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(Reclamation) and the Yuba County
Water Agency (YCWA) have prepared
the Final EIR/EIS for the Proposed
Lower Yuba River Accord (Yuba
Accord). The Final EIR/EIS contains
responses to comments received on the
Draft EIR/EIS.
The purpose of the Yuba Accord is to
resolve instream flow issues associated
with operation of the Yuba River
Development Project (Yuba Project) in a
way that protects and enhances lower
Yuba River fisheries and local watersupply reliability. At the same time, it
would provide revenues for local flood
control and water supply projects, water
for the CALFED Program to use for
protection and restoration of
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta)
fisheries, and improvements in
statewide water supply management,
including supplemental water for the
Central Valley Project (CVP) and the
State Water Project (SWP).
A Notice of Availability of the Draft
EIR/EIS was published in the Federal
Register on Monday, July 2, 2007 (72 FR
36036). The public review period on the
Draft EIR/EIS ended on August 24, 2007.
DATES: Under NEPA, no Federal
decision can be made until at least 30
days after release of the Final EIR/EIS.
When Reclamation completes the
Record of Decision, it will identify the
action to be implemented.
Under CEQA, YCWA certified the
Final EIR/EIS on October 23, 2007 and
filed a Notice of Determination (NOD)
with the State Clearinghouse.
ADDRESSES: Send requests for a compact
disk or a bound copy of the Final EIR/
EIS to Dianne Simodynes, HDR Surface
Water Resources, Inc., 1610 Arden Way,
Suite 175, Sacramento, CA 95815–4041,
telephone: (916) 569–1096. The Yuba
Accord Final EIR/EIS will also be
available on the Web at: https://
www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/
nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=2549.
Mr.
Tim Rust, Bureau of Reclamation,
Division of Resources Management,
2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA
95825, at (916) 978–5516, or by e-mail
at trust@mp.usbr.gov; or Mr. Curt
Aikens, YCWA, at 1220 F Street,
Marysville, CA 95901, at (530) 741–
6278, or by e-mail at
caikens@ycwa.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The Yuba
Accord represents an effort on the part
of the Yuba River stakeholders to find
a solution to the challenges of
competing interests by providing water
for fisheries, developing new tools to
ensure local reliable water supply,
crafting a revenue stream to pay for the
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Yuba Accord, and providing additional
water for out-of-county environmental
and consumptive uses. These various
objectives would be met through
implementation of the Yuba Accord,
which includes the ‘‘Principles of
Agreement for Proposed Lower Yuba
River Fisheries Agreement’’ (Fisheries
Agreement), the ‘‘Principles of
Agreement for Proposed Conjunctive
Use Agreements’’ (Conjunctive Use
Agreements), and the ‘‘Principles of
Agreement for Proposed Long-term
Transfer Agreement’’ (Water Purchase
Agreement).
The Yuba Accord agreements are:
• A Fisheries Agreement among
YCWA, California Department of Fish
and Game, and the collective nongovernmental organizations, with the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine
Fisheries Service supporting the
agreement. Under the Yuba Accord
Fisheries Agreement, YCWA would
revise the operation of the Yuba Project
to provide instream flows in the lower
Yuba River to protect and enhance
fisheries and to increase downstream
water supplies.
• Conjunctive Use Agreements
between YCWA and water districts
within Yuba County for the
implementation of a comprehensive
program of conjunctive use of surface
water and groundwater supplies and
actions to improve water use
efficiencies.
• A Water Purchase Agreement
among YCWA, the California
Department of Water Resources (DWR),
and Reclamation. Under this agreement,
Reclamation and DWR would purchase
water for the CALFED Environmental
Water Account and for the CVP and
SWP project uses.
All three of these agreements need to be
in place for the Yuba Accord to be
implemented.
The Final EIR/EIS analyzes the
impacts of implementing the Yuba
Accord on surface water hydrology,
groundwater hydrology, water supply,
hydropower, flood control, water
quality, fisheries, wildlife, vegetation,
special-status species, recreation, visual,
cultural resources, Indian Trust Assets,
air quality, land use, socioeconomic,
growth inducement, and environmental
justice resources and conditions.
Alternatives evaluated in the Final EIR/
EIS include the No Action Alternative,
No Project Alternative, Proposed
Project/Action Alternative (Yuba
Accord Alternative), and Modified Flow
Alternative. In addition, the Final EIR/
EIS addresses other past, present, and
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reasonably foreseeable actions in
conjunction with the implementation of
the Yuba Accord, thus analyzing
cumulative impacts. The Final EIR/EIS
contains the comments received on the
Draft EIR/EIS and responses to those
comments.
Copies of the Final EIR/EIS are
available for public review at the
following locations:
• Bureau of Reclamation Library,
2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA
95825.
• Yuba County Water Agency, 1220 F
Street, Marysville, CA 95901.
• Department of Water Resources,
Division of Environmental Services,
1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA
95814.
