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(c) NASA, Dryden Flight Research

Center, Library, Building 4800, Room

2149, Edwards AFB, CA 93523.

(d) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Visitors

Lobby, Building 249, 4800 Oak Grove

Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 (818–354–

5179).

(e) NASA, Spaceport USA, Room

2001, John F. Kennedy Space Center, FL

32899. Please call Lisa Fowler

beforehand at 407–867–2468 so that

arrangements can be made.

(f) Kern County Library, Boron

Branch, 27070 Highway 5, Boron, CA

93516.

(g) Kern County Library, Ridgecrest

Branch, 131 East Las Flores Street,

Ridgecrest, CA 93555.

(h) Los Angeles County Library,

Lancaster Branch, 1150 West Avenue J,

Lancaster, CA 93524.

(i) Palmdale City Library, 700 East

Palmdale Boulevard, Palmdale, CA

93550.

(j) San Bernadino County Library,

Barstow Branch, 304 East Buena Vista,

Barstow, CA 92311.

(k) Great Falls Public Library, 301 2nd

Avenue North, Great Falls, MT 59401.

(l) Moses Lake Library, 418 East 5th

Street, Moses Lake, WA 98837.

(m) Dugway Proving Ground Library,

5124 Kisstler Avenue, Dugway, UT

84022.

(n) Tooele Library, 47 East Vine

Street, Tooele, UT 84074.

(o) Salt Lake City Library, 209 East

500 South, Business/Science

Department, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

In addition, the FEIS may be

examined at the following NASA

locations by contacting the pertinent

Freedom of Information Act Office:

(p) NASA, Ames Research Center,

Moffett Field, CA 94035 (650–604–

4190).

(q) NASA, Goddard Space Flight

Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (301–286–

0730).

(r) NASA, Johnson Space Center,

Houston, TX 77058 (281–483–8612).

(s) NASA, Langley Research Center,

Hampton, VA 23665 (757–864–2497).

(t) NASA, Lewis Research Center,

21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH

44135 (216–433–2222).

(u) NASA, Stennis Space Center, MS

39529 (601–688–2164).

Limited copies of the FEIS are

available, on a first request basis, by

contacting Dr. Rebecca McCaleb at the

address, telephone number, or

electronic mail address provided below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Rebecca C. McCaleb, NASA,

Marshall Space Flight Center, AE01/

Building 4201, Marshall Space Flight

Center, AL 35812; telephone 205–544–

4367; electronic mail

(X33EIS@msfc.nasa.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The X–33

test vehicle is planned as an

approximately one-half scale reusable

spaceplane. The vehicle would launch

vertically and land horizontally. The X–

33 vehicle would consist of a lifting

body airframe with two cryogenic liquid

propellant tanks (liquid hydrogen (LH2)

and liquid oxygen (LOX)) placed within

the aeroshell, and would use two linear

aerospike main engines. Water would be

the primary product of the LOX/LH2

combustion. The entire spaceplane

(with all fuel tanks and engines) would

launch and land as a single unit.

During the landing sequence, the

spaceplane would be unpowered. Flight

tests would involve speeds of up to

Mach 15 and altitudes up to

approximately 75,800 meters (250,000

feet). None of the X–33 test flights

would achieve Earth orbit. Ground

operations and servicing (e.g., checkout,

refueling, etc.) would be conducted with

‘‘aircraft like’’ procedures and systems.

After each test flight, the X–33 would be

ferried back to the flight operations site

by a Boeing 747 aircraft in a manner

similar to that used for the transport of

Space Shuttle orbiters. The test program

is currently baselined for a combined

total of 15 flights.

