10038 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 44 / Monday, March 9, 2009 / Notices 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Federal Register Notice Requesting 

Nominations for the Subcommittee on 

Convergence in Agricultural 

Commodity Markets Under the 

Agricultural Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice requesting nominations 

for the Subcommittee on Convergence 

in Agricultural Commodity Markets 

under the Agricultural Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (CFTC or 

Commission) is calling for nominations 

to the Subcommittee on Convergence in 

Agricultural Commodity Markets 

(Subcommittee on Convergence or 

Subcommittee) under the auspices of 

the Agricultural Advisory Committee. 

The Subcommittee on Convergence was 

established to identify the causes of 

poor cash-futures convergence in select 

agricultural commodity markets and 

advise the Commission on actions to 

remedy the situation. Nominations are 

sought for highly qualified 

representatives from government 

agencies, industry, exchanges, and 

groups representing interests or 

organizations involved with or affected 

by the convergence issues. Individuals 

seeking to be nominated to the 

Subcommittee on Convergence should 

possess demonstrable expertise in a 

related field or represent a stakeholder 

of interest in the issue. Prospective 

nominees should be open to 

participating in an open public-private 

forum. 

DATES: The final deadline for 

nominations is 14 days from the 

publication date of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to Andrei Kirilenko, Office of the Chief 

Economist, U.S. Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20581. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrei Kirilenko, (202) 418–5587; fax: 

(202) 418–5660; e-mail: 

akirilenko@cftc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Subcommittee on Convergence will 

conduct at least three sessions: On the 

causes, potential remedies, and 

suggested actions to remedy poor 

convergence. The sessions will be held 

during the first half of 2009 either in 

person or via telephone and will be 

open to the public. The Subcommittee 

will present a report with its findings 

and recommendations to the members 

of the Agricultural Advisory Committee 

and the Commission, at which time the 

Commission and Chair of the 

Agricultural Advisory Committee will 

determine what further actions warrant 

consideration. Subcommittee 

participants will not be compensated or 

reimbursed for travel and per diem 

expenses. 

Each nomination submission should 

include the proposed member’s name 

and organizational affiliation; a brief 

description of the nominee’s 

qualifications and interest in serving on 

the Subcommittee on Convergence; the 

organization, group, or government 

agency the nominee would represent on 

the subcommittee; and the curriculum 

vitae or resume of the nominee. Selfnominations are acceptable. The 

following contact information should 

accompany each submission: The 

nominee’s name, address, phone 

number, fax number, and e-mail address 

if available. 

There are no capital costs and no 

operating or maintenance costs 

associated with this notice. 

Dated: March 3, 2009. 

David Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–4952 Filed 3–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Availability of Draft Guidance 

Regarding Which Children’s Products 

Are Subject to the Requirements of 

CPSIA Section 108; Correction 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission published a document in 

the Federal Register of February 23, 

2009, concerning a request for 

comments on a Notice of Availability of 

Draft Guidance Regarding Which 

Children’s Products are Subject to the 

Requirements of CPSIA Section 108. 

The document omitted a Web site link. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Todd Stevenson, 301–504–6836. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of February 

23, 2009, in FR Doc. E9–3808, on page 

8060, in the third column, at the end of 

the sentence at paragraph O., correct the 

Web site link to read: Web site 

(http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/ 

phthalatesop.pdf) 

Dated: March 3, 2009. 

Todd Stevenson, 

Director, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–4947 Filed 3–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft and Final 

Second Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement for Reach 1A on the 

Herbert Hoover Dike Major 

Rehabilitation Project, Martin and Palm 

Beach Counties 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of the project is 

to reconstruct and rehabilitate Reach 1A 

of the Herbert Hoover Dike to prevent 

catastrophic failure of the system to 

retain the waters of Lake Okeechobee. 

On July 8 2005, the Jacksonville District, 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) 

issued a Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(FSEIS) for the Major Rehabilitation 

actions proposed for Herbert Hoover 

Dike (HHD), Reach One. Herbert Hoover 

Dike is the levee that completely 

surrounds Lake Okeechobee. On 

September 23, 2005, a Record of 

Decision was signed adopting the 

preferred alternative as the Selected 

Plan for Reach One. 

As plans and specifications were 

developed for Reach 1, it became 

apparent that the cut-off wall with 

seepage berm alternative would not 

work for all of Reach 1. The alternative 

for Reach 1A will be a combination of 

one or more of the following features 

dependent on the geology and adjacent 

land factors with the cut-off wall: 

Seepage Berm, Relief Trench, Soil 

Replacement Wedge, Relief Wells, 

Drainage Feature and Sand Columns. 

Reach 1A of the HHD extends for 

approximately 4.6 miles within Martin 

and Palm Beach Counties, from the St. 

Lucie Canal at Port Mayaca, south to the 

10A culvert. The final full design of the 

cutoff wall and landside rehabilitation 

feature will include lands outside of the 

existing ROW. Therefore it is necessary 

to update the July 2005 SEIS for Reach 

1A to include these new landside 

rehabilitation features and any impacts 

to lands outside of the existing ROW. 

Two separate draft and final SEIS’s will 

be developed for the four Subreaches: 

An SEIS for Subreach 1A will be 

completed first and a second SEIS for 


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1Ricciuti, A.E., St. Pierre, R.G., Lee, W., Parsad, 

A. & Rimdzius, T. Third National Even Start 

Evaluation: Follow-Up Findings From the 

Experimental Design Study. U.S. Department of 

Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National 

Center for Education Evaluation and Regional 

Assistance. Washington, DC: 2004. p. 8–9. 

