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Fort Ritchie, Maryland, in accordance

with the Defense Base Closure and

Realignment Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101–

510. The DEIS addresses the

environmental consequences of the

disposal and subsequent reuse of the

638 acres.

The DEIS analyzes two disposal

alternatives: (1) the No Action

Alternative, which entails maintaining

the property in caretaker status after

closure; and (2) the Encumbered

Disposal Alternative, which entails

transferring the property to future

owners with Army-imposed limitations,

or encumbrances, on the future use of

the property. Additionally, this DEIS

analyzes the potential environmental

and socioeconomic consequences of

three reuse alternatives: (1) Low

Intensity Reuse Alternative; (2) LowMedium Intensity Reuse Alternative;

and (3) Medium Intensity Reuse

Alternative. Disposal alternatives were

developed by the Army. Reuse

alternatives were developed by the Fort

Ritchie Local Redevelopment Authority.

The resources areas evaluated for

potential impacts by the proposed

action (disposal) and the secondary

action (reuse) include; land use; climate;

air quality; noise; geology, soils, and

topography; water resources;

infrastructure; hazardous and toxic

substances; biological resources and

ecosystems; cultural resources; legacy

resources; sociological environment;

economic development; quality of life;

installation agreements, and permits

and regulatory authorizations.

A scoping meeting was held at

Smithsburg High School on October 10,

1996. Public notices requesting input

and comments from the public were

issued in the regional area surrounding

Fort Ritchie.

COPIES: Copies of the DEIS will be

available for review at the following

locations: Adams County Library,

Gettysburg, PA; Alexander Hamilton

Library, Waynesboro, PA; Blue Ridge

Summit Library, Blue Ridge Summit,

PA; C. Burr Artz Central Library,

Fredreick, MD; Robert F. Barrick

Library, Fort Ritchie, MD; and the

Washington County Free Library,

Hagerstown, MD.

DATES: Written public comments and

suggestions received 45 days of the

publication of the Environmental

Protection Agency’s Notice of

Availability for this action will be

addressed in the Final Environmental

Impact Statement.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement can be

obtained by writing to the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, ATTN: Mr. Clifford

Kidd (CENAB–PL–EM), Baltimore

District, P.O. Box 1715, Baltimore,

Maryland 21203–1715, or calling direct

to (410) 962–3199.

Dated: July 23, 1997.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army,

(Environment, Safety and Occupational

Health) OASA (I, L&E).

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice to alter a system of

records.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army

is proposing to alter an existing system

of records notice in its existing

inventory of record systems subject to

the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a),

as amended.

DATES: This proposed action will be

effective without further notice on

September 2, 1997, unless comments are

received which result in a contrary

determination.

ADDRESSES: Privacy Act Officer, Records

Management Program Division, U.S.

Army Total Army Personnel Command,

ATTN: TAPC-PDR-P, Stop C55, Ft.

Belvoir, VA 22060–5576.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Janice Thornton at (703) 806–4390 or

DSN 656–4390.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of the Army systems of

records notices subject to the Privacy

Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as

amended, have been published in the

Federal Register and are available from

the address above.

The proposed system report, as

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was

submitted on July 22, 1997, to the House

Committee on Government Reform and

Oversight, the Senate Committee on

Governmental Affairs, and the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix I

to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘Federal

Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining

Records About Individuals,’ dated

February 8, 1996 (February 20, 1996, 61

FR 6427).

Dated: July 25, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

A0040–66b DASG

SYSTEM NAME:

Health Care and Medical Treatment

Record System (July 28, 1994, 59 FR

38440).

CHANGES:

* * * * *

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Add to end of first paragraph ‘and

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

blood sampling results to identify

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

(AIDS).’

* * * * *

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

Add a new paragraph ‘To former DoD

health care providers, who have been

identified as being the subjects of

potential reports to the National

Practitioner Data Bank as a result of a

payment having been made on their

behalf by the U.S. Government in

response to a malpractice claim or

litigation, for purposes of providing the

provider an opportunity, consistent

with the requirements of DoD

Instruction 6025.15 and Army

Regulation 40–68, to provide any

pertinent information and to comment

on expert opinions, relating to the claim

for which payment has been made.’

