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(which was so confusing and

impractical that the cited letter has to be

written to interpret it) was changed

because it: (a) Is not feasible in a nonpaper environment, (b) does not

correspond to commercial practice of

using a GMG as the sole arbiter of

mileage, and (c) resulted in an

unrealistic administrative burden

calculating and reconciling mileages in

each and every state through which a

shipment passed, and typically involved

adding mileages from one state line to

the next.

Comment: Towaway Service (Item

228) This new Item does not fairly

divide liability issues between shipper

and carrier; instead all liabilities are

imposed on the carrier.

Response: We have adopted the

language ‘‘or other failure to properly

maintain * * *’’. We have considered

the additional request that DoD assume

liability, including attorney fees, for

third-party claims resulting from

Towaway Service. We cannot assume

this liability and do not believe that it

would be equitable to do so. Each claim,

if any, would have to be decided on a

case-by-case basis.

Comment: Weight Verification (Item

250).

Response: There has been no

substantive change from the 1A to the

1B.

Comment: Dromedary Services (old

Items 325 and 327). Why are these Items

eliminated? While much of the

information has been incorporated

elsewhere (e.g. Item 105), some essential

information appears nowhere in the 1B.

5000 and 10000 pound minimum

charges for regular and 410 dromedary

shipments, respectively, have been

eliminated for Dual Driver and

Protective Security accessorials, and for

White Phosphorus and similar

commodities.

Response: These provisions have not

been eliminated for the two accessorials

cited; the 1B includes them in Item 35,

para 1n, Item 40, para 2b, and Item 105,

para c. The provisions for white

phosphorus and similar commodities

have been restored, and now appear in

Item 328, paragraph 2.

Regulatory Flexibility Act: This

change is not considered rule making

within the meaning of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–612.

Paperwork Reduction Act: The

Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C.

3051 et seq., does not apply because no

information collection requirement or

recordskeeping responsibilities are

imposed on offerors, contractors, or

members of the public.

Thomas Hicks,

Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations.

[FR Doc. 00–14677 Filed 6–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–08–U

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers, Department of the

Army

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Assessment for

Proposed Authorization of an Ohio

River Ecosystem Restoration Program

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice of Intent is an

amendment to the Department of the

Army, Corps of Engineers, ‘‘Notice of

Intent to Prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement for the Ohio River

Main Stem System Study,’’ published in

Federal Register, volume 63, number

203 page 56165, on Wednesday, October

21, 1998.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in

partnership with the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, and resource agencies

of states bordering the Ohio River, is

currently evaluating various ecosystem

restoration opportunities for the Ohio

River corridor. The proposed action is

being conducted under the authority of

United States Senate, Committee on

Public Works resolution dated May 16,

1955; and, United States House of

Representatives. Committee on Public

Works and Transportation resolution

dated March 11, 1982.

The Corps of Engineers will prepare

and circulate a Decision Document and

integrated Environmental Assessment

which will announce an intention to

prepare a Finding of No Significant

Impact (FONSI), IF appropriate. Public

review of this report is scheduled to

begin in July 2000. Interested parties are

encouraged to send written comments

or requests for information, regarding

the proposed study process, to the

point-of-contact below. All comments

and information requests should be

postmarked no later than 30 days after

this Notice of Intent is published.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please address questions regarding this

notice to Mr. Michael Q. Holley, PM–C,

Louisville District, Corps of Engineers,

P.O. Box 59, Louisville, Kentucky

40201–0059, Telephone: (502) 582–

5152.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

a. Reference Federal Register, volume

63, number 203, dated Wednesday,

October 21, 1998. Within that

document, the Corps of Engineers gave

notice of intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement for the

Ohio River Main Stem System Study.

This study is designed to capture

foreseeable maintenance, rehabilitation

and new construction needs for the

navigation infrastructure of the Ohio

River until the year 2060 and to

investigate habitat restoration options

along the main stem Ohio River. The

study would also identify those actions

which are economically justified and

environmentally prudent.

b. As part of the Ohio River Main

Stem System Study, an environmental

team, consisting of personnel from the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the

natural resource agencies of six states,

and the Corps of Engineers was formed.

