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considered, including wetlands; fish 

and wildlife resources; cultural 

resources; land use; water and air 

quality; hazardous, toxic, and 

radioactive substances; threatened and 

endangered species; regional geology; 

aesthetics; environmental justice; and 

the general needs and welfare of the 

public. 

The alternatives currently being 

considered for the DMMP include, but 

are not limited to: offshore disposal in 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

designated Ocean Dredged Material 

Disposal Site (ODMDS), nearshore 

disposal on the ebb tide delta, beach 

disposal, and upland disposal at Brandt 

Island. Additional beneficial uses of 

dredged material will also be 

investigated for the DMMP. The DEIS 

will address environmental effects of 

reasonable alternatives. 

All private parties and Federal, State, 

and local agencies having an interest in 

the study are hereby notified of the 

intent to prepare a DEIS and are invited 

to comment at this time. A scoping 

letter was mailed to a standard mailing 

list November 26, 2007 and all 

comments received as a result of the 

scoping letter and this notice of intent 

will be considered in the preparation of 

the DMMP and DEIS. 

The lead agency for this project is the 

U.S. Army Engineer District, 

Wilmington. Cooperating agency status 

has not be assigned to, nor requested by, 

any other agency. 

The DEIS is being prepared in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, and will address the 

relationship of the proposed action to 

all other applicable Federal and State 

Laws and Executive Orders. 

The DMMP and DEIS is currently 

scheduled to be available in July 2010. 

Dated: March 17, 2009. 

Jefferson M. Ryscavage, 

Colonel, EN, Commanding. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Army Corps 

of Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report for 

Natomas Levee Improvement Program 

Phase 4a Landside Improvements 

Project, Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers; DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The action being taken is 

preparation of an environmental impact 

statement/environmental impact report 

(EIS/EIR) for the Natomas Levee 

Improvement Program (NLIP) Phase 4a 

Landside Improvements Project (Phase 

4a Project). The Corps is considering a 

request to issue both 408 permission to 

the Central Valley Flood Protection 

Board and 404 permit to Sacramento 

Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA) for 

work on the NLIP. Under 33 U.S.C. 408, 

the Chief of Engineers may grant 

permission to alter an existing Federal 

project if it is not injurious to the public 

interest and does not impair the 

usefulness of the project. Under Section 

404 of the Clean Water Act, the District 

Engineer permits the discharge of 

dredged or fill material into waters of 

the United States if the discharge meets 

the requirements of the Environmental 

Protection Agency’s 404(b)(1) guidelines 

and is not contrary to the public 

interest. The NLIP is located in 

Sacramento and Sutter Counties, CA. 

The 408 permission is required for 

structural improvements to the 

Sacramento River east levee and the 

Natomas Cross Canal south levee. A 404 

permit is needed for dredge and 

discharge of fill materials into waters of 

the United States resulting from levee 

improvements, relocation of the 

Riverside Canal, and development of 

associated habitat. 

DATES: A public scoping meeting will be 

held on April 13, 2009 from 4:30 p.m. 

until 6:30 p.m. at South Natomas 

Community Center, Activity Room (see 

ADDRESSES). Send written comments by 

April 27, 2009 to (see ADDRESSES). 

ADDRESSES: Public Scoping Meeting, 

South Natomas Community Center, 

Activity Room, 2921 Truxel Road, 

Sacramento, CA. Send written 

comments and suggestions concerning 

this study to Ms. Elizabeth Holland, 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Sacramento District, Attn: Planning 

Division (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 Ms. 

Elizabeth Holland at (916) 557–6763, 

e-mail 

Elizabeth.g.holland@usace.army.mil or 

by mail (see ADDRESSES). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Proposed Action. The U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers is preparing an EIS/ 

EIR to analyze the impacts of the work 

proposed by SAFCA to implement the 

NLIP Phase 4a Project. The overall 

purpose of the NLIP is to bring the 

entire 42-mile Natomas Basin perimeter 

levee system into compliance with 

applicable Federal and state standards 

for levees protecting urban areas. The 

NLIP Phase 4a Project is a component of 

the NLIP proposed by SAFCA to 

improve a portion of the Natomas 

Basin’s perimeter levee system in 

Sacramento and Sutter Counties, CA. 

