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Department of the Army

Notice of Intent to Grant an Exclusive

or Partially Exclusive License to TRS

Ceramics, Inc.

AGENCY: U.S. Army Research

Laboratory.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: In compliance with 37 CFR

40-4 et seq., the Department of the Army

hereby gives notice of its intent to grant

to TRS Ceramics, Inc., a corporation

having its principle place of business at

Suite J, 2820 East College Ave., State

College, PA 16801; an exclusive or

partially exclusive license to

manufacture under U.S. Patents

5,486,491, issued 23 Jan. 1996, entitled

‘‘Ceramic Ferroelectric Composite

Material—BSTO–ZRO2; 5,312,790,

issued 17 May 1994, entitled ‘‘Ceramic

Ferroelectric Material’’; and 5,427,988,

issued 27 Jun 1995, entitled ‘‘Ceramic

Ferrolectric Composite Material—

BSTO–MGO’’. Anyone, wishing to

object to the granting of this license has

60 days from the date of this notice to

file written objections along with

supporting evidence, if any.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael D. Rausa, U.S. Army Research

Laboratory, Office of Research and

Technology Applications, ATTN:

AMSRL–CS–TT/Bldg. 459, Aberdeen

Proving Ground, Maryland 21005–5425,

Telephone: (410) 278–5028.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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Corps of Engineers

Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) for the

Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) Locks,

Louisiana, Feasibility Study

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: A reconnaissance study of the

locks on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

in Louisiana determined that the Bayou

Sorrel Lock has the most immediate

need for an increase in capacity to pass

navigation traffic and needs to be

modified or replaced to provide

sufficient height to pass a project flood

in the Atchafalaya Basin. The Bayou

Sorrel Lock is located along the Morgan

City to Port Allen alternate route near

the town of Bayou Sorrel and allows

navigation traffic to pass through the

East Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee.

The DEIS will address alternatives for

replacement of the existing Bayou Sorrel

Lock.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions concerning the DEIS should

be addressed to Mr. Richard Boe at (504)

862–1505. Questions about the

feasibility study should be addressed to

Mr. Kevin Wagner at (504) 862–2509.

Their address is U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, Planning Division (CELMN–

PD), P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans,

Louisiana 70160–0267.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Authority. The feasibility study is

authorized by two Congressional

resolutions. The first resolution was

adopted by the Committee on Public

Works of the U.S. Senate on September

29, 1972, and the second was adopted

by the Committee on Public Works of

the U.S. House of Representatives on

October 12, 1972. Both resolutions

requested the Board of Engineers for

Rivers and Harbors to investigate the

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to determine

the advisability of modifying the

existing project.

2. Proposed Action. The proposed

action is to determine the feasibility of

replacing the Bayou Sorrel Lock with a

larger, more efficient lock. Various sizes,

alignments, and construction techniques

will be investigated for the replacement

lock. The DEIS will discuss these

alternatives and disclose the impacts of

the alternatives for which detailed

investigations are made.

3. Alternatives. A variety of

alternatives for replacement of the lock,

as well as the no-action alternative, are

under investigation. Alternatives

include concrete shell design, earthen

chamber design, and lock sizes from 75

to 110 feet wide and up to 1,200 feet

long. Associated with any lock

replacement plan is the necessity to

dispose of large quantities of dredged

material. Investigations are being

conducted to minimize the

environmental impact of dredged

material disposal and to mitigate for

unavoidable impacts.

4. Scoping. Scoping is the process for

determining the scope of issues to be

addressed and for identifying the

significant issues related to a proposed

action. For this study, a scoping input

request letter will be sent to all parties

believed to have an interest. The

scoping input request will invite

comments on study alternatives and

other significant study-related issues to

be addressed in the DEIS. The scoping

input request will also serve as an

invitation to a public scoping meeting to

be held in the town of Bayou Sorrel in

early 1997. All interested parties are

invited to comment at this time, and

anyone interested in this study should

request to be included in the study

mailing list.

5. Significant Issues. The tentative list

of issues and resources to be evaluated

in the DEIS includes: forested wetlands

(including wildlife resources), aquatic

resources (including water quality),

threatened and endangered species,

recreation resources, cultural resources,

socioeconomic resources.

6. Cooperating Agencies. Non-Federal

cost sharing will be provided through

the Inland Waterway Trust Fund,

administered by the Inland Waterway

Users Board. No cooperating agencies

have been designated.

7. Environmental Consultation and

Review. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) is assisting in

identification of impacts and in the

development of mitigation plans. The

Service will provide a Fish and Wildlife

Coordination Act report. Consultation

will also be accomplished with the

Service concerning threatened and

endangered species. The DEIS will be

distributed to all interested agencies,

organizations, and individuals.

8. Estimated Date of Availability. The

DEIS is scheduled to be distributed to

the public in July 1998.

Dated: January 10, 1997.

William L. Conner,

Colonel, U.S. Army, District Engineer.

