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Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Collection method Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

HA–4632 (paper) ............................................................................................. 20,000 1 15 5,000 

Electronic Records Express ............................................................................ 180,000 1 15 45,000 

Total .......................................................................................................... 200,000 ........................ ........................ 50,000 

2. Representative Payee Report– 

Special Veterans Benefits—20 CFR 

408.665—0960–0621. Title VIII of the 

Social Security Act allows for payment 

of monthly Social Security benefits to 

qualified World War II veterans residing 

outside the United States. An SSAappointed representative payee may 

receive and manage the monthly 

payment for the beneficiary’s use and 

benefit. SSA uses Form SSA–2001–F6 to 

determine if the payee is using the 

benefits properly on behalf of the 

beneficiary. Respondents are persons or 

organizations who act on behalf of 

beneficiaries receiving Special Veterans 

Benefits and living outside the United 

States. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Collection method Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

Total Annual 

Burden (hours) 

SSA–2001–F6 .................................................................................................. 100 1 10 17 

Dated: June 12, 2012. 

Faye Lipsky, 

Reports Clearance Director, Office of 

Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social 

Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–14646 Filed 6–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7924] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) and To Conduct 

Scoping and To Initiate Consultation 

Under Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act for the 

Proposed TransCanada Keystone XL 

Pipeline Proposed To Extend From 

Phillips, MT (the Border Crossing) to 

Steele City, NE 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: TransCanada Keystone 

Pipeline, L.P. (TransCanada) has 

applied to the United States Department 

of State for a Presidential Permit 

authorizing the construction, operation, 

and maintenance of facilities at the 

border of the United States for the 

importation of crude oil from a foreign 

country (Canada). Authorization is 

being requested in connection with 

TransCanada’s proposed international 

pipeline project (the revised Keystone 

XL Project), which is designed to 

transport crude oil from the Western 

Canadian Sedimentary Basin and the 

Williston Basin to existing pipeline 

facilities near Steele City, Nebraska for 

onward transport to markets in the 

Texas Gulf Coast area. The Department 

of State receives and considers 

applications for Presidential Permits for 

such energy-related pipelines pursuant 

to authority delegated to it by the 

President under Executive Order 13337 

of April 30, 2004 (69 FR 25299), as 

amended. To issue a Permit, the 

Department of State must find that 

issuance would serve the national 

interest. In the course of processing 

such applications, the Department 

consults extensively with concerned 

Federal and State agencies, and invites 

public comment in arriving at its 

determination. 

The Department of State previously 

evaluated potential impacts resulting 

from construction, operation, and 

maintenance of a longer pipeline that 

would have terminated in the Port 

Arthur and east Houston areas of Texas. 

The Final Environmental Impact 

Statement for that proposed project was 

issued on August 26, 2011. On January 

18, 2012, the Department announced its 

determination that the project—as 

presented and analyzed at that time— 

did not serve the national interest. 

Archived documents can be found at 

www.keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov/ 

archive/index.htm. 

TransCanada has submitted a new 

Presidential Permit application with a 

revised proposed route that extends 

from the Canadian border in Phillips 

County, Montana to Steele City, 

Nebraska and avoids the Sand Hills 

region of Nebraska. The Nebraska 

Department of Environmental Quality 

has identified the Sand Hills region and 

is currently evaluating the potential 

impacts associated with the proposed 

new route(s). The Department of State 

has entered into a Memorandum of 

Understanding with the Nebraska 

Department of Environmental Quality to 

facilitate coordination and cooperation 

between the State and the Federal 

government. TransCanada has indicated 

to the Department of State that it has 

decided to proceed with construction of 

a pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma to 

the Gulf Coast of Texas, which had been 

included as part of the Keystone XL 

project in the previous application, as 

an independent project. Thus, 

TransCanada did not include the 

proposed pipeline from Cushing to the 

Gulf Coast as part of the project in the 

revised Presidential Permit application. 

