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date of this Notice. Comments should 

refer to the proposal by name /or OMB 

approval number and should be sent to: 

HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; e-mail: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; fax: 

(202) 395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leroy McKinney, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; 

e-mail: Leroy.MkinneyJR@hud.gov; 

telephone (202) 402–5564. This is not a 

toll-free number. Copies of available 

documents submitted to OMB may be 

obtained from Mr. McKinney. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Notice is soliciting comments from 

members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed 

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (3) enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Office of 

Sustainable Housing and Communities 

NOFA Rating Factor Forms. 

Description of Information Collection: 

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2010 (Pub. L. 111–117, approved 

December 16, 2009) (Appropriations 

Act), made $100 million available for 

the Sustainable Communities Regional 

Planning Grant Program to support 

metropolitan and multijurisdictional 

planning efforts that integrate housing, 

land use, economic and workforce 

development, transportation, and 

infrastructure investments in a manner 

that empowers jurisdictions to consider 

the interdependent challenges of (1) 

economic competitiveness and 

revitalization; (2) social equity, 

inclusion, and access to opportunity; (3) 

energy use and climate change; and (4) 

public health and environmental 

impact. 

As part of HUD’s Office of Sustainable 

Housing and Communities Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) we hope 

incorporating Rating Factor forms will 

achieve the following: (1) Facilitate the 

submission of information as part of the 

applicant’s grant application; (2) ensure 

that the information submitted is 

consistent and uniform amongst all 

applicants; and (3) facilitate the review 

process when applications are being 

reviewed, ranked and rated. 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Agency Form Numbers: N/A, the data 

will be collected via form. 

Members of Affected Public: State, 

Local Government and Non-profit 

organizations. 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of responses, 

and hours of responses: The estimated 

number of respondents is 300 and the 

number of responses is 1. There will be, 

in total, approximately 300 responses. 

The total reporting burden is 600 hours. 

Status of the Proposed Information 

Collection: New collection of 

information for Sustainable 

Communities Regional Planning Grant 

Program applicants. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: May 19, 2010. 

Leroy McKinney, Jr., 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12572 Filed 5–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Invasive Species Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings of the 

Invasive Species Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

notice is hereby given of meetings of the 

Invasive Species Advisory Committee 

(ISAC). Comprised of 30 nonfederal 

invasive species experts and 

stakeholders from across the nation, the 

purpose of the Advisory Committee is to 

provide advice to the National Invasive 

Species Council, as authorized by 

Executive Order 13112, on a broad array 

of issues related to preventing the 

introduction of invasive species and 

providing for their control and 

minimizing the economic, ecological, 

and human health impacts that invasive 

species cause. The Council is co-chaired 

by the Secretary of the Interior, the 

Secretary of Agriculture, and the 

Secretary of Commerce. The duty of the 

Council is to provide national 

leadership regarding invasive species 

issues. 

Purpose of Meeting: The meeting will 

be held on June 22–24, 2010 in San 

Francisco, California, and will focus 

primarily on aquatic invaders. The Bay 

Area was chosen as the meeting location 

because it is one of the most invaded 

marine/coastal environments in the 

world, with over 50 invasive species 

that threaten the Bay’s vibrant economy. 

ISAC will provide recommendations to 

the Council concerning both the unique 

challenges faced by the Bay Area, and 

broader challenges faced by NISC 

agencies elsewhere in the nation. ISAC 

will also address the complex 

relationship between climate change 

and invasive species, opportunities for 

green jobs creation within invasive 

species efforts, ballast water related 

issues, and the development of state 

invasive species councils. 

DATES: Meeting of the Invasive Species 

Advisory Committee: Tuesday, June 22, 

2010 and Thursday, June 24, 2010; 

beginning at approximately 8 a.m., and 

ending at approximately 5 p.m. each 

day. Members will be participating in an 

off-site field tour on Wednesday, June 

23, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The Argonaut Hotel, 495 

Jefferson Street at Hyde, San Francisco, 

California 94109–1314. The general 

session on June 22, 2010 and June 24, 

2010 will be held in the Golden Gate 

Ballroom. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelsey Brantley, National Invasive 

Species Council Program Analyst and 

ISAC Coordinator, (202) 513–7243; Fax: 

(202) 371–1751. 

