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Download as PDF 47252 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 177 / Tuesday, September 15, 2009 / Notices The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The applications also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 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[FR Doc. E9–22142 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S sroberts on DSKD5P82C1PROD with NOTICES FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Sunshine Act Meeting AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. TIME AND DATE: 12:00 p.m., Monday, September 21, 2009. VerDate Nov<24>2008 19:12 Sep 14, 2009 Jkt 217001 PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building, 20th and C Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551. STATUS: Closed. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 1. Personnel actions (appointments, promotions, assignments, reassignments, and salary actions) involving individual Federal Reserve System employees. 2. Any items carried forward from a previously announced meeting. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Smith, Director, or Dave Skidmore, Assistant to the Board, Office of Board Members at 202–452–2955. 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Also, please call this number if special assistance is needed to attend and participate in the scoping meeting. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of intent is as follows: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the amended Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Consolidation Master Plan at St. Elizabeths in Southeast Washington, DC. GSA intends to prepare an EIS to analyze the potential impacts resulting from the amendment of the DHS Consolidation Master Plan, which consists of the development of 750,000 gross square feet (GSF) of secure office space plus associated parking on what is known as the north parcel of the St. Elizabeths East Campus. The primary purpose of this action is to complete the consolidation of DHS mission functions comprising the Department’s Headquarters offices at St. Elizabeths for a total of 4.5 million GSF of secure office and shared use space plus associated parking. Background GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement AGENCY: U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), National Capital Region. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 United States Code (U.S.C.) 4321–4347; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 40, chapter V, parts 1500–1508); GSA Order PBS P 1095.1F (Environmental considerations in decision-making, dated October 19, 1999); and the GSA Public Buildings Service NEPA Desk Guide, dated October 1999, GSA plans to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the amended Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Consolidation Master Plan at St. Elizabeths in Southeast Washington, DC. GSA will be initiating related consultation under Sections 106 and 110 of the National PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DHS previously identified a need to consolidate a minimum critical mass of 4.5 million GSF of secure office space, plus parking, to meet the Department’s mission requirements for its consolidated Headquarters in furtherance of developing a more costeffective, efficient, and functional real estate portfolio in the National Capital Region. DHS’ scattered current housing prevents it from accomplishing its mission. This extreme dispersion has also resulted in significant inefficiencies in daily operations, and these inefficiencies have been magnified considerably at the most important moments—when the Department must act as a nimble and integrated team responding to significant natural disasters or terrorist threats. In response, GSA looked at alternative locations for consolidating DHS’ Headquarters offices and concluded that St. Elizabeths was the most viable site for this consolidation. During consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as well as with other Federal agencies, the consolidation project was determined to be of less impact to the St. Elizabeths E:\FR\FM\15SEN1.SGM 15SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 177 / Tuesday, September 15, 2009 / Notices sroberts on DSKD5P82C1PROD with NOTICES National Historic Landmark if DHS’ offices extended across both the West and East Campuses. St. Elizabeths was listed in the National Register on April 26, 1979, designated a National Historic Landmark on December 14, 1990, and received District of Columbia Historic District Designation in May of 2005. As part of its November 7, 2008 Final EIS, GSA considered an alternative, Alternative 5, which assessed placing development on both campuses to create a unified DHS Headquarters. GSA issued a Record of Decision on December 16, 2008, for the project Master Plan to consolidate 3.8 million GSF of secure office and shared use space, plus parking, on the St. Elizabeths West Campus. As part of the Final EIS for this action, GSA also assessed, on a programmatic level, the impacts of constructing 750,000 GSF of office plus associated parking on the St. Elizabeths East Campus. GSA noted in its Record of Decision that an EIS tiered to the November 7, 2008 Final EIS would be prepared for the East Campus in accordance with 40 CFR 1502.20 and 1502.28. The National Capital Planning Commission approved the project Master Plan incorporating Alternative 5 on January 8, 2009. Scoping Process In accordance with NEPA, a scoping process will be conducted to (i) aid in determining the alternatives to be considered and the scope of issues to be addressed, and (ii) identify the significant issues related to the amended Master Plan for the DHS consolidation at St. Elizabeths. ‘‘Scoping’’ is a tool for identifying the issues that should be addressed in the EIS and Section 106 consultation process. Scoping allows the public to help define priorities and express stakeholder and community issues to the agency through oral and written comments as described in 40 CFR part 1500.1(b). Scoping will be accomplished through a public scoping meeting, direct mail correspondence to potentially interested persons, agencies, and organizations, and meeting with agencies having an interest in the amended Master Plan. It is important that Federal, regional and local agencies, and interested individuals and groups take this opportunity to identify environmental concerns that should be addressed during the preparation of the Draft EIS. GSA is also using the NEPA scoping process to facilitate consultation with the public under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (36 CFR part 800 (Protection of Historic Properties)). GSA welcomes comments VerDate Nov<24>2008 19:12 Sep 14, 2009 Jkt 217001 from the public to ensure that it takes into account the effects of its action on historic and cultural resources. Public Scoping Meeting The public scoping meeting will be held on October 8, 2009, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., at the Matthews Memorial Baptist Church, John H. Kearney, Sr. Fellowship Hall, located at 2616 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE. in Southeast Washington, DC. The meeting will be an informal open house, where visitors may come, receive information, and give comments. GSA will publish notices in the Washington Post, Washington Times, and East of the River (Capital Community News) announcing this meeting approximately one to two weeks prior to the meeting. After scoping comments are received, GSA will prepare a scoping report, available to the public, which will summarize the comments received for incorporation into the EIS and Section 106 processes. Written Comments Agencies and the public are encouraged to provide written comments on the scoping issues in addition to or in lieu of giving their comments at the public scoping meeting. Written comments regarding the environmental analysis for the amended Master Plan must be postmarked no later than October 16, 2009, and sent to the following address: General Services Administration, National Capital Region, Attention: Denise Decker, NEPA Lead, 301 7th Street, SW., Room 7600, Washington, DC 20407. Fax (202) 708–7671. denise.decker@gsa.gov. Dated: September 9, 2009. Patricia T. Ralston, Director, Portfolio Management, National Capital Region, Public Buildings Service. [FR Doc. E9–22224 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–23–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary Findings of Research Misconduct Office of the Secretary, HHS. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: (UCC) and additional analysis and information obtained by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) during its oversight review, ORI found that Jennifer N. Arriaga, former Research Assistant in a clinical trial project entitled Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Adolescent Drug Abusers (BSFT) at UCC, engaged in research misconduct in research funded by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), cooperative agreement U10 DA13720. Specifically, ORI found that Ms. Arriaga knowingly and intentionally engaged in research misconduct by fabricating 17 interviews and falsifying 10 subject incentive receipts in the BSFT. The interview record consisted of Timeline Follow Back information, confidentiality self-report forms, and urine drug test results. The following administrative actions have been implemented for a period of two (2) years, beginning on August 18, 2009: (1) Ms. Arriaga is debarred from eligibility for any contracting or subcontracting with any agency of the United States Government and from eligibility or involvement in nonprocurement programs of the United States pursuant to HHS’ Implementation (2 CFR part 276 et seq.) of OMB Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (2 CFR part 180); and (2) Ms. Arriaga is prohibited from serving in any advisory capacity to the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS), including but not limited to service on any PHS advisory committee, board, and/or peer review committee, or as a consultant. 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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), National Capital 
Region.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY:  Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 United States Code (U.S.C.) 4321-4347; 
the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR), Title 40, chapter V, parts 1500-1508); GSA Order PBS 
P 1095.1F (Environmental considerations in decision-making, dated 
October 19, 1999); and the GSA Public Buildings Service NEPA Desk 
Guide, dated October 1999, GSA plans to prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) for the amended Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 
Consolidation Master Plan at St. Elizabeths in Southeast Washington, 
DC. GSA will be initiating related consultation under Sections 106 and 
110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470(f) and 
470(h-2)), for the amended Master Plan consistent with the Programmatic 
Agreement concluded on December 9, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Decker, NEPA Lead, General 
Services Administration, National Capital Region, at (202) 538-5643. 
Also, please call this number if special assistance is needed to attend 
and participate in the scoping meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of intent is as follows:
    Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 
for the amended Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Consolidation 
Master Plan at St. Elizabeths in Southeast Washington, DC.
    GSA intends to prepare an EIS to analyze the potential impacts 
resulting from the amendment of the DHS Consolidation Master Plan, 
which consists of the development of 750,000 gross square feet (GSF) of 
secure office space plus associated parking on what is known as the 
north parcel of the St. Elizabeths East Campus. The primary purpose of 
this action is to complete the consolidation of DHS mission functions 
comprising the Department's Headquarters offices at St. Elizabeths for 
a total of 4.5 million GSF of secure office and shared use space plus 
associated parking.

Background

    DHS previously identified a need to consolidate a minimum critical 
mass of 4.5 million GSF of secure office space, plus parking, to meet 
the Department's mission requirements for its consolidated Headquarters 
in furtherance of developing a more cost-effective, efficient, and 
functional real estate portfolio in the National Capital Region. DHS' 
scattered current housing prevents it from accomplishing its mission. 
This extreme dispersion has also resulted in significant inefficiencies 
in daily operations, and these inefficiencies have been magnified 
considerably at the most important moments--when the Department must 
act as a nimble and integrated team responding to significant natural 
disasters or terrorist threats.
    In response, GSA looked at alternative locations for consolidating 
DHS' Headquarters offices and concluded that St. Elizabeths was the 
most viable site for this consolidation. During consultation under 
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as well as with 
other Federal agencies, the consolidation project was determined to be 
of less impact to the St. Elizabeths

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National Historic Landmark if DHS' offices extended across both the 
West and East Campuses. St. Elizabeths was listed in the National 
Register on April 26, 1979, designated a National Historic Landmark on 
December 14, 1990, and received District of Columbia Historic District 
Designation in May of 2005. As part of its November 7, 2008 Final EIS, 
GSA considered an alternative, Alternative 5, which assessed placing 
development on both campuses to create a unified DHS Headquarters.
    GSA issued a Record of Decision on December 16, 2008, for the 
project Master Plan to consolidate 3.8 million GSF of secure office and 
shared use space, plus parking, on the St. Elizabeths West Campus. As 
part of the Final EIS for this action, GSA also assessed, on a 
programmatic level, the impacts of constructing 750,000 GSF of office 
plus associated parking on the St. Elizabeths East Campus. GSA noted in 
its Record of Decision that an EIS tiered to the November 7, 2008 Final 
EIS would be prepared for the East Campus in accordance with 40 CFR 
1502.20 and 1502.28. The National Capital Planning Commission approved 
the project Master Plan incorporating Alternative 5 on January 8, 2009.

Scoping Process

    In accordance with NEPA, a scoping process will be conducted to (i) 
aid in determining the alternatives to be considered and the scope of 
issues to be addressed, and (ii) identify the significant issues 
related to the amended Master Plan for the DHS consolidation at St. 
Elizabeths. ``Scoping'' is a tool for identifying the issues that 
should be addressed in the EIS and Section 106 consultation process. 
Scoping allows the public to help define priorities and express 
stakeholder and community issues to the agency through oral and written 
comments as described in 40 CFR part 1500.1(b). Scoping will be 
accomplished through a public scoping meeting, direct mail 
correspondence to potentially interested persons, agencies, and 
organizations, and meeting with agencies having an interest in the 
amended Master Plan. It is important that Federal, regional and local 
agencies, and interested individuals and groups take this opportunity 
to identify environmental concerns that should be addressed during the 
preparation of the Draft EIS.
    GSA is also using the NEPA scoping process to facilitate 
consultation with the public under Section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act (36 CFR part 800 (Protection of Historic Properties)). 
GSA welcomes comments from the public to ensure that it takes into 
account the effects of its action on historic and cultural resources.

Public Scoping Meeting

    The public scoping meeting will be held on October 8, 2009, from 6 
to 8:30 p.m., at the Matthews Memorial Baptist Church, John H. Kearney, 
Sr. Fellowship Hall, located at 2616 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, 
SE. in Southeast Washington, DC. The meeting will be an informal open 
house, where visitors may come, receive information, and give comments. 
GSA will publish notices in the Washington Post, Washington Times, and 
East of the River (Capital Community News) announcing this meeting 
approximately one to two weeks prior to the meeting. After scoping 
comments are received, GSA will prepare a scoping report, available to 
the public, which will summarize the comments received for 
incorporation into the EIS and Section 106 processes.

Written Comments

    Agencies and the public are encouraged to provide written comments 
on the scoping issues in addition to or in lieu of giving their 
comments at the public scoping meeting. Written comments regarding the 
environmental analysis for the amended Master Plan must be postmarked 
no later than October 16, 2009, and sent to the following address: 
General Services Administration, National Capital Region, Attention: 
Denise Decker, NEPA Lead, 301 7th Street, SW., Room 7600, Washington, 
DC 20407. Fax (202) 708-7671. denise.decker@gsa.gov.

    Dated: September 9, 2009.
Patricia T. Ralston,
Director, Portfolio Management, National Capital Region, Public 
Buildings Service.
[FR Doc. E9-22224 Filed 9-14-09; 8:45 am]
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