Protocol for Categorical Exclusions Under the National Environmental Policy Act for Programs Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 34309-34310 [E9-16905]
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LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT 5/27/2009
THROUGH 7/6/2009—Continued
Date accepted
for filing
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Address
Max Machinery, Inc. ................
33A Healdsburg Avenue,
Healdsburg, CA 95448.
319 Manley Street, West, MA
02379.
3 East Spit Brook Road,
Nashua, NH 03060.
1783 Dogwood Street, Louisville, CA 80027.
126 Anderson Circle, Alto, GA
30510.
534 Oak Avenue, Spruce
Pine, NC 28777.
300 Dewitt Avenue, Brooklyn,
NY 11236.
P.O. Box 1206, Pryor, OK
74362.
42156 N. 10th St., West Unit
R, Lancaster, CA 93534.
338 Pea Ridge Road, New
Hill, NC 27562.
1320 S. Merrifield Avenue,
Mishawaka, IN 46544.
4258 Zarrow, Pryor, OK
74362.
70 Industrial Avenue, Lowell,
MA 01852.
Double E Parent, LLC .............
Worthen Industries, Inc ...........
Eldorado Artesian Springs, Inc
Hartford House, Inc .................
Highland Craftsmen Inc ...........
Newmark Furniture Co., Inc. ...
RAE Corporation .....................
Norris International Group,
LLC.
Performance Fibers, Inc ..........
Penz Products, Inc. .................
QMI, Inc. ..................................
Segue Manufacturing Services, LLC.
Tote Along Inc. ........................
J&M Plating, Inc. .....................
McNally Industries, LLC ..........
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Dated: July 8, 2009.
William P. Kittredge,
Program Officer for TAA.
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Precision flow measurement equipment.
6/25/2009
6/19/2009
Core chuck and core shaft products as well as other related
mechanical tools and accessories.
Industrial adhesives, coated fabric and paper and extruded
film for various end uses.
Natural spring water and enhanced vitamin water.
6/16/2009
Handcrafted furniture for both home and office.
6/25/2009
Wood shingles.
6/25/2009
Custom wood interiors for residential homes including kitchen
cabinets, vanities, libraries and paneling.
Air conditioning and refrigeration.
6/29/2009
6/29/2009
7/6/2009
Optical anti-identity theft and counterfeit protection devices.
7/1/2009
Industrial polyester yarns and tire yarns.
6/25/2009
Plastic and metal components.
6/25/2009
Custom converting, perforation machines.
6/29/2009
P.O. Box 1222, Miami, OK
74355.
4500 Kishwaukee St., Rockford, IL 61109.
5445 DTC Parkway, Greenwood, CO 80111.
Any party having a substantial
interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter.
A written request for a hearing must be
submitted to the Office of Performance
Evaluation, Room 7009, Economic
Development Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Washington,
DC 20230, no later than ten (10)
calendar days following publication of
this notice. Please follow the procedures
set forth in Section 315.9 of EDA’s final
rule (71 FR 56704) for procedures for
requesting a public hearing. The Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance official
program number and title of the
program under which these petitions are
submitted is 11.313, Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
Products
Full turnkey contract manufacturing solutions, utilizing low
cost engineering, electro-mechanical design expertise,
global sourcing, cable and harness manufacturing and inhouse machining capabilities.
Soft luggage, garment bags, bags to store items.
6/24/2009
5/27/2009
6/29/2009
Heat treating, plating, sorting, specialty finishes and quality
machine inspection services.
Defense related equipment and aircraft components and
parts for commercial aircraft.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Protocol for Categorical Exclusions
Under the National Environmental
Policy Act for Programs Funded by the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act
AGENCY: Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice of interim final action
and request for comments.
SUMMARY: The Corporation for National
and Community Service (the
Corporation) has adopted an interim
final protocol that categorically
excludes national and community
service programs funded under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) from the
requirement of preparing environmental
assessments or environmental impact
statements under the National
Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 432
et seq. (NEPA), because the programs do
not individually or cumulatively have a
significant effect on the human
environment. Notice of the
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Corporation’s protocol satisfies the
requirements of the Council for
Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) NEPA
regulations and facilitates reporting
requirements under the Recovery Act.
