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production, recreation, and other 

environmental resources; (2) provide 

mainstream U.S. users of Colorado River 

water, particularly those in the Lower 

Division states, a greater degree of 

predictability with respect to the 

amount of annual water deliveries in 

future years, particularly under drought 

and low reservoir conditions; and, (3) 

provide additional mechanisms for the 

storage and delivery of water supplies in 

Lake Mead. 

The Draft EIS presents four possible 

action alternatives for implementation, 

plus a ‘‘No Action Alternative.’’

Reclamation has not identified a 

preferred alternative in this Draft EIS. 

The preferred alternative will be 

identified following public comments 

on the Draft EIS and will be expressed 

in the Final EIS. The action alternatives 

reflect input from Reclamation staff, the 

cooperating agencies, stakeholders, and 

other interested parties. Reclamation 

received two written proposals for 

alternatives that met the purpose and 

need of the proposed federal action, one 

from the Basin States and another from 

a consortium of environmental 

organizations. These proposals were 

used and refined by Reclamation to 

formulate two of the alternatives 

considered and analyzed in this Draft 

EIS: the Basin States Alternative and the 

Conservation Before Shortage 

Alternative. A third alternative (Water 

Supply Alternative) was developed by 

Reclamation and a fourth alternative 

(Reservoir Storage Alternative) was 

developed in coordination with the NPS 

and Western. 

The Basin States Alternative proposes 

a coordinated operation of Lake Powell 

and Lake Mead that would minimize 

shortages in the Lower Basin and avoid 

the risk of curtailments of use in the 

Upper Basin. This alternative also 

provides a mechanism, Intentionally 

Created Surplus (ICS), for promoting 

water conservation in the Lower Basin. 

The Conservation Before Shortage 

Alternative includes voluntary, 

compensated reductions in water use to 

minimize involuntary shortages in the 

Lower Basin and avoid risk of 

curtailments of use in the Upper Basin. 

This alternative also provides a 

mechanism for promoting water 

conservation in the Lower Basin by 

expanding the ICS mechanism. 

The Water Supply Alternative is 

intended to maximize water deliveries 

at the expense of retaining water in 

storage in the reservoirs for future use. 

This alternative would implement 

shortages only when insufficient water 

to meet entitlements is available in Lake 

Mead. 

The Reservoir Storage Alternative 

would keep more water in storage in 

Lake Powell and Lake Mead by reducing 

water deliveries and increasing 

shortages to benefit power and 

recreational interests; and this 

alternative also provides a mechanism 

for promoting water conservation in the 

Lower Basin. 

Public Disclosure 

It is our practice to make comments, 

including names, home addresses, home 

telephone numbers, and e-mail 

addresses of respondents, available for 

public review. Individual respondents 

may request that we withhold their 

names and/or home addresses, etc., but 

if you wish us to consider withholding 

this information you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comments. In addition, you must 

present a rationale for withholding this 

information. This rationale must 

demonstrate that disclosure would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of privacy. Unsupported 

assertions will not meet this burden. In 

the absence of exceptional, 

documentable circumstances, this 

information will be released. We will 

always make submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Dated: February 2, 2007. 

Willie R. Taylor, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy and 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. E7–3447 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–60,281] 

Airtex Products LP, Including On-Site 

Leased Workers of Staffmark and Aid 

Temporary Services, Inc.; Marked Tree, 

Arkansas; Notice of Revised 

Determination on Reconsideration of 

Alternative Trade Adjustment 

Assistance 

By letter dated February 8, 2007, a 

company official requested 

administrative reconsideration 

regarding Alternative Trade Adjustment 

Assistance (ATAA) applicable to 

workers of the subject firm. The 

negative determination was signed on 

January 24, 2007, and was published in 

the Federal Register on February 14, 

2007 (72 FR 7087). 

The workers of Airtex Products LP, 

including on-site leased workers of 

Staffmark and Aid Temporary Services, 

Inc., Marked Tree, Arkansas were 

certified eligible to apply for Trade 

Adjustment Assistance (TAA) on 

January 24, 2007. 

The initial ATAA investigation 

determined that there was not a 

significant number of workers in the 

workers’ firm that are 50 years of age or 

older, and that the skills of the subject 

worker group are easily transferable to 

other positions in the local area. 

In the request for reconsideration, the 

company official resubmitted correct 

employment numbers which show that 

a significant number or proportion of 

the worker group of the subject firm are 

fifty years of age or older. The company 

official also provided new information 

confirming that the skills of the workers 

at the subject firm are not easily 

transferable in the local commuting 

area. 

Additional investigation has 

determined that the workers possess 

skills that are not easily transferable. A 

significant number or proportion of the 

worker group are age fifty years or over. 

Competitive conditions within the 

industry are adverse. 

Conclusion 

After careful review of the additional 

facts obtained on reconsideration, I 

conclude that the requirements of 

Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 

amended, have been met for workers at 

the subject firm. 

In accordance with the provisions of 

the Act, I make the following 

certification: 

All workers of Airtex Products LP, 

including on-site leased workers of Staffmark 

and Aid Temporary Services, Inc., Marked 

Tree, Arkansas, who became totally or 

partially separated from employment on or 

after October 20, 2005 through January 24, 

2009, are eligible to apply for trade 

adjustment assistance under Section 223 of 

the Trade Act of 1974 and are also eligible 

to apply for alternative trade adjustment 

assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act 

of 1974. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 21st day of 

February, 2007. 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E7–3460 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am] 

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