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harbor to a more efficient and safe 

harbor for navigation and moorage. The 

harbor is not able to appropriately 

accommodate the needs of larger 

commercial fishing vessels. 

Overcrowding of large vessels often 

results in increased damages to the 

vessels and docks. Overcrowding is also 

a problem for smaller commercial 

fishing, charter, and recreational vessels 

that use Whittier Harbor. The turning 

radius within the harbor is inadequate 

for these larger vessels. Inadequate boat 

launching facilities are causing 

significant upland congestion and 

delays to all harbor users. 

Operators of larger vessels have 

expressed that they would be interested 

in using Whittier Harbor on a longer 

term basis if it were not as crowded and 

if suitable moorage were available. 

Many of these operators are known to 

travel as far as the Pacific Northwest for 

moorage. If suitable moorage were 

available in Whittier, they could save 

the costs of the trip back to the 

northwestern harbors in the continental 

US or other Alaska harbors. There are 

opportunities to save operating costs, 

and avoid opportunity costs of time for 

crews of these vessels by providing 

protected moorage at Whittier. 

This EIS will assess the potential 

environmental impacts of constructing, 

operating, maintaining an expanded 

and/or new harbor as well as other 

reasonable alternatives. The EIS will aid 

decision making on the Whittier Harbor 

study by evaluating the environmental 

impacts of the range of reasonable 

alternatives, as well as providing a 

means for public input into the decision 

making process. USACE is committed to 

ensuring that the public has ample 

opportunity to participate in this 

review. 

Preliminary Alternatives: Consistent 

with NEPA implementation 

requirements, this EIS will assess the 

range of reasonable alternatives 

regarding constructing, operating, and 

maintaining the proposed Whittier 

Harbor project. The following types of 

alternatives have been identified and are 

subject to modification in response to 

comments received during the public 

scoping process. 

Structural Alternatives: This set of 

alternatives will investigate and 

describe harbor construction 

alternatives for various fleet sizes. 

Rubble mound breakwaters would be 

necessary for wave protection. 

Significant dredging would be required 

for the mooring basin and entrance 

channel and the alternatives may 

require maintenance dredging. 

Nonstructural Alternatives: 

Nonstructural alternatives have not yet 

been identified at this stage of the study 

process. 

No Action Alternative: Under the ‘‘no 

action’’ alternative, the Whittier Harbor 

would continue the ‘‘status quo’’ and 

over time become more crowded and 

safety issues would elevate. 

USACE would appreciate comments 

regarding whether there are additional 

alternatives for the Whittier Harbor that 

should be considered. 

Identification of Environmental and 

Other Issues: USACE intends to address 

the following environmental issues 

when assessing the potential 

environmental impacts of the 

alternatives in this EIS. Additional 

issues may be identified as a result of 

the scoping process. USACE invites 

comment from Federal agencies; State, 

local, and tribal governments; and the 

general public on these and any other 

issues that should be considered in the 

EIS: 

• Potential impacts on health from 

the Whittier Harbor project include 

potential impacts to workers during the 

construction of the facilities. 

• Potential impacts to surface water, 

tidelands and fauna include turbidity 

from construction activities. 

• Potential impacts on air quality 

from emissions and from noise during 

harbor construction and operations. 

• Potential cumulative impacts of the 

past, present, and reasonably 

foreseeable future actions include 

impacts resulting from harbor 

construction. 

• Potential impacts to historically 

significant properties, if present, and on 

access to traditional use areas. 

• Potential impacts on local, regional, 

or national resources from materials and 

utilities required for construction and 

operation. 

• Potential impacts on ecological 

resources, including threatened and 

endangered species and water quality. 

• Potential impacts on local 

employment, income, population, 

housing, and public services from 

harbor construction and operations. 

