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auxiliary aids should be directed to

Anne Alford at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) by December 29, 1997.

Dated: December 12, 1997.

Gary C. Matlock, Director, Office of

Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–33216 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 121197C]

Western Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council will hold a

meeting of its Precious Corals Plan

Team.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

January 30, 1998, from 9:00 a.m. to

12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the NMFS Honolulu Laboratory, 2570

Dole St., Rm. 112, Honolulu, HI;

telephone: 808–943–1221.

Council address: Western Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 1164

Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI

96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;

telephone: 808–522–8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Precious Corals Plan Team will discuss

(1) the status of the precious corals

fishery and the recent survey of

Makapu’u Bed; (2) a final draft of a

Precious Corals Fishery Management

Plan (FMP) amendment to establish a

framework procedure in the FMP and

include the exclusive economic zone

around the Northern Mariana Islands in

the FMP area; (3) the inconsistency of

Hawaii State and Federal regulations for

the harvest of precious corals; (4) other

issues as required.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Plan Team for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal Plan Team action during this

meeting. Plan Team action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Kitty M. Simonds, 808–522–8220

(voice) or 808–522–8226 (fax), at least 5

days prior to meeting date.

Dated: December 12, 1997.

Gary C. Matlock, Ph.D.,

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–33134 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: TRICARE Retiree Dental

Program enrollment Form; Contractor

Designed Format (No DD Form

Number); OMB Number 0720–0015.

Type of request: Extension.

Number of Respondents: 286,570.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 286,570.

Average Burden per response: 15

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 71,640.

Needs and Uses: Conditional approval

for the information collection was

granted under OMB approval number

0720–0015 pending development of a

contractor designed enrollment form

which is being submitted for approval.

The form will be submitted to OMB

concurrently with publication of the

final rule. The collection instrument

serves as an application form for

military members entitled to retired pay

and eligible dependents to enroll in the

TRICARE Retiree Dental Program. The

enrollment application will allow the

Department to collect the information

necessary to properly identify the

program’s applicants and to determine

their eligibility for enrollment in the

TRICARE Retiree Dental Program. In

completing and signing an enrollment

form, applicants will acknowledge that

they understand the benefits offered

under the program and the rules they

must follow to continue their

participation in the program. Further,

applicants will acknowledge that the

premium will be withheld from retired

pay when such pay is available. Initial

enrollment will be for a period of 24

months followed by month to month

enrollment as long as the enrollee

chooses to continue enrollment.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Allison Eydt.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Ms. Eydt at the Office of Management

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD/

Health Affairs, Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suit

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: December 15, 1997.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–33112 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Strategic Environmental Research and

Development Program, Scientific

Advisory Board

ACTION: Notice.

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(P.L. 92–463), announcement is made of

the following Committee meeting:

DATE OF MEETING: January 28, 1998 from

1200 to 1700 and January 29, 1998 from

0830 to 1200.

PLACE: National Highway Institute,

Conference Room 302, 901 North Stuart

Street, Arlington, VA.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Research

and Development proposals and

continuing projects requesting Strategic

Environmental Research and

Development Program funds in excess

of $1M will be reviewed.

This meeting is open to the public.

Any interested person may attend,

appear before, or file statements with

the Scientific Advisory Board at the
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time and in the manner permitted by the

Board.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Amy Levine, SERDP Program

Office, 901 North Stuart Street, Suite

303, Arlington, VA or by telephone at

(703) 696–2124.

Dated: December 15, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–33106 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Notice of Intent To Prepare

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Realistic Bomber Training Initiative

in Texas and New Mexico

The United States Air Force (USAF) is

issuing this notice to advise the public

of its intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

to assess the potential environmental

impacts of a proposal to implement the

Realistic Bomber Training Initiative

(RBTI). This proposal is intended to

provide efficient, integrated training

opportunities for aircrews flying B–1B

aircraft from Dyess Air Force Base

(AFB), Texas, and B–52H aircraft from

Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. The

proposed action for RBTI would involve

several interrelated elements:

1. Modifications and additions to

existing military training route (MTR)

airspace used generally for low-altitude

training activities;

2. Modifications and additions to

existing military operations area (MOA)

airspace used for medium to high

altitude training and maneuvering;

3. Increased flights by B–1B and B–

52H aircraft in the MTR and MOA

airspace;

4. Acquisition of a total of 12, 15-acre

parcels under the MTR and MOA

airspace for construction and operation

of an Electronic Scoring Site system

consisting of electronic emitters and

associated facilities; and

5. Closure of existing Electronic

Scoring Site systems at Harrison,

Arkansas and La Junta, Colorado, and

transfer of equipment to the proposed

Electronic Scoring Site system

developed for RBTI.

