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No decision will be made to 

implement any alternative until the U.S. 

Navy F–35C West Coast Homebasing 

EIS process is completed and a Record 

of Decision is signed by the Assistant 

Secretary of the Navy (Energy, 

Installations and Environment) or 

designee. 

Resource areas to be addressed in the 

U.S. Navy F–35C West Coast 

Homebasing EIS will include, but not be 

limited to: Air quality, noise 

environment, land use, socioeconomics, 

infrastructure and community services, 

natural resources, biological resources, 

cultural resources, safety and 

environmental hazards. The analysis 

will evaluate direct and indirect 

impacts, and will account for 

cumulative impacts from other relevant 

activities in the area of NAS Lemoore 

and NAF El Centro. Relevant and 

reasonable measures that could avoid or 

mitigate environmental effects will also 

be analyzed. Additionally, the Navy will 

undertake any consultations required by 

all applicable laws or regulations. 

The Navy is initiating the scoping 

process to identify community concerns 

and issues that should be addressed in 

the U.S. Navy F–35C West Coast 

Homebasing EIS. Federal, state, local 

agencies, and interested parties and 

persons are encouraged to provide 

comments on the proposed action that 

clearly describe specific issues or topics 

of environmental concern that the 

commenter believes that the Navy 

should consider. 

Public scoping comments may be 

submitted during the 45-day public 

comment period (from January 28, 2011 

through March 14, 2011). All comments 

will receive the same attention and 

consideration in the preparation of the 

EIS. Comments may be submitted either 

orally or in writing at the two scheduled 

public scoping meetings; electronically 

through the project Web site at: http:// 

www.navyf35cwestcoasteis.com; and/or 

may be mailed to: U.S. Navy F–35C 

West Coast Homebasing EIS Project 

Manager; Naval Facilities Engineering 

Command, Southwest (Code EV21/AK); 

1220 Pacific Highway, Bldg. 1, San 

Diego, CA 92132. All public scoping 

comments on the U.S. Navy F–35 West 

Coast Homebasing EIS, both written and 

oral, must be submitted or postmarked 

no later than March 14, 2011. 

Dated: January 25, 2011. 

D.J. Werner, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–1964 Filed 1–27–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

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e-mailed to 

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cc: to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 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 the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. The OMB is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: (1) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) Minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: January 25, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of the Secretary 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title of Collection: ED–524 Budget 

Information Non-Construction Programs 

Form and Instructions. 

OMB Control Number: 1894–0008. 

Agency Form Number(s): Department 

of Education (ED) 524 Form. 

Frequency of Responses: New awards. 

Affected Public: Private sector; 

businesses or other for-profit. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 18,900. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 330,750. 

Abstract: The ED 524 form and 

instructions are included in U.S. 

Department of Education discretionary 

grant application packages and are 

needed in order for applicants to submit 

summary-level budget data by budget 

category, as well as a detailed budget 

narrative, to request and justify their 

proposed grant budgets which are part 

of their grant applications. 

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public/do/PRAMain or from the 

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8339. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Availability of the Final LongTerm Management and Storage of 

Elemental Mercury Environmental 

Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) announces the availability of the 

Final Long-Term Management and 

Storage of Elemental Mercury 

Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/ 

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EIS–0423, ‘‘Mercury Storage FEIS’’ or 

‘‘FEIS’’). This FEIS, prepared in 

accordance with the implementing 

regulations under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 

evaluates the potential health and 

environmental effects of storing a 

projected total of up to 10,000 metric 

tons (11,000 tons) of elemental mercury 

at each of seven alternative sites across 

the U.S. The FEIS also addresses 

comments received during the public 

comment period on the Draft EIS. The 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), the Texas Commission on 

Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and the 

Mesa County, Colorado, Board of 

Commissioners are cooperating agencies 

on this FEIS. 

DATES: DOE will issue a Record of 

Decision pursuant to the Mercury 

Storage FEIS no sooner than 30 days 

after publication of EPA’s notice of its 

availability in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Questions and requests for 

printed or CD copies of the Summary or 

full FEIS may be directed to: Mr. David 

Levenstein, EIS Document Manager, 

Office of Environmental Compliance, 

EM–41, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Germantown, Maryland 20874. 

The FEIS is available on the 

Department’s NEPA Web site at http:// 

www.nepa.energy.gov. Printed copies 

are also available at the public reading 

rooms identified under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Further information related to the EIS 

can be obtained by contacting Mr. 