Reasonable alternatives considered for

this proposed action include:

• Flight operations (launch) sites:

(a) Edwards Air Force Base,

California, Space Port 2000 site, and

(b) Edwards Air Force Base,

California, Haystack Butte site;

• Short-range landing sites:

(a) Armitage Airfield, China Lake

Naval Air Weapons Station, California,

and

(b) Silurian Lake, a dry lake bed,

north of Baker, California;

• Mid-range landing sites:

(a) Michael Army Air Field, Dugway

Proving Ground, Utah;

• Long-range landing sites (may serve

as an alternative mid-range landing

site):

(a) Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great

Falls Montana, and,

(b) Grant County Airport, Moses Lake,

Washington; and,—‘‘No action.’’ The

‘‘no action’’ alternative (i.e., absence of

the X–33 Program) would mean that the

RLV Program, as planned could not

proceed.

NASA’s preferred launch site is the

Haystack Butte site at Edwards AFB.

The preferred landing sites are at

Silurian Lake (short-range), Dugway

Proving Ground (mid-range), and

Malmstrom AFB (long-range). Based on

the preferred set of landing sites, NASA

analyzed three potentially reasonable

flight test options:

(a) A baseline plan involving all three

landing sites,

(b) A plan involving only Silurian

Lake and Malmstrom AFB, and

(c) An option only involving Dugway

Proving Ground and Malmstron AFB.

Comments on the draft environmental

impact statement were solicited from

Federal, State and local agencies,

organizations, and the general public

through: (a) notices published in the

Federal Register—NASA notice on July

3, 1997 (62 FR 36081), and U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency notice

on July 3, 1997 (62 FR 36062; (b) notices

in newspapers of general circulation in

areas potentially subject to

environmental impacts and (c) a series

of public participation meetings.

Comments received have been

addressed in the FEIS.

Benita A. Cooper,

Associate Administrator for Management

Systems and Facilities.

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NATIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE

CENTER

Privacy Act of 1974; Establishment of

a New System of Records

AGENCY: National Counterintelligence

Center (NACIC).

ACTION: Establishment of Privacy Act

system of records including statement of

routine uses and detailed description of

system.

SUMMARY: On February 27, 1997, the

National Counterintelligence Center

(NACIC) published for public comment

a notice for the establishment of a new

Privacy Act system of records. It was

provided in that notice that the system

of records would become effective

without further notice 40 days after

publication unless modified by a

subsequent notice in order to

incorporate comments received from the

public.

Although no comments were received

from members of the public, reviews

internally and by representatives of the

Department of Justice approved the

‘‘routine uses’’ as published but

otherwise suggested several

clarifications to the descriptions set

forth in the sections entitled ‘‘Categories

of records in the system’’ and

‘‘Exemptions claimed for the system.’’

Inasmuch as the Privacy Act requires

only that the portion of the system

description which describes the

‘‘routine uses’’ of a system be published
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for comment, the NACIC Privacy Act

declaration, is set forth in its entirety

below.

DATES: This system of records notice is

effective October 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE:

Information and Privacy Coordinator,

Executive Secretariat Office, National

Counterintelligence Center, 3W01 NHB,

Washington, DC 20505.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a,

NACIC hereby establishes a new system

of records to be maintained at the

NACIC headquarters. The purpose of

this notice is to announce the creation

and character of the system of records

subject to the Privacy Act which is

maintained by NACIC.

For the convenience of the public, the

above referenced clarifications to the

previously published notice include:

(a) Several modifications to the listed

categories of records have been deemed

appropriate for record system NACIC–1;

they include:

(1) The categories numbered 1–5 and

7 in the notice are deleted in that these

categories of records are neither indexed

nor retrievable by name or other

personal identifier and thus do not meet

the basic definition of a Privacy Act

system of records;

(2) The category entitled

‘‘Publications, Training Materials and

Regional Seminar Records’’ and

numbered 8 in the notice is clarified to

include not only ‘‘lists of speakers’’ but

also speaker qualifications and courses

in which they have participated to the

extent such data exists; it is also

clarified in that the materials previously

covered by the term ‘‘case studies’’ are

now separately listed as a

‘‘Counterintelligence Damage

Assessments and Incident Files’’;

(3) The category entitled ‘‘Personnel

files’’ and numbered 9 in the notice is

modified to include NACIC personnel

who are independent contractors;

