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Committee. The public may submit 

written statements at any time before or 

after the meeting. However, to facilitate 

distribution of public presentation 

materials to the Committee members, 

the Committee suggests that the 

materials be forwarded before the 

meeting to Ms. Springer. 

The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the General Counsel, formally 

determined on March 23, 2009, 

pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 

U.S.C. app. 2, 10(d)), that the portion of 

this meeting dealing with pre-decisional 

changes to the Commerce Control List 

and U.S. export control policies shall be 

exempt from the provisions relating to 

public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 

2, 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining 

portions of the meeting will be open to 

the public. 

For more information contact Yvette 

Springer on (202) 482–2813. 

Dated: July 2, 2009. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–16210 Filed 7–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

2010 Census Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census 

(Census Bureau) is giving notice of a 

meeting of the 2010 Census Advisory 

Committee. The Committee will address 

policy, research, and technical issues 

related to 2010 Decennial Census 

Programs. Last-minute changes to the 

agenda are possible, which could 

prevent giving advance notification of 

schedule changes. 

DATES: July 21, 2009. On July 21, the 

meeting will begin at approximately 

8:30 a.m. and end at approximately 5 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Census Bureau Auditorium and 

Conference Center, 4600 Silver Hill 

Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri 

Green, Committee Liaison Officer, 

Department of Commerce, U.S. Census 

Bureau, Room 8H182, 4600 Silver Hill 

Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746, 

telephone 301–763–6590. For TTY 

callers, please use the Federal Relay 

Service 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2010 

Census Advisory Committee is 

composed of a Chair, Vice-Chair, and 20 

member organizations—all appointed by 

the Secretary of Commerce. The 

Committee considers the goals of the 

decennial census, including the 

American Community Survey and 

related programs, and users’ needs for 

information provided by the decennial 

census from the perspective of outside 

data users and other organizations 

having a substantial interest and 

expertise in the conduct and outcome of 

the decennial census. The Committee 

has been established in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Title 5, United States Code, Appendix 

2, Section10(a)(b)). 

A brief period will be set aside at the 

meeting for public comment. However, 

individuals with extensive statements 

for the record must submit them in 

writing to the Census Bureau Committee 

Liaison Officer named above at least 

three working days prior to the meeting. 

Seating is available to the public on a 

first-come, first-served basis. 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Census Bureau Committee Liaison 

Officer as soon as known, and 

preferably two weeks prior to the 

meeting. 

Due to increased security and for 

access to the meeting, please call 301– 

763–3231 upon arrival at the Census 

Bureau on the day of the meeting. A 

photo ID must be presented in order to 

receive your visitor’s badge. Visitors are 

not allowed beyond the first floor. 

Dated: July 2, 2009. 

Thomas L. Mesenbourg, 

Acting Director, Bureau of the Census. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report for a 

Permit Application for the Proposed 

Berths 302–306 Container Terminal 

Improvements Project at the Port of 

Los Angeles, in Los Angeles County, 

CA 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Los Angeles District, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Los Angeles District (Corps) 

in conjunction with the City of Los 

Angeles Harbor Department (LAHD) is 

examining the feasibility of waterside 

terminal and transportation 

improvements at Berths 302–306 in the 

Port of Los Angeles. The Corps is 

considering the LAHD’s application for 

a Department of the Army permit under 

section 10 of the River and Harbor Act 

and potentially section 404 of the Clean 

Water Act to construct wharf/docking 

facilities, perform dredging, construct 

container loading apparatus (i.e., 

cranes), and other ancillary 

improvements within 100 feet land side 

of the waters’ edge associated with the 

Berths 302–306 [American President 

Lines (APL)] Container Terminal Project 

(proposed project). Dredging up to 

75,000 cubic yards (cy) may be required 

for the proposed project, and any 

proposed offshore disposal at the LA–2 

disposal site would also trigger review 

under section 103 of the Marine 

Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries 

Act (MPRSA). 

The proposed project would improve 

the existing terminal, extend the 

existing concrete wharf by 1,250 linear 

feet (lf) to add a new berth (Berth 306), 

add new cranes to the Berths 302–305 

and Berth 306, and expand the existing 

container terminal by approximately 56 

acres. The landside developments 

include expansion, redevelopment, and 

construction of marine terminal 

facilities. 

