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Shawn F. Collins,
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Dated: March 3, 2010.
Shawn F. Collins,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
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Panel is soliciting public comments,
ideas, and suggestions on improving
customer service at the Internal Revenue
Service.
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Donna Powers at 1–888–912–1227 or
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hereby given pursuant to Section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988)
that a meeting of the Area 3 Taxpayer
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April 12, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. Eastern
Time via telephone conference. The
public is invited to make oral comments
or submit written statements for
consideration. Due to limited
conference lines, notification of intent
to participate must be made with Donna
Powers. For more information, please
contact Ms. Powers at 1–888–912–1227
or 954–423–7977, or write TAP Office,
1000 South Pine Island Road, Suite 340,
Plantation, FL 33324, or post comments
to the Web site: https://
www.improveirs.org.
The agenda will include various IRS
issues.
Dated: March 3, 2010.
Shawn F. Collins,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
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and Publications/MLI Project
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Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting
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that an open meeting of the Taxpayer
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Publications/MLI Project Committee
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1 p.m., Eastern Time via telephone
conference. The public is invited to
make oral comments or submit written
statements for consideration. Due to
limited conference lines, notification of
intent to participate must be made with
Marisa Knispel. For more information,
please contact Ms. Knispel at 1–888–
912–1227 or 718–488–3557, or write
TAP Office, 10 MetroTech Center, 625
Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, or
post comments to the Web site: https://
www.improveirs.org.
The agenda will include various IRS
issues.
Dated: March 3, 2010.
Shawn F. Collins,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Shoreline Management Initiative,
Reservoirs in Alabama, Georgia,
Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Tennessee, and Virginia; Amendment
to Record of Decision (ROD)
AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA).
ACTION: Issuance of Amendment to ROD.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer
Advocacy Panel Tax Forms and
Publications/MLI Project Committee
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
SUMMARY: An open meeting of the
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Tax Forms
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SUMMARY: This notice is provided in
accordance with the Council on
Environmental Quality’s regulations (40
CFR parts 1500 to 1508) and TVA’s
procedures implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act. In 1999, TVA
adopted its current Shoreline
Management Policy (SMP) to implement
the preferred alternative in the
November 1998 environmental impact
statement (EIS) for the Shoreline
Management Initiative (SMI). On August
20, 2009, the TVA Board of Directors
decided to amend SMP to terminate the
‘‘Maintain and Gain’’ program, which
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allowed for the exchange of shoreline
access rights of equal or greater value.
TVA determined that the environmental
impacts of the modification of SMP
would not materially differ from the
impacts quantified in the original EIS
and that the effect of removing the
Maintain and Gain provision is
adequately addressed in the EIS. The
environmental and project goals of the
SMI and SMP would still be met
without the Maintain and Gain program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles P. Nicholson, Program Manager,
NEPA Compliance, Environment and
Technology, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive,
WT 11D, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902–
1499; telephone (865) 632–3582 or email cpnicholson@tva.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1999,
TVA adopted SMP to implement the
April 1999 TVA Board decision to adopt
the preferred alternative (Blended
Alternative) of the November 1998 EIS
entitled ‘‘Shoreline Management
Initiative: An Assessment of Residential
Shoreline Development Impacts in the
Tennessee Valley.’’ In June 1999, TVA
published a ROD in the Federal Register
(64 FR 300092, June 4, 1999) reflecting
this decision. The Blended Alternative
emphasized conservation of shoreline
resources and no net loss of public
lands while providing for reasonable
access and compatible use of the
shoreline by adjacent residents. It also
included the Maintain and Gain
program that allowed TVA to consider
requests from property owners without
shoreline access rights to obtain those
rights in exchange for eliminating
shoreline access rights of equal or
preferably greater length and value;
such exchanges would result in no net
loss, or preferably a net gain, of public
shoreline.
