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impacts to the aquatic environment outside of the right-of-way, alternatives utilizing alternative practices, and other reasonable alternatives that will be developed through the project scoping process which may also meet the identified purpose and need.

5. Public Involvement. The purpose of the public scoping process is to determine relevant issues that will influence the scope of the environmental analysis and EIS alternatives. General concerns in the following categories have been identified to date: potential direct effects to waters of the United States including wetlands; water quality; aquatic species; air quality; environmental justice; socioeconomic environment; archaeological and cultural resources; recreation and recreational resources; energy supply and natural resources; hazardous waste and materials; aesthetics; public health and safety; navigation; erosion and accretion; invasive species; cumulative impacts; public benefit and needs of the people along with potential effects on the human environment. All parties who express interest will be given an opportunity to participate in the

process.

6. Coordination. The proposed action is being coordinated with a number of Federal, State, regional and local agencies including but not limited to the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States (U.S.) Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Texas General Land Office, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Other agencies, including the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge, Texas Water Development Board, and the Texas Department of Transportation, may also comment during the scoping process.

7. Availability of the Draft EIS. The Corps currently expects the Draft EIS to be made available to the public by December 2011. A public scoping meeting will be held at the Dayton Community Center in Dayton, Texas. The Corps will announce the public scoping meeting through local news media and the Corps’ webpage at http:// www.swg.usace.army.mil/reg at least 15 days prior to the first meeting.

Brenda S. Bowen, Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011–12912 Filed 5–24–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3720–58–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE** 

**Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers** 

**Withdrawal of Notice of Intent To Prepare a Programmatic**  **Environmental Impact Statement for the Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery**  **Project, Virginia & Maryland**

**AGENCY :**  Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

**ACTION :**  Notice of intent; withdrawal.

**SUMMARY :**  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Baltimore and Norfolk Districts published a notice of intent (NOI) (74 FR 47927) for the Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery, MD and VA study on September 18, 2009. That NOI announced that the Corps Baltimore and Norfolk Districts would prepare a single, integrated Native Oyster Restoration Master Plan (master plan) and programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) for native oyster recovery in the entire Chesapeake Bay (inclusive of both Maryland and Virginia) and that the document would be tiered to the Programmatic EIS for Oyster Restoration in Chesapeake Bay Including the Use of a Native and/or Nonnative Oyster. In August 2009, the record of decision for Oyster Restoration in Chesapeake Bay including the Use of a Native and/or Non-Native Species was signed. The preferred alternative identified in the 2009 PEIS recommends

‘‘using a combination of alternatives that involves only the native Eastern oyster ( Crassostrea virginica ). ’’ Consistent with the preferred alternative, the Corps will expand upon and further develop plans and recommendations for Chesapeake Bay native oyster restoration in the master plan. However since the master plan will not be identifying site-specific construction areas for restoration and the larger issue of oyster restoration Bay-wide, has been reviewed, a PEIS for the master plan is no longer warranted. Therefore, the Corps is withdrawing its NOI to prepare a PEIS.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Ms. Susan Conner, Norfolk District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CENAO–PM–PA, 803 Front Street, Norfolk, VA 23510. E-mail address: Susan.L.Conner@usace.army.mil and phone number: 757–201–7390 or Ms. Anna Compton, Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CENAB–PL–P, P.O, Box 1715, Baltimore, MD 21203. E-mail address: Anna.M.Compton@usace.army.mil and phone number 410–962–4633.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  1. The Baltimore District previously published a NOI (69 FR 68887) for the Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery, MD and VA study on November 26, 2004. That NOI indicated that the Baltimore District would prepare a draft EIS for native oyster ( Crassostrea virginica ) recovery activities within Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay. A second NOI (71 FR 14857) was published for the Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery, MD and VA study on March 24, 2006. That NOI announced that the Corps Baltimore and Norfolk Districts would prepare a single, integrated master plan and PEIS for native oyster recovery in the entire Chesapeake Bay.

2. A third NOI was published on September 18, 2009 (74 FR 47927) to announce that the timing of the master plan/PEIS was delayed so that the document could be tiered to the Programmatic EIS for Oyster Restoration in Chesapeake Bay Including the Use of a Native and/or Nonnative Oyster. In August 2009 the record of decision for Oyster Restoration in Chesapeake Bay including the Use of a Native and/or Non-Native Species was signed. The preferred alternative identified in the PEIS recommends ‘‘using a combination of alternatives that involves only the native Eastern oyster ( Crassostrea virginica ). ’’ Consistent with the preferred alternative, the Corps will expand upon and further develop plans and recommendations for Chesapeake Bay native oyster restoration in the master plan. The master plan will not identify individual, site specific, construction projects. The master plan, instead, will develop a comprehensive approach to oyster restoration and will lay out a road map for a long-term, large-scale restoration of native oysters in the entire Chesapeake Bay. For each area identified for restoration and when Corps appropriations are received, necessary National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents will be prepared to specifically describe the scope, scale, and details of construction of site specific oyster projects. Therefore the Programmatic EIS for Oyster Restoration in Chesapeake Bay Including the Use of a Native and/or Nonnative Oyster prepared in August 2009 is sufficient and appropriate to support the plans laid out in the master plan precluding the need for another PEIS. The master plan will incorporate science, policy, and experience from a number of sources to develop a comprehensive approach to oyster restoration in Maryland and Virginia. All suitable locations and techniques available for native oyster restoration will be identified and explored, and, if


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feasible, will be included in the Master Plan.