NEPA Process: The EIS for the 

proposed project will be prepared 

pursuant to the NEPA of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), Council on Environmental 

Quality NEPA Regulations (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508), and USACE’s NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (33 CFR parts 

230 and 325). Following the publication 

of this Notice of Intent, USACE will 

continue the scoping process, prepare 

and distribute the draft EIS for public 

review, hold public hearings to solicit 

public comment on the draft EIS, and 

publish a final EIS. Not less than 30 

days after the publication of the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

Notice of Availability of the final EIS, 

USACE may issue a Record of Decision 

(ROD) documenting its decision 

concerning the proposed action. 

EIS Schedule: The draft EIS is 

scheduled to be published no sooner 

than June 2010. A 45-day comment 

period on the draft EIS is planned, 

which will include public meetings to 

receive comments. Availability of the 

draft EIS, the dates of the public 

comment period, and information about 

the public hearings will be announced 

in the Federal Register and in the local 

news media. 

The final EIS for the Whittier Harbor 

project is scheduled for no sooner than 

January 2011. A ROD would be issued 

no sooner than 30 days after the U. S. 

Environmental Protection Agency notice 

of availability of the final EIS is 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: June 22, 2009. 

Patricia S. Opheen, 

Chief, Engineering Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Innovation and Improvement; 

Overview Information; DC School 

Choice Incentive Program; Notice 

Reopening Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

Competition for the DC School Choice 

Incentive Program. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.370A. 

Summary: On April 23, 2009, we 

published in the Federal Register (74 

FR 18567) a notice inviting applications 

for new awards for FY 2009 for the DC 

School Choice Incentive Program. The 

original notice for the FY 2009 DC 

School Choice Incentive Program 

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deadline date for eligible applicants to 

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The notice in the Federal Register 

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the e-Grants.ed.gov Web site. Because of 

the differing instructions, we are 

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18567) for all other requirements 

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programs/dcchoice/applicant.html. 

For Further Information Contact: 

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Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 4W217, Washington, DC 20202– 

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Dated: June 30, 2009. 

James H. Shelton, III, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Savannah 

River Site 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River Site. 

The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) 

requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Monday, July 27, 2009, 1 p.m.– 

4 p.m.; Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 8:30 

a.m.–4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The North Augusta 

Municipal Center, 100 Georgia Avenue, 

North Augusta, SC 29841. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerri Flemming, Office of External 

Affairs, Department of Energy, 

Savannah River Operations Office, P.O. 

Box A, Aiken, SC, 29802; Phone: (803) 

952–7886. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE in the areas of environmental 

restoration, waste management, and 

related activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

Monday, July 27, 2009 

1 p.m. Combined Committee Session. 

4 p.m. Adjourn. 

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 

8:30 a.m. Approval of Minutes, 

Agency Updates. Public Comment 

Session. Chair and Facilitator 

Updates. Administrative Committee 

Report. Strategic and Legacy 

Management Committee Report. 

Public Comment Session. 

12 p.m. Lunch Break. 

1 p.m. Waste Management Committee 

Report. Nuclear Materials 

Committee Report. Facility 

Disposition and Site Remediation 

Committee Report. Public Comment 

Session. 

4 p.m. Adjourn. 

If needed, time will be allotted after 

public comments for items added to the 

agenda and administrative details. A 

final agenda will be available at the 

meeting Monday, July 27, 2009. 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

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committee meetings and will make 

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needs. If you require special 

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please contact Gerri Flemming at least 

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the phone number listed above. Written 

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Individuals who wish to make oral 

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Requests must be received five days 

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presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

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fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

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be provided a maximum of five minutes 

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Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Gerri Flemming at the 

address or phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

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general/outreach/srs-cab/srs-cab.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC on June 29, 2009. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

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Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The EIA has submitted the 

form OE–781R, ‘‘Monthly Electricity 

Imports and Exports Report’’ to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment of a 

proposed three-year extension under 

section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

August 5, 2009. If you anticipate that 

you will be submitting comments but 

find it difficult to do so within that 

period, you should contact the OMB 

Desk Officer for DOE listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Christine 

Kymn, OMB Desk Officer for DOE, 

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