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Reclamation has identified the need 

for expedited action to reduce 

hydrologic, static, and seismic risks 

under its Safety of Dams (SOD) Program 

and security issues under its Security 

Program. These identified risks are 

among the highest risks for all dams in 

Reclamation’s inventory, and the 

Folsom Facility is among Reclamation’s 

highest priorities within its SOD 

Program. Both Reclamation and the 

Corps have conducted engineering 

studies to identify potential corrective 

measures for the Folsom Facility to 

alleviate seismic, static, and hydrologic 

dam safety issues and flood 

management concerns. These two 

Federal agencies have combined their 

efforts resulting in (1) a Joint Federal 

Project for addressing Reclamation’s 

dam safety hydrologic risk and the 

Corps’ flood damage reduction 

objectives and (2) other stand-alone 

flood damage reduction and dam safety 

actions to be completed by the 

respective agencies in a coordinated 

manner. The MIAD Modification Project 

Final Supplemental EIS/EIR discusses 

the project background, purpose and 

need, project description, and proposed 

action. Responses to all comments 

received from interested organizations 

and individuals on the Draft 

Supplemental EIS/EIR during the public 

review period and at the public 

meetings are addressed in the Final 

Supplemental EIS/EIR. 

The Final Supplemental EIS/EIR 

addresses the impacts of project 

construction on aquatic resources, 

terrestrial vegetation and wildlife, 

hydrology, water quality, flood control, 

groundwater, water supply, 

socioeconomics, cultural resources, 

soils, minerals, geological resources, 

visual resources, transportation and 

circulation, land use, planning and 

zoning, recreation resources, public 

services and utilities, air quality, public 

health and safety, growth inducement, 

noise, environmental justice, and Indian 

trust assets. There is the potential for 

significant impacts to air quality, 

recreation resources, and visual 

resources. 

The MIAD Modification Project 

proposed action considered by the lead 

agencies is the alternative that includes: 

• Cellular open excavation as the 

preferred method to excavate and 

replace the downstream MIAD 

foundation to reduce seismic 

(earthquake) risks associated with the 

downstream foundation. 

• Placement of an overlay on the 

downstream side of MIAD to address 

seismic (earthquake) risks associated 

with the upstream foundation and 

installation of filters and drains to 

reduce static (seepage and piping) risks. 

• Creation of up to 80 acres of 

riparian habitat mitigation and 5 acres 

of seasonal wetland mitigation at 

Mississippi Bar. 

Copies of the MIAD Modification 

Project Final Supplemental EIS/EIR are 

available for public review at the 

following locations: 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Denver 

Office Library, Building 67, Room 167, 

Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, 

Denver, CO 80225. 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific 

Regional Office Library, 2800 Cottage 

Way, W–1825, Sacramento, CA 95825– 

1989. 

• El Dorado County Library, 345 Fair 

Lane, Placerville, CA 95667–5699. 

• Folsom Public Library, 411 Stafford 

Street, Folsom, CA 95630. 

• Natural Resources Library, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, 1849 C 

Street, NW., Main Interior Building, 

Washington, DC 20240–0001. 

• Roseville Public Library, 311 

Vernon Street, Roseville, CA 95678. 

• Sacramento Central Library, 828 I 

Street, Sacramento, CA 95814–2589. 

Public Disclosure 

Before including your name, address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: March 19, 2010. 

Pablo R. Arroyave, 

Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10716 Filed 5–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil 

and Gas Lease Sales 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: List of Restricted Joint Bidders. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority 

vested in the Director of the Minerals 

Management Service by the joint 

bidding provisions of 30 CFR 256.41, 

each entity within one of the following 

groups shall be restricted from bidding 

with any entity in any other of the 

following groups at Outer Continental 

Shelf oil and gas lease sales to be held 

during the bidding period May 1, 2010, 

through October 31, 2010. The List of 

Restricted Joint Bidders published in 

the Federal Register on November 23, 

2009, covered the period November 1, 

2009, through April 30, 2010. 

Group I. Exxon Mobil Corporation, 

ExxonMobil Exploration Company. 

Group II. Shell Oil Company, Shell 

Offshore Inc., SWEPI LP, Shell Frontier 

Oil & Gas Inc., Shell Onshore Ventures 

Inc., SOI Finance Inc., Shell Rocky 

Mountain Production LLC, Shell Gulf of 

Mexico Inc. 

Group III. BP America Production 

Company, BP Exploration & Production 

Inc., BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. 

Group IV. Chevron Corporation, 

Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Chevron 

Midcontinent, L.P., Unocal Corporation, 

Union Oil Company of California, Pure 

Partners, L.P. 

Group V. ConocoPhillips Company, 

ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc., 

ConocoPhillips Petroleum Company, 

Phillips Pt. Arguello Production 

Company, Burlington Resources Oil & 

Gas Company L.P., Burlington 

Resources Offshore Inc., The Louisiana 

Land and Exploration Company, Inexco 

Oil Company. 

Group VI. Eni Petroleum Co. Inc., Eni 

Petroleum US LLC, Eni Oil US LLC, Eni 

Marketing Inc., Eni BB Petroleum Inc., 

Eni US Operating Co. Inc., Eni BB 

Pipeline LLC. 

Group VII. Petrobras America Inc., 

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. 