The primary Federal concerns are the 

work (including dredging) and addition 

of permanent structures in navigable 

waters of the U.S., potential discharges 

of fill material into waters of the U.S., 

potential transport and disposal of 

dredged material at an ocean disposal 

site, and potential significant impacts to 

the environment resulting from such inwater and over-water activities. 

Therefore, in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), the Corps is requiring the 

preparation of an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) prior to consideration of 

any permit action. The Corps may 

ultimately make a determination to 

permit or deny the above project, or 

permit or deny modified versions of the 

above project. 

Pursuant to the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the 

LAHD will serve as Lead Agency in 

preparing an Environmental Impact 

Report (EIR) for its consideration of 

development approvals within its 

jurisdiction. The Corps and the LAHD 

have agreed to jointly prepare a Draft 

EIS/EIR to optimize efficiency and avoid 

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intended to be sufficient in scope to 

address the Federal, State, and local 

requirements and environmental issues 

concerning the proposed activities and 

permit approvals. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Comments and questions regarding 

scoping of the Draft EIS/EIR may be 

addressed to: U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Los Angeles District, 

Regulatory Division, Ventura Field 

Office, ATTN: CESPL–RG–N–2009– 

00226–SDM, 2151 Alessandro Drive, 

Suite 110, Ventura, California 93001, or 

spencer.d.macneil@usace.army.mil. 

Comments or questions can also be sent 

to Ms. Lena Maun-DeSantis, Port of Los 

Angeles, Environmental Management 

Division, 425 S. Palos Verdes St., San 

Pedro, CA 90731, or LMaunDeSantis@portla.org. Dr. Spencer D. 

MacNeil can be reached at (805) 585– 

2152, and Ms. Lena Maun-DeSantis can 

be reached at (310) 732–3950. Comment 

letters sent via electronic mail should 

include the commenter’s physical 

mailing address and the project title 

‘‘Berths 302–306 [APL] Container 

Terminal Project’’ should be included in 

the electronic mail’s subject line. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Project Site and Background 

Information: The project site is located 

on Terminal Island, within an industrial 

area in the Fish Harbor region of the 

Port of Los Angeles. The site is within 

the Port of Los Angeles Community Plan 

area in the City of Los Angeles, which 

is adjacent to the communities of San 

Pedro and Wilmington, and 

approximately 20 miles south of 

downtown Los Angeles. The site is 

generally bounded on the north by 

Terminal Way; the Pier 300 Shallow 

Water Habitat on the east; Earle Street 

on the west; and the Pier 300 Channel 

on the south. Land uses in the project 

vicinity include the Terminal Island 

Treatment Plant and the vacant Los 

Angeles Export Terminal (LAXT) 

facility. 

The basic purpose of the proposed 

project is improving marine shipping 

and maritime trade, which is a waterdependent activity. The overall goal and 

Clean Water Act project purpose is to 

optimize the container-handling 

efficiency and capacity of the Port at 

Berths 302–306, in order to 

accommodate projected increases in 

volume of containerized goods shipped 

through the Port. 

To meet the overall project goal, the 

following objectives need to be 

accomplished: 

• Optimize the use of existing land at 

Berths 302–306 and associated 

waterways in a manner that is 

consistent with the LAHD’s public trust 

obligations; 

• Improve the container terminal at 

Berths 302–306 to more efficiently work 

larger ships and to ensure the terminal’s 

ability to accommodate increased 

numbers and sizes of container ships; 

• Increase accommodations for 

container ship berthing, and provide 

sufficient backland area and associated 

improvements for optimized container 

terminal operations, at Berths 302–306; 

• Incorporate modern backland 

design efficiencies into improvements to 

the existing vacant landfill area at 

Berths 305–306; and 

• Improve the access into and out of 

the terminal, as well as internal terminal 

circulation, at Berths 302–306 to reduce 

the time for gate turns and to increase 

terminal efficiency. 

2. Proposed Action: The LAHD as 

project applicant proposes to redevelop 

and expand an operating container 

terminal at Berths 302–306 on Terminal 

Island in the Port of Los Angeles. Eagle 

Marine Services (EMS) currently 

operates the existing approximately 260- 

acre APL container terminal at Berths 

302–305 on Terminal Island under 

LAHD Permit No. 733. In addition, EMS 

operates an additional approximately 30 

acres of backlands at the terminal under 

a month-to-month space assignment for 

a total of 290 overall acres. The 

proposed project would improve the 

existing terminal, extend the existing 

concrete wharf by 1,250 lf to add a new 

berth (Berth 306), add new cranes to the 

Berths 302–305 and Berth 306, and 

expand the existing container terminal 

by approximately 56 acres. As part of 

the proposed project, the current 

duration of Permit No. 733 would 

remain unchanged (1998 to 2027), but 

the permit would be amended to 

include the additional 56 acres. 

