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need and minimizes or mitigates
potential impacts.
RUS is authorized to make loans and
loan guarantees that finance the
construction of electric distribution,
transmission, and generation facilities,
including system improvements and
replacements required to furnish and
improve electric service in rural areas,
as well as demand side management,
energy conservation programs, and ongrid and off-grid renewable energy
systems. RUS is responsible for
completing the environmental review
process in processing Basin Electric’s
application. RUS is serving as the lead
Federal agency, as defined at 40 CFR
1501.5, for preparation of the FEIS.
Based on an interconnection with the
Western Area Power Administration’s
(Western) transmission system, Western
has, in accordance with 40 CFR 1501.6,
is serving as a cooperating agency for
the environmental review of the
proposed Project. Western is also
serving as the lead Federal agency, in
accordance with 36 CFR 800.2(a)(2), for
the Section 106 review of cultural
resources and the Endangered Species
Act (ESA), Section 7 review for
threatened and endangered species. The
U.S. Forest Service (USFS) may issue a
special use permit under the Federal
Land Policy Management Act and is
also serving as a cooperating agency.
Separate Records of Decision (RODs)
will be issued by Western and the USFS
for their respective actions. It is
anticipated that the RODS will be issued
in July 2014.
The proposed Project is subject to the
jurisdiction of the North Dakota Public
Service Commission (NDPSC), which
has regulatory authority for siting
electrical transmission facilities within
the State. Basin Electric has submitted
applications to the NDPSC for
Transmission Corridor and Route
Permits. The NDPSC Permits would
authorize Basin Electric to construct the
proposed Project under North Dakota
rules and regulations.
RUS has prepared the FEIS to analyze
the impacts of its respective Federal
actions and the proposed Project in
accordance with the NEPA, as amended,
Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) Regulation for Implementing the
Procedural Provisions of the NEPA (40
CFR parts 1500–1508), Department of
Energy’s NEPA Implementing
Procedures (10 CFR part 1021), and RUS
Environmental Policies and Procedures
(7 CFR part 1794). RUS has already
prepared and published a DEIS and a
SDEIS which can both be found on the
internet at https://www.rurdev.usda.gov/
UWP-AVS-Neset.html.
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Because the Project covers a large
land area and access in some cases has
been restricted, Section 106 review will
be phased in accordance with 36 CFR
800.4(b)(2) and 800.5(a)(3). Accordingly,
Western will complete Section 106
review using a Programmatic Agreement
(PA) pursuant to 36 CFR 800.14(b)(1)(ii).
RUS, at the request of Western, will
manage the development and execution
of the PA. RUS may issue the Record of
Decision for the proposed Project once
the PA has been executed.
This Notice of Availability also serves
as a notice of proposed floodplain or
wetland action. It is anticipated that
there will be no effect on floodplains
and wetlands by the proposed Project.
The majority of the floodplains/
wetlands crossed are associated with
river and stream crossings and can be
spanned. Some structures may be
located in the floodplain of the Little
Missouri River; however, no effects to
the floodplain are anticipated.
James F. Elliott,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Electric
Programs, USDA, Rural Utilities Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Notice of Funding Availability and
Grant Application Deadlines
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice of funds availability;
correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Rural Utilities Service
(RUS), an agency of the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA),
published a notice of funds availability
concerning the Distance Learning and
Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program for
the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 competition.
The document contained incorrect
information with regard to the deadline
for electronic submissions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sam
Morgan, Program Management Analyst,
Advanced Services Division,
Telecommunications Program, Rural
Utilities Service, email: sam.morgan@
wdc.usda.gov, telephone: (202) 690–
4493, fax: (202) 720–1051. Additional
point of contact: Norberto Esteves,
Acting Director, Advanced Services
Division at norberto.esteves@
wdc.usda.gov or at same phone numbers
previously listed.
SUMMARY:
Correction
In the Federal Register of May 22,
2014, in FR Doc. 2014–11700, on page
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29403, in the second column, under the
‘‘F. Deadline caption’’, correct ‘‘2.’’ to
read:
2. Electronic grant applications must
be received by July 7, 2014 to be eligible
for FY 2014 funding. Late or incomplete
applications will not be eligible for FY
2014 grant funding.
Dated: May 23, 2014.
John Charles Padalino,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2014–12548 Filed 5–29–14; 8:45 am]
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Notice of Public Meeting of the Illinois
Advisory Committee for a Meeting on
Discussing the Project Proposal on
Hate Crimes in Illinois and a Briefing
on Religious Discrimination in Prisons
U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission) and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act that
the Illinois Advisory Committee
(Committee) will hold a meeting on
Thursday, June 12, 2014, for the
purpose of discussing and voting on a
project proposal regarding hate crimes
in Illinois and for gathering information
and hearing statements regarding
religious discrimination in Illinois
prisons. The Committee will have the
proposal presented by the Commission’s
two Midwestern Regional Office interns
and discuss the proposal afterward. The
Committee also will hear testimony
from the chief chaplain of the state’s
Department of Corrections to update
information the Committee had
obtained on the topic in 2007. The
testimony presented at this meeting will
provide in part a basis for the
Committee’s final recommendations on
the topic.
Members of the public are invited and
welcomed to make statements into the
record at the meeting starting at 3:30
p.m. Members of the public who cannot
attend in person can listen to the
discussion. This meeting is available to
the public through the following tollfree call-in number: 888–438–5535,
conference ID: 9306519. Any interested
member of the public may call this
number and listen to the meeting.
Callers can expect to incur charges for
calls they initiate over wireless lines,
and the Commission will not refund any
incurred charges. Callers will incur no
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Notice of Funding Availability and Grant Application Deadlines
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of funds availability; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency of the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA), published a notice of funds
availability concerning the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT)
Grant Program for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 competition. The document
contained incorrect information with regard to the deadline for
electronic submissions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sam Morgan, Program Management
Analyst, Advanced Services Division, Telecommunications Program, Rural
Utilities Service, email: sam.morgan@wdc.usda.gov, telephone: (202)
690-4493, fax: (202) 720-1051. Additional point of contact: Norberto
Esteves, Acting Director, Advanced Services Division at
norberto.esteves@wdc.usda.gov or at same phone numbers previously
listed.
Correction
In the Federal Register of May 22, 2014, in FR Doc. 2014-11700, on
page 29403, in the second column, under the ``F. Deadline caption'',
correct ``2.'' to read:
2. Electronic grant applications must be received by July 7, 2014
to be eligible for FY 2014 funding. Late or incomplete applications
will not be eligible for FY 2014 grant funding.
Dated: May 23, 2014.
John Charles Padalino,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-12548 Filed 5-29-14; 8:45 am]
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