[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 69475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28450]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice Regarding Changed Venue for Public Hearing On a Draft 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental 
Impact Statement (PEIS)

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice regarding changed venue for public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Geological 
Survey (USGS) held public hearings on the Draft Programmatic 
Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement 
for Marine Seismic Research Funded by the National Science Foundation 
or Conducted by the US Geological Survey (PEIS) on October 25, 2010 in 
San Diego, CA and October 27, 2010 in Arlington, VA. The Arlington, VA 
public hearing location was originally planned to be held at the NSF 
building located at 4201 Wilson Blvd. Unfortunately, due to a fire in 
the NSF building on the afternoon of October 27, 2010, the public 
hearing location was moved to Marine Acoustics Inc., located at 4100 
Fairfax Drive (a building two blocks from NSF). Signs were posted on 
the outside doors of the NSF building announcing the new hearing 
location, and a security guard stationed at the main NSF entrance 
outside the meeting room directed hearing attendees who were unaware of 
the NSF emergency to the new hearing venue. NSF apologizes for any 
confusion or inconvenience that may have resulted from the emergency 
situation which prompted the change in public hearing venue. Should you 
have any questions or concerns about the Public Hearing, or Draft PEIS, 
please contact Holly Smith, NSF, at 703-292-8583 or 
[email protected].
    The presentation slides used by NSF at the public hearings are 
posted on the NSF Web site at: http://www.nsf.gov/geo/oce/envcomp/index.jsp. Please note, however, that if there is any perceived 
inconsistency between the presentation and the Draft PEIS, the language 
in the Draft PEIS controls. The public comment period will remain open 
until November 22, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding the 
Draft PEIS contact: Holly Smith, National Science Foundation, Division 
of Ocean Sciences, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 725, Arlington, VA 22230; 
telephone: (703) 292-8583; e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: November 8, 2010.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2010-28450 Filed 11-10-10; 8:45 am]
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