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In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial
determination has been made that the
activity proposed is categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of the
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
Dated: August 3, 2012.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978)
465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
RIN 0648–XC158
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Scientific and Statistical Committee to
consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ). Recommendations from this
group will be brought to the full Council
for formal consideration and action, if
appropriate.
DATES: This meeting will be held on
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Seaport Hotel, One Seaport Lane,
Boston, MA 02210; telephone: (617)
385–4000; fax: (617) 385–4001.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) will meet to review the stock
assessment for Atlantic sea herring
completed by the 54th Northeast
Regional Stock Assessment Workshop
and to develop ABC recommendations
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for fishing years 2013 through 2015. The
Committee may not develop all the
recommendations for this stock at this
meeting. Other business may be
discussed.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
listed in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
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Dated: August 8, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Draft Finding of No Significant Impact
and Programmatic Environmental
Assessment for the Implementation of
the Net Zero Program at Army
Installations
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of the Army
announces the availability of the Draft
Finding of No Significant Impact and
the Final Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (PEA) for Implementation of
the Net Zero program at Army
Installations. This PEA evaluates
potential direct, indirect, and
cumulative effects of the Net Zero
Installation program at a programmatic
(Army-wide) level; installation- or
project-specific analysis will be
performed and documented for
proposed installation-level action.
The Net Zero program is comprised of
changes in management practices and
behavior as well as multiple possible
projects and technologies to enhance
resource efficiency with a broad focus
on increased sustainability. It is based
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on the following concepts: (1) Producing
at least as much energy on the
installation from renewable sources as it
uses annually; (2) Limiting the
consumption of freshwater resources
and returning water back to the same
watershed so as not to deplete the
groundwater and surface water
resources of that region in quantity or
quality; and (3) Reducing, reusing, and
recovering waste streams, converting
them to resource value with zero solid
waste disposed in landfills. The Army
does not consider Net Zero as a standalone program and intends to leverage
existing resources and collaborate with
the private sector to strive toward the
Net Zero program’s energy, water, and
waste reduction goals.
The PEA assesses the potential
environmental impacts from the range
of energy, water, and waste projects that
could be implemented in support of Net
Zero. The Army evaluated three
alternatives: (1) No action; (2)
Implement Net Zero Army-wide; and (3)
Strategically Implement Net Zero based
on mission needs, consumption, and
resource constraints (the preferred
alternative). The Army identified no
significant environmental effects
associated with implementation of Net
Zero that cannot be mitigated to a level
of insignificance with site-specific best
management practices or other
mitigation measures.
Native Americans, federal, state, and
local agencies, organizations, and the
public are invited to submit written
comments. The document can be
accessed at: https://www.army.mil/
asaiee.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
September 12, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be forwarded to: Office of the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Energy
and Sustainability), OASA(IE&E), 110
Army Pentagon, Room 3D453,
Washington, DC 20310–0110.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please call (703) 697–5433.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Hanford
Department of Energy.
Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This notice announces a
meeting of the Environmental
SUMMARY:
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Management Site-Specific Advisory
Board (EM SSAB), Hanford. The Federal
Advisory Committee Act requires that
public notice of this meeting be
announced in the Federal Register.
DATES: Thursday, September 6, 2012,
8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Friday, September
7, 2012, 8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Red Lion Hotel, 1101 North
Columbia Center Boulevard,
Kennewick, WA 99336.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tifany Nguyen, Federal Coordinator,
Department of Energy Richland
Operations Office, 825 Jadwin Avenue,
P.O. Box 550, A7–75, Richland, WA,
99352; Phone: (509) 376–3361; or Email:
tifany.nguyen@rl.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Board: The purpose of
the Board is to make recommendations
to DOE–EM and site management in the
areas of environmental restoration,
waste management, and related
activities.
Tentative Agenda:
• Tri-Party Agreement Agencies—
Annual Updates
Æ U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),
Richland Operations Office
Æ U.S. DOE, Office of River Protection
Æ State of Washington Department of
Ecology
Æ U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
• Draft Advice
Æ State of the Site Meetings
Æ Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) Site-Wide
Permit
Æ Integrated Safety Management
System
• Draft Letter
Æ 200–UP–1 Operable Unit Proposed
Plan
Æ Comments on DOE’s Response to
Preservation of Historical Properties
and Artifacts Advice
• Update on Draft Hanford Advisory
Board (HAB) Values White Paper
• Fiscal Year 2012 Board
Accomplishments
• 2013 Tri-Party Agreement Priorities
and HAB Work Plan Priorities
• 2013 HAB Meeting Calendar
• Board Business
Æ HAB Budget
Æ Potential November Board Meeting
Topics
Æ Update on the Board Chair
Nominating Process
• Committee Reports
Public Participation: The meeting is
open to the public. The EM SSAB,
Hanford, welcomes the attendance of
the public at its advisory committee
meetings and will make every effort to
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accommodate persons with physical
disabilities or special needs. If you
require special accommodations due to
a disability, please contact Tifany
Nguyen at least seven days in advance
of the meeting at the phone number
listed above. Written statements may be
filed with the Board either before or
after the meeting. Individuals who wish
to make oral statements pertaining to
agenda items should contact Tifany
Nguyen at the address or telephone
number listed above. Requests must be
received five days prior to the meeting
and reasonable provision will be made
to include the presentation in the
agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal
Officer is empowered to conduct the
meeting in a fashion that will facilitate
the orderly conduct of business.
