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Marine Corps Hornet and Harrier 

aircraft. 

Proposed Action 

The proposed action would base and 

operate a total of 12 F–35B (the Marine 

Corps variant of the JSF) squadrons at 

MCAS Miramar and MCAS Yuma. The 

decision would include the basing of 10 

active-duty squadrons, 1 Reserve 

squadron, and 1 Operational Testing 

and Evaluation (OT&E) squadron. The 

F–35B is a next generation, stealth, 

supersonic, multi-role fighter aircraft 

that will replace aging Marine Corps 

fleets of F–18 A/C/D Hornets and AV– 

8B Harriers in the 3rd and 4th Marine 

Air Wings. 

Purpose and Need 

To meet any crisis or conflict that may 

arise both now and into the future, 

Marine Corps Aviation must be manned, 

trained, and equipped to conduct worldwide air combat operations. For this 

reason, technological superiority in its 

air fleet is an essential requirement. The 

purpose of the proposed action, 

therefore, is to provide state-of-the art 

F–35B aircraft to Marine Corps fleets by 

replacing aging aircraft inventories. The 

basing action would provide both the 

facilities and functions to support and 

maintain these new aircraft as well as 

the airfields, airspace, and ranges to 

train air crews in these next-generation 

aircraft. The EIS may develop the need 

for new missions on the Barry M. 

Goldwater range and/or identify the 

need and location for additional special 

use airspace to support JSF training 

functions. 

Preliminary Alternatives 

The Marine Corps developed a range 

of reasonable basing alternatives in a 

three-tiered alternatives development 

process. The process applied the 

purpose and need to identify potential 

sites that could maximize JSF 

integration into existing Marine Air 

Ground Task Force organizations, 

maximize utilization of existing 

infrastructure and provide efficient use 

of existing ranges. The alternative 

development process identified five 

preliminary basing alternatives. These 

alternatives distribute differing 

combinations of the F–35B active-duty, 

reserve, and OT&E squadrons between 

MCAS Miramar and MCAS Yuma. The 

basing alternatives include: 

• No-action alternative, where F–35B 

aircraft would not replace F–18A/C/D 

and AV–8B squadrons at MCAS 

Miramar and MCAS Yuma. The noaction alternative, while required by 

NEPA in order to measure potential 

impacts, would not meet the purpose 

and need of the proposed action and 

would prevent the Marine Corps from 

fulfilling its assigned combat missions. 

• Alternative 1 would base six 

squadrons at MCAS Miramar, and five 

squadrons and one OT&E squadron at 

MCAS Yuma. 

• Alternative 2 would base four 

squadrons at MCAS Miramar, and seven 

squadrons and one OT&E squadron at 

MCAS Yuma. 

• Alternative 3 would base seven 

squadrons and one OT&E squadron at 

MCAS Miramar, and four squadrons at 

MCAS Yuma. 

• Alternative 4 would base one 

squadron and one OT&E squadron at 

MCAS Miramar, and ten squadrons at 

MCAS Yuma. 

• Alternative 5 would base ten 

squadrons at MCAS Miramar, and one 

squadron and one OT&E squadron at 

MCAS Yuma. 

Environmental Issues and Resources To 

Be Examined 

The EIS will evaluate the potential 

environmental effects associated with 

each of the above alternatives. Issues to 

be addressed include, but are not 

limited to, biological resources, historic 

and archaeological resources, geology 

and soils, hydrology, water quality, air 

quality, noise, safety, hazardous 

materials and waste, visual resources, 

socioeconomics, and environmental 

justice. Relevant and reasonable 

measures that could avoid or mitigate 

environmental effects will also be 

analyzed. 

Additionally, the Marine Corps will 

undertake any consultations required by 

the Endangered Species Act, Clean 

Water Act, National Historic 

Preservation Act, and any other 

applicable law or regulation. 

