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Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Wisconsin 

Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20889 (March 

14, 2007). 

PURPOSE OF THE MEETING: The purpose of 

the meeting is to discuss the 

mechanisms the Independent Review 

Group to Report on Rehabilitative Care 

and Administrative Processes at Walter 

Reed Army Medical Center and National 

Naval Medical Center (hereafter referred 

to as the ‘‘Independent Review Group’’) 

is using and will use to identify critical 

shortcomings in and opportunities to 

improve rehabilitative care, 

administrative processes, and quality of 

life for injured and sick members of the 

Armed Forces at the Walter Reed Army 

Medical Center (SRAMC) and the 

National Naval Medical Center 

(NNMC)—in order to make 

recommendations for corrective actions. 

This meeting is intended as one of these 

mechanisms as interested individuals 

and groups will be given an opportunity 

to provide relevant input directly to the 

Independent Review Group. 

AGENDA: The Honorable John O. Marsh 

(Co-chair) will open both sessions and 

present a short summary of mechanisms 

the Independent Review Group is using 

and will use to identify shortcomings 

and opportunities for improvement. 

After comments from group members, 

members of the public invited to make 

oral presentations (in accordance with 

procedures described in this notice) will 

be given an opportunity to orally 

provide relevant information. The 

Honorable Togo West (Co-chair) will 

close each session, reviewing 

mechanisms members of the public may 

use to provide additional information to 

the Independent Review Group. 

Members of the public wishing to 

provide input to the Independent 

Review Group at either open sessions 

should submit written statements in 

accordance with 41 CFR 102–3.140(C), 

section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, and the procedures 

described in this notice. Written 

statements should be no longer than two 

type-written pages and must address the 

following detail: The issue, discussion, 

and a recommended course of action. 

Supporting documentation may be 

included as needed to establish the 

appropriate historical context and to 

provide any necessary background 

information. 

Individuals submitting written 

statements must submit their statements 

to the Defense Health Board’s 

Designated Federal Officer at the 

address detailed below and should 

provide a fax copy directly to the 

Independent Review Group Staff 

Director at 703–602–6989. If a written 

statement is not received at least 1 

calendar day prior to the sessions which 

are the subject of this notice, then it may 

not be possible to arrange for an 

opportunity to present at one of the 

sessions. Regardless of whether a 

written statement leads to oral 

presentation at one of the sessions, it 

will still be provided to the members of 

the Independent Review Group for their 

review. 

The Designated Federal Officer will 

review all timely submissions with the 

Independent Review Group Co-Chairs 

and ensure they are provided to 

members of the Independent Review 

Group before the sessions that are 

subject to this notice. After reviewing 

the written statements, the Chairperson 

and the Designated Federal Officer may 

choose to invite those who submit 

statement to orally present their issues 

during the sessions. 

The Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the Independent 

Review Group Co-Chairs, may, if 

desired, allot a specific amount of time 

for members of the public to orally 

present their issues for review and 

discussion by the members of the 

Independent Review Group. 

On March 1, 2007 the members of the 

Independent Review Group had an 

administrative working meeting to 

discuss administrative matters 

pertaining to the Independent Review 

Group, and to receive administrative 

information from the Department of 

Defense. During the meeting the 

members of the Independent Review 

Group indicated that they wanted to 

hold a public meeting at the earliest 

opportunity, and the earliest that a 

meeting could be scheduled was March 

13–14, 2007. Since these dates are 

within the 15-calendar day notification 

window, the Committee Management 

Officer for the Department of Defense, 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3,150(b), grants 

the Independent Review Group a waiver 

to the 15-calendar day notification 

requirement. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colonel Roger L. Gibson, Executive 

Secretary, Defense Health Board, Five 

Skyline Place, 5111 Leesburg Pike, 

Room 810, Falls Church, Virginia 

22041–3206, (703) 681–3279, Ext. 123, 

(roger.gibson@ha.osd.mil) 

Editorial note: This document was 

received at the Office of the Federal Register 

March 7, 2007. 