Individuals wishing to make public
comments will be provided a maximum
of five minutes to present their
comments.
Minutes: Minutes will be available by
writing or calling Tifany Nguyen’s office
at the address or phone number listed
above. Minutes will also be available at
the following Web site: https://www.
hanford.gov/page.cfm/hab.
Issued at Washington, DC, on August 7,
2012.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Acting Deputy Committee Management
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. CP12–494–000; PF11–5–000]
Gas Transmission Northwest, LLC;
Notice of Application
Take notice that on July 31, 2012, Gas
Transmission Northwest, LLC (GTN),
filed in Docket No. CP12–494–000, an
application pursuant to section 7(c) of
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157
of the Commission’s regulations,
requesting authorization to construct,
own, and operate a new lateral pipeline
consisting of approximately 24.3 miles
of 20-inch diameter pipeline, along with
measurement and other associated
facilities, located between GTN’s Ione
Compressor Station and Portland
General Electric Company’s (PGE)
proposed Carty Generating Station in
Morrow County, Oregon (Carty Lateral
Project), all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public
inspection. This filing may also be
viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
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https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number, excluding the last three digits,
in the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, call (866)
208–3676 or TTY, (202) 502–8659.
Any questions regarding this
application should be directed to Mr.
Richard Parke, Manager, Certificates,
Gas Transmission Northwest, LLC, 717
Texas Street, Suite 2400, Houston,
Texas 77002–2761, or by calling (832)
320–5516 (telephone), email:
richard_parke@transcanada.com.
On March 31, 2011, the Commission
staff granted GTN’s request to use the
pre-filing process and assigned Docket
No. PF11–5–000 to staff activities
involving the Carty Lateral Project.
Now, as of the filing of this application
on July 31, 2012, the NEPA Pre-Filing
Process for this project has ended. From
this time forward, this proceeding will
be conducted in Docket No. CP12–494–
000, as noted in the caption of this
Notice.
Pursuant to Section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the
Commission staff will either: complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding, or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
or EA for this proposal. The filing of the
EA in the Commission’s public record
for this proceeding or the issuance of a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s FEIS or EA.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should, on or before the comment date
stated below, file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
a motion to intervene in accordance
with the requirements of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)
and the Regulations under the NGA (18
CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
status will be placed on the service list
maintained by the Secretary of the
Commission and will receive copies of
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental
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Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Hanford. The Federal
Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be
announced in the Federal Register.
DATES: Thursday, September 6, 2012, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Friday,
September 7, 2012, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Red Lion Hotel, 1101 North Columbia Center Boulevard,
Kennewick, WA 99336.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tifany Nguyen, Federal Coordinator,
Department of Energy Richland Operations Office, 825 Jadwin Avenue,
P.O. Box 550, A7-75, Richland, WA, 99352; Phone: (509) 376-3361; or
Email: tifany.nguyen@rl.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to make
recommendations to DOE-EM and site management in the areas of
environmental restoration, waste management, and related activities.
Tentative Agenda:
Tri-Party Agreement Agencies--Annual Updates
[cir] U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Richland Operations Office
[cir] U.S. DOE, Office of River Protection
[cir] State of Washington Department of Ecology
[cir] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Draft Advice
[cir] State of the Site Meetings
[cir] Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Site-Wide
Permit
[cir] Integrated Safety Management System
Draft Letter
[cir] 200-UP-1 Operable Unit Proposed Plan
[cir] Comments on DOE's Response to Preservation of Historical
Properties and Artifacts Advice
Update on Draft Hanford Advisory Board (HAB) Values White
Paper
Fiscal Year 2012 Board Accomplishments
2013 Tri-Party Agreement Priorities and HAB Work Plan
Priorities
2013 HAB Meeting Calendar
Board Business
[cir] HAB Budget
[cir] Potential November Board Meeting Topics
[cir] Update on the Board Chair Nominating Process
Committee Reports
Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. The EM
SSAB, Hanford, welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory
committee meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons
with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special
accommodations due to a disability, please contact Tifany Nguyen at
least seven days in advance of the meeting at the phone number listed
above. Written statements may be filed with the Board either before or
after the meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements
pertaining to agenda items should contact Tifany Nguyen at the address
or telephone number listed above. Requests must be received five days
prior to the meeting and reasonable provision will be made to include
the presentation in the agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal Officer
is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate
the orderly conduct of business. Individuals wishing to make public
comments will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their
comments.
Minutes: Minutes will be available by writing or calling Tifany
Nguyen's office at the address or phone number listed above. Minutes
will also be available at the following Web site: https://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/hab.
Issued at Washington, DC, on August 7, 2012.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Acting Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-19767 Filed 8-10-12; 8:45 am]
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