EIS Schedule 

This Notice of Intent is the first phase 

of the EIS process and announces the 

beginning of the public comment period 

to identify community concerns and 

local issues that should be addressed in 

the EIS. The next phase occurs when the 

Department of the Navy publishes a 

Notice of Availability (NOA) in the 

Federal Register and local media to 

publicly release the Draft EIS. A 45-day 

public comment period for the Draft EIS 

will start upon publication of the NOA 

in the Federal Register. The Department 

of the Navy will consider and respond 

to all public comments received on the 

Draft EIS when preparing for the Final 

EIS. The Department of the Navy 

intends to issue the Final EIS no later 

than October 2010, at which time an 

NOA will be published in the Federal 

Register and local media. A 30-day 

waiting period will start upon 

publication of the NOA for the Final EIS 

in the Federal Register. At the end of 

this period, the Assistant Secretary of 

the Navy will issue a Record of 

Decision. 

Dated: January 12, 2009. 

A.M. Vallandingham, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

Generals Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Partially Closed Meeting of the 

Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Partially Closed 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Navy 

(SECNAV) Advisory Panel will meet to 

discuss recommendations for Military 

Program Managers in the Department of 

the Navy and strategies related to a 

classified topic. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

February 6, 2009 from 8:45 a.m. to 2 

p.m. 

The morning sessions from 8:45 a.m. 

to 10:30 a.m. on February 6, 2009, will 

be open to the public, and the afternoon 

sessions from 10:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. on 

February 6, 2009, will be closed to the 

public. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

Room 1E840, in the Pentagon. 

Access: Public access is limited due to 

the Pentagon Security requirements. 

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(703) 695–3573 or CDR Cary Knox at 

(703) 693–0463 no later than January 30, 

2009. Members of the public who do not 

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be escorted back to the Pentagon Metro 

Entrance at 10:30 a.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colonel Caroline Simkins-Mullins, 

SECNAV Advisory Panel, Office of 

Program and Process Assessment 1000 

Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350, 

(703) 697–9154. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 

U.S.C. App.), the matters of these 

classified sessions constitute classified 

information that is specifically 

authorized by Executive Order to be 

kept secret in the interest of national 

defense and are, in fact, properly 

classified pursuant to such Executive 

Order. Accordingly, the Secretary of the 

Navy has determined in writing that the 

public interest requires that portions of 

this meeting be closed to the public 

because they will be concerned with 

matters listed in section 552b(c)(1) of 

Title 5, United States Code. 

Individuals or interested groups may 

submit written statements for 

consideration by the Secretary of the 

Navy Advisory Panel at any time or in 

response to the agenda of a scheduled 

meeting. All requests must be submitted 

to the Designated Federal Officer at the 

address detailed below. 

If the written statement is in response 

to the agenda mentioned in this meeting 

notice then the statement, if it is to be 

considered by the Panel for this 

meeting, must be received at least five 

days prior to the meeting in question. 

The Designated Federal Officer will 

review all timely submissions with the 

Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel 

Chairperson, and ensure they are 

provided to members of the Secretary of 

the Navy Advisory Panel before the 

meeting that is the subject of this notice. 

To contact the Designated Federal 

Officer, write to: Designated Federal 

Officer, SECNAV Advisory Panel, Office 

of Program and Process Assessment 

1000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20350, (703) 697–9154. 

Dated: January 12, 2009. 

T.M. Cruz, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

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

Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

17, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: January 12, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Innovation and Improvement 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Transition to Teaching 

Evaluation. 

Frequency: Other-At the end of the 

third year and end of final year of the 

TTT grant. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 45. 

Burden Hours: 45. 

Abstract: This is a request for 

approval to collect information from 

Transition to Teaching (TTT) grantees 

that will be used to describe the extent 

to which local education agencies that 

received TTT grant funds have met the 

goals relating to teacher recruitment and 

retention described in their application. 

TTT grantees are funded for a period of 

five years. Currently, grantees are 

required by statute to submit an interim 

project evaluation to ED at the end of 

the third project year and a final project 

evaluation at the project’s end. In turn, 

the TTT program is required to prepare 

and submit to the Secretary and to 

Congress interim and final program 

evaluations containing the results of 

these grantee project evaluation reports. 

An analysis of these reports has 

provided some data on grantee 

activities, but the poor quality of some 

reports and missing or incomplete data 

in others have made it difficult to 

aggregate data across grantees in order 

to accurately describe to Congress the 

extent of program implementation. This 

proposed data collection would allow 

ED to gather data on a common set of 

indicators across grantees to describe 

program implementation, and to 

investigate the conditions under which 

projects have been successful at 

recruiting, preparing and retaining 

highly qualified teachers in high-need 

schools in high-need LEAs. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 3908. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

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