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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #12768 and #12769] 

Puerto Rico Disaster #PR–00014 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico (FEMA–4017–DR), dated 

08/27/2011. 

Incident: Hurricane Irene. 

Incident Period: 08/21/2011 and 

continuing. 

Effective Date: 08/27/2011. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 10/26/2011. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 05/28/2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

08/27/2011, applications for disaster 

loans may be filed at the address listed 

above or other locally announced 

locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Municipalities (Physical 

Damage and Economic Injury Loans): 

Caguas, Canovanas, Carolina, Cayey, 

Loiza, Luquillo, San Juan. 

Contiguous Municipalities (Economic 

Injury Loans Only): 

Puerto Rico: Aguas Buenas, Aibonito, 

Catano, Ceiba, Cidra, Fajardo, 

Guayama, Guaynabo, Gurabo, 

Juncos, Las Piedras, Patillas, Rio 

Grande, Salinas, San Lorenzo, 

Trujillo Alto. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners With Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 5.000 

Homeowners Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 2.500 

Businesses With Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 6.000 

Businesses Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations With 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 3.250 

Percent 

Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.000 

For Economic Injury: 

Businesses & Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 127688 and for 

economic injury is 127690. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22656 Filed 9–2–11; 8:45 am] 

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration # 12762 and # 12763] 

Louisiana Disaster # LA–00039 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of an 

Administrative declaration of a disaster 

for the State of Louisiana dated 08/29/ 

2011. 

Incident: Flooding. 

Incident Period: 04/25/2011 through 

07/07/2011. 

Effective Date: 08/29/2011. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 10/28/2011. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 05/29/2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

Administrator’s disaster declaration, 

applications for disaster loans may be 

filed at the address listed above or other 

locally announced locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Parish: Concordia. 

Contiguous Parishes/Counties: 

Louisiana: Avoyelles, Catahoula, 

Pointe Coupee, Tensas, West 

Feliciana. 

Mississippi: Adams, Wilkinson. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners With Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 5.375 

Homeowners Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 2.688 

Businesses With Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 6.000 

Businesses Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations With 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 3.250 

Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.000 

For Economic Injury: 

Businesses & Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 12762 6 and for 

economic injury is 12763 0. 

The States which received an EIDL 

Declaration # are: Louisiana, 

Mississippi. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008). 

Dated: August 26, 2011. 

Karen G. Mills, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22650 Filed 9–2–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7576] 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Proposed Keystone XL Project 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the final 

environmental impact statement for the 

proposed Keystone XL Project. 

SUMMARY: Consistent with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended, the staff of the U.S. 

Department of State (DOS) prepared a 

final environmental impact statement 

(final EIS) for the proposed Keystone XL 

Project (Project). On September 19, 

2008, the applicant, TransCanada 

Keystone Pipeline, LP (TransCanada) 

filed an application for a Presidential 

Permit for the construction, operation, 

and maintenance of pipeline facilities at 

the border of the U.S. and Canada for 

the transport of crude oil across the 

U.S./Canada international boundary. 

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TransCanada has requested 

authorization to construct and operate 

border crossing facilities at the U.S./ 

Canadian border in Phillips County, 

near Morgan, Montana, in connection 

with the proposed Project that is 

designed to transport crude oil 

produced from oil sands in the Western 

Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) 

and other sources to a proposed oil 

storage facility in Cushing, Oklahoma, 

and to a delivery points near Nederland 

and Moore Junction, Texas. 

The Secretary of State is designated 

and empowered to receive all 

applications for Presidential permits, as 

referred to in Executive Order 13337, as 

amended, for the construction, 

connection, operation, or maintenance 

at the borders of the United States, of 

facilities for the exportation or 

importation of petroleum, petroleum 

products, coal, or other fuels to or from 

a foreign country. As a part of the 

review of the application for 

Presidential Permits, the Secretary of 

State must determinate whether or not 

the projects would be in the national 

interest. The determination of national 

interest involves consideration of many 

factors, including energy security; 

environmental, cultural, and economic 

impacts. Before making a decision on 

the proposed Project, DOS will consult 

with the eight federal agencies 

identified in Executive Order 13337: 

The Departments of Energy, Defense, 

Transportation, Homeland Security, 

Justice, Interior, and Commerce, and the 

Environmental Protection Agency. DOS 

will also solicit public input on the 

national interest determination by 

accepting written comments and 

holding comment meetings in the six 

states traversed by the proposed route 

and a final meeting in Washington, DC. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final 

EIS was prepared consistent with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations implementing NEPA (40 

