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reclaim the South Hallsville No. 1 

Lignite Mine—Rusk Permit Area as 

proposed by SMC; (2) construct, 

operate, and reclaim the South 

Hallsville No. 1 Lignite Mine—Rusk 

Permit Area with modifications; (3) 

develop or acquire other lignite supply 

sources; or (4) no action. 

3. Scoping and Public Involvement 

Process: A public scoping meeting to 

disseminate information about the 

proposed project and its potential 

effects to the human environment, and 

to seek public comments on the 

proposed project will be conducted (see 

DATES & ADDRESSES). A Public Notice 

will be issued June 23, 2009, to extend 

the opportunity for Federal, State, and 

local agencies and officials, and 

interested individuals to further 

comment on the proposed project and 

the scope of the EIS. 

4. Significant Issues: Issues to be 

given significant analysis in the EIS are 

likely to include, but will not be limited 

to: The effects to surface water and 

groundwater resources, including water 

quantity and quality, effects on the 

immediate and adjacent property 

owners and nearby communities, 

downstream hydraulics and hydrology, 

geologic resources, vegetation, fish and 

wildlife, threatened and endangered 

species, soils, prime farmland, noise, 

light, aesthetics, historic and prehistoric cultural resources, 

socioeconomics, land use, public roads, 

and air quality. 

5. Cooperating Agencies: At this time, 

no other Federal or State agencies have 

been established as cooperating agencies 

in preparation of the EIS. However, 

numerous federal and state agencies, 

including the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, the Texas Commission 

on Environmental Quality, the Texas 

Parks and Wildlife Department, the 

Railroad Commission of Texas, and the 

Texas Historical Commission are 

expected to be involved in the 

preparation of, and provide comments 

on, the EIS. 

6. Additional Review and 

Consultation: Compliance with other 

Federal and State requirements that will 

be addressed in the EIS include, but will 

not be limited to, state water quality 

certification under Section 401 of the 

Clean Water Act, protection of water 

quality under the Texas Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System, 

protection of air quality under the Texas 

Air Quality Act, protection of 

endangered and threatened species 

under Section 7 of the Endangered 

Species Act, and protection of cultural 

resources under Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act. 

7. Availability of the Draft EIS: The 

Draft EIS is projected to be available by 

August 2009. A public hearing will be 

conducted following the release of the 

Draft EIS. 

Stephen L. Brooks, 

Chief, Regulatory Branch. 

[FR Doc. E9–14836 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Revised Methodology for the 

Delaware River and Bay Integrated List 

Water Quality Assessment 

AGENCY: Delaware River Basin 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the methodology proposed to be used in 

the 2010 Delaware River and Bay 

Integrated List Water Quality 

Assessment is available for review and 

comment. The proposed methodology is 

a substantially modified version of the 

methodology used for the 2008 

assessment. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing by close of business on August 

14, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments will be accepted 

via e-mail to 

john.yagecic@drbc.state.nj.us; via fax to 

609–883–9522; by U.S. Mail to DRBC, 

Attn: Integrated Assessment 2010, P.O. 

Box 7360, West Trenton, NJ 08628– 

0360; via private carrier to DRBC, Attn: 

Integrated Assessment 2010, 25 State 

Police Drive, West Trenton, NJ 08628– 

0360; or by hand. All submissions 

should have the phrase ‘‘Integrated 

Assessment 2010’’ in the subject line 

and should include the name, address 

(street address optional) and affiliation, 

if any, of the commenter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John Yagecic, Supervisor, Standards and 

Assessment Section, DRBC Modeling, 

Monitoring and Assessment Branch, via 

e-mail to john.yagecic@drbc.state.nj.us 

or by telephone to 609–883–9500, ext. 

271. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Delaware River Basin Commission 

(‘‘DRBC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) is an 

interstate and Federal compact agency 

that was created in 1961 by concurrent 

legislation of the States of Delaware, 

New Jersey, and New York, the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the 

United States Government for purpose 

of jointly managing the water resources 

of the Delaware River Basin. 

DRBC currently is compiling data for 

the 2010 Delaware River and Bay 

Integrated List Water Quality 

Assessment (‘‘2010 Assessment’’) 

required by the federal Clean Water Act 

(CWA). The 2010 Assessment will 

present the extent to which waters of 

the Delaware River and Bay are 

attaining designated uses in accordance 

with Section 305(b) of the CWA and 

will identify impaired waters, which 

consist of waters that exceed surface 

water quality standards. 

Substantial changes from the 2008 

methodology have been proposed, 

including the consideration of biological 

monitoring results in the assessment 

process. The assessment methodology to 

be used in the 2010 Assessment is 

available for review at the following 

URL: http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/ 

10IntegratedList-DraftMethod.htm. 

In the 2008 Assessment DRBC 

proposes to reduce the number of 

assessment units from the number used 

in 2006 by consolidating the units into 

DRBC’s Water Quality Management 

Zones 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 2, 3, 4, and 

5, the boundaries of which are defined 

in DRBC’s Water Quality Regulations 

(18 CFR Part 410), available on the Web 

at http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/regs/ 

WQRegs_092607.pdf. The 2008 

Assessment will continue, however, to 

include subunits within Zone 6 that are 

defined in part by shellfish management 

directives issued by the States of 

Delaware and New Jersey. The 2010 

Assessment will continue this process 

and also will include consideration of 

biological monitoring results. 

June 17, 2009. 

Pamela M. Bush, 

Commission Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–14749 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6360–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Acting 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 Reduction Act of 

1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before July 24, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs,