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federally assisted action indicates that
the project will not cause significant
local, regional, or national impacts on
the environment. Based on evidence
presented, David L. McKay, State
Conservationist, has determined that the
preparation and review of an
environmental impact statement are not
needed for this project.
The project proposes to
decommission the Fredonia FRS by
converting the dam to a levee/floodway
and directing flows north to a floodway
discharging to Kanab Creek. This will
meet the project purpose of providing
for continued 100-year flood protection
for the Town of Fredonia, Arizona, and
surrounding areas.
The Notice of a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) has been
forwarded to the Environmental
Protection Agency and to various
Federal, State, and local agencies and
interested parties. Copies of the FONSI
are available to fill single copy requests
at the above address. Basic data
developed during the environmental
assessment are on file and may be
reviewed by contacting Don Paulus,
Assistant State Conservationist for
Programs, at the above address.
No administrative action on
implementation of the proposal will be
taken until 30 days after the date of this
publication in the Federal Register.
(This activity is listed in the Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance under No.
10.904, Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention, and is subject to the provisions
of Executive Order 12372, which requires
intergovernmental consultation with State
and local officials.)
Dated: September 28, 2009.
David L. McKay,
State Conservationist.
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of January 7, 2010 for Value-Added
Producer Grants. Due to the delay in
publication of the NOFA in the Federal
Register, this award date does not allow
sufficient time for scoring and
processing applications. Therefore the
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In addition, the delay was not
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eligibility for which the NOFA
incorrectly stated ‘‘Projects cannot begin
earlier than March 1, 2010 and cannot
end later than February 28, 2013.
Applications that request funds for a
time period beginning prior to March 1,
2010 and/or ending after February 28,
2013 will be considered ineligible, as
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maximum 36 months in length.
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through September 30, 2010.’’
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begin earlier than June 1, 2010 and
cannot end later than November 30,
2013. Applications that request funds
for a time period beginning prior to June
1, 2010 and/or ending after November
30, 2013 will be considered ineligible,
as will applications that exceed a
maximum of 36 months in length.
Applicants may propose a start date
falling any time during June 1, 2010
through November 30, 2010. Finally, the
deadline for submission of applications
to State Offices for a preliminary review
is revised from October 1, 2009 to
November 2, 2009.
Dated: September 11, 2009.
Judith A. Canales,
Administrator, Rural Business—Cooperative
Service.
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Components of Fishery Management
Plans (Northeast Multispecies, Atlantic
Sea Scallop, Monkfish, Atlantic
Herring, Skates, Atlantic Salmon, and
Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab) 5–year
Review
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Supplemental notice of intent
(NOI) to prepare an environmental
impact statement (EIS).
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is in the
process of preparing a programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
and Omnibus Amendment to the fishery
management plans (FMPs) for Northeast
multispecies, Atlantic sea scallop,
monkfish, Atlantic herring, skates,
Atlantic salmon, and Atlantic deep-sea
red crab. This NOI proposes that the
Council will prepare one final EIS that
incorporates all topics considered in the
development of the Omnibus
Amendment, rather than preparing a
final Phase 1 EIS prior to completing
work on Phase 2 topics. During this
scoping period, the Council is seeking
comments on its intent to not complete
a Phase 1 Final EIS (FEIS), as well as
comments on any new scientific
information identified since the 2004
scoping period that is pertinent to the
development of the Omnibus
Amendment.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before 5 pm EST,
November 4, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• E-mail: comments@nefmc.org.
• Mail: Paul J. Howard, Executive
Director, New England Fishery
Management Council, 50 Water Street,
Newburyport, MA 01950.
• Fax: (978) 465–3116.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council
(978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this notification is to alert
the interested public of the Council’s
intent to revise the two-phased
approach for the EIS associated with the
Omnibus EFH Amendment, as proposed
in the supplemental NOI dated
September 9, 2005 (70 FR 53636). A
complete description of the background
and need for the Omnibus Amendment
can be found in the original NOI dated
February 24, 2004, (69 FR 8367) and is
not repeated here. This two-phased
approach called for the completion of a
final EIS for the topics included in
Phase 1, followed by the preparation of
a draft Phase 2 EIS, and the merger of
the two documents into a single final
EIS, with sequential public review and
comment, first on Phase 1, and then on
Phases 1 and 2 combined. A notice of
availability for the Phase 1 Draft EIS
(DEIS) was published on April 6, 2007
(72 FR 17157).
