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2. Proposed Action

The EIS will identify and evaluate the

impacts on the environment of the

proposed actions to operate and

maintain Lake Lanier. Management

actions within Lake Lanier will focus on

shoreline management activities,

recreation, fish and wildlife, timber

management, real estate, and water

quality, within the context of the larger

water management scenarios that are

conducted to accomplish the

hydropower generation, navigation, and

water supply project purposes.

3. Alternatives

a. No Action: No action would

represent a continuation of the existing

operation and management actions

addressed in the original 1974 EIS.

b. The full range of alternatives to

implement the operation and

maintenance program at Lake Lanier to

be addressed in the new EIS has not

been identified. The alternatives will be

developed during the early stages of

work on the EIS and will include

alternative methods of implementation

for project operation and maintenance

actions and project site alternatives as

appropriate.

4. Scoping Process

The Corps invites full public

participation in the development of the

EIS to promote open communication

and better decision-making. All persons

and organizations that have an interest

in the operation and maintenance of

Lake Lanier, are urged to participate in

this National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) environmental analysis process.

Public involvement will be most

beneficial and worthwhile in identifying

pertinent environmental issues, offering

useful information such as published or

unpublished data, direct personal

experience or knowledge to inform

decision-making, assistsance in

designing the scope of operation and

maintenance options that should be

considered, and recommending suitable

mitigation measures as warranted.

Those wishing to contribute

information, ideas, alternatives for

actions, and so forth can furnish these

contributions in writing to the points of

contact identified above, or by attending

public scoping opportunities.

Public comments are welcomed

anytime throughout the NEPA process.

Formal oppportunities for public

participation include:

(1) Input provided at the formal

scoping meeting that will be held in the

vicinity of Lake Lanier—June 2001.

(2) Input provided via a variety of

public involvement forums that will be

conducted—June-July 2001.

(3) Review and comment on the draft

EIS—July 2002.

(4) Comments/Presentation on the

draft EIS—July 2002.

(5) Review of the Final EIS—October

2002.

Precise schedules and locations for

public involvement activities will be

announced in the local news media.

You may also request to be included on

the mailing list for public distribution of

meeting announcements and

documents.

Dated: April 12, 2001.

J. David Norwood,

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer.

[FR Doc. 01–10011 Filed 4–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–CR–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Army Corps

of Engineers

Grant of Exclusive Licenses

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR

404.7(b)(1)(i), announcement is made of

a prospective exclusive license of

Russian Patent No. 2126867 titled

‘‘Concrete Armor Unit to Protect Coastal

and Hydraulic Structures and

Shorelines.’’

DATES: Written objections must be filed

not later than June 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Waterways

Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry

Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180–6199, Attn:

CEWES–OC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Phil Stewart (601) 634–4113, e-mail

stewarp@exl.wes.army.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Concrete Armor Unit was invented by

Jeffrey A. Melby and George F. Turk.

Rights to the patent application

identified above has been assigned to

the United States of America as

represented by the Secretary of the

Army. The United States of America as

represented by the Secretary of the

Army intends to grant an exclusive

license for all fields of use, in the

manufacture, use, and sale in the

territories and possessions, including

territorial waters of Russia to W.F. Baird

and Associates, a Delaware corporation

with principal offices at 2981 Yarmouth

Greenway, Madison, Wisconsin 53711.

Pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7(b)(1)(i), any

interested party may file a written

objection to this prospective exclusive

license agreement.

Richard L. Frenette,

Counsel.

[FR Doc. 01–10012 Filed 4–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–92–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No: 84.349A]

Early Childhood Educator Professional

Development Programs

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for

new awards and final procedures and

requirements for a fiscal year (FY) 2001

competition for Early Childhood

Educator Professional Development

Program grants.

SUMMARY: The Secretary invites

applications for new grant awards for

FY 2001 for Early Childhood Educator

Professional Development programs.

These grants are authorized by the

Department of Education

Appropriations Act for 2001 under

section 2102 of the Elementary and

Secondary Education Act of 1965

(ESEA). The Secretary also announces

final procedures and requirements to

govern this competition and FY 2001

awards of these grants.

Purpose of Program

The purpose of Early Childhood

Educator Professional Development

Program grants is to provide replicable

high-quality professional development

programs to improve the knowledge and

skills of early childhood educators who

work in early childhood programs

located in urban or rural high-poverty

communities, and who serve primarily

children from low-income families.

These professional development

programs must primarily provide

research-based training that will

improve early childhood pedagogy and

will further children’s language and

literacy skills to prevent them from

encountering reading difficulties when

they enter school. These grants

complement the President’s early

reading initiative, which will support

local efforts to enhance the school

readiness of young children,

particularly those from low-income

families, through scientifically based

reading research that is designed to

improve the verbal skills, phonological

awareness, letter knowledge, prereading skills, and early language

development of children ages three

through five. The Department intends to

disseminate information about these