The Air Force has developed three

alternatives, each of which fulfills the

requirements of the proposed action.

Two of these alternatives use airspace

over lands located in west Texas; the

third uses airspace in northeastern New

Mexico. All three of these alternatives,

and the No-Action alternative will be

evaluated in the EIS. If feasible

alternatives are developed as part of the

scoping process, they will be included

in the EIS.

Implementation of any of the three

alternatives fulfilling the proposed

action would require the Federal

Aviation Administration to modify

existing special use airspace and to

chart new airspace. Similarly, the Air

Force would undertake real estate

actions to acquire access to the 12, 15-

acre sites for the electronic scoring

system.

The information in this EIS will be

considered in making the decision

whether to implement RBTI, and if so,

to select an alternative for

implementation. A separate EIS is

currently being conducted by the Air

Force to address use of existing military

airspace over west Texas and

northeastern New Mexico by units

stationed at Holloman AFB, New

Mexico. This proposal, as well as other

actions, will be assessed for potential

cumulative impacts in the RBTI EIS.

The Air Force intends to hold several

public scoping meetings in the

potentially affected areas of Texas and

New Mexico. Dates, times, and locations

for these meetings will be announced

through press releases, newspapers and

other media sources accessible to the

public and agencies. These meetings are

the first step in asking for public and

government agency comments on the

RBTI proposal. Comments provided at

these meetings and throughout the

scoping process should focus on the

merits of the proposal, alternatives, and

the nature and scope of environmental

issues and other concerns that need to

be addressed in the EIS. During the

meetings, the Air Force will describe the

proposed action and all alternatives, the

National Environmental Policy Act

process, and outline the opportunities

for public involvement in the process.

Comments will be accepted

throughout the analysis process,

however, to ensure the Air Force has

sufficient time to consider public input

in the preparation of the Draft EIS,

comments should be submitted to the

address below by February 17, 1998.

RBTI EIS, c/o 7 CES/CEV, 710 3rd Street,

Dyess AFB, TX 79607.

Barbara A. Carmichael

Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–33209 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Notice of Availability for the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for the Disposal and Reuse of

Fort McClellan, Alabama

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 and the President’s

Council on Environmental Quality, the

Army has prepared a DEIS for the

Disposal and Reuse of Fort McClellan

(FMC), Alabama. The approved 1995

base closure and realignment actions

required by the Base Closure and

Realignment Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–

510), and subsequent actions in

compliance wit this law, mandated the

closure of FMC. It is Department of

Defense (DoD) policy to dispose of

property no longer needed by DoD.

Consequently, as a result of the

mandated closure of FMC, the Army is

disposing of excess property at FMC.

The DEIS analyzes three disposal

alternatives: (1) The no action

alternative, which entails maintaining

the property in caretaker status after

closure; (2) the encumbered disposal

alternative, which entails transferring

the property to future owners with

Army-imposed limitations, or

encumbrances, on the future use of the

property; and (3) the unencumbered

disposal alternative, which entails

transferring the property to future

owners with fewer or no Army-imposed

restrictions on the future use of the

property. The preferred action identified

in this DEIS is encumbered disposal of

excess property at FMC. Based upon the

analysis contained in the DEIS,

encumbrances and deed restrictions

associated with the Army’s disposal

actions for FMC will be mitigation

measures.

Planning for the reuse of the property

to be disposed of is a secondary action

resulting from closure. The local

community has established the Fort

McClellan Reuse and Redevelopment

Authority (FMRRA) to produce a reuse

development plan for the surplus

property. The impacts of reuse are

evaluated in terms of land use

intensities. This reuse analysis is based

upon implementing one of three reuse

alternatives, all of which are based upon

the FMRRA draft reuse plan. The Army

has not selected one of these three

alternatives as the preferred action.

Selection of the preferred reuse plan is

a decision that will be made by the

FMRRA.