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a period not to exceed six months after 

the date of this declaration. 

The Federal Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Philip E. Parr, of 

FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this major 

disaster. 

The following islands of the Territory 

of the U.S. Virgin Islands have been 

designated as adversely affected by this 

major disaster: 

The islands of St. Croix, St. John, and St. 

Thomas, including Water Island for Public 

Assistance. 

All islands within the Territory of the U.S. 

Virgin Islands are eligible to apply for 

assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant 

Program. 

The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050, Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26054 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5374–N–20] 

Buy American Exceptions Under the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–05, approved 

February 17, 2009) (Recovery Act), and 

implementing guidance of the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), this 

notice advises that certain exceptions to 

the Buy American requirement of the 

Recovery Act have been determined 

applicable for work using Capital Fund 

Recovery Formula and Competition 

(CFRFC) grant funds. Specifically, 

exceptions were granted to the 

Cambridge Housing Authority for the 

purchase and installation of energy 

efficient bathroom exhaust fans and 

linoleum flooring for the Fairmont 

Street, Valentine Street and Jackson 

Street projects, and for the purchase and 

installation of energy efficient, hot water 

baseboards for its Harry S. Truman 

Apartments heating conversion project. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dominique G. Blom, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Public Housing 

Investments, Office of Public Housing 

Investments, Office of Public and Indian 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 4130, Washington, DC, 

20410–4000, telephone number 202– 

402–8500 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Persons with hearing- or 

speech-impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service 

at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1605(a) of the Recovery Act provides 

that none of the funds appropriated or 

made available by the Recovery Act may 

be used for a project for the 

construction, alteration, maintenance, or 

repair of a public building or public 

work unless all of the iron, steel, and 

manufactured goods used in the project 

are produced in the United States. 

Section 1605(b) provides that the Buy 

American requirement shall not apply 

in any case or category in which the 

head of a Federal department or agency 

finds that: (1) Applying the Buy 

American requirement would be 

inconsistent with the public interest; (2) 

iron, steel, and the relevant 

manufactured goods are not produced in 

the U.S. in sufficient and reasonably 

available quantities or of satisfactory 

quality, or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, 

and manufactured goods will increase 

the cost of the overall project by more 

than 25 percent. Section 1605(c) 

provides that if the head of a Federal 

department or agency makes a 

determination pursuant to section 

1605(b), the head of the department or 

agency shall publish a detailed written 

justification in the Federal Register. 

In accordance with section 1605(c) of 

the Recovery Act and OMB’s 

implementing guidance published on 

April 23, 2009 (74 FR 18449), this notice 

advises the public that, on September 

21, 2010, HUD granted the following 

two exceptions to the Buy American 

requirement to the Cambridge Housing 

Authority: 

1. Fairmont Street, Valentine Street, 

and Jackson Street Projects. Upon 

request of the Cambridge Housing 

Authority, HUD granted an exception to 

applicability of the Buy American 

requirements with respect to work, 

using CFRFC grant funds, in connection 

with the Fairmont Street, Valentine 

Street and Jackson Street projects. The 

exception was granted by HUD on the 

basis that the relevant manufactured 

goods (energy efficient bathroom 

exhaust fans and linoleum flooring) are 

not produced in the U.S. in sufficient 

and reasonably available quantities or of 

satisfactory quality. 

2. Harry S. Truman Apartments. 

Upon request of the Cambridge Housing 

Authority, HUD granted an exception to 

applicability of the Buy American 

requirements with respect to work, 

using CFRFC grant funds, in connection 

with the Harry S. Truman Apartments 

heating conversion project. The 

exception was granted by HUD on the 

basis that the relevant manufactured 

goods (energy efficient hot water 

baseboards) are not produced in the U.S. 

in sufficient and reasonably available 

quantities or of satisfactory quality. 

Dated: October 6, 2010. 

Deborah Hernandez, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary For Public 

and Indian Housing. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26055 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5375–N–40] 

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities 

To Assist the Homeless 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies 

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and 

surplus Federal property reviewed by 

HUD for suitability for possible use to 

assist the homeless. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 15, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Ezzell, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Room 7262, Washington, 

DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; 

TTY number for the hearing- and 

speech-impaired (202) 708–2565, (these 

telephone numbers are not toll free), or 

call the toll-free Title V information line 

at 800–927–7588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the December 12, 1988 

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court order in National Coalition for the 

Homeless v. Veterans Administration, 

No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD 

publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis, 

identifying unutilized, underutilized, 

excess and surplus Federal buildings 

and real property that HUD has 

reviewed for suitability for use to assist 

the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the 

purpose of announcing that no 

additional properties have been 

determined suitable or unsuitable this 

week. 

Dated: October 7, 2010. 