With respect to the application 

submitted by TransCanada, the 

Department of State has concluded, 

consistent with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, that the issuance of the new 

Presidential Permit would constitute a 

major Federal action that may have a 

significant impact upon the 

environment. For this reason, 

Department of State intends to prepare 

a Supplement to the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement dated 

August 26, 2011, to address reasonably 

foreseeable impacts from the proposed 


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action and alternatives. Additionally the 

Department of State has determined that 

it will undertake a review of the 

potential issuance of the Presidential 

Permit consistent with Section 106 of 

the National Historic Preservation Act 

and is consequently initiating the 

appropriate consultation. Consultation 

will be conducted with State Historic 

Preservation Officers, Indian tribes, and 

the Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation, and other consulting 

parties, as appropriate, to determine the 

locations (if any) of potential sites for 

inclusion on the National Register of 

Historic Places as well as the potential 

eligibility and findings of effect for 

cultural resources identified within the 

Keystone XL Area of Potential Effect. 

The purpose of this Notice of Intent 

(NOI) is to inform the public about the 

proposed action, announce plans for 

scoping opportunities, invite public 

participation in the scoping process, 

and solicit public comments for 

consideration in establishing the scope 

and content of the SEIS. 

DATES: Department of State invites 

interested agencies, organizations, and 

members of the public to submit 

comments or suggestions to assist in 

identifying significant environmental 

issues, measures that might be adopted 

to reduce environmental impacts, and in 

determining the appropriate scope of 

the SEIS. The public scoping period 

starts with the publication of this Notice 

in the Federal Register on June 15, 2012 

and will continue until July 30, 2012. 

Written, electronic, and oral comments 

will be given equal weight and State 

will consider all comments received or 

postmarked by July 30, 2012 in defining 

the scope of the SEIS. Comments 

received or postmarked after that date 

may be considered to the extent 

practicable. 

Public scoping opportunities are 

designed to provide opportunities to 

offer comments on the proposed project. 

Interested individuals and groups are 

encouraged to present comments on the 

environmental issues they believe 

should be addressed in the SEIS. Again, 

written comments are considered with 

equal weight in the process relative to 

those received in the public scoping 

meeting. 

During this public scoping period, the 

Department of State also plans to use 

the scoping process to help identify 

consulting parties and historic 

preservation issues for consideration 

under Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act and its 

implementing regulations (36 CFR part 

800). 

ADDRESSES: Written comments or 

suggestions on the scope of the EIS 

should be addressed to: Genevieve 

Walker, OES/ENV Room 2657, U.S. 

Department of State, Washington, DC 

20520. Comments may be submitted 

electronically to http:// 

www.keystonepipeline-XL.state.gov. 

Public comments will be posted on the 

Web site identified below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the proposed project or 

to receive a copy of the draft SEIS when 

it is issued, contact Genevieve Walker at 

the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice by electronic or 

regular mail as listed above, or by 

telephone (202) 647–6849 or by fax at 

(202) 647–5947. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Project Description 

TransCanada proposes to construct 

and operate a crude oil pipeline and 

related facilities from an oil supply hub 

near Hardisty, Alberta, Canada to the 

northernmost point of the existing 

Keystone Pipeline Cushing Extension at 

Steele City, Nebraska. The pipeline is 

anticipated to be 1,179 miles long (329 

miles of that are in Canada) and has an 

initial capacity of 830,000 barrels per 

day. To connect the Canadian and U.S. 

portions of the pipeline project, 

TransCanada must first obtain a 

Presidential Permit from the Department 

of State authorizing the construction, 

operation, and maintenance of the 

pipeline and related facilities at the 

international border. 

The SEIS Process 

The Department of State, consistent 

with NEPA, will take into account the 

environmental impacts that could result 

from the approval of a Presidential 

Permit authorizing construction, 

operation, and maintenance of pipeline 

facilities for the importation of crude oil 

to be located at the international border 

of the United States and Canada. The 

Department of State will use the SEIS to 

assess the environmental impacts that 

could result if TransCanada is granted a 

Presidential permit for the revised 

Keystone XL Pipeline Project. The SEIS 

will supplement the August 26, 2011 

FEIS, by including information and 

analysis about potential impacts 

associated with the new proposed 

route(s) within Nebraska, as well as 

about any other subjects that may need 

to be updated because there exists 

significant new circumstances or 

information relevant to environmental 

concerns bearing on the proposed action 

or its impacts. The Department of State 

will select a Third-Party Contractor to 

help prepare the SEIS. The SEIS will be 

prepared under the direction of the 

Department of State and will be 

reviewed by the cooperating agencies. 

