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all comments received within 60 days of

the date of publication of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request more information on this

proposed information collection or to

obtain a copy of the proposal and

associated collection instruments,

please write the above address, or call

Department of the Army Reports

clearance officer at (703) 614–0454.

Title: Research to Develop a Profile of

Army National Guard Members.

Needs and Uses: This research will be

a mail survey among Army National

Guard members. The research will assist

the Army National Guard (ARNG) in

making the most effective use of its

public relations, advertising and

marketing budget for recruiting efforts.

The research will help the ARNG and its

advertising agency prioritize activities,

focus their messages and understand the

various segments of Guard members.

Affected Public: Individual or

Households.

Annual Burden Hours: 1500.

Number of Respondents: 6000.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

public relations, advertising and

marketing activities can have a

significant impact on recruiting and

retention of Guard members. Recruiting

and retention have been areas of

concern in recent years for the Army

National Guard. This research will assist

the Army National Guard in making the

most effective use of its budget for

public relations, advertising and

marketing activities.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–27880 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Corps of Engineers

Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS), Devils Lake,

North Dakota, Emergency Outlet

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The 1997 Emergency

Supplemental Appropriations Act,

Public Law (Pub. L.) 105–18, directed

the Secretary of the Army to conduct

preconstruction engineering and design

(PED) for an emergency outlet from

Devils Lake, North Dakota, to the

Sheyenne River. The PED authorization

also required that an EIS be prepared.

The construction of an emergency outlet

was not authorized by Pub. L. 105–18.

Devils Lake is a terminal lake located

in northeastern North Dakota. Devils

Lake has a long history of a wide range

of fluctuating lake levels. Since 1993,

the lake has risen about 20 feet. Rising

lake levels have resulted in damage to

houses, businesses, infrastructure,

transportation systems, and land uses.

Significant expenditures of Federal,

State, and local funds have been

required to relocate structures and to

raise and strengthen roads and levees.

While these efforts will provide

immediate protection, there is great

concern that the lake could continue to

rise. The Devils Lake Basin is a subbasin

of the Hudson Bay drainage system,

although Devils Lake has not

contributed to the Hudson Bay drainage

for many centuries.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions concerning the DEIS can be

directed to: Colonel J.M. Wonsik,

District Engineer, St. Paul District,

Corps of Engineers, ATTN: Mr. Robert

Whiting, 190 Fifth Street East, St. Paul,

Minnesota 55101–1638.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS

will assess impacts, identify areas of

potential impact, identify mitigation

features, discuss monitoring activities,

and identify future activities associated

with an emergency outlet from Devils

Lake.

Significant issues and resources to be

identified in the DEIS will be

determined through coordination with

responsible Federal, State, Canadian,

and local agencies; the general public;

interested private organizations and

parties; and affected Native Americans.

Anyone who has an interest in

participating in the development of the

DEIS is invited to contact the St. Paul

District, Corps of Engineers.

Significant issues identified to date

for discussion in the DEIS are as

follows:

1. Natural resources including:

fishery, wildlife, vegetation, wetlands,

and riparian areas;

2. Cultural resources;

3. Water quality and quantity,

groundwater, erosion, and

sedimentation;

4. Federally and State listed

threatened or endangered plant or

animal species;

5. Social and economic resources;

6. Downstream intrastate, interstate,

and international resources;

7. Native American and Tribal Trust

resources and responsibilities.

Additional issues of significance may

be identified through public and agency

meetings. A notice of those meetings

will be provided to interested parties

and to local news media.

Construction of an emergency outlet

would be considered major in scope. An

outlet to the Sheyenne River has the

potential to result in significant impacts.

Our environmental review will be

conducted according to the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969,

National Historic Preservation Act of

1966, Council on Environmental Quality

Regulations, Endangered Species Act of

1973, Section 404 of the Clean Water

Act, and applicable laws and

regulations.

We anticipate that the DEIS will be

available to the public in the fall of

1998.

Dated: September 30, 1997.

J.M. Wonsik,

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer.

[FR Doc. 97–27879 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–CY–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery Program

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record

of Decision (ROD).

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of the ROD to implement the

Proposed Action Alternative of the Nez

Perce Tribal Hatchery Program in the

Clearwater River Subbasin in Idaho.

This decision is based on the analysis of

the alternatives in the Final

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for the Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery (DOE/

EIS–0213, July 1997). In the proposed

action, BPA would build and the Nez

Perce Tribe would operate two central

incubation and rearing hatcheries and

six satellite facilities. Spring and fall

chinook salmon would be reared and

acclimated to different areas in the

Subbasin and released at the hatcheries

and satellite sites or in other

watercourses throughout the Subbasin.