Dated: March 6, 2005. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–1140 Filed 3–7–07; 1:08 pm] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Logistics Agency 

Removal of Low-Activity 

Contamination 

AGENCY: Defense National Stockpile 

Center (DNSC), Defense Logistics 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

environmental assessment and a draft 

finding of no significant impact for the 

removal of low-activity contamination. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Logistics Agency 

announces the availability of the 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and 

draft Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) for the removal of low-activity 

contamination resulting from storage of 

radioactive source material in the 

National Defense Stockpile of strategic 

and critical materials. 

Stockpiles of commodities containing 

source material have been removed from 

DNSC depots at Curtis Bay, MD and 

Hammond, IN. At the Curtis Bay Depot, 

the commodities containing source 

material (columbium/tantalum, thorium 

nitrate, tungsten ore and concentrates, 

thorium hydroxide, thorium oxide, 

monazite sand, uranium pitchblende 

ore, and sodium sulfate) were 

previously stored in 16 of the original 

59 warehouses. Since the middle 1980s, 

over 19,000 drums of thorium nitrate 

were stored in three warehouses. 

Previously the thorium nitrate stockpile 

was stored for short periods in six other 

warehouses on the site. At the 

Hammond Depot, the commodities 

containing source material (columbium/ 

tantalum, thorium nitrate, monazite 

sands, sodium sulfate, and tungsten ore 

and concentrates) were previously 

stored in two of the three warehouses on 

the site. Cleanup of any residual 

contamination from storage of the 

commodities containing source material 

is one task DNSC must complete before 

its Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

license can be terminated. 

Following evaluation of reasonable 

alternatives conducted by Oak Ridge 

National Laboratory on behalf of DNSC, 

DNSC proposes to remove residual 

contamination and transfer the 

contaminants to a regulated disposal 

site. This disposal will be performed in 

a manner that will be safe, secure, and 

environmentally sound and minimizes 

radiation exposure and potential for risk 

to workers, the public, and the 

environment. 

DATES: Comments on the draft FONSI 

received by April 9, 2007 will be 

considered when preparing the final 

version of the FONSI. 


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The EA and draft FONSI are available 

for review on the DNSC Web site 

(https://www.dnsc.dla.mil/ 

EAandDraftFONSI.asp). Comments 

should be sent to Mr. Michael Pecullan, 

8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 3229, 

Fort Belvoir, VA 22060–6221. 

Comments may also be faxed to Mr. 

Pecullan at (703) 767–7716. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael Pecullan, Phone (703) 767–

7620 or E-Mail: michael.pecullan 

@dla.mil. 

Dated: March 6, 2007. 

Essie Schloss, 

Deputy Administrator, Defense National 

Stockpile Center. 

[FR Doc. E7–4234 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3620–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

South Bay Salt Pond Restoration 

Project, San Francisco Bay, CA 

AGENCIES: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: Draft 

environmental impact statement/ 

environmental impact report; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service) and the California 

Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) 

are proposing a restoration plan for 

15,100 acres (6,111 hectares) of former 

commercial salt ponds in south San 

Francisco Bay. This South Bay Salt 

Pond (SBSP) Restoration Project would 

use a combination of restored tidal 

marsh, managed ponds, flood control 

measures and public access features to 

meet the three goals of the plan: to 

restore wildlife habitat, to provide flood 

protection and to provide wildlifeoriented public access. The ponds are 

located at the Don Edwards San 

Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge 

and at the Eden Landing State 

Ecological Reserve. 

The Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement/Environmental Impact Report 

(EIS/EIR) includes program-level 

evaluation of the SBSP long-term 

alternatives as well as project-level 

analysis of the first phase of restoration 

(the Phase 1 actions). 

The Draft EIS/EIR has been prepared 

jointly by the Service, the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the 

CDFG to analyze the impacts of the 

SBSP. The EIS/EIR presents a limited 

evaluation of the potential impacts 

associated with the list of possible 

South San Francisco Bay Shoreline 

Study (Shoreline Study) actions. The 

Shoreline Study area includes the SBSP 

Restoration Project area as well as 

shoreline and floodplain areas in the 

counties of Alameda, San Mateo, and 

Santa Clara. The Corps and non-Federal 

sponsors will prepare an EIS/EIR for the 

Shoreline Study, which will tier off of 

this EIS/EIR and cover specific projectlevel actions. 

