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Standards and Technology, Boulder,

CO 80303; Appointment Expires: 12/

31/98

Samuel P. Williamson (C), Deputy

Director, Office of Systems

Development, National Weather

Service, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, Silver

Spring, MD 20910, Appointment

Expires: 12/31/98

Gary Bachula,

Acting Under Secretary for Technology,

Technology Administration, Department of

Commerce.

[FR Doc. 97–22408 Filed 8–22–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0002]

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request Entitled Solicitation

Mailing List Application (SF 129)

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for an

extension to an existing OMB clearance

(9000–0002).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat has submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) a

request to review and approve an

extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Solicitation Mailing List

Application (SF 129). A request for

comments was published at 62 FR

33605, on June 20, 1997. No comments

were received.

DATES: Comment Due Date September

24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this

burden estimate or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden,

should be submitted to: FAR Desk

Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB,

Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to

the General Services Administration,

FAR Secretariat (MVRS), 1800 F Street,

NW, Room 4037, Washington, DC

20405. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0002 in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ralph DeStefano, Federal Acquisition

Policy Division, GSA (202) 501–1758.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

The Standard Form 129, Solicitation

Mailing List Application, is used by all

Federal agencies as an application form

for prospective contractors to provide

information needed to establish and

maintain a list of firms interested in

selling to the Government. The

information is used to establish lists of

firms to be solicited when the products

or services they provide are needed by

the Government.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average .58 hours per response,

including the time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information.

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows: Respondents,

243,000; responses per respondent, 4;

total annual responses, 972,000;

preparation hours per response, .58; and

total response burden hours, 563,760.

Obtaining copies of proposals:

Requester may obtain copies of OMB

applications or justifications from the

General Services Administration, FAR

Secretariat (MVRS), Room 4037, 1800 F

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405,

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite

OMB Control No. 9000–0002,

Solicitation Mailing List Application

(SF 129), in all correspondence.

Dated: August 20, 1997.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 97–22474 Filed 8–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0011]

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request Entitled Preaward

Survey Forms (Standard Forms 1403,

1404, 1405, 1406, 1407, and 1408)

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for an

extension to an existing OMB clearance

(9000–0011).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat has submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) a

request to review and approve an

extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Preaward Survey forms

(Standard Forms 1403, 1404, 1405,

1406, 1407, and 1408). A request for

public comments was published at 62

FR 33606, June 27, 1997. No comments

were received.

DATES: Comment Due Date September

24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this

burden estimate or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden,

should be submitted to: FAR Desk

Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB,

Washingon, DC 20503, and a copy to

General Services Administration, FAR

Secretariat (MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW,

Room 4037, Washington, DC 20405.

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0011

in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ralph DeStefano, Federal Acquisition

Policy Division, GSA (202) 501–1758.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

To protect the Government’s interest

and to ensure timely delivery of items

of the requisite quality, contracting

officers, prior to award, must make an

affirmative determination that the

prospective contractor is responsible,

i.e., capable of performing the contract.

Before making such a determination, the

contracting officer must have in his

possession or must obtain information

sufficient to satisfy himself that the

prospective contractor (i) has adequate

financial resources, or the ability to

obtain such resources, (ii) is able to

comply with required delivery

schedule, (iii) has a satisfactory record

of performance, (iv) has a satisfactory

record of integrity, and (v) is otherwise

qualified and eligible to receive an

award under appropriate laws and

regulations. If such information is not in

the contracting officer’s possession, it is

obtained through a preaward survey

conducted by the contract

administration office responsible for the

plant and/or the geographic area in

which the plant is located. The

necessary data is collected by contract

administration personnel from available
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data or through plant visits, phone calls,

and correspondence and entered on

Standard Forms 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406,

1407, and 1408 in detail commensurate

with the dollar value and complexity of

the procurement. The information is

used by Federal contracting officers to

determine whether a prospective

contractor is responsible.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 24 hours per response,

including the time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information.

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows: Respondents,

12,000; responses per respondent, .5;

total annual responses, 6,000;

preparation hours per response, 24; and

total response burden hours, 144,000.

Obtaining copies of proposals:

Requester may obtain copies of OMB

applications or justifications from the

General Services Administration, FAR

Secretariat (MVRS), Room 4037, 1800 F

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405,

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite

OMB Control No. 9000–0011, Preaward

Survey Forms, in all correspondence.

