Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 192 / Friday, October 3, 1997 / Notices 51837

Engineers (Corps), the Glenn-Colusa

Irrigation District (GCID), and the

California Department of Fish and Game

(CDFG) propose to construct the

Hamilton City Pumping Plant Fish

Improvement Screen Project. The

project is in response to concerns over

impacts to salmon and other fish species

from water diversion operations at the

Hamilton City Pumping Plant. Two

public workshops to present material on

the alternatives and to answer questions

and a public hearing to receive

comments from interested organizations

and individuals on the environmental

impacts of the project will be held.

DATES: Public comments on the DEIR/

DEIS should be submitted on or before

November 17, 1997. The public

workshops will be held at the following

locations:

• November 4, 1997, 1:00 p.m.,

Granzella’s Inn, 391 6th Street,

Williams, California

• November 4, 1997, 7:00 p.m.,

Hamilton High School, Highway 32 and

Canal Street, Hamilton City, California

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the

DEIR/DEIS and comments on the DEIR/

DEIS should be submitted to the Fish

Screen Improvement Project, Draft EIR/

EIS Comments, 455 Capitol Mall, Suite

600, Sacramento, California 95814,

Attention: Rick Lind; telephone (916)

325–4050.

Copies of the DEIR/DEIS are also

available for public inspection and

review at the following locations:

1. Bureau of Reclamation, Room E–

1704, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento,

CA 95825–1898; (916) 979–5100.

2. Bureau of Reclamation, Northern

California Area Office, Attention:

NCAO–320, 16349 Shasta Dam Blvd,

Shasta Lake, CA 96019–8400; (916) 275–

1554.

3. Surface Water Resources, Inc., 455

Capitol Mall, Suite 600, Sacramento, CA

95814; (916) 325–4050.

4. Bureau of Reclamation, Willows

Construction Office, Attention: W–200,

1140 West Wood Street, Willows, CA

95988–0988; (916) 934–7066.

5. Natural Resources Library, U.S.

Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street

NW, Main Interior Building,

Washington DC 20240–0001.

6. Library, Bureau of Reclamation, 6th

Avenue and Kipling, Room 167,

Building 67, Denver Federal Center,

Denver, CO 80225–0007.

7. University of California-Berkeley,

Water Resources Center Archives, 410

O’Brien Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720–1718.

8. California State University-Chico,

Government Publications Center,

Meriam Library, Chico, CA 95929–0295.

9. Butte County Library, Publications,

1820 Mitchell Ave, Oroville, CA 95966–

5333.

10. Shasta County Public Library,

Redding Main Branch, 1855 Shasta

Street, Redding, CA 96001–0418.

11. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

1325 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information, please contact

Ms. Lauren Carly, Reclamation, (916)

934–7066; Mr. Matt Davis, Corps, (916)

557–6708; Ms. Sandra Dunn, GCID,

(916) 446–7979; or Mr. Nick Villa,

CDFG, (916) 358–2943.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Reclamation, the Corps, GCID and CDFG

have prepared the DEIR/DEIS to

analyzes the no-action alternative as

well as three action alternatives. The

action alternatives would minimize loss

of all fish species in the vicinity of the

pumping plant diversion while

maximizing GCID’s capability to divert

the full quantity of water it is entitled

to divert to meet its water supply

delivery obligations. The agency

preferred alternative would include an

extension of the existing fish screen,

internal fish bypasses, improvements to

the intake and bypass channel, and a

gradient facility.

Dated: September 26, 1997.

Kirk C. Rodgers,

Deputy Regional Director.

Dated: September 25, 1997.

Brandon C. Muncy,

Major, Deputy District Engineer—Civil Works.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Public Hearings for a Draft

Clean Air Act Conformity

Determination and Draft Environmental

Impact Statement for Realignment of F/

A–18 Aircraft and Operational

Functions From Naval Air Station Cecil

Field, Florida to Other East Coast

Installations

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2) of

the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the

Council on Environmental Quality

regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508),

and the Clean Air Act, General

Conformity Rule (40 CFR Part 93), the

Department of the Navy has prepared

and filed with the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

and Draft Clean Air Act Conformity

Determination to evaluate the

realignment of F/A–18 aircraft and

operational functions from Naval Air

Station (NAS) Cecil Field, Florida to

other Navy and Marine Corps air

stations on the east coast of the United

States. In accordance with these laws

and regulations, this notice announces

the dates and locations of public

hearings.

