Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 71 / Wednesday, April 13, 2011 / Notices 20633 

Dated: April 6, 2011. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Announcement of Meeting to Explore 

Feasibility of Establishing a NIST/ 

Industry Consortium on Neutron 

Measurements for Soft Materials 

Manufacturing 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) 

invites interested parties to attend a preconsortium meeting on June 2–3, 2011 

to be held on the NIST campus. The 

goal of the one-day meeting is to 

evaluate industry interest in creating a 

NIST/industry consortium focused on 

advanced neutron-based probes for soft 

materials. The goals of such a 

consortium would include the 

development of neutron-based 

measurements that would address 

critical needs for manufacturers of soft 

materials such as polymers, complex 

fluids, and protein-based materials. 

Advances in neutron-based 

measurement science are anticipated 

through the development of sample 

environments that closely mimic 

manufacturing processes, measurement 

methods to probe and analyze complex 

mixtures, and data analysis models that 

support routine measurements with 

high information content. The 

consortium would be administered by 

NIST. Consortium research and 

development would be conducted by 

NIST staff members along with at least 

one technical representative from each 

participating member company. CRADA 

contributions for participation in the 

consortium would be on the order of 

Twenty Thousand ($20,000) per year. 

The initial term of the consortium is 

intended to be three years. 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

June 2–3, 2011 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held on 

the NIST Gaithersburg campus, 100 

Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. 

Please note admittance instructions 

under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronald L. Jones, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Stop 8514, Gaithersburg, MD 

20899–8514, USA; Telephone: (301) 

975–4624; Fax (301) 975–3928; E-mail: 

ronald.jones@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All 

visitors to the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology site will 

have to pre-register to be admitted. 

Anyone wishing to attend this meeting 

must pre-register by C.O.B May 27, 2011 

in order to attend. Please submit your 

name, e-mail address, and phone 

number to Teresa Vicente, and you will 

be provided instructions for admittance. 

Non-U.S. citizens must also submit their 

country of citizenship, title, employer/ 

sponsor, and address. Teresa Vicente’s 

e-mail address teresa.vicente@nist.gov 

and their phone number is (301) 975– 

3883. 

Dated: April 6, 2011. 

Charles H. Romine, 

Acting Associate Director for Laboratory 

Programs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Record of Decision (ROD) for the Base 

Closure and Realignment (BRAC) 2005 

Actions at Fort McPherson, GA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Record of decision. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

announces the availability of the ROD, 

which summarizes the decision on how 

to implement property disposal in 

accordance with the Defense Base 

Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 

(the Base Closure Act), Public Law 101– 

510, as amended, following the closure 

of Fort McPherson, Georgia. 

The Army has decided to implement 

its preferred alternative of early transfer 

of surplus federal property to other 

entities for reuse. Pursuant to the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA) and its implementing 

regulations, the Army prepared a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

that includes the evaluation of the 

environmental and socioeconomic 

impacts of disposing of surplus federal 

property and the implementation by 

others of reasonable, foreseeable reuse 

alternatives for the entire property. 

Under the early transfer alternative, the 

Army can transfer and dispose of 

surplus property for redevelopment 

before environmental remedial actions 

have been completed. This method of 

early disposal, allowable under Section 

120(h)(3)(C) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, 

would defer the CERCLA covenant 

requirement to complete all necessary 

environmental cleanup prior to the 

transfer of the remediated property. In 

this way, parcels could become 

available for redevelopment and reuse 

sooner under this disposal alternative 

than under any other. The Governor of 

Georgia must concur with the deferral 

request for the surplus federal property 

at Fort McPherson. 

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the ROD 

contact Mr. Owen Nuttall, Fort 

McPherson BRAC Environmental Office, 

Building 714, 1508 Hood Avenue, Fort 

Gillem, GA 30297–5161; (404) 469–5245 

or owen.nuttall@us.army.mil. An 

electronic version of the ROD can be 

viewed or downloaded at: http:// 

www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/brac/ 

nepa_eis_docs.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Owen Nuttall at (404) 469–5245. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

McPherson Planning Local 

Redevelopment Authority (MPLRA) 

reuse plan (Reuse Plan) provides the 

basis for the development of reasonable 

and foreseeable reuse scenarios 

evaluated in the FEIS. The McPherson 

Implementing Local Redevelopment 

Authority (MILRA) is the 

implementation authority for the 

redevelopment of Fort McPherson and 

will implement the Reuse Plan. The 

range of reuse alternatives evaluated in 

the EIS encompasses reasonably 

foreseeable variations of the Reuse Plan 

and the results of this analysis were 

used by the Army in its decision 

regarding disposition of the property. 

A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) 

for the Closure and Disposal of Fort 

McPherson has been legally executed by 

the signing of authorized representatives 

of the Army, the Georgia State Historic 

Preservation Officer, and the Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation. Army 

obligations fully described in the MOA 

are considered mitigations required 

under the National Historic Preservation 

Act. Specific mitigation measures the 

Army commits to perform are outlined 

in the MOA. 

Dated: April 7, 2011. 

Hershell E. Wolfe, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the 

Army (Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

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