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CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Alberta E. Mills, Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, 301–504–7479 

(Office) or 240–863–8938 (Cell). 

Dated: February 28, 2024. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Commission Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04498 Filed 2–28–24; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Draft Legislative Environmental Impact 

Statement Regarding Requested 

Public Land Withdrawal in Vicinity of 

Highway 95 and Yuma Proving 

Ground, Arizona 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Army (Army) announces the availability 

of a Draft Legislative Environmental 

Impact Statement (Draft LEIS) regarding 

a requested public land withdrawal in 

the vicinity of Highway 95 and Yuma 

Proving Ground, Arizona. In accordance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA), the LEIS analyzes the 

potential environmental effects resulting 

from the withdrawal and reservation for 

military purposes of approximately 

22,000 acres of public land managed by 

the U.S. Department of the Interior’s 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM). If 

enacted into law by Congress, the 

withdrawal would add acreage to Yuma 

Proving Ground (YPG). The Army 

requires the additional land as a safety 

buffer for testing advanced air delivery 

technologies and aviation systems. An 

LEIS is being prepared for this proposed 

action because the withdrawal and 

reservation require congressional action. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

April 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The public can review a 

copy of the Draft LEIS at the Main Yuma 

Library (2951 S 21st Dr., Yuma, AZ 

85364) or at the Quartzsite Public 

Library (465 N Plymouth Ave., 

Quartzsite, AZ 85346). 

The Draft LEIS is also available as an 

electronic file on the YPG project 

website: https://ypgenvironmental.com/highway-95-landwithdrawal-leis/. 

Written comments may be sent by 

regular mail to the YPG Environmental 

Sciences Division, 301 C St., Bldg. 307, 

Yuma, AZ 85365. Comments may also 

be sent via email to: 

usarmy.ypg.imcom.mbx.nepa@

army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Steward, YPG Environmental 

Sciences Division, via email at 

usarmy.ypg.imcom.mbx.nepa@army.mil 

or via phone at (928) 328–2125. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Army 

prepared this Draft LEIS in accordance 

with: NEPA (title 42 of the United States 

Code, section 4321); Council on 

Environmental Quality NEPA 

regulations (title 40 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations [CFR] parts 1500– 

1508); and the Army’s NEPA 

implementing regulation (32 CFR part 

651). 

YPG is located in the southwestern 

corner of Arizona, near the CaliforniaArizona border. The Colorado River 

bounds it to the west and the Gila River 

bounds it to the south. The installation 

lies approximately 23 miles northeast of 

the city of Yuma, Arizona. YPG is 

situated in both La Paz and Yuma 

Counties, Arizona, and the requested 

22,000-acre withdrawal involves land in 

each county. YPG occupies about 1,300 

square miles and extends approximately 

60 miles north to south and 50 miles 

east to west. 

YPG’s mission is to plan, conduct, 

assess, analyze, report, and support 

developmental, production, and 

operational tests on the following: 

medium- and long-range artillery; 

aircraft target acquisition equipment 

and armament; armored tracked and 

wheeled vehicles; a variety of 

munitions; and parachute systems for 

personnel and supplies. YPG also 

provides training support to the Army, 

other Department of Defense branches, 

other federal agencies, and international 

and commercial customers. 

The Draft LEIS analyzes the potential 

impacts of a legislative withdrawal and 

reservation for military purposes of 

approximately 22,000 acres of public 

land managed by BLM. The requested 

action involves the withdrawal of the 

land from all forms of appropriation 

(such as mining claims) and an 

additional 800 acres of federal surface 

estate (meaning the subsurface is not 

included). The land lies between the 

current boundary of YPG and a section 

of Highway 95 between mile marker 76 

and mile marker 91. The Army requires 

the additional land as a safety buffer to 

improve public safety and to meet 

testing and training requirements for 

advances in parachute technologies. If 

enacted into law, the withdrawal would 

add to—and be adjacent to—the 829,565 

acres withdrawn on July 1, 1952, under 

Public Land Order No. 848, as amended, 

for use by the Army in connection with 

Yuma Test Station (currently known as 

YPG). The Army will request that the 

22,000-acre withdrawal be for an 

indefinite period—i.e., until there is no 

longer a military need for the land. 

The purpose of the requested land 

withdrawal is to provide additional area 

to support testing and training at YPG. 

The Army requires the additional land 

as a safety buffer for testing advanced 

air delivery technologies and aviation 

systems. The additional land will 

provide a larger surface safety zone and 

will allow the Army to execute more 

complex air delivery and tactical 

scenarios than are currently possible. A 

surface safety zone is an area in space 

and on the ground that provides an 

additional buffer in case of error or 

failure during testing or training. 

Surface safety zones protect people from 

being injured by material dropping from 

the sky during air delivery testing and 

training. Higher altitudes and greater 

offset distances are required to test 

parachute systems’ full capabilities, and 

this testing requires a correspondingly 

greater surface safety zone. 

Due to land and airspace limitations, 

systems are currently not tested to their 

full capability for altitude and precision. 

Without the requested withdrawal, 

mission-required drops could land 

outside the YPG boundary and could 

result in injury or death to members of 

the public. The requested land 

withdrawal would restrict the public 

from accessing hazardous areas, thus 

reducing the potential for such injuries 

and deaths. 

The existing boundary between YPG 

and BLM land lacks a contiguous 

physical landmark demarcating the two 

areas, which has led to unintentional 

public intrusions onto YPG. The 

requested withdrawal area extends to 

Highway 95 and would establish the 

highway as a distinct physical landmark 

for the YPG boundary, thereby 

improving public safety. 

