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f. If a pleading is filed electronically 

in accordance with this Order, the party 

is not required to prepare and file 

printed copies under Rules 37(a) and 

37(b)(2). The Court will send a reply 

electronic message to the sender 

indicating receipt of the electronic 

filing. 

g. Classified material and material 

under seal will not be filed 

electronically. If such matters need to be 

filed, they will be submitted to the 

Court on paper as a supplemental filing 

to the document in which they would 

otherwise appear. In such cases, counsel 

will include in the text of the electronic 

mail message a notation that classified 

or sealed material is being separately 

submitted. The classified or sealed 

material will be appropriately packaged, 

marked and delivered, and will include 

a notation that it accompanies an 

electronic filing in the case. All 

classified material will be handled in 

accordance with Rule 12. 

h. Counsel must refrain from 

including and shall redact the following 

personal data identifiers from 

documents filed with the Court: 

• Social security numbers 

• Names of minors 

• Dates of birth 

• Financial account numbers 

• Home addresses. 

i. Upon the entry of an order granting 

or denying an electronically filed 

petition for grant of review, the Clerk 

will electronically transmit a copy of the 

order to counsel. 

Comment: Appellate courts are 

increasingly providing for electronic 

filing of pleadings. This proposal will 

permit electronic filing of pleadings at 

the petition stage of cases before the 

Court. By making the program optional, 

the rules provide for circumstances in 

which counsel may find it necessary to 

file on paper. 

[FR Doc. E9–11324 Filed 5–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of Navy 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

TRIDENT Support Facilities Explosives 

Handling Wharf, Naval Base KitsapBangor, Silverdale, Kitsap County, WA 

and To Announce Public Scoping 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102 of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, and the regulations implemented 

by the Council on Environmental 

Quality (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), the 

Department of Navy (Navy) announces 

its intent to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with the construction and 

operation of a proposed new Explosives 

Handling Wharf (EHW) located adjacent 

to, but separate from, the existing EHW 

on Hood Canal, NBK-Bangor, WA, to 

support TRIDENT submarines. 

The proposed action consists of inwater and land-based construction 

including a covered ordnance 

operations area, a support building on 

the wharf, and a warping wharf. A 

warping wharf is a long narrow wharf 

extension used to position submarines 

prior to moving into the operations area 

of the EHW. 

As part of the U.S. Navy’s sea-based 

strategic deterrence mission, the Navy 

Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) 

directs research, development, 

manufacturing, test, evaluation, and 

operational support of the TRIDENT 

Fleet Ballistic Missile program. SSP is 

the Action Proponent and the Navy is 

the lead agency for this project. 

On June 10, 2008, the Navy provided 

notice in the Federal Register (73 FR 

32682) of its intent to prepare an EIS for 

a TRIDENT Support Facilities EHW and 

to announce a public scoping meeting. 

On June 30, 2008, the Navy provided 

notice in the Federal Register (73 FR 

36847) of its decision to cancel the June 

10, 2008 Notice of Intent. The Notice of 

Intent was cancelled to allow the Navy 

the opportunity to review and validate 

the need for the project and identify 

other alternative solutions to the 

proposed construction. After a thorough 

review, the Navy has now revalidated 

the requirement for a second EHW at 

NAVBASE Kitsap Bangor. 

The Navy will hold three public 

scoping meetings for the purpose of 

further identifying the scope of issues to 

be addressed in the EIS. Federal, State, 

and local agencies and the public are 

invited to participate in the scoping 

process for the EIS. Comments are being 

solicited to help identify significant 

issues or concerns related to the 

proposed action, determine the scope of 

issues to be addressed in the EIS, and 

identify and refine alternatives to the 

proposed action. 

