61304 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 221 / Monday, November 17, 1997 / Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Board of Visitors Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Defense

Acquisition University, DOD.

ACTION: Board of visitors meeting.

SUMMARY: The next meeting of the

Defense Acquisition University (DAU)

Board of Visitors (BoV) will be held at

the Defense Systems Management

College (DSMC), 9000 Belvoir Road,

Building 184, Fort Belvoir, Virginia on

Tuesday, December 2, 1997 from 0830

until 1600. The purpose of this meeting

is to report back to the BoV on

continuing items of interest and discuss

the DAU distance learning initiatives.

The agenda will include continuing

discussions concerning acquisition

research, development of the continuing

acquisition education policy, and the

development of the DAU distance

learning program plan and schedule.

The meeting is open to the public;

however, because of space limitations,

allocation of seating will be made on a

first-come, first served basis. Persons

desiring to attend the meeting should

call Mrs. Joyce Reniere at (703) 805–

5134.

Dated: November 10, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate, OSD Federal Liaison Officer,

Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Science Board Task Force on

year 2000

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee

meetings.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

Task Force on year 2000 will meet in

closed session on December 1–2, 1997

and January 12–13, 1998 at Science

Applications International Corporation,

4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington,

Virginia

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense through the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition and Technology

on scientific and technical matters as

they affect the perceived needs of the

Department of Defense. At these

meetings the Task Force will determine

if the priorities assigned, resources

allocated and funding strategy used to
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implement and Department’s Y2K five

phase process are sufficient to ensure all

mission critical systems will function

properly on, before and after January 1,

2000.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Commission Act,

Public Law 92–463, as amended (5

U.S.C. App. II, (1994)), it has been

determined that these DSB Task Force

meetings concern matters listed in 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1)(1994), and that

accordingly these meetings will be

closed to the public.

L. M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Science Board Task Force on

Satellite Reconnaissance

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee

meetings.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

Task Force on Open Systems will meet

in closed session on November 18–19,

1997 at Strategic Analysis, Inc., 4001 N.

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia. In

order for the Task Force to obtain time

sensitive classified briefings, critical to

the understanding of the issues, this

meeting is scheduled on short notice.

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense through the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition and Technology

on scientific and technical matters as

they affect the perceived needs of the

Department of Defense. At this meeting

the Task Force will examine the benefits

of, criteria for, and obstacles to the

application of an open systems

approach to weapon systems, and to

make recommendations on revisions to

DoD policy, practice, or investment

strategies that are required to obtain

maximum benefit from adopting open

systems. The Task Force should

examine application to new defense

programs, to those that have already

made substantial investments in a

design, and to those that are already

fielded, across the spectrum of weapon

systems, not just those heavily

dependent on advanced computers and

electronics.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Public Law 92–463, as amended (5

U.S.C. App. II, (1994)), it has been

determined that this DSB Task Force

meeting concern matters listed in 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) (1994), and that

accordingly this meeting will be closed

to the public.

Dated: November 10, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternative OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of The Navy

Notice of Extension of Public

Comment Period for Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for Realignment of F/A–18

Aircraft and Operational Functions

From Naval Air Station (NAS) Cecil

Field, Florida to Other East Coast

Installations and Draft Clean Air Act

(CAA) Conformity Determination

SUMMARY: The Department of The Navy

Announces That the Public Comment

Period For the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) And Draft

Clean Air Act (CAA) Conformity

Determination Which Evaluates The

Realignment of F/A–18 Aircraft And

Operational Functions From NAS Cecil

Field, Florida To Other Navy And

Marine Corps Air Stations On The East

Coast Of The United States Has Been

Extended By Two Weeks To December

2, 1997.

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),

the Department of the Navy filed a DEIS

with Environmental Protection Agency

on September 12, 1997. A Notice of

Availability of the DEIS was published

in the Federal Register on September

19, 1997. This notice provided for a 60-

day public comment period on the DEIS

which would have expired on

November 18, 1997. However, due to

the fact that an additional public

hearing has been scheduled for

November 17, 1997 at the NC Aquarium

in Manteo, NC (see Federal Register:

October 31, 1997, Page 58950), the Navy

has decided to extend the public

comment period on the DEIS to

December 2, 1997. All comments/

questions on the DEIS must be received

by close of business (5 p.m.) on this

date. Comments may be mailed to:

Commander, Atlantic Division, Naval

Facilities Engineering Command,

Attention: Mr. Dan Cecchini (Code

2032DC), 1510 Gilbert Street, Norfolk,

VA 23511. Comments may also be faxed

to (757) 322–4894.

POINT OF CONTACT: Additional

information concerning this notice may

be obtained by contacting Mr. Cecchini

at (757) 322–4891.

Dated: November 7, 1997.

Darse E. Crandall,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief Information

Officer, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, invites comments on the

submission for OMB review as required

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before

December 17, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Dan Chenok, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection

requests should be addressed to Patrick

J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its