By adopting this protocol, the
Corporation can better assure that
urgently needed Recovery Act financial
assistance is disbursed to eligible
entities in a timely manner and that
such funds are used and reported upon
in accordance with the Recovery Act’s
NEPA compliance provision. While this
protocol is immediately effective upon
publication, all comments will be
reviewed and given full consideration in
determining whether amendments to it
are appropriate.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
August 14, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Irshad Abdal-Haqq,
Associate General Counsel, Corporation
for National and Community Service,
1201 New York Avenue, NW., Room
10906, Washington, DC 20525; telefax at
(202) 606–3467; TDD at (202) 682–5496;
or by electronic mail at iabdalhaqq@cns.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Irshad Abdal-Haqq at (202) 606–6675.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
1609 of the Recovery Act requires the
President to report to Congress every 90
days on the compliance with NEPA for
projects and activities funded by the
Recovery Act. To support this reporting
requirement, agencies must, in turn,
report to the CEQ on NEPA compliance
for projects and activities funded by the
Recovery Act. NEPA requires Federal
agencies to prepare environmental
assessments and environmental impact
statements for major Federal actions that
may ‘‘significantly affect the quality of
the human environment.’’ NEPA
requirements apply to Federal projects,
decisions, or actions, including grants,
that might have an impact on the quality
of the human environment. NEPA also
established the CEQ, which issued
regulations implementing NEPA’s
procedural provisions. Among other
things, the CEQ NEPA regulations
require Federal agencies to adopt
implementing procedures to
supplement the regulations, and to
establish and use ‘‘categorical
exclusions’’ to define categories of
actions that do not individually or
cumulatively have a significant effect on
the human environment. A categorically
excluded action does not require the
preparation of an environmental
assessment or environmental impact
statement before it is carried out. The
Corporation plans to develop and
publish proposed NEPA procedures
covering all of its programs in the near
future. After considering comments
submitted in response to this notice,
this protocol for categorical exclusions
will be included in the forthcoming
proposed procedures.
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Environmental Impact of Corporation
Programs
Title VIII, Division A, of the Recovery
Act provided additional funding to the
Corporation’s preexisting AmeriCorps
grantees and to support VISTA
programs. Among other things, the
Corporation funds grants and activities
to support national and community
service activities that meet the nation’s
unmet human, educational,
environmental, and public safety needs.
The Corporation does not fund
construction grants or other actions that
would potentially have significant
environmental effects. Therefore,
Corporation-funded activities and
programs that were in existence when
the Recovery Act was enacted were not
required to prepare environmental
assessments or environmental impact
statements as set out in the NEPA
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regulations (40 CFR part 1500).
Consequently, the interim final protocol
adopted by the Corporation identifies
activities carried out under programs
authorized under the national service as
being categorically excluded from
having to prepare environmental
assessments and environmental impact
statements. Note, however, that the
interim final protocol also includes a
procedure for reviewing extraordinary
circumstances involving a specific
grantee’s proposed service activities to
ensure they do not have the potential for
a significant impact on the environment
and are therefore appropriately
categorically excluded from further
environmental review for NEPA
purposes.
For the reasons set out above, the
Corporation for National and
Community Service adopts the
following interim final protocol:
Protocol for the Categorical Exclusion
of Activities Funded by the Corporation
for National and Community Service
Purpose: Establishment of National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
categorical exclusions for national and
community service activities and
programs supported by the Corporation
for National and Community Service
(Corporation) and a process for
addressing extraordinary circumstances.
Categorical Exclusions
The Corporation follows the
regulations of the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ) in
complying with the requirements of
NEPA. Pursuant to those regulations,
the Corporation determines the
following classes of activities as being
categorically excluded:
• Providing administrative and other
support duties or planning or
performing community service activities
in any approved national and
community service program authorized
under the national services laws or the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). These
activities include: Tutoring and
mentoring children and youth; working
in afterschool programs; assisting out of
work adults to find jobs; assisting with
community development projects;
managing community volunteer
programs; providing health care support
services; repairing or renovating
housing; helping to erect homes for lowincome families; and assisting with
wildlife and land conservation
programs.
