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will review submitted petitions and 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the Secretary. The Committee will also 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the Secretary on any subsequent Statespecific rulemakings. 

This Advisory Committee shall 

consist of up to 15 members appointed 

by the Secretary of Agriculture. The 

Committee Chair will be elected by the 

members. Officers or employees of the 

Forest Service may not serve as 

members of the Advisory Committee. 

The Advisory Committee shall consist 

of members who represent diverse 

national organizations interested in the 

conservation and management of 

National Forest System inventoried 

roadless areas. 

Dated: March 16, 2007. 

Gilbert L. Smith Jr. 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–5258 Filed 3–21–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Manoa Watershed, Honolulu County, 

Hawaii 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969; the Council on 

Environmental Quality Guidelines (40 

CFR Part 1500) and the Natural 

Resources Conservation Service 

Guidelines (7 CFR Part 650); the Natural 

Resources Conservation Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, gives notice 

that an Environmental Impact Statement 

is being prepared for the Manoa 

Watershed, Honolulu County, Hawaii. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lawrence T. Yamamoto, Director, 

Pacific Islands Area, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, 300 Ala Moana 

Boulevard, Room 4–118, P.O. Box 

50004, Honolulu, HI 96850–0050, 

Telephone: (808) 541–2600, ext. 105. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

preliminary assessment of this federally 

funded action indicates that the project 

may cause significant impacts on the 

environment. As a result, Lawrence T. 

Yamamoto, Director, has determined 

that the preparation and review of an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

is needed for this project. 

This project will be implemented 

under the Watershed Protection and 

Flood Prevention Act (Pub. L. 83–566, 

as amended), for the purpose of flood 

mitigation in Manoa Valley. The NRCS 

will work with the affected community 

and sponsoring local organizations to 

develop an acceptable plan to address 

the flood problem. Sponsoring local 

organizations include the State 

Department of Land and Natural 

Resources and the City and County of 

Honolulu. 

The project aims to mitigate flooding 

of the magnitude experienced on 

October 30, 2004, when an intense 

rainstorm cell hit the upper watershed 

area of Manoa Valley. Runoff from the 

storm damaged streambanks and bridges 

throughout the valley. Bridges 

obstructed by debris diverted floodwater 

from the stream channel onto roads, 

damaging homes and other 

neighborhood improvements, as well as 

the University of Hawaii. The total 

damage from the flood event neared 

$100 million. 

A full range of possible programs and 

actions will be considered in order to 

meet the project goal of flood mitigation. 

Currently under consideration are 

detention basins on public lands, flood 

walls, debris basins and other debris 

management actions, flood-proofing 

structures within the flood plain, 

diversion of flood waters, flood warning 

systems, widening of the channel, 

acquisition of properties within the 

floodplain, maintenance easements, and 

a drainage district. As hydrologic and 

hydraulic analyses are performed and 

stakeholder consultations are 

conducted, additional concepts may be 

developed. 

A draft Environmental Impact 

Statement will be prepared and 

circulated for review by agencies and 

the public. The Natural Resources 

Conservation Service invites 

participation and consultation of 

agencies and individuals that have 

special expertise, legal jurisdiction, or 

interest in the preparation of the draft 

EIS. All written and verbal comments 

received in response to this Notice of 

Intent will be considered when 

determining the scope of the EIS. The 

sponsoring local organizations will be 

issuing an Environmental Impact 

Statement Preparation Notice pursuant 

to Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 343, 

and a public participation process in the 

affected community has already been 

initiated. NEPA and HRS 343 

requirements will be coordinated in the 

preparation of the EIS document. 

A public meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at the 

Noelani Elementary School cafeteria 

from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., to 

determine the scope of analysis of the 

proposed action. Further information on 

the proposed action or the public 

scoping meeting may be obtained from 

Lawrence T. Yamamoto, Director, at the 

above address or telephone number. 

(This activity is listed in the Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance under No. 