In the SEIS, the Department of State 

will discuss impacts that could occur as 

a result of the construction and 

operation of the revised proposed 

project under these general headings: 

• Geology and soils; 

• Water resources; 

• Fish, wildlife, and vegetation; 

• Threatened and endangered 

species; 

• Cultural resources; 

• Land use, recreation and special 

interest areas; 

• Visual resources; 

• Air quality and noise; 

• Socioeconomics; 

• Environmental Justice; and, 

• Reliability and safety. 

In the SEIS, the Department of State 

will also evaluate reasonable 

alternatives, including a ‘‘no action 

alternative,’’ to the proposed project or 

portions of the project and make 

recommendations on how to lessen or 

avoid impacts on affected resources. 

The Department of State’s 

independent analysis of the issues will 

be included in a draft SEIS. The draft 

SEIS will be published and mailed to 

relevant Federal, State, and local 

government agencies, elected officials, 

environmental and public interest 

groups, Indian tribes, affected 

landowners, commenters, local libraries, 

newspapers, and other interested 

parties. You are encouraged to become 

involved in this process and provide 

your specific comments or concerns 

about the proposed project. By 

becoming a commenter, your concerns 

will be considered by the Department of 

State and addressed appropriately in the 

SEIS. Parties interested in being 

involved in Section 106 consultation 

should also contact the Department of 

State. 

The Department of State will consider 

all timely comments on the draft SEIS 

and revise the document, as necessary, 

before issuing a final SEIS. 

Project details and environmental 

information on the Keystone XL Project 

application for a Presidential Permit, 

including associated maps are 

downloadable from a Web site that is 

being established for this purpose: 

http://www.keystonepipelineXL.state.gov. This Web site is expected 

to be operational on or about June 15, 

2012. This Web site will accept public 

comments for the record. 

Information on the Department of 

State Presidential Permit process can 

also be found at the above Internet 

address. 


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A TransCanada hosted project Web 

site is also available at http:// 

www.transcanada.com/keystone.html. 

The Keystone XL Project toll-free 

number is 1–866–717–7473 (United 

States and Canada). 

Dated: June 13, 2012. 

Genevieve Walker, 

NEPA Director, Bureau of Oceans and 

International Environmental and Scientific 

Affairs/Office of Environmental Policy, U.S. 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–14803 Filed 6–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Funding Availability for the 

Small Business Transportation 

Resource Center Program 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation 

(DOT), Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation (OST), Office of Small 

and Disadvantaged Business Utilization 

(OSDBU). 

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT), Office of the 

Secretary (OST), Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization 

(OSDBU) announces the opportunity 

for: (1) Business centered communitybased organizations; (2) transportationrelated trade associations; (3) colleges 

and universities; (4) community 

colleges; or (5) chambers of commerce, 

registered with the Internal Revenue 

Service as 501 C(6) or 501 C(3) taxexempt organizations, to compete for 

participation in OSDBU’s Small 

Business Transportation Resource 

Center (SBTRC) program in the Central 

Region. 

OSDBU will enter into Cooperative 

Agreements with these organizations to 

provide outreach to the small business 

community in their designated region 

and provide financial and technical 

assistance, business training programs, 

business assessment, management 

training, counseling, marketing and 

outreach, and the dissemination of 

information, to encourage and assist 

small businesses to become better 

prepared to compete for, obtain, and 

manage DOT funded transportationrelated contracts and subcontracts at the 

federal, state and local levels. 