This team investigated opportunities

and established general goals for

ecosystem restoration projects. During

the initial study process, resource

officials of states bordering the Ohio

River, identified over 250 site-specific

environmental projects for further

analysis. Because of the considerable

interest, the Corps of Engineers, with

support from state officials, initiated a

study report for proposed authorization

of a cost shared ecosystem restoration

program for the Ohio River.

c. The Corps of Engineers originally

intended to study ecosystem restoration,

within the entire Ohio River Main Stem

System Study, as indicated in the

Supplemental Information of Federal

Register, volume 63, number 203.

However, an ecosystem restoration

program does not relate directly to

navigational improvements and can

stand independent of those

improvements. It was therefore

determined that an ecosystem

restoration program would be developed

as a separate product of the Ohio River

Main Stem System Study.

d. The primary purpose of the

proposed ecosystem restoration program

is to restore and protect aquatic,

wetland, floodplain and riparian

habitats that would benefit from such a

program for the Ohio River watershed.

These goals would be accomplished by

means of erosion control, island

restoration, bottomland reforestation,

creation of aquatic habitat, and other

generally accepted environmental

measures. As a secondary objective, the

program would preserve the historic

and cultural resources of the Ohio River

through implementation of various low

cost educational and recreational

amenities that would not detract from

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the environmental restoration goals of

the program.

e. The Corps of Engineers will prepare

and circulate a Decision Document and

integrated Environmental Assessment

which will announce an intention to

prepare a FONSI, if a FONSI is

determined to be appropriate.

Circulation of this document will assist

the Corps in determining whether an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

or a FONSI is the next appropriate step

in the NEPA process prior to

authorization of a cost shared ecosystem

restoration program for the Ohio River.

Daniel E. Steiner,

Chief, Planning Division.

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BILLING CODE 3710–85–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of

Engineers

Announcement of Army Corps of

Engineers Regional Listening

Sessions

AGENCY: Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice correction.

SUMMARY: In a previous Federal Register

notice (65 FR 34453), Tuesday, May 30,

2000, an incorrect phone number was

inadvertently provided on page 34454,

column 1, line 12. The correct phone

number for local calls in Northern

Virginia area is (703) 428–8535.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Mark Gmitro, Program Manager, phone

toll free (877) 447–6342 or if you’re in

the Northern Virginia area, please refer

to the correct phone number as listed

above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

John A. Hall,

Alternate Army Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–14675 Filed 6–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–92–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Availability of Inventions for

Licensing; Government-Owned

Inventions

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is

assigned to the United States

Government as represented by the

Secretary of the Navy and are available

for licensing by the Department of Navy.

U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/

551,364 entitled, ‘‘Collaborative

Development Network for Widely

Dispersed Users and Methods

Therefor,’’ filing date: April 17, 2000,

Navy Case No. 79260.

ADDRESS: Requests for copies of the

patent application cited should be

directed to the Naval Surface Warfare

Center, Dahlgren Laboratory, Code

CD222, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Building

183, Room 015, Dahlgren, VA 22448–

5100, and must include the Navy Case

number. Interested parties will be

required to sign a Confidentiality, NonDisclosure and Non-Use Agreement

before receiving copies of requested

patent applications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James B. Bechtel, Patent Counsel, Naval

Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren

Laboratory, Code CD222, 17320

Dahlgren Road, Building 183, Room

015, Dahlgre, VA 22448–5100,

telephone (540) 653–8016.

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404)

Dated: May 31, 2000.

J.L. Roth,

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–14640 Filed 6–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–U

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection requests as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before August 8,

2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Leader,

Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer,

publishes that notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by

office, contains the following: (1) Type

of review requested, e.g. new, revision,

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)

Description of the need for, and

proposed use of, the information; (5)

Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites

public comment. The Department of

Education 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.

Dated: June 5, 2000.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: New.

Title: National Longitudinal

Transition Study—2.

Frequency: One time.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions;

State, Local, or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or

LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 432.

Burden Hours: 354.

Abstract: NLTS2 will provide

nationally representative information

about youth with disabilities in

secondary school and in transition to

adult life, including their

characteristics, programs and services,

and achievements in multiple domains

(e.g., postsecondary education,

employment).

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW, Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be