10.904—Watershed Protection and Flood 

Prevention—and is subject to the provisions 

of Executive Order 12372 which requires 

intergovernmental consultation with State 

and local officials.) 

Dated: March 14, 2007. 

Lawrence T. Yamamoto, 

Director, Pacific Islands Area. 

[FR Doc. E7–5255 Filed 3–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business—Cooperative Service 

Inviting Applications for Renewable 

Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency 

Improvements Grants and Guaranteed 

Loans 

AGENCY: Rural Business—Cooperative 

Service (RBS), USDA 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Rural Business—Cooperative 

Service (RBS), an Agency within USDA 

Rural Development, announces it is 

accepting applications for fiscal year 

(FY) 2007 to purchase renewable energy 

systems and make energy efficiency 

improvements for agriculture producers 

and rural small businesses in eligible 

rural areas. Funding will be available in 

the form of grants, guaranteed loans, 

and combined guaranteed loans and 

grant applications. 

For renewable energy systems, the 

minimum grant request is $2,500 and 

the maximum is $500,000. For energy 

efficiency improvements, the minimum 

grant request is $1,500 and the 

maximum is $250,000. The maximum 

amount of a guaranteed loan made to a 

borrower will be $10 million. Fifty 

percent of the available grant funding 

will be reserved for the grant portion of 

combination grant and guaranteed loan 

applications. For FY 2007, the guarantee 

fee amount is 1 percent of the 

guaranteed portion of the loan and the 

annual renewal fee is 0.125 percent 

(one-eighth of one percent) of the 

guaranteed portion of the loan. 

DATES: The United States Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) will conduct one 

competitive grant solicitation in FY 

2007. 


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Grants 

Applications must be completed and 

submitted to the appropriate USDA 

Rural Development State Office no later 

than May 18, 2007. Any unused 

guaranteed loan funding as of August 1, 

2007, may be pooled and revert to grant 

funding. It is anticipated that grant 

award announcements will be made 

approximately 75 days following the 

submission deadline. 

Guaranteed Loans and Combined 

Guaranteed Loans and Grants 

Applications for guaranteed loans as 

well as combined guaranteed loan and 

grant packages must be completed and 

submitted to the appropriate USDA 

Rural Development State Office no later 

than July 2, 2007. Combined guaranteed 

loan and grant packages will compete 

and be awarded on a bi-weekly basis. 

Guaranteed loan applications will be 

accepted and processed in a rolling 

application manner. 

The application closing deadlines for 

grants, guaranteed loans and combined 

guaranteed loan and grant packages are 

firm. USDA Rural Development will not 

consider any application that is received 

after the closing deadline. In accordance 

with RD Instruction 1940–G, all 

environmental assessments must be 

completed before the State Office 

forwards the application to the National 

Office for funding consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Submit applications to the 

USDA Rural Development State Office 

in the State where your project is 

located. A list of the USDA Rural 

Development State Offices and Energy 

Coordinators addresses and telephone 

numbers follow. For further information 

about this solicitation, please contact 

the applicable State Office. This 

document is available on our Web site 

at http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/ 

farmbill/index.html. 

USDA State Rural Development Offices 

Alabama 

Mary Ann Clayton, USDA Rural 

Development, Sterling Centre, Suite 

601, 4121 Carmichael Road, 

Montgomery, AL 36106–3683, (334) 

279–3615. 

Alaska 

Dean Stewart, USDA Rural 

Development, 800 West Evergreen, 

Suite 201, Palmer, AK 99645–6539, 

(907) 761–7722. 

Arizona 

Alan Watt, USDA Rural Development, 

230 North First Avenue, Suite 206, 

Phoenix, AZ 85003–1706, (602) 280–

8769. 

Arkansas 

Shirley Tucker, USDA Rural 

Development, 700 West Capitol 

Avenue, Room 3416, Little Rock, AR 

72201–3225, (501) 301–3280. 

California 

Charles Clendenin, USDA Rural 

Development, 430 G Street, AGCY 

4169, Davis, CA 95616, (530) 792–

5825. 

