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Antonio Street. Contamination has been

identified at depths ranging from 0.5

feet at the west end of the beach to 25

feet near the pier. The highest

concentration level observed in a

sample has been 61,000 parts per

million (ppm) located near the pier at

about the high tide line at a depth of

11.5 feet. The average total recoverable

hydrocarbon (TPH) value is

approximately 4,100 ppm at an average

depth of 10 feet. The highest benzene,

toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene

(BTEX) value observed has been 760

ppm, located down from San Francisco

Street at a depth of 13.5 feet.

The intertidal plume extends seaward

along the pier to at least a distance of

400 feet south of Front Street with TPH

concentrations as high as 63,000 ppm.

The seaward extent of this plume has

not been determined. This part of the

plume is covered with water except for

periods with extremely low tides during

full and new moons.

2. Proposed Action

UNOCAL has applied to the Corps of

Engineers (Corps) for a Department of

the Army permit to conduct remediation

activities oceanward of the high tide

line (7.2 feet Mean Lower Low Water) at

Avila Beach. Current activities that lie

within the Corps’ regulatory jurisdiction

include the installation of wave energy

dissipator cofferdams, solidification of

hydrocarbon and hydrocarbon-affected

sediment underlying the East Beach

area, and no action for contamination in

the intertidal zone.

3. Scope of Analysis

The scope of analysis of the DEIS

includes the entire Avila Beach area,

intertidal zone, and San Luis Obispo

Creek estuary located in the community

of Avila Beach, San Luis Obispo

County, California.

4. Alternatives

The following alternative remedial

technologies, and combinations thereof,

are being considered: (1) No action; (2)

Excavation; (3) Steam Stripping; and (4)

Oxygen/Nutrient Delivery.

5. Scoping Process

a. Federal, State, and local agencies

and other interested private citizens and

organizations are encouraged to send

their written comments to Ms. Tiffany

Welch at the address provided above.

This scoping comment period will

expire 30 days from this date of this

notice.

b. Significant issues to be analyzed in

depth in the DEIS include biological

resources, surface and ground water

quality, air quality, recreation, erosion/

sedimentation, noise, transportation,

aesthetics and socioeconomics.

c. Coordination will be undertaken

with the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

California Department of Fish and

Game, California Regional Water

Quality Control Board, and the

California Coastal Commission.

6. Scoping Meetings

A scoping meeting will be held on

October 7, 1997 from 6–8 p.m. to assess

preliminary issues relative to

UNOCAL’s proposed remediation plan.

The scoping meeting will be held on the

top floor of the Community Center, 191

San Miguel Street, Avila Beach.

Participation in the scoping meeting by

Federal, state, and local agencies, and

other interested private citizens and

organizations is encouraged.

7. DEIS Schedule

The current schedule estimates that

the DEIS will be available for public

review and comment in November 1997.

Robert L. Davis,

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer.

[FR Doc. 97–24573 Filed 9–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–KF–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Corps of Engineers

Coastal Engineering Research Board

(CERB)

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463),

announcement is made of the following

committee meeting:

Name of Committee: Coastal

Engineering Research Board (CERB).

Dates of Meeting: October 16–17,

1997.

Place: New York, New York.

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (October

16, 1997); 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

(October 17, 1997)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquiries and notice of intent to attend

the meeting may be addressed to Dr.

James R. Houston, Acting Executive

Secretary, Coastal Engineering Research

Board, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways

Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry

Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180–

6199. Phone: (601) 634–2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposed Agenda

The 66th meeting of the Coastal

Engineering Research Board meeting

will be hosted by the U.S. Army

Engineer Division, North Atlantic, and

the U.S. Army Engineer District, New

York. The Board members will tour the

coastal areas of New York and New

Jersey on October 16. The Board will

then go into Executive Session at the

District office the afternoon of October

16, 1997. On October 17, the civilian

members of the Board will hear

planning study presentations including

Atlantic Coast of New York Monitoring

Program, South Shore of Staten Island,

and Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point

Reformulation Study; project design

presentations including Long Beach

Feasibility Design, West of Shinnecock

Inlet Interim Design, and Fire Island

Interim Design; Shinnecock Inlet Design

and Construction; projects in

construction including Rockaway

Beach, Coney Island, Westhampton, and

Sea Bright to Manasquan; nourishment

issues/sand resources; and environment

concerns.

