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Higher Education, Hospitals and 

Other Non-Profit Organizations. 

A–122 Cost Principles for Non-Profit 

Organizations. 

A–133 Audits of States, Local 

Governments and Non-Profit 

Organizations. 

BPA’s solicitations and contracts 

include notice of applicability and 

availability of the BPI and the BFAI, as 

appropriate, for the information of 

offerors on particular purchases or 

financial assistance transactions. 

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on September 

19, 2005. 

Damian J. Kelly, 

Manager, Supply Chain Policy and 

Governance. 

[FR Doc. 05–19590 Filed 9–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6667–9] 

Environmental Impact Statements and 

Regulations; Availability of EPA 

Comments 

Availability of EPA comments 

prepared pursuant to the Environmental 

Review Process (ERP), under section 

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section 

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act as amended. Requests for 

copies of EPA comments can be directed 

to the Office of Federal Activities at 

202–564–7167. An explanation of the 

ratings assigned to draft environmental 

impact statements (EISs) was published 

in FR dated April 1, 2005 (70 FR 16815). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20050319, ERP No. D–FTA–

J53006–UT, Mid-Jordan Transit Corridor 

Project, Proposed Light Rail Transit 

Service, Funding, Salt Lake County, UT. 

Summary: EPA has environmental 

concerns with the proposed project due 

to the impacts of noise and vibration on 

residents living in close proximately to 

the proposed light rail line and 

associated train stations. EPA 

anticipates that more information 

regarding the mitigation of these 

impacts will be provided in the FEIS. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20050321, ERP No. D–USA–

D11038–PA, Pennsylvania Army 

National Guard’s 56th Brigade 

Transformation into a Stryker Brigade 

Combat Team (SBCT) , Proposal to 

Comply with this Directive, near 

Annville, PA. 

Summary: EPA expressed concern 

related to wetland, air quality PM10, 

noise and forest habitat impacts. EPA 

requested addition information and 

mitigation of these issues. Rating EC2. 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20050324, ERP No. F–FRA–

E40799–FL, Florida High Speed Rail, 

Tampa to Orlando, Transportation 

Improvement, NPDES Permit and U.S. 

Army COE Section 404 Permit, 

Hillsborough, Orange Osceola , and Polk 

Counties, FL. 

Summary: While strongly supporting 

the proposed project, EPA continues to 

have environmental concerns related 

primarily to noise and vibration 

impacts. EPA also has concerns 

regarding the borrow areas utilized for 

fill material as well as impacts to 

wildlife. EPA recommends that 

environmental mitigation be further 

addressed in the ROD and subsequent 

permitting. 

EIS No. 20050332, ERP No. F–AFS–

L65449–AK, Couverden Timer Sales, 

Harvesting Timber, NPDES, Coast Guard 

Bridge Permit, U.S. Army COE Section 

10 and 404 Permits, Tongass National 

Forest, Juneau Ranger District, Chilkat 

Peninsula, AK. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency. 

Dated: September 27, 2005. 

Ken Mittelholtz, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 05–19605 Filed 9–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6667–8] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7167 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 09/19/2005 Through 09/23/2005 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

EIS No. 20050390, Draft EIS, NPS, IA, 

Hoover Creek Stream Management 

Plan, Implementation, Herbert Hoover 

National Historic Site, IA, Comment 

Period Ends: 11/29/2005, Contact: 

Bruce McKeeman 319–643–2541. 

EIS No. 20050391, Final EIS, AFS, CA, 

Creeks Forest Health Recovery 

Project, To Develop a Network of 

Defensible Fuel Profile Zones 

(DFPZs), Group-Selection Timber 

Harvest, Individual Tree Selection, 

Lassen National Forest, Almanor 

Ranger District, Plumas County, CA, 

Wait Period Ends: 10/31/2005, 

Contact: Al Vazquez 530–258–2141. 

EIS No. 20050393, Final EIS, AFS, CA, 

Southern California National Forests 

Land Management Plans, Revision of 

the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, 

and San Bernardino National Forests 

Land Management Plans, 

Implementation, San Bernardino, 

Riverside, and San Diego Counties, 

CA, Wait Period Ends: 10/31/2005, 

Contact: Ron Pugh 858–524–0150. 

