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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 74, No. 130 

Thursday, July 9, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Missouri River Resource Advisory 

Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Helena National Forest’s 

Missouri River (formerly called the 

Lewis & Clark County Resource 

Advisory Committee) Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet on 

Wednesday, July 29, 2009, from 6 p.m. 

until 8 p.m., in Helena, Montana. The 

purpose of the meeting is to conduct 

welcomes and introductions, discuss 

the status of the RAC charter and 

committee membership vacancies, 

review and discuss project proposals, 

make project approval and funding 

decisions, set a next meeting date and 

receive public comment on the meeting 

subjects and proceedings. 

DATES: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, from 

6 p.m. until 8 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the USDA–Helena Ranger District office 

located at 2001 Poplar, Helena, Montana 

59601 (MT 59601). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Bushnell, Committee 

Coordinator, Helena National Forest, 

2880 Skyway Drive, Helena, Montana 

59602 Phone: 406–495–3747; E-mail: 

kbushnell@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda 

items to be covered include: (1) 

Welcome and introductions; (2) review 

and approve June meeting minutes; (3) 

briefly update committee on RAC 

charter and membership nomination 

process; (4) review, discuss and approve 

projects and funding; (5) set next 

meeting purpose, location, and date; (6) 

and receive public comment. The 

meeting is open to the public. Public 

input opportunity will be provided and 

individuals will have the opportunity to 

address the Committee at that time. 

Reminder: The Lewis & Clark County 

RAC recently expanded to include 

Broadwater County and renamed itself 

the Missouri River RAC to reflect the 

larger geographic area the committee 

now represents. 

Dated: June 30, 2009. 

Duane Harp, 

Designated Federal Official. 

[FR Doc. E9–16147 Filed 7–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meetings 

of the Connecticut Advisory 

Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a briefing meeting and a 

planning meeting of the Connecticut 

Advisory Committee to the Commission 

will convene at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, 

July 23, 2009 at the University of 

Connecticut, School of Law, Faculty 

Lounge, 55 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, 

Connecticut 06105. The purpose of the 

briefing meeting is to hear about antibias in the state. The purpose of the 

planning meeting is to plan a briefing on 

high school graduation rates. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by August 21, 2009. The 

address is Eastern Regional Office, 624 

9th St., NW., Washington, DC 20425. 

Persons wishing to email their 

comments, or who desire additional 

information should contact Alfreda 

Greene, Secretary, at 202–376–7533 or 

by e-mail to: ero@usccr.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meetings and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Regional Office at 

least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meetings. 

Records generated from these 

meetings may be inspected and 

reproduced at the Eastern Regional 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meetings. Persons 

interested in the work of this advisory 

committee are advised to go to the 

Commission’s Web site, http:// 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Eastern 

Regional Office at the above e-mail or 

street address. 

The meetings will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, July 6, 2009. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. E9–16259 Filed 7–8–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

[Docket No. 0906221081–91081–01] 

RIN 0660–XA10 

National Environmental Policy Act— 

Categorical Exclusions covering the 

Broadband Technology Opportunity 

Program (BTOP) 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Commerce, 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce (DOC) is 

adopting the following Categorical 

Exclusions (CEs) covering the 

Broadband Technology Opportunity 

Program (BTOP). The CEs would better 

align NTIA implementation of the 

Council for Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) National Environmental Policy 

Act regulations by providing for the 

efficient and timely environmental 

review of specific American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) job 

preservation actions for BTOP. 

Although NTIA adopts these CE’s as of 

the date of this notice, NTIA welcomes 

comments from the public on the 

appropriateness or scope of the CE’s, 

and will consider whether any CE’s 

should be revised based on comments 

received. 

DATES: This Notice is immediately 

effective upon publication. All 

comments will be reviewed and 

considered to determine whether there 

is a need for potential amendment to the 

CEs. Comments on the list of categorical 

exclusions must be received by August 

10, 2009 to ensure consideration prior to 


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