• Sacramento Public Library, 828 I
Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
• Yuba County Library, 303 2nd
Street, Marysville, CA 95901.
Dated: October 19, 2007.
Michael Jackson,
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Proposed Collection for Workforce
Information Grants to States
Application Instructions for Program
Year (PY) 2008; Comment Request
Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. Currently, the
Employment and Training
Administration is soliciting comments
concerning a revision to a currently
approved collection for Workforce
Information Grants to States under OMB
Control Number 1205–0417.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
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by contacting the office listed below in
the addressee section of this notice or by
accessing: https://www.doleta.gov/
OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee’s section below on or before
February 12, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to the Employment and Training
Administration, Room S–4231, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210, Attention: Anthony Dais,
Telephone number: 202–693–2784 (this
is not a toll-free number). Fax: 202–693–
3015. E-mail: dais.anthony@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In May 2005, The Employment and
Training Administration (ETA) received
three year approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
publish without change the annual
planning guidance for the Workforce
Information Grants to States under OMB
Control Number 1205–0417. This
approval is scheduled to expire on May
31, 2008.
This Federal Register Notice is to
request public comments and
recommendations regarding the revision
of the information collection.
The purpose of the information
collection is to strengthen and support
state workforce and economic
information integration, analysis and
distribution; retain a high level of state
flexibility; and reduce the state
reporting burden. It is ETA’s goal to
continue the transformation of
workforce information and services to
support regional economies. Therefore,
ETA expects states to participate in
regionally-focused economic and
workforce activities; actively collaborate
with economic development, business
and education partners to create and
utilize an array of current and real-time
workforce and economic data; integrate
workforce information and economic
data in a manner that results in
accessible, user-friendly tools and
products; assist economic development
project teams assess and identify asset
gaps; and help develop integrated
economic development strategies that
unify workforce and economic
development systems. The data/
information collection required from
each grantee includes:
(a) Submission of an annual state
certification of a statement of work
attesting to the planned
accomplishment of expected grant
deliverables signed by the Governor, or
by both the Administrator of the State
Workforce Agency (SWA) and the Chair
of the State Workforce Investment Board
(SWIB).
(b) A published detailed state
economic analysis report for use by the
Governor and the SWIB.
(c) Submission of an annual grant
performance report signed by the
Governor, or by both the Administrator
of the SWA and Chair of the SWIB.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is
particularly interested in comments
which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
Number of respondents
Activity
Responses
per year
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
III. Current Actions
Notice—Proposed collection;
comment request.
Type of Review: Revision.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Title: Workforce Information Grants to
States Application Instructions for
Program Year (PY) 2008.
OMB Number: 1205–0417.
Recordkeeping: N/A.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Form: N/A.
Total Respondents: 54.
Frequency: Annual.
Total Responses: 162.
Average Time per Response: Grant
Prep & Certification—63 hours; State
Economic Analysis Report—434 hours;
and Annual Report (on state grant
performance)—80 hours;
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
31,158.
Total Burden Cost: $0.
Total responses
Hour per response
Total burden
hours
54
54
54
1
1
1
54
54
54
63
434
80
3,402
23,436
4,320
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Comments submitted in response to
this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the information
collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Dated: December 7, 2007.
Gay M. Gilbert,
Administrator, Office of Workforce
Investment, Employment and Training
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0085]
Underground Construction Standard;
Extension of the Office of Management
and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public
comment concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Underground
Construction Standard (29 CFR
1926.800).
Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 12, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Electronically: You may
submit comments and attachments
electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
instructions online for submitting
comments.
Facsimile: If your comments,
including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages, you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
messenger, or courier service: When
using this method, you must submit
three copies of your comments and
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office,
OSHA Docket No. OSHA–2007–0085,
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration,
Room N–2625, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Deliveries (hand, express mail,
messenger, and courier service) are
accepted during the Department of
Labor’s and Docket Office’s normal
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business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.,
ET.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number for the ICR (OSHA–
2007–0085). All comments, including
any personal information you provide,
are placed in the public docket without
change, and may be made available
online at https://www.regulations.gov.
For further information on submitting
comments see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov
or the OSHA Docket Office at the
address above. All documents in the
docket (including this Federal Register
notice) are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through the Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may also contact Stewart
Burkhammer at the address below to
obtain a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stewart Burkhammer, Directorate of
Construction, OSHA, U.S. Department
of Labor, Room N–3468, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and continuing information collection
requirements in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA–95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
This program ensures that
information is in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and costs) is
minimal, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and OSHA’s
estimate of the information collection
burden is accurate. The Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the OSH
Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) authorizes
information collection by employers as
necessary or appropriate for
enforcement of the Act or for developing
information regarding the causes and
prevention of occupational injuries,
illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657).
The OSH Act also requires that OSHA
obtain such information with minimum
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burden upon employers, especially
those operating small businesses, and to
reduce to the maximum extent feasible
unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
Posting warning signs or notices.
