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re-examining and updating all prior
NEPA analysis that has been completed
in connection with the NAWS Project to
date.
The Proposed Action
Reclamation proposes to complete
construction of the NAWS Project,
including construction of a biota water
treatment plant, to treat the source water
from Lake Sakakawea before it is
transported into the Hudson Bay
drainage. As part of this proposed
action, Reclamation would implement
construction methods and operational
measures to further reduce the risk of
invasive species transfer that may occur
as a result of an interruption in the
treatment process and breach in the
buried pipeline to the Minot water
treatment plant.

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Scope of the Proposed Action
The geographic scope of the
Supplemental EIS will include areas
and resources within the Missouri River
Basin and Hudson Bay Basin that may
be affected by water diversion and
delivery for NAWS project purposes.
This includes, but is not necessarily
limited to: (1) The sites of NAWS
Project features and facilities; (2) lands
and waters that receive NAWS Project
MR&I water supplies, including
downstream areas in the Hudson Bay
Basin; and (3) the Missouri River from
Lake Sakakawea to its confluence with
the Mississippi River.
The Supplemental EIS will review,
and update, if necessary, the prior
Environmental Assessment and
Environmental Impact Statement. This
Supplemental EIS will further evaluate
the consequences of transferring
potentially invasive species to the
Hudson Bay Basin and the cumulative
effects of water withdrawals from the
Missouri River. Additional issues or
concerns identified in the scoping
process will be considered by
Reclamation and evaluated in the
Supplemental EIS as appropriate.
Identification of known methods and
technologies that can be used to assess
potential consequences to resources will
be considered as well.
Summary
Reclamation is preparing a
Supplemental EIS to address the
relevant issues related to final
construction and operation of the
NAWS Project. We are seeking comment
from the public on the development of
reasonable alternatives to the proposed
action, information relative to new
water treatment processes that could be
considered, methods for evaluating the
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may be associated with the proposed
action, and concerns relative to the
environmental effects that should be
described in the supplement. We also
seek identification of any issues in prior
NEPA analyses for the NAWS Project to
date that should be updated, and the
identification of any other issues that
should be addressed by the
Supplemental EIS.
Public Disclosure Statement
Before including your name, address,
telephone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information
in your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment—including
your personal identifying information—
may be made publicly available at any
time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
John F. Soucy,
Assistant Regional Director, Great Plains
Region, Bureau of Reclamation.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Urban Park and Recreation Recovery
Program Project Performance Reports,
Conversion of Use Provisions, and
Grant Agreements and Amendments
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we
(National Park Service, NPS) have sent
three interrelated Information Collection
Requests (ICRs) to OMB for renewal
(OMB Control Numbers 1024–0028,
1024–0048, and 1024–0089). We
summarize each ICR below and describe
the nature of the collection and the
estimated burden. These ICRs are
scheduled to expire on August 31, 2010.
We may not conduct or sponsor and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. However, under OMB
regulations, we may continue to
conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
DATES: Submit comments on any or all
of these ICRs on or before September 13,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on these ICRs to the Desk
Officer for the Department of the
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Interior at OMB–OIRA at (202) 395–
5806 (fax) or
[email protected] (e-mail).
Please provide a copy of your comments
to Cartina Miller, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, National Park
Service, at 202–371–2049 (fax) or
[email protected] (e-mail). Please
specify the appropriate OMB control
number(s) in the subject line of your
comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurie Heupel, Outdoor Recreation
Planner, State and Local Assistance
Programs, National Park Service, 1849 C
Street NW., Mail Stop 2225,
Washington, DC 20240 (mail) or phone:
202–354–6914. You are entitled to a
copy of the ICR packages free of charge.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress
passed the Urban Park and Recreation
Recovery (UPARR) Act (16 U.S.C. 2501
et seq.) as Title X of the National Parks
and Recreation Act of 1978. The UPARR
Act authorized the Secretary of the
Interior to establish a grant program to
help physically and economically
distressed urban areas improve
recreation opportunities for their
residents. We administer the UPARR
program in accordance with regulations
at 36 CFR 72. While the program has
remained authorized, it has not been
funded since Fiscal Year 2002. It may
receive funding in the future, and we
are seeking renewal of the following
information collections associated with
the UPARR program:
1. Performance Reports
Title: Urban Park and Recovery
Project Performance Report, 36 CFR 72.
OMB Control Number: 1024–0028.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
Brief Description of Collection: Project
Performance Reports include the
scheduled completion date, percent
completed to date, and percent to be
completed at the end of next report
period. We also ask for the percent of
costs expended to date and the percent
of costs to be expended by the end of
the next reporting period. Reasons for
delays or cost adjustments are described
in the report. We use the information:
(1) To monitor against possible waste,
fraud, and abuse; (2) for billing and
audit purposes; and (3) to prepare
reports to Congress as necessary.
Affected Public: Local governments.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Response: Annually for
active grants.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 1.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 1 hour.