Levenstein at the address listed above. 

Further information about DOE’s NEPA 

process is available on the NEPA Web 

site at http://www.nepa.energy.gov or by 

contacting: Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, 

Director, Office of NEPA Policy and 

Compliance (GC–54), U. S. Department 

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585. Telephone: 

(202) 586–4600, or leave a message at 

(800) 472–2756. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 (the 

Act) prohibits the export of elemental 

mercury from the U.S., effective January 

1, 2013 (subject to certain essential use 

exemptions). Section 5 of the Act, LongTerm Storage, directs DOE to designate 

a facility or facilities for the long-term 

management and storage of elemental 

mercury generated within the U.S. and, 

by January 1, 2013, to have the facility 

or facilities operational and ready to 

accept custody of such elemental 

mercury delivered there. 

DOE thus needs to develop a 

capability for the safe and secure longterm management and storage of 

elemental mercury generated within the 

U.S. as required by the Act. To this end, 

DOE proposes to select one or more 

existing or new facilities for this 

purpose. Existing facilities may need to 

be modified. All facilities, whether 

newly constructed or existing, must 

comply with applicable requirements of 

Section 5(d) of the Act, Management 

Standards for a Facility, including the 

requirements of the Solid Waste 

Disposal Act, as amended by the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA). DOE is following the NEPA 

process to identify candidate sites for 

the facility(ies). EPA, TCEQ, and the 

Mesa County, Colorado, Board of 

Commissioners are cooperating agencies 

on the EIS, which has been prepared 

pursuant to Council on Environmental 

Quality NEPA implementing regulations 

at 40 CFR Parts 1500–1508 and DOE 

NEPA Implementing Procedures at 10 

CFR Part 1021. 

Based on a structured process 

described in the Draft EIS issued in 

January 2010, as well as the FEIS, DOE 

identified seven government and 

commercial sites as the range of 

reasonable alternatives to be evaluated 

in the EIS: DOE Grand Junction Disposal 

Site, Grand Junction, Colorado; DOE 

Hanford Site, Richland, Washington; 

Hawthorne Army Depot, Hawthorne, 

Nevada; DOE Idaho National 

Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho; DOE 

Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, 

Missouri; DOE Savannah River Site, 

Aiken, South Carolina; and Waste 

Control Specialists, LLC, Andrews, 

Texas. As required under NEPA, the 

Draft EIS and FEIS also analyzed a No 

Action Alternative. 

DOE’s evaluation includes the 

facilities and their locations, along with 

any construction, facility operations, 

and transportation to the storage 

facility(ies). Consideration of potential 

locations includes climate, proximity of 

human populations, and environmental 

resource areas for each alternative, along 

with the potential human health and 

socioeconomic impacts. DOE has 

identified the Waste Control Specialists, 

LLC, site as its preferred alternative. 

DOE held a public comment period 

on the Draft EIS that extended from 

January 29 through March 30, 2010, and 

held nine public hearings during this 

period near the sites analyzed in the 

Draft EIS. DOE considered all public 

comments received, including late 

comments. The FEIS contains DOE’s 

responses. 

Public Reading Rooms 

Printed copies of the Mercury Storage 

EIS and supporting technical reports are 

available for public review at the 

locations listed below. 

Colorado 

Mesa County Library, 530 Grand 

Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81502– 

5019, (970) 243–4442. 

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 

Legacy Management, 2597 B 3⁄4 Road, 

Grand Junction, CO 81503, (970) 248– 

6089. 

District of Columbia 

U.S. Department of Energy, Freedom of 

Information Act Public Reading 

Room, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Room 1G–033, Washington, DC 

20585, (202) 586–5955. 

Georgia 

Augusta State University, Reese Library, 

2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 

30904, (706) 737–1745. 

Savannah State University, Asa H. 

Gordon Library, 2200 Tompkins Road, 

Savannah, GA 31404, (912) 356–2183. 

Idaho 

U.S. Department of Energy, Public 

Reading Room, 1776 Science Center 

Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83402, (208) 

526–0833. 

Missouri 

Mid-Continent Public Library, Blue 

Ridge Branch, 9253 Blue Ridge 

Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64138, 

(816) 761–3382. 

Nevada 

Mineral County Library, First & ‘‘A’’ 

Street, Hawthorne, NV 89415, (775) 

945–2778. 