As indicated in the September 9,
2005, NOI, the Council intended to
complete the EFH Omnibus
Amendment in two phases with one
accompanying EIS. Phase 1 was to have
included a review and update of EFH
designations, consideration of habitat
areas of particular concern (HAPC), an
updated prey species list, an update of
non-fishing impacts, and an update of
research and information needs. Phase 2
was to have included an evaluation of
the effects of fishing on EFH, and
management measures to minimize the
adverse effects of fishing on EFH across
all FMPs. The process called for
developing the two phases sequentially,
with submission of draft and final EIS
documents for Phase 1 prior to
completion of Phase 2. Upon
completion of Phase 2, a single EIS
document incorporating both phases
would then have been voted on by the
Council and made available for public
comment. Any final alternatives voted
on by the Council during Phase 1 would
have been subject to revision until
completion of the final EIS. Since the
phased approach was proposed, the
Phase 1 alternatives were developed and
analyzed, and a notice of availability for
the Phase 1 DEIS was published in the
Federal Register on April 6, 2007 (72 FR
17157). Public comments were accepted
through May 21, 2007; however, a FEIS
for Phase 1 has not been completed.
Work to complete Phase 2 is ongoing.
The purpose of this NOI is to inform
the interested public that the Council
has determined that preparing a FEIS for
Phase 1 is not practicable. Instead, the
Council will wait until work on Phase
2 topics is finished and then prepare a
single DEIS incorporating Phases 1 and
2. The elimination of this step in the
process will give the Council additional
time to complete the large number of
proposed EFH maps for the numerous
species and life stages included in the
amendment. It will also allow for a more
coordinated and comprehensive
modification of the contents of Phases 1
and 2 so that they are more effectively
integrated in the FEIS. In particular,
proposed HAPC designations developed
in Phase 1 could be modified to
accommodate recent changes in the
Council’s discretionary authority to
protect deep-sea corals from physical
damage caused by fishing gear, as
authorized in the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act section 303(b)(2)(B). Alternatives
pertaining to Phases 1 and 2 will be
distinct in the combined DEIS,
consistent with the approach proposed
in 2005. Following public comment, the
Council will select final alternatives and
then prepare and submit a final EIS. The
proposed sequence of events is
described in Table 1.
TABLE 1. MILESTONES OF PHASED EFH OMNIBUS AMENDMENT 2
Step
Event/Milestone
Status
Council files modified Notice of Intent to explain the phased approach to the public.
Filed September 9, 2005
2
Council considers topics outlined in Phase 1 and develops a range of alternatives.
Completed
3
Council prepares DEIS that includes components of Phase 1.
Completed
4
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Public Hearings/Public Comment Period on Phase 1 DEIS.
Completed
5
Council considers public comments and makes decisions on Phase 1 topics.
6
Council considers topics outlined in Phase 2 and develops a range of alternatives.
In progress
7
Council prepares DEIS that includes components of Phase 2.
In progress
8
Public Hearings/Public Comment Period on combined Phase 1/Phase 2 DEIS.
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September 2007 Council
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TABLE 1. MILESTONES OF PHASED EFH OMNIBUS AMENDMENT 2—Continued
Step
Event/Milestone
Status
9
Council considers public comments and makes final decisions on Phase 1 and Phase 2
topics.
To be completed
10
Council prepares and submits merged document to NMFS as a final, complete EIS/Magnuson Act FMP Amendment document.
To be completed
11
NMFS reviews EIS and issues a record of decision.
To be completed
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 29, 2009.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Foreign–Trade Zones 29 and 203
Applications for Subzone Authority
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The comment period for the
applications for subzone status at the
Dow Corning Corporation (Dow
Corning) facilities in Carrollton,
Elizabethtown and Shepherdsville,
Kentucky (74 FR 21621–21622, 5/8/09)
and at the REC Silicon facility in Moses
Lake, Washington (74 FR 25488–25489,
5/28/09) is being extended to October
21, 2009 to allow interested parties
additional time in which to comment.
Rebuttal comments may be submitted
during the subsequent 15-day period,
until November 5, 2009. Submissions
(original and one electronic copy) shall
be addressed to the Board’s Executive
Secretary at: Foreign–Trade Zones
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Room 2111, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20230.
For further information, contact
Elizabeth Whiteman at
Elizabeth_Whiteman@ita.doc.gov or
(202) 482–0473.