Note that the Draft SBSP EIS/EIR is 

being submitted for public review under 

separate Federal and State processes. 

The following addresses and due dates 

are applicable to the Federal NEPA 

review process: 

DATES: For the Federal process, written 

comments under the National 

Environmental Policy Act should be 

received on or before April 23, 2007. We 

will hold two public meetings in March 

2007 to solicit comments on the draft 

Environmental Impact Statement. Dates, 

times, and addresses for the public 

meetings follow. 

• March 28, 2007, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., 

NASA Research Center, Building 943 

(Eagle Room), Moffett Field, CA 94035. 

• March 29, 2007, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., 

Centennial Hall, 22292 Foothill 

Boulevard, Room 4, Hayward, CA 

94541. 

Call Anna Schneider at (510) 286–

1015 if directions are needed. Persons 

needing reasonable accommodations in 

order to attend and participate in these 

public meetings should contact Anna 

Schneider at (510) 286–1015 sufficiently 

in advance of the meeting to allow time 

to process the request. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

requests for information should be sent 

to Clyde Morris, Refuge Manager, Don 

Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR, 9500 

Thornton Avenue, Newark, CA 94560. 

Written comments may also be sent by 

facsimile to (510) 792–5828 or through 

the public comments link on the South 

Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project Web 

site, at http:// 

www.southbayrestoration.org/ 

Question_Comment.html. All comments 

received, including names and 

addresses, will become a part of the 

administrative record and be made 

available to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the Federal 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) process may be directed to 

Clyde Morris, Refuge Manager, Don 

Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR, at the 

above address; telephone (510) 792–

0222, or Yvonne LeTellier, Project 

Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 

94103; (415) 503–6744. Questions 

related to the California Environmental 

Quality Act (CEQA) process may be 

directed to John Krause, California 

Department of Fish and Game, Region 3 

Headquarters, P.O. Box 47, Yountville, 

CA 94599; telephone (707) 944–5500. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability of Documents 

Individuals wishing copies of the 

Draft EIS/EIR should contact the Service 

by letter, facsimile to the San Francisco 

Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex 

or contact through the restoration 

project Web site (see ADDRESSES). The 

document is also available for public 

inspection, by appointment, during 

regular business hours, at the San 

Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex, Fremont, California, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, San 

Francisco, California, the California 

Dept. of Fish and Game, Region 3 

Headquarters, 7329 Silverado Trail, 

Napa, CA 94558, and the Santa Clara 

Valley Water District, 5750 Almaden 

Expressway, San Jose, California, 95118. 

Copies are also available for public 

review at: 

• Alviso Branch Library: 5050 North 

First St., San Jose ́, CA 95002, (408) 263–

3626; 

• City of Mountain View Library: 585 

Franklin Street, Mountain View, CA 

94041, (650) 903–6337; 

• Palo Alto Main Library: 1213 

Newell Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, (650) 

329–2436; 

• Menlo Park Library: 800 Alma 

Street, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (650) 

330–2500; 

• Sunnyvale Public Library: 665 West 

Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, 

(408) 730–7300; 

• Hayward Public Library: 835 C 

Street, Hayward, CA 94541, (510) 293–

8685; and 

• Fremont Main Library: 2400 

Stevenson Blvd, Fremont, CA 94538, 

(510) 745–1400. 

The document may also be viewed on 

the restoration project Web site http:// 

www.southbayrestoration.org. 

Background 

On March 16, 2003, the State of 

California and the Service acquired 

15,100 acres of commercial salt ponds 

from Cargill, Inc. in South San 

Francisco Bay which are the subject of 

the SBSP. The purpose of the 

acquisition was to protect, restore and 

enhance the property for fish and 

wildlife, as well as to provide 


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