Subreaches 1B, 1C, and 1D will be 

completed when designs (anticipated 

late 2009) are available. This study is a 

cooperative effort between the Corps 

and the South Florida Water 

Management District (SFWMD). 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Planning Division, 

Environmental Branch, P.O. Box 4970, 

Jacksonville, FL 32232–0019. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

William Porter at (904) 232–3206 or email at 

William.L.Porter2@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: a. The 

proposed action will be the selected 

plan described in the July 2005 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) with the additional 

action of implementing the landside 

rehabilitation features as needed based 

on geology and adjacent land factors. 

The proposed action will not affect the 

Regulation Schedule for Lake 

Okeechobee. Land may have to be 

acquired outside of the existing right-ofway (ROW) and this SEIS will account 

for any impacts that result due to 

acquisition of additional real estate. 

b. Alternatives to be considered 

separately for each subdivision of Reach 

1 are dependent upon the geology and 

adjacent land factors with the cut-off 

wall. Reach 1 is divided into Subreaches 

A, B, C and D. The alternatives to be 

implemented include one or more of the 

following features: Seepage Berm, Relief 

Trench, Soil Replacement Wedge, Relief 

Wells, Sand Column and Drainage 

Feature. 

c. A scoping letter will be used to 

invite comments on alternatives and 

issues from Federal, State, and local 

agencies, affected Indian tribes, and 

other interested private organizations 

and individuals. A scoping letter was 

sent in October 2007 in anticipation of 

writing a single EIS for Reach 1. An 

additional scoping letter will be sent out 

in March 2009 to address the change in 

the process of completing the Reach 1 

Environmental Impact Statements. A 

scoping meeting is not anticipated. 

d. A public meeting will be held after 

release of each of the Draft Second 

Supplemental EIS’s. The public meeting 

is anticipated to be held in late 2009 for 

Reach 1A in Clewiston, FL. The exact 

location, date, and times will be 

announced in a public notice and local 

newspapers. 

e. A Major Rehabilitation Evaluation 

Report (MRR) was approved by 

Congress in the Water Resources 

Development Act (WRDA) 2000 that 

addressed the need to repair the aging 

dike. 

Dated: February 23, 2009. 

Eric P. Summa, 

Chief, Environmental Branch. 

[FR Doc. E9–4931 Filed 3–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education; Overview Information; 

William F. Goodling Even Start Family 

Literacy Programs—Grants for 

Federally Recognized Indian Tribes 

and Tribal Organizations 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2009. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.258A. 

DATES: Applications Available: March 9, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 4, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The William F. 

Goodling Even Start Family Literacy 

Programs (Even Start), including the 

grants for Indian tribes and Tribal 

organizations, are intended to help 

break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy 

by improving the educational 

opportunities of low-income families by 

integrating early childhood education, 

adult literacy or adult basic education, 

and parenting education into a unified 

family literacy program. These programs 

are implemented through cooperative 

activities that: Build on high-quality 

existing community resources to create 

a new range of educational services; 

promote the academic achievement of 

children and adults; assist children and 

adults from low-income families in 

achieving challenging State content and 

student achievement standards; and use 

instructional programs based on 

scientifically based reading research and 

addressing the prevention of reading 

difficulties for children and adults, to 

the extent such research is available. A 

description of the required 15 program 

elements for which funds must be used 

is included in the application package. 

Priorities: Under this competition we 

are particularly interested in 

applications that address the following 

priorities. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2009 

and any subsequent year in which we 

make awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, these 

priorities are invitational priorities. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not 

give an application that meets these 

invitational priorities a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1—Intensity 

Applications that propose to operate 

full-time programs of high intensity that 

offer a minimum of the following hours 

in each of the following four core 

instructional components: 

• Adult Education—60 hours per 

month. 

• Early Childhood Education (birth 

through 3 years of age)—60 hours per 

month. 

• Early Childhood Education (3 to 4 

years of age)—65 hours per month. 

• Parenting Education and Interactive 

Literacy Activities between Parents and 

Children—20 hours per month. 

Scientifically based research on 

increasing the effectiveness of early 

childhood education programs serving 

children from low-income families tells 

us that children who participate more 

intensively in early childhood 

education score higher on standardized 

literacy measures. For example, the 

Third National Even Start Evaluation: 

Program Impacts and Implications for 

Improvement showed that ‘‘children 

who participated more intensively in 

early childhood education scored higher 

on standardized literacy skills. Further, 

parents who participate more 

intensively in parenting education have 

children who score higher on 

standardized literacy measures.’’ \1\ In 

other words, children who spend more 

time in high-quality early childhood 

education programs learn more than 

children who spend less time in those 

programs. The purpose of this 

invitational priority is to encourage 

family literacy programs supported with 

Even Start funds to provide services that 

are of a sufficient intensity to maximize 

language and early literacy gains for 

children enrolled in those programs.1

Invitational Priority 2—Early Childhood 

Education Services in a Group Setting 

Applications that propose to offer 

center-based early childhood education 

services. 

The research in early childhood 

education, such as the Third National 

Even Start Evaluation, shows that 

educational services for young children 

that are provided in a center are more 

likely to be intensive and, therefore, 

more likely to result in significant 


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