7440 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 33 / Wednesday, February 19, 1997 / Notices

Meeting of the Advisory Committee on

High Performance Computing and

Communications, Information

Technology, and the Next Generation

Internet

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and summary agenda for the

first meeting of the Advisory Committee

on High Performance Computing and

Communications, Information

Technology, and the Next Generation

Internet, and describes the functions of

the Committee. The meeting will be

open to the public. Notice of this

meeting is required under the federal

Advisory Committee Act, (Pub. L. 92–

463). Notice of this meeting is less than

fifteen days prior to the meeting due to

an administrative delay.

DATES: February 27–28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Room 1235 NSF Board

Room, National Science Foundation,

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA

22230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Advisory Committee on High

Performance Computing and

Communications, Information

Technology, and the Next Generation

Internet was established on February 11,

1997, by Executive Order 13035 and

will expire two years from that date.

The purpose of the Committee is to

provide the National Science and

Technology Council, through the

Director of the Office of Science and

Technology Policy, with advice and

information on high performance

computing and communications. The

Committee members are a well-balanced

group of distinguished individuals

appointed by the president from various

non-Federal sectors.

PROPOSED SCHEDULE AND AGENDA: The

Advisory Committee will meet in open

session from approximately 8:30 a.m. to

noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on

February 27, 1997, and from

approximately 8:30 a.m. to noon on

February 28, 1997. This first meeting

will focus discussions on necessary

historical perspectives; Federal

computing, information, and

communications R&D investments

including the Next Generation Internet

Initiative; identifying Government roles

in High End Computing and

Computation; and formulating

approaches for partnering with

academia and industry.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Please call

the National Coordination Office for

Computing, Information, and

Communications at (703) 306–4722.

Public seating for this meeting is

limited, and is available on a first-come,

first-served basis.

Dated: February 12, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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Department of the Air Force

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement;

Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle

Program

The Department of the Air Force,

through Space and Missile Systems

Center (SMC/MV), is considering

development and deployment of an

Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle

(EELV) to meet the U.S. Government’s

requirements for unmanned space

launches. The EELV Program Office at

Los Angeles Air Force Base (AFB),

California, is managing program

activities and intends to study the

environmental issues associated with

the EELV program. To this end, the Air

Force Center for Environmental

Excellence (AFCEE) will prepare an

environmental impact statement (EIS)

for use in the decision-making process.

The EELV would be an unmanned,

expendable space launch vehicle

evolved from existing systems capable

of launching Department of Defense

(DOD), National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA), other

government, and civil satellites,

including payloads up to 45,000

pounds. It is intended to meet the

requirements of the National Mission

Model, both medium and heavy lift, at

a lower cost than the present

expendable systems. EELV would be

DOD’s sole source of expendable

medium and heavy spacelift

transportation to orbit through 2020.

EELV would replace current Titan II,

Titan IV, Atlas II, and Delta II launch

vehicles.

EELV launch activities would occur at

Cape Canaveral Air Station (AS),

Florida, and Vandenberg AFB,

California, from existing space launch

complexes that would be modified to

meet program requirements.

The EELV program decision to be

made is whether EELV should proceed

into the Engineering and Manufacturing

Development Phase on through

Production and Launch Operations. The

EIS will examine continuing use of

existing launch systems and facilities as

alternatives to the continued

development of EELV and its associated

facilities.

Scoping will be conducted to identify

environmental concerns and issues that

need to be addressed in the EIS. Two

public scoping meetings will be held as

part of the process (one each in Cape

Canaveral, Florida and Lompoc,

California) to determine the

environmental issues and concerns that

should be addressed. The schedule for

the scoping meetings is as follows:

1. Radisson Resort at the Port, 8701

Astronaut Blvd, Cape Canaveral,

Florida, March 11, 1997, 7:00—10:00

p.m.

2. Lompoc City Council Chambers,

100 Civic Center Plaza, Lompoc,

California, March 13, 1997, 7:00—10:00

p.m.

Public input and comments are

solicited concerning the environmental

aspects of the proposed program. To

assure the Air Force will have sufficient

time to fully consider public inputs on

issues, written comments should be

mailed to ensure receipt no later than

April 11, 1997.

Comments concerning the proposed

project or the EIS should be addressed

to: Jonathan D. Farthing, Chief,

Environmental Analysis Division, HQ

AFCEE/ECA, 3207 North Road, Brooks

Air Force Base, Texas 78235–5363, (210)

536–3668.

Carolyn A. Lunsford,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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AFIT Subcommittee of the Air

University Board of Visitors; Notice of

Meeting

The Air Force Institute of Technology

Subcommittee of the Air University

Board of Visitors will hold an open

meeting on March 2–4, 1997, with the

first business session beginning at 8:30

a.m. in the Commandant’s Conference

Room, Building 125, Wright-Patterson

Air Force Base, Ohio.

The purpose of the meeting is to give

the Board an opportunity to review Air

Force Institute of Technology’s

educational programs and to present to

the Commandant a report of their

findings and recommendations

concerning these programs. There are

five (5) seats at the meeting available for

the public.

For further information on this

meeting, contact Ms. Beverly Houtz in

the Directorate of Plans and Operations,

Air Force Institute of Technology, (513)

255–5760.

Carolyn A. Lunsford,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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