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619–7808, both at telefax (301) 619– 

5034. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–14801 Filed 6–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID ED–2011–OII–0001] 

Investing in Innovation Fund 

AGENCY: Office of Innovation and 

Improvement, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice announcing the location, 

dates, and times of pre-application 

meetings. 

Overview Information 

Investing in Innovation Fund 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.411A (Scale-up grants), 

84.411B (Validation grants), and 84.411C 

(Development grants). 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Deputy 

Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement announces preapplication meetings for the fiscal year 

(FY) 2011 Investing in Innovation Fund 

(i3) competition. The Department of 

Education (Department) published three 

notices inviting applications for the i3 

program in the Federal Register on June 

3, 2011 (76 FR 32148–32182). These 

notices include the priorities and 

selection criteria that the Department 

will use for the FY 2011 i3 competition. 

The Department published a separate 

notice inviting applications for each 

grant type—Scale-up, Validation, and 

Development—under the i3 program. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thelma Leenhouts, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 4W302, Washington, DC 20202– 

5960. Telephone: (202) 453–7122; or by 

e-mail: i3@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department intends to hold preapplication meetings designed to 

provide technical assistance to 

interested applicants for all three types 

of i3 grants (Scale-up, Validation, and 

Development). The Department will 

hold two pre-application meetings on 

June 17, 2011, in Washington, DC, from 

9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) 

and from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern 

Time). The Department will also hold 

one pre-application meeting on June 24, 

2011, in San Francisco, California, from 

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Time). 

The Department will hold another preapplication meeting on June 28, 2011, in 

Houston, Texas, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 

p.m. (Central Time). Each of these four 

on-site pre-application meetings will 

also be transmitted live through the 

Internet as a webinar. Detailed 

information on the pre-application 

meetings, including registration 

information for the on-site meetings and 

webinars, specific location information 

for the on-site meetings, and 

information on how to notify the 

Department if an attendee will need 

special accommodations, is available on 

the i3 Web site at http://www2.ed.gov/ 

programs/innovation/index.html. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this 

site you can view this document, as well 

as all other documents of this 

Department published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF). To use PDF 

you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, 

which is available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: http:// 

www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, 

through the advanced search feature at 

this site, you can limit your search to 

documents published by the 

Department. 

Dated: June 10, 2011. 

James H. Shelton, III, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement. 

[FR Doc. 2011–14861 Filed 6–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Extension of Scoping Period for the 

Northern Pass Transmission Line 

Project Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Reopening of scoping period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is reopening the public 

scoping period for the Northern Pass 

Transmission Line Project 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

(DOE/EIS–0463). In anticipation of 

additional alternative route information 

being provided by Northern Pass, DOE 

is reopening the scoping period. DOE 

will determine the close of the scoping 

period once the additional routing 

information is received from Northern 

Pass, and DOE will provide at least 45 

days for public review and scoping 

comments on any such routing 

information. 

DATES: The reopened public scoping 

period starts with the publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register and will 

remain open until DOE provides further 

notice of its closing. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the scope of 

the EIS and requests to be added to the 

document mailing list should be 

addressed to: Brian Mills, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability (OE–20), U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585; by 

electronic mail to 

Brian.Mills@hq.doe.gov; or by facsimile 

to 202–586–8008. For general 

information on the DOE NEPA process 

contact: Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, 

Director, Office of NEPA Policy and 

Compliance (GC–54), U.S. Department 

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585; by 

electronic mail at askNEPA@hq.doe.gov; 

by facsimile at 202–586–7031; or by 

phone at 202–586–4600, or leave a 

message at 800–472–2756. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on DOE’s proposed action, 

contact Brian Mills by one of the 

methods listed in ADDRESSES above, or 

at 202–586–8267. For general 

information on the DOE NEPA process, 

contact Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom by one 

of the methods listed in ADDRESSES

above. For information on the Forest 

Service’s role as a cooperating agency, 

contact Tiffany Benna by electronic mail 

at tbenna@fs.fed.us; by phone at 603– 

536–6241; by facsimile at 603–536– 

3685; or by mail at 71 White Mountain 

Drive, Campton, NH 03223. For 

information on the Army Corps of 

Engineers’ permit process, contact Erika 

Mark at 978–318–8250; by electronic 

mail at Erika.L.Mark@usace.army.mil; or 

by mail at 696 Virginia Road, Concord, 

MA 01742. For information on the EPA 

role in the EIS, contact Timothy L. 

