9088 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 39 / Monday, March 2, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Availability for the Final 

Program Environmental Impact 

Statement/ Environmental Impact 

Report for the San Diego Creek 

Watershed Special Area Management 

Plan/Watershed Streambed Alteration 

Agreement Process, Orange County, 

CA 

AGENCY: Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969 (as amended), the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los 

Angeles District, Regulatory Division 

(Corps), in coordination with the 

California Department of Fish and 

Game, Habitat Conservation Branch, 

South Coast Region (Department), has 

completed a Final Program 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) 

(Volume III—Evaluation of and 

Response to Comments/Errata) for the 

Special Area Management Plan/ 

Watershed Streambed Alteration 

Agreement (SAMP/WSAA) Process for 

the San Diego Creek Watershed, Orange 

County, California. The SAMP/WSAA 

Process establishes alternative 

permitting procedures for projects 

within the San Diego Creek Watershed 

that would alter the bed, bank, or 

channel of rivers, streams, and lakes and 

associated riparian habitats under the 

Department’s jurisdiction, and discharge 

dredged or fill material into waters of 

the United States subject to the Corps 

jurisdiction. The SAMP/WSAA Process 

permitting procedures will improve the 

Corps and the Department’s ability to 

evaluate such projects, as compared to 

the process each agency would normally 

follow in permitting such projects on a 

case-by-case basis. 

The SAMP is comprised of the 

following four elements: an Analytical 

Framework that characterizes aquatic 

resource conditions for the San Diego 

Creek Watershed; modified watershedspecific permitting processes, including 

watershed-specific and resource-based 

permitting protocols and a mitigation 

framework; a Strategic Mitigation Plan 

that is based upon a riparian ecosystem 

restoration plan for the Watershed; and 

a Mitigation Coordination Program to 

achieve implementation of the Strategic 

Mitigation Plan and foster a coordinated 

approach to aquatic resource 

management in the San Diego Creek 

Watershed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions or comments concerning the 

Final Program EIS/EIR should be 

directed to Ms. Corice Farrar, SAMP 

Project Manager, Regulatory Division, 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los 

Angeles District, P.O. Box 532711, 915 

Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 

90053–2325, (213) 452–3296. 

Alternatively, comments can be 

submitted electronically to 

Corice.J.Farrar@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bound 

copies of the Final Program EIS/EIR will 

be made available to the public for 

review at the following library reference 

desks: University of California at Irvine, 

Langson Library (Irvine, California); 

Newport Beach Central Library 

(Newport Beach, California); Heritage 

Park Regional Library (Irvine, 

California); and Santa Ana Public 

Library (Santa Ana, California). A CD 

copy of the document may be obtained 

by contacting Ms. Farrar in writing at 

the address or e-mail above. Interested 

parties are invited to provide their 

comments on the Final Program EIS/ 

EIR; such comments will to become a 

part of the official record and 

considered in the final decision. Written 

comments must be received on or before 

March 27, 2009 and should be 

submitted to the contact listed above. A 

Record of Decision (ROD) will be issued 

by the Corps no earlier than 30 days 

after this Notice of Availability. The 

Department intends prepare its findings, 

certify the Final Program EIS/EIR after 

the Corps issues its ROD, and issue a 

Notice of Determination. The 30-day 

NEPA review period and the CEQA 10- 

day waiting period shall run 

concurrently. 

David J. Castanon, 

Chief, Regulatory Division, U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 

[FR Doc. E9–4332 Filed 2–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: An emergency review has been 

requested in accordance with the Act 

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507(j)), since public 

harm is reasonably likely to result if 

normal clearance procedures are 

followed. Approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) has 

been requested by March 2, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the emergency review should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: OMB Desk Officer, 

Department of Education, Office of 

Management and Budget; 725 17th 

Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Director of OMB provide 

interested Federal agencies and the 

public an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) may amend or waive the 

requirement for public consultation to 

the extent that public participation in 

the approval process would defeat the 

purpose of the information collection, 

violate State or Federal law, or 

substantially interfere with any agency’s 

ability to perform its statutory 

obligations. The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, 

publishes this notice containing 

proposed information collection 

requests at the beginning of the 

Departmental review of the information 

collection. Each proposed information 

collection, grouped by office, contains 

the following: (1) Type of review 

requested, e.g., new, revision, extension, 

existing or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) 

Summary of the collection; (4) 

Description of the need for, and 

proposed use of, the information; (5) 

Respondents and frequency of 

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or 

Recordkeeping burden. ED invites 

public comment. 

The Department of Education is 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following issues: (1) Is 

this collection necessary to the proper 

functions of the Department; (2) will 

this information be processed and used 

in a timely manner, (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

Department enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected, and (5) how might the 

Department minimize the burden of this 

collection on respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 


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