### 18879 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 60 / Wednesday, March 28, 2012 / Notices

**TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY**

**Meeting of the Regional Resource Stewardship Council** 

**AGENCY :**  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

**ACTION :**  Notice of meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  The TVA Regional Resource Stewardship Council (RRSC) will hold a meeting on Thursday, April 19, and Friday, April 20, 2012, to consider various matters.

The RRSC was established to advise TVA on its natural resource stewardship activities. Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2.

The meeting agenda includes the following:

1. Introductions 2. Updates regarding TVA’s Natural Resource Plan implementation and its River Operations essential stewardship functions, including management of the river system, dam safety, navigation, and flood control 3. Presentation(s) concerning TVA’s stewardship partnership strategy
4. Public Comments
5. Council Discussion and Advice

The RRSC will hear opinions and views of citizens by providing a public comment session. The public comment session will be held at 9:30 a.m., EDT, on Friday, April 20. Persons wishing to speak are requested to register at the door by 8:30 a.m. on Friday, April 20 and will be called on during the public comment period. Handout materials should be limited to one printed page. Written comments are also invited and may be mailed to the Regional Resource Stewardship Council, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT–11 B, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.

**DATES :**  The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 19 from 8 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and Friday, April 20, from 8 a.m. to noon, EDT.

**ADDRESSES :**  The meeting will be held at the Chattanoogan Hotel, 1201 South Broad Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402–2708 and will be open to the public. Anyone needing special access or accommodations should let the contact below know at least a week in advance.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Beth Keel, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT– 11 B, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902, (865)
632–6113. Dated: March 21, 2012. Bruce S. Schofield, Vice President, Land & Shoreline Management, Tennessee Valley Authority.
[FR Doc. 2012–7371 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 8120–08–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Office of the Secretary of Transportation** 

**Department of Transportation Final Environmental Justice Strategy** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of the Secretary of Transportation, DOT.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of Transportation is issuing a revised environmental justice strategy, which sets forth DOT’s commitment to identifying and addressing disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental effects of agency policies and activities on minority and low-income populations. This strategy is published as a final document; however, it is a revision of a previous version published in 1995, and may be adjusted periodically in the future to reflect new insights acquired through implementation and changing social and technological conditions.

The strategy has been revised in response to an interagency Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Justice (EJ MOU), confirming the importance of addressing environmental justice considerations in agency programs, policies, and activities. The strategy identifies actions the Department intends to take to implement Executive Order 12898, ‘‘Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations’’, signed by President Clinton on February 11, 1994. This Executive Order directs agencies to identify and address disproportionately high and adverse impacts on minority and low-income populations with respect to human health and environment. The EJ MOU acknowledges the continued importance of EJ and participating Federal agencies pledged to review and update existing EJ strategies. This updated EJ strategy reflects DOT’s continued commitment to EJ principles and to integrating those principles into DOT programs, policies, and activities.

The revised strategy is publicly available on the DOT Web site at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/ environmental

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**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Rebecca Higgins, Office of Safety, Energy, and Environment, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, telephone (202) 366–7098, or EJ@dot.gov, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington DC 20590.

Issued in Washington, DC, on the 2nd day of March 2012. Ray LaHood, Secretary, Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2012–7296 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Federal Highway Administration**

**[Docket No. FHWA–2012–0023]**

**Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for**  **Approval of a New Information Collection** 

**AGENCY :**  Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

**ACTION :**  Notice of request for approval of a new information collection.

**SUMMARY :**  The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) approval of a new information collection that is summarized below under **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION** . We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

**DATES :**  Please submit comments by May 29, 2012.

**ADDRESSES :**  You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 2012–0023 by any of the following methods:

Web Site: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www. regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.