New Mexico 

Eunice Public Library, 1039 10th Street, 

Eunice, NM 88231, (575) 394–2336. 

Oregon 

Portland State University, Government 

Information, Branford Price Millar 

Library, 1875 SW. Park Avenue, 

Portland, OR 97201, (503) 725–5874. 

South Carolina 

University of South Carolina-Aiken, 

Gregg-Graniteville Library, 471 

University Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801, 

(803) 641–3320. 

South Carolina State Library, 1500 

Senate Street, Columbia, SC 29211, 

(803) 734–8026. 

Texas 

Andrews County Library, 109 NW. 1st 

Street, Andrews, TX 79714, (432) 

523–9819. 

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Washington 

U.S. Department of Energy, Public 

Reading Room, Consolidated 

Information Center, 2770 University 

Drive, Room 101L, Richland, WA 

99352, (509) 372–7443. 

University of Washington, SuzzalloAllen Library, Government 

Publications Division, Seattle, WA 

98195, (206) 543–1937. 

Gonzaga University, Foley Center 

Library, 101–L East 502 Boone, 

Spokane, WA 99258, (509) 313–5931. 

Issued in Washington, DC on January 24, 

2011. 

Ine ́s R. Triay, 

Assistant Secretary for Environmental 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2011–1892 Filed 1–27–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 

6 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Barkley Centre, 111 

Memorial Drive, Paducah, Kentucky 

42001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reinhard Knerr, Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, Department of Energy 

Paducah Site Office, Post Office Box 

1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky 

42001, (270) 441–6825. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Board: The purpose of the Board is 

to make recommendations to DOE–EM 

and site management in the areas of 

environmental restoration, waste 

management and related activities. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review 

of Agenda 

• Deputy Designated Federal Officer’s 

Comments 

• Federal Coordinator’s Comments 

• Liaisons’ Comments 

• Administrative Issues 

• Presentations 

• Subcommittee Chairs’ Comments 

• Public Comments 

• Final Comments 

• Adjourn 

Breaks Taken As Appropriate 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Paducah, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Reinhard 

Knerr as soon as possible in advance of 

the meeting at the telephone number 

listed above. Written statements may be 

filed with the Board either before or 

after the meeting. Individuals who wish 

to make oral statements pertaining to 

agenda items should contact Reinhard 

Knerr at the telephone number listed 

above. Requests must be received as 

soon as possible prior to the meeting 

and reasonable provision will be made 

to include the presentation in the 

agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal 

Officer is empowered to conduct the 

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 

the orderly conduct of business. 

Individuals wishing to make public 

comments will be provided a maximum 

of five minutes to present their 

comments. This notice is being 

published less than 15 days prior to the 

meeting date due to programmatic 

issues, logistical circumstances, and 

members’ availability. This meeting is 

being rescheduled to replace the Board’s 

January 20, 2011, meeting which was 

canceled due to winter weather 

conditions. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Reinhard Knerr at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.pgdpcab.energy.gov/ 

2011Meetings.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on January 24, 

2011. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–1900 Filed 1–27–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13226–003] 

Blue Heron Hydro LLC; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Motions To Intervene and 

Protests 

January 20, 2011. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Original Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 13226–003. 

c. Date filed: November 1, 2010. 

d. Applicant: Blue Heron Hydro LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Ball Mountain 

Dam Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers Ball Mountain Dam on the 

West River near the Town of Jamaica, 

Windham County, Vermont. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Lori Barg, Blue 

Heron Hydro LLC, 113 Bartlett Road, 

Plainfield, Vermont 05667. (802) 

454-1874. 

i. FERC Contact: Dr. Nicholas Palso, 

(202) 502–8854 or 

nicholas.palso@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests: 60 days from the 

issuance date of this notice. 

All documents may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘eComment.’’ 

For assistance, please contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedures require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person on the official service list 

for the project. Further, if an intervenor 

files comments or documents with the 

Commission relating to the merits of an 

issue that may affect the responsibilities 

of a particular resource agency, they 

must also serve a copy of the document 

on that resource agency. 

k. This application has been accepted 

for filing, but is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

l. Project Description: The Ball 

Mountain Dam Hydroelectric Project 

would utilize the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ existing Ball Mountain Dam 

and reservoir and would consist of: (1) 

Two turbine generator modules located 

within the existing intake tower, each 

containing 6 horizontal mixed flow 

turbines directly connected to 6 

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