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information collection. Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission 

(EEOC) regulations at 29 CFR 1614.106 

require that a person alleging 

discriminatory treatment by a federal 

agency must submit a signed statement 

that is sufficiently precise to identify the 

general actions or practices that form 

the bases of the complaint. Although 

complainants are not required to use the 

proposed form to file their complaints, 

the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) strongly 

encourages its use to ensure complete 

and accurate case processing and data 

collection. 

The DOC received no comments in 

response to the 60-day notice published 

in the Federal Register on April 14, 

2017 (82 FR 17968). 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

First Responder Network Authority 

[Docket Number: 160429380–6380–02] 

RIN 0660–XC025 

Notice of Availability of a Final 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement for the East Region of the 

Nationwide Public Safety Broadband 

Network 

AGENCY: First Responder Network 

Authority, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of a final 

programmatic environmental impact 

statement. 

SUMMARY: The First Responder Network 

Authority (‘‘FirstNet’’) announces the 

availability of the Final Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

East Region (‘‘Final PEIS’’). The Final 

PEIS evaluates the potential 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

nationwide public safety broadband 

network in the East Region 

(Connecticut, Delaware, the District of 

Columbia, Maine, Maryland, 

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New 

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode 

Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West 

Virginia). 

ADDRESSES: The Final PEIS is available 

for download from www.regulations.gov 

FIRSTNET–2017–0007. See Chapter 22 

of the Final PEIS for the complete 

distribution list. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the Final PEIS, 

contact Amanda Goebel Pereira, NEPA 

Coordinator, First Responder Network 

Authority, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 

M/S 243, Reston, VA 20192, (571) 665– 

6072. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 

Creation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112–96, 

Title VI, 126 Stat. 256 (codified at 47 

U.S.C. 1401 et seq.)) (the ‘‘Act’’) created 

and authorized FirstNet to take all 

actions necessary to ensure the building, 

deployment, and operation of an 

interoperable, nationwide public safety 

broadband network (‘‘NPSBN’’) based 

on a single, national network 

architecture. The Act meets a 

longstanding and critical national 

infrastructure need, to create a single, 

nationwide network that will, for the 

first time, allow police officers, fire 

fighters, emergency medical service 

professionals, and other public safety 

entities to effectively communicate with 

each other across agencies and 

jurisdictions. The NPSBN is intended to 

enhance the ability of the public safety 

community to perform more reliably, 

effectively, and safely; increase 

situational awareness during an 

emergency; and improve the ability of 

the public safety community to 

effectively engage in those critical 

activities. 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347) 

(‘‘NEPA’’) requires federal agencies to 

undertake an assessment of 

environmental effects of their proposed 

actions prior to making a final decision 

and implementing the action. NEPA 

requirements apply to any federal 

project, decision, or action that may 

have a significant impact on the quality 

of the human environment. NEPA also 

establishes the Council on 

Environmental Quality (‘‘CEQ’’), which 

issued regulations implementing the 

procedural provisions of NEPA (see 40 

CFR parts 1500–1508). Among other 

considerations, CEQ regulations at 40 

CFR 1508.28 recommend the use of 

tiering from a ‘‘broader environmental 

impact statement (such as a national 

program or policy statements) with 

subsequent narrower statements or 

environmental analysis (such as 

regional or basin wide statements or 

ultimately site-specific statements) 

incorporating by reference the general 

discussions and concentrating solely on 

the issues specific to the statement 

subsequently prepared.’’ 

Due to the geographic scope of 

FirstNet (all 50 states, the District of 

Columbia, and five territories) and the 

diversity of ecosystems potentially 

traversed by the project, FirstNet elected 

to prepare five regional PEISs. The five 

PEISs are divided into the East, Central, 

West, South, and Non-Contiguous 

Regions. The East Region consists of 

Connecticut, Delaware, the District of 

Columbia, Maine, Maryland, 

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New 

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode 

Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West 

Virginia. The Final PEIS analyzes 

potential impacts of the deployment and 

operation of the NPSBN on the natural 

and human environment in the East 

Region, in accordance with FirstNet’s 

responsibilities under NEPA. Now that 

this PEIS has been completed and once 

a Record of Decision (ROD) has been 

signed, the proposed FirstNet projects 

can begin to submit the site-specific 

environmental documentation to 

determine if the proposed project has 

been adequately evaluated in the PEIS 

or whether it instead warrants a 

Categorical Exclusion, an 

Environmental Assessment, or an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

Dated: October 24, 2017. 

Amanda Goebel Pereira, 

NEPA Coordinator, First Responder Network 

Authority. 

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