3. The master plan will be written in cooperation with the local sponsors, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Virginia Marine Resources Commission.

4. The Corps will conduct public meetings during the public review process for the draft master plan, which is scheduled for the fall of 2011, and will include interested parties throughout the development of the master plan through informational meetings, Web site postings, and other

means.
Amy M. Guise, Chief, Civil Project Development Branch.
[FR Doc. 2011–12916 Filed 5–24–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3720–58–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE**

**Department of the Navy**

**Notice of Availability of Government Owned Inventions; Available for**  **Licensing**

**AGENCY :**  Department of the Navy, DoD.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy. U.S. Patent Number 6,664,915 entitled

‘‘ Identification Friend or Foe System Including Short Range UV Shield ’’ issued on December 16, 2003; U.S. Patent Number 7,661,271 entitled

‘‘ Integrated Electric Gas Turbine ’’ issued on February 16, 2010; U.S. Patent Number 6,600,694 entitled ‘‘Digital Signal Processor Based Torpedo Counter-measure ’’ issued on July 29, 2003; U.S. Patent Number 6,717,525 entitled ‘‘ Tactical Vectoring Equipment (TVE) ’’ issued on April 6, 2004; U.S. Patent Number 6,624,780 entitled ‘‘ False Target Radar Image Generator for Countering Wideband and Imaging Radars ’’ issued on September 11, 2003; U.S. Patent Number 7,725,595 entitled

‘‘Embedded Communications System and Method ’’ issued on May 25, 2010; U.S. Patent Number 7,074,697 entitled

‘‘Doping-assisted Defect Control in Compound Semiconductors ’’ issued on July 11, 2006; U.S. Patent Number 7,675,198 entitled ‘‘ Inductive Pulse Forming Network for High-current, High-power applications ’’ issued on March 9, 2010; U.S. Patent Number 7,627,003 entitled ‘‘Automatic Clock Synchronization and Distribution Circuit for Counter Clock Flow Pipelined Systems ’’ issued on December 1, 2009; U.S. Patent Number 7,811,918 entitled ‘‘Electric Current Induced Liquid Metal Flow and Metallic Conformal Coating of Conductive Templates ’’ issued on October 12, 2010; U.S. Patent Application Number 12/ 987,873 filed on January 20, 2011, Case Number 20090009 entitled ‘‘Data Compression Methods ’’ ; U.S. Provisional Patent Application Number 61/446,770 filed on February 25, 2011, Case Number 20110005 entitled ‘‘Near Lossless Data Compression Method Using Nonuniform Sampling ’’

. **ADDRESSES :**  Requests for copies of the inventions should be directed to Danielle Kuska, Director, Research and Sponsored Programs Office, NPS Code 41, 699 Dyer Road, Bldg. HA, Room 222, Monterey, CA 93943, telephone 831– 656–2099 or e-mail dkuska@nps.edu.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Danielle Kuska, Director, Research and Sponsored Programs Office, NPS Code 41, 699 Dyer Road, Bldg. HA, Room 222, Monterey, CA 93943, telephone 831– 656–2099. Due to U.S. Postal delays, please fax 831–656–2038, e-mail: dkuska@nps.edu or use courier delivery to expedite response.

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404. Dated: May 18, 2011. D.J. Werner, Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011–12924 Filed 5–24–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE**

**Department of the Navy**

**Meeting of the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel** 

**AGENCY :**  Department of the Navy, DoD.

**ACTION :**  Notice of open meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Executive Panel will deliberate on the findings and proposed recommendations of the Navy Expeditionary Organizations and Capabilities Subcommittee study. The meeting will consist of discussions regarding the current and future capabilities and employment of Navy’s expeditionary forces and role in future expeditionary operations.

**DATES :**  The meeting will be held on June 9, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

**ADDRESSES :**  The meeting will be held in the Boardroom at CNA, 4825 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311–
1846. **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  LCDR Don Rauch, CNO Executive Panel, 4825 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311–1846, 703–681–4941.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Individuals or interested groups may submit written statements for consideration by the CNO Executive Panel at any time or in response to the agenda of a scheduled meeting. All requests must be submitted to the Designated Federal Officer at the address detailed below.

If the written statement is in response to the agenda mentioned in this meeting notice then the statement, if it is to be considered by the Panel for this meeting, must be received at least five days prior to the meeting in question.

The Designated Federal Officer will review all timely submissions with the CNO Executive Panel Chairperson, and ensure they are provided to members of the CNO Executive Panel before the meeting that is the subject of this notice.

To contact the Designated Federal Officer, write to Executive Director, CNO Executive Panel (N00K), 4825 Mark Center Drive, 2nd Floor, Alexandria, VA 22311–1846.

Dated: May 18, 2011. D. J. Werner, Lieutenant Commander,Office of the Judge Advocate General,U.S. Navy,Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011–12932 Filed 5–24–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION**

**Notice of Submission for OMB Review**

**AGENCY :**  Department of Education.

**ACTION :**  Comment request.

**SUMMARY :**  The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).

**DATES :**  Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before June 24,
2011.

**ADDRESSES :**  Written comments should be addressed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or e-mailed to oira

_submission@omb.eop.gov with a
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