Invasive Species Advisory Committee, 16417-16418 [E9-8146]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 68 / Friday, April 10, 2009 / Notices SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which implement the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., require that interested members of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d)). On November 14, 2005, the Departments of Agriculture, the Interior, and Commerce published regulations at 7 CFR part 1, 43 CFR part 45, and 50 CFR part 221, to implement section 241 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct), Public Law 109–58, which the President signed into law on August 8, 2005. Section 241 of the EPAct adds a new section 33 to the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 823d, that allows the license applicant or any other party to the license proceeding to propose an alternative to a condition or prescription that one or more of the Departments develop for inclusion in a hydropower license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) under the FPA. This provision requires that the Departments of Agriculture, the Interior and Commerce collect the information covered by 1094–0001. Under FPA section 33, the Secretary of the Department involved must accept the proposed alternative if the Secretary determines, based on substantial evidence provided by a party to the license proceeding or otherwise available to the Secretary, (a) that the alternative condition provides for the adequate protection and utilization of the reservation, or that the alternative prescription will be no less protective than the fishway initially proposed by the Secretary, and (b) that the alternative will either cost significantly less to implement or result in improved operation of the project works for electricity production. In order to make this determination, the regulations require that all of the following information be collected: (1) A description of the alternative, in an equivalent level of detail to the Department’s preliminary condition or prescription; (2) an explanation of how the alternative: (i) If a condition, will provide for the adequate protection and utilization of the reservation; or (ii) if a prescription, will be no less protective than the fishway prescribed by the bureau; (3) an explanation of how the alternative, as compared to the preliminary condition or prescription, will: (i) cost significantly less to implement; or (ii) result in improved VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:39 Apr 09, 2009 Jkt 217001 operation of the project works for electricity production; (4) an explanation of how the alternative or revised alternative will affect: (i) energy supply, distribution, cost, and use; (ii) flood control; (iii) navigation; (iv) water supply; (v) air quality; and (vi) other aspects of environmental quality; and (5) specific citations to any scientific studies, literature, and other documented information relied on to support the proposal. This notice of proposed renewal of an existing information collection is being published by the Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, Department of the Interior, on behalf of all three Departments, and the data provided below covers anticipated responses (alternative conditions/ prescriptions and associated information) for all three Departments. II. Data (1) Title: 7 CFR Part 1; 43 CFR Part 45; 50 CFR Part 221; the Alternatives Process in Hydropower Licensing. OMB Control Number: 1094–0001. Current Expiration Date: May 31, 2009. Type of Review: Information Collection Renewal. Affected Entities: Business or forprofit entities. Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 5. Frequency of Responses: Once per alternative proposed. (2) Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: Total Annual Reporting per Response: 200 hours. Total Number of Estimated Responses: 5. Total Annual Reporting: 1,000 hours. (3) Description of the Need and Use of the Information: The purpose of this information collection is to provide an opportunity for license parties to propose an alternative condition or prescription to that imposed by the Federal Government in the hydropower licensing process. III. Request for Comments The Departments invite comments on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agencies, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the agencies’ estimate of the burden of the collection and the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 16417 who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other collection techniques or other forms of information techniques. ‘‘Burden’’ means the total time, effort, and financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information. All written comments, with names and addresses, will be available for public inspection. If you wish us to withhold your personal information, you must prominently state at the beginning of your comment what personal information you want us to withhold. We will honor your request to the extent allowable by law. If you wish to view any comments received, you may do so by scheduling an appointment with the Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance by calling (202) 208–3891. A valid picture identification is required for entry into the Department of the Interior. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number. Dated: April 6, 2009. Mary Josie Blanchard, Deputy Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance. [FR Doc. E9–8178 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–79–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of the Secretary Invasive Species Advisory Committee Office of the Secretary, Interior. Notice of public meetings of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of meetings of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee. The purpose of the Advisory Committee E:\FR\FM\10APN1.SGM 10APN1 16418 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 68 / Friday, April 10, 2009 / Notices is to provide advice to the National Invasive Species Council, as authorized by Executive Order 13112, on a broad array of issues related to preventing the introduction of invasive species and providing for their control and minimizing the economic, ecological, and human health impacts that invasive species cause. The Council is co-chaired by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce. The duty of the Council is to provide national leadership regarding invasive species issues. The purpose of a meeting on May 5–7, 2009 is to convene the full Advisory Committee and to discuss implementation of action items outlined in the 2008–2012 National Invasive Species Management Plan, which was finalized on August 1, 2008. DATES: Meeting of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 and Thursday, May 17, 2009; beginning at approximately 8 a.m., and ending at approximately 5 p.m. each day. Members will be participating in an off-site field tour on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. ADDRESSES: Radisson Suites Tucson, 6555 East Speedway Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona 85710. The general session on May 5, 2009 and May 7, 2009 will be held in the Catalina Ballroom. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelsey Brantley, National Invasive Species Council Program Analyst and ISAC Coordinator, (202) 513–7243; Fax: (202) 371–1751. Dated: April 6, 2009. Lori Williams, Executive Director, National Invasive Species Council. [FR Doc. E9–8146 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs Environmental Impact Statement for the Renewed Application for the Proposed Los Coyotes Band of ˜ Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians Fee-toTrust Acquisition and Casino-Hotel Project, San Bernardino County, CA AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Correction; Republication and Correction. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is republishing in its entirety a document it published in the March 27, 2009 Federal Register to correct the comment deadline listed in the DATES section. The correct comment deadline VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:39 Apr 09, 2009 Jkt 217001 is listed in the DATES section of this notice. DATES: Comments on the scope of the EIS will be accepted until May 11, 2009. ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry written comments to Dale Morris, Regional Director, Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Rydzik, Chief, Division of Environment, Cultural Resources Management and Safety, BIA Pacific Region (916) 978– 6051. This notice corrects the comment deadline published in the March 27, 2009 Federal Register. There is no substantive change to the original notice; therefore, the description of the notice published on March 27, 2009 is reprinted here, as follows. This notice advises the public that the BIA is correcting its previous NOI to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Los Coyotes Band ˜ of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians’ renewed application for a Proposed Feeto-Trust Acquisition and Casino-Hotel Project in San Bernardino County, California, which was published on June 6, 2008 (73 FR 32354). The NOI did not include the names of two additional cooperating agencies; provided a larger acreage of land to be transferred from fee to trust status; and contained some inaccuracies in the details of the proposed casino and hotel project. Therefore, this notice is being published, pursuant to the BIA National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Handbook, Section 6.4(A)(1), to supplement the June 2008 NOI by: • Adding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the City of Barstow, California, as cooperating agencies, in addition to the National Indian Gaming Commission and the Los ˜ Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians; • Establishing that the proposed land acquisition would involve approximately 23.1 acres, rather than the 45 acres stated in the June 2008 NOI; and • Correcting the proposed project details represent a smaller proposed development compared to the Los ˜ Coyotes Band of Cahuilla Cupeno Indians’ original application (specifically, the corrected details are that the proposed project would include a proposed casino of approximately 89,003 square feet, a 160-room hotel, 3,000 parking spaces, and associated food and beverage facilities, retail space, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 banquet/meeting space and administrative space). Alternatives identified for analysis include the proposed action, a no-action alternative, a reduced-intensity development alternative, a non-gaming alternative, and an alternative development location alternative. Additional information, including a map of the project site, is available by contacting the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Dated: March 30, 2009. George T. Skibine, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development. [FR Doc. E9–8199 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan (DEIS/GMP); Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site National Park Service. Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan (DEIS/GMP), Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and National Park Service (NPS) policy in Director’s Order Number 2 (Park Planning) and Director’s Order Number 12 (Conservation Planning, Environmental Impact Analysis, and Decision-making) the NPS announces the availability of a DEIS/GMP for the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, Tuskegee, Alabama. The document provides a framework for management, use, and development options for the historic site by the NPS for the next 15 to 20 years. It describes five management alternatives for consideration, including a No-Action Alternative that continues current management policies and the NPS’s preferred alternative. The document analyzes the environmental impacts of the alternatives. DATES: There will be a 60-day comment period beginning with the Environmental Protection Agency’s publication of its notice of availability in the Federal Register. ADDRESSES: Copies of the DEIS/GMP are available by contacting the Park Superintendent at Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, 1616 Chappie James Avenue, Tuskegee, Alabama E:\FR\FM\10APN1.SGM 10APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 68 (Friday, April 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16417-16418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8146]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Invasive Species Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings of the Invasive Species Advisory 
Committee.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, notice is hereby given of meetings of the Invasive Species 
Advisory Committee. The purpose of the Advisory Committee

