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Defense Business Board, and pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

of 1972, the Government in Sunshine 

Act of 1976, and other appropriate 

federal regulations, this Task Group 

does not work independently of the 

Board’s charter. 

(b) Availability of Materials for the 

Meeting 

A copy of the June 25 and 26 meeting 

agenda may be obtained from the 

Board’s website at http:// 

www.defenselink.mil/dbb under ‘‘NSPS 

Task Group.’’ On June 25th the Task 

Group will invite experts on this topic 

and who recently testified before 

Congress. On June 26th the Task Group 

will hear from select members of the 

public where the Task Group requires 

additional information or explanation 

from previously submitted written 

comments. 

(c) Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 

102–3.140, and the availability of space, 

this meeting is open to the public. 

Seating is on a first-come basis. 

(1) Special Accommodations: 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodations to access the public 

meeting should contact Ms. Evans at 

least five business days prior to the 

meeting so that appropriate 

arrangements may be made. 

(d) Procedures for Providing Public 

Comments 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, and section 10(a)(3) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

comments to Ms. Phyllis Ferguson, 

Designated Federal Officer for the 

Defense Business Board, 2521 South 

Clark Street, Room 650, Arlington, VA 

22202, and this individual will ensure 

that the written comments are provided 

to the Task Group for their 

consideration. 

Written comments being submitted in 

response to the agenda mentioned in 

this notice must be received by the 

Designated Federal Officer at the 

address listed above by June 18, 2009. 

Written comments received after this 

date may not be received in time for the 

NSPS Review Task Group to consider 

prior to the June 25–26, 2009 meeting. 

While individuals are not required to 

follow any specific format when 

submitting written comments, it would 

be beneficial to the Task Group’s 

analysis if those individuals who are 

submitting written comments consider 

formatting their comments along the 

following lines: 

1. Classification Architecture (design 

of pay bands, pay schedules, and career 

groups); 

2. Implementation of NSPS (initial 

orientation, availability of training, 

communication with employees); 

3. Labor Management Relations 

(collective bargaining issues); 

4. Pay Pool Process (pay pool funding, 

transparency, fairness, equity, 

uniformity and consistency across pay 

pools); 

5. Pay Setting (rules/flexibilities for 

setting pay on reassignments, 

promotions, new hires, etc.); 

6. Pay Structure (pay bands, targeted 

local market supplement, general salary 

increases); 

7. Performance Management (design 

of performance management system 

including performance plans, 

monitoring performance, performance 

criteria, rating levels, rating distribution, 

performance process, communication, 

reconsideration process, administrative 

workload); 

8. Program Outcomes (mission 

alignment, results focused, highperforming workforce); 

9. Staffing and Employment 

(appointing authorities, alternative 

promotion procedures, hiring 

flexibilities). 

In addition and on a voluntary basis, 

the Task Force would also like those 

submitting written comments to 

consider providing the following 

information: (1) DoD NSPS Employee, 

(2) DoD NSPS Supervisor, (3) DoD NonNSPS Employee, (4) Other Federal 

Government Employee, (5) Non-Federal 

Government Employee or (6) Interested 

Organization. 

Please note: The Board operates under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended; therefore, all 

public presentations will be treated as public 

documents and will be made available for 

public inspection, including being posted on 

the Board’s Web site. 

Dated: June 3, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E9–13382 Filed 6–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Elverta Specific Plan 

Project, in Sacramento County, CA, 

Corps Permit File Number SPK–2004– 

323 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Sacramento District (Corps), 

will prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the Elverta Specific 

Plan project, a proposed master planned 

community in Sacramento County, CA. 

The Elverta Owners Group has applied 

for Department of Army permits to fill 

approximately 39 acres of waters of the 

United States, including wetlands, to 

construct this project. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments to Kathleen Dadey, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento 

District, 1325 J Street, Room 1480, 

Sacramento, CA 95814–2922. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and EIS should be addressed to 

Kathleen Dadey, (916) 557–7253, e-mail: 

Kathleen.A.Dadey@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Elverta Specific Plan (Plan) addresses 

future land uses on approximately 1,745 

acres in north-central Sacramento 

County, California. The Elverta Owners 

Group has applied for Department of the 

Army permits under Section 404 of the 

Clean Water Act to develop 

approximately 775.6 acres of the Plan 

area as the initial phase of the Plan. The 

Elverta Owners Group, which is 

comprised of 13 applicants, has 

submitted one application for the 

infrastructure to serve the Plan area and 

individual permit applications for 22 

separate development parcels (projects). 

Each of the projects is complete and 

independent from one another; 

however, each of the projects relies 

upon the common drainage, roadways, 

and sewer infrastructure as described in 

the infrastructure permit application. 

An Environmental Impact Report 

(EIR) was prepared for the Plan by the 

Sacramento County Department of 

Environmental Review and Assessment 

(DERA) under the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The 

EIR provided a site plan that identified 

participant properties included in the 

project at the time of publication. Since 

that time the mix of included properties 

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has changed. For this reason, figures 

and analyses in the EIR and in various 

technical documents show differing 

patterns of included project parcels 

within the Plan area as compared to the 

current proposal. However, because the 

EIR evaluated impacts at a 

programmatic level for the entire Plan 

area, all parcels that are included in the 

current proposal were evaluated by 

DERA in the EIR. 