Mark R. Johnston, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25763 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–R–2010–N169; 80230–1265–0000– 

S3] 

Sonny Bono Salton Sea National 

Wildlife Refuge Complex (Sonny Bono 

Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge 

and Coachella Valley National Wildlife 

Refuge), Imperial and Riverside 

Counties, CA; Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan and Environmental 

Assessment 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), intend to 

prepare a Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan (CCP) and Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for the Sonny Bono 

Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR) Complex, which consists of the 

Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR located in 

Imperial County, California, and the 

Coachella Valley NWR located in 

Riverside County, California. We 

provide this notice in compliance with 

our CCP policy to advise other Federal 

and State agencies, Tribes, and the 

public of our intentions, and to obtain 

suggestions and information on the 

scope of issues to consider in the 

planning process. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive your written comments by 

December 14, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments or 

requests for more information by any of 

the following methods. 

E-mail: Victoria_Touchstone@fws.gov. 

Include ‘‘Sonny Bono Salton Sea CCP’’ 

in the subject line of the message. 

Fax: Attn: Victoria Touchstone, (760) 

930–0256. 

U.S. Mail: Victoria Touchstone, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Refuge 

Planning, 6010 Hidden Valley Road, 

Suite 101, Carlsbad, CA 92011. 

In-Person Drop-off: You may drop off 

comments at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea 

NWR Office between 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; 

please call (760) 348–5278 for 

directions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Victoria Touchstone, Refuge Planner, at 

760–431–9440, extension 349, or Chris 

Schoneman, Project Leader, at 760–348– 

5278, extension 227. Further 

information may also be found at 

http://www.fws.gov/saltonsea/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we initiate our 

process for developing a CCP for the 

Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR Complex, 

including the Sonny Bono Salton Sea 

NWR in Imperial County, CA, and the 

Coachella Valley NWR in Riverside 

County, CA. This notice complies with 

our CCP policy to (1) advise other 

Federal and State agencies, Tribes, and 

the public of our intention to conduct 

detailed planning on this refuge 

complex, and (2) obtain suggestions and 

information on the scope of issues to 

consider in the environmental 

document and during development of 

the CCP. 

Background 

The CCP Process 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee) (Administration Act), as 

amended by the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, requires us to develop a CCP for 

each national wildlife refuge. The 

purpose for developing a CCP is to 

provide refuge managers with a 15-year 

plan for achieving refuge purposes and 

contributing toward the mission of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife management, conservation, 

legal mandates, and our policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation and photography, 

and environmental education and 

interpretation. We intend to review and 

update the CCP at least every 15 years 

in accordance with the Administration 

Act. 

Each unit of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System was established for 

specific purposes. We use these 

purposes as the foundation for 

developing and prioritizing the 

management goals and objectives for 

each refuge within the National Wildlife 

Refuge System mission, and to 

determine how the public can use each 

refuge. The planning process is a way 

for us and the public to evaluate 

management goals, objectives, and 

strategies that will ensure the best 

possible approach to wildlife, plant, and 

habitat conservation, while providing 

for wildlife-dependent recreation 

opportunities that are compatible with 

each refuge’s establishing purposes and 

the mission of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System. 

Our CCP process provides 

opportunities for participation by 

Tribal, State, and local governments; 

agencies; organizations; and the public. 

We will be contacting identified 

stakeholders and individuals at this 

time for initial input. If you would like 

to meet with planning staff or would 

like to receive periodic updates, please 

contact us (see ADDRESSES section). We 

anticipate holding public meetings for 

initial comments and when alternative 

management scenarios have been 

identified. At this time we encourage 

comments in the form of issues, 

concerns, ideas, and suggestions for the 

future management of the Sonny Bono 

Salton Sea NWR and the Coachella 

Valley NWR. 

We will conduct the environmental 

review of this project in accordance 

with the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 

et seq.); NEPA regulations (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508); other appropriate Federal 

laws and regulations; and our policies 

and procedures for compliance with 

those laws and regulations. 

Sonny Bono Salton Sea National 

Wildlife Refuge Complex 

The Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR 

Complex consists of the Sonny Bono 

Salton Sea NWR and the Coachella 

Valley NWR. The Sonny Bono Salton 

Sea NWR was established as a 32,766- 

acre sanctuary and breeding ground for 

birds and other wildlife in 1930 

(Executive Order 5498). Additional 

leased lands have been added to the 

Refuge under the authorities of the 

Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 

U.S.C. 715d), ‘‘for use as an inviolate 

sanctuary, or for any other management 

propose, for migratory birds,’’ and the 

Lea Act (16 U.S.C. 695), ‘‘for the 

management and control of migratory 

waterfowl, and other wildlife.’’ Today, 

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