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intelligence, and similar matters. They

may be either specific or general in

nature and may include such personal

information as an individual’s name,

Social Security Number, date and/or

place of birth, description of events or

incidents of a sensitive or privileged

nature, commendatory or unfavorable

data.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental

Regulations; 10 U.S.C. 3013, Secretary

of the Army; Army Regulation 25–1,

The Army Information Resources

Management Program; and E.O. 9397

(SSN).

PURPOSE(S):

To control correspondence, document

actions taken, and locate records for

reference purposes.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

In addition to those disclosures

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C.

552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records

or information contained therein may

specifically be disclosed outside the

DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5

U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:

The ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ set forth at

the beginning of the Army’s compilation

of systems of records notices also apply

to this system.

Note: Disclosure of information from

documents or records which properly

become part of another system of records will

be as authorized in the ‘routine uses‘ portion

of that system of records.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Paper records and computer database.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Paper records are retrieved by date of

correspondence; electronic records are

retrieved by name, date of

correspondence, subject natter, or key

word (which may include Social

Security Number and date of birth).

SAFEGUARDS:

Records are controlled; access to

information from specified documents if

restricted to persons who have been

designated by their agency to have

official need for the information in the

performance of their duties. File areas

are protected by electronic surveillance

systems with combination lock doors.

Users of the system receive training

designed to preclude misuse or

unauthorized disclosure of information

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Disposition pending (until NARA

disposition is approved, treat as

permanent).

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Chief of Correspondence, Office of the

Secretary of the Army, 101 Army

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310–0101.

Chief of Staff, 200 Army Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20310–0200.

Commander, Corps of Engineers, 200

Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC

20314–1000.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Individuals seeking to determine

whether information about themselves

is contained in this system should

address written inquiries to the system

manager having functional

responsibility or interest.

For verification purposes, the

individual should provide full name,

current address, and Social Security

Number (if applicable), and the request

must be signed. Inquiry should include

timeframe of correspondence, subject

matter, and details that will assist in

identifying the records sought.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking access to

information about themselves contained

in this system should address written

inquiries to the system manager having

functional responsibility or interest.

For verification purposes, the

individual should provide full name,

current address, and Social Security

Number (if applicable), and the request

must be signed. Inquiry should include

timeframe of correspondence, subject

matter, and details that will assist in

identifying the records sought.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The Army’s rules for accessing

records, and for contesting contents and

appealing initial agency determinations

are contained in Army Regulation 340–

21; 32 CFR part 505; or may be obtained

from the system manager.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

From the individual; correspondence

emanating within the Army Secretariat,

the Office, Chief of Staff, and Army Staff

agencies; and other Federal agencies.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

Information specifically authorized to

be classified under E.O. 12958, as

implemented by DoD 5200.1–R, may be

exempt pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1).

Investigatory material compiled for

law enforcement purposes may be

exempt pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2).

However, if an individual is denied any

right, privilege, or benefit for which he

would otherwise be entitled by Federal

law or for which he would otherwise be

eligible, as a result of the maintenance

of such information, the individual will

be provided access to such information

except to the extent that disclosure

would reveal the identity of a

confidential source.

Records maintained in connection

with providing protective services to the

President and other individuals under

18 U.S.C. 3506, may be exempt pursuant

to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(3).

Records maintained solely for

statistical research or program

evaluation purposes and which are not

used to make decisions on the rights,

benefits, or entitlement of an individual

except for census records which may be

disclosed under 13 U.S.C. 8, may be

exempt pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(4).

Investigatory material compiled solely

for the purpose of determining

suitability, eligibility, or qualifications

for federal civilian employment,

military service, federal contracts, or

access to classified information may be

exempt pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5),

but only to the extent that such material

would reveal the identity of a

confidential source.

Testing or examination material used

solely to determine individual

qualifications for appointment or

promotion in the Federal service may be

exempt pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(6),

if the disclosure would compromise the

objectivity or fairness of the test or

examination process.

Evaluation material used to determine

potential for promotion in the Military

Services may be exempt pursuant to 5

U.S.C. 552a(k)(7), but only to the extent

that the disclosure of such material

would reveal the identity of a

confidential source.