(4) A new category entitled

‘‘Counterintelligence Damage

Assessments and Incident Files’’ is

added and includes copies of the

finished assessments of the damage to

U.S. intelligence sources and methods

resulting from significant and particular

espionage cases as well as summaries of

significant counterintelligence incidents

including the circumstances and

characteristics of the target, the

circumstance of the event, and the

particular threat presented;

(5) A new category entitled

‘‘Computer and Physical Security Files’’

is added and includes data such as the

names, passwords, accesses and special

accesses to both physical locations and

computer systems, relevant audit trails

for such accesses, and particular

clearances and certifications of

clearances; the individuals covered

include all personnel assigned to NACIC

as well as other individuals holding

national security clearances and having

authorized access to NACIC facilities

and/or computer systems.

(b) Several corrections to the section

of the notice entitled ‘‘Exemptions

claimed for the system’’ have been

determined necessary as a result of an

editing error prior to submission of the

notice to the Federal Register they

include:

(1) The specific reference to Privacy

Act exemption (k)(1) was inadvertently

omitted from the discussion of the

exemption for classified national

security information and is now

included;

(2) The listings of Privacy Act

exemptions (k) (2)–(6) as authorized by

the Act were also inadvertently omitted

and are now included although their

invocation, given the mission of NACIC,

will be rare;

(3) And, the reference to Privacy Act

exemption (j)(1) is clarified so that it

applies only to that information in the

joint custody of the Central Intelligence

Agency (CIA) and NACIC where the

Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) has

determined that such information

should be exempt from certain specified

provisions of the Privacy Act pursuant

to the National Security Act of 1947 and

the CIA Act of 1949;

(c) An addition to the sections of the

notice entitled ‘‘Record access

procedures’’ and ‘‘Contesting record

procedures’’ has also been determined

to be appropriate in order specifically to

inform members of the public of their

right to and procedures to effect an

administrative appeal in the event of a

denial of their request.

Accordingly, the notice regulating the

management of an public access to the

Privacy Act record system maintained

by NACIC are set forth in their entirety

below.

Statement of General Routine Uses

The following routine uses apply to,

and are incorporated by reference into

each system of records maintained by

NACIC. It should be noted that, before

the individual record system notices

begin, the blanket routine uses of the

records are published below only once

in the interest of simplicity, economy

and to avoid redundancy.

1. Routine Use-Law Enforcement: In

the event that a system of records

maintained by NACIC to carry out its

functions indicates a violation or

potential violation of law, whether civil,

criminal or regulatory in nature, and

whether arising by general statute or by

regulation, rule or order issued pursuant

thereto, the relevant records in the

system of records maybe referred, as a

routine use, to the appropriate agency

whether Federal, state, local or foreign,

charged with the responsibility of

investigating or prosecuting such

violation or charged with enforcing or

implementing the statute, rule,

regulation or order issued pursuant

thereto.

2. Routine Use-Disclosure When

Requesting Information: A record from a

system of records maintained by this

component may be disclosed as a

routine use to a Federal, state, or local

agency maintaining civil, criminal, or

other relevant enforcement information

or other pertinent information, if

necessary to obtain information relevant

to a component decision concerning the

hiring or retention of an employee, the

issuance of a security clearance, the

letting of a contact, or the issuance of a

license, grant or other benefit.

3. Routine Use-Disclosure of

Requested Information: A record from a

system of records maintained by this

component may be disclosed to a

Federal agency, in response to its

request, in connection with the hiring or

retention of an employee, the issuance

of a security clearance, the reporting of

an investigation of an employee, the

letting of a contract, or the issuance of

a license, grant or other benefit by the

requesting agency, to the extent that the

information is relevant and necessary to

the requesting agency’s decision on the

matter.

4. Routine Use-Congressional:

Inquiries from a system of records

maintained by this component maybe

made to a Congressional office from the

record of an individual in response to

an inquiry from the Congressional office

made at the request of that individual.

5. Routine Use-Disclosures Required

by International Agreements: A record

from a system of records maintained by

this component may be disclosed to

foreign law enforcement, security,

investigatory, or administrative

authorities in order to comply with

requirements imposed by, or to claim

rights conferred in, international

agreements and arrangements including

those regulating the stationing and

status in foreign countries of

Department of Defense military and

civilian personnel.

