23752 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 90 / Wednesday, May 9, 2001 / Notices

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #3337]

State of Iowa

As a result of the President’s major

disaster declaration on May 2, 2001, I

find that the following Counties in the

State of Iowa constitute a disaster area

due to damages caused by flooding,

severe storms and tornadoes beginning

on April 8, 2001 and continuing:

Allamakee, Buchanan, Clayton, Clinton,

Des Moines, Dubuque, Jackson, Lee,

Louisa, Muscatine, Ringgold, Scott and

Wapello Counties. Applications for

loans for physical damage as a result of

this disaster may be filed until the close

of business on July 1, 2001, and for

loans for economic injury until the close

of business on February 1, 2002 at the

address listed below or other locally

announced locations: U.S. Small

Business Administration, Disaster Area

3 Office, 4400 Amon Carter Blvd., Suite

102, Fort Worth, TX 76155.

In addition, applications for economic

injury loans from small businesses

located in the following contiguous

counties may be filed until the specified

date at the above location: Adams,

Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk,

Bremer, Cedar, Clarke, Davis, Decatur,

Delaware, Fayette, Henry, Jefferson,

Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Mahaska,

Monroe, Taylor, Union, Van Buren,

Washington and Winneshiek Counties

in Iowa; Carroll, Hancock, Henderson,

Jo Daviess, Mercer, Rock Island, and

Whiteside Counties in Illinois; Houston

County in Minnesota; Clark, Harrison

and Worth Counties in Missouri; and

Crawford, Grant and Vernon Counties in

Wisconsin.

The interest rates are:

Percent

For Physical Damage:

Homeowners With Credit Available Elsewhere ........................ 6.625

Homeowners Without Credit

Available Elsewhere ................ 3.312

Businesses With Credit Available

Elsewhere ................................ 8.000

Businesses and Non-profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ........................ 4.000

Others (Including Non-profit Organizations) With Credit Available Elsewhere ........................ 7.125

For Economic Injury:

Businesses and Small Agricultural Cooperatives Without

Credit Available Elsewhere ..... 4.000

The number assigned to this disaster

for physical damage is 333706. For

economic injury the numbers are

9L6100 for Iowa, 9L6200 for Illinois,

9L6300 for Minnesota, 9L6400 for

Missouri, and 9L6500 for Wisconsin.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)

May 3, 2001.

Herbert L. Mitchell,

Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–11603 Filed 5–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD01–01–020]

Environmental Assessment and

Finding of No Significant Impact for

Installation of Temporary Radio

Direction Finding Equipment and

Associated Property Use Acquisition

At Five Non-Coast Guard Owned

Facilities Within the First Coast Guard

District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

announces the availability of the Final

Environmental Assessment (FEA) and

Finding of No Significant Impact

(FONSI) that address the environmental

impacts expected to result from the use

of five facilities, not owned by the Coast

Guard, for temporary installation of

radio direction finding equipment. Use

of this temporary equipment is an

interim measure designed to improve

the Coast Guard’s ability to locate the

source of emergency distress radio

signals until the long term

improvements to the National Distress

System (NDS) are implemented. The

five facilities are located within the First

Coast Guard District in coastal areas of

the States of Massachusetts, Rhode

Island and New York. This FEA

evaluates the environmental and

socioeconomic impacts of utilizing the

five facilities for installation of the radio

direction finding equipment. Due to the

minimal environmental impacts

anticipated, a draft of this

Environmental Assessment was not

circulated for comment. The FEA

evaluates the Preferred Alternative to

install the temporary radio direction

finding equipment; the No Action

Alternative in which the equipment

would never be deployed; and what

could be considered the ‘‘delayed

action’’ alternative in which no interim

measures would be taken until the

permanent improvements to the NDS

are in place. The FONSI determined that

the Preferred Alternative action will

have no significant effects on the human

environment.

ADDRESSES: Written requests for copies

of the Final Environmental Assessment

and FONSI, or requests for information,

should be directed to: Mr. Luke

Dlhopolsky, U.S. Coast Guard Civil

Engineering Unit Providence, 300 Metro

Center Boulevard, Warwick, Rhode

Island 02886 or by calling (401) 736–

1743.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

questions on this notice, the FEA or

FONSI, or for general information on the

U.S. Coast Guard’s National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

process, please contact Mr. Luke

Dlhopolsky, U.S. Coast Guard Civil

Engineering Unit Providence, 300 Metro

Center Boulevard, Warwick, Rhode

Island 02886 or by calling (401) 736–

1743.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Temporary RDF equipment will be

installed on a number of waterfront sites

throughout the First Coast Guard

District Area of Responsibility (AOR).

This AOR includes all six New England

States, eastern New York State, and

northern New Jersey (north of the

Shrewsbury River). Most of the RDF

equipment will be installed on facilities

that are Coast Guard owned. However,

to ensure effective coverage of the

coastal areas, the Coast Guard

determined that some equipment must

be installed at locations where there is

no Coast Guard owned facility. The

Coast Guard identified suitable sites

where the RDF equipment could be

installed and will enter into lease

agreements with the property owners.

These sites, owned by other government

agencies or private parties, are located

in Buzzards Bay (Bourne) and New

Bedford, Massachusetts; Newport,

Rhode Island; and Mamaroneck and

Great River, New York.

Under the Coast Guard’s Procedures

for Implementing the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the

actions to install the RDF equipment at

Coast Guard owned facilities are

Categorically Excluded from further

environmental analysis and

documentation due to minimal expected

environmental impact. However, there

is no established Categorical Exclusion

that addresses acquisition of property

for such uses. As a result, these NEPA

implementing procedures require that

an environmental assessment be

prepared. The FEA and FONSI are

available for public inspection at the

following locations: USCG Civil

Engineering Unit Providence, 300 Metro

Center Boulevard, Warwick, Rhode

Island 02886 (401) 736–1743