* * * * *

A0040–66b DASG

SYSTEM NAME:

Health Care and Medical Treatment

Record System.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Army Medical Department facilities

and activities. Official mailing addresses

are published as an appendix to the

Army’s compilation of record systems

notices.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Military members of the Armed

Forces (both active and inactive);

dependents; civilian employees of the

Department of Defense; members of the

U.S. Coast Guard, Public Health Service,

and Coast and Geodetic Survey; cadets

and midshipmen of the military

academies; employees of the American

National Red Cross; and other categories

of individuals who receive medical
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treatment at Army Medical Department

facilities/activities.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Name, Social Security Number,

medical records (of a permanent nature)

used to document health; psychological

and mental hygiene consultation and

evaluation; medical/dental care and

treatment for any health or medical

condition provided an eligible

individual on an inpatient and/or

outpatient status to include but not

limited to: Health; clinical (inpatient);

outpatient; dental; consultation; and

procurement and separation x-ray

record files; and Human

Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) blood

sampling results to identify Acquired

Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

Subsidiary medical records (of a

temporary nature) are also maintained

to support records relating to treatment/

observation of individuals. Such records

include but are not limited to: Social

work case files, inquiries/complaints

about medical treatment or services

rendered by the medical treatment

facility, and patient treatment x-ray and

index files.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental

Regulations; 10 U.S.C. 1071-1085; 50

U.S.C. Supplement IV, Appendix 454,

as amended; 42 U.S.C. 11131-11152;

E.O. 9397 (SSN); DoD Directive 6010.14,

Inpatient Medical Care for Foreign

Military Personnel; DoD Instruction

6010.15, Third Party Collection (TPC)

Program; DoD Directive 6040.37,

Confidentiality of Medical Quality

Assurance (QA) Records; DoD Directive

6025.13, Clinical Quality Managerment

Program (CQMP) in the Military Health

Services System (MHSSJ); DoD 6010.8-

R, Civilian Health and Medical Program

of the Uniformed Serivce (CHAMPUS)

authorized by DoD Instruction 6010.8;

and Army Regulation 40-57, Armed

Forces Medical Examiner System.

PURPOSE(S):

To provide health care and medical

treatment of individuals; to establish

tuberculosis/tumor/cancer/Human

Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

registries; for research studies;

compilation of statistical data and

management reports; to implement

preventive medicine, dentistry, and

communicable disease control

programs; to adjudicate claims and

determining benefits; to evaluate care

rendered; determine professional

certification and hospital accreditation;

and determine suitability of persons for

service or assignment.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

In addition to those disclosures

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C.

552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records

or information contained therein may

specifically be disclosed outside the

DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5

U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:

Information may be disclosed to the

Department of Veterans Affairs to

adjudicate veterans’ claims and provide

medical care to Army members.

National Research Council, National

Academy of Sciences, National

Institutes of Health, Armed Forces

Institute of Pathology, and similar

institutions for authorized health

research in the interest of the Federal

Government and the public. When not

essential for longitudinal studies,

patient identification data shall be

eliminated from records used for

research studies. Facilities/activities

releasing such records shall maintain a

list of all such research organizations

and an accounting disclosure of records

released thereto.

To local and state government and

agencies for compliance with local laws

and regulations governing control of

communicable diseases, preventive

medicine and safety, child abuse, and

other public health and welfare

programs.

Third party payers per 10 U.S.C. 1095

as amended by Pub. L. 99–272, and

guidance provided to the DoD health

services by DoD Instruction 6010.15, for

the purpose of collecting reasonable

inpatient/outpatient hospital care costs

incurred on behalf of retirees or

dependents.

To former DoD health care providers,

who have been identified as being the

subjects of potential reports to the

National Practitioner Data Bank as a

result of a payment having been made

on their behalf by the U.S. Government

in response to a malpractice claim or

litigation, for purposes of providing the

provider an opportunity, consistent

with the requirements of DoD

Instruction 6025.15 and Army

Regulation 40–68, to provide any

pertinent information and to comment

on expert opinions, relating to the claim

for which payment has been made.

The ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ set forth at

the beginning of the Army’s compilation

of systems of records notices also apply

to this system.

Note: Records of identity, diagnosis,

prognosis, or treatment of any client/

patient, irrespective of whether or when

he/she ceases to be a client/patient,

maintained in connection with the

performance of any alcohol or drug

abuse prevention and treatment

function conducted, regulated, or

directly or indirectly assisted by any

department or agency of the united

States, shall, except as provided therein,

be confidential and be disclosed only

for the purposes and under the

circumstances expressly authorized in

42 U.S.C. 290dd–2. This statute takes

precedence over the Privacy Act of 1974

in regard to accessibility of such records

except to the individual to whom the

record pertains. The ‘Blanket Routine

Uses’ do not apply to these types of

records.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Paper records in file folders; visible

card files; microfiche; cassettes;

punched cards; magnetic tapes/discs;

computer printouts; x-ray film

preservers.

RETRIEVABILITY:

By patient or sponsor’s surname or

sponsor’s Social Security Number.

SAFEGUARDS:

Records are maintained in buildings

which employ security guards and are

accessed only by authorized personnel

having an official need-to-know.