Colorado 

April Dahlager, USDA Rural 

Development, 655 Parfet Street, Room 

E–100, Lakewood, CO 80215, (720) 

544–2909. 

Delaware-Maryland 

James Waters, USDA Rural 

Development, 1221 College Park 

Drive, Suite 200, Dover, DE 19904, 

(302) 857–3626. 

Florida/Virgin Islands 

Joe Mueller, USDA Rural Development, 

4440 NW. 25th Place, P.O. Box 

147010, Gainesville, FL 32614–7010, 

(352) 338–3482. 

Georgia 

J. Craig Scroggs, USDA Rural 

Development, 333 Phillips Drive, 

McDonough, GA 30253, (678) 583–

0866. 

Hawaii 

Tim O’Connell, USDA Rural 

Development, Federal Building, Room 

311, 154 Waianuenue Avenue, Hilo, 

HI 96720, (808) 933–8313. 

Idaho 

Brian Buch, USDA Rural Development, 

725 Jensen Grove Drive, Suite 1, 

Blackfoot, ID 83221, (208) 785–5840, 

Ext. 118. 

Illinois 

Molly Hammond, USDA Rural 

Development, 2118 West Park Court, 

Suite A, Champaign, IL 61821, (217) 

403–6210. 

Indiana 

Jerry Hay, USDA Rural Development, 

2411 N. 1250 W., Deputy, IN 47230, 

(812) 873–1100. 

Iowa 

Teresa Bomhoff, USDA Rural 

Development, 873 Federal Building, 

210 Walnut Street, Des Moines, IA 

50309, (515) 284–4447. 

Kansas 

F. Martin Fee, USDA Rural 

Development, 1303 SW First 

American Place, Suite 100, Topeka, 

KS 66604–4040, (785) 271–2744. 

Kentucky 

Scott Mass, USDA Rural Development, 

771 Corporate Drive, Suite 200, 

Lexington, KY 40503, (859) 224–7435. 

Louisiana 

Kevin Boone, USDA Rural 

Development, 905 Jefferson Street, 

Suite 320, Lafayette, LA 70501, (337) 

262–6601. 

Maine 

John F. Sheehan, USDA Rural 

Development, 967 Illinois Avenue, 

Suite 4, P.O. Box 405, Bangor, ME 

04402–0405, (207) 990–9168. 

Massachusetts/Rhode Island/ 

Connecticut 

Sharon Colburn, USDA Rural 

Development, 451 West Street, Suite 

2, Amherst, MA 01002–2999, (413) 

253–4303. 

Michigan, 

Rick Vanderbeek, USDA Rural 

Development, 3001 Coolidge Road, 

Suite 200, East Lansing, MI 48823, 

(517) 324–5218. 

Minnesota 

Lisa Noty, USDA Rural Development, 

1400 West Main Street, Albert Lea, 

MN 56007, (507) 373–7960 Ext. 120. 

Mississippi 

G. Gary Jones, USDA Rural 

Development, Federal Building, Suite 

831, 100 West Capitol Street, Jackson, 

MS 39269, (601) 965–5457. 

Missouri 

Matt Moore, USDA Rural Development, 

601 Business Loop 70 West, Parkade 

Center, Suite 235, Columbia, MO 

65203, (573) 876–9321. 

Montana 

John Guthmiller, USDA Rural 

Development, 900 Technology Blvd., 

Unit 1, Suite B, P.O. Box 850, 

Bozeman, MT 59771, (406) 585–2540. 

Nebraska 

Karissa Hagedorn, USDA Rural 

Development, 100 Centennial Mall 

North, Room 152, Federal Building, 

Lincoln, NE 68508, (402) 437–5568. 

Nevada 

Dan Johnson, USDA Rural 

Development, 555 West Silver Street, 

Suite 101, Elko, NV 89801, (775) 738–

8468, Ext. 112. 

