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DEIS in accordance with NEPA 

procedures. A public scoping process 

has been started: (1) To clarify which 

issues appear to be major public 

concerns, (2) to identify any information 

sources that might be available to 

analyze and evaluate impacts, and (3) to 

obtain public input and determine 

acceptability for the range of measures 

to be included within potential 

alternatives. 

This NOI formally commences the 

scoping process under NEPA. As part of 

the scoping process, all affected Federal, 

state, and local agencies; Tribes; the 

public; and other interested private 

organizations, including environmental 

groups, are invited to comment on the 

scope of the DEIS. Comments are 

requested regarding issues of concern, 

project alternatives, potential mitigation 

measures, probable significant 

environmental impacts, and permits or 

other approvals that may be required by 

any project. 

The following key areas have been 

identified so far to be analyzed in depth 

in the DEIS: 

1. Flooding characteristics (existing 

and with any project). 

2. Impacts to fish habitat and fisheries 

resources. 

3. Impacts to riparian habitat. 

4. Impacts to wetlands. 

5. Impacts to cultural resources. 

6. Impacts to surrounding 

communities. 

7. Impacts to geomorphic processes. 

Scoping Meeting. Opportunity to 

comment on the planned study will also 

be available at the study scoping 

meeting which is scheduled for October 

6, 2011 at the Fife Community Center, 

2111 54th Avenue East, Fife, WA, 

98424. The scoping meeting will 

commence at 4 p.m. with an open 

house, followed by presentations and a 

formal hearing at 5:30 pm. Details of the 

meeting time and location will be 

announced in the local media. Notices 

will be sent to all agencies, 

organizations, and individuals on the 

mailing list. 

Availability of DEIS. USACE expects 

to complete preparation of the DEIS and 

make it available for public review by 

the fall of 2013. 

Dated: September 15, 2011. 

Bruce A. Estok, 

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District 

Commander. 

[FR Doc. 2011–24484 Filed 9–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

RIN 1894–AA01 

Race to the Top Fund Phase 3; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Proposed Requirements; 

Correction. 

SUMMARY: On September 12, 2011, the 

Secretary of Education (Secretary) 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register proposing requirements for 

Phase 3 of the Race to the Top program 

(RTT–Phase 3 NPR) (76 FR 56183). The 

RTT–Phase 3 NPR was incomplete and 

included minor errors. Through this 

document, we correct the errors and add 

the information that was 

unintentionally omitted. Except as 

corrected by this notice, the RTT–Phase 

3 NPR, including the date by which 

public comments are due, remains 

unchanged. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Meredith Farace, Implementation and 

Support Unit, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20202–6200. 

Telephone: (202) 453–6690 or by e-mail: 

phase3comments@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We make 

the following corrections to the RTT– 

Phase 3 NPR: 

On page 56183, third column, under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, we 

correct the telephone to read ‘‘(202) 

453–6690.’’ 

On page 56184, third column, we 

correct the paragraph that begins with 

the words ‘‘Under the Race to the Top 

Phase 3 award process proposed in this 

notice, eligible applicants’’ by replacing 

it with the following two paragraphs: 

Additionally, the Department will 

maintain an emphasis in the Race to the 

Top Phase 3 awards on promoting 

science, technology, engineering, and 

mathematics (STEM) education, 

consistent with the competitive 

preference priority in the Race to the 

Top Phase 1 and Phase 2 competitions. 

In order to meet this requirement, a 

State will include in its detailed plan 

and budget for Phase 3 funding how it 

will allocate a meaningful share of its 

Phase 3 award to advance STEM 

education in the State. To do this, 

eligible applicants will select from 

among their Phase 2 application: (1) 

Activities proposed by the State to meet 

the competitive preference priority; or 

(2) activities within one or more of the 

four core education reform areas that are 

most likely to improve STEM education. 