Dated: May 17, 2010. 

Lori Williams, 

Executive Director, National Invasive Species 

Council. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Tamiami Trail Modifications: 

Next Steps Project, Everglades 

National Park 

Tamiami Trail Modifications: Next 

Steps Project, Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement, Everglades National 

Park, Florida. The Notice of Intent (NOI) 

for this project referred to it as a 

‘‘Feasibility Study and Report’’ based on 

language in the authorizing legislation. 


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This new appellation was a result of 

public scoping and internal National 

Park Service discussions. 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Tamiami Trail Modifications: 

Next Steps Project, Everglades National 

Park. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

4332(2)(C) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

National Park Service (NPS) policy in 

Director’s Order Number 2 (Park 

Planning) and Director’s Order Number 

12 (Conservation Planning, 

Environmental Impact Analysis, and 

Decision-making), the NPS announces 

the availability of a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) for the 

Tamiami Trail (U.S. Highway 41) 

Modifications: Next Steps Project for 

Everglades National Park, Florida. 

The 2009 Omnibus Appropriations 

Act, H.R. 1105: Omnibus 

Appropriations Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 

111–008, dated March 11, 2009) 

directed the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) to construct 

modifications to U.S. Highway 41 

(Tamiami Trail) that were approved in 

the 2008 Limited Reevaluation Report 

and Environmental Assessment. The 

2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act also 

directed the Department of the Interior’s 

National Park Service to ‘‘immediately 

evaluate the feasibility of additional 

bridge length, beyond that to be 

constructed pursuant to the Modified 

Water Deliveries to Everglades National 

Park Project (16 U.S.C. 410r–8), 

including a continuous bridge, or 

additional bridges or some combination 

thereof, for the Tamiami Trail to restore 

more natural water flow to Everglades 

National Park (ENP) and Florida Bay 

and for the purpose of restoring habitat 

within the Park and the ecological 

connectivity between the Park and the 

Water Conservation Areas’’ (2009 

Omnibus Appropriations Act, Pub. L. 

111–008). 

DATES: There will be a 60-day comment 

period beginning with the 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

publication of its Notice of Availability 

in the Federal Register. Public 

meeting(s) will be held during the 

review period. The date, time, and 

location of the public meeting(s) will be 

announced through the NPS Planning, 

Environment, and Public Comment 

(PEPC) Web site http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/ever, a news 

release, and/or a mailed announcement 

to be released in May 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The document will be 

available for public review and 

comment online at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/ever. CDs and 

hard copies are available at Park 

headquarters. You may also request a 

hard copy or CD by contacting 

Everglades National Park, 40001 State 

Road 9336, Homestead, FL 33034–6733; 

telephone 305–242–7700. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

scoping was initiated in the summer of 

2009. A newsletter was distributed on 

May 31, 2009, and a public meeting was 

held on June 2, 2009, to keep the public 

informed and involved throughout the 

planning process. As the lead agency, 

the NPS conducted several inter-agency/ 

Tribal meetings and one workshop to 

develop project objectives, identify 

alternatives, evaluate the benefits of 

alternatives, and identify a preferred 

alternative. The DEIS provides historical 

information, existing conditions, 

alternatives for infrastructure 

modifications, and related impacts of 

the alternatives. The DEIS describes six 

alternatives for consideration, including 

a no-action alternative that provides for 

the continuation of the current Tamiami 

Trail infrastructure configuration. The 

five action alternatives present a range 

of infrastructure modification 

opportunities. The environmental 

impacts of each alternative, including 

the no-action alternative, are 

systematically analyzed in the 

document. 

The six alternatives (with 

corresponding identifiers) as they 

appear in the document are as follows: 

• No Action Alternative: The NoAction Alternative consists of a 1-mile 

eastern bridge and elevation of the 

remaining roadway to allow for 8.5 feet 

stages in the L–29 Canal. This 

alternative continues the status quo. 