New Hampshire (See Vermont) 

New Jersey 

Victoria Fekete, USDA Rural 

Development, 8000 Midlantic Drive, 


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5th Floor North, Suite 500, Mt. Laurel, 

NJ 08054, (856) 787–7753. 

New Mexico 

Eric Vigil, USDA Rural Development, 

6200 Jefferson Street, NE, Room 255, 

Albuquerque, NM 87109, (505) 761–

4952. 

New York 

Thomas Hauryski, USDA Rural 

Development, 415 West Morris Street, 

Bath, NY 14810, (607) 776–7398 Ext. 

132. 

North Carolina 

H. Rossie Bullock, USDA Rural 

Development, 4405 Bland Road, Suite 

260, Raleigh, NC 27609, (910) 739–

3349 Ext. 4. 

North Dakota 

Mark Wax, USDA Rural Development, 

Federal Building, Room 208, 220 East 

Rosser Avenue, P.O. Box 1737, 

Bismarck, ND 58502–1737, (701) 530–

2029. 

Ohio 

Randy Monhemius, USDA Rural 

Development, Federal Building, Room 

507, 200 North High Street, 

Columbus, OH 43215–2418, (614) 

255–2424. 

Oklahoma 

Jody Harris, USDA Rural Development, 

100 USDA, Suite 108, Stillwater, OK 

74074–2654, (405) 742–1036. 

Oregon 

Don Hollis, USDA Rural Development, 

1229 SE Third Street, Suite A, 

Pendleton, OR 97801–4198, (541) 

278–8049, Ext. 129. 

Pennsylvania 

Bernard Linn, USDA Rural 

Development, One Credit Union 

Place, Suite 330, Harrisburg, PA 

17110–2996, (717) 237–2182 . 

Puerto Rico 

Luis Garcia, USDA Rural Development, 

IBM Building, 654 Munoz Rivera 

Avenue, Suite 601, Hato Rey, PR 

00918–6106, (787) 766–5091, Ext. 

251. 

South Carolina 

R. Gregg White, USDA Rural 

Development, Strom Thurmond 

Federal Building, 1835 Assembly 

Street, Room 1007, Columbia, SC 

29201, (803) 765–5881. 

South Dakota 

Gary Korzan, USDA Rural Development, 

Federal Building, Room 210, 200 4th 

Street, SW., Huron, SD 57350, (605) 

352–1142. 

Tennessee 

Will Dodson, USDA Rural Development, 

3322 West End Avenue, Suite 300, 

Nashville, TN 37203–1084, (615) 783–

1350. 

Texas 

Daniel Torres, USDA Rural 

Development, Federal Building, Suite 

102, South Main Street, Temple, TX 

76501, (254) 742–9756. 

Utah 

Richard Carrig, USDA Rural 

Development, Wallace F. Bennett 

Federal Building, 125 South State 

Street, Room 4311, Salt Lake City, UT 

84111, (801) 524–4328. 

Vermont/New Hampshire 

Lyn Millhiser, USDA Rural 

Development, City Center, 3rd Floor, 

89 Main Street, Montpelier, VT 05602, 

(802) 828–6069. 

Virginia 

Laurette Tucker, USDA Rural 

Development, Culpeper Building, 

Suite 238, 1606 Santa Rosa Road, 

Richmond, VA 23229, (804) 287–

1594. 

Washington 

Tuana Jones, USDA Rural Development, 

1835 Black Lake Blvd. SW., Suite B, 

Olympia, WA 98512, (360) 704–7707. 

West Virginia 

Cheryl Wolfe, USDA Rural 

Development, 75 High Street, Room 

320, Morgantown, WV 26505–7500, 

(304) 284–4882. 

Wisconsin 

Kelley Oehler, USDA Rural 

Development, 4949 Kirschling Court, 

Stevens Point, WI 54481, (715) 345–

7615, Ext. 141. 

