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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Army Corps 

of Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report for the 

West Sacramento Project, California, 

General Reevaluation Report 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The action being taken is the 

preparation of an environmental impact 

statement/environmental impact report 

(EIS/EIR) for the West Sacramento 

Project, California, General Reevaluation 

Report (GRR). The GRR will re-evaluate 

the currently authorized plan as well as 

develop and evaluate opportunities to 

reduce flood risk, increase recreation, 

and restore the ecosystem along the 

Sacramento River in and around the 

City of West Sacramento. 

DATES: A public scoping meeting will be 

held on July 21, 2009, from 3 p.m. to 5 

p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the West 

Sacramento City Hall, 1110 West 

Capitol Avenue, West Sacramento, CA. 

Send written comments by August 21, 

2009 to the address below. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments and 

suggestions concerning this study to Mr. 

John Suazo, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Sacramento District, Attn: 

Planning Division (CESPK–PD–R), 1325 

J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. 

Requests to be placed on the mailing list 

should also be sent to this address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and EIS/EIR should be addressed to 

John Suazo at (916) 557–6719, e-mail: 

john.suazo@usace.army.mil or by mail 

to (see ADDRESSES). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Proposed Action. The U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers is preparing an EIS/ 

EIR to analyze the impacts of a range of 

alternatives that would lessen the risk of 

flooding in and around the City of West 

Sacramento. 

2. Alternatives. The EIS/EIR will 

address an array of flood risk 

management improvement alternatives 

along the entire West Sacramento basin. 

Alternatives analyzed during the 

investigation will include a combination 

of one or more flood protection 

measures. Potential measures include 

seepage berms, stability berms, setback 

levees, levee raises, and seepage cutoff 

walls. 

3. Scoping Process. a. The Corps has 

initiated a process to involve concerned 

individuals, and local, State, and 

Federal agencies. A public scoping 

meeting will be held on July 21, 2009 

to present information to the public and 

to receive comments from the public. 

The Draft EIS/EIR will be completed in 

conjunction with additional public 

meetings. 

b. Significant issues to be analyzed in 

depth in the EIS include effects on 

hydraulic, wetlands and other waters of 

the U.S., vegetation and wildlife 

resources, special-status species, 

cultural resources, land use, fisheries, 

water quality, air quality, transportation, 

and socioeconomics; and cumulative 

effects of related projects in the study 

area. 

c. The Corps is consulting with the 

State Historic Preservation Officer to 

comply with the National Historic 

Preservation Act, and the National 

Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service to comply 

with the Endangered Species Act. 

d. A 45-day public review period will 

be provided for individuals and 

agencies to review and comment on the 

draft EIS/EIR. All interested parties are 

encouraged to respond to this notice 

and provide a current address if they 

wish to be notified of the draft EIS 

circulation. 

4. Availability. The draft EIS/EIR is 

scheduled to be available for public 

review and comment in 2012. 

Dated: July 2, 2009. 

Thomas C. Chapman, 

COL, EN, Commanding. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Intent To Grant an Exclusive License 

of a U.S. Government-Owned Patent 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 

209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7 (a)(I)(i), 

announcement is made of the intent to 

grant an exclusive, royalty-bearing, 

revocable license to U.S. Patent No. 

6,579,233 entitled ‘‘System and Method 

for Evaluating Task Effectiveness Based 

on Sleep Patterns,’’ issued June 17, 2003 

to Fatigue Science, Inc. with its 

principal place of business at 700 

Bishop Street, Suite 2000, Honolulu, HI 

96813. 

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army 

Medical Research and Materiel 

Command, Attn: Command Judge 

Advocate, MCMR–JA, 504 Scott Street, 

Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702– 

5012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

licensing issues, Dr. Paul Mele, Office of 

Research & Technology Assessment, 

(301) 619–6664. For patent issues, Ms. 

Elizabeth Arwine, Patent Attorney, (301) 

619–7808, both at telefax (301) 619– 

5034. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Anyone 

wishing to object to the grant of this 

license can file written objections along 

with supporting evidence, if any, 15 

days from the date of this publication. 

Written objections are to be filed with 

the Command Judge Advocate (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The 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 August 

13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 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, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or 

send e-mail 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 Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

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