EIS No. 20050394, Draft EIS, FHW, IA, 

Council Bluffs Interstate System 

Improvements Project (Tier1), 

Transportation Improvements from 

the Missouri River on 1–80 east of the 

1–480 Interchange in Omaha, 

Pottawamie County, IA and Douglas 

County, NE, Comment Period Ends: 

02/28/2006, Contact: Philip Barnes 

515–233–7300. 

EIS No. 20050395, Draft Supplement, 

HUD, CA, Stillwater Business Park, 

New and Revised Information, 

Development of Business Park, 

Annexation AN1–01, Shastec 

Redevelopment Project Area, Airport 

Land Use Plan Amendment, Pre-Zone, 

General Plan Amendment GPA–2–01, 

Rezone RZ–1–01, Funding and U.S. 

Army COE 404 Permit, City of 

Redding, Shasta County, CA, 

Comment Period Ends: 11/14/2005 

Contact: Nathan Cherpeski 530–225–

4519. 

EIS No. 20050396, Draft EIS, BIA, CA, 

Elk Valley Rancheria Martin Ranch 

203.5—Acre Fee-to-Trust Transfer and 

Casino/Resort Project, 

Implementation, Federal Trust, Elk 

Valley Rancheria Tribe, Crescent City, 

Del Norte County, CA, Comment 

Period Ends: 11/28/2005, Contact: 

John Rydzik 916–978–6042. 

EIS No. 20050397, Draft EIS, BIA, ID, 

Programmatic—Coeur d’Alene Tribe 

Integrated Resource Management 

Plan, Implementation, Coeur d’ Alene 

Reservation and Aboriginal Territory, 

ID, Comment Period Ends: 11/14/ 

2005, Contact: Tiffany Allgood 208–

686–8802. 

EIS No. 20050398, Final EIS, BLM, CA, 

Clear Creek Resource Management 

Area Plan Amendment, Hollister 

Resource Management Plan, 

Implement the Decision Made in the 

1999 CCMA ROD, San Benito and 

Fresno Counties, CA, Wait Period 

Ends: 10/31/2005, Contact: Sky 

Murphy 831–630–5039. 

EIS No. 20050399, Draft EIS, BLM, AK, 

Ring of Fire Resource Management 

Plan, Implementation, Alaska 

Peninsula, Kodiak Island and 

Aleutain Islands, AK, Comment 

Period Ends: 12/29/2005, Contact: 

Robert Lloyd 907–267–1214. 

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EIS No. 20050400, Draft EIS, BLM, 00, 

Lake Havasu Field Office Resource 

Management Plan, Implementation, 

Colorado River, Davis Dam in the 

north and south to Park Dam, CA and 

AZ, Comment Period Ends: 12/29/ 

2005, Contact: Gina Trafton 928–505–

1273. 

Dated: September 27, 2005. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 05–19604 Filed 9–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7978–1; RFA NO: EPA–OEE–05–03] 

Office of Environmental Education; 

Environmental Education Grants 

Program Solicitation Notice for 2006 

Announcement Type: New 

Announcement 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 

66.951. 

Application Deadline: The closing 

date and time for receipt of Applications 

is November 23, 2005, 5 p.m. All 

applications, however transmitted, must 

be received in Headquarters or a 

Regional Office by the closing date and 

time to receive consideration. See 

Section IV(D) for further information. 

Where To Send Applications: Mailing 

addresses are provided in Section VII. 

Authorizing Legislation: Section 6 of 

the National Environmental Education 

Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–619). 

Number of Awards: 150 grants are 

estimated, subject to the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications 

received. Most grants will be in the 

$10,000 to $15,000 range. 

Funding Amount: Approximately $3 

million. 

Cost Sharing Requirement: Applicant 

must provide non-federal matching 

funds of at least 25% of the total cost 

of the project. 

Project Period: July 1, 2006 is the 

earliest start date and most grants are for 

one year. 

Award Date: July 1, 2006. 