TVA recently reviewed the Maintain
and Gain program. Since its inception in
1999, TVA has approved nine Maintain
and Gain requests for the exchange of
water access rights on TVA reservoirs,
which have resulted in only a small
increase in the amount of shoreline
protected. The closing of 7,113 linear
feet of shoreline for private water use
access rights and opening 6,036 linear
feet of shoreline access rights to private
landowners has yielded a net gain of
1,077 linear feet of shoreline closed to
residential water use access. Overall,
this is less than one-tenth of 1 percent
of the 4,100 miles of shoreline available
for private water use throughout the
Tennessee Valley.
The Maintain and Gain program was
used infrequently, and the decisions
required to be made thereunder were
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vulnerable to some inconsistency. TVA
has determined that the elimination of
the Maintain and Gain program would
have minor and insignificant
environmental impacts and that such
impacts would not significantly differ
from the impacts quantified in the
original EIS. The environmental and
project goals of the SMI and SMP would
still be met. Consequently, the TVA
Board of Directors terminated the
Maintain and Gain program on August
20, 2009. The termination of the
Maintain and Gain program does not
affect the other key components of SMP,
such as the use of vegetation
management plans, limits to the size of
residential water use facilities, use of
shoreline management zones,
management of access/view corridor
size, use of best management practices
for construction, management of
vegetation, stabilization of shoreline
erosion, and education activities.
Dated: February 25, 2010.
Anda Ray,
Senior Vice President of Environment and
Technology and Environmental Executive.
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UTAH RECLAMATION MITIGATION
AND CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Notice of a Project Waiver of Section
1605 (Buy American Requirement) of
the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the Utah
Division of Wildlife Resources
(Division)
AGENCY: Utah Reclamation Mitigation
and Conservation Commission.
ACTION: Buy American Exception under
the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009.
SUMMARY: The Utah Reclamation
Mitigation and Conservation
Commission (Commission) hereby
provides notice that on February 17,
2010, the Commission’s Executive
Director granted a limited waiver of
Section 1605 of the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery
Act), Public Law 111–5, 123 Stat. 115,
303 (2009) with respect to certain water
quality treatment and monitoring
equipment that will be used in a project
funded under the Recovery Act (Pub. L.
111–5) and implemented through the
Central Utah Project Completion Act
Program (CUPCA).
DATES: The Recovery Act Buy American
waiver was signed February 17, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Utah Reclamation
Mitigation and Conservation
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Commission, 230 South 500 East, Suite
230, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102–2045.
Internet address: https://
www.mitigationcommission.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maureen Wilson, Project Coordinator,
Utah Reclamation Mitigation and
Conservation Commission, 801–524–
3166.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with section 1605(c) of the
Recovery Act and with section 176.80 of
Title 2 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, the Commission hereby
provides notice that on February 17,
2010, the Executive Director granted a
limited waiver of section 1605 of the
Recovery Act (Buy American provision)
with respect to certain water quality
treatment and monitoring equipment
components that will be used in a
project funded under the Recovery Act.
The basis for this waiver is a nonavailability determination pursuant to
section 1605(b)(2) of the Recovery Act.
I. Background
Agreement No. 09FCUT–RA04 June
Sucker Facility Improvements—
Fisheries Experiment Station between
the Commission and the State of Utah,
Division of Wildlife Resources
(Division) was entered into pursuant to
the Recovery Act, for the purpose of
funding hatchery improvements for
culture of June sucker, an endangered
species. The hatchery improvements
include expansion of a recirculation
system that allows optimal water
temperatures for culture of June sucker.
The recirculation system requires water
treatment and water quality monitoring.
In Section 1605(a) of the Recovery
Act, the Buy American provision states
that none of the funds appropriated by
the Act, ‘‘may be used for a project for
the construction, alteration,
maintenance or repair of a public
building or public work unless all of the
iron, steel, and manufactured goods
used in the project are produced in the
United States.’’