The realignment of F/A–18 aircraft

and associated functions from NAS

Cecil Field is mandated by the Defense

Base Closure and Realignment Act (Pub.

L. 101–510, title XXIX) in accordance

with the Congressionally approved

recommendation of the 1995 Defense

Base Closure and Realignment

Commission. The DEIS considers five

alternatives for realignment of 11 F/A–

18 fleet squadrons (132 aircraft) and the

fleet replacement squadron (FRS) (48

aircraft).

East coast installations that meet

operational criteria and are considered

as possible receiving sites for F/A–18

aircraft includes NAS Oceana, Virginia;

Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS)

Beaufort, South Carolina; and MCAS

Cherry Point, North Carolina. The

preferred alternative is to single-site the

F/A–18 aircraft at NAS Oceana, which

has the largest capacity to accommodate

the aircraft. Other alternatives that

separate the F/A–18 aircraft between

two of the bases are considered. The

level of new construction required at

each base to accommodate the aircraft is

related to the number of aircraft to be

transferred under each alternative. Each

alternative is assessed in the DEIS with

regard to its effects on the natural and

built environments.

The DEIS has been distributed to

various Federal, state, and local

agencies, as well as other interested

individuals and organizations. In

addition, copies of the DEIS have been

distributed to the following libraries for

public review: Virginia Beach Central

Library, 4100 Virginia Beach Boulevard,

Virginia Beach, Virginia; Great Neck

Library, 1251 Bayne Drive, Virginia

Beach, Virginia; Chesapeake Central

Library, 298 Cedar Road, Chesapeake,

Virginia; Craven County Library, 300

Miller Boulevard, Havelock, North

Carolina; Beaufort County Library, 311

Scott Street, Beaufort, South Carolina;

Dare County Library, 700 North U.S. 64/

264, Manteo, North Carolina; Pamlico

County Library, 603 Main Street,

Bayboro, North Carolina; Ida Hilton

Library, 1105 North Way, Darien,

Georgia. A limited number of single

copies of the DEIS and Draft CAA

Conformity Determination are available

upon request by contacting Mr. Dan

Cecchini at (757) 322–4891.
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ADDRESSES: Public hearings will be held

during the month of October for those

individuals who would like to provide

oral comments on the DEIS or the Draft

CAA Conformity Determination. An

open information session will precede

the scheduled public hearing at each of

the locations listed below and will

allow individuals to review the data

presented in the DEIS. Navy

representatives will be available during

the information session to answer

questions and/or clarify information

related to the DEIS. The open

information session is scheduled from

3:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., followed by the

public hearing from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00

p.m. Public hearings have been

scheduled at the following times and

locations: Monday, October 20, 1997,

Technical College of the Low Country,

Building 12, Main Auditorium, 921

Ribaut Road, Beaufort, South Carolina;

Tuesday, October 21, 1997, Havelock

Middle School, 102 High School Drive,

Havelock, North Carolina; Wednesday,

October 22, 1997, Pamlico County

Courthouse, 202 Main Street, Bayboro,

North Carolina; Thursday, October 23,

1997, North Carolina Aquarium on

Roanoke Island, Airport Road, Manteo,

North Carolina; Monday, October 27,

1997, Virginia Beach Pavilion

Convention Center Auditorium, 1000

19th Street, Virginia Beach, Virginia;

Tuesday, October 28, 1997, Butts Road

Intermediate School, 1571 Mt. Pleasant

Road, Chesapeake, Virginia.

Federal, state and local agencies and

interested parties are invited and urged

to be present or represented at the

hearing. Oral statements will be heard

and transcribed by a stenographer;

however, to ensure the accuracy of the

record, all statements should be

submitted in writing. All statements,

both oral and written, will become part

of the public record on the DEIS and

Draft CAA Conformity Determination

and will be responded to in the Final

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).

Equal weight will be given to both oral

and written statements.

