Amended Department of State Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and To Conduct Scoping Meetings and Notice of Floodplain and Wetland Involvement and To Initiate Consultation Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for the Proposed Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline, 12172-12173 [E9-6276]

Download as PDF 12172 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 54 / Monday, March 23, 2009 / Notices Dated: March 18, 2009. John Biles, Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration. [FR Doc. E9–6323 Filed 3–20–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4191–02–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice: 6539] 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Request for Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) Determination; OMB Control Number 1405–0163 ACTION: Notice of request for public comment and submission to OMB of proposed collection of information. dwashington3 on PROD1PC60 with NOTICES VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:28 Mar 20, 2009 Jkt 217001 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may obtain additional information of the proposed information collection and supporting documents from Mary F. Sweeney, PM/DDTC, SA–1, 12th Floor, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of Political Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC 20522–0112, who may be reached via phone at (202) 663–2865, or via e-mail at sweeneymf@state.gov. We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to: Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of our functions. Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the proposed collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected. Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of technology. Abstract of proposed collection: The information will be used to evaluate whether or not a particular defense article or defense service is covered by the U.S. Munitions List; to change the U.S. Munitions List category designation; to remove a defense article from the U.S. Munitions List; or to reconsider a previous commodity jurisdiction determination. Methodology: This information collection is an exchange of letters and may be sent to the Directorate of Defense Controls via mail. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of State has submitted the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Title of Information Collection: Request for Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) Determination. OMB Control Number: 1405–0163. Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection. Originating Office: Bureau of Political Military Affairs, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, PM/DDTC. Form Number: None. Respondents: Business organizations. Estimated Number of Respondents: 425 (total). Estimated Number of Responses: 465 (per year). Average Hours per Response: 10 hours. Total Estimated Burden: 4,650 hours (per year). Frequency: On Occasion. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. DATES: Submit comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for up to 30 days from March 23, 2009. ADDRESSES: Direct comments and questions to Katherine Astrich, the Department of State Desk Officer in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), who may be reached at 202–395–4718. You may submit comments by any of the following methods: E-mail: Kastrich@omb.eop.gov. You must include the information collection title, and OMB control number in the subject line of your message. Mail (paper, disk, or CD–ROM submissions): Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budge, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. SUMMARY: Fax: 202–395–6974 You must include the information collection title in the subject line of your message/letter. Dated: March 17, 2009. Robert S. Kovac, Acting Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Defense Trade, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc. E9–6318 Filed 3–20–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–25–P PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 6553] Amended Department of State Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and To Conduct Scoping Meetings and Notice of Floodplain and Wetland Involvement and To Initiate Consultation Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for the Proposed Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline Department of State. Notice of Intent—Rescheduled Public Scoping Meetings in South Dakota and extension of comment period. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: The United States Department of State published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register on January 28, 2009 (74 FR 5019), announcing its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Keystone international pipeline project (the Keystone XL Project), which is designed to transport crude oil production from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin to existing markets in the Texas Gulf Coast area. The document contained a schedule for the public scoping meetings. Due to hazardous weather conditions, two of the scheduled public scoping meetings on February 26, 2009 in Faith and Buffalo, South Dakota were canceled. These two meetings have been rescheduled. Dates and locations for the rescheduled public scoping meetings are: Faith, South Dakota Meeting date: Wednesday, April 8, 12–2 p.m. Location: Faith, SD Venue: Community Legion Hall, Main Street, Faith, SD 57626. Buffalo, South Dakota Meeting date: Wednesday, April 8, 7– 9 p.m. Location: Buffalo, SD Venue: Harding County Memorial Recreation Center, 204 Hodge Street, Buffalo, SD 57720. The public scoping period has been extended until April 15, 2009. The Department of State will consider all comments received or postmarked by April 15, 2009 in defining the scope of the EIS. Written, electronic, and oral comments will be given equal weight by the Department of State in this process. ADDRESSES: Written comments or suggestions on the scope of the EIS should be addressed to: Elizabeth E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM 23MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 54 / Monday, March 23, 2009 / Notices Orlando, OES/ENV Room 2657, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC 20520. Comments may be submitted electronically to xlpipelineproject@state.gov. Public comments will be posted on the Web site identified below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the proposed project or to receive a copy of the draft EIS when it is issued, contact Elizabeth Orlando at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice by electronic or regular mail as listed above, or by