Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 43 / Friday, March 6, 2009 / Notices 9817 

Application for a Land Use 

Authorization to Construct and 

Operate a Wind Energy Facility, 

Special Use AuthorizationPermit, 

Towns of Searsburg and Readsboro, 

Manchester RangerDistrict, Green 

Mountain National Forest, 

Bennington County, VT. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns with potential 

adverse impacts to the brown bear 

habitat, the range of alternatives and 

comprehensive monitoring and 

mitigation for impacts to brown bear 

and their habitat.Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080439, ERP No. D–BLM– 

L65560–OR, John Day BasinResource 

Management Plan, To Provide 

Direction for ManagingPublic Lands 

in Central and Eastern Oregon, 

Prineville District,Grant, Wheeler, 

Gilliam, Wasco, Sherman, Umatilla, 

Jefferson andMorrow Counties, OR. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns with impacts to 

water quality and quantity, and aquatic 

and riparian resources. We recommend 

incorporating the Alternative 4 grazing 

strategy, and continuation of watershed 

analysis per Alternative 1. The finalEIS 

should further discuss management of 

Reserve ForageAllotments, and Aquatic 

Conservation Strategy related to proper 

functioning condition, management of 

livestock, and water withdrawal.Rating 

EC2. 

EIS No. 20080485, ERP No. D–SFW– 

K99040–NV, Southeastern Lincoln 

County Habitat Conservation Plan, 

Application Package for Three 

Incidental Take Permits, Authorize 

the Take of Desert Tortoise (Gopherus 

agassizii) and Southwestern Willow 

Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 

extimus), Implementation, Lincoln 

County, NV. 

Summary: EPA expressed concerns 

about specific conservation measures. 

EPA requested additional information 

regarding impacts from desert tortoise 

relocation, and establishment of a 

southwestern willow flycatcher habitat 

mitigation bank.Rating EC2. 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20080517, ERP No. F–FHW– 

C50015–NY, Kosciuszko 

BridgeProject, Propose Rehabilitation 

or Replacement a 1.1 mile 

SegmentBrooklyn-Queens Expressway 

(–278) from Morgan Avenue in 

Brooklyn and the Long Island 

Expressway (1495) in Queens, Kings 

andQueens Counties, NY. 

Summary: EPA’s previous concerns 

about air quality have been resolved; 

therefore EPA has no objections to the 

proposed action. 

EIS No. 20080525, ERP No. F–FHW– 

C40173–NJ, I–295/I–76/Route 

42Direct Connection Project, To 

Improve Traffic Safety and 

ReduceTraffic Congestion, Funding 

and U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 

404Permits, Borough of Bellmawr, 

Borough of Mount Ephraim 

andGloucester City, Camden County, 

NJ. 

Summary: EPA’s previous concerns 

about wetlands, air quality and 

stormwater management have been 

resolved; therefore EPA has no objection 

to the proposed action. 

EIS No. 20080541, ERP No. F–UPS– 

K80007–CA, Aliso Viejo 

IncomingMail Facility, Proposed 

Construction and Operation of a 

MailProcessing Facility on a 25-Acre 

Parcel, Aliso Viejo, OrangeCounty, 

CA. 

Summary: While EPA does not object 

to this project, EPA requested that the 

ROD include commitments to the 

mitigation measures discussed in the 

EIS. 

EIS No. 20090006, ERP No. F–MMS– 

B09802–00, Cape Wind EnergyProject, 

Construction, Operation and 

Maintenance, andDecommissioning of 

an Electric Generation Facility, 

Barnstable,Nantucket and Duke 

Counties, MA and Washington 

County, RI. 

Summary: EPA offered comments 

concerning the monitoring and 

mitigation component of the FEIS as 

well as air quality analysis/permitting 

and marine impacts and requested that 

MMS address all substantive comments 

received on the FEIS in the ROD and to 

coordinate closely with relevant state 

and federal agencies during its 

development. 

EIS No. 20090014, ERP No. F–NOA– 

L39065–OR, Bull Run Water Supply 

Habitat Conservation Plan, 

Application for and Incidental Take 

Permit to cover the Continued 

Operation and Maintenance, Sandy 

River Basin, City of Portland, OR. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency. 