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Department of Army, Corps of

Engineers

Intent to Prepare a Feasibility Study

and Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (DEIS) for the Anacostia

River and Tributaries Phase 2

Feasibility Study in Montgomery

County, Maryland

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DOD.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA), the Baltimore District, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers is initiating

the Anacostia River and Tributaries

(Phase 2) Feasibility Study on the

Montgomery County, Maryland portion

of the Northwest Branch watershed. The

riparian and aquatic environmental

integrity of the Northwest Branch

watershed has been severely degraded

by urbanization, inadequate

infrastructure and industrial

encroachment. The Phase 2 study will
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result in detailed designs for stream

restoration, stormwater management,

and stormwater retrofit projects. These

projects are expected to restore stream

habitat, provide wetland habitat, and

improve water quality. A DEIS will be

integrated into the feasibility study to

document existing conditions, project

actions, and project effects and

products. Montgomery County and the

Maryland National Capital Park and

Planning Commission are the nonFederal sponsors for the project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the proposed action

and DEIS can be addressed to Ms. April

Perry, Study Manager, Baltimore

District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

ATTN: CENAB–PL–P, P.O. Box 1715,

Baltimore Maryland 21203–1715,

telephone (410) 962–0684. E-mail

address:

april.s.perry@ccmail.nab.usace.army.mil

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. The U.S. House of Representatives,

Committee on Public Works and

Transportation, authorized the

Anacostia River and Tributaries

Reconnaissance Study in a resolution

dated September 8, 1988. It was further

authorized in the June 25, 1990

Statement of New Environmental

Approaches by the Assistant Secretary

of the Army (Civil Works), which gave

fish and wildlife restoration the status of

a priority project output.

2. The Anacostia River and

Tributaries Phase 1 Feasibility Study

produced by the Corps in 1994

determined that previous Corps activity

in the Anacostia Watershed has had a

detrimental impact to the eocsystem of

the Anacostia. The study recommended

that additional feasibility studies

focusing on environmental restoration

be pursued. Following the completion

of the 1994 Phase 1 feasibility report,

the Baltimore District Corps of

Engineers and Montgomery County

Department of Environmental Protection

identified the potential for additional

environmental restoration opportunities

within the Anacostia watershed.

3. In September of this year, the Corps

and Montgomery County executed a

feasibility cost-sharing agreement for a

Phase 2 Feasibility study. The area

proposed for environmental restoration

is known as the Northwest Branch of the

Anacostia River and is located in the

western portion of Montgomery County.

The watershed has several

environmental problems including

channel instability, erosion, and

sedimentation that adversely impact the

existing habitat and threaten planned

restoration measures. The Phase 2 study

will identify areas with such problems

and recommend projects for specific

sites that will be selected. It is

anticipated that the study will result in

a combination of stream restoration and

stormwater management projects.

4. The planning goals of the Phase 2

study are to restore acquatic and

riparian habitat, improve water quality,

and contribute to the restoration of the

Anacostia River ecosystem by

stabilizing stream channels that make

significant contributions to stream

channel erosion and sedimentation and

by reducing stormwater runoff rates,

velocities, and pollutant loads. To

achieve this goal, the Corps will further

define the problems and opportunities

in the Northwest Branch watershed;

analyze and forecast environmental

resource conditions; formulate,

evaluate, and compare alternative plans

for multiple sites; develop detailed

designs and costs at selected sites; and

recommend a cost-effective plan for the

Montgomery County portion of the

Northwest Branch watershed.

5. The decision to implement these

actions will be based on an evaluation

of the probable impact of the proposed

activities on the public interest. That

decision will reflect the national

concern for both protection and

utilization of important resources. The

benefit which reasonably may be

expected to accrue from the proposal

will be balanced against its reasonably

foreseeable costs. The Baltimore District

is preparing a DEIS which will describe

the impacts of the proposed projects on

environmental and cultural resources in

the study area and the overall public

interest. The DEIS will be in accordance

with NEPA and will document all

factors which may be relevant to the

proposal, including the cumulative

effects thereof. Among these factors are

habitat restoration, channel and erosion

control, improvements to water quality,

and stormwater management. If

applicable, the DEIS will also apply

guidelines issued by the Environmental

Protection Agency, under the authority

of Section 404(b)(1) of the Clean Water

Act of 1977 (Pub. L. 95–217).

6. The public involvement program

will include workshops, meetings, and

other coordination with interested

private individuals and organizations,

as well as with concerned Federal, state

and local agencies. Coordination letters

and newsletters have been sent to

appropriate agencies, organizations, and

individuals on an extensive mailing list.

Additional public information will be

provided through print media, mailings,

radio and television announcements.

7. In addition to the Corps,

Montgomery County, the Maryland

National Capital Park and Planning

Commission, other participants that will

be involved in the study and DEIS

process include the following: U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency; U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Forest

Service; U.S. Geological Survey; Natural

Resource Conservation Service; and the

U.S. National Park Service. The

Baltimore District invites potentially

affected Federal, state, and local

agencies, and other organizations and

entities to participate in this study.

8. The Anacostia Phase 2 Feasibility

Study and integrated DEIS are

tentatively scheduled for public review

in March 1999.

Harold L. Nelson,

Acting Chief, Planning Division.

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Department of the Navy

Notice of Availability of Invention for

Licensing; Government Owned

Invention

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is

assigned to the United States

Government as represented by the

Secretary of the Navy and is available

for licensing by the Department of the

Navy.

Copies of the patent cited are

available from the Commissioner of

Patents and Trademarks, Washington,

D.C. 20231, for $3.00 each. Requests for

copies of the patent should include the

patent number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

R.J. Erickson, Staff Patent Attorney,

Office of Naval Research, ONR 00CC,

Ballston Tower One, 800 North Quincy

Street, Arlington, Virginia 22217–5660,

telephone (703) 696–4001.

U.S. Patent No. 5,552.93: AUDIO

INFORMATION APPARATUS FOR

PROVIDING POSITION

INFORMATION, patented September 3,

1996.

Dated: January 14, 1997.

D.E. Koenig, Jr.

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES

SAFETY BOARD

Resolution of Potential Conflict of

Interest

The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

Board (Board) has identified and

resolved potential conflicts of interest

situations related to its proposed