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Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

in 1997 addressing its military aviation

and associated ground training impacts

on the Yuma Training Range Complex.

This complex includes portions of the

Barry M. Goldwater Range, AZ, which

contains habitat for the Sonoran

Pronghorn.

On February 12, 2001, the United

States District Court for the District of

Columbia found that the cumulative

impact analysis in the 1997 Yuma

Training Range Complex EIS was

deficient in that it failed to provide

sufficient analysis of cumulative

impacts on the Sonoran Pronghorn in

accordance with 40 CFR 1508.7. The

Court remanded the matter to the

Marine Corps for further consideration

of such impacts.

Accordingly, the Department of the

Navy is preparing a supplement to the

EIS, in accordance with 40 CFR

1502.9(C), that will evaluate the

cumulative impacts on the Sonoran

Pronghorn of Marine Corps actions

when added to other past, present, and

reasonably foreseeable future actions

regardless of what agency or person

undertakes such other actions. The draft

supplemental environmental impact

statement analyzing these impacts was

distributed to the public on June 8,

2001.

Three public hearings on the

document will be held as discussed in

the DATES section of this notice. The

purpose of these hearings is for

interested persons to review displays

and ask questions regarding the

cumulative effects analysis, and to

provide comments on the draft

supplemental environmental impact

statement. Each hearing will be

conducted in an open house format.

Dated: June 26, 2001.

Jane Brattain,

Acting Head, U.S. Marine Corps, Military

Construction and Land Use Branch Facilities

and Services Division Installations and

Logistics Department Headquarters.

[FR Doc. 01–16448 Filed 6–28–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, Office

of the Chief Information Officer 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 July 30,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, Acting

Desk Officer, Department of Education,

Office of Management and Budget, 725

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

LaurenlWittenberg@omb.eop.gov.

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 Leader,

Regulatory Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, 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: June 26, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Reinstatement

Title: Performance Report for the

Training Programs for Federal TRIO

Programs.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 25. Burden Hours:

113.

Abstract: Data assures that grantees

have conducted the project for which

funded, signals problems of

implementation, and indicates extent

and quality of performance. Reports are

used in evaluating project’s

continuations, determining future

funding levels and in assigning scores

for future competition.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW, Room 4050, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIOlIMGlIssues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. Please specify

the complete title of the information

collection when making your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or

the collection activity requirements

should be directed to Joseph Schubart at

(202) 708–9266 or via her internet

address Joe.Schubart@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

Comment Period for Specific

Individuals for the Supplement to the

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

for a Geologic Repository for the

Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and

High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca

Mountain, Nye County, NV

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of comment period for

specific individuals.

SUMMARY: On May 4, 2001, the U.S.

Department of Energy (DOE) published

a Notice of Availability (66 FR 22540) of

its Supplement to the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for a

Geologic Repository for the Disposal of

Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level

Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain,

Nye County, Nevada (Draft EIS) (DOE/

EIS–0250D–S) and announced a 45-day

public comment period ending June 25,

2001. In response to requests from the

public, DOE extended the comment

period to July 6, 2001 (66 FR 33534).

DOE has discovered that some

individuals had requested and received

a copy of the Draft EIS, but were not

sent the Supplement to the Draft EIS.

DOE has now distributed the

Supplement to those individuals, and

will accept comments from those

individuals transmitted or postmarked

by August 13, 2001.

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DATES: Comments from specific

individuals who received a copy of the

Supplement with a June 22, 2001 letter

from DOE regarding this oversight are

now due by August 13, 2001. DOE will

consider all comments received from

those individuals by that date in

preparing the Final EIS. Comments

received from those individuals after

August 13, 2001 will be considered to

the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests for further information on the

Supplement to the Draft EIS, and

requests for copies of the document

(hard copy or CD–ROM) should be

directed to: Dr. Jane Summerson, EIS

Document Manager, M/S 010, U.S.

Department of Energy, Office of Civilian

Radioactive Waste Management, Yucca

Mountain Site Characterization Office,

P.O. Box 30307, North Las Vegas,

Nevada 89036–0307, Telephone 1–800–

967–3477, Facsimile 1–800–967–0739.

Written comments via facsimiles

should include the following identifier:

‘‘Yucca Mountain Supplement to the

Draft EIS.’’

Written comments on or requests for

copies of the document may also be

submitted over the internet via the

Yucca Mountain Project website at

http://www.ymp.gov, under the listing

‘‘Environmental Impact Statement.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Jane Summerson, EIS Document

Manager, M/S 010, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive

Waste Management, Yucca Mountain

Site Characterization Office, P.O. Box

30307, North Las Vegas, Nevada 89036–

0307, Telephone 1–800–967–3477,

Facsimile 1–800–967–0739.