telephone (202) 647–4284 or by fax at (202) 647–5947. Project details and environmental information on the Keystone XL Project application for a Presidential Permit, including associated maps downloadable from a Web site that has been established for this purpose: https://www.keystonepipelineXL.state.gov. This Web site will accept public comments for the record. Information on the Department of State Presidential Permit process can also be found at the above Internet address. The MLA and FLPMA application submitted to BLM will be on file at its office in Billings, Montana. A TransCanada hosted project Web site is also available at https:// www.transcanada.com/keystone/ kxl.html. The Keystone XL Project tollfree number is 1–866–717–7473 (United States and Canada). Dated: March 17, 2009. Daniel Fantozzi, Director, Office of Environmental Policy, Office of International Oceans, Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc. E9–6276 Filed 3–20–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–07–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 6554] dwashington3 on PROD1PC60 with NOTICES Preparations for Holocaust Era Assets Conference—Town Hall Follow-up Meetings on Looted Art, Immovable Property and Holocaust Compensation Agreements The Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues at the Department of State is seeking information from interested individuals or organizations regarding the planned Conference on Holocaust Era Assets which will take place June 26–30, 2009 in Prague. Hosted by the Government of the Czech Republic, the conference will address certain unresolved Holocaust asset issues, particularly Looted Art and Immovable Property. The conference VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:28 Mar 20, 2009 Jkt 217001 schedule will also include a review of the Holocaust compensation agreements with Germany, Austria and France, and the work of the International Commission for Holocaust Insurance Claims (ICHEIC). The Department will host meetings at the Department of State (Harry S. Truman Building) on April 15 and 16 to hear the views of individuals, nongovernmental agencies and firms on these issues. The sessions on looted art and immovable property will be a follow-up to the March 2 meetings on those subjects. Those who wish to provide information to the State Department regarding those issues are invited to register and attend one or more of the following two-hour sessions: —April 15 at 9:45 a.m.: Holocaust Agreements on Compensation—a Stocktaking —April 16 at 9:45 a.m.: Looted Art —April 16 at 1:45 p.m.: Immovable Property Anyone wishing to attend any of these events should register separately for each by 5 p.m. April 10. There are space limitations. To register, send an e-mail no later than April 10 to Ms. JonesJohnson (Jones-JohnsonCD@state.gov) with the following information: Full Name: Date of Birth: Driver’s License Number, including State of Issuance, or Alternate Government-Issued Picture ID: Organization represented (if any), and its Address, & Phone Number: Home Address (only if attending as an individual): Name of Event(s) to be attended: Those who register are urged to arrive at the Department at least 15 minutes before the starting time for each event to allow time for security screening. Upon arrival, show security personnel a valid government-issued identification: for example, a U.S. state driver’s license or a passport. The official address of the State Department is 2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC. For these events, however, participants must use the ‘‘23rd Street Entrance’’ on the West Side of the State Department’s Harry S. Truman Building, located on 23rd Street between C Street and D Street NW., Washington, DC. Written submissions are welcome and should be sent to Ms. Jones-Johnson at the e-mail address cited above. Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, Department of State. [FR Doc. E9–6319 Filed 3–20–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–23–P PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 12173 DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 6555] Receipt of Request To Amend the Presidential Permit for an International Bridge on the U.S.-Mexico Border Near McAllen, TX, and Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico Department of State. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: The Department of State hereby gives notice that, on March 16, 2009, it received from the chairman of the Anzalduas Bridge Board, acting on behalf of the mayors of McAllen, Hidalgo, and Mission, Texas, a request to amend the Presidential permit that the Department issued in 1999 for the Anzalduas international bridge on the U.S.-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas and Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The permittee proposes the removal of article 17 of the permit. Article 17 states that ‘‘[t]he permittee shall limit the initial hours of operation of the Anzalduas International Crossing to twelve hours per day, seven days per week for vehicular traffic.’’ According to the Bridge Board’s letter, the Department should amend the permit to remove article 17 so that the Department of Homeland Security’s Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), working with the Anzalduas Bridge Board and Mexican customs authorities, can set the hours of operation of the bridge in accordance with demand and available resources. The letter says that limiting the operations of the bridge to only twelve hours per day is impractical and insufficient, and notes that other international bridges along the international border with Mexico operate 18 or 24 hours per day. The request suggests that operational requirements should be set at the local level, rather than in the Presidential permit itself. The Department’s jurisdiction over this application is based upon Executive Order 11423 of August 16, 1968, as amended, and Article 1 of the 1999 permit, which states that the permit ‘‘may be amended by the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s delegate at will or upon proper application therefor.* * *’’ As provided in E.O. 11423, the Department is circulating this application to relevant federal and state agencies for review and comment. Under E.O. 11423, the Department has the responsibility to determine, taking into account input from these agencies and other stakeholders, whether the proposed amendment of this E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM 23MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 54 (Monday, March 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12172-12173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6276]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6553]