• Alternative 1: 2.2 miles of bridges 

and remaining roadway elevated: 

Alternative 1 would involve creating 

conveyance openings through Tamiami 

Trail by removing 2.2 miles of the 

existing highway and embankment. 

Four bridges (or ConSpan) would be 

constructed in the openings to replace 

the removed section of road and 

maintain vehicle traffic across the 

openings. This alternative would create 

2.2 miles of ecological connectivity and 

better distribute flows in the western 

area of the 11 mile project corridor. 

• Alternative 2a: 3.3 miles of bridges 

and remaining roadway elevated: 

Alternative 2a would involve creating 

conveyance openings through Tamiami 

Trail by removing 3.3 miles of the 

existing highway and embankment. Six 

bridges would be constructed in the 

openings to replace the removed section 

of road and maintain vehicle traffic 

across the openings. This alternative 

would create 3.3 miles of ecological 

connectivity and moderately reduce the 

adverse effects of high velocity 

discharges associated with the existing 

culverts. 

• Alternative 4: 1.0 miles of bridging 

and remaining roadway elevated: 

Alternative 4 would involve creating 

conveyance openings through Tamiami 

Trail by removing 1.0 mile of the 

existing highway and embankment 

where the bridging is proposed. This 

alternative would increase ecological 

connectivity by 1.0 mile. 

• Alternative 5: 1.5 miles of bridging 

and remaining roadway elevated: 

Alternative 5 would involve creating 

conveyance openings through Tamiami 

Trail by removing 1.5 miles of the 

existing highway and embankment. 

Three bridges would be constructed in 

the opening to replace the removed 

section of road and maintain vehicle 

traffic. This alternative would increase 

ecological connectivity by 1.5 miles. 

• Alternative 6E: 5.5 miles of bridging 

and remaining roadway elevated. 

Alternative 6E is the maximum bridging 

option and involves creating 

conveyance openings through Tamiami 

Trail by removing 5.5 miles of the 

existing highway and embankment. 

Four bridges would be constructed in 

the opening to replace the removed 

section of road and maintain vehicle 

traffic. This alternative would increase 

ecological connectivity by 5.5 miles, 

reduce flow velocities below the 0.10 

fps threshold that causes harm to 

marshes, and substantially restore the 

flow patterns associated with a healthy 

ridge and slough landscape in Northeast 

Shark River Slough. 

• Common to all action alternatives: 

The remaining highway embankments 

along stretches of the road that are not 

bridged would be reconstructed to raise 

the crown elevation to 12.3 feet, the 

minimum required based on the design 

high water of 9.7 feet and the roadway 

cross section geometry. 

Preferred Alternative: Alternative 6E 

was determined to be the preferred 

alternative by the NPS and the U.S. 

Department of the Interior. 

If you wish to comment on the DEIS 

for the Tamiami Trail Modifications: 

Next Steps Project, you may submit 

your comments by any one of several 

methods. The preferred method for 

submitting comments is via the Internet 

at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/ever. If 

you do not receive a confirmation from 

the system that we have received your 

internet message, please contact us 

directly at the address above. You may 


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also mail comments to the Park at the 

address shown above. Finally, you may 

present your comments in person at the 

public meeting(s) to be held during the 

public review period or at the address 

listed above. 

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. We will always make 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives of or officials or 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Authority: The authority for publishing 

this notice is 40 CFR 1506.6. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Everglades National Park at the 

address and telephone number shown 

above. 

The responsible official for this Draft 

EIS is the Regional Director, Southeast 

Region, NPS, 100 Alabama Street, SW., 

1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 

Dated: March 31, 2010. 

David Vela, 

Regional Director, Southeast Region, National 

Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12476 Filed 5–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCOS06000–L91310000–EI0000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Competitive Geothermal 

Lease Sale, Gunnison County, CO and 

Land Use Plan Amendment 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as amended, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Gunnison Field Office, Gunnison, 

Colorado intends to prepare an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) to 

consider whether, and under what 

conditions, to issue geothermal leases 

under pending nominations, which may 

include an amendment to the Gunnison 

Resource Area Approved Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) of February 

1993, as amended by the RMP 

Amendments for Geothermal Leasing in 

the Western United States (2008). While 

the area nominated for geothermal 

leasing is allocated as open to 

consideration for geothermal leasing 

under the amended Plan, and the 

proposed level of development 

contemplated in the amended Plan will 

not be exceeded by issuance of the 

proposed leases, the Reasonably 

Foreseeable Development scenario for 

the resource area has been refined and 

updated since that time, and additional 

stipulations to protect other resources 

and uses may be developed through this 

process and adopted into the Plan. The 

BLM proposes to amend the existing 

Gunnison Resource Area RMP using the 

NEPA analysis to support its decision. 