This meeting is open to the public,

but since seating capacity is limited,

advance notice of intent to attend,

although not required, is requested in

order to assure adequate arrangements

for those wishing to attend.

James R. Houston,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24577 Filed 9–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–PU–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Corps of Engineers

Grant of Exclusive License

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

announces the general availability of

exclusive, or partially exclusive licenses

under the following patents. Any

license granted shall comply with 35

U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR Part 404.

Patent No.: 5,567,078.

Title: Method for Forming a Sloped

Face Ice Control Surface.

Issue Date: 10/22/96.

Patent No.: 5,567,950.

Title: Bispectral Lane Marker.

Issue Date: 10/22/96.

Patent No.: 5,585,799.

Title: Microwave Doppler Radar

System for Detection and Kinematic

Measurements of River Ice.
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Issue Date: 12/17/96.

Patent No.: 5,588,783.

Title: Soil Reinforcement with

Adhesive-Coated Fibers.

Issue Date: 12/31/96.

Patent No.: 5,595,561.

Title: Low-Temperature Method for

Containing Thermally Degradable

Hazardous Wastes.

Issue Date: 1/21/97.

Patent No.: 5,601,906.

Title: Geosynthetic Barrier to Prevent

Access to Contaminated Sediments.

Issue Date: 2/11/97.

Patent No.: 5,605,570.

Title: Alkali-Activated Glassy Silicate

Foamed Concrete.

Issue Date: 2/25/97.

Patent No.: 5,605,744.

Title: Laminated Paper Glass

Camouflage.

Issue Date: 2/25/97.

Patent No.: 5,609,418.

Title: Clapeyron Thermometer.

Issue Date: 3/11/97.

Patent No.: 5,614,659.

Title: Pore-Air Pressure Measurement

Device for Use in High Shock

Environments.

Issue Date: 3/25/97.

Patent No.: 5,614,893.

Title: Ground Condition Monitor.

Issue Date: 3/25/97.

Patent No.: 5,624,492.

Title: Heat Treatment in the Control of

the Setting of Cement.

Issue Date: 4/29/97.

Patent No.: 5,634,742.

Title: Bulkhead for and Method for

Dry Isolation of Dam Gates.

Issue Date: 6/3/97.

Patent No.: 5,635,710.

Title: Subsurface Penetrometer

Radiation Sensor Probe and System.

Issue Date: 6/3/97.

Patent No.: 5,639,195.

Title: Helical Panel Fasteners.

Issue Date: 6/17/97.

Patent No.: 5,644,314.

Title: Portable Geophysical System

Using an Inverse Collocation-Type

Methodology.

Issue Date: 7/1/97.

Patent No.: 5,657,927.

Title: Central Tire Inflation Controller

Issue Date: 7/15/97.

Patent No.: 5,648,724.

Title: Metallic Time-Domain

Reflectometry Roof Moisture Sensor.

Issue Date: 7/15/97.

Patent No. 5,651,200.

Title: Debris Exclusion Devices for an

Augerhead Type Hydraulic Dredge

System.

Issue Date: 7/29/97.

ADDRESSES: Humphreys Engineer Center

Support Activity, Office of Counsel,

7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria,

Virginia 22315–3860.

DATES: Applications for an exclusive or

partially exclusive license may be

submitted at any time from the date of

this notice. However, no exclusive or

partially exclusive license shall be

granted until 90 days from the date of

this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia L. Howland, (703) 428–6672 or

Alease J. Berry, (703) 428–8160.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USP

5,567,078 is a method of controlling a

breakup ice run without interfering with

the natural river flow, thus reducing the

possibility of flooding caused by the

breakup of river ice.

USP 5,567,950 is a passive, rigid,

durable, and inexpensive lane marker

device that allows for remote

observations of visual and infrared

electromagnetic signatures.

USP 5,585,799 is a system, unaffected

by darkness or low visibility conditions,

for detecting river ice motions and

determining river ice kinematic

measurements without the need for a

human observer.