For general information on the DOE

NEPA process, contact: Ms. Carol M.

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA

Policy and Compliance (EH–42), U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, Telephone 202–

586–4600, or leave a message at 1–800–

472–2756.

Issued in Washington, DC, June 25, 2001.

Lake Barrett,

Acting Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive

Waste Management.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Los Alamos Area Office, National

Nuclear Security Administration;

Notice of Floodplain Involvement for

the Wildfire Hazard Reduction and

Forest Health Improvement Program

Projects at Los Alamos National

Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security

Administration, Los Alamos Area

Office, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of floodplain

involvement.

SUMMARY: The National Nuclear

Security Administration (NNSA) of the

Los Alamos Area Office at the

Department of Energy (DOE) plans to

implement individual projects using

mechanical and manual thinning

methods to treat the forests at Los

Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in

an effort to reduce fuel loading and

wildfire hazards, and to improve the

overall forest health. These ecosystembased management program projects

will be implemented over the next 18 to

36 months, or until completed, and will

be followed by periodic maintenance

projects to retain the desired end-state

for wildfire risk reduction with

enhancements to improve forest health.

The projects will include construction

of access roads and fuel breaks as

treatment measures. Wood materials

generated by the treatment measures

will be either donated or salvaged; wood

waste materials will primarily be

disposed of through chipping and use

on-site or by burning in pits with the

use of an air curtain destructor.

Implementation of these projects will

include areas of forest located on mesa

tops, along canyon sides, and in canyon

bottoms, including floodplain areas (but

excluding wetland areas), located

within the Los Alamos National

Laboratory (LANL) boundaries in Los

Alamos and Santa Fe Counties, New

Mexico. In accordance with 10 CFR part

1022, DOE will prepare a floodplain

assessment and will perform this

proposed action in a manner so as to

avoid or minimize potential harm to or

within the affected floodplain.

DATES: Comments are due to the address

below no later than July 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to: Elizabeth Withers,

Department of Energy, National Nuclear

Security Administration, Los Alamos

Area Office, 528 35th Street, Los

Alamos, NM 87544, or submit them to

the Mail Room at the above address

between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30

p.m., Monday through Friday. Written

comments may also be sent

electronically to: ewithers@doeal.gov or

by facsimile to (505) 667–9998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Everett Trollinger, Department of

Energy, National Nuclear Security

Administration, Los Alamos Area

Office, 528 35th Street, Los Alamos, NM

87544. Telephone (505) 667–0281,

facsimile (505) 667–9998.

For Further Information on General

DOE Floodplain Environmental Review

Requirements, contact: Carol M.

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA

Policy and Compliance, EH–42,

Department of Energy, 100

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington DC 20585–0119. Telephone

(202) 586–4600 or (800) 472–2756,

facsimile (202) 586–7031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August

9, 2000, the NNSA issued a Finding of

No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the

Proposed Action (the No Burn

Alternative) together with the Final

Environmental Assessment for the

Wildfire Hazard Reduction and Forest

Health Improvement Program at Los

Alamos National Laboratory, Los

Alamos, New Mexico (DOE/EA 1329).

More recently, on May 29, 2001, the

NNSA issued a FONSI for the Limited

Burn Alternative (Waste Only) analyzed

in DOE/EA 1329. The NNSA now plans

on implementing the actions described

in the Limited Burn Alternative of DOE/

EA 1329 beginning in July 2001. Up to

an estimated 10,000 acres (ac) (4,000

hectares (ha)), or about 35 percent of

LANL, will be treated over the next 18

to 36 months or until completed.

Implementation of program projects will

include areas of forest located on mesa

tops, along canyon sides, and in canyon

bottoms, including floodplain areas (but

excluding wetland areas), located

within LANL boundaries in Los Alamos

and Santa Fe Counties, New Mexico.

The treatment of LANL forested areas

will include the use of mechanical

thinning and thinning with hand-held

tools and equipment.

The program projects will be

composed of a series of strategically

planned projects implemented in three

phases. The phases are as follows: Phase

1 (high priority strategic projects,

primarily fuel breaks, in heavily

forested urban interface areas to reduce

the wildfire hazard to the pubic, LANL

employees, and key facilities and

infrastructure); Phase 2 ( moderate

priority, larger forest fuels reduction

projects in heavily forested areas to

reduce the general wildfire hazard and

improve forest health); and Phase 3

(lower priority, larger forest fuels

reduction projects in more moderately

forested and remote areas to reduce