Under the Race to the Top Phase 3 

award process proposed in this notice, 

eligible applicants would be limited to 

Race to the Top Phase 2 finalists that 

did not receive a Phase 2 award, and 

those eligible applicants could apply for 

a proportional share of these funds. 

Race to the Top Phase 3 funding is not 

at the level of funding that was available 

for the Race to the Top Phase 1 and 

Phase 2 competitions. Accordingly, we 

are proposing that eligible applicants (1) 

Select from among the activities they 

proposed to implement in their Phase 2 

applications those activities that will 

have the greatest impact on advancing 

their overall statewide reform plans, 

including activities that are most likely 

to improve STEM education, (2) use 

Race to the Top Phase 3 funding to 

support those specific activities, and (3) 

ensure that such activities are consistent 

with the ARRA requirement to allocate 

50 percent of Race to the Top funds to 

local educational agencies (LEAs). 

On page 56185, third column, we 

correct paragraph (g) to read as follows: 

(g) The State will select activities for 

funding that are consistent with the 

commitment to comprehensive reform 

and innovation that the State 

demonstrated in its Race to the Top 

Phase 2 application, including activities 

that are most likely to improve STEM 

education. 

On page 56186, first column, we 

correct the paragraph following the 

estimated State budget amounts chart to 

read as follows: 

Once the Department notifies a 

qualified applicant of the final amount 

of funds it is eligible to receive for a 

Race to the Top Phase 3 award, the 

applicant must submit a detailed plan 

and budget describing the activities it 

has selected from its Race to the Top 

Phase 2 application that it proposes to 

implement with Race to the Top Phase 

3 funding, including how the State will 

allocate a meaningful share of its Phase 

3 award to advance STEM education in 

the State. This detailed plan must 

include an explanation of why the 

applicant has selected these activities 

and why the applicant believes such 

activities will have the greatest impact 

on advancing its overall statewide 

reform plan. The plan also must include 

a description of the State’s process for 

allocating at least 50 percent of Race to 

the Top Phase 3 funds to participating 

LEAs, as required by section 14006(c) of 

the ARRA. Subgrants to LEAs must be 

based on their relative shares of funding 

under Title I, Part A of the ESEA, and 

LEAs must use these funds in a manner 

that is consistent with the State’s 


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updated plan and the MOU or other 

binding agreement between the LEA and 

the State. A State may establish more 

specific requirements for LEA use of 

funds provided they are consistent with 

the ARRA, with the proposed 

requirements of this notice, and with 

the Race to the Top requirements. (See 

the notice of final priorities, 

requirements, definitions, and selection 

criteria for the Race to the Top Fund 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 18, 2009 (74 FR 59688).) 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site 

you can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at http:// 

www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, 

through the advanced search feature at 

this site, you can limit your search to 

documents published by the 

Department. 

Dated: September 21, 2011. 

Arne Duncan, 

Secretary of Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–24624 Filed 9–21–11; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8999–2] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–1399 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements. 

Filed 09/12/2011 Through 09/16/2011 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EIS are available at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/ 

eisdata.html. 

EIS No. 20110315, Final EIS, USFS, MN, 

South Fowl Lake Snowmobile Access 

Project, Proposing a Replacement 

Snowmobile Trail between McFarland 

Lake and South Fowl Lake, Gunflint 

Ranger District, Superior National 

Forest, Eastern Region, Cook County, 

MN, Review Period Ends: 10/24/2011, 

Contact: Peter Taylor 218–626–4368. 

EIS No. 20110316, Draft EIS, USACE, 

CA, Pier S Marine Terminal 

Development and Back Channel 

Navigational Safety Improvements, 

Construction and Operation, U.S. 

Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permit 

and Section 103 of the Marine 

Protection Research and Sanctuaries 

Act, Los Angeles County, CA, 

Comment Period Ends: 11/07/2011, 

Contact: John W. Markham 805–585– 

2150. 

