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affected Federal, state, and local

agencies, and other organizations and

entities to participate in this study.

8. A public scoping workshop will be

held on 6 November 1997 from 7–9 p.m.

at Largo High School in Upper

Marlboro, Maryland. The purpose of the

meeting is to solicit public concerns and

comments on the study area and the

study process.

9. The DEIS is tentatively scheduled

to be available for public review in July

of 1999.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of an Additional Public Hearing

In Manteo, NC for the 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

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 1500–1508), the

Department of the Navy has prepared

and filed with the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

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 date and location of an

additional public hearing for the DEIS.

A public hearing has been scheduled for

Monday, November 17, 1997, at the

North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke

Island, Airport Road, Manteo, North

Carolina to provide information and to

receive public input on the DEIS for the

realignment of F/A–18 aircraft and

associated functions from NAS Cecil

Field, Florida to east coast installations.

On October 23, 1997, the Department of

the Navy conducted a public hearing at

the North Carolina Aquarium in

Manteo. Notice of this public hearing

was made in the Federal Register on

October 3, 1997. However, subsequent

to the October 23 hearing, the Navy

received information that indicated that

the notice of the public hearing was not

well publicized in the primary local

newspaper serving the Manteo/Dare

County area (The Virginian-Pilot, North

Carolina edition). Therefore, the

Department of the Navy has decided to

conduct an additional public hearing at

the North Carolina Aquarium on

Monday, November 17, 1997, to ensure

the public has an opportunity to obtain

information and provide comment on

the DEIS. An open information session,

which will precede the scheduled

public hearing 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 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., followed by

the public hearing, which will begin at

7:30 p.m.

Navy will conduct the public hearing.

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

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 that 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 longer

statements are to be presented, they

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.

ADDRESSES: 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 are available upon request by

contacting Mr. J. Dan Cecchini at (757)

322–4891.

POINT OF CONTACT: Additional

information concerning this notice may

be obtained by contacting Mr. Cecchini

at (757) 322–4891.

Dated: October 29, 1997.

Darse E. Crandall,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of the Board of Advisors to the

President, Naval War College, Open

Meeting

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. App. 2), notice is given that the

Board of Advisors to the President,

Naval War College, will meet from

0830–1700 on November 21, 1997 in

Conolly Hall, Naval War College, 686

Cushing Road, Newport, Rhode Island.

The meeting will be open to the public.

The purpose of the meeting is to elicit

the advice of the Board on educational,

doctrinal and research policies and

programs. The agenda will consist of

presentations and discussions on the

curriculum, programs and plans of the

college since the last meeting of the

Board on May 29 and 30, 1996. Naval

War College.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.

Mary E. Estabrooks, Assistant to the

Dean of Academics, Naval War College,

686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841–

1207. Telephone number (401) 841–

3589.

Dated: October 21, 1997.

Darse E. Crandall,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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