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impacted in the Yazoo Backwater Area.
Impacts and environmental
consequences of the alternatives on the
affected environment will be evaluated
and compared for the future with
project and future without project
conditions.
5. Scoping. The USACE invites all
affected Federal agencies, Tribal
Nations, State and local agencies,
community members with
environmental justice concerns
implicated by the project, other
interested parties, and the general
public to participate in the NEPA
scoping process during development of
the EIS. The purpose of the public
scoping process is to provide
information to the public, narrow the
scope of analysis to significant
environmental issues, serve as a
mechanism to solicit agency and public
input on potential alternatives and
issues of concern, and ensure full and
open participation in scoping for the
EIS. As previously described, the
USACE has already provided a number
of public opportunities for input that
helped inform the development of the
USACE Preferred Alternative including
robust early engagement and prescoping meetings and a written
comment period. The engagement
process continues in the scoping
process described in this NOI. The
USACE requests input from interested
parties regarding any potential
mitigation alternatives and information
and analyses relevant to impacts
associated with the alternatives,
including the USACE Preferred
Alternative. Project information can be
found on the USACE project website.2
Comments can be submitted via the
methods in the ADDRESSES section
above. All personally identifiable
information (for example, name,
address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by a
commenter may be publicly accessible.
Do not submit confidential business
information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
6. Potentially Significant Issues. The
EIS will provide data and analyses on,
but is not limited to, the following
resources: bottomland hardwood
wetlands and other wetland resources,
endangered species, waterfowl,
fisheries, water quality, downstream
effects, cultural resources,
environmental justice, recreation, and
where appropriate consideration of
ongoing and projected effects of climate
change and greenhouse gas emissions.
Wetlands, downstream effects, aquatics,
2 https://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/Missions/
Programs-and-Project-Management/YazooBackwater/ (last accessed on June 29, 2023).
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and environmental justice are discussed
briefly below.
Wetlands: The USACE Preferred
Alternative will be designed to avoid
and minimize wetland impacts. Aside
from the minimal unavoidable wetland
losses associated with construction of
an expanded footprint of the pump
station facility, the USACE’s Preferred
Alternative is designed to result in no
conversion of wetlands to non-wetlands.
Some wetland functional loss is
anticipated to occur during the crop
season water management period. The
USACE will collaborate with EPA and
USFWS to estimate wetland impacts
and identify compensatory mitigation
methods to offset unavoidable impacts.
Downstream Effects: Recent studies
have shown the additional water from
25,000 cfs pumps, operating at full
capacity, is approximately 1% of the
Mississippi River highwater flow,
representing a nearly immeasurable
contribution to the outflow at the
Vicksburg Gage. The additional flow
would minimally increase the water
surface stage, which would have no
appreciable effect to downstream
flooding. Water quality impacts are
anticipated to be insignificant because
the total load of nutrients and organic
carbon that will be exported
downstream would not be altered
because of pump operation. The overall
contribution of nutrients downstream,
resultant from pump operation, will
only affect the timing of nutrient
delivery, but not the overall appreciable
loading downstream in the Mississippi
River.
Aquatics: The USACE Preferred
Alternative is anticipated to result in
some loss of spawning and rearing
habitat, primarily during the crop
season. The USACE will collaborate
with EPA and USFWS to estimate
impacts to fish and other aquatic species
and identify compensatory mitigation
methods to offset any impacts. Current
data shows hypoxia occurs during major
backwater flood events and this hypoxia
negatively affects certain fish species
and other aquatic organisms. Floodinduced hypoxia during the spring and
early summer likely impacts successful
spawning and rearing regardless of the
amount of aquatic habitat available. The
EIS will analyze environmental and
adaptive management plans to reduce
the spatial extent and duration of
hypoxia.
Environmental Justice: Backwater
flooding events cause severe economic
damages to all populations in the Yazoo
Backwater Area by destroying homes,
farmland, wildlife resources,
community infrastructure, and access
routes used by residences and the
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public safety system. The majority of the
Yazoo Backwater Area is home to lowincome or minority communities which
meet the threshold criteria of at least 20
percent or more of households having
incomes below poverty levels or an area
having a majority of residents
identifying as a minority. The Yazoo
Backwater Area is also designated as
disadvantaged by the Council on
Environmental Quality’s Climate and
Economic Justice Screening Tool.3
Backwater flooding events create
disproportionately high adverse human
health and environmental effects to
these minority, low-income, and
underserved communities. Meaningful
outreach to communities with
environmental justice concerns will be
conducted and the EIS will compare the
current backwater flood conditions with
the future flood conditions across the
alternatives and analyze the impacts to
each of the communities with
environmental justice concerns.4
7. Anticipated NEPA Schedule. The
current schedule anticipates the release
of the draft EIS by the USACE for public
review and comment in December 2023.