Dated: August 20, 1997.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 97–22475 Filed 8–22–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Record of Decision for Facilities

Development Necessary to Support the

Homeporting of a Nimitz-Class Aircraft

Carrier at the Naval Station, Mayport,

Florida

Pursuant to section 102(2)C of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 and the Council on

Environmental Quality regulations

implementing NEPA procedures (40

CFR parts 1500–1508), the Department

of the Navy announces its findings

relative to the analysis of the facilities

development necessary to support the

homeporting of a Nimitz-class aircraft

carrier at Naval Station (NAVSTA),

Mayport, Florida. This analysis was

required by the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993,

because under existing carrier force

structure plans, all conventional carriers

(CVs) will be replaced by nuclearpowered carriers (CVNs) at the end of

the CVs service life. NAVSTA Mayport,

which has long been a homeport for

conventional aircraft carriers, is

currently homeport to the USS

Kennedy. The analysis evaluates the

potential environmental impacts

associated with development of

facilities to support possible CVN

Homeporting at NAVSTA Mayport in

the year 2010.

A notice of intent was published in

the Federal Register on October 7, 1993,

indicating that Navy would prepare a

Programmatic Environmental Impact

Statement (PEIS) evaluating the

Facilities Development Necessary To

Support Potential Aircraft Carrier

Homeporting at the Naval Station,

Mayport, Florida. A public scoping

meeting was held October 26, 1993 in

Neptune Beach, Florida to determine

the scope of significant issues to be

examined in the Draft PEIS (DPEIS). The

DPEIS was filed with the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

on March 15, 1996 and was distributed

to agencies and officials of federal, state,

and local governments, citizen’s groups

and associations, media, public

libraries, and interested parties for

review and comment. The notice of

filing and notice of public availability

appeared in the Federal Register on

March 22, 1996. The period of public

review and comment on the DPEIS was

from March 22, 1996 through May 13,

1996. A public hearing was held on

April 24, 1996 in Neptune Beach,

Florida. Comments on the DPEIS were

received in three forms: (1) Letters, (2)

written comments received at the public

hearing, and (3) oral statements made at

the hearing. Comments included

concerns regarding wildlife impacts,

dredging impacts, water quality, and

housing impacts. Those comments and

Navy responses were incorporated into

the Final PEIS (FPEIS), which was filed

with the EPA on March 7, 1997, and

distributed for public review. The

Notice of Filing appeared in the Federal

Register on March 14, 1997. The period

of public review on the FPEIS ended on

April 14, 1997.

The PEIS evaluated the reasonable

alternatives to implementing CVN

homeporting at NAVSTA Mayport and

the potential environmental impacts of

new construction, facilities

modification, dredging, and operation of

a CVN at NAVSTA Mayport. In addition

to the various alternatives discussed in

the PEIS, a ‘‘No Action’’ alternative was

evaluated. In the ‘‘No Action’’

alternative, NAVSTA Mayport would

not be evaluated as a second potential

East Coast CVN Homeport, thus leaving

all CVNs homeported in Norfolk,

Virginia. This alternative was dismissed

because it fails to meet the requirements

of Pub. L. 102–484 which requires Navy

to prepare a plan which could develop

NAVSTA Mayport as a Nimitz-Class

aircraft carrier homeport.

NAVSTA Mayport has two

conventionally-powered aircraft carrier

berthing wharves, Wharf C–1 and Wharf

C–2, neither of which are currently able

to accommodate CVN draft, electrical,

and maintenance requirements. Wharf

C–1 was eliminated from further

evaluation because it provides no

berthing or infrastructure advantage

over Wharf C–2 and because Wharf C–

2 has better opportunities for providing

security. Three berthing alternatives

were evaluated throughout the PEIS:

Wharf C–2, Wharf F (an industrial

maintenance wharf), and a dual

capability concept where both Wharf C–

2 and Wharf F are used. The dual

capability configuration was chosen as

the preferred alternative because it

offers the most operational flexibility,

allowing continued use of Wharf F as an

industrial rework facility, even when

the carrier is in port.

New construction necessary to

support the depot-level maintenance

requirements of a CVN homeported at

NAVSTA Mayport would include a

depot-level maintenance facility (DMF).

The DMF would comprise three main

components: Controlled Industrial

Facility (CIF), Ship Maintenance

Facility (SMF), and Maintenance

Support Facility (MSF). The DMF and

its surrounding areas would have to be

capable of supporting a work force of

approximately 1,000 workers per day.

This would include shipboard workers,

within the facility, and the project

management team. The SMF facility

would house all non-controlled

propulsion plant work, material

inspection and storage, and pure water

production. Radiological work to be

performed at the DMF would occur in

the CIF, while the MSF would include

the administrative functions.

Pierside improvements discussed in

the PEIS would include required

modification to the two wharves

considered for berthing of a CVN, Wharf

C–2 and Wharf F. Structural analysis of

each wharf for the dredge depth of 50

feet below Mean Lower Low Water

(mllw), for the additional loading

introduced by a 100-ton mobile crane at

the wharves, and for more rigorous

mooring standards were performed to

assist in the wharf improvements

recommendations and the analysis

results were summarized in the PIES.

Assessments of the existing

infrastructure (utilities) were also

performed and the study results

summarized in the PEIS.