Notice of Meeting, 52944 [E8-21273]

Download as PDF 52944 Notices Federal Register Vol. 73, No. 178 Friday, September 12, 2008 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. Notice of Meeting ebenthall on PROD1PC60 with NOTICES Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA). Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008 (9 a.m. to 3 p.m., times may be adjusted). Location: National Press Club Ballroom, 529 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20045. Please note that this is the anticipated agenda and is subject to change. Keynote: Henrietta H. Fore, USAID Administrator and Director of United States Foreign Assistance, will speak on key issues before USAID and the foreign assistance community including the High Level Forum in Accra on Aid Effectiveness and the United Nations General Assemby. She will also address the draft recommendations of the ACVFA Subcommittee on Public Outreach. American Awareness of U.S. Foreign Assistance: The ACVFA’s Subcommittee on Public Outreach will provide its draft recommendations to the full Committee and the general public. A respondent will provide feedback to the draft. The meeting is free and open to the public. Persons wishing to attend the meeting can register online at https:// www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/acvfa or with Jocelyn Rowe at jrowe@usaid.gov or 202–712–4002. Dated: September 8, 2008. Jocelyn M. Rowe, Executive Director, Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA), U.S. Agency for International Development. [FR Doc. E8–21273 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:18 Sep 11, 2008 Jkt 214001 Forest Service DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [OR–030–08–5101–ER–H048; OROR– 065375; IDI–036029; HAG–08–0199] Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Boardman-Hemingway 500 kilovolt (kV) Transmission Line Project (Project) in Idaho and Oregon and Possible Land Use Plan Amendments AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BILLING CODE 6116–01–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGENCIES: Bureau of Land Management, DOI; and Forest Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, possible land use plan amendments, and notice of public scoping meetings. SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102 (2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and in response to right-of-way (ROW) applications filed by Idaho Power Company, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Vale District Office, and U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Wallowa-Whitman National Forest announce their intent to prepare an EIS and conduct public scoping meetings. Idaho Power Company proposes to construct, operate, and maintain a single circuit 500 kV overhead electric transmission line and appurtenant facilities beginning near Boardman, Oregon, and terminating near Melba, Idaho. The proposed route roughly parallels Interstate 84 and is approximately 278 miles long. Authorization of this Project may require the amendment of USFS or BLM land use plans. DATES: This notice initiates the public scoping process as required by NEPA. The BLM and USFS request that public comments be submitted by November 14, 2008. To provide the public an opportunity to review project information, public meetings are planned in Idaho and Oregon in communities near the proposed route. The following communities are being considered for meeting locations: Ontario, Baker City, La Grande, Pendleton, Pilot Rock, Hermiston, and Boardman, Oregon; Marsing and Homedale, Idaho. The scoping meetings will be conducted in an ‘‘open house’’ format. Staff from the BLM, USFS, PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Oregon Department of Energy, Idaho Power Company, and environmental contractors will be available to answer questions and explain their respective roles and responsibilities. The BLM and USFS will announce the exact meeting dates, times, and locations at least 15 days prior to the event. Announcements will be made by news release, individual postcard mailings, and posting on the Project Web site (https://www.boardmanto hemingway.com). ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Web site: https:// www.boardmantohemingway.com. • E-mail: B2HComments@blm.gov. • Mail: Bureau of Land Management, Vale District Office, 100 Oregon Street, Vale, Oregon, 97918, Attention: Lucas Lucero. Documents pertinent to the ROW application are on file and may be examined at: • Bureau of Land Management, Vale District Office, 100 Oregon Street, Vale, Oregon, 97918. • U.S. Forest Service, WallowaWhitman Supervisor’s Office, 1550 Dewey Avenue, Baker City, Oregon, 97814. • U.S. Forest Service, La Grande Ranger District, 3502 Highway 30, La Grande Oregon, 97850. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Idaho Power Company has submitted ROW applications to construct, operate, and maintain a 500kV single circuit overhead electric transmission line on Federal lands. The purpose and need of the Project is to relieve existing congestion, capacity, and reliability constraints and allow for the delivery of up to 1500 megawatts (MW) of additional energy to target service areas principally in Idaho and Utah. The proposed project begins near Boardman, Oregon, just north of the Boardman Power Plant, at the newly proposed Boardman Substation. The Project route continues southeast to interconnect with the Hemingway Substation in southeastern Oregon. The Hemingway Substation is being planned and built separately from this Project and will be built regardless of the outcome of this Project so the Hemingway Substation will not be analyzed in this EIS. The Project route then proceeds southeast and terminates near Melba, Idaho, at the newly proposed Sand Hollow E:\FR\FM\12SEN1.SGM 12SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 178 (Friday, September 12, 2008)]
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[FR Doc No: E8-21273]


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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules 
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings 
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, 
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency 
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents 
appearing in this section.

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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 178 / Friday, September 12, 2008 / 
Notices

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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby 
given of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid 
(ACVFA).
    Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008 (9 a.m. to 3 p.m., times may be 
adjusted).
    Location: National Press Club Ballroom, 529 14th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20045.
    Please note that this is the anticipated agenda and is subject to 
change.
    Keynote: Henrietta H. Fore, USAID Administrator and Director of 
United States Foreign Assistance, will speak on key issues before USAID 
and the foreign assistance community including the High Level Forum in 
Accra on Aid Effectiveness and the United Nations General Assemby. She 
will also address the draft recommendations of the ACVFA Subcommittee 
on Public Outreach.
    American Awareness of U.S. Foreign Assistance: The ACVFA's 
Subcommittee on Public Outreach will provide its draft recommendations 
to the full Committee and the general public. A respondent will provide 
feedback to the draft.
    The meeting is free and open to the public. Persons wishing to 
attend the meeting can register online at https://www.usaid.gov/about_
usaid/acvfa or with Jocelyn Rowe at jrowe@usaid.gov or 202-712-4002.

    Dated: September 8, 2008.
Jocelyn M. Rowe,
Executive Director, Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid 
(ACVFA), U.S. Agency for International Development.
[FR Doc. E8-21273 Filed 9-11-08; 8:45 am]
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