Throughout this notice, the term ‘‘small 

business’’ will refer to: 8(a), small 

disadvantaged businesses (SDB), 

disadvantaged business enterprises 

(DBE), women owned small businesses 

(WOSB), HubZone, service disabled 

veteran owned businesses (SDVOB), and 

veteran owned small businesses 

(VOSB). Throughout this notice, 

‘‘transportation-related’’ is defined as 

the maintenance, rehabilitation, 

restructuring, improvement, or 

revitalization of any of the nation’s 

modes of transportation. 

Funding Opportunity Number: 

USDOT–OST–OSDBU–SBTRC2012–10. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 20.910 

Assistance to small and disadvantaged 

businesses. 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

Agreement Grant. 

Award Ceiling: $150,000. 

Award Floor: $100,000. 

Program Authority: DOT is authorized 

under 49 U.S.C. 332(b)(4), (5) & (7) to 

design and carry out programs to assist 

small disadvantaged businesses in 

getting transportation-related contracts 

and subcontracts; develop support 

mechanisms, including management 

and technical services, that will enable 

small disadvantaged businesses to take 

advantage of those business 

opportunities; and to make 

arrangements to carry out the above 

purposes. 

DATES: Complete Proposals must be 

electronically submitted to OSDBU via 

email on or before July 16, 2012, 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Proposals 

received after the deadline will be 

considered non-responsive and will not 

be reviewed. The applicant is advised to 

request delivery receipt notification for 

email submissions. DOT plans to give 

notice of award for the competed region 

on or before August 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Applications must be 

electronically submitted to OSDBU via 

email at SBTRC@dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information concerning this 

notice, contact Ms. Patricia Martin, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Office of 

Small and Disadvantaged Business 

Utilization, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE. W56–462, Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: 1–800–532–1169. Email: 

patricia.martin@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

1. Introduction 

1.1 Background 

1.2 Program Description and Goals 

1.3 Description of Competition 

1.4 Duration of Agreements 

1.5 Authority 

1.6 Eligibility Requirements 

2. Program Requirements 

2.1 Recipient Responsibilities 

2.2 Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization Responsibilities 

3. Submission of Proposals 

3.1 Format for Proposals 

3.2 Address, Number of Copies, Deadline 

for Submission 

4. Selection Criteria 

4.1 General Criteria 

4.2 Scoring of Applications 

4.3 Conflicts of Interest 

Format for Proposals—Appendix A 

Full Text of Announcement 

1. Introduction 

1.1 Background 

The DOT established OSDBU in 

accordance with Public Law 95–507, an 

amendment to the Small Business Act 

and the Small Business Investment Act 

of 1958. 

The mission of OSDBU at DOT is to 

ensure that the small and disadvantaged 

business policies and goals of the 

Secretary of Transportation are 

developed and implemented in a fair, 

efficient and effective manner to serve 

small and disadvantaged businesses 

throughout the country. The OSDBU 

also administers the provisions of Title 

49, Section 332, the Minority Resource 

Center (MRC) which includes the duties 

of advocacy, outreach and financial 

services on behalf of small and 

disadvantaged business and those 

certified under CFR 49 parts 23 and/or 

26 as Disadvantaged Business 

Enterprises (DBE) and the development 

of programs to encourage, stimulate, 

promote and assist small businesses to 

become better prepared to compete for, 

obtain and manage transportationrelated contracts and subcontracts. 

The Regional Partnerships Division of 

OSDBU, through the SBTRC program, 

allows OSDBU to partner with local 

organizations to offer a comprehensive 

delivery system of business training, 

technical assistance and dissemination 

of information, targeted towards small 

business transportation enterprises in 

their regions. 

1.2 Program Description and Goals 

The national SBTRC program utilizes 

Cooperative Agreements with chambers 

of commerce, trade associations, 

educational institutions and businesscentered community based 

organizations to establish SBTRCs to 

provide business training, technical 

assistance and information to DOT 

grantees and recipients, prime 

contractors and subcontractors. In order 

to be effective and serve their target 

audience, the SBTRCs must be active in 

the local transportation community in 

order to identify and communicate 

opportunities and provide the required 

technical assistance. SBTRCs must 

already have, or demonstrate the ability 

to, establish working relationships with 

the state and local transportation 


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