An exemption rule for this exemption

has been promulgated in accordance

with requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553(b) (1),

(2), and (3), (c) and (e) and published in

32 CFR part 505. For additional

information contact the system manager.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Logistics Agency

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer

Matching Program

AGENCY: Defense Manpower Data

Center, Defense Logistics Agency, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of a computer matching

program.

SUMMARY: Subsection (e)(12) of the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, (5

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U.S.C. 552a) requires agencies to

publish advance notice of any proposed

or revised computer matching program

by the matching agency for public

comment. The Department of Defense

(DoD), as the matching agency under the

Privacy Act, is hereby giving notice to

the record subjects of a computer

matching program between Department

of Veterans Affairs (VA) and DoD that

their records are being matched by

computer. The record subjects are VA

delinquent debtors who may be current

or former Federal employees receiving

Federal salary or benefit payments and

who are indebted and or delinquent in

their repayment of debts owed to the

United States Government under

programs administered by VA.

DATES: This proposed action will

become effective March 9, 2000, and the

computer matching will proceed

accordingly without further notice,

unless comments are received which

would result in a contrary

determination or if the Office of

Management and Budget or Congress

objects thereto. Any public comment

must be received before the effective

date.

ADDRESSES: Any interested party may

submit written comments to the

Director, Defense Privacy Office, 1941

Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 920,

Arlington, VA 22202–4502.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Vahan Moushegian, Jr. at telephone

(703) 607-2943.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to subsection (o) of the Privacy Act of

1974, as amended, (5 U.S.C. 552a), the

DoD and VA have concluded an

agreement to conduct a computer

matching program between the agencies.

The purpose of the match is to exchange

personal data between the agencies for

debt collection. The match will yield

the identity and location of the debtors

within the Federal government so that

VA can pursue recoupment of the debt

by voluntary payment or by

administrative or salary offset

procedures. Computer matching

appeared to be the most efficient and

effective manner to accomplish this task

with the least amount of intrusion of

personal privacy of the individuals

concerned. It was therefore concluded

and agreed upon that computer

matching would be the best and least

obtrusive manner and choice for

accomplishing this requirement.

A copy of the computer matching

agreement between VA and DoD is

available upon request to the public.

Requests should be submitted to the

address caption above or to the Debt

Management Center, U.S. Department of

Veterans Affairs, Bishop Henry Whipple

Federal Building, 1 Federal Drive, Ft.

Snelling, MN 55111.

Set forth below is the notice of the

establishment of a computer matching

program required by paragraph 6.c. of

the Office of Management and Budget

Guidelines on computer matching

published on June 19, 1989, at 54 FR

25818.

The matching agreement, as required

by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the Privacy Act,

and an advance copy of this notice was

submitted on January 21, 2000, to the

House Committee on Government

Reform, the Senate Committee on

Government Affairs, and the

Administrator of the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget

pursuant to paragraph 4d of Appendix

I to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘‘Federal

Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining

Records about Individuals,’’ dated

February 8, 1996 (February 20, 1996, 61

FR 6427).

Dated: February 2, 2000.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

NOTICE OF A COMPUTER MATCHING

PROGRAM BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT

OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND THE

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR DEBT

COLLECTION

A. PARTICIPATING AGENCIES:

Participants in this computer

matching program are the Department of

Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Defense

Manpower Data Center (DMDC) of the

Department of Defense (DoD). The VA is

the source agency, i.e., the activity

disclosing the records for the purpose of

the match. The DMDC is the specific

recipient activity or matching agency,

i.e., the agency that actually performs

the computer matching.

B. PURPOSE OF THE MATCH:

Upon the execution of this agreement,

VA will provide and disclose debtor

records to DMDC to identify and locate

any Federal personnel, employed,

serving, or retired, who owe delinquent

debts to the Federal Government under

certain programs administered by VA.

