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However, masking only occurs during 

the time of the signal (and potential 

secondary arrivals of indirect rays), 

versus TTS, which occurs continuously 

for its duration. Impulse sounds from 

underwater detonation and pile driving 

are brief and the majority of most 

animals’ vocalizations would not be 

masked. Although impulse noises such 

as those from underwater explosives 

and impact pile driving tend to decay at 

distance, and thus become non-impulse, 

give the area of extremely shallow water 

(which effectively attenuates low 

frequency sound of these impulses) and 

the small NEW of explosives, the SPLs 

at these distances are expected to be 

barely above ambient level. Therefore, 

masking effects from underwater 

detonation are expected to be minimal 

and unlikely. If masking or 

communication impairment were to 

occur briefly, it would be in the 

frequency ranges below 100 Hz, which 

overlaps with some mysticete 

vocalizations; however, it would likely 

not mask the entirety of any particular 

vocalization or communication series 

because of the short impulse. 

PTS, Injury, or Mortality 

The modeling for take estimates show 

that no marine mammal would be taken 

by Level A harassment (injury, PTS 

included) or mortality due to the low 

power of the underwater detonation and 

the small ZOIs. 

Based on these assessments, NMFS 

determined that approximately 6 gray 

whales, 221 California sea lions, 12 

harbor seals, and 323 bottlenose 

dolphins could be affected by Level B 

harassment (TTS and sub-TTS) as a 

result of the proposed SSTC training 

activities. These numbers represent 

approximately 0.02%, 0.93%, and 

0.06% of gray whales (eastern North 

Pacific stock), California sea lions (U.S. 

Stock), and harbor seal (California 

stock), respectively in the vicinity of the 

proposed SSTC Study Area (calculation 

based on NMFS 2009 U.S. Pacific 

Marine Mammal Stock Assessment; 

Carretta et al. 2010). However, the 

estimated take of California coastal 

stock of bottlenose dolphin indicates 

that the entire population (100%) could 

be affected as the result of the Navy’s 

proposed SSTC training activities. 

Given the fact that these annual takes 

are spread over the entire year, and that 

on average each individual bottlenose 

dolphin would be exposed once to 

received levels that could cause Level B 

harassment in a year, NMFS does not 

believe such adverse effects would be 

biologically significant as to affect the 

growth, survivor, and reproduction of 

this stock. 

Additionally, as discussed previously, 

the aforementioned take estimates do 

not account for the implementation of 

mitigation measures. With the 

implementation of mitigation and 

monitoring measures, NMFS expects 

that the takes would be reduced further. 

Coupled with the fact that these impacts 

will likely not occur in areas and times 

critical to reproduction, NMFS has 

preliminarily determined that the total 

taking incidental to the Navy’s proposed 

SSTC training activities would have a 

negligible impact on the marine 

mammal species and stocks present in 

the SSTC Study Area. 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

No marine mammal species are listed 

as endangered or threatened under the 

ESA with confirmed or possible 

occurrence in the study area. Therefore, 

section 7 consultation under the ESA for 

NMFS’s proposed issuance of an MMPA 

authorization is not warranted. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

The Navy is preparing an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the proposed SSTC training 

activities. A draft EIS was released in 

July 2010 and it is available at http:// 

www.silverstrandtraining

complexeis.com/EIS.aspx/. NMFS is a 

cooperating agency (as defined by the 

Council on Environmental Quality (40 

CFR 1501.6)) in the preparation of the 

EIS. NMFS has reviewed the Draft EIS 

and will be working with the Navy on 

the Final EIS (FEIS). 

NMFS intends to adopt the Navy’s 

FEIS, if adequate and appropriate, and 

we believe that the Navy’s FEIS will 

allow NMFS to meet its responsibilities 

under NEPA for the issuance of the IHA 

for training activities in the SSTC Study 

Area. If the Navy’s FEIS is not adequate, 

NMFS will supplement the existing 

analysis and documents to ensure that 

we comply with NEPA prior to the 

issuance of the IHA. 