EIS No. 20090015, ERP No. F–FHW– 

E40818–TN, TN–397 (Mack Hatcher 

Parkway Extension) Construction 

from US–31 (TN–6, Columbia 

Avenue) South of Franklin to US–341 

(TN–106, Hillsboro Road) North of 

Franklin, Additional Information on 

the Build Alternative (Alternative G), 

Williamson County and City of 

Franklin, TN. 

Summary: EPA’s previous concerns 

have been resolved; therefore EPA has 

no objection with the proposed action. 

Dated: March 3, 2009. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–1399 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 02/23/2009 Through 02/27/2009 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

EIS No. 20090052, Draft EIS, NRS, IA, 

Clarke County Water Supply Project, 

To Construct a Multiple-Purpose 

Structure that Provides for Rural 

Water Supply and Water Based 

Recreational Opportunities, Clarke 

County, IA, Comment Period Ends: 

04/20/2009, Contact: Richard Sim 

515–284–6655. 

EIS No. 20090053, Final Supplement, 

COE, MS, Gulfport Harbor Navigation 

Channel Project, To Evaluate 

Proposed Construction of Authorized 

Improvements to the Gulfport Harbor, 

Harrison County, MS, Wait Period 

Ends: 04/06/2009, Contact: Jennifer 

Jacobson 251–690–2724. 

EIS No. 20090054, Draft EIS, AFS, NV, 

Stanislaus National Forest Motorized 

Travel Management (17305) Plan, 

Implementation, Stanislaus National 

Forest, CA, Comment Period Ends: 

05/05/2009, Contact: Sue Warren 

209–532–3671 Ext. 321. 

EIS No. 20090055, Draft EIS, AFS/BLM, 

CO, Gunnison Basin Federal Lands 

Travel Management Project, To 

Address Travel Management on 

Federal Lands within the Upper 

Gunnison Basin and North Fork 

Valley, Implementation, Gunnison, 

Delta, Hinsdale and Saguache 

Counties, CO, Comment Period Ends: 

06/03/2009, Contact: Gary S. 

Shellhorn 970–874–6666. 

The above EIS is Joint Lead Agencies 

with the U.S. Department of Interior’s 

Bureau of Land Management. 

EIS No. 20090056, Third Draft 

Supplement, TPT, CA, Presidio Trust 

Management Plan (PTMP), Updated 

Information on the Preferred 

Alternative for the Main Post District 

of the Presidio of San Francisco, 

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Implementation, City and County of 

San Francisco, CA, Comment Period 

Ends: 04/20/2009, Contact: John Pelka 

415–561–4183. 

EIS No. 20090057, Draft EIS, AFS, 00, 

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 

Invasive Plants Treatment Project, To 

Protect Native Vegetation by 

Controlling, Containing, or 

Eradicating Invasive Plant, Wallowa, 

Baker, Malheur and Grant Counties , 

OR and Adams and Nez Perce 

Counties, ID , Comment Period Ends: 

04/20/2009, Contact: Gene Yates 541– 

523–1390. 

EIS No. 20090058, Draft EIS, AFS, MT, 

Miller West Fisher Project, Proposes 

Land Management Activities, 

including Timber Harvest, Access 

Management, Road Storage and 

Decommissioning, Prescribed Burning 

and Precommercial Thinning, Miller 

Creek, West Fisher Creek and the 

Silver Butte Fisher River, Libby 

Ranger District, Kootenai National 

Forest, Lincoln County, MT, 

Comment Period Ends: 04/20/2009, 

Contact: Leslie McDougall 406–283– 

7568. 

EIS No. 20090059, Final EIS, NOA, 00, 

PROGRAMMATIC—Marine Mammal 

Health and Stranding Response 

Program (MMHSRP), Day-to-Day 

Operation on Stranding, Response, 

Rehabilitation, Release, and 

Disentanglement Activities, Wait 

Period Ends: 04/06/2009, Contact: 

David Cottingham 301–713–2322. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20080389, Second Draft 

Supplement, AFS, ID, Southwest 

Idaho Ecogroup Land and Resource 

Management Plan, Provide Additional 

Information to Reanalyzes the Effects 

of Current and Proposed Management 

on Rock Mountain Bighorn Sheep 

Viability in the Payette National 

Forest 2003 FEIS, Boise National 

Forest, Payette National Forest and 

Sawtooth National Forest, Forest Plan 

Revision, Implementation, Several 

Counties, ID; Malhaur County, OR 

and Box Elder County, UT, Comment 

Period Ends: 03/16/2009, Contact: 

Patricia Soucek 208–634–0812 

Revision to FR Notice Published 10/ 

03/2008: Extend the comment from 

01/02/2009 to 03/016/2009. 

