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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 73, No. 191 

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Office of Inspector General; Senior 

Executive Services (SES) Performance 

Review Board: Update 

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General, 

U.S. Agency for International 

Development. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice is hereby given of 

the appointment of members of the 

updated USAID OIG SES Performance 

Review Board. 

DATES: September 21, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula F. Hayes, Assistant Inspector 

General for Management, Office of 

Inspector General, U.S. Agency for 

International Development, 1300 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 8.08– 

029, Washington, DC 20523–8700; 

telephone 202–712–0010; FAX 202– 

216–3392; Internet E-mail address: 

phayes@usaid.gov (for E-mail messages, 

the subject line should include the 

following reference—USAID OIG SES 

Performance Review Board). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 U.S.C. 

4314(b)(c) requires each agency to 

establish, in accordance with 

regulations prescribed by the Office of 

Personnel Management at 5 CFR part 

430, subpart C and Section 430.307 

thereof in particular, one or more Senior 

Executive Service Performance Review 

Boards. The board shall review and 

evaluate the initial appraisal of each 

USAID OIG senior executive’s 

performance by his or her supervisor, 

along with any recommendations to the 

appointing authority relative to the 

performance of the senior executive. 

This notice updates the membership of 

the USAID OIG’s SES Performance 

Review Board as it was last published 

on November 20, 2007. 

Approved: September 21, 2008. 

The following have been selected as 

regular members of the SES 

Performance Review Board of the U.S. 

Agency for International Development, 

Office of Inspector General: 

Michael G. Carroll, Deputy Inspector 

General; 

Adrienne Rish, Assistant Inspector 

General for Investigations; 

Paula F. Hayes, Assistant Inspector 

General for Management; 

Lisa S. Goldfluss, Legal Counsel; 

Alvin A. Brown, Assistant Inspector 

General, Millennium Challenge 

Corporation; 

Howard I. Hendershot, Deputy Assistant 

Inspector General for Investigations; 

Winona Varnon, Director, Security 

Services, Department of Education; 

Pauline K. Brunelli, Director, Federal 

Voting Assistance Program 

Department of Defense; 

Aletha Brown, Inspector General, Equal 

Employment Opportunity 

Commission; 

Mark Bialek, Counsel to the Inspector 

General, Environmental Protection 

Agency; 

Theodore P. Alves, Assistant Inspector 

General Financial Information, 

Department of Transportation. 

Dated: September 17, 2008. 

Donald A. Gambatesa, 

Inspector General. 

[FR Doc. E8–23099 Filed 9–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Biomass Crop Assistance Program 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) intends to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Biomass Crop Assistance 

Program (BCAP). BCAP is a new 

program authorized by the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

(the 2008 Farm Bill). The EIS will assess 

the potential environmental impacts of 

alternatives for administration and 

implementation of BCAP. BCAP is a 

CCC program administered by the Farm 

Service Agency (FSA) with the support 

of other Federal and local agencies. As 

part of the EIS process, CCC is now 

soliciting input about potential 

alternatives for program implementation 

as well as potential environmental 

concerns associated with program 

implementation. CCC will develop and 

analyze a range of BCAP 

implementation alternatives. This 

Notice of Intent (NOI) informs the 

public of CCC’s intent to solicit public 

comment on potential program 

alternatives and environmental 

concerns. 

DATES: FSA, on behalf of CCC, invites 

comments on alternatives and 

environmental concerns related to 

BCAP. Submit comments by close of 

business on October 31, 2008, to ensure 

full consideration. We will consider 

comments submitted after this date, to 

the extent possible. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on alternatives and 

environmental concerns related to 

BCAP. In your comments, include the 

volume, date, and page number of this 

issue of the Federal Register. You may 

submit comments by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-Mail: 

Matthew.Ponish@wdc.usda.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 720–4619. 

• Mail: Matthew T. Ponish, National 

Environmental Compliance Manager, 

USDA, FSA, CEPD, Stop 0513, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20250–0513. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver 

comments to the above address. 

Comments may be inspected in the 

Office of the Director, CEPD, FSA, 

USDA, Room 4709 South Building, 

Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. A copy of this notice is 

available through the FSA home page at 

http://www.fsa.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew T. Ponish, (202) 720–6853. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

(Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) 

should contact the USDA Target Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BCAP is 

authorized by section 9001 of the 2008 


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Farm Bill (Pub. L. 110–246); the 2008 

Farm Bill amended Title IX (Section 

9011) of the Farm Security and Rural 

Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107– 

171, commonly known as the 2002 Farm 

Bill). BCAP is intended to support the 

establishment and production of crops 

for conversion to bio-energy in project 

areas (locations) and to assist with 

collection, harvest, storage, and 

transportation of eligible material for 

use in a biomass conversion facility. 