In the interest of available time and to

ensure all who wish to give an oral

statement have the opportunity to do so,

each speaker will be asked to limit

comments to three (3) minutes. If a

longer statement is to be presented, it

should be summarized at the public

hearing and submitted in writing either

at the hearing or mailed or faxed to Mr.

Dan Cecchini at: Commander, Atlantic

Division, Naval Facilities Engineering

Command, Attn: Mr. J. Dan Cecchini

(Code 2032DC), 1510 Gilbert Street,

Norfolk, Virginia 23511; Fax: (757) 322–

4894. All written comments postmarked

by November 18, 1997, will become a

part of the official public record and

will be responded to in the FEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Additional information concerning this

notice may be obtained by contacting

Mr. Cecchini or one of the following

individuals: Mr. Fred Pierson,

Community Planning Liaison Officer,

NAS Oceana, (757) 433–3158; LtCol

Blackiston, Community Planning

Liaison Officer, MCAS Cherry Point,

(919) 466–4196; LtCol Keverline,

Community Planning Liaison Officer,

MCAS Beaufort, (803) 522–7390, or Capt

Mason, Public Affairs Officer, MCAS

Beaufort, (803) 522–7201.

Dated: September 29, 1997.

Darse E. Crandall,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Advisory Council on Education

Statistics, (ACES)

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed

meetings.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of the

forthcoming meetings of the Advisory

Council on Education Statistics (ACES).

Notice of these meetings are required

under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act. This

document is intended to notify the

general public of their opportunity to

attend.

DATES: October 9–10, 1997.

TIMES: October 9, 1997—Full Council,

8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m., (open); 11:30 to

1:15 p.m., (closed); Management

Committee, 1:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m., (open);

Statistics Committee, 1:30 p.m.–5:00

p.m. (open), Strategy/Policy 1:30 p.m.–

5:00 p.m. (open). October 10, 1997—

Full Council 12 noon to 3:00 p.m.

(open); Statistics Committee, 8:30 a.m.–

12:00 noon (open); Strategy/Policy

Committee, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon

(closed); and Management Committee,

8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon (open).

LOCATION: The Phoenix Park Hotel, 520

North Capitol Street, NW., Washington,

DC 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Marenus, National Center for

Education Statistics, 555 New Jersey

Ave. NW., Room 400j, Washington, DC

20208–5530. Telephone (202) 219–1828.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Advisory Council on Education

Statistics (ACES) is established under

Section 406(c)(1) of the Education

Amendments of 1974, Public Law 93–

380. The Council is established to

review general policies for the operation

of the National Center for Education

Statistics (NCES) in the Office of

Educational Research and Improvement

and is responsible for advising on

standards to insure that statistics and

analyses disseminated by NCES are of

high quality and are not subject to

political influence. In addition, ACES is

required to advise the Commissioner of

NCES and the National Assessment

Governing Board on technical and

statistical matters related to the National

Assessment of Education Progress

(NAEP). The meetings of the Council are

open to the public.

The proposed agenda for the full

Council includes the following:

• A status report from the NCES

Commissioner on major Center

initiatives;

• New member swearing -in;

• The presentation of Committee

reports;

• A discussion on the development of

an NCES periodical;

• A discussion of strategic issues in

technology facing NCES; and

• A status report on the NAEP

redesign and the development of a new

request for proposal (RFP) for NAEP.

Since the full Council’s discussion on

the implementation of the NAEP

redesign includes reporting on plans for

an upcoming procurement, this session

must be closed to the public. The

premature release of this information

would result in the disclosure of

information that would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

the agency’s proposed action. Such

matters are protected by exemption

(9)(B) of Section 552b (c) of title 5 U.S.C.

Individual meetings of the three ACES

subcommittees will focus on specific

topics:

• The agenda for the Management

Committee includes discussion on the

results from the 1996 Customer Service

Survey and plans for the 1997 survey,

plans for the development of

partnerships with external

organizations, and a discussion of

‘‘capacity building’’ activities for NCES.

• The agenda for the Statistics

Committee focuses on the development

of a research agenda on the NAEP

achievement level setting process.

• The agenda for the Strategy/Policy

Committee includes discussion of NCES

procurement initiatives for 1999 and

beyond, a new NCES database for

budgeting and planning, and a

discussion of design options for the

redesign of the Schools and Staffing