EIS No. 20090048, Draft EIS, AFS, MT, 

Montanore Project, Proposes to 

Construct a Copper and Silver 

Underground Mine and Associated 

Facilities, Including a New 

Transmission Line, Plan-of-Operation 

Permit, Kootenai National Forest, 

Sanders County, MT, Comment 

Period Ends: 05/28/2009, Contact: 

Bobbie Lacklen 406–283–7681. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 02/ 

27/2009: Correction to Comment Period 

from 04/13/2009 to 05/28/2009. 

Dated: March 3, 2009. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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Sunshine Act Meeting; Revised 

Sunshine Notice; FCC To Hold Open 

Commission Meeting, Thursday, 

March 5, 2009 

March 3, 2009. 

The Federal Communications 

Commission will hold an Open Meeting 

on Thursday, March 5, 2009, which is 

scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. in 

Room TW–C305, at 445 12th Street, 

SW., Washington, DC. (See February 26, 

2009 announcement 74 FR 9244, March 

3, 2009.) 

• The meeting will include 

presentations and discussion by senior 

agency officials as well as industry, 

consumer groups and others involved in 

the Digital Television Transition. 

• Congress has set June 12, 2009 as 

the final deadline for terminating fullpower analog broadcasts. The purpose 

of the meeting is to educate and inform 

the Commission and the public about 

the digital television transition, 

including the partial transition on 

February 17, 2009, when some fullpower broadcast television stations 

stopped broadcasting in analog and 

began broadcasting in digital only. 

Agenda and Witness List 

9:30 a.m. Opening Statements by 

Chairman and Commissioners. 

9:45 a.m. Overview. 

Gary Epstein. 

10 a.m. Panel 1: FCC and NTIA 

Reports on the Events of February 

17, 2009 and Future Plans. 

Eloise Gore, Associate Bureau Chief, 

Media Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission. 

Andrew Martin, Chief Information 

Officer, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

Cathy Seidel, Chief, Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau, 

Federal Communications 

Commission. 

Patrick Webre, Legal Advisor, 

Consumer and Governmental 

Affairs Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission. 

Julius Knapp, Chief, Office of 

Engineering and Technology, 

Federal Communications 

Commission. 

Dr. Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, 

Associate Administrator, Office of 

Telecommunications and 

Information Applications, National 

Telecommunications and 

Information Administration. 

10:45 a.m. Break. 

11 a.m. Panel 2: Industry and 

Consumer Group Reports on the 

Events of February 17, 2009 and 

Future Plans. 

David Rehr, President and CEO, 

National Association of 

Broadcasters. 

Kyle McSlarrow, President and CEO, 

National Cable & 

Telecommunications Association. 

David Donovan, President, MSTV. 

Gene Kimmelman, Vice President for 

Federal and International Affairs, 

Consumers Union. 

Christopher A. McLean, Executive 

Director, Consumer Electronics 

Retailers Coalition. 

Mark Lloyd, Vice President for 

Strategic Initiatives, Leadership 

Conference on Civil Rights and 

Leadership Conference on Civil 

Rights Education Fund. 

Sandy Markwood, Chief Executive 

Officer, National Association of 

Area Agencies on Aging. 

11:45 a.m. Closing Statements/ 

Adjournment. 

The meeting site is fully accessible to 

people using wheelchairs or other 

mobility aids. Sign language 

interpreters, open captioning, and 

assistive listening devices will be 

provided on site. Other reasonable 

accommodations for people with 

disabilities are available upon request. 

Include a description of the 

accommodation you will need. Also 

include a way we can contact you if we 

need more information. Last minute 

requests will be accepted, but may be 

impossible to fill. Send an e-mail to: 

fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202– 

418–0530 (voice), 202–418–0432 (tty). 

Additional information concerning 

this meeting may be obtained from 

Audrey Spivack or David Fiske, Office 

of Media Relations, (202) 418–0500; 

TTY 1–888–835–5322. Audio/Video 

coverage of the meeting will be 

broadcast live with open captioning 

over the Internet from the FCC’s Audio/ 

Video Events Web page at http:// 

www.fcc.gov/realaudio. 

For a fee this meeting can be viewed 

live over George Mason University’s 

Capitol Connection. The Capitol 

Connection also will carry the meeting 

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