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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]

**BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 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, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or e-mailed to oira

_submission@omb.eop.gov with a
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.

Requests for copies of the information collection submission for OMB review may be accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain or from the Department’s Web site at http:// edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the

‘‘Browse Pending Collections ’’ link and by clicking on link number 4451. 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 the Internet address 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.

[FR Doc. 2011–1929 Filed 1–27–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4000–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Notice of Availability of the Final Long Term 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 acapability 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 Site Specific 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