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ducks and muskrats were the two

biggest categories of oiled animals.

Ospreys and great blue herons were also

found oiled but to a lesser extent. The

diamondback terrapin is a resource of

special concern to the State of

Maryland; both adults and nesting

beaches for this species were oiled as a

result of the spill. The Trustees are

continuing to monitor the nesting

success of ospreys and great blue herons

and will develop studies to determine

the impact of the spill on the muskrats

and diamondback terrapins.

(C) Shellfish, Finfish and Crabs: The

watershed provides valuable spawning

and nursery habitat for anadromous

species such as striped bass, white

perch and herring, all of which were

entering their spawning period at the

time of the spill. The effect of the spill

on these species will be determined

during the damage assessment.

(D) Lost Use: MDE issued fishing,

shellfishing, and crabbing advisories

and closures immediately following the

spill. These areas have since been

reopened. In addition, sections of the

river and its tributaries were closed to

boat traffic as part of the response.

(2) Response actions during clean up

have not adequately addressed the

injuries resulting from the incident.

Although response actions were

initiated promptly, the nature of

discharge and the sensitivity of the

environment precluded prevention of

injuries to some natural resources. It is

anticipated that injured natural

resources will eventually return to

baseline levels, but there is a potential

for significant interim losses to have

occurred and to continue to occur, until

return to baseline is achieved.

(3) Feasible primary and

compensatory restoration exists to

address injuries from this incident.

Among the available procedures are

marsh injury assessment studies to be

used in conjunction with Habitat

Equivalency Analysis to determine

compensation for injuries to marsh

vegetation and marsh services. Other

approaches are available for evaluating

injuries to fauna such as migratory

birds. Components of a restoration plan

may include wetland habitat

enhancement, water quality

improvement projects, bird and wildlife

enhancement activities and

compensation for lost human use.

Public Involvement: Pursuant to 15

CFR 990.44, the Trustees seek public

involvement in restoration planning

through public review and comment on

the documents contained in the

Administrative Record. Comments

should be sent to Jim Hoff, NOAA

Damage Assessment Center, Room

10218, 1305 East West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910–3281, (301) 713–

3038 ext. 188.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jim Hoff, NOAA Damage Assessment

Center, Room 10218, 1305 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910–

3281; (301) 713–3038 ext. 188.

Beth McGee, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 177 Admiral Cochrane Drive,

Annapolis, MD 21401; (410) 573–

4524.

Carolyn V. Watson, Maryland

Department of Natural Resources,

Tawes State Office Bldg, 580 Taylor

Avenue C4, Annapolis, MD 21401;

(410) 260–8113.

Bob Summers, Maryland Department of

the Environment, 2500 Broening

Hwy., Baltimore, MD 21224; (410)

631–3680.

Dated: November 3, 2000

Margaret A. Davidson

Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean

Services and Coastal Zone Management.

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‘‘Federal Register’’ Citation of Previous

Announcement: November 21, 2000

(Volume 65, Number 225, Page 69915)

Previously Announced Time and Date

of Meeting: 2 p.m., November 29, 2000.

Changes in Meeting: The closed

meeting regarding the Compliance

Status Report is canceled. The meeting

will be rescheduled.

For a recorded message containing the

latest agenda information, call (301)

504–0709.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sadye E. Dunn, Office of the Secretary,

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD

20207 (301) 504–0800.

Dated: November 22, 2000.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Department

of Defense Medical Examination Review

Board announces the proposed public

information collection and seeks public

comment on the provisions thereof.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed information collection; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the information collection on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms or information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received by January 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

SAF/PAX, Air Force Public Affairs,

1690 Air Force Pentagon, Washington,

DC 20330–1690, Attention: Lt Col Anne

Morris.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request more information on this

proposed information collection or to

obtain a copy of the proposal and

associated collection instruments,

please write to the above address, or call

SAF/PAX at (703) 692–6228.

Title: The Public and the United

States Air Force (USAF): Recruiting and

Retention Challenges.

Needs and Uses: For the first time in

its history, the USAF is struggling to

meet its recruiting goals. The USAF also

faces the challenge of improving

retention levels for those people who

have joined the Air Force. A

combination of environmental factors,

including increasing operations tempo,

frequency and length of deployments

and the robust American economy of

the past few years have rendered

continuing service in the USAF less

desirable for some of its members. Both

recruitment and retention challenges

impact the Air Force’s ability to sustain

mandated end strength. To address

these requirements and challenges, the

USAF has launched the first paid

network television advertising campaign

in its history. New television

advertisements began airing in

September 2000 as a primary element of

a focused national campaign to tell the

Air Force story to Americans and, in the

process, address recruiting and

retention challenges. Continued

audience research is needed to guide

evaluation of the campaign’s

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effectiveness and planning of future

campaigns.

