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comment session, the meeting will 

continue with an open house format 

until 7 p.m. CDT, which will not be 

broadcast. Interested parties are 

encouraged to attend and participate in 

this meeting. 

The public hearing will be recorded, 

and all comments provided will become 

part of the formal record. 

In the event of inclement weather, the 

meeting may only be held virtually or 

will be broadcast from the Grand 

Portage State Park Welcome Center. If 

the meeting is broadcast from the Grand 

Portage State Park Welcome Center, a 

staff member will be available (inperson and virtually) to assist the public 

in providing public comments via the 

virtual platform. Please check the GSA 

project website (https://www.gsa.gov/ 

about-us/gsa-regions/region-5-greatlakes/buildings-and-facilities/ 

minnesota/grand-portage-land-port-ofentry) for updates in the days leading up 

to the meeting to determine if the 

meeting will be held in-person, 

virtually, or will be broadcast from the 

Grand Portage State Park Welcome 

Center. 

Public Comment Period 

The views and comments of the 

public are necessary in helping GSA in 

its decision-making process with respect 

to environmental, cultural, and 

economic impacts. The public comment 

process will be accomplished through a 

hybrid virtual and in-person public 

hearing, direct mail correspondence to 

appropriate Tribal, federal, state, and 

local agencies, and to private 

organizations and citizens who have 

previously expressed, or are known to 

have, an interest in the project. The 

Draft EIS has considered previous input 

provided during the scoping period. 

Background 

The existing 5.7-acre LPOE serves as 

the port of entry for vehicles and 

pedestrians crossing the U.S.-Canada 

border between Grand Portage 

Reservation in the U.S. and Neebing, 

Ontario in Canada. The Feasibility 

Study performed in 2019 determined 

that the existing structures do not 

contain the necessary square footage as 

specified by CBP’s space and facility 

requirements (also referred to as 

Program of Requirements [POR]). In 

addition, the facility lacks outbound 

inspection capabilities. Following 

preparation of the Feasibility Study, a 

Program Development Study (PDS) was 

initiated as the next step in the design 

process to further refine potential 

alternatives under consideration. From 

the PDS process, viable alternatives 

were further refined into the Proposed 

Action analyzed within this Draft EIS, 

in collaboration with the Grand Portage 

Band, who is serving as a Cooperating 

Agency for this EIS. 

GSA has prepared this Draft EIS for 

the purpose of analyzing the potential 

environmental, cultural, and economic 

impacts resulting from the Proposed 

Action to modernize and expand the 

existing Grand Portage LPOE. 

Alternatives Under Consideration 

The Proposed Action would comprise 

of modernization and expansion of 

existing Grand Portage LPOE facilities 

as described in the PDS. The Proposed 

Action includes removal of all existing 

Grand Portage LPOE buildings and 

replacement with new facilities in a 

new site configuration. GSA would 

replace the Grand Portage LPOE with a 

modernized facility on an expanded 

footprint, expanding the existing 5.7- 

acre operational area to a total 

operational area of approximately 10.4 

acres. The Proposed Action would also 

include upgrades to the electrical 

distribution system leading to the LPOE 

by installing a 7.3-mile buried threephase power line within Arrowhead 

Cooperative’s existing utility right-ofway along the western side of Highway 

61. GSA also considered the No Action 

Alternative, which assumes that GSA 

would not expand or modernize the 

Grand Portage LPOE or install the threephase power line. 

The purpose of the Proposed Action 

is for GSA to support CBP’s mission by 

modernizing and expanding the Grand 

Portage LPOE. The existing LPOE 

facilities and their configuration do not 

meet CBP’s current needs and do not 

allow for expeditious and safe 

inspection of the traveling public. The 

deficiencies fall into two broad 

categories: deficiencies in the overall 

site layout and substandard building 

conditions. Therefore, in order to bring 

the Grand Portage LPOE operations in 

line with design standards and 

operational requirements, 

implementation of the Proposed Action 

is needed to (1) address space 

constraints and inefficient traffic flows; 

(2) shorten and expedite vehicle 

processing time, to include improving 

daily commutes across the U.S.-Canada 

border; (3) decrease congestion and long 

wait times during the peak travel 

season; (4) allow CBP to process a 

higher volume of vehicles traveling to 

and from Canada, to include further 

accommodation of potential future 

spikes in travelers crossing the U.S.- 

Canada border; and (5) provide a wider 

single lane for large semi-trucks hauling 

wind turbine components from Canada. 

The Draft EIS addresses the potential 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

alternatives on environmental resources 

including geologic resources, water 

resources, biological resources, air 

quality and climate change, noise, traffic 

and transportation, land use and visual 

resources, infrastructure and utilities, 

socioeconomics, cultural resources, 

human health and safety, and 

environmental justice and protection of 

children. Based on the analysis 

presented in the Draft EIS, impacts to all 

resource areas would be less-thansignificant (i.e., negligible, minor, or 

moderate) adverse or beneficial. Impact 

reduction measures are presented in the 

Draft EIS to reduce potential adverse 

effects. 

