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including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Title: General Inquiries to State 

Agency Contacts. 

OMB Number: 1220–0168. 

Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Total Respondents: 54. 

Frequency: As needed. 

Total Responses: 23,890. 

Average Time per Response: 40 

minutes. 

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15,927. 

Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (Operating/ 

Maintenance): $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 18th day of 

March 2009. 

Kimberley D. Hill, 

Acting Chief, Division of Management 

Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice (09–031)] 

National Environmental Policy Act; 

Wallops Flight Facility Shoreline 

Restoration and Infrastructure 

Protection Program 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

and to conduct scoping for the Wallops 

Flight Facility Shoreline Restoration 

and Infrastructure Protection Program 

(SRIPP). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act, as amended, 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for Implementing the 

Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 

Parts 1500–1508), and NASA’s NEPA 

policy and procedures (14 CFR Part 

1216, subpart 1216.3), NASA intends to 

prepare an EIS for the implementation 

of a long-term SRIPP at Wallops Flight 

Facility (WFF). The U.S. Minerals 

Management Service (MMS) and the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk 

District, have been asked to participate 

as Cooperating Agencies as they possess 

both regulatory authority and 

specialized expertise pertaining to the 

Proposed Action. MMS has recently 

accepted NASA’s request and will serve 

as a Cooperating Agency in the 

preparation of this EIS. 

In May 2007, NASA released for 

public comment a Draft Programmatic 

Environmental Assessment for Goddard 

Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight 

Facility, Shoreline Restoration and 

Infrastructure Protection Program. Since 

that time, NASA’s Proposed Action has 

changed and NASA will now prepare an 

EIS for the Proposed Action currently 

under consideration. 

The SRIPP would be implemented to 

restore the Wallops Island shoreline and 

to protect the over $800 million in 

Federal and state assets on Wallops 

Island that are increasingly at risk from 

larger than normal storm events, storm 

waves, and flooding damage. The design 

and implementation of a solution to 

provide Wallops Island infrastructure 

with the necessary protection from both 

storm energy and flooding form the 

basis of the Proposed Action and 

alternatives to be analyzed in the WFF 

SRIPP EIS. The project’s design lifespan 

would be fifty (50) years. The No Action 

Alternative is to not implement the WFF 

SRIPP, but to continue making 

emergency repairs to the Wallops Island 

shoreline as necessary. 

NASA will hold a public scoping 

meeting as part of the NEPA process 

associated with the development of the 

EIS. The public meeting location and 

date identified at this time are provided 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

below. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit comments on environmental 

issues and concerns, preferably in 

writing, on or before May 11, 2009, to 

assure full consideration during the 

scoping process. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted by 

mail should be addressed to 250/NEPA 

Manager, WFF Shoreline Restoration 

and Infrastructure Protection Program, 

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s 

Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, 

Virginia 23337. Comments may be 

submitted via e-mail to wff_shoreline_

eis@majordomo.gsfc.nasa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

WFF Shoreline Restoration and 

Infrastructure Protection Program EIS by 

e-mail addressed to wff_shoreline_eis

@majordomo.gsfc.nasa.gov or by mail 

addressed to 250/NEPA Manager, WFF 

Shoreline Restoration and Infrastructure 

Protection Program, NASA Goddard 

Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight 

Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia 23337. 

Additional information about the WFF 

Shoreline Restoration and Infrastructure 

Protection Program and NASA’s NEPA 

process may be found on the internet at 

http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code250/

shoreline_eis.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: WFF is a 

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 

field installation located in Accomack 

County on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. 

As the oldest active launch range in the 

continental United States and the only 

range completely under NASA 

management, WFF has launched over 

15,000 orbital and suborbital rockets 

since its operations began in the early 

1940s. 

WFF consists of three distinct 

landmasses totaling nearly 2,630 

hectares (6,500 acres)—the Main Base, 

Wallops Mainland, and Wallops Island. 

To meet the safety and technical 

requirements of its various missions, 

many of WFF’s primary launch support 

facilities reside on Wallops Island 

(island) which is located directly on the 

Atlantic Ocean. Even prior to NASA’s 

presence on the island, the landmass 

has been subject to the effects of 

shoreline retreat, with measured losses 

averaging approximately 3.7 meters 

(12.2 feet) per year since 1857. Since the 

early 1960s, NASA has implemented 

several shoreline protection projects on 

the island that have included 

construction of wooden groins 

perpendicular to its shoreline, 

construction of a rock armor seawall 

parallel to its shoreline, and placement 

of dredged material along its shorefront. 