Automated segments are protected by

controlled system passwords governing

access to data.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Military health/dental and

procurement/separation x-ray records

are permanent. Clinical (inpatient),

outpatient, dental and consultation

record files for military members are

destroyed after 50 years; records

pertaining to U.S. Military Academy

cadets are withdrawn and retired to the

Surgeon, U.S. Military Academy, West

Point, NY 10996–1797. Records on

civilians and foreign nationals are

destroyed after 25 years; except for

civilian dental records which are

destroyed after 5 years. Records on

American Red Cross personnel are

withdrawn and forwarded to the

American National Red Cross.

All medical records (except the

Military Health/Dental records which

are active while individual is on active

duty, then retired with individual’s

Military Personnel Records Jacket and

the procurement/separation x-ray

records which are forwarded to the

National Personnel Records Center on

an accumulation basis) are retained in

an active file while treatment is

provided and subsequently held for a

period of 1 to 5 years following
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treatment before being retired to the

National Personnel Records Center.

Subsidiary medical records, of a

temporary nature, are normally not

retained long beyond termination of

treatment; however, supporting

documents determined to have

significant documentation value to

patient care and treatment are

incorporated into the appropriate

permanent record file.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

The Surgeon General, U.S. Army

Medical Command, ATTN: MCIM, 2050

Worth Road, Suite 13, Fort Sam

Houston, TX 78234–6013.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Individuals seeking to determine

whether information about themselves

is contained in this system should

address written inquiries to the medical

facility where treatment was provided.

Official mailing addresses are published

as an appendix to the Army’s

compilation of record systems notices.

Red Cross employees may write to the

Medical Officer, American National Red

Cross, 1730 E Street, NW, Washington,

DC 20006.

For verification purposes, the

individual should provide the full

name, Social Security Number of

sponsor, and current address and

telephone number. Inquiry should

include name of the hospital, year of

treatment and any details which will

assist in locating the records.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking access to

information about themselves contained

in this system should address written

inquiries to the medical facility where

treatment was provided. Official mailing

addresses are published as an appendix

to the Army’s compilation of record

systems notices.

Red Cross employees may write to the

Medical Officer, American National Red

Cross, 1730 E Street, NW, Washington,

DC 20006.

For verification purposes, the

individual should provide the full

name, Social Security Number of

sponsor, and current address and

telephone number. Inquiry should

include name of the hospital, year of

treatment and any details which will

assist in locating the records.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The Army’s rules for accessing

records, and for contesting contents and

appealing initial agency determinations

are contained in Army Regulation 340–

21; 32 CFR part 505; or may be obtained

from the system manager.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Subject individual, personal

interviews and history statements from

the individuals; abstracts or copies of

pertinent medical records; examination

records of intelligence, personality,

achievement, and aptitude; reports from

attending and previous physicians and

other medical personnel regarding

results of physical, dental, and mental

examinations, treatment, evaluation,

consultation, laboratory, x-ray and

special studies and research conducted

to provide health care and medical

treatment; and similar or related

documents.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–3011–000]

Notice of Filing

July 28, 1997.

Allegheny Power Service Corporation on

behalf of Monongahela Power Company The

Potomac Edison Company, and West Penn

Power Company (Allegheny Power).

Take notice that on June 26, 1997,

Allegheny Power Service Corporation

on behalf of Monongahela Power

Company, the Potomac Edison

Company and West Penn Power

Company (Allegheny Power), filed

amendment No. 1 to Supplement No. 16

to include the current standard service

agreement for Stand Energy

Corporation, a customer under the

Allegheny Power Open Access

Transmission Service Tariff. The

proposed effective date under the

Service Agreement is May 16, 1997.

Copies of the filing have been

provided to the Public Utilities

Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania

Public Utility Commission, the

Maryland Public Service Commission,

the Virginia State Corporation, the West

Virginia Public Service Commission.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 18

CFR 385.214). All such motions or

protests should be filed on or before

August 5, 1997. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–20278 Filed 7–31–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. ER97–2379–000, ER97–3818–

000, and ER97–3819–000]

Minnesota Power & Light Company;

Notice of Filing

July 28, 1997.

Take notice that on July 10, 1997,

Minnesota Power & Light Company

(MP) tendered for filing a signed

Settlement Agreement between MP and

its municipal wholesale customer, the

City of Virginia, Minnesota (Virginia),

with jurisdictional exhibits, including:

(a) Supplement No. 2 Amendment to

the Municipal Service Agreement

between Virginia and MP;

(b) Firm Point-to-Point Transmission

Service Agreement between MP as

transmission provider and MP as

transmission customer with conforming

direct assignment charges for

subtransmission facilities; and

(c) Service Agreement for nonfirm

point-to-point Transmission Service

between MP as transmission provider

and MP as transmission customer,

principally revising the direct

assignment charges and rates for MP’s

subtransmission facilities to serve

Virginia conditionally accepted by the

Commission in Docket No. ER97–2380–

000.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214). All such motions or protests

should be filed on or before August 8,

1997. Protests will be considered by the

Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceeding. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on