At completion of project construction 

and delivery, EMS would operate 

approximately 316 acres under Permit 

No. 733, plus the 30 acres that it 

operates under the current space 

assignment for a total of 346 acres. The 

project includes improving and adding 

to the terminal approximately 41 acres 

of already constructed but unimproved 

fill behind Berths 305–306. In addition, 

the project includes redeveloping and 

adding to the terminal approximately 9 

acres of existing land behind Berth 301 

(EMS would operate the backlands 

behind Berth 301 but would not use the 

wharf at Berth 301 because it is not 

currently configured for container 

operations; the redevelopment and use 

of this upland area would occur 

independently of Berth 301), and 2 acres 

of existing land at the northeast corner 

of the main gate. Finally, the project 

includes adding approximately 4 acres 

of wharf deck to the terminal as a result 

of constructing the 1,250 lf of new wharf 

at Berth 306. 

The proposed project consists of 

multiple components to expand the 

existing APL container terminal by 

approximately 56 acres and to modify 

various existing terminal elements. 

Proposed expansion-area components 

would: 

• Improve approximately 41 acres of 

already constructed but unimproved fill 

as container terminal backland with 

electric rail mounted gantry (RMG) 

crane rows at Berths 305–306; 

• Redevelop approximately 2 acres of 

the former LAXT conveyor right of way 

and approximately 7 acres of former 

LAXT backland behind Berth 301 into 

container terminal backland; 

• Develop approximately 2 acres of 

existing land northeast of the current 

main gate for a new out-gate location; 

• Construct approximately 1,250 lf (4 

acres) of concrete wharf at Berth 306; 

• Install up to 8 new cranes on the 

new wharf at Berth 306; 

• Install Alternative Marine Power 

(AMP) along the new wharf at Berth 

306; and 

• Dredge Berth 306, with the dredge 

material (approximately 20,000 cubic 

yards) going to an approved upland 

disposal site. 

Improvements to the existing terminal 

would: 

• Relocate and modify the main gate; 

• Modify the terminal entrance lanes; 

• Modify the Earle Street gate; 

• Install up to 4 additional, new 

cranes at Berths 302–305; 

• Install AMP along the existing 

wharf at Berths 302–305; 

• Expand the refrigerated container 

units (reefers) storage area; 

• Demolish and re-construct the 

Roadability facility; 

• Expand the Power Shop Building 

and construct second and third floors 

for Marine Office Facilities; 

• Install utility infrastructure at 

various areas in the backlands (relocate 

light poles and install power at a new 

‘‘Meet and Greet’’ booth at the 

backlands behind Berth 301, etc.); and 

• Perform dredging at Berths 302– 

305, with the dredge material 

(approximately 55,000 cubic yards) 

going to an approved upland disposal 

site. 

Under the amended Permit No. 733 

and the existing space assignment, EMS 

would continue to operate the terminal 

as a container terminal. The 

redevelopment and expansion would 

provide EMS with additional backlands 

for container storage and terminal 

equipment, and would lengthen the 


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existing wharf to accommodate newer, 

larger-class vessels, which together 

would allow increased ship calls and 

throughput. The wharf extension, new 

cranes, and dredging would require a 

permit from the Corps. The proposed 

project would also increase gate and ondock rail moves. The proposed project 

would increase throughput from 

approximately 1.3 million Twenty-foot 

Equivalent Units (TEUs) in 2008 to 

approximately 3 million TEUs by 2027. 

By 2027, approximately 38 percent of 

the 3 million TEUs would travel to and 

from the terminal by on-dock rail, 7 

percent would travel to and from the 

terminal via truck to near-dock rail 

yards, and the remaining cargo would 

travel by truck to the local market (i.e., 

markets within an approximately 100- 

mile radius from the Port of Los 

Angeles). 

Although dredge material is expected 

to be disposed of at an approved upland 

site, there is the potential for disposal of 

some dredged material at an established 

ocean disposal site, which would 

require Corps authorization under 

section 103 of the MPRSA. A sampling 

and analysis program would be 

implemented to approve any offshore 

disposal of material. 