Despite these efforts, the ocean has 

continued to encroach substantially 

toward launch pads, infrastructure, and 

test and training facilities belonging to 

NASA, the U.S. Navy, and the MidAtlantic Regional Spaceport. In calendar 

years 2006 and 2007, NASA prepared a 

Draft SRIPP Programmatic 

Environmental Assessment to assess a 

wide variety of shoreline protection and 

flood control measures on the island. 

After receiving public comment and 

carefully considering the objectives of 

the project, NASA has since modified 

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its Proposed Action and is now 

preparing an EIS. 

At present, the severity of the island’s 

shoreline retreat could cause the 

interruption of missions supported by 

the facility and/or permanent loss of 

capabilities. The SRIPP would help 

reduce the risk to infrastructure on 

Wallops Island by restoring the 

shoreline or providing flood protection 

for infrastructure on the island. 

NASA’s Proposed Action would 

involve an initial construction phase 

with follow-on maintenance cycles. The 

initial construction phase would 

include three distinct elements: 

1. Extending its existing rock seawall 

a maximum of 1,372 meters (4,500 feet) 

south of its southernmost point; 

2. Constructing a rock groin 

perpendicular to the shoreline in the 

vicinity of the island’s southernmost 

property boundary; and 

3. Placing approximately 2,293,664 

cubic meters (three (3) million cubic 

yards [MCY]) of fill material dredged 

from either of two shoals located 

offshore in Federal waters. 

The seawall extension would likely be 

implemented first and would consist of 

the placement of 1.8–3.6 metric ton (two 

(2) to four (4) ton) rocks parallel to the 

island shoreline. Groin construction 

would likely follow seawall extension 

and would involve the placement of 

like-sized rocks perpendicular to the 

shoreline at approximately the point 

where Wallops Island meets 

Assawoman Island. Sand placement 

would be the final stage of the project 

and would likely involve removing sand 

from one of two shoals by hopper 

dredge and pumping the material onto 

the beach. Fill placement would likely 

occur in a south to north direction and 

could extend as far north as 6.8 

kilometers (4.2 miles). Sources of sand 

under consideration are two shoals, 

Blackfish Bank and an unnamed shoal, 

located approximately eight (8) and 

sixteen (16) kilometers (five (5) and ten 

(10) miles) offshore, respectively (see 

Figure). 

Subsequent beach renourishment 

cycles would vary throughout the 

lifecycle of the Proposed Action. Factors 

dictating the frequency and magnitude 

of such actions would include storm 

severity and frequency as well as 

availability of funding. Given the 

dynamic nature of the ocean 

environment and that exact locations 

and magnitude of renourishment cycles 

may fluctuate, additional NEPA 

documentation for renourishment 

actions may be prepared in the future as 

appropriate. For the purpose of this EIS, 

the renourishment cycle is anticipated 

to be 764,554 cubic meters (one (1) 

MCY) every five years. 

Alternatives to be considered in this 

EIS will include, but not necessarily be 

limited to construction of hard 

structures only, beach fill only, and 

various combinations of hard structures 

and beach fill. The effects of dredging 

fill material from feasible offshore 

shoals will also be considered. 

NASA anticipates that the areas of 

potential environmental impact from 

each alternative of most interest to the 

public would be: The physical effects on 

both the seafloor and nearby 

landmasses, the effects on plants, 

animals, and their habitat (including 

threatened and endangered species), the 

effects on commercial and recreational 

fisheries, the effects on cultural and 

historic resources, and the effects on 

water quality. 

NASA plans to hold a public meeting 

to provide information on the WFF 

SRIPP EIS and to solicit public 

comments. The public meeting is 

scheduled as follows: 

—Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at the WFF 

Visitor Information Center, Route 175, 

Wallops Island, Virginia, 6 p.m.–9 

p.m. 

Written public input on alternatives 

and environmental issues and concerns 

associated with the WFF SRIPP that 

should be addressed in the EIS are 

hereby requested. 

Olga M. Dominguez, 

Assistant Administrator for Infrastructure. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Advisory Committee for Mathematical 

and Physical Sciences; Notice of 

Meeting 

In accordance with Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as 

amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Advisory Committee for 

Mathematical and Physical Sciences (#66). 

Date/Time:April 2, 2009 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m. 

April 3, 2009 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230, 

Room 1235. 

Type of Meeting: OPEN. 

Contact Person: Dr. Morris L. Aizenman, 

Senior Science Associate, Directorate for 

Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Room 

1005, National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. 

(703) 292–8807. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and 

recommendations concerning NSF science 

and education activities within the 

Directorate for Mathematical and Physical 

Sciences. 

