6516 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 29 / Wednesday, February 12, 1997 / Notices

Dated: February 6, 1997.

Lee Ann Carpenter,

Director, Technical Advisory Committee Unit.

[FR Doc. 97–3436 Filed 2–11–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary of Defense

Department of Defense Wage

Committee; Notice of Closed Meetings

Pursuant to the provisions of section

10 of Public Law 92–463, the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, notice is

hereby given that closed meetings of the

Department of Defense Wage Committee

will be held on March 4, 1997; March

11, 1997; March 18, 1997; and March

25, 1997; at 10:00 a.m. in Room A105,

The Nash Building, 1400 Key

Boulevard, Rosslyn, Virginia.

Under the provisions of section 10(d)

of Public Law 92–463, the Department

of Defense has determined that the

meetings meet the criteria to close

meetings to the public because the

matters to be considered are related to

internal rules and practices of the

Department of Defense and the detailed

wage data to be considered were

obtained from officials of private

establishments with a guarantee that the

data will be held in confidence.

However, members of the public who

may wish to do so are invited to submit

material in writing to the chairman

concerning matters believed to be

deserving of the Committee’s attention.

Additional information concerning

the meetings may be obtained by writing

to the Chairman, Department of Defense

Wage Committee, 4000 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–4000.

Dated: February 6, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–3411 Filed 2–11–97; 8:45 am]

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Department of the Army, Corps of

Engineers

The Draft Baltimore Harbor,

Anchorages and Channels Feasibility

Study and Environmental Impact

Statement Information Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (P.L. 92–463),

announcement is made of the following

meeting.

Name of Meeting: The Draft Baltimore

Harbor, Anchorages and Channels

Feasibility Study and Environmental

Impact Statement Information Meeting.

Date of Meeting: February 26, 1997.

Place: Maryland Port Authority, 2310

Broening Hwy, Point Breeze Maritime

Center II, Baltimore, MD 21224–6621,

Room 235 (2nd floor conference room).

Time: 7:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquiries and notice of intent to attend

the meeting may be addressed to Mr.

Daniel Bierly, U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, Baltimore District, ATTN:

CENAB–PL, P.O. Box 1715, Baltimore,

Maryland 21203, phone (410) 962–6139.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–3453 Filed 2–11–97; 8:45 am]

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Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) for the New

Castle County Water Supply Project in

New Castle County, Delaware

AGENCY: U.S. Corps of Engineers—

Philadelphia District, DOD; Cooperating

Agency: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency—Region III.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The proposed action

evaluates the need for and the

alternative methods of providing

additional water supply capacity to

meet present and projected water

demands in northern New Castle

County, Delaware.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the proposed action

and DEIS can be answered by Ms. Mary

Marshall, U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers—Environmental Resources

Branch (CENAP–PL–E), Wanamaker

Building, 100 Penn Square East,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107–

3390; phone: 215–656–6561, fax: 215–

656–6543.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Proposed project: The applicant,

the Water Resources Agency for New

Castle County previously applied for a

Department of the Army Permit to

construct a 2 billion gallon, 250 acre offstream reservoir in a freshwater tidal

wetland, Churchmans Marsh. Based on

extensive coordination and technical

studies, the applicant re-evaluated the

feasibility of reservoir construction at

Churchmans Marsh.

The applicant decided to resubmit the

permit application, siting Thompsons

Station as the proposed location for

reservoir construction. The proposed

project site is north of Newark, on an

unnamed tributary to the White Clay

Creek near the intersection of

Thompson Station and Pleasant Hill

Roads. The proposed project is a 132

acre, 1.9 billion gallon storage facility.

Water would be pumped into the

proposed reservoir from White Clay

Creek during periods of high stream

flow.

2. Alternatives that will be addressed

by the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement include:

a. The proposed Thompsons Station

reservoir impoundment;

b. Churchmans Marsh reservoir

impoundment;

c. Artesian Marsh (or Churchmans

Marsh South) reservoir impoundment;

d. Water transfer via existing and/or

proposed pipelines;

e. Desalination of brackish surface

water; and

f. No action.

3. Significant issues to be addressed

in the EIS regarding the proposed

project include:

a. Biological impacts, including loss

of freshwater wetlands;

b. Fish and wildlife habitat impacts,

including threatened and endangered

species;

c. Physical impacts, including water

quality and hydrology;

d. Stream and riparian impacts;

e. Cultural resource impacts;

f. Mitigation plans;

g. Disposal of excavated material; and

h. Water supply alternatives to the

proposed action.

4. The following paragraphs detail the

scoping actions that have occurred to

date:

a. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Philadelphia District sponsored a

previous Public Workshop/Scoping

meeting on April 11, 1996.

b. The applicant has taken a number

of steps to solicit input from the public

including the development of a citizens

advisory group. Numerous public

information meetings have been held to

discuss the status of the project and

obtain public comments. In addition,

numerous pre-application and prescoping meetings have been held with

agency participation from the Delaware

Department of Natural Resources and

Environmental Control, the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, the National

Marine Fisheries Service, the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, the

National Park Service and the Delaware

River Basin Commission.

c. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Philadelphia District and the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region III have executed a Cooperating

Agency Agreement for the development