Seven paragraphs in the Underground
Construction Standard (‘‘the Standard’’),
29 CFR 1926.800, require employers to
post warning signs or notices during
underground construction; these
paragraphs are (b)(3), (i)(3), (j)(1)(vi)(A),
(m)(2)(ii), (o)(2), (q)(11), and (t)(1)(iv)(B).
The warning signs and notices required
by these paragraphs enable employers to
effectively alert employees to the
presence of hazards or potential hazards
at the job site, thereby preventing
employee exposure to hazards or
potential hazards associated with
underground construction that could
cause death or serious harm.
Certification of inspection records for
hoists. Paragraph (t)(3)(xxi) of the
Standard requires employers to inspect
and load test hoists when they install
them, and at least annually thereafter;
they must also inspect and load test a
hoist after making any repairs or
alterations to it that affect its structural
integrity, and after tripping a safety
device on the hoist. Employers must
also prepare a certification record of
each inspection and load test that
includes specified information, and
maintain the most recent certification
record until they complete the
construction project.
Establishing and maintaining a
written record of the most recent
inspection and load test alerts
equipment mechanics to problems
identified during the inspection. Prior to
returning the equipment to service,
employers can review the records to
ensure that the mechanics performed
the necessary repairs and maintenance.
Accordingly, by using only equipment
that is in safe working order, employers
will prevent severe injury and death to
the equipment operators and other
employees who work near the
equipment. In addition, these records
provide the most efficient means for
OSHA compliance officers to determine
that an employer performed the
required inspections and load tests,
thereby assuring that the equipment is
safe to operate.
Developing and maintaining records
for air quality tests. Paragraph (j)(3) of
the Standard mandates that employers
develop records for air quality tests
performed under paragraph (j),
including air quality tests required by
paragraphs (j)(1)(ii)(A) through
(j)(1)(iii)(A), (j)(1)(iii)(B), (j)(1)(iii)(C),
(j)(1)(iii)(D), (j)(1)(iv), (j)(1)(v)(A),
(j)(1)(v)(B), and (j)(2)(i) through (j)(2)(v).
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Proposed Collection for Workforce Information Grants to States
Application Instructions for Program Year (PY) 2008; Comment Request
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning a revision to a currently approved collection for
Workforce Information Grants to States under OMB Control Number 1205-
0417.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained
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by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this
notice or by accessing: https://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/
OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee's section below on or before February 12, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Employment and Training
Administration, Room S-4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210, Attention: Anthony Dais, Telephone number: 202-693-2784 (this
is not a toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3015. E-mail:
dais.anthony@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In May 2005, The Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
received three year approval from the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to publish without change the annual planning guidance for the
Workforce Information Grants to States under OMB Control Number 1205-
0417. This approval is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2008.
This Federal Register Notice is to request public comments and
recommendations regarding the revision of the information collection.
The purpose of the information collection is to strengthen and
support state workforce and economic information integration, analysis
and distribution; retain a high level of state flexibility; and reduce
the state reporting burden. It is ETA's goal to continue the
transformation of workforce information and services to support
regional economies. Therefore, ETA expects states to participate in
regionally-focused economic and workforce activities; actively
collaborate with economic development, business and education partners
to create and utilize an array of current and real-time workforce and
economic data; integrate workforce information and economic data in a
manner that results in accessible, user-friendly tools and products;
assist economic development project teams assess and identify asset
gaps; and help develop integrated economic development strategies that
unify workforce and economic development systems. The data/information
collection required from each grantee includes:
(a) Submission of an annual state certification of a statement of
work attesting to the planned accomplishment of expected grant
deliverables signed by the Governor, or by both the Administrator of
the State Workforce Agency (SWA) and the Chair of the State Workforce
Investment Board (SWIB).
(b) A published detailed state economic analysis report for use by
the Governor and the SWIB.
(c) Submission of an annual grant performance report signed by the
Governor, or by both the Administrator of the SWA and Chair of the
SWIB.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments
which:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
Notice--Proposed collection; comment request.
Type of Review: Revision.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Workforce Information Grants to States Application
Instructions for Program Year (PY) 2008.
OMB Number: 1205-0417.
Recordkeeping: N/A.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Form: N/A.
Total Respondents: 54.
Frequency: Annual.
Total Responses: 162.
Average Time per Response: Grant Prep & Certification--63 hours;
State Economic Analysis Report--434 hours; and Annual Report (on state
grant performance)--80 hours;
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 31,158.
Total Burden Cost: $0.
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Number of Responses per Total Hour per Total burden
Activity respondents year responses response hours
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Grant Prep & Certification...... 54 1 54 63 3,402
State Economic Analysis Report.. 54 1 54 434 23,436
Annual Report................... 54 1 54 80 4,320
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Totals...................... 54 3 162 577 31,158
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Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Dated: December 7, 2007.
Gay M. Gilbert,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training
Administration.
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