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hearing from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Navy 

representatives will be available at the 

open house information session to 

answer questions about the proposal 

and the Draft SEIS analyses. The open 

house and public hearing will be held 

at: Coronado Community Center, 

Nautilus Room, 1845 Strand Way, 

Coronado, CA 92118. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SEIS 

Project Manager, Naval Facilities 

Engineering Command Southwest, 2730 

McKean Street, Building 291, San Diego, 

CA 92136, telephone: 619–556–8509. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Navy 

has filed the Draft SEIS for Developing 

Homeport Facilities for Three NimitzClass Aircraft Carriers in Support of the 

U.S. Pacific Fleet with the EPA in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. Sections 

4321–4345) and its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508). 

The Navy is the lead agency for the 

Proposed Action. 

A Notice of Intent for the SEIS was 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 18, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 

201, Pages 59084–59085), which 

specified that scoping comments must 

submitted on or before November 19, 

2007. In response to local wildfires in 

the San Diego area, the Navy extended 

the normal 30-day scoping period. A 

second notice was published in the 

Federal Register Volume 72, 6 Number 

218, Page 63891 on November 13, 2007, 

indicating that the public comment 

period had been extended through 

December 3, 2007 for a total of 47 days. 

The Proposed Action from the 1999 

FEIS has been implemented except for 

some minor infrastructure upgrades, 

some of which were not required at the 

time of the FEIS. Therefore, the Navy 

proposes to implement those minor 

infrastructure upgrades in order to meet 

current Navy requirements. 

The Navy’s analysis of the existing 

CVN homeport facilities and 

infrastructure at Naval Air Station North 

Island (NASNI) in Coronado, California, 

included a summary of specific 

construction projects needed to satisfy 

the requirements set out in the Naval 

Sea Systems Command and Naval 

Facilities Engineering Command 

guidance documents and AntiTerrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) 

guidance documents. These proposed 

minor infrastructure upgrades to Berth 

LIMA are analyzed in the SEIS and 

include: A fendering system, mooring 

bollards, a CVN security building and 

AT/FP improvements, as well as the 

installation of information systems, 

electrical and mechanical utility 

upgrades, paving, drainage, and site 

improvements. 

There are no practical alternatives to 

these requirements, as current 

guidelines require these features for a 

homeport berth. Consequently, no 

alternatives to the minor infrastructure 

upgrades are discussed. 

The primary focus of the SEIS is 

vehicular traffic and traffic-related 

issues in the vicinity of NASNI 

including evaluating the effectiveness of 

traffic mitigation measures implemented 

pursuant to the 2000 ROD. The SEIS 

also addresses potential environmental 

impacts to air quality, noise levels, 

biological resources, and marine water 

resources associated with the minor 

CVN berth infrastructure improvements 

at NASNI, and public scoping 

comments related to shoreline erosion 

along First Street in the City of 

Coronado. 

The Draft SEIS has been distributed to 

various Federal, State, and local 

agencies, as well as other interested 

individuals and organizations. In 

addition, copies of the Draft SEIS have 

been made available for public review at 

the following repositories: 

1. Chula Vista Library, Civic Center 

Branch, 365 F Street, Chula Vista CA 

91910; 

2. Coronado Public Library, 640 

Orange Avenue, Coronado, CA 92118; 

3. National City Public Library, 1401 

National City Blvd., National City, CA 

91950; 

4. San Diego County Library, Imperial 

Beach Branch, 810 Imperial Beach 

Blvd., Imperial Beach, CA 91932; 

5. San Diego Public Library, 820 E 

Street, San Diego, CA 92101; 

6. San Diego Public Library, Point 

Loma/Hervey Branch Library, 3701 

Voltaire St., San Diego, CA 92107–1606. 

The Draft SEIS is also available 

electronically on the project Web site 

http://www.nimitzcarriersseis.com. 

Copies of the Draft SEIS or Executive 

Summary may be requested, and 

comments on the Draft SEIS may be 

submitted, via the Web site. Federal 

state, and local agencies, and other 

interested parties, are invited and 

encouraged to be present or represented 

at the public hearing. To ensure the 

accuracy of the record, all statements 

presented orally at the public hearing 

should be submitted in writing. All 

comments will become part of the 

public record and substantive comments 

will be responded to in the Final SEIS. 

Equal weight will be given to oral and 

written statements. Persons wishing to 

speak will be required to sign in. In the 

interest of available time, and to ensure 

all who wish to give an oral statement 

at the public hearings have the 

opportunity to do so, each speaker’s 

comments will be limited to three 

minutes. If a longer statement is to be 

presented, it should be summarized at 

the public hearing and the full text 

submitted in writing either at the 

hearing or mailed to: Naval Facilities 

Engineering Command Southwest, Attn: 

SEIS Project Manager Code: 

ROPME.RM, 2730 McKean Street, 

Building 291, San Diego, CA 92136. 