CFR 1500), and the DOS regulations for 

implementing NEPA (22 CFR 161). The 

final EIS includes an appendix that was 

prepared consistent with the 

requirements of the Montana 

Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) and 

the Montana Major Facility Siting Act 

(MFSA). The final EIS describes the 

proposed Project; the purpose of and 

need for the proposed Project; 

alternatives to the proposed Project, 

including the No Action Alternative, 

system alternatives, alternative routes, 

alternative pipeline designs, and 

alternative sites for aboveground 

facilities; the potential impacts of the 

proposed Project and alternatives; 

cumulative impacts associated with 

construction and operation of the 

proposed Project; issues related to 

potential spills from the proposed 

Project; and the agency-preferred 

alternative. The final EIS addresses the 

potential environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

portion of the proposed Keystone XL 

Project in the U.S., as well as connected 

actions to that project such as the 

construction of powerlines to serve 

pump stations on the pipeline and two 

projects that would provide shipping 

access on the pipeline to domestic crude 

oil producers. DOS assessed the 

potential impacts of the projects based 

on currently available information. 

The Federal and State agencies that 

served as Cooperating Agencies in the 

development of the EIS consisted of the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture—Natural 

Resources Conservation Service, Farm 

Service Agency, and Rural Utilities 

Service; the U.S. Department of 

Energy—Office of Policy and 

International Affairs and Western Area 

Power Administration; the U.S. 

Department of the Interior—Bureau of 

Land Management, National Park 

Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service; the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety; the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 

and the Montana Department of 

Environmental Quality. Cooperating 

agencies either have jurisdiction by law 

or special expertise with respect to the 

environmental impacts assessed in 

connection with the proposal and are 

involved in the DOS analysis of those 

environmental impacts. BLM’s purpose 

and need in preparing an EIS for the 

proposed Project is to respond to the 

Keystone application under Section 28 

of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 

amended (MLA; 30 U.S.C. 185) for a 

right-of-way (ROW) grant to construct, 

operate, maintain, and decommission a 

crude oil pipeline and related facilities 

on federal lands in compliance with the 

MLA, BLM ROW regulations, and other 

applicable federal laws. BLM will 

decide whether to approve, approve 

with modification, or deny issuance of 

a ROW grant to Keystone for the 

proposed Project, and if so, under what 

terms and conditions. The proposed 

ROW action appears consistent with 

approved BLM land use planning. 

In total, the Keystone XL Project 

would consist of approximately 1,711 

miles of new, 36-inch-diameter 

pipeline, with approximately 327 miles 

of pipeline in Canada and 1,384 miles 

in the U.S. The overall proposed 

Keystone XL Project is estimated to cost 

$7 billion. If permitted, it would begin 

operation in 2013, with the actual date 

dependent on the necessary permits, 

approvals, and authorizations. 

The following U.S. counties could 

possibly be affected by construction of 

the proposed Project: 

• Montana: Phillips, Valley, McCone, 

Dawson, Prairie, Fallon. 

• South Dakota: Harding, Butte, 

Perkins, Meade, Pennington, Haakon, 

Jones, Lyman, Tripp. 

• Nebraska: Keya Paha, Rock, Holt, 

Garfield, Wheeler, Greeley, Boone, 

Nance, Merrick, Hamilton, York, 

Fillmore, Saline, Jefferson. 

• Kansas: Clay, Butler. 

• Oklahoma: Atoka, Bryan, Coal, 

Creek, Hughes, Lincoln, Okfuskee, 

Payne, Seminole. 

• Texas: Angelina, Cherokee, Delta, 

Fannin, Franklin, Hardin, Hopkins, 

Jefferson, Lamar, Liberty, Nacogdoches, 

Polk, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Wood, 

Chambers, Harris. 

Copies of the final EIS have been 

mailed to interested federal, state and 

local agencies; public interest groups; 

individuals and affected landowners 

who requested a copy of the final EIS or 

who provided comments during the 

scoping period or the public comment 

periods on the draft and supplemental 

draft EISs; libraries; newspapers; and 

other stakeholders. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

DOS Project Web site (http:// 

www.keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov) 

provides Project-related information for 

viewing and downloading, including 

the Keystone application for a 

Presidential Permit and associated maps 

and drawings, supplemental 

information filed by Keystone, the final 

EIS, and a list of libraries where the 

final EIS may be viewed. 

For information on the proposed 

Project or the final EIS, contact 

Alexander Yuan, OES/ENV Room 2657, 

U.S. Department of State, Washington, 

DC 20520, or by telephone (202) 647– 

4284, or by fax at (202) 647–5947. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on 

September 2, 2011. 

Dated: August 30, 2011. 

John E. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Bureau of Oceans and 

International Environmental and Scientific 

Affairs/Office of Environmental Policy, U.S. 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22689 Filed 9–2–11; 8:45 am] 

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