60888 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 219 / Thursday, November 13, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Intent To Prepare a

Legislative Environmental Impact

Statement (LEIS) for the Continued

Withdrawal of Lands at Bravo 20

Bombing Range (B–20), Fallon, Nevada

as Identified in the Military Land

Withdrawal Act of 1986

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

announces its intent to prepare a

Legislative Environmental Impact

Statement (LEIS) pursuant to Section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 as

implemented by Council on

Environmental Quality regulations (40

CFR parts 1500–1508). The LEIS will

analyze the proposed continued

withdrawal of lands supporting B–20 at

Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon, Nevada.

Section 5 of the Military Lands

Withdrawal Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99–

606) directs the Navy to prepare an LEIS

to evaluate the environmental effects of

continued naval operations on the

checkerboard pattern of withdrawn

public lands that make up the B–20

training range. The LEIS will evaluate

the cumulative effects of all NAS Fallon

land withdrawals and serve as a Navy

recommendation to Congress for

consideration in determining the

continued withdrawal of B–20 lands. In

order to maintain the military mission,

the Navy is proposing the continued use

of the B–20 as defined by the Military

Lands Withdrawal Act, Section 1(a).

The actions considered in the LEIS

would not result in the withdrawal of

additional lands. The LEIS will analyze

the potential environmental effects of

the proposed action, public scoping

alternatives, if applicable, and a ‘‘no

action’’ alternative. Under the ‘‘no

action’’ alternative, withdrawn lands

listed in Section 1(a) of the Military

Lands Withdrawal Act would not be

renewed for continued military

purposes.

ADDRESSES: The Navy is initiating a

public scoping process for the purpose

of determining public concerns and

issues to be analyzed and addressed for

this action. The Navy will hold public

scoping meetings on December 9, 1997,

from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., at the

Fallon Convention Center, 100 Campus

Way, Fallon, Nevada; on December 10,

1997, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., at

Pershing County District Office, 1150

Elmhurst Avenue, Lovelock, Nevada;

and on December 11, 1997, from 7:00

p.m. to 10:00 p.m., at Reno Sparks

Convention Center, 4590 S. Virginia

Street, Reno, Nevada. A Navy public

open house will occur at each site from

3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. prior to each

scoping meeting.

A brief presentation will precede a

request for public information and

comments. Navy representatives will be

available at these meetings to receive

information and comments from

agencies and the public regarding issues

of concern. It is important that federal,

state and local agencies, and interested

individuals take this opportunity to

provide information or identify

environmental concerns that should be

addressed during the analysis and

preparation of the LEIS. In the interest

of the available time, each speaker will

be asked to limit oral comments to three

minutes. Comment forms will also be

available to submit written comments at

these meetings.

Agencies and the public are also

invited and encouraged to provide

written comments in addition to, or in

lieu of, oral comments at the public

scoping meetings. To be most helpful,

scoping comments should clearly

describe specific information, data,

issues or topics which the commenter

believes the LEIS should address.

Written comments or questions

regarding the scoping process and/or

LEIS should be postmarked no later

than Friday, February 13, 1998 and sent

to the following address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Written statements and or questions

regarding the scoping process should be

mailed to: Commanding Officer,

Engineering Field Activity West, Naval

Facilities Engineering Command, 900

Commodore Drive, San Bruno, CA

94066–5006 (Attn: Mr. Sam Dennis,

Code 7031), telephone (650) 244–3007,

fax (650) 244–3206, e-mail at:

sldennis@efawest.nav-fac.navy.mil.

Dated: November 19, 1997.

Darse E. Crandall,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive

License; Edge Technologies, Inc.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

hereby gives notice of its intent to grant

to Edge Technologies, Inc., a revocable,

nonassignable, exclusive license in the

United States to practice the

Government-owned inventions

described in: U.S. Patent Number

4,906,879 entitled Terbium-Dysprosium

Magnetostrictive High Power

Transducers

Anyone wishing to object to the grant

of this license has 60 days from the date

of this notice to file written objections

along with supporting evidence, if any.

Written objections are to be filed with

the Carderock Division, Naval Surface

Warfare Center, Code 004, 9500

MacArthur Blvd., West Bethesda,

Maryland 20817–5700.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Dick Bloomquist, Director, Technology

Transfer, Naval Surface Warfare Center

Carderock Division, Code 0117, 9500

MacArthur Blvd., West Bethesda,

Maryland 20817–5700, telephone (301)

227–4299.

Dated: November 4, 1997.

Darse E. Crandall,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN

COMMISSION

Notice of Commission Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the

Delaware River Basin Commission will

hold a regular business meeting on

Wednesday, November 19, 1997. The

meeting is open to the public and

scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. in the

Goddard Conference Room of the

Commission’s offices at 25 State Police

Drive, West Trenton, New Jersey.

The subjects of the meeting will be as

follows:

A. Minutes of the October 22, 1997

business meeting.

B. Announcements.

C. Report on Hydrologic Conditions in

the Delaware River Basin. The report

will include an update on the Basin’s

current drought warning status.

D. General Counsel’s Report.

E. Jefferson Township Sewer

Authority Docket No. D–97–6 CP. The

Commission conducted public hearings

on this project application on June 25

and July 28, 1997.

F. A Resolution to Adopt the

Commission’s Annual Budgets for the

Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1999 and to

Apportion Among the Signatory Parties

the Amounts Required for the Support

of the Current Expense and Capital

Budgets. A public hearing on this

budget was held on October 22, 1997.

G. A Resolution to Amend the

Administrative Manual—Rules of

Practice and Procedure. The

Commission conducted a public hearing

on the proposed amendments to its