USP 5,588,783 is an improved method

of soil stabilization utilizing a variety of

natural or synthetic fibers and adhesive

coating for use in such things as berms

or embankments.

USP 5,595,561 is a method of

producing a concrete wasteform with an

aggregate comprised of pellets formed

from a waste-polymer mixture which

are treated with an epoxy coating and a

silicate-based powder.

USP 5,601,906 is a method and

apparatus to prevent wildlife from

ingesting contaminated sediments in

wetlands and other areas where the

sediment forms part of the natural

setting for the wildlife, avoiding the

destruction or alteration of the natural

habitat, or the construction of landfill

liners or caps.

USP 5,605,570 is a composition and

method of utilizing blast-furnace slag

waste products or other metallurgical

slags, sodium peroxide, and water to

produce a foamed concrete that is

strong, lightweight, and which hardens

and gains strength rapidly.

USP 5,605,744 is a material and

method of composing rigid composite

laminates of paper and fibrous glass

layers for use in camouflage,

concealment and deception.

USP 5,609,418 is a high resolution

solid/liquid, pressure responsive

thermometer which measures the large

pressure changes which result when a

mixture of a liquid and its solid are

subjected to a temperature change below

the equilibrium melting temperature of

the bulk material.

USP 5,614,659 is a device for

accurately and repeatedly measuring

pore-air pressure in the vicinity of an

explosive blast through the use of a

shock resistant housing containing a

plurality of pressure sensing ports, with

a filter mounted in each port and a

sensor within the housing for sensing

the air pressure at each of the ports.

USP 5,614,893 is a device for

obtaining collecting, and transmitting

data indicative of the electromagnetic

properties of the surrounding earth

which can be used to monitor the

structural integrity of earthen works,

such as leavees, to determine the

movement of contaminants through a

ground area, to determine contaminants

in landfills, dredge materials, or

groundwater, or to detect the movement

of heavy equipment over the ground.

USP 5,624,492 is a method of slowing

down the hardening of cement without

using chemical retarders by heat treating

the cement to form an amorphous,

glassy shell on the outside of the cement

particles.

USP 5,634,742 is a new type of

bulkhead for use in the repair and

maintenance of dam gates which can

easily be assembled and floated into

position adjacent to a dam gate.

USP 5,635,710 is an improved device

for measuring radiation in subsurface

formations by utilizing a detachable

sleeve to strengthen and protect the

sensor probe, and once the probe has

been inserted into the subsurface, the

detachable sleeve allows for more

accurate measurement of radiation

levels.

USP 5,639,195 is a novel fastener

which can be used either to fasten

parallel spaced panels together and

maintaining a predetermined spacing

between panels, or to fasten panels

parallel to walls while maintaining a

predetermined space between the panel

and the wall.

USP 5,644,314 is a portable ground

penetrating high resolution radar system

that can perform target and media

identification in real-time utilizing a

digitally controlled phase shifter.

USP 5,647,927 is an automated

system which adjusts the air pressure in

the tires of a vehicle to optimize fuel

consumption, tire wear, and road

deterioration.

USP 5,648,724 is an apparatus for

detecting the presence, location, and

extent of moisture in a roof by

transmitting an electrical pulse through

a transmission line embedded in the

roof and using a signal analyzer to

interpret the transmitted pulses.
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USP 5,651,200 is an improved small

augerhead type dredge system which

reduces clogging of the system’s pump

impeller intake eye by utilizing a cutter/

grate device to prevent ingestion of

debris into the system’s pump by

cutting up vegetation and excluding

debris prior to entry into the pump’s

impeller eye, and, by utilizing a

transition box structure behind the

augerhead that has a back-flush and a

manual clean-out box.

Applications for an exclusive or

partially exclusive license should

contain the information set forth in 37

CFR Part 404.8. Applications will be

evaluated utilizing the following

criteria: (1) Ability to manufacture and

market the technology; (2)

Manufacturing and marketing

capability; (3) Time required to bring

technology to market and production

rate; (4) Royalties; (5) Technical

capabilities; and, (6) Small Business

status.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–24575 Filed 9–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–92–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Marine Corps, Department of

the Navy, DOD..