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is to provide advice to the National Invasive Species Council, as 
authorized by Executive Order 13112, on a broad array of issues related 
to preventing the introduction of invasive species and providing for 
their control and minimizing the economic, ecological, and human health 
impacts that invasive species cause. The Council is co-chaired by the 
Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the 
Secretary of Commerce. The duty of the Council is to provide national 
leadership regarding invasive species issues. The purpose of a meeting 
on May 5-7, 2009 is to convene the full Advisory Committee and to 
discuss implementation of action items outlined in the 2008-2012 
National Invasive Species Management Plan, which was finalized on 
August 1, 2008.

DATES: Meeting of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee: Tuesday, May 
5, 2009 and Thursday, May 17, 2009; beginning at approximately 8 a.m., 
and ending at approximately 5 p.m. each day. Members will be 
participating in an off-site field tour on Wednesday, May 6, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Radisson Suites Tucson, 6555 East Speedway Boulevard, 
Tucson, Arizona 85710. The general session on May 5, 2009 and May 7, 
2009 will be held in the Catalina Ballroom.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelsey Brantley, National Invasive 
Species Council Program Analyst and ISAC Coordinator, (202) 513-7243; 
Fax: (202) 371-1751.

    Dated: April 6, 2009.
Lori Williams,
Executive Director, National Invasive Species Council.
[FR Doc. E9-8146 Filed 4-9-09; 8:45 am]
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