Wyoming 

Milton Geiger, USDA Rural 

Development, Dick Cheney Federal 

Building, 100 East B Street, Room 

1005, P.O. Box 820, Casper, WY 

82602, (307) 672–5820 Ext. 4. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

solicitation is issued pursuant to 

Section 9006 of the Farm Security and 

Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 

Act), which established the Renewable 

Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency 

Improvements Program. The program is 

designed to help agricultural producers 

and rural small businesses reduce 

energy costs and consumption and help 

meet the Nation’s critical energy needs. 

The 2002 Act mandates the maximum 

percentage USDA Rural Development 

will provide in funding for these types 

of projects. USDA Rural Development 

grants under this program will not 

exceed 25 percent of the eligible project 

costs. USDA Rural Development 

guaranteed loans will not exceed 50 

percent of the eligible project costs. 

USDA Rural Development combined 

grant and guaranteed loan funding 

packages will not exceed 50 percent of 

eligible project cost, with the grant 

portion not to exceed 25 percent of 

eligible project costs. 

As stated in 7 CFR 4280.108, projects 

must be for a pre-commercial or 

commercially available technology. In 

accordance with the definition of 

‘‘commercially available’’ found in 7 

CFR 4280.103, a proven operating 

history specific to the proposed 

application may be established 

domestically or outside of the United 

States (US). If the system is available 

commercially outside the U.S., 

applicants must provide authoritative 

evidence of the operating history, 

performance, and reliability. 

Additionally, applicants must provide 

evidence that professional service 

providers, trades, large construction 

equipment providers and labor are 

readily available domestically and 

familiar with installation procedures 

and practices, and spare parts and 

service are readily available in the U.S. 

to properly maintain and operate the 

system. All warranties must be valid in 

the U.S. 

In accordance with the definition of 

‘‘pre-commercial’’ technology found in 

7 CFR 4280.103, technical and 

economic potential for commercial 

application must be demonstrated to the 

Agency’s satisfaction through a 

documented operating history which 

may be established domestically or 

outside of the U.S., specific to the 

proposed application and at scalable 

size. To demonstrate that the system has 

emerged through research and 

development as well as the 

demonstration process, applicants must 

provide to the Agency’s satisfaction, 

authoritative evidence of the operating 

history, performance, and reliability 

past completion of start-up, shakedown, and/or commissioning. 

Typically, and inline with performance 

evaluation protocol, the documented 

operating history should provide 

performance data for a duration of 12 

months. In accordance with 

demonstrating the potential for 

commercial application, applicants 

must provide evidence that professional 

service providers, trades, large 

construction equipment providers, and 


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labor are potentially available 

domestically and sufficiently familiar 

with installation procedures and 

practices, and spare parts and service 

are available in the U.S. to properly 

maintain and operate the system. Any 

warranties would have to be valid in the 

U.S. 

Information required to be in the grant 

application package is contained in 7 

CFR 4280.111. Awards are made on a 

competitive basis using specific 

evaluation criteria contained in 7 CFR 

4280.112(e). To ensure that projects are 

accurately scored by USDA, applicants 

are requested to tab and number each 

evaluation criteria and include in that 

section, its corresponding supporting 

documentation and calculations 

according to 7 CFR 4280.112. Only 

projects that have completed the 

environmental review process according 

to 7 CFR 4280.114(d), demonstrated 

project eligibility according to 7 CFR 

4280.108, and demonstrated technical 

feasibility will be eligible for funding 

consideration. 

State Offices will submit eligible grant 

funding requests, with the State Office 

executed score sheets, including 

supporting documentation to the 

National Office for funding 

consideration. 

To reduce scoring bias by technology 

and scale, a standard statistical 

normalization process will be applied to 

all competitive grant application scores. 

All applicants will be notified by the 

USDA Rural Development State Offices 

of the Agency’s decision on the awards. 

Information required to be in the 

guaranteed loan application and the 

combination guaranteed loan and grant 

application package is contained in 7 

CFR 4280.128 and 7 CFR 4280.193(c), 

respectively. Guaranteed loan 

applications are received and processed 

on a rolling basis until funds are 

exhausted. Combined guaranteed loans 

and grant packages compete bi-weekly 

at the national level and are awarded on 

a bi-weekly basis until funds are 

exhausted. All applicants will be 

notified by the USDA Rural 

Development State Offices in regards to 

the Agency’s decision on their 

application. 

