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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Eligible Fort Kamehameha Historic
District Alternatives at Hickam Air
Force Base, HI
Pacific Air Forces, Department
of the Air Force.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969 (42 United States Code
[U.S.C.] §§ 4321–4347), the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA
Regulations (40 Code of Federal
Regulations [CFR] Parts 1500–1508),
and the United States Air Force’s (Air
Force) Environmental Impact Analysis
Process (EIAP) (32 CFR Part 989), the
Air Force is issuing this notice to advise
the public of its intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
The EIS will assess the potential
environmental consequences of a
proposal to define final disposition of
housing units and associated structures
known as the ‘‘Fort Kamehameha
Historic District’’; an area on Hickam
AFB, O’ahu, Hawai’i, eligible for listing
on the National Register of Historic
Places (NRHP) in accordance with
Section 110(a)(2) of the National
Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
Alternatives currently identified for
evaluation would include various
options that fall under the five
categories of: adaptive-use; relocation;
deconstruction and salvage; demolition;
and the No Action alternative. Any
Proposed Action could include a single
action, or combination of actions, under
the five categories above. Sub-actions
under these categories may include:
leasing; sale; transfer to another
government agency; and retention by
the Air Force. Compliance with the
NHPA will be done through
consultation under Section 106 of 36
CFR Part 800.
DATES: The Air Force will hold a
scoping meeting to solicit public input
concerning the scope of the Proposed
Action and alternatives, as well as to
help identify other concerns and issues
to be addressed in the environmental
analysis.
The scoping meeting will be held
Thursday, July 8, 2008 from 5 to 8 p.m.
at the Aliamanu Elementary School,
3265 Salt Lake Boulevard, Honolulu, HI.
ADDRESSES: Federal, state, and local
agencies, and interested groups and
persons are invited to attend the scoping
meeting. All are encouraged to provide
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comments on the proposed action either
at the scoping meeting or by mail,
postmarked by July 21, 2008 to ensure
proper consideration in the
environmental impact analyses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Direct
written comments or requests for further
information to: Ms. Tiffany Patrick, 15
CES/CEVP NEPA Program Technical
Support, 75 H Street, Bldg. 1202,
Hickam AFB, HI 96853, Ph: (808) 449–
3197.
Bao-Anh Trinh,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Preparation of an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for
Development and Implementation of
Range-Wide Mission and Major
Capabilities at White Sands Missile
Range (WSMR), NM
Department of the Army.
Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of the Army
announces its intent to prepare an EIS
for expanded activities on WSMR. This
EIS will analyze the impacts of new
mission requirements and development
of new test and training capabilities and
associated land use changes to support
Army Transformation, the Army
Campaign Plan, Future Combat Systems,
Grow the Army, and other Army
initiatives. This includes the stationing
of a Heavy Brigade Combat Team
(HBCT) of approximately 3,800 Soldiers
at WSMR. This action also supports
WSMR as a test bed for rapid
development and deployment of new
systems in response to rapidly changing
world conditions and long-term
Department of Defense, U.S. Army
Developmental Test Command, and
Army planning. Specifically, this EIS
will assess environmental impacts
associated with changing land uses to
allow for expanded off-road maneuver
in some areas, to support new testing
capabilities and requirements, and
continuing off-post to on-post tests. It
will also address new weapons firing
ranges and capabilities, as well as
Soldier and Family housing, schools,
infrastructure, utilities, and
administrative and related facilities
needed to support stationing of the
HBCT at WSMR. The proposed action
would result in a flexible, capabilitiesbased airspace and land use plan able to
accommodate rapidly evolving customer
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needs, support current and future
mission activities, and support a full
range of test and training efforts from
individual components up through
major joint and multinational programs.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be forwarded to: White Sands Test
Center, Operations Office, Attention:
Catherine Giblin, 124 Crozier Street,
Building 124, White Sands Missile
Range, NM 88002; faxed to (575) 678–
4082; or e-mailed to:
WSMREIS@conus.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Monte Marlin, Public Affairs Office,
Building 1782, Headquarters Avenue,
White Sands Missile Range, NM, 88002;
(575) 678–1134; or e-mail:
monte.marlin@us.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EIS
will assess the environmental impacts
associated with WSMR’s development
and implementation of an airspace and
land use plan to support Army
Transformation, Grow the Army and the
Army Campaign Plan initiatives by
more fully realizing and integrating the
capabilities of the WSMR primacy
mission—research, development,
testing, and evaluation (RDTE)—and
impacts associated with new training
capabilities and stationing decisions.