Comments can be made in the 

following ways: (1) Oral statements/ 

written comments at the public hearing; 

(2) written comments mailed to Naval 

Facilities Engineering Command 

Southwest, Attn: SEIS Project Manager 

Code: ROPME.RM, 2730 McKean Street, 

Building 291, San Diego, CA 92136; (3) 

written comment by e-mail to 

robert.montana@navy.mil; or (4) 

comments submitted via the project 

Web site at http:// 

www.nimitzcarriersseis.com. Written 

comments postmarked by September 22, 

2008 will become part of the official 

public record. 

Dated: August 4, 2008. 

T. M. Cruz, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

7, 2008. 

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 

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Management Services, Office of 

Management, 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. 

The Department of Education is 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following issues: (1) Is 

this collection necessary to the proper 

functions of the Department; (2) will 

this information be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

Department enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (5) how might the 

Department minimize the burden of this 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Dated: August 4, 2008. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Leveraging Educational 

Assistance Program (LEAP)/Special 

Leveraging Educational Assistance 

Program (SLEAP) Performance Report. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs (primary). 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 56. 

Burden Hours: 448. 

Abstract: FSA seeks approval for the 

LEAP/SLEAP Performance Report, 

which is set to expire on October 31, 

2008. The performance report is used 

once annually in the fall of each 

calendar year and is needed to ensure 

program compliance by states. This is 

the same form that has been previously 

approved which has been reformatted 

utilizing Adobe LiveCycle Forms 

software. The new formatted form is an 

electronic interactive form, which 

allows our respondents to navigate, 

complete and submit more easily, while 

improving data accuracy. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

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

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 3713. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@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 EDUCATION 

National Board for Education 

Sciences; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Education, 

Institute of Education Sciences. 

ACTION: Notice of an Open Meeting With 

a Partially Closed Session. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of an 

upcoming partially closed meeting of 

the National Board for Education 

Sciences. The notice also describes the 

functions of the committee. Notice of 

this meeting is required by Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act and is intended to notify 

the public of their opportunity to attend 

the open portions of the meeting. 

DATES: September 9 and 10, 2008. 

Time: September 9, 10 a.m. to 4:15 

p.m., open; September 10, 8:30 a.m. to 

12:30 p.m., open; 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m., 

closed. 

ADDRESSES: Institute of Education 

Sciences Board Room, 80 F St., NW., 

Washington, DC 20208. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Norma Garza, Executive Director, 

National Board for Education Sciences, 

555 New Jersey Ave., NW., Room 627 H, 

Washington, DC 20208; phone: (202) 

219–2195; fax: (202) 219–1466; e-mail: 

Norma.Garza@ed.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Board for Education Sciences 

is authorized by Section 116 of the 

Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002. 

The Board advises the Director of the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) on 

the establishment of activities to be 

supported by the Institute, on the 

funding for applications for grants, 

contracts, and cooperative agreements 

for research after the completion of peer 

review, and reviews and evaluates the 

work of the Institute. 

On September 9, from 10 a.m. to 12:15 

p.m., the Board will receive reports from 

the Director of IES and the 

Commissioners of the IES centers on 

projects underway since May 2008. 

From 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., the Board 

will hear presentations on the Reading 

First program and on the Impact 

Evaluation of Academic Instruction for 

After-School Programs. At 3 p.m. the 

IES Deputy Director for Science will 

discuss trends in IES research. The 

session will conclude at 4:15 p.m. after 

a report from the IES evaluation 

committee and summary views of the 

NBES chair. On September 10, the 

meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. After 

a review of the agenda, the members 

will hear a report on the Mid-Stream 

Evaluation of the National Center on 

Education Evaluation until 

approximately 10:15 a.m. From 10:30 

a.m. to 12 noon the Board will review 

and discuss its final 5-year report with 

recommendations regarding actions to 

enhance the ability of IES to carry out 

its priorities and mission. The members 

will then consider next steps and 

summary views. 

At 12:30 the Board will conduct an 

election of officers. In accordance with 

the provisions of Section 10 (d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and 

consistent with exemptions (2) and (6) 

of Section 552b (c ) of Title 5 U.S. C., 

this portion of the meeting will be 

closed to the public because it relates to 

internal personnel rules and practices of 

the Board and disclosure of these 

deliberations could result in an 

unwarranted invasion of privacy. The 

meeting will adjourn at 1 p.m. 

A final agenda will be available from 

Norma Garza (see contact information 

above) on August 22. Individuals who 

will need accommodations for a 

disability in order to attend the meeting 

(e.g., interpreting devices, assistance 

listening devices, or materials in 

alternative format) should notify Norma 

Garza no later than August 22. We will 

attempt to meet requests for 

accommodations after this date but 

cannot guarantee their availability. The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. 

Records are kept of all committee 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at 555 New Jersey Ave., NW., 

Room 627 H, Washington, DC 20208, 


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