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DATES: Submit comments by January 18, 

2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jack Sands, Project Manager, Walla 

Walla District, Corps of Engineers, 

CENWW–PM–PPM, 201 North Third 

Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, phone 

(509) 527–7287, or Ms. Sandra 

Simmons, NEPA Coordinator, Walla 

Walla District, Corps of Engineers, 

CENWW–PD–EC, 201 North Third 

Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, phone 

(509) 527–7265.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla 

District (Corps) has the responsibility to 

operate and maintain the 

congressionally authorized Federal 

navigation channel in the lower Snake 

River from McNary reservoir on the 

mid-Columbia River up the Snake River 

to Lewiston, Idaho at the confluence of 

the Snake and Clearwater Rivers. The 

Corps is authorized by Congress to 

maintain a channel 250 feet wide and 14 

feet deep as measured at minimum 

regulated flows. Historically the Corps 

has routinely dredged accumulated 

sediments from the navigation channel 

to maintain its operational efficiency. 

The Corps has not performed 

maintenance dredging in the channel 

since the winter of 1998–1999. 

Presently sediment has accumulated 

in the Federal navigation channel to the 

point that the channel is less than 14 

feet deep at minimum pool at several 

locations. Sediment has also 

accumulated in port berthing facilities 

in the Lewiston-Clarkston area, reducing 

the water depth at those facilities to less 

than 14 feet. The shallow water depths 

in the Federal channel and port 

facilities are interfering with 

commercial navigation and creating a 

potentially hazardous situation. Barge 

companies and commercial vessels are 

having difficulty accessing port facilities 

and navigating the federal channel due 

to shallow conditions. In response to 

these conditions they have made costly 

operational changes. Additional 

sediment accumulation could render 

these operational changes ineffective 

and increase the potential for safety 

hazards and additional economic 

impact. 

The Corps recognizes the need to 

restore the authorized depth of the 

navigation channel and port facilities, 

and that additional sediment is likely to 

accumulate with each successive spring 

runoff. Therefore, the Corps proposes to 

take action at the first opportunity 

following the spring 2005 runoff to 

address the accumulated sediment. The 

local ports will fund any actions the 

Corps takes within the port facilities. 

The Corps will consider both dredging 

and non-dredging measures, either 

separately or in combination. Measures 

identified to date include no action, 

sediment reduction, reservoir 

drawdown/flushing, dredging with 

traditional protocols, and dredging with 

beneficial use of dredged material. 

At this time, the Corps does not plan 

to conduct public scoping meetings for 

this EIS. However, affected Federal, 

state, and local agencies; Indian tribess; 

and other interested organizations and 

individuals are invited to provide input 

to the Corps on the scope of this EIS. To 

ensure consideration, input on the 

scope should be provided to the Corps 

by comment date (see DATES). 

Additional opportunities for public 

input on the EIS will be provided 

during the normal review periods for 

the draft and final EIS. 

The draft EIS is currently scheduled 

to be available for public review in early 

2005.

Randy L. Glaeser, 

LTC, EN, Commanding.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Coastal Engineering Research Board; 

Meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), 

announcement is made of the following 

committee meeting: 

Name of Committee: Coastal 

Engineering Research Board (CERB). 

Date of Meeting: 6–7 January 2005. 

Place: Hyatt Regency DFW, DFW 

Airport, Texas. 

Time: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (6 January 

2005). 8 a.m. to 12 noon (7 January 

2005).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquiries and notice of intent to attend 

the meeting may be addressed to 

Colonel James R. Rowan, Executive 

Secretary, U.S. Army Engineer Research 

and Development Center, Waterways 

Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry 

Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180–

6199.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed 

Agenda: An Executive Session of the 

Board will meet to discuss action items 

from past meetings and ongoing 

initiatives. 

This meeting is open to the public, 

but since seating capacity of the meeting 

room is limited, advance notice of intent 

to attend, although not required, is 

requested in order to assure adequate 

arrangements for those wishing to 

attend.

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–27571 Filed 12–15–04; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7848–4] 

Request for Nominations to the 

National Advisory Council for 

Environmental Policy and Technology 

(NACEPT)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency invites nominations 

to fill vacancies on its National 

Advisory Council for Environmental 

Policy and Technology (NACEPT). The 

Agency seeks qualified senior-level 

decision makers from diverse sectors 

throughout the United States to be 

considered for appointments. EPA 

encourages interested applicants to send 

their resumes and qualifications as soon 

as possible. Additional avenues and 

resources may be utilized in the 

solicitation of nominees.

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations to: Ms. 

Sonia Altieri, Designated Federal 

Officer, Office of Cooperative 

Environmental Management, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(1601E), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

Background: NACEPT is a Federal 

advisory committee under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92463. The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency established NACEPT 

in 1988 to provide independent advice 

to the EPA Administrator on a broad 

range of environmental policy, 

technology and management issues. 