Subsections 1605(b) and (c) of the
Recovery Act authorize the head of a
Federal department or agency to waive
the Buy American provision by finding
that: (1) Applying the provision would
be inconsistent with the public interest;
(2) the relevant goods are not produced
in the United States in sufficient and
reasonably available quantities and of a
satisfactory quality; or, (3) the inclusion
of the goods produced in the United
States will increase the cost of the
project by more than 25 percent. If the
head of a Federal department or agency
waives the Buy American provision,
then the head is required to publish a
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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Shoreline Management Initiative, Reservoirs in Alabama, Georgia,
Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia;
Amendment to Record of Decision (ROD)
AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
ACTION: Issuance of Amendment to ROD.
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SUMMARY: This notice is provided in accordance with the Council on
Environmental Quality's regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 to 1508) and
TVA's procedures implementing the National Environmental Policy Act. In
1999, TVA adopted its current Shoreline Management Policy (SMP) to
implement the preferred alternative in the November 1998 environmental
impact statement (EIS) for the Shoreline Management Initiative (SMI).
On August 20, 2009, the TVA Board of Directors decided to amend SMP to
terminate the ``Maintain and Gain'' program, which
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allowed for the exchange of shoreline access rights of equal or greater
value. TVA determined that the environmental impacts of the
modification of SMP would not materially differ from the impacts
quantified in the original EIS and that the effect of removing the
Maintain and Gain provision is adequately addressed in the EIS. The
environmental and project goals of the SMI and SMP would still be met
without the Maintain and Gain program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles P. Nicholson, Program Manager,
NEPA Compliance, Environment and Technology, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT 11D, Knoxville, Tennessee
37902-1499; telephone (865) 632-3582 or e-mail cpnicholson@tva.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1999, TVA adopted SMP to implement the
April 1999 TVA Board decision to adopt the preferred alternative
(Blended Alternative) of the November 1998 EIS entitled ``Shoreline
Management Initiative: An Assessment of Residential Shoreline
Development Impacts in the Tennessee Valley.'' In June 1999, TVA
published a ROD in the Federal Register (64 FR 300092, June 4, 1999)
reflecting this decision. The Blended Alternative emphasized
conservation of shoreline resources and no net loss of public lands
while providing for reasonable access and compatible use of the
shoreline by adjacent residents. It also included the Maintain and Gain
program that allowed TVA to consider requests from property owners
without shoreline access rights to obtain those rights in exchange for
eliminating shoreline access rights of equal or preferably greater
length and value; such exchanges would result in no net loss, or
preferably a net gain, of public shoreline.
TVA recently reviewed the Maintain and Gain program. Since its
inception in 1999, TVA has approved nine Maintain and Gain requests for
the exchange of water access rights on TVA reservoirs, which have
resulted in only a small increase in the amount of shoreline protected.
The closing of 7,113 linear feet of shoreline for private water use
access rights and opening 6,036 linear feet of shoreline access rights
to private landowners has yielded a net gain of 1,077 linear feet of
shoreline closed to residential water use access. Overall, this is less
than one-tenth of 1 percent of the 4,100 miles of shoreline available
for private water use throughout the Tennessee Valley.
The Maintain and Gain program was used infrequently, and the
decisions required to be made thereunder were vulnerable to some
inconsistency. TVA has determined that the elimination of the Maintain
and Gain program would have minor and insignificant environmental
impacts and that such impacts would not significantly differ from the
impacts quantified in the original EIS. The environmental and project
goals of the SMI and SMP would still be met. Consequently, the TVA
Board of Directors terminated the Maintain and Gain program on August
20, 2009. The termination of the Maintain and Gain program does not
affect the other key components of SMP, such as the use of vegetation
management plans, limits to the size of residential water use
facilities, use of shoreline management zones, management of access/
view corridor size, use of best management practices for construction,
management of vegetation, stabilization of shoreline erosion, and
education activities.
Dated: February 25, 2010.
Anda Ray,
Senior Vice President of Environment and Technology and Environmental
Executive.
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