Extraordinary Circumstances
The following types of activity require
the review and approval of the
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Corporation and may result in the
requirement for an environmental
assessment or environmental impact
statement:
1. Any activity for which there is a
reasonable likelihood of significant
effects on public health, safety or the
environment (direct, indirect or
cumulative).
2. The imposition of uncertain or
unique environmental risks that have
not been pre-approved and reviewed
under NEPA.
3. Greater scope or size than is normal
for this category of action.
Process for Resolving Extraordinary
Circumstances
An appropriate Corporation
representative (usually a program officer
or grant officer) will contact the
prospective grantee to clarify the full
scope and nature of a proposed activity
in order to determine whether it could
in fact have a significant impact on the
environment. If the Corporation
determines that a proposed activity
could have a significant impact on the
environment, the Corporation will work
with the prospective grantee to prepare
for the Corporation the necessary
analyses in accordance with the CEQ
NEPA regulations regarding
environmental assessments and
environment impact statements and
include any appropriate mitigation
conditions for inclusion in the grant or
other agreement prior to making a
decision to provide the funding.
Responsibilities
The Corporation’s Chief Financial
Officer or his or her authorized
representative has the responsibility for
assuring that all Corporation activities
and programs, including those
supported by the Recovery Act, are
NEPA compliant. This includes
coordinating the multidisciplinary
review of a possible extraordinary
circumstance, which involves
individuals with legal, scientific, and
other appropriate expertise, and
working with prospective grantees in
preparing appropriate NEPA analyses.
Dated: July 10, 2009.
William Anderson,
Acting Chief Financial Officer, Corporation
for National and Community Service.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Protocol for Categorical Exclusions Under the National
Environmental Policy Act for Programs Funded by the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act
AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.
ACTION: Notice of interim final action and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service (the
Corporation) has adopted an interim final protocol that categorically
excludes national and community service programs funded under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) from the
requirement of preparing environmental assessments or environmental
impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act, 42
U.S.C. 432 et seq. (NEPA), because the programs do not individually or
cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment. Notice
of the Corporation's protocol satisfies the requirements of the Council
for Environmental Quality's (CEQ) NEPA regulations and facilitates
reporting requirements under the Recovery Act. By adopting this
protocol, the Corporation can better assure that urgently needed
Recovery Act financial assistance is disbursed to eligible entities in
a timely manner and that such funds are used and reported upon in
accordance with the Recovery Act's NEPA compliance provision. While
this protocol is immediately effective upon publication, all comments
will be reviewed and given full consideration in determining whether
amendments to it are appropriate.
DATES: Submit comments on or before August 14, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Irshad Abdal-Haqq, Associate General Counsel, Corporation
for National and Community Service, 1201 New York Avenue, NW., Room
10906, Washington, DC 20525; telefax at (202) 606-3467; TDD at (202)
682-5496; or by electronic mail at iabdal-haqq@cns.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irshad Abdal-Haqq at (202) 606-6675.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1609 of the Recovery Act requires
the President to report to Congress every 90 days on the compliance
with NEPA for projects and activities funded by the Recovery Act. To
support this reporting requirement, agencies must, in turn, report to
the CEQ on NEPA compliance for projects and activities funded by the
Recovery Act. NEPA requires Federal agencies to prepare environmental
assessments and environmental impact statements for major Federal
actions that may ``significantly affect the quality of the human
environment.'' NEPA requirements apply to Federal projects, decisions,
or actions, including grants, that might have an impact on the quality
of the human environment. NEPA also established the CEQ, which issued
regulations implementing NEPA's procedural provisions. Among other
things, the CEQ NEPA regulations require Federal agencies to adopt
implementing procedures to supplement the regulations, and to establish
and use ``categorical exclusions'' to define categories of actions that
do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the
human environment. A categorically excluded action does not require the
preparation of an environmental assessment or environmental impact
statement before it is carried out. The Corporation plans to develop
and publish proposed NEPA procedures covering all of its programs in
the near future. After considering comments submitted in response to
this notice, this protocol for categorical exclusions will be included
in the forthcoming proposed procedures.