6. Routine Use-disclosure to the

Department of Justice for Litigation: A

record from a system of records

maintained by this component may be

disclosed as routine use to any

component of the Department of Justice
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for the purpose of representing any

officer, employee or member of this

component in pending or potential

litigation to which the record is

pertinent.

7. Routine Use-Disclosure of

Information to the Information Security

Oversight Office (ISOO): A record from

a system of records maintained by this

component may be disclosed as a

routine use to the Information Security

Oversight Office (ISOO) or any other

executive branch entity authorized to

conduct inspections or develop security

classification policy for the purpose of

records management inspections

conducted under authority of 44 U.S.C.

2904 and 2906.

8. Routine Use-Disclosure of

Information to the National Archives

and Records Administration (NARA): A

record from a system of records

maintained by this component may be

disclosed as a routine use to the

National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA) for the purpose

of records management inspections

conducted under authority of 44 U.S.C.

2904 and 2906.

9. Routine Use-Disclosure to the Merit

Systems Protection Board: A record

from a system of records maintained by

this component may be disclosed as a

routine use to the Merit Systems

Protection Board, including the Office of

the Special Counsel for the purpose of

litigation including administrative

proceedings, appeals special studies of

the civil service and other merit

systems, review of OPM or component

rules and regulations, investigation of

alleged or possible prohibited personnel

practices; including administrative

proceedings involving any individual

subject of investigation, and such other

functions, promulgated in 5 U.S.C. 1205

and 1206, or as may be authorized by

law.

10. Routine Use-Counterintelligence

Purposes: A record from a system of

records maintained by this component

may be disclosed as a routine use

outside the U.S. Government for the

purpose of counterintelligence activities

authorized by U.S. Law or executive

Order or for the purpose of enforcing

laws which protect the national security

of the United States.

NACIC–1

SYSTEM NAME:

National Counterintelligence Center

System of Records (NACIC–1)

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

The classification of individual

records in the system range from

UNCLASSIFIED to TOP SECRET

Codeword.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

National Counterintelligence Center,

3W01 NHB, Washington, DC 20505

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

1. Individuals who are of foreign

intelligence or foreign

counterintelligence interest and relate in

any manner to foreign intelligence

threats to U.S. national and economic

security;

2. Applicants for, and current and

former personnel of NACIC who are

federal employees;

3. Individuals associated with NACIC

administrative operations or services

including independent contractors,

industrial contractor employees, or

individuals otherwise associated with

such operations and services;

4. And, any other individuals

authorized access to NACIC information

and facilities.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

1. Counterintelligence Damage

Assessments and Incident Files:

Maintained by the NACIC Threat

Assessment Office (TAO); records

include copies of the finished

assessments of the damage to U.S.

intelligence sources and methods

resulting from significant and particular

espionage cases as well as summaries of

significant counterintelligence incidents

including the circumstances and

characteristics of the target, the

circumstances of the event, and the

particular threat presented;

2. Compromised Names Database:

Maintained by the NACIC Threat

Assessment Office (TAO); the database

is utilized to notify U.S. intelligence

community personnel whose names

were potentially compromised as a

result of espionage or other foreign

intelligence collection activity; the

database contains the names of persons

potentially compromised, date of the

memo sent to the person or their

employer informing them, and

documentary reference(s) to the

compromised information;

3. Computer and Physical Security

Files: Maintained by the NACIC

Executive Secretariat Office (ESO);

records include the names, passwords,

accesses, and special accesses to both

physical locations and computer

systems, relevant audit trails for such

accesses, and particular clearances and

certifications of clearances;

4. Publication, Training and Seminar

Files: Maintained by NACIC’s Program

Integration Office (PIO) Community

Training Branch; records include letters

of acceptance, enrollment forms, thank

you letters, lists of attendees, lists of

speakers, notes, case studies, syllabi,

training packets, magazine or

newspaper articles, and other records

used either for course development

purposes or to facilitate the presentation

of seminars;