Review of the RMP is necessary due to 

recently updated information regarding 

the presence of Gunnison sage-grouse 

and Canada lynx habitat that was not 

analyzed in the existing RMP. The BLM, 

by this notice, is announcing the 

beginning of the scoping process to 

solicit public comments and identify 

issues. 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping process for the EA and RMP 

amendment. Comments on issues may 

be submitted in writing until June 24, 

2010. A joint public scoping meeting 

was held by the BLM and the U.S. 

Forest Service (FS) in Gunnison, 

Colorado on March 11, 2010. The date(s) 

and location(s) of any additional 

scoping meetings will be announced at 

least 15 days in advance through local 

media, newspapers and the following 

BLM Web site: http://www.blm.gov/co/ 

st/en/fo/gfo.html. In order to be 

included in the EA, all comments must 

be received prior to the close of the 

scoping period or 30 days after the last 

public meeting, whichever is later. The 

BLM will provide additional 

opportunities for public participation 

upon publication of the EA. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on issues and planning criteria related 

to Competitive Geothermal Lease 

Nomination, Gunnison County by any of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: http://www.blm.gov/co/st/ 

en/fo/gfo.html. 

• E-mail: Marnie_Medina@blm.gov. 

• Fax: (970) 642–4425. 

• Mail: BLM, Gunnison Field Office, 

216 N. Colorado St., Gunnison, 

Colorado 81230. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Gunnison Field 

Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or to have your 

name added to our mailing list, contact 

Marnie Medina, Realty Specialist, 

telephone (970) 642–4457; address 216 

N. Colorado St., Gunnison, Colorado 

81230; e-mail Marnie_Medina@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

has received two block nominations of 

lands for competitive geothermal 

leasing. One block includes 

approximately 4,586 acres of public 

lands and 400 acres of split estate lands, 

i.e., private surface overlying the 

Federal mineral estate. The second 

block includes approximately 3,765 

acres of FS lands. The proposed lease of 

that block will be included in the study 

area for BLM’s EA, but also will be 

analyzed by the FS in a separate 

environmental analysis. The FS will use 

its own NEPA process to decide 

whether, and under what conditions, to 

consent to the issuance of geothermal 

leases on its lands. In addition, the 

Colorado State Land Board has received 

an application for a geothermal lease on 

State lands adjacent to some of the 

nominated FS lands. The nominated 

lands are located in southeastern 

Gunnison County, north of Highway 50, 

in the general vicinity of Tomichi Dome 

east of Gunnison, Colorado. While the 

BLM lands at issue are currently open 

to geothermal leasing, current RMPlevel use restrictions and stipulations 

designed to protect other resources, in 

particular Gunnison sage-grouse (a BLM 

special status species) and Canada lynx 

(recently listed under the Endangered 

Species Act), may not be adequate or 

have not been formally adopted into the 

RMP. The nominated BLM lands are 

within occupied sage-grouse habitat and 

include about 200 acres of potential 

lynx habitat. The decision to be made is 

whether to offer the lands in the study 

area for geothermal lease, and if so, to 

identify the constraints, major and 

minor, under which geothermal leasing 

and development could occur. The 

planning level decisions could include, 

among other things, development of 

adequate protective measures for 

cultural resources, sage-grouse, and 

lynx, and other resources, which may 

involve some minor resource-specific 

land use plan amendments. Individual 

lease issuance decisions for the 

nominated lands will be made based on 

this NEPA process. A geothermal lease 

provides a non-exclusive right to future 

exploration and an exclusive right to 

produce and use the geothermal 

resources within the lease area, subject 


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