Amended Department of State Notice of Intent To Prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement and To Conduct Scoping Meetings and 
Notice of Floodplain and Wetland Involvement and To Initiate 
Consultation Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation 
Act for the Proposed Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of Intent--Rescheduled Public Scoping Meetings in South 
Dakota and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of State published a Notice of 
Intent in the Federal Register on January 28, 2009 (74 FR 5019), 
announcing its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
(EIS) for the proposed Keystone international pipeline project (the 
Keystone XL Project), which is designed to transport crude oil 
production from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin to existing 
markets in the Texas Gulf Coast area. The document contained a schedule 
for the public scoping meetings. Due to hazardous weather conditions, 
two of the scheduled public scoping meetings on February 26, 2009 in 
Faith and Buffalo, South Dakota were canceled. These two meetings have 
been rescheduled.
    Dates and locations for the rescheduled public scoping meetings 
are:

Faith, South Dakota

    Meeting date: Wednesday, April 8, 12-2 p.m.
    Location: Faith, SD
    Venue: Community Legion Hall, Main Street, Faith, SD 57626.

Buffalo, South Dakota

    Meeting date: Wednesday, April 8, 7-9 p.m.
    Location: Buffalo, SD
    Venue: Harding County Memorial Recreation Center, 204 Hodge Street, 
Buffalo, SD 57720.

The public scoping period has been extended until April 15, 2009. The 
Department of State will consider all comments received or postmarked 
by April 15, 2009 in defining the scope of the EIS. Written, 
electronic, and oral comments will be given equal weight by the 
Department of State in this process.

ADDRESSES: Written comments or suggestions on the scope of the EIS 
should be addressed to: Elizabeth

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Orlando, OES/ENV Room 2657, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC 
20520. Comments may be submitted electronically to 
xlpipelineproject@state.gov. Public comments will be posted on the Web 
site identified below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the proposed 
project or to receive a copy of the draft EIS when it is issued, 
contact Elizabeth Orlando at the address listed in the ADDRESSES 
section of this notice by electronic or regular mail as listed above, 
or by telephone (202) 647-4284 or by fax at (202) 647-5947.
    Project details and environmental information on the Keystone XL 
Project application for a Presidential Permit, including associated 
maps downloadable from a Web site that has been established for this 
purpose: https://www.keystonepipeline-XL.state.gov. This Web site will 
accept public comments for the record.
    Information on the Department of State Presidential Permit process 
can also be found at the above Internet address. The MLA and FLPMA 
application submitted to BLM will be on file at its office in Billings, 
Montana.
    A TransCanada hosted project Web site is also available at https://www.transcanada.com/keystone/kxl.html. The Keystone XL Project toll-
free number is 1-866-717-7473 (United States and Canada).

    Dated: March 17, 2009.
Daniel Fantozzi,
Director, Office of Environmental Policy, Office of International 
Oceans, Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E9-6276 Filed 3-20-09; 8:45 am]
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