ACTION: Amend a record system.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Marine Corps

proposes to amend a system of records

in its inventory of record systems

subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5

U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

DATES: The amendment will be effective

September 16, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the

Head, FOIA and Privacy Act Section,

Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 2

Navy Annex, Washington, DC 20380–

1775.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

B. L. Thompson at (703) 614–4008 or

DSN 224–4008.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.

Marine Corps record system notices for

records systems 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 amendments are not

within the purview of subsection (r) of

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

amended, which would require the

submission of a new or altered system

report for each system. The specific

changes to the record systems being

amended are set forth below followed

by the notices, as amended, published

in their entirety.

Dated: September 11, 1997.

L. M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

MMN00010

SYSTEM NAME:

Personnel Services Working Files

(February 22, 1993, 58 FR 10664).

CHANGES:

* * * * *

PURPOSE:

Delete the last four words in the entry

and replace with a period and add the

following sentence ‘Key Volunteer

Network (KVN) personnel or Chaplains

will use this information to contact the

next of kin on family matters, to include

decedent affairs.’

* * * * *

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

In line one, delete the words ‘Marine

Corps Manpower Management System;

Joint Uniform Military Pay System’ and

replace with ‘Marine Corps Total Force

System’.

* * * * *

MMN00010

SYSTEM NAME:

Personnel Services Working Files.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

All Marine Corps activities. U.S.

Marine Corps official mailing addresses

are incorporated into the Department of

the Navy’s address directory, published

as an appendix to the Navy’s

compilation of systems of records

notices.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Members and former members of the

Marine Corps and Marine Corps

Reserve; permanently and temporarily

retired members of the Marine Corps

and Marine Corps Reserve; members of

the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve; Federal

civil service employees of the Marines

Corps; and dependents, survivors or

appointed agents of the foregoing. Some

information about dependents and other

members of families or former families

of Marine Corps personnel may be

included in files pertaining to the

Marine. Inquiries from the general

public, whether addressed directly to

HQMC or received via a third party,

may be retained together with

information obtained in the course of

completing required action or in

preparing a response.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Files contain information pertaining

to identification; prior service; location

and addresses; decedent affairs; military

honors at funerals; recovery of remains;

casualty notification; condolence letters

to next of kin; transportation, passports

and visas for next of kin of casualties

medically warranted overseas; missing

persons; prisoners of war; reserve

disability benefits; casualty statistics;

certification of eligibility for award of

Purple Heart Medal; death benefits and

annuity payments; Official reports of

casualty; certification of life insurance

coverage; investigative reports; travel of

dependents; reports and death

certificates substantiating casualty

status; intelligence reports concerning

missing and captured members; prior

and present marital status; dissolution

of prior marriages; birth, marriage and

death certificates; adopting of children;

financial responsibility; child support;

claims of non-support; personal health

and welfare reports; alien marriages;

conduct and personal history as it

pertains to marriage and its

responsibilities; medical information;

garnishment of pay; powers of attorney;

personal financial records; police and

fire reports; records of emergency data;

medical care; use of exchanges,

commissaries and theaters; recovery of

invalid dependent identification and

privilege cards; correction of naval

records; defense related employment;

veterans rights, benefits and privileges;

awards, recommendations and/or

issuances; Survivor Benefit Plan;

preseparation counseling; civil

readjustment; Retired Serviceman’s

Family Protection Plan; residence; basic

allowance for quarters; leave and

liberty; financial assistance; extensions

of emergency leave; in service FHA

mortgage insurance loans;

reimbursement for damage to or loss of

personal property; transportation of

household goods; claims against the

government; lost, damaged or

abandoned property; medical bills;

determinations of dependency status;

claims against commercial carriers,

insurers, and contractors; dependent

identification and privilege cards;

official correspondence (including

correspondence from Marines, their

families, attorneys, doctors, lawyers,

clergymen, administrators/executors/

guardians of estates, American Red

Cross and other welfare agencies and

the general public, whether addressed

directly to the Marine Corps or via third

parties); internal routing and processing

or personal affairs matters; and records