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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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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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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