Environmental Impact of Corporation Programs
Title VIII, Division A, of the Recovery Act provided additional
funding to the Corporation's preexisting AmeriCorps grantees and to
support VISTA programs. Among other things, the Corporation funds
grants and activities to support national and community service
activities that meet the nation's unmet human, educational,
environmental, and public safety needs. The Corporation does not fund
construction grants or other actions that would potentially have
significant environmental effects. Therefore, Corporation-funded
activities and programs that were in existence when the Recovery Act
was enacted were not required to prepare environmental assessments or
environmental impact statements as set out in the NEPA regulations (40
CFR part 1500). Consequently, the interim final protocol adopted by the
Corporation identifies activities carried out under programs authorized
under the national service as being categorically excluded from having
to prepare environmental assessments and environmental impact
statements. Note, however, that the interim final protocol also
includes a procedure for reviewing extraordinary circumstances
involving a specific grantee's proposed service activities to ensure
they do not have the potential for a significant impact on the
environment and are therefore appropriately categorically excluded from
further environmental review for NEPA purposes.
For the reasons set out above, the Corporation for National and
Community Service adopts the following interim final protocol:
Protocol for the Categorical Exclusion of Activities Funded by the
Corporation for National and Community Service
Purpose: Establishment of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
categorical exclusions for national and community service activities
and programs supported by the Corporation for National and Community
Service (Corporation) and a process for addressing extraordinary
circumstances.
Categorical Exclusions
The Corporation follows the regulations of the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ) in complying with the requirements of NEPA.
Pursuant to those regulations, the Corporation determines the following
classes of activities as being categorically excluded:
Providing administrative and other support duties or
planning or performing community service activities in any approved
national and community service program authorized under the national
services laws or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(Recovery Act). These activities include: Tutoring and mentoring
children and youth; working in afterschool programs; assisting out of
work adults to find jobs; assisting with community development
projects; managing community volunteer programs; providing health care
support services; repairing or renovating housing; helping to erect
homes for low-income families; and assisting with wildlife and land
conservation programs.
Extraordinary Circumstances
The following types of activity require the review and approval of
the Corporation and may result in the requirement for an environmental
assessment or environmental impact statement:
1. Any activity for which there is a reasonable likelihood of
significant effects on public health, safety or the environment
(direct, indirect or cumulative).
2. The imposition of uncertain or unique environmental risks that
have not been pre-approved and reviewed under NEPA.
3. Greater scope or size than is normal for this category of
action.
Process for Resolving Extraordinary Circumstances
An appropriate Corporation representative (usually a program
officer or grant officer) will contact the prospective grantee to
clarify the full scope and nature of a proposed activity in order to
determine whether it could in fact have a significant impact on the
environment. If the Corporation determines that a proposed activity
could have a significant impact on the environment, the Corporation
will work with the prospective grantee to prepare for the Corporation
the necessary analyses in accordance with the CEQ NEPA regulations
regarding environmental assessments and environment impact statements
and include any appropriate mitigation conditions for inclusion in the
grant or other agreement prior to making a decision to provide the
funding.
Responsibilities
The Corporation's Chief Financial Officer or his or her authorized
representative has the responsibility for assuring that all Corporation
activities and programs, including those supported by the Recovery Act,
are NEPA compliant. This includes coordinating the multidisciplinary
review of a possible extraordinary circumstance, which involves
individuals with legal, scientific, and other appropriate expertise,
and working with prospective grantees in preparing appropriate NEPA
analyses.
Dated: July 10, 2009.
William Anderson,
Acting Chief Financial Officer, Corporation for National and Community
Service.
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