Agenda: Update on current status of 

Directorate. Report of Division of Physics 

Committee of Visitors. Meeting of MPSAC 

with Divisions within MPS Directorate. 

Discussion of MPS Future Activities. 

Summary Minutes: May be obtained from 

the contact person listed above. 

Dated: March 18, 2009. 

Susanne E. Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2009–0131] 

Biweekly Notice; Applications and 

Amendments to Facility Operating 

Licenses Involving No Significant 

Hazards Considerations 

I. Background 

Pursuant to section 189a. (2) of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (the Commission or NRC 

staff) is publishing this regular biweekly 

notice. The Act requires the 

Commission publish notice of any 

amendments issued, or proposed to be 

issued and grants the Commission the 

authority to issue and make 

immediately effective any amendment 

to an operating license upon a 

determination by the Commission that 

such amendment involves no significant 

hazards consideration, notwithstanding 

the pendency before the Commission of 

a request for a hearing from any person. 

This biweekly notice includes all 

notices of amendments issued, or 

proposed to be issued from February 26, 

2009, through March 11, 2009. The last 

biweekly notice was published on 

March 10, 2009 (74 FR 10305). 

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of 

Amendments to Facility Operating 

Licenses, Proposed No Significant 

Hazards Consideration Determination, 

and Opportunity for a Hearing 

The Commission has made a 

proposed determination that the 

following amendment requests involve 

no significant hazards consideration. 

Under the Commission’s regulations in 

10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation 

of the facility in accordance with the 

proposed amendment would not (1) 

involve a significant increase in the 

probability or consequences of an 

accident previously evaluated; or (2) 

create the possibility of a new or 

different kind of accident from any 

accident previously evaluated; or (3) 

involve a significant reduction in a 

margin of safety. The basis for this 

proposed determination for each 

amendment request is shown below. 

The Commission is seeking public 

comments on this proposed 

determination. Any comments received 

within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice will be 

considered in making any final 

determination. 

Normally, the Commission will not 

issue the amendment until the 

expiration of 60 days after the date of 

publication of this notice. The 

Commission may issue the license 

amendment before expiration of the 60- 

day period provided that its final 

determination is that the amendment 

involves no significant hazards 

consideration. In addition, the 

Commission may issue the amendment 

prior to the expiration of the 30-day 

comment period should circumstances 

change during the 30-day comment 

period such that failure to act in a 

timely way would result, for example in 

derating or shutdown of the facility. 

Should the Commission take action 

prior to the expiration of either the 

comment period or the notice period, it 

will publish in the Federal Register a 

notice of issuance. Should the 

Commission make a final No Significant 

Hazards Consideration Determination, 

any hearing will take place after 

issuance. The Commission expects that 

the need to take this action will occur 

very infrequently. 

Written comments may be submitted 

by mail to the Chief, Rulemaking, 

Directives and Editing Branch, TWB– 

05–B01M, Division of Administrative 

Services, Office of Administration, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, and 

should cite the publication date and 

page number of this Federal Register 

notice. Copies of written comments 

received may be examined at the 

Commission’s Public Document Room 

(PDR), located at One White Flint North, 

Public File Area O1F21, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland. 

Within 60 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, any person(s) 

whose interest may be affected by this 

action may file a request for a hearing 

and a petition to intervene with respect 

to issuance of the amendment to the 

subject facility operating license. 

Requests for a hearing and a petition for 

leave to intervene shall be filed in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

‘‘Rules of Practice for Domestic 

Licensing Proceedings’’ in 10 CFR Part 

2. Interested person(s) should consult a 

current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is 

available at the Commission’s PDR, 

located at One White Flint North, Public 

File Area 01F21, 11555 Rockville Pike 

(first floor), Rockville, Maryland. 

Publicly available records will be 

accessible from the Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System’s (ADAMS) Public Electronic 

Reading Room on the Internet at the 

NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/

reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. If a 

request for a hearing or petition for 

leave to intervene is filed within 60 

days, the Commission or a presiding 

officer designated by the Commission or 

by the Chief Administrative Judge of the 

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 

Panel, will rule on the request and/or 

petition; and the Secretary or the Chief 

Administrative Judge of the Atomic 

Safety and Licensing Board will issue a 

notice of a hearing or an appropriate 

order. 

As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a 

petition for leave to intervene shall set 

forth with particularity the interest of 

the petitioner in the proceeding, and 

how that interest may be affected by the 

results of the proceeding. The petition 

should specifically explain the reasons 

why intervention should be permitted 

with particular reference to the 

following general requirements: (1) The 

name, address, and telephone number of 

the requestor or petitioner; (2) the 

nature of the requestor’s/petitioner’s 

right under the Act to be made a party 

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