In addition to the Army’s proposed 

action, the Draft LEIS analyzes an 

alternative involving a withdrawal for a 

shorter period and a No-Action 

Alternative. Under a limited-duration 

withdrawal, Congress would withdraw 

and reserve for Army use the same area 

with the same boundary and landmanagement provisions as the proposed 

action, but the duration of the Highway 

95 withdrawal would be limited to a 

shorter period (i.e., 25 years). 


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Under the No-Action Alternative, 

Congress would not enact legislation to 

withdraw and reserve the land. BLM 

would retain management responsibility 

for the 22,000 acres of public land. 

Under this alternative, YPG would not 

meet mission requirements, but limited 

military testing and training would 

continue within the present-day YPG 

boundary. While the No-Action 

Alternative would not satisfy the 

purpose of or need for the proposed 

action, this alternative was retained to 

provide a comparative baseline against 

which to analyze the effects of the 

action alternatives. 

The Draft LEIS evaluates the potential 

direct, indirect, and cumulative 

environmental and socioeconomic 

effects of the proposed action. The 

resource areas and effects analyzed in 

the Draft LEIS include biological 

resources, cultural resources, existing 

land use, recreation, socioeconomics, 

and environmental justice. The analysis 

includes minimization measures, 

standard operating procedures, and best 

management practices routinely 

employed by YPG to reduce the 

potential adverse effects of the proposed 

action. 

Under the proposed action (i.e., the 

withdrawal of BLM land for an 

indefinite duration), there would be 

less-than-significant effects on all 

evaluated resources. The withdrawal 

alternatives would result in minor 

adverse effects on land use and 

recreation, but none of the effects would 

be significant. The proposed action 

would transfer management of this land 

from one federal agency to another. The 

Army’s environmental compliance 

requirements would be the same as 

those of BLM. If Congress approves the 

withdrawal, the Army would conduct 

consultation on future actions under the 

National Historic Preservation Act and 

the Endangered Species Act, as 

appropriate. The environmental effects 

of the shorter-duration withdrawal 

alternative would be comparable to 

those of the proposed action but would 

last for a specific period. 

Federal, state, and local agencies, 

federally recognized Tribes, other 

Native American organizations, and the 

general public are invited to participate 

in the public comment process for the 

Draft LEIS. The public comment period 

begins with the publication of this 

notice of availability in the Federal 

Register and will last for 45 days. 

Comments must be received or 

postmarked within 45 days of 

publication in the Federal Register to be 

considered during the decision-making 

process. The Army will hold two virtual 

public meetings during the review 

period. For information about the 

virtual public meetings, please see the 

project website: https://ypgenvironmental.com/highway-95-landwithdrawal-leis. The Army will consider 

all comments received on the Draft LEIS 

when preparing the Final LEIS. 

Congress will receive the Final LEIS 

as part of the withdrawal case file. 

Congress will decide whether to 

authorize the requested land withdrawal 

and reservation. 

James W. Satterwhite Jr., 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04383 Filed 2–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3711–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; SchoolBased Mental Health Services Grant 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for fiscal year (FY) 2024 for 

the School-Based Mental Health 

Services (SBMH) Grant Program, 

Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 

number 84.184H. This notice relates to 

the approved information collection 

under OMB control number 1810–0773. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: March 1, 

2024. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 30, 2024. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 1, 2024. 

Pre-Application Webinar Information: 

The Department will hold preapplication meetings via webinar for 

prospective applicants. For more 

information, please visit the program 

web page at: https://oese.ed.gov/offices/ 

office-of-formula-grants/safesupportive-schools/school-basedmental-health-services-grant-program/. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on December 7, 2022 

(87 FR 75045) and available at https:// 

www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2022/12/07/2022-26554/commoninstructions-for-applicants-todepartment-of-education-discretionarygrant-programs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Banks, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

4th Floor, Washington, DC 20202–6450. 

Telephone: (202) 453–6704. Email: 

OESE.School.Mental.Health@ed.gov. 

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability and wish to 

access telecommunications relay 

services, please dial 7–1–1. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Purpose of Program: The SBMH

program provides competitive grants to 

State educational agencies (SEAs) (as 

defined in 20 U.S.C. 7801(30)), local 

educational agencies (LEAs) (as defined 

in 20 U.S.C. 7801(49), and consortia of 

LEAs to increase the number of 

credentialed (as defined in this 

document) school-based mental health 

services providers (as defined in 20 

U.S.C. 7112(6)) providing mental health 

services to students in LEAs with 

demonstrated need (as defined in this 

document). 

Background 

Like good physical health, positive 

mental health promotes success in life. 

As defined by the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), ‘‘Mental 

health includes our emotional, 

psychological, and social well-being. It 

affects how we think, feel, and act. It 

also helps determine how we handle 

stress, relate to others, and make healthy 

choices. Mental health is important at 

every stage of life, from childhood and 

adolescence through adulthood.’’ 1

The increases in mental health related 

needs, including those resulting from 

traumatic events such as the COVID–19 

pandemic, community violence, adverse 

childhood experiences, and increasing 

number of instances of bullying and 

harassment, and the impact of social 

media, have brought on challenges for 

children and youth that impact their 

overall emotional, psychological, and 

social well-being, and their ability to 

fully engage in learning. The 

disruptions in routines, relationships, 

and the learning environment have led 

to increased stress and trauma, social 

isolation, depression and anxiety among 

students. 

The priorities for the FY 2024 

competition described in this notice are 

intended to increase the number of 

credentialed school-based mental health 

services providers by providing grant 

funds to increase recruitment and 

retention-related activities and 


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