5. Personnel Files:

a. Specific types of personnel records

are maintained by the NACIC Front

Office (FO); these records are

maintained in individual official

personnel folders and include, inter

alia, papers documenting personnel

actions, performance appraisals,

correspondence, travel documents,

contracts, justifications, memorandums,

and administrative material;

b. A second type of personnel records

is maintained by the NACIC Executive

Secretariat Office (ESO); these records

are Memorandums of Agreement

between the detailee’s parent

organization and NACIC;

c. The third type of personnel records

is maintained by the NACIC Program

Integration Office/Community Training

Branch (PIO/CTB); these records

include the training documents;

6. Freedom of Information Act

(FOIA)/Privacy Act (PA) Requests and

Legal Files: Files created in response to

public requests for information and/or

amendment of records under the FOIA/

PA, consisting of the original request, a

copy of the reply thereto, and all related

supporting files which may include the

official file copy of requested record or

copy thereof; also, all similar records

created in response to administrative

appeals and litigations predicated on

such initial requests;

7. Special Search Files: Files created

in response to official United States or

foreign government requests for

information which may include requests

from executive, congressional, judicial,

or diplomatic sectors consisting of the

original tasking or request, a copy of the

reply thereto, and all related supporting

files which may include the official file

copy of the requested record or copy

thereof.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

Section 506(a) of the Federal Records

Act of 1950, codified at 44 U.S.C. 3101,

and Title 36, Code of Federal

Regulations, Chapter XII, which require

Federal agencies to insure that adequate

and proper records are made and

preserved to document the organization,

functions, polices, decisions,

procedures and transactions and to

protect the legal and financial rights of

the Federal Government.

PURPOSE(S):

NACIC was established by

Presidential directive for the purpose of
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coordinating national level

counterintelligence activities of the

United States. The purposes for the

maintenance of these records include:

Coordinating national strategic CI

planning efforts, providing strategic

guidance and assessing the effectiveness

of CI operations, facilitating the

development of and implementing

training for the CI community,

producing national-level foreign

intelligence threat assessments, and

coordinating assessments of damage to

U.S. interests resulting from espionage

cases.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

See Statement of General Routine

Uses.

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES:

None.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Files are maintained in computerized

form and hard copy form; computerized

form may be stored in memory, on disk

storage, on computer tape, and/or on a

computer printed listing.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Names and related information are

retrievable by automated or hand search

based on extant indices and automated

capabilities utilized in the normal

course of business. Under applicable

law and regulations, NACIC may not

permit any organization, public or

private, outside the NACIC to have

direct access to NACIC files;

accordingly, all searchers of NACIC

databases and paper files will be

performed on site, within NACIC space,

by NACIC personnel.

SAFEGUARDS:

Records and databases are maintained

in a restricted area within NACIC and

are accessed only by NACIC personnel.

All employees are checked to ensure

that they hold currently valid security

clearances, are cautioned about

divulging classified or other privileged

information contained in NACIC files,

and are advised that failure to abide by

these provisions may constitute a

violation of federal criminal law and/or

give rise to civil liability. Employees

who resign or retire are also cautioned

about divulging information acquired in

their jobs. Registered mail is used to

transmit routine hard copy records

while highly classified records are hand

carried by individuals holding

appropriate security clearances. Highly

classified or sensitive privacy

information, which is electronically

transmitted between NACIC and other

offices, is transmitted in encrypted form

to prevent interception.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records evaluated as historical and

permanent will be transferred to the

National Archives after established

retention periods and administrative

needs of the NACIC have elapsed.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Information and privacy Coordinator,

Executive Secretariat Office, National

Counterintelligence Center, 3W01 NHB,

Washington, DC 20505.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

See record access procedures, infra.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES;

A request for access to a record from

the system shall be made in writing

with the envelope and the letter clearly

marked ‘‘Privacy Act Request.’’ Your

request should include your full name,

complete address, date of birth, place of

birth, notarized signature (or declaration

under penalty of perjury), and other

identifying data you may wish to

furnish to assist in making a proper

search of NACIC records. A request for

access to records must describe the

records sought in sufficient detail to

enable NACIC personnel to locate the

system of records containing the record

with a reasonable amount of effort.