Timmermann by electronic mail at 

timmermann.timothy@epa.gov; by 

phone at 617–918–1025; or by mail at 5 

Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, 

MA 02109–3912. Information on the EIS 

also is available at DOE’s Web site for 


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the proposed action at http:// 

www.northernpasseis.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 11, 2011, DOE announced in 

the Federal Register (76 FR 7828) its 

intention to prepare an EIS to assess the 

potential environmental impacts from 

its proposed action of granting a 

Presidential Permit to Northern Pass 

Transmission, LLC, to construct, 

operate, maintain, and connect a new 

electric transmission line across the 

U.S.-Canada border in northern New 

Hampshire. The EIS will address the 

potential environmental impacts from 

the proposed action, no action and the 

range of reasonable alternatives. The 

U.S. Forest Service, White Mountain 

National Forest, the Army Corps of 

Engineers, New England District, and 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region 1 are cooperating 

agencies. 

DOE held seven public scoping 

meetings from March 14 to 20, 2011, in 

New Hampshire. The public scoping 

period closed on April 12, 2011. On 

April 15, 2011, DOE reopened the 

public scoping period until June 14, 

2011, in response to public requests and 

to ensure that the public had ample 

opportunity to provide comments (76 

FR 21338). 

On April 12, 2011, Northern Pass 

submitted scoping comments stating 

that it was working to identify 

additional routing alternatives in the 

northern portion of the proposed route 

(the area within approximately 40 miles 

of the U.S.-Canada border). Northern 

Pass has not yet provided additional 

routing alternatives to DOE, but in 

anticipation of this information, DOE is 

reopening the public scoping period for 

an indefinite period. DOE will 

determine the close of the scoping 

period once any additional routing 

information is received from Northern 

Pass. DOE will announce in the Federal 

Register any additional proposed 

routing alternatives submitted by 

Northern Pass, the locations, dates and 

times of any additional scoping 

meetings, as well as the end of the 

scoping period. The scoping period will 

close no sooner than 45 days after DOE 

publishes the above notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 9, 2011. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2011–14823 Filed 6–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2545–148] 

Avista Corporation; Notice of 

Application for Amendment of License 

and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Protests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Application Type: Amendment of 

License. 

b. Project No.: 2545–148. 

c. Date Filed: April 15, 2011. 

d. Applicant: Avista Corporation. 

e. Name of Project: Spokane River 

Project. 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the Spokane River in Spokane, Lincoln, 

and Stevens Counties, Washington, and 

in Kootenai and Benewah Counties, 

Idaho. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John 

Hamill, Avista Corporation, P.O. Box 

3727, Spokane, WA 99220–3727, (509) 

495–4611, or Ms. Michele Drake, Avista 

Corporation, P.O. Box 3727, Spokane, 

WA 99220–3727, (509) 495–8941. 

i. FERC Contact: Kelly Houff, (202) 

502–6393, Kelly.Houff@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: July 

8, 2011. 

All documents may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

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

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

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

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support. 

Although the Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filing, documents 

may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 

mail an original and seven copies to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. Description of Application: The 

applicant seeks approval to replace the 

existing turbine/generator Unit Nos. 1 

and 2 at the Nine Mile Development, 

with a combined hydraulic capacity of 

2,600 cfs and a combined nameplate 

capacity of 6.4 MW, with a two new 

turbine/generator units, having a 

combined hydraulic capacity of 3,700 

cfs and a combined nameplate capacity 

of 15.6 MW. The replacement of the 

Units 1 and 2 will increase the total 

project generation from 137.67 MW to 

146.87 MW, and increase total project 

hydraulic capacity from 23,550 cfs to 

24,650 cfs. 

l. A copy of the application is 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number (P–2545–148) excluding the last 

three digits in the docket number field 

to access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. A copy is 

also available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item h 

above. 

You may also register online at 

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

esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. 

In determining the appropriate action to 

take, the Commission will consider all 

protests or other comments filed, but 

only those who file a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any comments, 

protests, or motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. 

Any filings must bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘PROTEST,’’ or ‘‘MOTION TO 

INTERVENE,’’ as applicable, and the 

Project Number of the particular 

application to which the filing refers. A 

copy of any motion to intervene must 


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