be 

given a preference over those that 

register to make oral comments at the 

meeting. The on-line registration for 

each individual meeting will close one 

(1) day prior to that meeting date. Each 

individual wishing to make oral 

comments shall be given three (3) 

minutes, and a stenographer will 

document oral comments; 

• Mail: Mail written comments to 

GLMRIS Scoping, 111 N. Canal, Suite 

600, Chicago, IL 60606. Comments must 

be postmarked by March 31, 2011; and 

• Hand Delivery: Comments may be 

hand delivered to the Chicago District, 

USACE office located at 111 N. Canal 

St., Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60606 

between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Comments 

must be received by March 31, 2011. 

At the scoping meetings, USACE will 

provide informational materials about 

the study’s authorities and USACE 

study process. The meetings will begin 

with a presentation regarding the study 

followed by an oral comment period. 

During each meeting, USACE will also 

collect written comments on comment 

cards and computer terminals. 

In addition to the meeting held on 

December 15, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois, 

USACE will host NEPA public scoping 

meetings from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the 

following locations: 

1. Tuesday, January 11, 2011: Buffalo 

Conference Center, 2 Fountain Plaza, 

Buffalo, NY. 

2. Thursday, January 13, 2011: Great 

Lakes Science Center, 601 Erieside 

Avenue, Cleveland, OH. 

3. Thursday, January 20, 2011: 

McNamara Alumni Center, University of 

Minnesota, 200 Oak Street, S.E., #35, 

Minneapolis, MN. 

4. Tuesday, January 25, 2011: 

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, 

2740 West Mason Street, Green Bay, WI. 

5. Thursday, January 27, 2011: The 

Hagerty Conference Center, NMC Great 

Lakes Campus, 715 E. Front Street, 

Traverse City, MI. 

6. Tuesday, February 1, 2011: 

Tangeman University Center, University 

of Cincinnati, 2766 UC Main Street, 

Cincinnati, OH. For driving directions 

to the parking garage, please use ‘‘W. 

Corry St. at Jefferson Ave., Cincinnati, 

OH 45221’’ as your destination address. 

Continue west on W. Corry St. until you 

reach the CCM parking garage. 

7. Thursday, February 3, 2011: Ann 

Arbor Marriott-Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest, 

1275 South Huron Street, Ypsilanti, MI. 

8. Tuesday, February 8, 2011: 

National Great Rivers Museum 

(Adjacent to Melvin Price Locks and 

Dam), #2 Locks and Dam Way, Alton, 

IL. 

9. Thursday, February 10, 2011: 

Vicksburg Convention Center, 1600 

Mulberry Street, Vicksburg, MS. 

Please see the GLMRIS project Web 

site at http://www.glmris.anl.gov for 

driving directions, if you wish to 

register to make an oral comment at one 

of these meetings, and for more 

information regarding the meeting 

including a meeting agenda. 

In addition to the above-listed 

locations, USACE is also planning to 

host NEPA public scoping meetings in 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin and New 

Orleans, Louisiana. Specific meeting 

places and dates will be announced in 

a subsequent Federal Register notice, 

the GLMRIS project Web site, electronic 

media and news releases. 

Comments received during the 

scoping period will be posted on the 

GLMRIS project Web site and will 

become a part of the EIS. You may 

indicate that you do not wish to have 

your name or other personal 

information made available on the Web 

site. However, USACE cannot guarantee 

that information withheld from the Web 

site will be maintained as confidential. 

Requests for disclosure of collected 

information will be handled through the 

Freedom of Information Act. Comments 

and information, including the identity 

of the submitter, may be disclosed, 

reproduced, and distributed. 

Submissions should not include any 

information that the submitter seeks to 

preserve as confidential. 

If you require assistance under the 

Americans with Disabilities Act, please 

contact Ms. Lynne Whelan via e-mail at 

lynne.e.whelan@usace.army.mil or 

phone at (312) 846–5330 at least seven 

(7) working days prior to the meeting to 

request arrangements. 

3. Significant Issues. Issues associated 

with the proposed study are likely to 

include, but will not be limited to: 

Significant natural resources such as 

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endangered species, commercial and 

recreational fisheries; current 

recreational uses of the lakes and 

waterways; ANS effects on water users; 

effects of potential ANS controls on 

current waterway uses such as flood risk 

management, commercial and 

recreational navigation, recreation, 

water supply, hydropower and 

conveyance of effluent from wastewater 

treatment plants and other industries; 

and statutory and legal responsibilities 

relative to the lakes and waterways. 

4. Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement. The 

date that the draft EIS will be made 

available is contingent upon sufficient 

allocation of funding for the study. Draft 

EIS availability will be announced to 

the public in the Federal Register in 

compliance with 40 CFR 1506.9 and 

1506.10. 

5. Authority. This action is being 

undertaken pursuant to the Water 

Resources and Development Act of 

2007, Section 3061, Public Law 110– 

114, 121 STAT. 1121, and the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4321, et seq., as amended. 

Dated: December 28, 2010. 

Susanne J. Davis, 

Chicago District, Corps of Engineers. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33215 Filed 1–3–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 

provides the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Acting 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, 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 March 7, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that 

Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. 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: December 28, 2010. 

James Hyler, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title of Collection: Teacher Quality 

Enhancement Grants Program (TQE) 

Scholarship Contract and Teaching 

Verification Forms on Scholarship 

Recipients. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0753. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: On 

Occasion; Semi-Annually; Annually. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Not-for-profit institutions; 

State, Local, or Tribal Government, State 

Educational Agencies or Local 

Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 285. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 426. 

Abstract: Students receiving 

scholarships under section 204 of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended, Public Law 105–244, incur a 

service obligation to teach in a highneed school in a high-need Local 

Educational Agency. This information 

collection consists of a contract to be 

executed when funds are awarded, 

subsequent addenda for students 

receiving funds beyond one semester/ 

quarter/term, and a separate teaching 

verification form to be used by students 

and high-need school districts, to 

document the students’ compliance 

with the contract’s conditions. 

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 4465. 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., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

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 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 

provides the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Acting 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 


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