Whenever possible, a request for access

should describe the nature of the record

sought, and the data of the record or the

period in which the record was

compiled. The requester must also

provide a return address for transmitting

the information. Requests for access

must be addressed to the System

Manager as noted above.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCREDURES:

Individuals desiring to contest or

amend information maintained in the

system should also direct their request

to the System Manager as noted above.

Such requests should delineate the

information believed to be incorrect and

should include the information

requested to be substituted or added to

the record.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Record source categories include

subject individuals pursuant to notice,

official records and information

disseminated to NACIC by other federal

government entities, and official records

and information provided to NACIC by

other entities including foreign, state

and local governments as well as

individuals and business entities.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

Notice is hereby given that NACIC

intends to exempt from certain

provisions of the Privacy Act the

following information pursuant to the

following specified authority:

(a) Records or portions of records in

the physical possession of NACIC which

were originated by other federal

agencies or which contain information

originated by such agencies shall be

deemed to be in the joint legal custody

of and mutually maintained by both

agencies. Accordingly, NACIC shall

apply any applicable exemptive

provisions when so informed by those

agencies;

(b) Records or portions of records in

the physical custody of NACIC which

would reveal intelligence sources and

methods in contravention of the

National Security Act of 1947 are,

pursuant to the exemptions previously

authorized by the Director of Central

Intelligence under the authority of

section (j)(1), exempt from disclosure of

accounting (section (c)(3)), disclosure

(section (d)), notification of collection

authority (section (e)(3) (A–D)), and

notification of existence of records

(sections (e)(4)(G) and (f)(1)); in such

instances where confirmation of the

existence of a record may itself

jeopardize intelligence sources and

methods, the Coordinator must neither

confirm nor deny the existence of the

record and shall advise the requester

that there is no record which is

available pursuant to the Privacy Act;

(c) Records or portions of records in

the physical custody of NACIC which

are currently and properly classified

pursuant to Executive Order 12958 (or

predecessor or subsequent Order) are,

under the authority of section (k)(1),

exempt from disclosure of accounting

(section (c)(3)), disclosure (section (d)),

and notification of existence of records

(sections (e)(4)(G) and (f)(1));

(d) Records or portions of records in

the physical custody of NACIC which

are investigatory in nature and compiled

for law enforcement purposes, other

than material within the scope of

section (j)(2) of the Act, are, under the

authority of section (k)(2), exempt from

disclosure (section (d)); provided

however, that if an individual is denied

any right, privilege, or benefit to which

he/she is otherwise eligible, as a result

of the maintenance of such material,

then such material shall be provided to

that individual except to the extent that

the disclosure would reveal the identity

of a source who furnished the

information to the United States
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Government under an express promise

of confidentiality, or, prior to the

effective date of this section, under an

implied promise of confidentiality;

(e) Records or portions of records in

the physical custody of NACIC which

are maintained in connection with

providing protective services to the

President of the United States or other

individuals pursuant to 18 U.S.C.

section 3056 are, under the authority of

section (k)(3), exempt from disclosure

(section (d));

(f) Records or portions of records in

the physical custody of NACIC which

are required by statute to be maintained

and used solely as statistical records are,

under the authority of section (k)(4),

exempt from disclosure (section (d));

(g) Records or portions of records in

the physical custody of NACIC which

are investigatory in nature and compiled

solely for the purpose of determining

suitability, eligibility, or qualifications

for federal civilian employment,

military service, federal contracts, or

access to classified information are,

under the authority of section (k)(5),

exempt from disclosure (section (d));

provided that and only to the extent that

disclosure would reveal the identity of

a source who furnished information to

the United States Government under an

express promise of confidentiality, or,

prior to the effective date of this section,

under an implied promise of

confidentiality;

(h) And, records or portions of records

in the physical custody of NACIC which

are testing or examination material used

solely to determine individual

qualifications for appointment or

promotion in the federal service are,

under the authority of section (k)(6),

exempt from disclosure (section (d));

provided that and only to the extent that

disclosure would compromise the

objectivity or fairness of the testing or

examination process.