Through the EIS/EIR process, feasible 

environmental mitigation measures will 

be developed to reduce potential 

environmental impacts. Measures to 

reduce operational impacts would be 

implemented through lease 

amendments and become permit 

requirements. Measures to reduce 

construction impacts would be 

implemented through construction 

contract specifications and 

requirements. Air Quality measures 

would be consistent with or exceed the 

San Pedro Bays Clean Air Action Plan 

(CAAP) and are likely to include AMP, 

low sulfur fuel, Vessel Speed Reduction 

Program (VSRP) requirements for new 

vessel builds, and terminal equipment 

standards. 

3. Issues: There are several potential 

environmental issues that will be 

addressed in the Draft EIS/EIR. 

Additional issues may be identified 

during the scoping process. Issues 

initially identified as potentially 

significant include: 

1. Aesthetic and visual impacts from 

construction and operation; 

2. Air quality impacts from 

construction and operation of an 

expanded container terminal, including 

ship and vehicle emissions, and 

contributions to global warming and 

greenhouse gases; 

3. Biological impacts to marine and 

terrestrial wildlife; 

4. Geological issues, including 

dredging and stabilization of fill areas in 

an area of known seismic activity; 

5. Hazards and hazardous materials 

related to existing and former activities 

that have contaminated soil and 

groundwater in the Port, or pose 

hazardous risks related to ongoing 

operations, and hazards and risk of 

upset due to terrorism; 

6. Hydrology and water quality from 

disturbance of sediment, operations, 

and runoff from development; 

7. Noise from construction, existing 

and future operations, and increased 

traffic; 

8. Traffic and transportation, 

including ground transportation; and 

9. Cumulative impacts from past, 

present, and reasonably foreseeable 

future projects. 

4. Alternatives: Several alternatives 

are being considered for the proposed 

action. The Draft EIS/EIR will include a 

co-equal analysis of the project 

alternatives considered. Alternatives 

being considered for the proposed 

project include several reduced project 

alternatives; the proposed project with 

an expanded on-dock rail yard; and a 

No Project/No Federal Action 

Alternative that would not implement 

any of the project elements. For this 

project, the No Federal Action 

Alternative is the same as the No Project 

Alternative and will therefore be 

referred to and analyzed as the No 

Project/No Federal Action Alternative. 

These alternatives will be further 

formulated and developed during the 

scoping process. Additional alternatives 

that may be developed during scoping 

will also be considered in the Draft EIS/ 

EIR. 

5. Scoping Process: The Corps and the 

LAHD will jointly conduct a public 

scoping meeting for the proposed Berths 

302–306 [APL] Container Terminal 

Project Draft EIS/EIR to receive public 

comment and to assess public concerns 

regarding the appropriate scope and 

preparation of the Draft EIS/EIR. 

Participation in the public meeting by 

Federal, State, and local agencies and 

other interested organizations and 

persons is encouraged. This meeting 

will be conducted in both English and 

Spanish. Members of the public who 

wish to communicate and listen entirely 

in Spanish are encouraged to attend this 

meeting. The meeting will be held on 

August 5, 2009 at 6:00 PM (PST) at the 

Board Room in the Harbor 

Administration Building at 425 South 

Palos Verdes Street, San Pedro, CA 

90731. Written comment letters will be 

accepted until August 24, 2009. 

The Corps also anticipates consulting 

with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

under the Endangered Species Act, and 

with the National Marine Fisheries 

Service under the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act. Additionally, the EIS/EIR will 

assess the consistency of the proposed 

action with the Coastal Zone 

Management Act and potential water 

quality impacts pursuant to Section 401 

of the Clean Water Act. 

6. Availability of the Draft EIS: The 

Draft EIS/EIR is expected to be 

published and circulated in mid-2010, 

and a public meeting will be held after 

its publication. 

Dated: June 30, 2009. 

David J. Castanon, 

Chief, Regulatory Division, Corps of 

Engineers. 

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BILLING CODE 3710–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: An emergency review has been 

requested in accordance with the Act 

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507 (j)), since 

public harm is reasonably likely to 

result if normal clearance procedures 

are followed. Approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) has 

been requested by July 13, 2009. A 

regular clearance process is also 

beginning. Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments on or before 

September 8, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the emergency review should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974 or 

electronically mailed to OIRA– 

Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Director of OMB provide 

interested Federal agencies and the 


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