The Navy will conduct public scoping 

meetings to receive oral and/or written 

comments on environmental concerns 

that should be addressed in the EIS. The 

public scoping meetings will be 

conducted in English and will be 

arranged in an informal, open house 

format. Attendees will be asked to sign 

in and will be directed to various 

stations manned by Navy 

representatives and technical staff who 

will provide information and answer 

questions. Several large display boards 

will be located throughout the meeting 

locations to assist attendees in 

understanding the project and the 

alternatives. A comment table, supplied 

with comment sheets, will be placed in 

an easily accessible and comfortable 

location. Fact sheets about the project 

and alternatives will be available to 

participants. 

DATES: Dates and Addresses: The public 

scoping meetings will be held from 5:30 

p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the following dates 

and locations: 

1. June 23, 2009 at the Poulsbo Fire 

Station Main Headquarters, 

Multipurpose Room, 911 NE. Liberty 

Road, Poulsbo, WA; 

2. June 24, 2009 at the Port Ludlow 

Fire Station 31, Training Room, 7650 

Oak Bay Road, Port Ludlow, WA; 

3. June 25, 2009 at the John Stanford 

Center for Educational Excellence, 

Auditorium, 2445 3rd Avenue South, 

Seattle WA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Patrick Grzelak, Public Affairs Officer, 

Department of the Navy, Strategic 

Systems Programs, 2521 South Clark 

Street, Suite 1000, Arlington, VA 

22202–3930, telephone: 703–601–9008, 

e-mail at: nbkehweis@ssp.navy.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the proposed action is to 

support current and future TRIDENT 

Fleet Ballistic Missile program 

requirements at NAVBASE Kitsap 

Bangor, WA. The proposed action is to 

construct and operate a proposed new 

EHW located adjacent to, but separate 

from, the existing EHW on Hood Canal 

to support TRIDENT submarines. A new 

EHW is needed to ensure the Navy has 

the facilities required to offload/load 

missiles and perform routine operations 

and upgrades necessary to maintain the 

TRIDENT program. 

As part of the U.S. Navy’s sea-based 

strategic deterrence mission, the 

TRIDENT submarines play a critical role 

of great strategic importance for the U.S. 

The Navy has only two Strategic 

Weapons Facilities for TRIDENT 

submarines. One in the Atlantic located 

in Kings Bay, Georgia and one in the 

Pacific located in Bangor, Washington. 

The Bangor facility has over time been 

upgraded, converted, and expanded, to 

handle variations in missile systems. 

Today’s modern missile is a much more 

complex system, and takes more than 

twice the time to maintain and handle 

thus requiring additional Explosive 

Handling Wharf facilities to meet the 

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current mission. The new EHW is 

needed to maintain operational 

availability of the TRIDENT Program in 

the Pacific. The purpose of the proposed 

action is to meet current and future 

technical program requirements for the 

TRIDENT mission. 

Alternatives for the proposed action 

were identified based on capability for 

meeting TRIDENT Program mission 

requirements, ability to avoid or 

minimize environmental impacts, siting 

requirements including proximity to 

existing infrastructure, availability of 

waterfront property, constructability of 

essential project features, and 

explosives safety restrictions. 

Alternatives currently under 

consideration include: (1) Deep-Water 

Trestle EHW; (2) Onshore Trestle EHW; 

(3) No Action Alternative. For both 

action alternatives, the EHW would be 

located in deep water, parallel to and 

600 feet from the shore, and placement 

of structures over the intertidal zone 

would be minimized. The new EHW 

would include a covered operations area 

approximately 600 feet long and 250 

feet wide, supplemented by an 

uncovered wharf extension 

approximately 700 feet long and 35 feet 

wide. 

The wharf would either be an 

anchored floating structure or a 

structure supported by piles. Separate 

pile-supported entrance and exit 

trestles, or bridges, would provide a 

roadway for missile transport vehicles 

to travel from shore to the EHW and 

back to shore. For both action 

alternatives, the entrance trestle would 

be constructed from the end of the 

existing EHW access road to connect to 

the north end of the new EHW. The two 

action alternatives differ in the location 

of the exit trestle, which would connect 

the south end of the new EHW to the 

existing EHW access road. 