Testing typically involves activities
such as missile flight tests, aerial
intercepts, air-delivered munitions tests
against ground targets, directed energy
and various weapons systems tests.
Training involves military personnel
using the land and airspace for
maneuver and weapons firing, as well as
for field evaluation of weapons,
equipment, communication systems, or
other objectives. Stationing involves the
establishment of infrastructure such as
barracks, motor pools, and
administrative buildings for Soldiers of
the HBCT and their equipment.
Requirements for new use of test and
training capabilities would result in
changing land use designations within
the current installation boundaries.
These changes would support current
and future requirements and allow offroad vehicle maneuver on designated
portions of the installation. WSMR will
maintain its current RDTE mission and
continue to support joint testing
objectives.
The EIS will evaluate and disclose the
impacts of two alternatives as well as a
no action alternative.
No Action Alternative: This
alternative includes current test
capabilities and land use designations
with current levels of operations and
activities.
Alternative 1: This alternative
includes those activities described in
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the No Action alternative plus changes
in land use to expand testing and
maneuver capabilities to include Future
Combat Systems and supporting
infrastructure. This alternative supports
the Grow the Army decision to station
an HBCT at WSMR that requires main
cantonment expansion and additional
supporting infrastructure. Training for
the newly stationed units, to include the
HBCT and the 2nd Engineer Battalion,
will leverage the considerable range
modernization that is taking place at
Fort Bliss.
Alternative 2: This alternative
includes those activities described in
Alternative I and also includes the
construction and operation of training
ranges and the identification of
maneuver areas for testing and training
on WSMR.
The EIS will evaluate the
environmental effects associated with
the varying testing, training, maneuver
and facility requirements of each
alternative on the natural, cultural, and
man-made environments at WSMR and
in the southern New Mexico region.
Federal, State, and local agencies,
affected federally recognized Indian
tribes, and other interested persons are
invited to participate in the scoping
process for the preparation of this EIS.
Public scoping meetings in the vicinity
of the installation will be held to
facilitate input to the EIS process from
interested parties. Dates for the meetings
will be announced in the local media
and will be at times and locations
convenient to the public. To ensure
scoping comments are fully considered
in the Draft EIS, comments and
suggestions should be received within
the 30-day scoping period or no later
than 15 days following the last scoping
meeting, whichever is later.
Dated: June 11, 2008.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Environment, Safety, and Occupational
Health).
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Department of Education.
The Acting Leader,
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.
AGENCY:
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Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 21,
2008.
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,
Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are
encouraged to submit responses
electronically by e-mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or via fax
to (202) 395–6974. Commenters should
include the following subject line in
their response, ‘‘Comment: [insert OMB
number], [insert abbreviated collection
name, e.g., ‘‘Upward Bound
Evaluation’’]. Persons submitting
comments electronically should not
submit paper copies.
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 Acting
Leader, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services,
Office of Management, publishes that
notice containing proposed information
collection requests prior to submission
of these requests to OMB. Each
proposed information collection,
grouped by office, contains the
following: (1) Type of review requested,
e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or
reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of
the collection; (4) Description of the
need for, and proposed use of, the
information; (5) Respondents and
frequency of collection; and (6)
Reporting and/or Recordkeeping
burden. OMB invites public comment.
DATES:
Dated: June 13, 2008.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Leader, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.
Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Review: Revision.
Title: FRSS Educational Technology
in Public Schools.
Frequency: One time.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.
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Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 2,000.
Burden Hours: 1,000.
Abstract: This fast response survey
will collect information from a sample
of 2,000 public schools. It will provide
national data on technology access and
use. The survey will cover topics such
as ratio of students to instructional
computers in the school, hardware,
network and Internet access, teacher
training and support for technology in
the schools.
Requests for copies of the information
collection submission for OMB review
may be accessed from https://
edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the
‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and
by clicking on link number 3729. When
you access the information collection,
click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to
view. Written requests for information
should be addressed to U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Requests may also be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed
to 202–401–0920. Please specify the
complete title of the information
collection when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or
the collection activity requirements
should be electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
[FR Doc. E8–13817 Filed 6–18–08; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests; Comment
Request
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Department of Education.
Correction Notice.