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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1 hour.
2. Conversion of Use Provisions
Title: Urban Park and Recovery
Program Conversion of Use Provisions,
36 CFR 72.
OMB Control Number: 1024–0048.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
Brief Description of Collection: In
accordance with Section 1010 of the
UPARR Act and 36 CFR 72.72, no
property improved or developed with
UPARR assistance can be converted to
other than public recreation uses
without the advance approval of the
NPS. The grant recipient (urban cities
and counties) must submit a formal
request to the appropriate NPS Regional
Office documenting that: (a) All
alternatives to the conversion have been
evaluated and then rejected on a sound
basis; (b) required replacement land
being offered as a substitute is of
reasonably equivalent location and
recreational usefulness as the assisted
site proposed for conversion; and (c) the
property for substitution meets the
eligibility requirements for UPARR
assistance. Documentation must include
maps identifying the assisted sites, the
area to be converted, and the proposed
replacement property.
Affected Public: Local governments.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 1.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 25 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 25 hours.

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3. Grant Agreement and Amendment
Title: Urban Park and Recovery Grant
Agreement and Amendment, 36 CFR 72.
OMB Control Number: 1024–0089.
Service Form Numbers: 10–912 and
10–915.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
Brief Description of Collection: In
order to receive financial assistance,
grant respondents must complete and
sign the UPARR Program Grant
Rehabilitation and Innovation
Agreement (Form # 10–912). To alter
this agreement, they must complete and
sign the Amendment to UPARR Grant
Agreement (Form # 10–915). The forms
set forth the obligations assumed by the
grantee when accepting Federal
assistance, including the rules and
regulations applicable to the conduct of
a project under the UPARR Act and any
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by the NPS and agreed to by the
respondent.
Affected Public: Local governments.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 2
(one for each form).
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2 hours.
We published the following notices in
the Federal Register announcing our
intention to renew these ICRs and
soliciting public comments for 60 days:
• OMB Control No. 1024–0028—
notice published on April 5, 2010 (75
FR 17153) with public comment period
open through June 4, 2010.
• OMB Control No. 1024–0048—
notice published on April 21, 2010 (75
FR 20857) with public comment period
open through June 21, 2010.
• OMB Control No. 1024–0089—
notice published on March 18, 2010 (75
FR 13138) with public comment period
open through May 17, 2010.
We did not receive any comments in
response to the above notices. We again
invite comments on: (1) The practical
utility of the information being
gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden
hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden to
respondents, including the use of
automated information collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
August 6, 2010.
Cartina Miller,
NPS Information Collection Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
Federal Interagency Steering
Committee on Multimedia
Environmental Modeling
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Department of Interior (DOI).

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Notice of open meeting.

The annual public meeting of
the Federal Interagency Steering
Committee on Multimedia
Environmental Modeling (ISCMEM) will
convene to discuss some of the latest
developments in environmental
modeling applications, tools and
frameworks, as well as new operational
initiatives for FY 2011 among the
participating agencies. The meeting this
year will emphasize ecosystem
modeling and monitoring.
Dates of Meeting: September 13–16,
2010.
Place: U.S. Army Engineer Research
and Development Center, 3909 Halls
Ferry Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi
39180.
Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Inquiries and notice of intent to attend
the meeting may be e-mailed to: Pierre
D. Glynn, ISCMEM Chair, U.S.
Geological Survey, National Research
Program, Branch of Regional Research,
Eastern Region, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive, Mail Stop 432, Reston, VA 20192.
TEL 703–648–5823. [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: Nine Federal agencies have
been cooperating under a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) on the
research and development of
multimedia environmental models. The
MOU, which was revised in 2006,
continues an effort that began in 2001.
It establishes a framework for
facilitating cooperation and
coordination among the following
agencies (the specific research
organization within the agency is in
parentheses): National Science
Foundation; U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (Engineer Research and
Development Center); U.S. Department
of Agriculture (Natural Resources
Conservation Service); U.S. Department
of Energy (Office of Biological and
Environmental Research); U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency; U.S.
Geological Survey; U.S. National
Oceanographic and Atmosphere
Administration; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research); and U.S. Bureau
of Reclamation. These agencies are
cooperating and coordinating in the
research and development (R&D) of
multimedia environmental models,
software and related databases,
including development, enhancements,
applications and assessments of site
specific, generic, and process-oriented
multimedia environmental models as
they pertain to human and
environmental health risk assessment.
Multimedia model development and
SUMMARY:

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