Dated: September 28, 2009.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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COMMISSION
Notice of Commission Meeting and
Public Hearing
Notice is hereby given that the
Delaware River Basin Commission will
hold an informal conference followed
by a public hearing on Thursday,
October 22, 2009. The hearing will be
part of the Commission’s regular
business meeting. The conference
session and business meeting both are
open to the public and will be held at
the Commission’s office building,
located at 25 State Police Drive, West
Trenton, New Jersey.
The conference among the
commissioners and staff will begin at
10:45 a.m. and will consist of an update
on implementation of the 2004 Water
Resources Plan for the Delaware River
Basin (the ‘‘Basin Plan’’);
recommendations of the Flood Advisory
Committee (FAC) on floodplain
management; and a presentation by a
Decree Party representative on New
York City’s planned temporary tunnel
shutdown.
The subjects of the public hearing to
be held during the 1:30 p.m. business
meeting include the dockets listed
below:
1. Knoll, Inc., D–1974–162–3. An
application for the renewal of a 0.073
mgd discharge of industrial waste and
non-contact cooling water from Knoll,
Inc.’s industrial wastewater treatment
plant (IWTP). The project IWTP
discharges to the Perkiomen Creek,
which is a tributary of the Schuylkill
River. The project IWTP is located in
Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania.
2. Doylestown Borough, D–1979–018
CP–4. An application for the renewal of
a groundwater withdrawal project with
an expired DRBC docket, to continue a
withdrawal of up to 50.6 mg/30 days to
supply the applicant’s public water
supply system from existing Wells Nos.
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 in the Stockton
Formation. The project is located in the
Neshaminy Creek Watershed in the
Borough of Doylestown, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, and is located in the
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Water Protected Area.
3. Nestle Purina PetCare Company, D–
1984–002–4. An application for the
renewal of a groundwater withdrawal
project to continue the withdrawal of
25.92 mg/30 days to supply the
applicant’s industrial processes from
existing Wells Nos. 2, 4, 5, and 6,
completed in the Beekmantown
Formation Aquifer. The project is
located in the Jordon Creek Watershed
in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh
County, Pennsylvania and within the
drainage area to the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the
Lower Delaware, which is designated as
Special Protection Waters.
4. Leidy’s, Inc., D–1993–021–2. An
application for the renewal of a
groundwater withdrawal project with an
expired DRBC docket, to continue a
withdrawal of up to 3.45 mg/30 days to
supply the applicant’s industrial
manufacturing processes from existing
Wells Nos. PW–1, PW–2, and PW–3 in
the Brunswick and Lockatong
Formations. The project is located in the
Skippack Creek Watershed in Souderton
Borough, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, and is located in the
southeastern Pennsylvania Ground
Water Protected Area.
5. Deerwood Country Club, D–1994–
006–3. An application for renewal of a
groundwater and surface water
withdrawal project to continue the
withdrawal of 6.7 mg/30 days to supply
the irrigation system at the Deerwood
Country Club from existing Wells Nos.
1, and 2 and two (2) existing surface
water intakes. The project wells are
located in the Englishtown Formation,
and all wells and intakes are located in
the Assiscunk Creek Watershed in
Westhampton Township, Burlington
County, New Jersey, in New Jersey
Critical Water Supply Area 2.
6. Upper Hanover Authority, D–2004–
017 CP–2. An application to approve the
renewal of the Upper Hanover Authority
Perkiomen WWTP. The WWTP will
continue to discharge 0.098 mgd of
treated sewage effluent to Perkiomen
Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill
River. The facility is located in Upper
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Essential Fish
Habitat (EFH) Components of Fishery Management Plans (Northeast
Multispecies, Atlantic Sea Scallop, Monkfish, Atlantic Herring, Skates,
Atlantic Salmon, and Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab) 5-year Review
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Supplemental notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS).
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is in
the process of preparing a programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) and Omnibus Amendment to the fishery management plans (FMPs) for
Northeast multispecies, Atlantic sea scallop, monkfish, Atlantic
herring, skates, Atlantic salmon, and Atlantic deep-sea red crab. This
NOI proposes that the Council will prepare one final EIS that
incorporates all topics considered in the development of the Omnibus
Amendment, rather than preparing a final Phase 1 EIS prior to
completing work on Phase 2 topics. During this scoping period, the
Council is seeking comments on its intent to not complete a Phase 1
Final EIS (FEIS), as well as comments on any new scientific information
identified since the 2004 scoping period that is pertinent to the
development of the Omnibus Amendment.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before 5 pm EST,
November 4, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: comments@nefmc.org.