Under the Deep-Water Trestle 

alternative, parallel entry and exit 

trestles would be constructed to 

transport ordnance to and from the 

wharf. The exit trestle would be 

constructed over deep water to the 

extent possible, crossing the intertidal 

zone and returning to land at the 

existing EHW access road. The DeepWater Trestle alternative would require 

approximately 900 feet of additional inwater construction but would avoid 

construction of a road on the steep 

embankment adjacent to the proposed 

EHW site. 

For the Onshore Trestle alternative, 

the exit trestle would be constructed to 

take the shortest distance to shore from 

the south end of the new EHW. This 

alternative would require extension of 

the exit trestle approximately 1,400 feet 

along the edge of the steep embankment 

on the shore, away from the intertidal 

zone, to connect to the existing access 

road. 

No decision will be made to 

implement any alternative until the EIS 

process is complete, with the release of 

the Record of Decision. Phased 

construction of the project would be 

completed in four years. 

The impacts to be evaluated include, 

but will not be limited to, impacts on 

fish and marine mammals, essential fish 

habitat, effects on endangered and 

threatened species, impacts relating to 

underwater sound and underwater 

habitat, impacts to the migratory and 

transient movement of fish along the 

shore, impacts on cultural resources, 

reduction in water quality, impacts on 

wetlands, terrestrial impacts, effects on 

Tribal resources, and human health and 

public safety. 

The analysis will include an 

evaluation of direct, indirect, short term, 

and long term impacts from the 

construction and operation of the new 

EHW and will account for cumulative 

impacts from other Navy and non-Navy 

activities in the project area. 

The Navy is initiating the scoping 

process to identify community concerns 

and local issues to be addressed in the 

EIS. Federal agencies, State agencies, 

local agencies, and interested persons 

are encouraged to provide written 

comments in addition to, or in lieu of, 

oral comments at scheduled public 

scoping meetings. 

Written comments must be 

postmarked by midnight July 17, 2009 

and should be submitted to: Mr. Patrick 

Grzelak, Public Affairs Officer, 

Department of the Navy, Strategic 

Systems Programs, 2521 South Clark 

Street, Suite 1000, Arlington, VA 

22202–3930, telephone: 703–601–9008, 

e-mail: nbkehweis@ssp.navy.mil. 

Dated: May 11, 2009. 

T.M. Cruz, 

Lieutenant Commander, Alternate Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–11004 Filed 5–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[Docket ID: USAF–2009–0031] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to delete a system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Air Force 

is deleting a system of records notice 

from its inventory of record systems 

subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 

U.S.C. 552a), as amended. 

DATES: The proposed action will be 

effective on June 15, 2009 unless 

comments are received that would 

result in a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Air 

Force Privacy Act Officer, Office of 

Warfighting Integration and Chief 

Information Officer, SAF/XCISI, 1800 

Air Force Pentagon, Suite 220, 

Washington, DC 20330–1800. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ben Swilley, 703–696–6172. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of the Air Force system of 

records notices subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended, have been published in the 

Federal Register and are available from 

the address above. 

The Department of the Air Force 

proposes to delete a system of records 

notice from its inventory of record 

systems subject to the Privacy Act of 

1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The 

proposed deletion is not within the 

purview of subsection (r) of the Privacy 

Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended, which requires the 

submission of a new or altered system 

report. 

Dated: May 12, 2009. 

Morgan E. Frazier, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

F036 AETC T 

DELETION: 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Flying Training Records—Nonstudent 

(June 11, 1997, 62 FR 31793). 

REASON: 

The records contained in this system 

of records are no longer required. 

Accordingly, this Privacy Act System of 

Records Notice will be deleted from the 

Air Force’s inventory. 

[FR Doc. E9–11347 Filed 5–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DOD–2009–OS–0066] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Defense Information Systems 

Agency, DoD.