Michael Waguespack,

Director, National Counterintelligence Center.

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Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of permits issued under

the Antarctic Conservation of 1978,

Public Law 95–541.

SUMMARY: The National Science

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish

notice of permits issued under the

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.

This is the required notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Office,

Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755,

National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August

29, 1997, the National Science

Foundation published a notice in the

Federal Register of permit applications

received. Permits were issued on

September 25, 1997 to the following

applicants:

Art DeVries—Permit No. 98–007

Ian Whillans—Permit No. 98–008

Theodore Day—Permit No. 98–009

Bill J. Baker—Permit No. 98–011

Donald B. Siniff—Permit Nos. 98–012

and 98–013

Nadene G. Kennedy,

Permit Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–26063 Filed 10–1–97; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Notice of Permit Applications Received

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act

of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541)

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications

Received under the Antarctic

Conservation Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95–

541.

SUMMARY: The National Science

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish

notice of permit applications received to

conduct activities regulated under the

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.

NSF has published regulations under

the Antarctic Conservation Act of Title

45 Part 670 of the Code of Federal

Regulations. This is the required notice

of permit applications received.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to

submit written data, comments, or

views with respect to these permit

applications by October 27, 1997.

Permit applications may be inspected by

interested parties at the Permit Office,

address below.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to the Permit Office, Room

755, Office of Polar Programs, National

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nadene G. Kennedy at the above

address or (703) 306–1033.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Science Foundation, as

directed by the Antarctic Conservation

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541), has

developed regulations that implement

the ‘‘Agreed Measures for the

Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and

Flora’’ for all United States citizens. The

Agreed Measures, developed by the

Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties,

recommended establishment of a permit

system for various activities in

Antarctica and designation of certain

animals and certain geographic areas

requiring special protection. The

regulations establish such a permit

system to designate Specially Protected

Areas and Sites of Special Scientific

Interest.

The application received is follows:

1. Applicant: Brenda Hall and George

Denton, Institute of Quaternary

Studies, University of Maine, Orono,

Maine 04469–5790. Permit

Application No. 98–014

Activity for Which Permit is Requested

Enter Site of Special Scientific Interest

The applicants are carrying out a large

mapping project to determine the former

extent of a grounded ice sheet in the

Ross Sea during the last glacial

maximum (LGM). Much of the work has

been concentrated on the Dry Valley

regions where lobes of the grounded

Ross Sea Ice Sheet flowed inland into

the mouths of the valleys. Barwick

Valley (SSSI #3) was last mapped in the

1960’s. According to that work, inland

ice advanced down Barwick Valley

simultaneously with ice advance into

Lower Victoria Valley from the Ross

Sea. The Lower Victoria Valley deposits

indicate the presence of a lake, not an

ice tongue. Based on descriptions of

Barwick Valley deposits from previous

mapping and observations during last

season’s reconnaissance, the applicants

believe a lake may have also extended

into this area. The applicants have

identified lacustrine sediments in

Barwick Valley. A radiocarbon date of a

fossil algae sample yielded an age of

about 12,500 14C yr. B.P. for a high lake,

similar to the age of a high lake in

Victoria Valley. The lacustrine deposits

may reflect the presence of lake that was

part of a much larger lake that filled

Victoria Valley. The applicants plan to

make detailed measurements of the

elevation of the lacustrine deposits in

Barwick Valley, as well as collect tiny

samples of fossil algae and carbonates

for radiocarbon dating.

Work in the Barwick Valley will

primarily involve mapping. Samples

will be collected from key highelevation lacustrine deposits to obtain

fossil algae and carbonates in order to

construct a radiocarbon chronology for

lake level variation. The samples will be

collected from 10 cm × 10 cm areas and

all surface material will be replaced.