GSA is currently undergoing formal 

consultation with the Tribal Historic 

Preservation Officer (THPO) to follow 

coordination procedures as required 

under Section 106 of the NHPA to 

determine impacts to historic 

properties. Mitigation measures may be 

determined in consultation between 

GSA, the THPO, and applicable 

consulting parties. 

Under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA), GSA is coordinating with 

USFWS per Section 7 requirements to 

determine effects to federally protected 

species. GSA has determined there 

would be no adverse effects to federally 

threatened or endangered species with 

implementation of impact avoidance 

measures. GSA’s findings and 

correspondence with USFWS to date are 

incorporated in the Draft EIS. 

William Renner, 

Director, Facilities Management and Services 

Programs Division, Great Lakes Region 5, U.S. 

General Services Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifiers: CMS–10520] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on CMS’ intention to collect 


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information from the public. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information (including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information) and to allow 

60 days for public comment on the 

proposed action. Interested persons are 

invited to send comments regarding our 

burden estimates or any other aspect of 

this collection of information, including 

the necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions, 

the accuracy of the estimated burden, 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected, and the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology to minimize the 

information collection burden. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

December 31, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: When commenting, please 

reference the document identifier or 

OMB control number. To be assured 

consideration, comments and 

recommendations must be submitted in 

any one of the following ways: 

1. Electronically. You may send your 

comments electronically to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) that are accepting 

comments. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address: 

CMS, Office of Strategic Operations 

and Regulatory Affairs, Division of 

Regulations Development, Attention: 

Document Identifier/OMB Control 

Number: l, Room C4–26–05, 7500 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

To obtain copies of a supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed collection(s) summarized in 

this notice, please access the CMS PRA 

website by copying and pasting the 

following web address into your web 

browser: https://www.cms.gov/ 

Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William N. Parham at (410) 786–4669. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Contents 

This notice sets out a summary of the 

use and burden associated with the 

following information collections. More 

detailed information can be found in 

each collection’s supporting statement 

and associated materials (see 

ADDRESSES). 

CMS–10520 Marketplace Quality 

Standards 

Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), Federal agencies must obtain 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is 

defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) and includes agency requests 

or requirements that members of the 

public submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to a third party. 

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA 

requires Federal agencies to publish a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information, before 

submitting the collection to OMB for 

approval. To comply with this 

requirement, CMS is publishing this 

notice. 

Information Collections 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Marketplace 

Quality Standards; Use: The Patient 

Protection and Affordable Care Act 

establishes requirements to support the 

delivery of quality health care coverage 

for health insurance issuers offering 

QHPs in Exchanges. Section 1311(c)(3) 

of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

Care Act directs the Secretary to 

develop a system to rate QHPs on the 

basis of quality and price and requires 

Exchanges to display this quality rating 

information on their respective 

websites. Section 1311(c)(4) of the 

Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

Act requires the Secretary to develop an 

enrollee satisfaction survey system to 

assess enrollee experience with each 

QHP (with more than 500 enrollees in 

the previous year) offered through an 

Exchange. Section 1311(h) requires 

QHPs to contract with certain hospitals 

that meet specific patient safety and 

health care quality standards beginning 

January 1, 2015. 

This collection of information is 

necessary to provide adequate and 

timely health care quality information 

for consumers, regulators, and 

Exchanges in the initial years of 

Exchange implementation. It is also 

necessary to collect information to 

appropriately monitor and provide a 

process for a survey vendor to appeal 

HHS’ decision to not approve a QHP 

Enrollee Survey vendor application. 

Form Number: CMS–10114 (OMB 

control number: 0938–1249); Frequency: 

Annually; Affected Public: Public sector 

(Individuals and Households), Private 

sector (Business or other for-profits and 

Not-for-profit institutions); Number of 

Respondents: 380; Total Annual 

Responses: 380; Total Annual Hours: 

138,112. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Preeti Hands at 

301–492–5144.) 

William N. Parham III, 

Director, Division of Information Collections 

and Regulatory Impacts, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10398 #86] 

Medicaid and Children’s Health 

Insurance Program (CHIP) Generic 

Information Collection Activities: 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On May 28, 2010, the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

issued Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

guidance related to the ‘‘generic’’ 

clearance process. Generally, this is an 

expedited process by which agencies 

may obtain OMB’s approval of 

collection of information requests that 

are ‘‘usually voluntary, low-burden, and 

uncontroversial collections,’’ do not 

raise any substantive or policy issues, 

and do not require policy or 

methodological review. The process 

requires the submission of an 

overarching plan that defines the scope 

of the individual collections that would 

fall under its umbrella. This Federal 

Register notice seeks public comment 

on one or more of our collection of 

information requests that we believe are 

generic and fall within the scope of the 

umbrella. Interested persons are invited 

to submit comments regarding our 

burden estimates or any other aspect of 

this collection of information, 

including: the necessity and utility of 

the proposed information collection for 

the proper performance of the agency’s 

functions, the accuracy of the estimated 

burden, ways to enhance the quality, 

utility and clarity of the information to 

be collected, and the use of automated 


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