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the information to be distributed to the 

NHOTIC Advisory Board members, 

please submit a written request to the 

BLM Vale District Office 10 days prior 

to the meeting. 

Dated: October 20, 2010. 

Donald N. Gonzalez, 

District Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27155 Filed 10–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Public Meeting and Request 

for Comments 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice/Request for Public 

Meeting and Public Comments—The 

National Christmas Tree Lighting and 

the subsequent 23 day event. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is 

seeking public comments and 

suggestions on the planning of the 2010 

National Christmas Tree Lighting and 

the subsequent 23 day event. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

November 12, 2010. Written comments 

will be accepted until November 12, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

9 a.m. on November 12, 2010, in Room 

234 of the National Capital Region 

Headquarters Building, at 1100 Ohio 

Drive, SW., Washington, DC (East 

Potomac Park). Written comments may 

be sent to the Chief of Interpretation and 

Education, White House Visitor Center, 

1100 Ohio Drive, SW., Washington, DC 

20242. Due to delays in mail delivery, 

it is recommended that comments be 

provided by telefax at 202–208–1643 or 

by e-mail to Petert_Lonsway@nps.gov. 

Comments may also be delivered by 

messenger to the White House Visitor 

Center at 1450 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., in Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Lonsway at the White House 

Visitor Center weekdays between 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m. at (202) 208–1631. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Park Service is seeking public 

comments and suggestions on the 

planning of the 2010 National Christmas 

Tree Lighting and the subsequent 23 day 

event, which opens on December 9, 

2010, on the Ellipse (President’s Park), 

south of the White House. In order to 

facilitate this process the National Park 

Service will hold a meeting at 9 a.m. on 

November 12, 2010, in Room 234 of the 

National Capital Region Headquarters 

Building, at 1100 Ohio Drive, SW., 

Washington, DC (East Potomac Park). 

Persons who would like to comment at 

the meeting should notify the National 

Park Service by November 5, 2010, by 

calling the White House Visitor Center 

weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 

(202) 208–1631. 

In addition public comments and 

suggestions on the planning of the 2010 

National Christmas Tree Lighting and 

the subsequent 23 day event may be 

submitted in writing. Written comments 

may be sent to the Chief of 

Interpretation and Education, White 

House Visitor Center 1100 Ohio Drive, 

SW., Washington, DC 20242, and will be 

accepted until November 12, 2010. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be advised that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask in your comment to 

withhold from public review your 

personal identifying information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: October 20, 2010. 

John Stanwich, 

Deputy National Park Service Liaison to the 

White House. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27210 Filed 10–26–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Federal Land Managers’ Air Quality 

Related Values Work Group (FLAG) 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of final 

report. 

SUMMARY: On July 8, 2008 (FR39039), 

the National Park Service, in 

cooperation with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service and the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture Forest 

Service, announced the availability of, 

and solicited comments on, the draft 

FLAG Phase I Report—REVISED. The 

purpose of this notice is to announce 

the availability of the final revised 

FLAG report, and the accompanying 

Response to Public Comments 

document. 

The Federal Land Managers’ Air 

Quality Related Values Work Group 

(FLAG) was formed (1) to develop a 

more consistent and objective approach 

for the Federal Land Managers (FLMs), 

i.e., National Park Service, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, and U.S. Department 

of Agriculture Forest Service (the 

Agencies), to evaluate air pollution 

effects on their air quality related values 

(AQRVs); and (2) to provide State 

permitting authorities and potential 

permit applicants consistency on how to 

assess the impacts of new and existing 

sources on AQRVs. The FLAG effort 

focuses on the effects of the air 

pollutants that could affect the health 

and status of resources in areas managed 

by the three agencies, primarily such 

pollutants as ozone, particulate matter, 

nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, 

nitrates, and sulfates. FLAG formed 

subgroups that concentrated on four 

issues: (1) Terrestrial effects of ozone; 

(2) aquatic and terrestrial effects of wet 

and dry pollutant deposition; (3) 

visibility; and (4) process and policy 

issues. In December 2000, after 

undergoing a public review and 

comment process that included a 90-day 

public comment period announced in 

the Federal Register and a public 

meeting, the FLMs published a final 

Phase I report (FLAG 2000), along with 

an accompanying ‘‘Response to Public 

Comments’’ document. 

FLAG 2000 has been a useful tool to 

the FLMs, State permitting authorities, 

and permit applicants. It was intended 

to be a working document that would be 

revised as necessary as the FLMs learn 

more about how to better assess the 

health and status of AQRVs. Based on 

knowledge gained and regulatory 

developments since FLAG 2000, the 

FLMs believe certain revisions to FLAG 

2000 are now appropriate. The final 

revised report reflects those changes. 

During the 60-day public comment 

period on the draft report, the Agencies 

received 22 comment letters from 

various constituencies (e.g., State air 

regulatory agencies, concerned citizens, 

environmental groups, industry 

representatives, Tribal representatives). 

These commenters raised specific 

concerns, and many supported the 

proposed revisions in general and 

thought that the changes were 

warranted and helpful. The Agencies 

considered all comments received and 

revised the draft FLAG report 

accordingly. The Agencies also prepared 

an accompanying ‘‘Response to Public 

Comments’’ document that discusses the 

public comments and provides the 

Agencies’ rationale for accepting or 

rejecting the comment. The Agencies 

did not make any major technical or 

policy changes from the draft revised 

report. However, we made some 

editorial changes and inserted clarifying 

language as a result of comments 

received, and reformatted the report to 

make it more reader friendly. 


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