Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 9 / Wednesday, January 14, 2009 / Notices 2061 

Dated: January 9, 2009. 

Brenda Dolan, 

Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Officer, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

[FR Doc. E9–663 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Army Corps 

of Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Joint 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report for the 

River Mile 208, Sacramento River Bank 

Protection Project, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Sacramento District, intends 

to prepare a joint environmental impact 

statement/environmental impact report 

(EIS/EIR) for the construction of bank 

protection at River Mile 208 on the 

Sacramento River to prevent continued 

bank erosion and potential outflanking 

of the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District 

Hamilton City Pumping Plant (HCPP), 

near Hamilton City, CA. The proposed 

action is being conducted under the 

HCPP Fish Screen Improvement Project. 

DATES: A public scoping meeting is 

being held on Thursday, January 29, 

2009, 7 to 9 pm at the Hamilton City 

High School (620 Canal Street, Hamilton 

City). Send written comments by 

February 16, 2009 to (see ADDRESSES). 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

suggestions concerning this project may 

be submitted to Mr. Matt Davis, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento 

District, Attn: CESPK–PD–R, 1325 J 

Street, Sacramento, CA 95814–2922. 

Requests to be placed on the mailing list 

should also be sent to this address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and EIS/EIR should be addressed to the 

Corps: Matt Davis at (916) 557–6708, by 

e-mail 

Matthew.G.Davis@usace.army.mil, by 

fax (916) 557–7856; or to GCID: William 

Menke at (530) 934–8881, by e-mail 

bmenke@gcid.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento 

District (Corps) is the federal lead 

agency for compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for 

the Proposed Action. The Glenn-Colusa 

Irrigation District (GCID) is the state 

lead agency for compliance with the 

California Environmental Quality Act 

(CEQA) for the Proposed Action. 

1. Proposed Action. The Corps and 

GCID are preparing an EIS/EIR to 

analyze the impacts of constructing 

bank protection on the east bank of the 

Sacramento River at River Mile 208. The 

purpose of the proposed bank protection 

work is to prevent continued bank 

erosion and potential outflanking of 

GCID’s Hamilton City Pumping Plant 

(HCPP). Maintaining the river’s 

alignment upstream of the HCPP is 

important for the continued functioning 

of the pumping plant. The HCPP Fish 

Screen Improvement Project was 

constructed in 2000 to minimize losses 

of all fish from operation of the HCPP 

and to restore GCID’s capability to 

divert the full quantity of water it is 

entitled to divert to meet its water 

supply delivery obligations. GCID 

supplies water to 140,000 acres of 

farmland, over 20,000 acres of federal 

wildlife refuge, and 40,000 acres of 

other lands and wetlands from 

diversions at the HCPP. 

2. Alternatives. The EIS/EIR will 

address the No Action alternative and 

four action alternatives including three 

different types of bank protection 

alternatives and a levee setback 

alternative. The three types of bank 

protection alternatives differ from one 

another in the amount and extent of 

rock protection placed and the 

environmental features (e.g., vegetation 

and instream woody material) 

incorporated in the design. 

3. Scoping Process. 

a. A public scoping meeting will be 

held on Thursday, January 29, 2009 to 

present information to the public and to 

receive comments from the public. The 

meeting is intended to initiate the 

process to involve concerned 

individuals, and local, State, and 

Federal agencies. 

b. Significant issues to be analyzed in 

depth in the EIS/EIR include effects on 

hydraulics, wetlands and other waters 

of the U.S., river meander, vegetation 

and wildlife resources, special-status 

species, aesthetics, cultural resources, 

recreation, land use, fisheries, water 

quality, air quality, noise, 

transportation, visual resources, and 

socioeconomics; and cumulative effects 

of related projects in the study area. 

c. The Corps will consult with the 

State Historic Preservation Officer to 

comply with the National Historic 

Preservation Act and the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service and National Marine 

Fisheries Service to comply with the 

Endangered Species Act. The Corps is 

also coordinating with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service to comply with the 

Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. 

d. A 45-day public review period will 

be provided for individuals and 

agencies to review and comment on the 

draft EIS/EIR. All interested parties are 

encouraged to respond to this notice 

and provide a current address if they 

wish to be notified of the draft EIS/EIR 

circulation. 

4. Availability. The draft EIS/EIR is 

scheduled to be available for public 

review and comment in November 2009. 

Dated: December 23, 2008. 

Thomas C. Chapman, 

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer. 

[FR Doc. E9–584 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Availability of GovernmentOwned Inventions; Available for 

Licensing 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The following inventions are 

assigned to the U.S. Government as 

represented by the Secretary of the Navy 

and are available for licensing by the 

Department of the Navy. 

U.S. Patent Application Serial 

Number 11/417,291 entitled ‘‘Method of 

Making Functionalized Carbon 

Nanotubes’’; U.S. Patent Application 

Serial Number 11/417,294 entitled 

‘‘Functionalization of Carbon 

Nanotubes’’; U.S. Patent Application 

Serial Number 11/894,628 entitled 

‘‘MEMS Fuse Using a Micro-Detonator’’; 

U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 

11/894,629 entitled ‘‘MEMS Electronic 

Initiator for a Micro-Detonator’’; U.S. 

Patent Application Serial Number 11/ 

894,630 entitled ‘‘MEMS Mechanical 

Initiator for a Micro-Detonator’’; U.S. 