NACEPT consists of a representative 

cross-section of EPA’s partners, 

stakeholders, and constituents who 

provide timely advice and 

recommendations on environmental 

issues, and serve as a sounding board 

for new strategies that EPA is 

developing. 

We anticipate the Council addressing 

issues related to environmental 

technology, environmental foresight, 

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and collaborative approaches to 

environmental problems. NACEPT will 

provide advice in a timely manner and 

operate as a proactive and strategic body 

that will alert EPA to potential 

environmental challenges and issues 

that could impact the Agency’s ability to 

protect public health and the 

environment, and options to address 

them. 

Members are appointed by the 

Administrator of EPA for two year terms 

with the possibility of reappointment. 

The Council usually meets 3–4 times 

annually and the average workload for 

the members is approximately 10 to 15 

hours per month. Members serve on the 

Council in a voluntary capacity; 

however, EPA does provide 

reimbursement for travel expenses 

associated with official government 

business. 

Potential candidates should possess 

the following qualifications: 

Occupy a senior position within their 

organization. 

Broad experience outside of their 

current position. 

Experience dealing with public policy 

issues. 

Membership in broad-based networks. 

Extensive experience in the 

environmental field. 

Recognized expert in the subject 

matter to be addressed by NACEPT. 

EPA is seeking nominees for 

representation from all sectors, in 

particular federal, state, local and tribal 

agencies, academia, industry, 

environmental justice, and nongovernmental organizations. 

Nominations for membership must 

include a resume and short biography 

describing the educational and 

professional qualifications of the 

nominee and the nominee’s current 

business address and daytime telephone 

number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sonia Altieri, Designated Federal Officer 

for NACEPT, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (1601E), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone (202) 

233–0061, e-mail: altieri.sonia@epa.gov.

Dated: December 7, 2004. 

Sonia Altieri, 

Designated Federal Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–27553 Filed 12–15–04; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7847–3] 

Proposed Agreement Pursuant to 

Section 122(h)(1) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act for the MichCon Mercury 

Regulators Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment on proposed CERCLA 

122(h)(1) agreement with Michigan 

Consolidated Gas Co., an operating 

subsidiary of DTE Energy Co., for the 

MichCon Mercury Regulators Superfund 

Site. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

122(i)(1) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act of 1984, as amended 

(‘‘CERCLA’’), notification is hereby 

given of a proposed administrative 

agreement concerning the MichCon 

Mercury Regulators hazardous waste 

site in and around Detroit, Michigan 

(the ‘‘Site’’). EPA proposes to enter into 

this agreement under the authority of 

section 122(h) and 107 of CERCLA. The 

proposed agreement has been executed 

by Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., an 

operating subsidiary of DTE Energy Co. 

(the ‘‘Settling Party’’). 

Under the proposed agreement, the 

Settling Party will pay $160,000 to the 

Hazardous Substances Superfund to 

resolve EPA’s claims against it for 

response costs incurred by EPA at the 

Site. EPA incurred response costs 

overseeing the Settling Party’s response 

actions to investigate and mitigate 

potential imminent and substantial 

endangerments to human health or the 

environment presented or threatened by 

hazardous substances present at the 

Site. 

For thirty days following the date of 

publication of this notice, the 

Environmental Protection Agency will 

receive written comments relating to 

this proposed agreement. EPA will 

consider all comments received and 

may decide not to enter this proposed 

agreement if comments disclose facts or 

considerations which indicate that the 

proposed agreement is inappropriate or 

inadequate.

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

agreement must be received by EPA on 

or before January 18, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to the Docket Clerk, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604–3590, and 

should refer to: In the Matter of 

MichCon Mercury Regulators Site, U.S. 

EPA Docket No. V–W–05C–804.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas J. Krueger, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Regional 

Counsel, C–14J, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604–

3590, (312) 886–0562. 

A copy of the proposed administrative 

settlement agreement may be obtained 

in person or by mail from the EPA’s 

Region 5 Office of Regional Counsel, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604–3590. Additional 

background information relating to the 

settlement is available for review at the 

EPA’s Region 5 Office of Regional 

Counsel.

Authority: The Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation, and 

Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601–

9675.

Thomas Mateer, 

Acting Director, Superfund Division, Region 

5.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7848–5] 

Whitehouse Oil Pits Superfund Site; 

Notice of Proposed Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act, as 

amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 

9622(i), the Environmental Protection 

Agency proposes to enter into a 

settlement with Mrs. Eloise Gleaton 

concerning the Whitehouse Oil Pits 

Superfund Site near Jacksonville, Duval 

County, Florida. To resolve her 

potential liability at the Site, the 

Agreement requires Mrs. Gleaton to 

deed certain property and grant a 

temporary easement over other property 

to the City of Jacksonville that is needed 

for remediation of the Site. The 

Agreement also requires Mrs. Gleaton to 

place well drilling restrictions on 

certain property so as not to interfere 

with the integrity of the remedy being 

implemented at the Site. EPA will 

consider comments on the settlement 

until January 18, 2005. The Agency will 

consider all comments received and 

may modify or withdraw its consent to