EIS No. 20110317, Draft EIS, USFS, MT, 

Lonesome Wood Vegetation 

Management 2 Project Areas, 

Proposed Forest Thinning, Prescribed 

Burning and Associated Activities, 

Habgen Lake Ranger District, Gallatin 

National Forest, Gallatin County, MT, 

Comment Period Ends: 11/07/2011, 

Contact: Teri Seth 406–522–2539. 

EIS No. 20110318, Final EIS, BLM, AZ, 

Ironwood Forest National Monument, 

Resource Management Plan, 

Implementation, Tucson Field Office, 

AZ, Review Period Ends: 10/24/2011, 

Contact: Laura Olais 520–258–7242. 

EIS No. 20110319, Draft Supplement, 

NOAA, CA, Southwest Fisheries 

Science Center (SWFSC), Demolition, 

Soil Stabilization and Seismic 

Improvement in La Jolla, CA, 

Comment Period Ends: 11/07/2011, 

Contact: William F. Broglie 206–526– 

4837. 

EIS No. 20110320, Final EIS, NOAA, 

CA, ADOPTION—Bair Island 

Restoration and Management Plan, 

Tidal Action Restoration, Don 

Edwards San Francisco Bay National 

Wildlife Refuge, Bair Island State 

Ecological Reserve, South San 

Francisco Bay, San Mateo County, 

CA, Review Period Ends: 10/24/2011, 

Contact: Patricia A. Montanio 301– 

427–8618. U.S. DOC has adopted the 

DOI, SFW’S FEIS #20060314, filed 07/ 

24/2006. DOC was not a Cooperating 

Agency for the above FEIS; 

recirculation of the document is 

necessary under 40 CFR 1506.3(b). 

EIS No. 20110321, Draft EIS, BLM, CA, 

South Coast Resource Management 

Plan Revision, Implementation, San 

Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, 

Orange and Los Angeles Counties, 

CA, Comment Period Ends: 12/21/ 

2011, Contact: Greg Hill 760–833– 

7140. 

EIS No. 20110322, Draft EIS, USACE, 

NC, NC–1409 (Military Cutoff Road) 

Extension and Proposed US 17 

Hampstead Bypass, New Hanover and 

Pender Counties, NC, Comment 

Period Ends: 11/15/2011, Contact: 

Brad Shaver 910–251–4611. 

EIS No. 20110323, Draft Supplement, 

USFS, MI, Huron-Manistee National 

Forests, Supplement the 2006 FEIS 

Analysis and to Correct the 

Deficiencies that the Meister Panel 

Identified, Land and Resource 

Management Plan, Implementation, 

Several Counties, MI, Comment 

Period Ends: 12/21/2011, Contact: 

Ken Abrogate 231–775–2421. 

EIS No. 20110324, Final EIS, FHWA, 00, 

Interstate 5 Columbia River Crossing 

Project, Bridge, Transit, and Highway 

Improvements, from State Route 500 

in Vancouver, WA to Columbia 

Boulevard in Portland, OR, Funding, 

U.S. COE Section 10 & 404 Permits, 

NPDES Permit, Review Period Ends: 

10/24/2011, Contact: James Saxon 

206–220–4311. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20110257, Draft EIS, FRA, CA, 

California High-Speed Train (HST): 

Merced to Fresno Section High-Speed 

Train, Propose to Construct, Operate, 

and Maintain an Electric-Powered 

High-Speed Train (HST), Merced, 

Madera and Fresno Counties, CA, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/13/2011, 

Contact: David Valenstein 202–493– 

6868. Revision to FR Notice 

Published: Extending Comment 

Period from 09/28/2011 to 10/13/ 

2011. 

Dated: September 20, 2011. 

Cliff Rader, 

Acting Director, NEPA Compliance Division, 

Office of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2011–24504 Filed 9–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9470–8] 

2011 Fall Meeting of the Ozone 

Transport Commission 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 


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