Patent Application Serial Number 10/ 

637,090 entitled ‘‘Perfluoroalkyl 

Passivated Aluminum’’; U.S. Patent 

Application Serial Number 12/284,475 

entitled ‘‘Self-Regulating Power Supply 

for Micro Electronic Mechanical 

Systems Thermal Actuators’’; U.S. 

Patent Application Serial Number 12/ 

221,148 entitled ‘‘A Novel Lightning 

Locating System’’; U.S. Patent 

Application Serial Number 11/973,993 

entitled ‘‘Flow Driven Piezoelectric 

Energy Havesting Device’’; U.S. Patent 

Application Serial Number 11/650,759 

entitled ‘‘Programmable 

Microtransformer’’; U.S. Patent 

Application Serial Number 11/076,456 

entitled ‘‘Method for Deposition of Steel 

Protective Coating’’; U.S. Patent 

Application Serial Number 11/387,081 


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entitled ‘‘Automatically Interlocking 

Pallets, and Shipping and Storage 

Systems Employing the Same.’’ U.S. 

Patent Application Serial Number 11/ 

387,082 entitled ‘‘Interlocking Pallets, 

and Shipping and Storage Systems 

Employing the Same.’’ U.S. Patent 

Application Serial Number 11/387,084 

entitled ‘‘Shipping and Storage 

System’’; U.S. Patent Application Serial 

Number 12/669,001 entitled 

‘‘Hermetically Packaged MEMS GSwitch’’; 

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the 

Patent Applications cited should be 

directed to Dr. J. Scott Deiter, Head, 

Technology Transfer Office, Code CAB, 

Naval Surface Warfare Center, 3824 

Strauss Avenue, Suite 107, 1st Floor, 

Indian Head, MD 20640–5152. 

DATES: Requests should be made prior to 

January 30, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

J. Scott Deiter, Head, Technology 

Transfer Office, Code CAB, Naval 

Surface Warfare Center, 3824 Strauss 

Avenue, Suite 107, 1st Floor, Indian 

Head, MD 20640–5152, telephone: 301– 

744–6111. 

Dated: January 7, 2009. 

A.M. Vallandingham, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–581 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

State Energy Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

teleconference of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463; 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of these teleconferences be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: January 21, 2009 at 1–2 p.m. 

EDT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Burch, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, Division Director, Office of 

Commercialization & Project 

Management, Golden Field Office, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1617 Cole 

Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401, 

Telephone 303/275–4801. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Board: To make recommendations to 

the Assistant Secretary for the Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy regarding goals and objectives of 

programs carried out in this sector, to 

make programmatic recommendations 

as appropriate, to encourage transfer of 

results of the energy efficiency and 

renewable energy activities carried out 

by DOE to non-DOE users, and to 

otherwise carry out the Board’s 

responsibilities as designated in the 

State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Update members 

on routine business matters. 

Public Participation: The 

teleconference is open to the public. 

Written statements may be filed with 

the Board either before or after the 

meeting. Members of the public who 

wish to make oral statements pertaining 

to agenda items should contact Gary 

Burch at the address or telephone 

number listed above. Requests to make 

oral comments must be received five 

days prior to the conference call; 

reasonable provision will be made to 

include requested topic(s) on the 

agenda. The Chair of the Board is 

empowered to conduct the call in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. This notice is being 

published less than 15 days before the 

date of the meeting due to programmatic 

issues that had to be resolved prior to 

publication. 

Notes: The notes of the teleconference will 

be available for public review and copying 

within 60 days on the STEAB Web site, 

http://www.steab.org. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on January 9, 

2009. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–616 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13281–000] 

Alaska Power & Telephone Company; 

Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

January 7, 2009. 

On August 19, 2008, and 

supplemented on November 12, 2008, 

Alaska Power & Telephone Company 

filed an application, pursuant to section 

4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing 

to study the feasibility of the Lake 

Shelokum Hydroelectric Project (Lake 

Shelokum). Lake Shelokum would be 

located on Lake Shelokum in the Prince 

of Wales—Outer Ketchikan Census 

Area, First Judicial District, 

Unincorporated Borough, Alaska. The 

proposed project would be located 

within the Tongass National Forest, 

whose lands are administered by the 

U.S. Forest Service. 

The proposed Lake Shelokum project 

would consist of: (1) A proposed 100- 

foot-long, 15-foot-high concrete-faced, 

rock filled dam; (2) an existing reservoir 

having a proposed surface area of 400 

acres and a storage capacity of 10,000 

acre-feet and normal water surface 

elevation of 370 feet above mean low 

sea level (msl); (3) a proposed 2,500- 

foot-long, 7-foot diameter steel 

penstock; (4) a proposed powerhouse 

containing two generating units having 

an installed capacity of 10-megawatts; 

(5) a proposed 12-mile-long, 34.5- 

kilovault transmission line; and (6) 

appurtenant facilities. The proposed 

Lake Shelokum Project would have an 

average annual generation of 40- 

gigawatt-hours. 

FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis, 202– 

502–8735. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Comments, motions to intervene, 

notices of intent, and competing 

applications may be filed electronically 

via the Internet. See 18 CFR 

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 

on the Commission’s Web site under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. If unable to be filed 

electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and eight 

copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 

more information on how to submit 

these types of filings please go to the 

Commission’s Web site located at 

http://www.ferc.gov/filingcomments.asp. More information about 

this project can be viewed or printed on 

the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of Commission’s 

Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–13281) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

call toll-free 1–866–208–3372. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–544 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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