This program is listed in the Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance under 

Number 10.775 and is subject to the 

provisions of Executive Order 12372, 

which requires intergovernmental 

consultation with State and local 

officials. 

USDA is participating as a partner in 

the government-wide Grants.gov site. 

Applicants may submit grant-only 

applications to the Agency in either 

electronic or paper format. Please be 

mindful that the application deadline 

for electronic format differs from the 

deadline for paper format. The 

electronic format deadline will be based 

on Washington, DC time. The paper 

format deadline is local time for each 

USDA Rural Development State Office. 

Users of Grants.gov will be able to 

download a copy of the application 

package, complete it off line, and then 

upload and submit the application via 

the Grants.gov site. You may not e-mail 

an electronic copy of a grant application 

to USDA Rural Development; however, 

the Agency encourages your 

participation in Grants.gov. 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site as well as the hours of 

operation. USDA Rural Development 

strongly recommends that you do not 

wait until the application deadline date 

to begin the application process through 

Grants.gov. To use Grants.gov, 

applicants must have a Dun and 

Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number which can be 

obtained at no cost via a toll-free request 

line at 1–866–705–5711 or online at 

http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform. 

• You may submit all documents 

electronically through the Web site, 

including all information typically 

included on the application for 

Renewable Energy Systems and Energy 

Efficiency Improvements Program, and 

all necessary assurances and 

certifications. After electronically 

submitting an application through the 

Web site, the applicant will receive an 

automatic acknowledgement from 

Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. 

• USDA Rural Development may 

request that the applicant provide 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

• If applicants experience technical 

difficulties on the closing date and are 

unable to meet the 5 p.m. (Washington, 

DC time) deadline, print out your 

application and submit it to your 

respective State Office. If applicants 

submit applications to a State Office, 

applicants must meet the closing date 

and local time deadlines. 

Applicants may access the electronic 

grant application for Renewable Energy 

Systems and Energy Efficiency 

Improvements Program at http:// 

www.Grants.gov. 

Please note that applicants must 

locate the downloadable application 

package for this program by the CFDA 

Number or FedGrants Funding 

Opportunity Number, which can be 

found at http://www.Grants.gov. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, the paperwork burden 

has been cleared by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

OMB Control Number 0570–0050. 

Nondiscrimination Statement 

USDA prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, age, 

disability, and where applicable, sex, 

marital status, familial status, parental 

status, religion, sexual orientation, 

genetic information, political beliefs, 

reprisal, or because all or part of an 

individual’s income is derived from any 

public assistance program. (Not all 

prohibited bases apply to all programs.) 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication of 

program information (braille, large 

print, audiotape, etc.) should contact 

USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720–

2600 (voice and TDD). 

To file a complaint of discrimination, 

write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil 

Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–9410, or 

call (800) 795–3272 (voice), or (202) 

720–6382 (TDD). ‘‘USDA is an equal 

opportunity provider, employer, and 

lender.’’

Dated: March 8, 2007. 

Ben Anderson, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Business— 

Cooperative Service. 

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ARCTIC RESEARCH COMMISSION 

[USARC 07–029] 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Arctic Research 

Commission. 

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. 

Arctic Research Commission will hold 

its 83rd meeting in Washington, DC on 

April 16–17, 2007. The Business 

Session, open to the public, will 

convene at 8:30 a.m. Monday, April 16, 

2007 in Washington, DC. An Executive 

Session will follow adjournment of the 

Business Session. 

The Agenda items include: 

(1) Call to order and approval of the 

Agenda. 

(2) Approval of the Minutes of the 

82nd Meeting. 

(3) Reports from Congressional 

Liaisons. 

(4) Agency Reports. 

The focus of the meeting will be 

reports and updates on programs and 

research projects affecting the Arctic. 


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