After it is published, the USACE will
hold a public meeting(s) to present the
results of the analysis, to receive
comments, and to address questions
concerning the Preferred Alternative.
Approved by:
Michael L. Connor,
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0117]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Application for the International
Research and Studies (IRS) Program
(1894–0001)
Office of Postsecondary
Education (OPE), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Department is proposing a
revision of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR).
SUMMARY:
3 https://screeningtool.geoplatform.gov/en (last
accessed June 25, 2023).
4 The EIS will also consider Executive Order
14096, Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to
Environmental Justice For All, issued on April 26,
2023.
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Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before August 7,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should
be submitted within 30 days of
publication of this notice. Click on this
link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain to access the site. Find this
information collection request (ICR) by
selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’
under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then
check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public
Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov
provides two links to view documents
related to this information collection
request. Information collection forms
and instructions may be found by
clicking on the ‘‘View Information
Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting
statements and other supporting
documentation may be found by
clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting
Statement and Other Documents’’ link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Cheryl Gibbs,
202–453–5690.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Application for the
International Research and Studies (IRS)
Program (1894–0001).
OMB Control Number: 1840–0795.
Type of Review: A revision of a
currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private
Sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 50.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 3,333.
Abstract: This information collection
(OMB 1840–0795) includes application
instructions and forms for the
International Research and Studies (IRS)
Program (CFDA Number 84.017),
authorized under title VI of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended (20
U.S.C. 1125). The program provides
grants to institutions, public and private
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agencies, organizations, and individuals
to conduct research and studies to
improve and strengthen instruction in
modern foreign languages, area studies,
and other international fields.
The type of collection is a revision of
the previously approved information
collection (application). A revision of
the application instructions and forms is
necessary for IFLE to conduct the future
competitions and complete the
Department’s required grant-making
activities.
This collection is being submitted
under the Streamlined Clearance
Process for Discretionary Grant
Information Collections (1894–0001).
Therefore, the 30-day public comment
period notice will be the only public
comment notice published for this
information collection.
Dated: June 29, 2023.
Kun Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0122]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Educational Opportunity Centers
Program (EOC) Annual Performance
Report
Office of Postsecondary
Education (OPE), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Department is proposing a
revision of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 5, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use https://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2023–SCC–0122. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
If the regulations.gov site is not
available to the public for any reason,
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the Department will temporarily accept
comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
Please include the docket ID number
and the title of the information
collection request when requesting
documents or submitting comments.
Please note that comments submitted
after the comment period will not be
accepted. Written requests for
information or comments submitted by
postal mail or delivery should be
addressed to the Manager of the
Strategic Collections and Clearance
Governance and Strategy Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Ave SW, LBJ, Room 6W203,
Washington, DC 20202–8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Marie Julienne,
(202) 987–1054.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the
general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on
proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps
the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and
minimize the public’s reporting burden.
It also helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. The
Department is soliciting comments on
the proposed information collection
request (ICR) that is described below.
The Department is especially interested
in public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Educational
Opportunity Centers Program (EOC)
Annual Performance Report.
OMB Control Number: 1840–0830.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
local, and Tribal governments; private
sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 183.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,464.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0117]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Application for the International Research and Studies (IRS)
Program (1894-0001)
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR).
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DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
August 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of
publication of this notice. Click on this link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain to access the site. Find this information collection request
(ICR) by selecting ``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under
Review,'' then check the ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox.
Reginfo.gov provides two links to view documents related to this
information collection request. Information collection forms and
instructions may be found by clicking on the ``View Information
Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting statements and other supporting
documentation may be found by clicking on the ``View Supporting
Statement and Other Documents'' link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Cheryl Gibbs, 202-453-5690.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is especially interested in
public comment addressing the following issues: (1) is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this
information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the
estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on
the respondents, including through the use of information technology.
Please note that written comments received in response to this notice
will be considered public records.
Title of Collection: Application for the International Research and
Studies (IRS) Program (1894-0001).
OMB Control Number: 1840-0795.
Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 50.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,333.
Abstract: This information collection (OMB 1840-0795) includes
application instructions and forms for the International Research and
Studies (IRS) Program (CFDA Number 84.017), authorized under title VI
of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1125). The
program provides grants to institutions, public and private agencies,
organizations, and individuals to conduct research and studies to
improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign languages, area
studies, and other international fields.
The type of collection is a revision of the previously approved
information collection (application). A revision of the application
instructions and forms is necessary for IFLE to conduct the future
competitions and complete the Department's required grant-making
activities.
This collection is being submitted under the Streamlined Clearance
Process for Discretionary Grant Information Collections (1894-0001).
Therefore, the 30-day public comment period notice will be the only
public comment notice published for this information collection.
Dated: June 29, 2023.
Kun Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
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