Contents By Section 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

II. Award Information 

III. Eligibility Information 

IV. Application and Submission Information 

V. Application Review Information 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VII. Agency Contacts 

Appendices 

A—Federal Forms and Instructions 

B—Checklist for Proposal and Performance 

Measures 

Full Text of Announcement 

Section I. Funding Opportunity 

Description 

A. Summary 

This document solicits grant 

proposals to support environmental 

education projects that promote 

environmental stewardship and help 

develop aware and responsible students, 

teachers, and citizens. This grant 

program provides financial support for 

projects which design, demonstrate, or 

disseminate environmental education 

practices, methods, or techniques as 

described in this notice. This 

solicitation notice contains all the 

information and forms necessary to 

prepare a proposal. If your project is 

selected as a finalist after the evaluation 

process is concluded, EPA will provide 

you with additional federal forms and 

requests for any other information 

needed to process your proposal. 

B. EPA Strategic Plan Linkage and 

Anticipated Results 

(1) Linkage to EPA Strategic Plan: The 

environmental education grants 

program supports progress towards EPA 

Strategic Goal 5 (Compliance and 

Environmental Stewardship), Objective 

5.2 (Improve Environmental 

Performance through Pollution 

Prevention and Innovation), and SubObjective 5.2.1 (Prevent pollution and 

promote environmental stewardship by 

government and the public). Recipients 

of these grants will further EPA’s 

strategic goals by implementing 

environmental education projects that 

improve environmental behavior 

through nonregulatory means, raise the 

public’s awareness of actions it can take 

to prevent pollution, and promote 

environmental stewardship. EPA, in 

negotiating an assistance agreement 

work plan under this competition, will 

ensure that the work plan contains welldefined outputs, and to the extent 

practicable, well-defined outcomes. 

Environmental Stewardship is defined 

for environmental education purposes 

as: Voluntary commitment, behavior, 

and accomplishments that result in 

environmental protection or 

improvement. Stewardship refers to an 

acceptance of personal responsibility for 

actions to improve environmental 

quality and to achieve sustainable 

outcomes. Stewardship involves 

initiatives and actions to enhance the 

state of the environment for the benefit 

of humanity and the animal kingdom. 

Some examples are: Minimizing or 

eliminating pollution at its source; using 

energy and natural resources efficiently; 

decreasing the use of hazardous 

chemicals; recycling wastes effectively; 

and conserving or restoring forests, 

prairies, wetlands, rivers, and urban 

parks to improve the quality of 

ecosystems, health, and life itself. 

Stewardship can be practiced by 

individuals, groups, schools, 

organizations, companies, communities, 

and government organizations. 

(2) Outputs refer to measurable 

quantitative or qualitative activities, 

efforts, deliverables, or work products 

that the applicant proposes to undertake 

during the project period. EPA 

anticipates that outputs from the awards 

made under this announcement will 

include: Outreach projects to educate 

the public about environmental issues; 

the conduct of workshops, classroom 

activities, or field trips; training sessions 

for educators; development of 

educational materials and Web sites; 

and the conduct of needs assessments. 

See Appendix B for further information 

on outputs. A grant proposal must 

clearly define outputs that can be 

measured during the funding period. 

Grant recipients are required to submit 

to EPA status reports about their 

progress achieving outputs once the 

project is implemented. 

(3) Outcomes refer to the result, effect, 

or consequence that will occur from 

carrying out the activities or outputs of 

the environmental education project 

that will support the EPA strategic goal. 

Outcomes may be environmental, 

behavioral, health-related or 

programmatic, must be quantitative, and 

may not necessarily be achievable 

during the project period. Outcomes 

may also be classified as short-, 

medium-, and long-term. Short-term 

outcomes include: Increased learning, 

knowledge, skills, attitudes, and 

motivation and must occur during the 

project period. Medium-term outcomes 

include: Decisions, actions, practices, 

and behavior which are the foundations 

of stewardship. For example, a project 

directed at students might include 

students cleaning up a stream, beach, 

habitat, or nature trail. A project 

directed at teachers might include 

teachers taking newly acquired skills 

into classrooms to teach and motivate 

students. Most projects will accomplish 

some medium-term outcomes during the 

project period. Long-term outcomes 

include: Enhanced civic responsibility, 

educational improvements; and 

environmental improvements. These 

outcomes are longer term and may occur 

after the project closes, such as a more 

environmentally literate public that 

takes action to restore or protect a 

watershed or transform a brownfields 

site into an inner city park.