Group VIII. StatoilHydro ASA, Statoil 

Gulf of Mexico LLC, StatoilHydro USA 

E&P, Inc., StatoilHydro Gulf Properties 

Inc. 

Dated: April 12, 2010. 

S. Elizabeth Birnbaum, 

Director, Minerals Management Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10692 Filed 5–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R3–ES–2010–N093; 30120–1113– 

0000–F6] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Permit Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of permit 

applications; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

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endangered species. With some 

exceptions, the Endangered Species Act 

(Act) prohibits activities with 

endangered and threatened species 

unless a Federal permit allows such 

activity. The Act requires that we invite 

public comment before issuing these 

permits. 

DATES: We must receive any written 

comments on or before June 7, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments by 

U.S. mail to the Regional Director, Attn: 

Peter Fasbender, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Ecological Services, 1 Federal 

Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111–4056; or 

by electronic mail to 

permitsR3ES@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Fasbender, (612) 713–5343. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

We invite public comment on the 

following permit applications for certain 

activities with endangered species 

authorized by section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and our 

regulations governing the taking of 

endangered species in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 

part 17. Submit your written data, 

comments, or request for a copy of the 

complete application to the address 

shown in ADDRESSES. 

Permit Applications 

Permit Application Number: TE09357A. 

Applicant: Ecological Specialties LLC, 

Symsonia, Kentucky. 

The applicant requests a permit 

renewal/amendment to take (capture, 

radio-tag, and release) Indiana bats 

(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis 

grisescens), Ozark big-eared bats 

(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), 

Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus 

townsendii virginianus), Mexican longnosed bats (Leptonycteris nivalis), and 

Sanborn’s long-nosed bats 

(Leptonycteris sanborni (=yerbabuenae)) 

throughout the States of Arkansas, 

Alabama, California, Illinois, Indiana, 

Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, 

New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 

Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, 

Virginia, and West Virginia to document 

presence/absence and distribution of the 

species and to conduct habitat use 

assessments. Proposed activities are 

aimed at enhancement of survival of the 

species in the wild. 

Permit Application Number: 

TE010887A. 

Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Great Lakes Science Center, Porter, 

Indiana. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (capture, rear and release) Karner 

blue butterflies (Lycaeides melissa 

samuelis) throughout the range of the 

species in New York, Indiana, Michigan, 

and Wisconsin. Proposed activities 

involve capture of adult butterflies for 

captive rearing, experimental treatments 

on captive-reared larvae, and nonlethal 

tissue sampling in the wild. Population 

studies are designed to answer 

questions posed in the Karner blue 

butterfly recovery plan and are aimed at 

enhancement of survival of the species 

in the wild. 

Permit Application Number: TE10891A. 

Applicant: Illinois State Museum, 

Department of Natural Resources, 

Springfield, Illinois. 

The applicant requests a permit 

renewal to take (capture and release, 

collect) Hine’s emerald dragonfly 

(Somatochlora hineana) throughout the 

range of the species in the States of 

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, 

Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, 

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, 

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, 

Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New 

Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, 

North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, 

Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South 

Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, 

West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Proposed 

activities are for the recovery and 

enhancement of survival of the species 

in the wild. 

Permit Application Number: TE212427. 

Applicant: Ecology & Environment, Inc., 

Lancaster, New York. 

The applicant requests an amendment 

to permit number TE212427 for the 

Indiana bat, Ozark big-eared bat, and 

gray bat. The applicant’s request 

includes addition of qualified personnel 

and addition of the States of Iowa, 

Michigan, and Pennsylvania to their 

area of jurisdiction for conducting 

survey and assessment work. Activities 

are for the enhancement of survival of 

the species in the wild. 

Permit Application Number: TE11035A. 

Applicant: Robert J. Vande Kopple, 

University of Michigan, Pellston, 

Michigan. 

The applicant requests a permit 

renewal to take (capture and release, 

collect) Hungerford’s crawling water 

beetle (Brychius hungerfordi) 

throughout the States of Michigan and 

Wisconsin. Proposed activities include 

surveys to document presence of the 

species, habitat use, and scientific study 

related to recovery and enhancement of 

the survival of the species in the wild. 

Public Comments 

We seek public review and comments 

on these permit applications. Please 

refer to the permit number when you 

submit comments. Comments and 

materials we receive are available for 

public inspection, by appointment, 

during normal business hours at the 

address shown in the ADDRESSES

section. Before including your address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), we have made an initial 

determination that the proposed 

activities in these permits are 

categorically excluded from the 

requirement to prepare an 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement (516 

DM 6 Appendix 1, 1.4C(1)). 

Dated: April 30, 2010. 

Lynn M. Lewis, 

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Services, Region 3. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10659 Filed 5–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 332–352] 

Andean Trade Preference Act: Impact 

on the U.S. Economy and on Andean 

Drug Crop Eradication 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing and 

opportunity to submit comments in 

connection with the 14th report on the 

Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA). 

SUMMARY: Section 206 of the ATPA (19 

U.S.C. 3204) requires the Commission to 

report biennially to the Congress by 

September 30 of each reporting year on 

the economic impact of the Act on U.S. 

industries and U.S. consumers, as well 

as on the effectiveness of the Act in 

promoting drug related crop eradication 

and crop substitution efforts by 

beneficiary countries. The Commission 

prepares these reports under 

investigation No. 332–352, Andean 

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