Fish would return to reproduce

naturally in the areas where they are

released.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS

may be obtained by calling BPA’s tollfree document request line: 1–800–622–

4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Leslie Kelleher—ECN–4, Bonneville
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Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621,

Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621, phone

number (503) 230–7692, fax number

(503) 230–5699.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on October 8,

1997.

Jack Robertson,

Acting Administrator and Chief Executive

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–27840 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Reinstatement of Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Agency information collection

activities; reinstatement of collection;

comment request.

SUMMARY: DOE is soliciting comments

concerning the reinstatement of OMB’s

approval to collect information for

DOE’s Qualified List of Energy Service

Companies using a supplemental

questionnaire to Standard Form 129.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted by December 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Tanya

Sadler, Office of Federal Energy

Management Programs, EE–92, Forrestal

Building, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–7755,

e-mail: tanya.sadler@hq.doe.gov, and

fax: (202) 586–3000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the form and instructions

should be directed to Tanya Sadler at

the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Current Actions

III. Request for Comments

I. Background

In accordance with the Energy Policy

Act of 1992 and 10 CFR 436, the

Department of Energy has established

the DOE Qualified List of Energy

Service Companies (ESCO), comprised

of private industry firms that are eligible

to perform work under energy savings

performance contracts (ESPC) for

Federal facilities. For placement on the

list, firms are required to complete an

application. The application includes a

Standard Form 129, Solicitation Mailing

List Application, and a supplemental

questionnaire. The supplemental

questionnaire asks for: corporate

experience including two project

descriptions which demonstrate

experience in ESPC or the design and

installation of energy conservation

measures, technological capabilities,

proposed staff, financial status, and the

submission of two client questionnaires.

The data collection is used to evaluate

the firms based on criteria established

by 10 CFR 436 to be placed on the list.

DOE will later seek a reinstatement of

the approval by the Office of

Management and Budget for the

collection under Section 3507(h) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. No. 104–13, Title 44, U.S.C. Chapter

35).

II. Current Actions

This is a reinstatement, without

change, of a previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired. The same information will be

collected; however, the supplemental

questionnaire will be reorganized and

the instructions and questions will be

clarified to elicit complete responses.

OMB will be requested to approve the

collection of information for another

three years.

III. Request for Comments

Prospective respondents and other

interested parties should comment on

the action discussed in item II. The

following guidelines are provided to

assist in the preparation of responses.

General Issues

A. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency? Does the information have

practical utility? Practical utility is

defined as the actual usefulness of

information to or for an agency, taking

into account its accuracy, adequacy,

reliability, timeliness, and the agency’s

ability to process the information it

collects.

B. What enhancements can DOE make

to the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected?

As a Potential Respondent

A. Are the instructions and

definitions clear and sufficient? If not,

which instructions require clarification?

B. Public reporting burden for this

collection is estimated to average 2

hours per response. Burden includes the

total time and effort expended to

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or

provide the information. Please

comment on (1) the accuracy of our

estimate and (2) how the agency could

minimize the burden of the collection of

information, including the use of

information technology.

C. DOE estimates that respondents

will incur no additional costs for

reporting other than the hours required

to complete the collection. What is the

estimated: (1) Total dollar amount

annualized for capital and start-up

costs, and (2) recurring annual costs of

operation and maintenance, and

purchase of services associated with the

data collection?

D. Do you know of any other Federal,

State, or local agency that collects

similar data? If you do, specify the

agency, the data element(s), and the

methods of collection.

As a Potential User

A. Can you use data at the levels of

detail indicated on the form?

B. For what purpose would you use

the data? Be specific.

C. Are there alternative sources of

data and do you use them? If so, what

are their deficiencies and/or strengths?

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of the collection. They also

will become a matter of public record.

Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A)

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13).

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 15,

1997.

Joseph J. Romm,

Acting Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 97–27841 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Research

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory

Committee Notice of Reestablishment

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of reestablishment.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section

14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (FACA) Pub. L. No. 92–

463, and section 101–6.1015, title 41

Code of Federal Regulations, and

following consultation with the

Committee Management Secretariat,

General Services Administration (GSA),

notice is hereby given that the Fusion

Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

has been reestablished for a two-year

period beginning October 1997.

The Committee will provide advice to

the Department on long-range plans,

priorities, and strategies for

demonstrating the scientific and