The Elverta Specific Plan is primarily 

residential in character: It includes 

880.3 acres of urban residential uses and 

551.8 acres of agricultural-residential 

uses with a total of 6,187 residential 

units; 15.0 acres of commercial uses; 4.4 

acres of office/professional uses; 20.2 

acres of school uses; 73.3 acres of park 

uses; 18.4 acres (former landfill site) to 

be designated as open space; and 191.9 

acres to be used for drainageways, 

detention facilities, trails, powerline 

corridor and major roads. Development 

proposed by the Elverta Owners Group 

on the 22 parcels would be consistent 

with these uses. The number of 

residential units has increased from the 

original 4,950 units analyzed previously 

in the EIR. The Sacramento County 

Housing Element 2008–2013 (adopted 

December 2008) allows for a 25% 

density increase for residential 

development projects that meet the 

following two conditions: (1) Result in 

energy savings beyond those obtained 

with conventional design and 

construction techniques, and, (2) The 

amount of increased density is 

proportional to the amount of increased 

energy efficiency achieved that exceeds 

adopted regulations (see Chapter 3, SubStrategy VII–A, Policy HE–59c of the 

Housing Element [page 3–91]). The 

proposed project would meet these 

criteria and therefore the maximum of 

6,187 residential units is proposed. 

The project would result in fill of up 

to 39 acres of waters of the United 

States, including seasonal wetlands, 

vernal pools, intermittent channels, 

swales, and ditches. Some of this fill 

would be permanent and some would 

be temporary. Temporary fill would be 

restored with approximately 15 acres of 

riparian corridors on the project site. 

The riparian enhancements are expected 

to enhance the hydrologic functions and 

biological quality of existing channels. 

Offsite mitigation is also proposed to 

compensate for onsite impacts to 

wetlands and waters. 

The EIS will include an evaluation of 

a reasonable range of alternatives. 

Currently, the following alternatives are 

expected to be analyzed in detail: (1) 

The no action (no development) 

alternative, (2) the no federal action (no 

permit issued) alternative, (3) the 

applicant’s preferred project, (4) the 

approved Specific Plan, and (5) a 

different location (off-site) alternative. 

The no action (no development) 

alternative assumes no development 

would occur on the site. The no federal 

action (no permit issued) alternative 

assumes limited development would 

occur on the site with all waters of the 

United States avoided. The off-site 

alternative assumes the proposed 

project would be developed at a 

different but suitably sized site in the 

region. The Corps will also use the EIS 

to evaluate alternatives under the 

Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines, and 

additional alternatives may be 

developed under this evaluation. 

The Corps’ scoping process for the EIS 

includes a public involvement program 

with several opportunities to provide 

oral and written comments. In addition 

to public meetings and notifications in 

the Federal Register, the Corps will 

issue public notices when the draft and 

final EISs are available. Affected 

Federal, State, and local agencies, 

Native American tribes, and other 

interested private organizations and 

parties are invited to participate. 

Potentially significant issues to be 

analyzed in the EIS include, but are not 

limited to: Loss of waters of the United 

States, including wetlands; land use and 

agriculture; population, employment 

and housing; environmental justice and 

socio-economic impacts; drainage, 

hydrology and water quality; utilities 

and service systems; public services; 

geology, soils and mineral resources; 

paleontological resources; cultural and 

historic resources; biological resources; 

visual resources; parks and recreation; 

hazards and hazardous materials; traffic 

and transportation; air quality and 

global climate change; noise; and 

cumulative and growth inducing 

impacts. The Corps is the lead agency 

for preparation of the EIS under the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

Corps will coordinate with other 

agencies, such as Sacramento County. 

Other environmental review and 

consultation requirements for the 

proposed action include the need for the 

applicant to obtain water quality 

certification under Section 401 of the 

Clean Water Act from the California 

Central Valley Regional Water Quality 

Control Board. In addition, the federally 

listed vernal pool fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta lynchi) is known to occur 

in the Plan area. Surveys conducted on 

the majority of the properties within the 

Plan area according to the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service’s protocol requirements 

during the wet seasons of 2000 and 2001 

found B. lynchi at three locations. Dry 

season sampling conducted in 2005 (on 

12 parcels) and 2007 (on 23 parcels) also 

found evidence of the federally listed 

Branchinecta. The Corps will formally 

consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service in accordance with Section 7 of 

the federal Endangered Species Act. The 

Corps will also consult with the State 

Historic Preservation Officer under 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act concerning properties 

listed, or potentially eligible for listing, 

on the National Register of Historic 

Places. 

A public scoping meeting for the EIS 

will be held on June 24, 2009, from 4 

p.m. to 7 p.m. The meeting will be held 

at the Rio Linda Elverta Community 

Center, 810 Oak Lane, Rio Linda, CA 

95673. Interested parties can provide 

oral and written comments at the 

meeting. Interested parties may also 

submit written comments on this notice. 

Scoping comments should be submitted 

before June 29, 2009 but may be 

submitted at any time prior to 

publication of the Draft EIS. 

Interested parties may register for the 

Corps’ public notice e-mail notification 

lists at: http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/ 

organizations/cespk-co/regulatory/

pnlist.html. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–13473 Filed 6–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Army Science Board Plenary Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the 

Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 (U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 41 

Code of the Federal Regulations (CFR 

102–3.140 through 160), the Department 

of the Army announces the following 

committee meeting: 

Name of Committee: Army Science 

Board (ASB). 

Date(s) of Meeting: July 13–23, 2009. 

Time(s) of Meeting: 

0800–1700, July 13, 2009. 

0800–1700, July 14, 2009. 

0800–1700, July 15, 2009. 

0800–1700, July 16, 2009. 

0800–1700, July 17, 2009. 

0800–1700, July 20, 2009. 

0800–1700, July 21, 2009. 

0800–1700, July 22, 2009. 

0800–1400, July 23, 2009.