VA will use this information to initiate

independent collection of those debts

under the provisions of the Debt

Collection Act of 1982, as amended,

when voluntary payment is not

forthcoming. These collection efforts

will include requests by VA of the

military service/employing agency in

the case of military personnel (either

active, reserve, or retired) and current

non-postal civilian employees, and to

OPM in the case of retired non-postal

civilian employees, to apply

administrative and/or salary offset

procedures until such time as the

obligation is paid in full.

C. AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCH:

The legal authority for conducting the

matching program is contained in the

Debt Collection Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97–

365), as amended by the Debt Collection

Improvement Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–

134, section 31001); 31 U.S.C. Chapter

37, Subchapter I (General) and

Subchapter II (Claims of the United

States Government), 31 U.S.C. 3711

Collection and Compromise, 31 U.S.C.

3716 Administrative Offset, 5 U.S.C.

5514, Installment Deduction for

Indebtedness (Salary Offset); 10 U.S.C.

135, Under Secretary of Defense

(Comptroller); Section 101(1) of

Executive Order 12731; 4 CFR 101.1–

105.5, Federal Claims Collection

Standards; 5 CFR 550.1101–550.1108,

Collection by Offset from Indebted

Government Employees (OPM); 38 CFR

1.980–1.994 (VA).

D. RECORDS TO BE MATCHED:

The systems of records maintained by

the respective agencies under the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5

U.S.C. 552a, from which records will be

disclosed for the purpose of this

computer match are as follows:

VA will use personal data from the

following Privacy Act record system for

the match: Accounts Receivable

Records-VA, 88VA244, published in the

Federal Register at 63 FR 16864 on

April 6, 1998.

DoD will use personnel data from the

record system identified as S322.11

DMDC, entitled ‘‘Federal Creditor

Agency Debt Collection Data Base’’ last

published in the Federal Register at 64

FR 42101 on August 3, 1999.

E. DESCRIPTION OF COMPUTER MATCHING

PROGRAM:

VA, as the source agency, will provide

DMDC with an electronic file which

contains the names of delinquent

debtors in programs VA administers.

Upon receipt of the electronic file of

debtor accounts, DMDC will perform a

computer match using all nine digits of

the SSN of the VA file against a DMDC

computer database. The DMDC

database, established under an

interagency agreement between DoD,

OPM, OMB and the Department of the

Treasury, consists of personnel records

of non-postal Federal civilian

employees and military members, both

active and retired. The ‘‘hits’’ or

matches will be furnished to VA. VA is

responsible for verifying and

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determining that the data on the DMDC

electronic reply tape file are consistent

with VA’s source file and for resolving

any discrepancies or inconsistencies on

an individual basis. VA will also be

responsible for making final

determinations as to positive

identification, amount of indebtedness

and recovery efforts as a result of the

match.

The electronic file provided by VA

will contain data elements of the

debtor’s name, SSN, internal account

numbers and the total amount owed for

each debtor on approximately 200,000

delinquent debtors.

The DMDC computer database file

contains approximately 4.8 million

records of active duty and retired

military members, including the Reserve

and Guard, and approximately 3.1

million records of active and retired

non-postal Federal civilian employees.

DMDC will match the SSNs on the VA

tape by computer against the DMDC

database. Matching records, ‘‘hits’’

based on SSN’s, will produce data

elements of the individual’s name, SSN,

military service or employing agency,

and current work or home address.

F. INCLUSIVE DATES OF THE MATCHING PROGRAM:

This computer matching program is

subject to review by the Office of

Management and Budget and Congress.

If the mandatory 30 day period for

public comment has expired and if no

objections are raised by either Congress

or the Office of Management and Budget

within 40 days of being notified of the

proposed match, the computer matching

program becomes effective and the

respective agencies may begin the

exchange of data at a mutually agreeable

time on a six month basis. By agreement

between VA and DoD, the matching

program will be in effect and continue

for 18 months with an option to extend

for 12 additional months unless one of

the parties to the agreement advises the

other by written request to terminate or

modify the agreement.