As a new energy program, BCAP 

presents an opportunity to encourage 

landowners and operators to produce 

biomass for commercial energy 

production in ways that both are 

economically and environmentally 

sound. CCC plans to implement BCAP 

by approving the best-qualifying project 

proposals from project sponsors and 

then entering into contracts with 

individual producers in the approved 

project locations. 

Under the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA), the EIS process 

provides a means for the public to 

provide input on implementation 

alternatives and on environmental 

concerns. This notice informs the public 

of CCC’s intention to prepare an EIS for 

BCAP. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on September 

24, 2008. 

Glen L. Keppy, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. E8–22990 Filed 9–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

[NV912–1640–PH–006F; 08–08807; 

TAS:14X1109] 

Notice of Public Meeting: Recreation 

Subcommittee of the Sierra FrontNorthwestern Great Basin, 

Northeastern Great Basin, and MojaveSouthern Great Basin Resource 

Advisory Councils, Nevada 

AGENCIES: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior and Forest Service, Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of Recreation Advisory 

Subcommittee Meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 

Act of 2004 (FLREA) (Pub. L. 108–447), 

the Recreation Subcommittee of the 

Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) 

Nevada Resource Advisory Committees 

will hold a meeting to discuss fee 

proposals to increase fees at 

campgrounds managed by the Forest 

Service in the Ely area, increase fees at 

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation 

Area, and to initiate a meeting room 

reservation fee at the California National 

Historic Trail Interpretive Center 

managed by the BLM Nevada Elko 

District Office. 

DATES AND TIMES: The Recreation 

Subcommittee will meet on Wed., Nov. 

12, 2008, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

A general public comment period, 

where the public may submit oral or 

written comments to the Recreation 

Subcommittee will begin at 4 p.m. 

unless otherwise listed in the final 

meeting agenda. 

ADDRESSES: Gold Coast Hotel Casino, 

4000 W. Flamingo, Las Vegas, Nevada. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Keleher, Outdoor Recreation 

Planner, telephone (775) 861–6628, at 

the BLM Nevada State Office, 1340 

Financial Blvd., Reno, Nevada. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FLREA 

directs the Secretaries of the Interior 

and Agriculture to establish Recreation 

Resource Advisory Committees to 

provide advice and recommendations 

on recreation fees and fee areas in each 

State or region for Federal recreational 

lands and waters managed by the BLM 

or Forest Service. Nevada’s recreation 

subcommittee includes members of the 

three existing BLM RACs and has 

responsibilities pertaining to both BLM 

and Forest Service managed Federal 

lands and waters according to a national 

interagency agreement between the 

Forest Service and BLM. This 

subcommittee will recommend new 

amenity fees and fee change proposals 

to the respective RAC(s) for each 

geographic region. 

All meetings are open to the public. 

A final agenda will be available at 

http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en.html. A 

news release will be sent to local and 

regional media at least 14 days before 

the meeting. Individuals who need 

special assistance such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations, or who wish a hard 

copy of each agenda, should contact 

Barbara Keleher no later than 10 days 

prior to the meeting. 

Dated: September 18, 2008. 

Ron Wenker, 

BLM, Nevada State Director. 

Dated: September 18, 2008. 

Ed Monnig, 

USFS, Supervisor, Humboldt-Toiyabe 

National Forest. 

[FR Doc. E8–23112 Filed 9–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

New Creek Site 14 Rehabilitation 

Project, New Creek—Whites Run 

Subwatershed of the Potomac River 

Watershed, Grant County, WV 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service. 

ACTION: Notice of a Finding of No 

Significant Impact. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969; the Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations (40 

CFR Part 1500); and the Natural 

Resources Conservation Service 

Regulations (7 CFR Part 650); the 

Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives 

notice that an environmental impact 

statement is not being prepared for the 

New Creek Site 14 Rehabilitation Project 

of the New Creek—Whites Run 

Subwatershed of the Potomac River 

Watershed, Grant County, West 

Virginia. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin Wickey, State Conservationist, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

75 High Street, Room 301, Morgantown, 

WV 26505, Phone: 304–284–7540. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

environmental assessment of this 

federally assisted action indicates that 

the project will not cause significant 

local, regional or national impacts on 

the environment. As a result of these 

findings, Kevin Wickey, State 

Conservationist, has determined that the 

preparation and review of an 

environmental impact statement are not 

needed for this project. 

The project purposes are to 

rehabilitate Site 14 to bring the site into 

compliance with current Natural 

Resources Conservation Service design 

criteria and performance standards. The 

planned works of improvement include: 

Raising the effective top of dam to 

prevent overtopping during the probable 

maximum precipitation (PMP) event; 

Installation of a new intake riser; Lining 

the principal spillway pipe; Installing 


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