SUMMARY: On June 16, 2008, the
Department of Education published a
comment period notice in the Federal
Register (Page 33994, Column 2) for the
information collection, ‘‘Generic
Application Package for Discretionary
Grant Programs.’’ This notice hereby
corrects the responses to 10,236 and the
burden hours to 360,550. The IC
Clearance Official, Regulatory
Information Management Services,
Office of Management, hereby issues a
correction notice as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for
Development and Implementation of Range-Wide Mission and Major
Capabilities at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), NM
AGENCY: Department of the Army.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announces its intent to prepare an
EIS for expanded activities on WSMR. This EIS will analyze the impacts
of new mission requirements and development of new test and training
capabilities and associated land use changes to support Army
Transformation, the Army Campaign Plan, Future Combat Systems, Grow the
Army, and other Army initiatives. This includes the stationing of a
Heavy Brigade Combat Team (HBCT) of approximately 3,800 Soldiers at
WSMR. This action also supports WSMR as a test bed for rapid
development and deployment of new systems in response to rapidly
changing world conditions and long-term Department of Defense, U.S.
Army Developmental Test Command, and Army planning. Specifically, this
EIS will assess environmental impacts associated with changing land
uses to allow for expanded off-road maneuver in some areas, to support
new testing capabilities and requirements, and continuing off-post to
on-post tests. It will also address new weapons firing ranges and
capabilities, as well as Soldier and Family housing, schools,
infrastructure, utilities, and administrative and related facilities
needed to support stationing of the HBCT at WSMR. The proposed action
would result in a flexible, capabilities-based airspace and land use
plan able to accommodate rapidly evolving customer needs, support
current and future mission activities, and support a full range of test
and training efforts from individual components up through major joint
and multinational programs.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be forwarded to: White Sands Test
Center, Operations Office, Attention: Catherine Giblin, 124 Crozier
Street, Building 124, White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002; faxed to
(575) 678-4082; or e-mailed to: WSMREIS@conus.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Monte Marlin, Public Affairs Office,
Building 1782, Headquarters Avenue, White Sands Missile Range, NM,
88002; (575) 678-1134; or e-mail: monte.marlin@us.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EIS will assess the environmental
impacts associated with WSMR's development and implementation of an
airspace and land use plan to support Army Transformation, Grow the
Army and the Army Campaign Plan initiatives by more fully realizing and
integrating the capabilities of the WSMR primacy mission--research,
development, testing, and evaluation (RDTE)--and impacts associated
with new training capabilities and stationing decisions. Testing
typically involves activities such as missile flight tests, aerial
intercepts, air-delivered munitions tests against ground targets,
directed energy and various weapons systems tests. Training involves
military personnel using the land and airspace for maneuver and weapons
firing, as well as for field evaluation of weapons, equipment,
communication systems, or other objectives. Stationing involves the
establishment of infrastructure such as barracks, motor pools, and
administrative buildings for Soldiers of the HBCT and their equipment.
Requirements for new use of test and training capabilities would result
in changing land use designations within the current installation
boundaries. These changes would support current and future requirements
and allow off-road vehicle maneuver on designated portions of the
installation. WSMR will maintain its current RDTE mission and continue
to support joint testing objectives.
The EIS will evaluate and disclose the impacts of two alternatives
as well as a no action alternative.
No Action Alternative: This alternative includes current test
capabilities and land use designations with current levels of
operations and activities.
Alternative 1: This alternative includes those activities described
in
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the No Action alternative plus changes in land use to expand testing
and maneuver capabilities to include Future Combat Systems and
supporting infrastructure. This alternative supports the Grow the Army
decision to station an HBCT at WSMR that requires main cantonment
expansion and additional supporting infrastructure. Training for the
newly stationed units, to include the HBCT and the 2nd Engineer
Battalion, will leverage the considerable range modernization that is
taking place at Fort Bliss.
Alternative 2: This alternative includes those activities described
in Alternative I and also includes the construction and operation of
training ranges and the identification of maneuver areas for testing
and training on WSMR.
The EIS will evaluate the environmental effects associated with the
varying testing, training, maneuver and facility requirements of each
alternative on the natural, cultural, and man-made environments at WSMR
and in the southern New Mexico region.
Federal, State, and local agencies, affected federally recognized
Indian tribes, and other interested persons are invited to participate
in the scoping process for the preparation of this EIS. Public scoping
meetings in the vicinity of the installation will be held to facilitate
input to the EIS process from interested parties. Dates for the
meetings will be announced in the local media and will be at times and
locations convenient to the public. To ensure scoping comments are
fully considered in the Draft EIS, comments and suggestions should be
received within the 30-day scoping period or no later than 15 days
following the last scoping meeting, whichever is later.
Dated: June 11, 2008.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety, and
Occupational Health).
[FR Doc. E8-13622 Filed 6-18-08; 8:45 am]
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