Dated: October 14, 2010. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

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of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

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technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: October 13, 2010. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: Reinstatement. 

Title of Collection: Schools and 

Staffing Survey (SASS 2011/12) 

Preliminary Field Activities 2010/11. 

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Total Estimated Number of Annual 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Revised Record of Decision for Offer 

of Conditional Commitment for a Loan 

Guarantee for, and Electrical 

Interconnection of, the Shepherds Flat 

Wind Project 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy 

(DOE), Loan Programs Office (LP) and 

Bonneville Power Administration 

(BPA). 

ACTION: Revised Record of Decision 

(ROD). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy announces its decisions to 

provide a conditional loan guarantee 

for, and interconnection to the Federal 

Columbia River Transmission System 

(FCRTS) of, the 846-megawatt (MW) 

Shepherds Flat Wind Project (Wind 

Project) in Gilliam and Morrow 

counties, Oregon. This ROD revises a 

previous BPA ROD approving the 

interconnection of the Wind Project to 

the FCRTS that was issued on July 18, 

2008. The Revised ROD reflects the 

decisions with regard to the Wind 

Project for: The issuance by BPA of 

modified Large Generator 

Interconnection Agreements (LGIAs); 

and the offer by LP of a conditional 

commitment for a loan guarantee to 

Caithness Shepherds Flat, LLC (CSF) for 

construction of the Wind Project. The 

Revised ROD also addresses the division 

of the previously approved Wind Project 

into three separate projects, and the 

transfer of these projects to three 

separate subsidiaries of CSF that will 

result in additional turbines, 

adjustments of site boundaries and 

additional acreage. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doug Corkran, Bonneville Power 

Administration, KEC–4, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, Oregon 97208–3621; toll-free 

telephone number 1–800–622–4519; fax 

number 503–230–5699; or e-mail 

dfcorkran@bpa.gov; and Matthew 

McMillen, Director, Environmental 

Compliance Division, Loan Programs 

Office (LP–1), U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585; telephone 

202–586–7248; or e-mail 

Matthew.McMillen@hq.doe.gov. For 

general information about the DOE 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) process contact Carol 

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 

Policy and Compliance (GC–54), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; telephone 202– 

586–4600; leave a message at 800–472– 

2756; or e-mail AskNEPA@hq.doe.gov. 

Information about DOE NEPA activities 

and access to many DOE NEPA 

documents are available through the 

DOE NEPA Web site at http:// 

www.nepa.energy.gov. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Revised ROD, 

the July 2008 ROD for the Electrical 

Interconnection of the Shepherds Flat 

Wind Project, the Business Plan 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Business Plan ROD may be obtained by: 

(1) Calling the BPA toll-free document 

request line, 1–800–622–4520, (2) 

submitting a request to the BPA Public 

Information Center, P.O. Box 12999, 

Portland, Oregon 97212, or (3) accessing 

these documents on the BPA NEPA 

document Web site at http:// 

www.efw.bpa.gov/ 

environmental_services/nepadocs.aspx. 

The Revised ROD will also be posted on 

the DOE LP Web site at http:// 

www.lgprogram.energy.gov and the DOE 

NEPA Web site at http:// 

www.nepa.energy.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

On July 18, 2008, the BPA issued a 

ROD to interconnect the proposed Wind 

Project to the FCRTS (73 FR 43730, July 

28, 2008). DOE, through its Loan 

Programs Office, and BPA, are issuing 

this Revised ROD to address actions by 

the project developers subsequent to the 

2008 ROD: A loan guarantee application 

submitted to LP, and applications to 

BPA for Large Generator 

Interconnection Agreements related to 

the transfer of ownership of the Wind 

Project to three wholly owned 

subsidiaries. The Wind Project, as 

modified, has been approved by the 

Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council 

(EFSC). 

As with the decision made by BPA for 

the originally proposed Wind Project, 

BPA and LP decisions concerning the 

revised Wind Project are consistent with 

and tiered to the BPA Business Plan 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(BP EIS) (DOE/EIS–0183, June 1995), 

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