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River in Utah as partial mitigation for 

these Bonneville Unit impacts. 

Approximately 4,807 acres of land 

composed of 3,215 acres of Ute Indian 

Tribal trust lands, and 1,592 acres of fee 

lands to be acquired by the Federal 

Government, would be acquired and 

developed into three cohesive wetlands 

management units. A portion of the 

water currently managed by the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs for the Ute Indian 

Tribe under the existing Uinta Indian 

Irrigation Project would be utilized, 

along with water that may be acquired 

with fee land acquisitions, to create, 

restore and enhance wetlands 

throughout the LDWP area. Lands 

acquired in fee title (except lands 

acquired by eminent domain) would be 

transferred to the Ute Indian Tribe. All 

LDWP lands (leased Tribal trust and 

acquired lands) would be managed for 

project purposes by the Ute Indian Tribe 

under management agreements with the 

Joint Lead Agencies to achieve the 

prescribed wetlands-associated fish and 

wildlife benefits, and for other wetland/ 

wildlife related tribal benefits. A Notice 

of Intent to initiate public scoping and 

prepare a Draft EIS for the LDWP was 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 25, 2001 (66 FR 20827). Scoping 

was accomplished by means of three 

public meetings convened in Ft. 

Duchesne, Roosevelt and Salt Lake City, 

Utah in May 2003. Joint Lead Agencies 

filed the DEIS with the EPA on 

November 17, 2003. Notice of 

Availability of the DEIS was announced 

in the Federal Register on November 24, 

2003 (68 FR 65943). Three public 

meetings were held in Ft. Duchesne, 

Roosevelt and Salt Lake City, Utah in 

December 2003, to receive public 

comment on the DEIS. Comments 

received during the public comment 

period from November 17, 2003 to 

February 17, 2004, were considered in 

preparation of the FEIS. 

Dated: August 4, 2008. 

Mark A. Holden, 

Projects Manager. 

[FR Doc. E8–18831 Filed 8–13–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Homeless 

Veterans; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that a meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Homeless Veterans will 

be held on September 15–16, 2008, at 

the DoubleTree Hotel Albuquerque, 201 

Marquette, NW., Albuquerque, New 

Mexico. On September 15, the session 

will convene at 8 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. 

On September 16, the session will 

convene at 8 a.m. and end at 2:30 p.m. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

provide the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

with an ongoing assessment of the 

effectiveness of the policies, 

organizational structures, and services 

of the Department in assisting homeless 

veterans. The Committee shall assemble 

and review information relating to the 

needs of homeless veterans and provide 

advice on the most appropriate means of 

offering assistance to homeless veterans. 

The Committee will make 

recommendations to the Secretary 

regarding such activities. 

On September 15, the Committee will 

review the responses to the 

recommendations contained in the 2008 

Annual Report of the Advisory 

Committee on Homeless Veterans 

(which was submitted to the Secretary 

in the spring of 2008). The Committee 

will also receive briefings from VA and 

other federal departments on programs 

and activities affecting homeless 

veterans. On September 16, the 

Committee will continue to receive 

informational presentations and will 

begin its discussion of 

recommendations to be included in the 

upcoming annual report. 

Those wishing to attend the meeting 

should contact Mr. Pete Dougherty, 

Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 

461–7401. No time will be allocated for 

receiving oral presentations from the 

public. However, the Committee will 

accept written comments from 

interested parties on issues affecting 

homeless veterans. Such comments 

should be referred to the Committee at 

the following address: Advisory 

Committee on Homeless Veterans, 

Homeless Veterans Programs Office 

(075D), U.S. Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420. 

Dated: August 8, 2008. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–18786 Filed 8–13–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Gulf War 

Veterans; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Advisory Committee on Gulf 

War Veterans will hold a meeting on 

September 24–25, 2008, at the 

Residence Inn by Marriott, 1199 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on 

issues that are unique to veterans who 

served in the Southwest Asia theater of 

operations during the 1990–1991 period 

of the Gulf War. 

On September 24, the Committee will 

meet in open session from 8:30 a.m. to 

12 noon. This session will focus on the 

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) 

with emphasis on the Gulf War Registry 

and outreach activities, a review of the 

priority groups for health care 

enrollment, and a panel discussion on 

clinical care research, guidelines and 

practices. 

In the afternoon of September 24, the 

Committee will meet in closed session 

at the Washington, DC VA Medical 

Center (VAMC). The Committee will be 

meeting with clinicians and individual 

patients receiving services at the VAMC. 

The session will be closed to protect the 

privacy of the patients and to minimize 

possible interference with the delivery 

of medical services at the VAMC. 

Closing the meeting is in compliance 

with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). 

On September 25, the Committee will 

meet in open session from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m. and will focus on activities by 

the Veterans Benefits Administration 

(VBA), particularly those activities 

conducted by VBA’s Compensation and 

Pension Service. This will include 

discussions concerning the disability 

compensation system, the chronology of 

VBA responses to Gulf War issues 

including its actions responding to 

statutory changes, and VBA’s outreach 

to Gulf War veterans. 

Public comments will be received on 

September 24, from 11:15 a.m. until 

11:45 a.m. and on September 25, from 

1 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. Individuals 

wishing to speak must register not later 

than September 17, 2008, by contacting 

Lelia Jackson at (202) 461–5758 or by email at lelia.jackson@va.gov, and by 

submitting 1–2 page summaries of their 

comments for inclusion in the official 

record. Public comments will be limited 

to five minutes each. A sign-in sheet 

will be available each day. Members of 

the public may also submit written 

statements for the Committee’s review 

to the Advisory Committee on Gulf War 

Veterans, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420. 


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