2. Alternatives. The EIS/EIR will 

address an array of flood damage 

reduction alternatives. Alternatives 

analyzed during the investigation will 

consist of a combination of one or more 

flood risk reduction measures. These 

measures include strengthening the 

existing levee in place, constructing 

seepage berms, constructing adjacent 

setback levees, installing relief wells 

and cutoff walls, and relocating 

irrigation ditches. 

3. Scoping Process. a. A public 

scoping meeting will be held on April 

13, 2009 to present information to the 

public and to receive comments from 

the public. This meeting will begin a 

process to involve concerned 

individuals, and local, State, and 

Federal agencies with the Phase 4a 

Project. 

b. Significant issues to be analyzed in 

depth in the EIS/EIR include effects on 

agricultural resources, land use, geology 

and soils, hydrology and hydraulics, 

water quality, biological resources 

(including fisheries, vegetation and 

wildlife resources, special-status 

species, and wetlands and other waters 

of the U.S.), cultural resources, 

paleontological resources, 

transportation and circulation, air 

quality, noise, visual resources, utilities 

and service systems, hazards and 

hazardous materials, socioeconomics 

and population and housing, and 

environmental justice. The EIS/EIR will 

also evaluate the cumulative effects of 

the proposed NLIP (including the past 

and anticipated future NLIP project 

phases) and other related projects in the 

study area. 

c. The Corps is consulting with the 

State Historic Preservation Officer to 

comply with the National Historic 

Preservation Act, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service and the National 

Marine Fisheries Service to provide a 

Biological Opinion, and the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service to provide a Fish 

and Wildlife Coordination Act Report. 

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 

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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 early summer 

2009. 

Dated: March 16, 2009. 

Thomas Chapman, 

COL, EN, Commanding. 

[FR Doc. E9–6862 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am] 

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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 April 27, 

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 Director, 

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: March 24, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, IC Clearance Official, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Impact Evaluation of Response 

to Intervention Strategies (Site 

Recruitment). 

Frequency: On occassion. 

Affected Public: State, local or tribal 

gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 505. 

Burden Hours: 1,510. 

Abstract: The Impact Evaluation of 

Response to Intervention (RtI) strategies 

will inform the National Assessment of 

IDEA 2004, and the choices of districts 

and schools, by estimating the 

differential impacts of strategies for 

providing Tier 2 reading instruction to 

at-risk first and second graders. ED has 

awarded a contract to MDRC (in 

partnership with SRI International and 

Survey Research Management) to 

conduct this study in 150 elementary 

schools. This initial collection involves 

the site recruitment. The resulting RtI 

project will provide information that 

policymakers and school administrators 

can use to help identify students with 

learning disabilities and improve 

instruction provided to at-risk students. 

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 3932. 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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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Idaho 

National Laboratory 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Idaho National 

Laboratory. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 8 a.m.– 

5 p.m. 

Opportunities for public participation 

will be held on Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 

from 1:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. and from 

3:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. 

These times are subject to change; 

please contact the Federal Coordinator 

(below) for confirmation of times prior 

to the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Red Lion Hotel Canyon 

Springs, 1357 Blue Lakes Boulevard, 

Twin Falls, Idaho 83301. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert L. Pence, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy, Idaho Operations 

Office, 1955 Fremont Avenue, MS– 

1203, Idaho Falls, ID 83415. Phone (208) 

526–6518; Fax (208) 526–8789 or e-mail: 

pencerl@id.doe.gov or visit the Board’s 

Internet home page at: http:// 

www.inlemcab.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE in the areas of environmental 

restoration, waste management, and 

related activities. 

Tentative Topics (agenda topics may 

change up to the day of the meeting; 

please contact Robert L. Pence for the 

most current agenda): 

• Progress to Cleanup. 

• Fiscal Year 2011 Budget. 

• Offsite Transuranic Waste. 

• New Buried Waste Approach. 

• March EM SSAB Chairs Meeting 

Report. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, Idaho 

National Laboratory, welcomes the 

attendance of the public at its advisory 

committee meetings and will make 

every effort to accommodate persons 

with physical disabilities or special 

needs. If you require special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact Robert L. Pence at least 

seven days in advance of the meeting at 

the phone number listed above. Written 

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