G. ADDRESS FOR RECEIPT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS

OR INQUIRIES:

Director, Defense Privacy Office, 1941

Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 920,

Arlington, VA 22202–4502. Telephone

(703) 607–2943.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Record of Decision for Developing

Home Port Facilities for Three NIMITZ–

Class Aircraft Carriers in Support of

the U.S. Pacific Fleet

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of record of decision.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy,

after carefully weighing the operational,

environmental, and cost implications of

home port facilities for NIMITZ-class

nuclear-powered aircraft carriers

(‘‘CVNs’’) in the Pacific Fleet,

announces its decision to: (1) construct

facilities and infrastructure required to

home port two additional CVNs at Naval

Air Station North Island (NASNI),

Coronado, CA; (2) upgrade existing CVN

support facilities at Puget Sound Naval

Shipyard (PSNS), Bremerton, WA; and

(3) retain Naval Station (NAVSTA)

Everett, WA, as a CVN home port.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of

the entire Record of Decision (ROD) is

provided as follows:

Background

Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969, 42 U.S.C. Section

4332(2)(c), the regulations of the

Council on Environmental Quality that

implement NEPA procedures, 40 CFR

Parts 1500–1508, and 40 CFR 93, the

General Conformity Rule of the Clean

Air Act, the Department of the Navy

(DON) announces its decision regarding

home port facilities and infrastructure

for CVNs in support of the U.S. Pacific

Fleet.

First, as conventionally-powered

aircraft carriers (CVs) reach the end of

their service life and are replaced by

nuclear-powered carriers (CVNs), the

Navy has a need to create the capacity

to home port these new CVN assets.

Compared to the CV, the CVN is a newer

class of aircraft carrier that has a wider

beam, a deeper draft, and different shore

maintenance and support requirements.

Consequently, a CVN home port

requires different shore infrastructure

than that provided for a CV. The U.S.

Pacific Fleet is preparing for the

replacement of two CVs assigned within

the U.S. Pacific Fleet area of

responsibility (AOR) with two CVNs.

Therefore, there is a need to select

locations within the Pacific Fleet AOR

for the construction of facilities and

infrastructure necessary to create the

capacity to home port these CVNs.

Second, changes in CVN home port

pier, logistics support area, and utility

infrastructure standards for CVN home

ports created the need to decide

whether to upgrade the existing CVN

home port facilities at PSNS to meet

those standards or maintain the existing

facilities even though they did not meet

current standards.

Third, development of Planned

Incremental Availability (PIA)

maintenance for CVNs created the need

to re-evaluate the viability of retaining

NAVSTA Everette as a CVN home port

to determine if the facilities and

infrastructure could efficiently support

a CVN while undergoing a PIA

maintenance program without adversely

affecting crew quality of life.

The DON undertook the planning

effort for these decisions on December 3,

1996, when it published a Notice of

Intent (NOI) to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement in the

Federal Register. A public scoping

meeting was held in each of the

following locations: Bremerton,

Washington; Everett, Washington; Pearl

City, Hawaii; and Coronado, California.

A Notice of Availability (NOA) for the

Draft EIS (DEIS) was published in the

Federal Register on August 28, 1998.

Public hearings were held on the DEIS

in the same four locations as the scoping

meetings and in San Diego, CA.

Approximately 317 individuals,

agencies, and organizations submitted

comments on the DEIS during the 75

day public comment period. All oral

and written comments were considered

in the preparation of the Final EIS

(FEIS). The NOA for the FEIS was

published in the Federal Register on

July 9, 1999. In addition, public notices

and news releases noting the availability

of the FEIS and draft Final Clean Air

Act (CAA) Conformity Determination

were published in local and regional

newspapers beginning on July 10, 1999.

The DON received approximately 60

public comment letters on the FEIS

during a 60-day public review period.

Alternatives

Four areas within the Pacific Fleet

AOR were considered as feasible

locations for the development of CVN

home port capacity. The four areas

considered were: Naval Air Station

North Island (NASNI) Coronado, CA;

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS)

Bremerton, WA; Naval Station

(NAVSTA) Everett, WA; and Pearl

Harbor Naval Shipyard (PHNSY) Pearl

Harbor, HI. Using these four locations,

six alternative configurations for

creating the necessary CVN home port

capacity, including a no construction

alternative, were developed and

analyzed. Each alternative was

evaluated and compared against the