Mail: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Street, Newburyport, MA 01950.
Fax: (978) 465-3116.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this notification is to alert
the interested public of the Council's intent to revise the two-phased
approach for the EIS associated with the Omnibus EFH Amendment, as
proposed in the supplemental NOI dated September 9, 2005 (70 FR 53636).
A complete description of the background and need for the Omnibus
Amendment can be found in the original NOI dated February 24, 2004, (69
FR 8367) and is not repeated here. This two-phased approach called for
the completion of a final EIS for the topics included in Phase 1,
followed by the preparation of a draft Phase 2 EIS, and the merger of
the two documents into a single final EIS, with sequential public
review and comment, first on Phase 1, and then on Phases 1 and 2
combined. A notice of availability for the Phase 1 Draft EIS (DEIS) was
published on April 6, 2007 (72 FR 17157).
As indicated in the September 9, 2005, NOI, the Council intended to
complete the EFH Omnibus Amendment in two phases with one accompanying
EIS. Phase 1 was to have included a review and update of EFH
designations, consideration of habitat areas of particular concern
(HAPC), an updated prey species list, an update of non-fishing impacts,
and an update of research and information needs. Phase 2 was to have
included an evaluation of the effects of fishing on EFH, and management
measures to minimize the adverse effects of fishing on EFH across all
FMPs. The process called for developing the two phases sequentially,
with submission of draft and final EIS documents for Phase 1 prior to
completion of Phase 2. Upon completion of Phase 2, a single EIS
document incorporating both phases would then have been voted on by the
Council and made available for public comment. Any final alternatives
voted on by the Council during Phase 1 would have been subject to
revision until completion of the final EIS. Since the phased approach
was proposed, the Phase 1 alternatives were developed and analyzed, and
a notice of availability for the Phase 1 DEIS was published in the
Federal Register on April 6, 2007 (72 FR 17157). Public comments were
accepted through May 21, 2007; however, a FEIS for Phase 1 has not been
completed. Work to complete Phase 2 is ongoing.
The purpose of this NOI is to inform the interested public that the
Council has determined that preparing a FEIS for Phase 1 is not
practicable. Instead, the Council will wait until work on Phase 2
topics is finished and then prepare a single DEIS incorporating Phases
1 and 2. The elimination of this step in the process will give the
Council additional time to complete the large number of proposed EFH
maps for the numerous species and life stages included in the
amendment. It will also allow for a more coordinated and comprehensive
modification of the contents of Phases 1 and 2 so that they are more
effectively integrated in the FEIS. In particular, proposed HAPC
designations developed in Phase 1 could be modified to accommodate
recent changes in the Council's discretionary authority to protect
deep-sea corals from physical damage caused by fishing gear, as
authorized in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act section 303(b)(2)(B). Alternatives pertaining to Phases 1 and 2
will be distinct in the combined DEIS, consistent with the approach
proposed in 2005. Following public comment, the Council will select
final alternatives and then prepare and submit a final EIS. The
proposed sequence of events is described in Table 1.
Table 1. Milestones of Phased EFH Omnibus Amendment 2
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Step Event/Milestone Status
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1 Council files modified Notice Filed September 9, 2005
of Intent to explain the
phased approach to the public.
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2 Council considers topics Completed
outlined in Phase 1 and
develops a range of
alternatives.
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3 Council prepares DEIS that Completed
includes components of Phase
1.
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4 Public Hearings/Public Comment Completed
Period on Phase 1 DEIS.
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5 Council considers public Considered at June and
comments and makes decisions September 2007 Council
on Phase 1 topics. meetings
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6 Council considers topics In progress
outlined in Phase 2 and
develops a range of
alternatives.
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7 Council prepares DEIS that In progress
includes components of Phase
2.
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8 Public Hearings/Public Comment To be completed
Period on combined Phase 1/
Phase 2 DEIS.
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9 Council considers public To be completed
comments and makes final
decisions on Phase 1 and Phase
2 topics.
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10 Council prepares and submits To be completed
merged document to NMFS as a
final, complete EIS/Magnuson
Act FMP Amendment document.
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11 NMFS reviews EIS and issues a To be completed
record of decision.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 29, 2009.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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