Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 196 / Wednesday, October 10, 2012 / Notices 61643 

Cooperating Agency Actions 

The PFRR EIS will serve as a 

decision-making tool not only for NASA 

but also for its two Federal Cooperating 

Agencies, BLM and USFWS. Directly 

north of the PFRR facility are its 

downrange flight zones, over which 

rockets are launched and within which 

spent stages and payloads impact the 

ground. Within these flight zones are 

BLM’s Steese National Conservation 

Area and White Mountain National 

Recreational Area, and the USFWSmanaged Arctic and Yukon Flats 

National Wildlife Refuges. Historically, 

the managing entities have issued UAF 

annual or multi-year special-use 

authorizations and agreements for 

impact of rockets and recovery 

operations on these lands. 

BLM and USFWS are currently 

considering if and how future 

authorizations for rocket landing and 

recovery would be issued for the 

properties under their management. As 

such, the DEIS considers the effects of 

each agency’s respective permitting 

actions. 

Alternatives 

The DEIS evaluates the environmental 

consequences of five alternative means 

for continuing sounding rocket launches 

at PFRR. The alternatives differ 

primarily in the level of effort that 

would be exerted to locate and recover 

past and future launch related items in 

downrange lands. Two alternatives also 

include a restriction on planning rocket 

motor or payload impacts within 

designated Wild or Scenic Rivers. 

Public Meetings 

NASA and its Cooperating Agencies 

plan to hold public meetings in Alaska 

to discuss the SRP at PFRR and to solicit 

comments on the DEIS. 

The public meetings are currently 

scheduled for: 

—Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at the 

USFWS Alaska Regional Office, 

Gordon Watson Conference Room, 

1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, 

Alaska, 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. 

—Thursday, October 25, 2012, at the 

BLM Fairbanks District Office, 1150 

University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska, 

6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. 

Times and locations of additional 

meetings, particularly those with 

interior Villages, will be coordinated 

with the respective governing bodies 

and published locally as they are 

scheduled. NASA will consider all 

comments received in developing its 

Final EIS; comments received and 

responses to comments will be included 

in the Final document. In conclusion, 

written public input on environmental 

issues and concerns associated with 

NASA’s SRP launches at PFRR are 

hereby requested. 

Olga M. Dominguez, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Strategic 

Infrastructure. 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Council on the Arts 177th 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Arts, National Foundation on the Arts 

and the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10 (a)(2) 

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), as amended, notice is 

hereby given that a meeting of the 

National Council on the Arts will be 

held at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20506. Agenda times are 

approximate. 

DATES: October 26, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 

11:30 a.m. in Room M–09. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Office of Public Affairs, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506, at 202/682–5570. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting, on Friday, October 26th, will 

be open to the public on a space 

available basis. The meeting will begin 

with opening remarks, swearing in of 

new Council member Paul W. Hodes, 

and voting on recommendations for 

funding and rejection and guidelines, 

followed by updates by the Chairman. 

There will also be the following 

presentations: from 9:45 a.m. to 10:30 

a.m.—London Cultural Olympiad/2012 

Summer Olympics Presentation 

(Elizabeth Streb, Director of STREB Lab 

for Action Mechanics); from 10:30 a.m. 

to 11 a.m.—NEA/Bureau of Economic 

Analysis Partnership Presentation 

(David Wasshausen, Division Chief, U.S. 

Department of Commerce/Bureau of 

Economic Analysis); from 11 a.m. to 

11:15 a.m.—Media Arts Presentation 

(Sue Schardt, Executive Director of The 

Association of Independents in Radio); 

11:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.—concluding 

remarks and voting results. The meeting 

will adjourn at 11:30 a.m. 

For information about webcasting of 

the open session of this meeting, go to 

the Podcasts, Webcasts, & Webinars tab 

at www.arts.gov. 

If, in the course of the open session 

discussion, it becomes necessary for the 

Council to discuss non-public 

commercial or financial information of 

intrinsic value, the Council will go into 

closed session pursuant to subsection 

(c)(4) of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b, and in 

accordance with the February 15, 2012 

determination of the Chairman. 

Additionally, discussion concerning 

purely personal information about 

individuals, such as personal 

biographical and salary data or medical 

information, may be conducted by the 

Council in closed session in accordance 

with subsection (c)(6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Any interested persons may attend, as 

observers, Council discussions and 

reviews that are open to the public. If 

you need special accommodations due 

to a disability, please contact the Office 

of Accessibility, National Endowment 

for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20506, 202/682– 

5733, Voice/TTY 202/682–5496, at least 

seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: October 4, 2012. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and 

Panel Operations. 

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Arts Advisory Panel Meeting 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Arts, National Foundation on the Arts 

and Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), as amended, notice is 

hereby given that sixteen meetings of 

the Arts Advisory Panel to the National 

Council on the Arts will be held at the 

Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506 as 

follows (ending times are approximate): 

Arts Education (application review): 

In room 627. This meeting will be 

closed. 

Dates: October 29–30, 2012; 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m. EDT each day. 

Design (application review): In room 

714. This meeting will be closed. 

Dates: October 30, 2012; 9 a.m. to 5:30 

p.m. EDT. 

Design (application review): In room 

714. This meeting will be closed. 

Dates: November 1, 2012, from 9 a.m. 

to 5:30 p.m. EDT. 

Opera (application review): In room 

716. This meeting will be closed. 


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