Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 212 / Wednesday, November 2, 2011 / Notices 67671 

Environmental Policies and Procedures 

(7 CFR part 1794). 

Because the proposed Project may 

involve action in floodplains or 

wetlands, this NOI also serves as a 

notice of proposed floodplain or 

wetland action. The EIS will include a 

floodplain/wetland assessment and, if 

required, a floodplain/wetland 

statement of findings will be issued 

with the Final EIS. 

Agency Responsibilities: RUS is 

serving as the lead Federal agency, as 

defined at 40 CFR 1501.5, for 

preparation of the EIS. With this notice, 

Native American Tribes and agencies 

with jurisdiction or special expertise are 

invited to be cooperating agencies. Such 

tribes or agencies may make a request to 

RUS to be a cooperating agency by 

contacting Mr. Rankin. Designated 

cooperating agencies have certain 

responsibilities to support the NEPA 

process, as specified at 40 CFR 

1501.6(b). 

Environmental Issues: This notice is 

to inform agencies and the public of 

RUS’ federal action, and the proposed 

Project, and to solicit comments and 

suggestions for consideration in 

preparing the EIS. To help the public 

frame its comments, this notice contains 

a list of potential environmental issues 

that RUS has tentatively identified for 

analysis. These issues include: 

1. Impacts on protected, threatened, 

endangered, or sensitive species of 

animals or plants; 

2. Impacts on avian and bat species; 

3. Impacts on land use, recreation, 

and transportation; 

4. Impacts on cultural resources or 

historic properties and tribal values; 

5. Impacts on human health and 

safety; 

6. Impacts on air, soil, and water 

resources (including air quality and 

surface water impacts); 

7. Visual impacts; and 

8. Socioeconomic impacts and 

whether there would be any 

disproportionately high and adverse 

impacts to minority and low-income 

populations. 

This list is not intended to be allinclusive or to imply any 

predetermination of impacts. 

Environmental issues associated with 

the action of RUS, and Basin Electric’s 

proposed Project will be addressed 

separately in the EIS. RUS invites 

interested parties to suggest specific 

issues within these general categories, 

or other issues not included above, to be 

considered in the EIS. 

Public Participation: Public 

participation and full disclosure are 

planned for the entire EIS process. The 

EIS process will include open-house 

public scoping meetings and a scoping 

comment period to solicit comments 

from interested parties; consultation and 

involvement with appropriate Federal, 

State, local, and tribal governmental 

agencies; public review and a hearing 

on the draft EIS; publication of a final 

EIS; and publication of a Record of 

Decision. Expected EIS completion date 

is December 2013. Additional informal 

public meetings may be held in the 

proposed Project areas, if public interest 

and issues indicate a need; if additional 

public meeting are determined to be 

necessary public notices will be 

published as appropriate. 

RUS will hold open-house public 

scoping meetings in Williston, North 

Dakota, and Killdeer, North Dakota as 

noted above. The time and locations of 

these meetings will be well advertised 

in local media outlets a minimum of 15 

days prior to the time of the meetings. 

Attendees are welcome to come and go 

at their convenience and to speak oneon-one with Project representatives and 

agency staff. The public will have the 

opportunity to provide written 

comments at the meeting. In addition, 

attendees may provide written 

comments by letter, fax, email. 

The public scoping period begins 

with publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register and closes December 2, 

2011. To be considered in defining the 

scope of the EIS, comments should be 

received by the end of the scoping 

period. 

Dated: October 27, 2011. 

Mark Plank, 

Director, Engineering and Environmental 

Staff, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–28309 Filed 11–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Connecticut, District of 

Columbia, Maine, Maryland, 

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New 

Jersey, and Pennsylvania Advisory 

Committees 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a webinar briefing meeting 

of the Connecticut, District of Columbia, 

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New 

Hampshire, New Jersey, and 

Pennsylvania State Advisory 

Committees will convene on Monday, 

November 14, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. 

(E.S.T.). The briefing will be at 

Commission Headquarters, 624 9th 

Street NW., Room 540, Washington, DC 

20425. The purpose of the meeting is to 

receive a briefing from experts on 

Human Trafficking. 

Those who are unable to attend the 

briefing at the Commission 

Headquarters in person may join 

through an Internet connection. Please 

contact the Eastern Regional Office for 

details on the internet connection by 

calling (202) 376–7533 or by email at 

ero@usccr.gov. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by Monday, December 5, 

2011. The address is Eastern Regional 

Office, 624 9th Street NW., Suite 740, 

Washington, DC 20425. Persons wishing 

to email their comments, or who desire 

additional information should contact 

the Eastern Regional Office at (202) 376– 

7533 or by email to: ero@usccr.gov. 

People seeking disability 

accommodations should contact the 

Eastern Regional Office at least five (5) 

working days before the scheduled 

meeting date. 

Records generated from this briefing 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Eastern Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

webinar. Persons interested in the work 

of these advisory committees are 

advised to go to the Commission’s Web 

site, http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact 

the Eastern Regional Office at the above 

email or street address. 

The briefing will be conducted 

pursuant to the rules and regulations of 

the Commission and FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, on October 27, 

2011. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2011–28383 Filed 11–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1795] 

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; 

VF Jeanswear, (Apparel Distribution), 

Mocksville, NC 

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act 

provides for ‘‘* * * the establishment 


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