Affected Public: Residents (15 years

and older) of telephone-equipped

households in the U.S.

Annual Burden Hours: 1,000.

Number of Respondents: 4,500.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 13.3

Minutes.

Frequency: At roughly 3-month

intervals.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

These three surveys will serve

multiple purposes. They will gauge

recruitment-age youth’s and their

influencers’ awareness of, familiarity

with, attitudes about and feelings

toward the Air Force. These measures

will be made at roughly 3-month

intervals during the course of the

current USAF television advertising

campaign, giving insight into the

communication initiative’s ongoing

performance. The surveys will allow

direct comparison of target youth and

influential adult thinking about factors

affecting recruitment decision-making.

Findings from these surveys of the

civilian population also will be

compared with similar data to be

gathered from the internal USAF

population at approximately the same

time, providing a valuable head-to-head

comparison of civilians’ and Air Force

people’s perceptions of what the Air

Force does and why a young person

should want to join.

Janet A. Long,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science; Basic Energy

Sciences Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences

Advisory Committee (BESAC). Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public

notice of these meetings be announced

in the Federal Register.

DATES: Monday, December 11, 2000,

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Marriott at Metro Center;

775 12th Street, NW; Washington, DC

20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon Long; Office of Basic Energy

Sciences; U. S. Department of Energy;

19901 Germantown Road; Germantown,

MD 20874–1290; Telephone: (301) 903–

5565.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose

of this meeting is to provide advice and

guidance with respect to the basic

energy sciences research program.

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will

include discussions of the following:

Monday, December 11, 2000

• News from Basic Energy Sciences

• Subpanel Report on the Review of

the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source

(IPNS) at Argonne National Laboratory

and the Manuel Lujan, Jr. Neutron

Scattering Center (MLNSC) at the Los

Alamos Neutron Science Center at Los

Alamos National Laboratory

• Future Activities

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. If you would like to

file a written statement with the

Committee, you may do so either before

or after the meeting. If you would like

to make oral statements regarding any of

the items on the agenda, you should

contact Sharon Long at 301–903–6594

(fax) or sharon.long@science.doe.gov (email). You must make your request for

an oral statement at least 5 business

days prior to the meeting. Reasonable

provision will be made to include the

scheduled oral statements on the

agenda. The Chairperson of the

Committee will conduct the meeting to

facilitate the orderly conduct of

business. Public comment will follow

the 10-minute rule. This notice is being

published less than 15 days before the

date of the meeting due to the

Thanksgiving holiday.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying within 30 days at the Freedom

of Information Public Reading Room;

1E–190, Forrestal Building; 1000

Independence Avenue, S.W.;

Washington, D.C. 20585; between 9:00

a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on November

20, 2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee, Management

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science; Biological and

Environmental Research Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Biological and

Environmental Research Advisory

Committee. Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Public Law 92–463, 86

Stat. 770) requires that public notice of

these meetings be announced in the

Federal Register.

DATES: Monday, December 11, 2000,

8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Tuesday,

December 12, 2000, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00

p.m.

ADDRESSES: American Geophysical

Union, 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

David Thomassen (301–903–9817;

david.thomassen@science.doe.gov), or

Ms. Shirley Derflinger (301–903–0044;

shirley.derflinger@science.doe.gov),

Designated Federal Officers, Biological

and Environmental Research Advisory

Committee, U.S. Department of Energy,

Office of Science, Office of Biological

and Environmental Research, SC–70,

19901 Germantown Road, Germantown,

Maryland 20874–1290. The most

current information concerning this

meeting can be found on the website:

http://www.science.doe.gov/ober/berac/

announce.html

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of

the Meeting: To provide advice on a

continuing basis to the Director, Office

of Science of the Department of Energy,

on the many complex scientific and

technical issues that arise in the

development and implementation of the

biological and environmental research

program.

Tentative Agenda

Monday, December 11, and Tuesday,

December 12, 2000:

• Welcoming Remarks

• Opening of Meeting

• Remarks from Dr. Mildred S.

Dresselhaus, Director, Office of Science

• Report by Dr. Ari Patrinos,

Associate Director for Biological and

Environmental Research (BER) on the

Status of BER

• Update on Office of Biological and

Environmental Research Activities

• Discussion of Roadmap for BERAC

Report, Bringing the Genome to Life

• Report from the Natural and

Accelerated Bioremediation Research

(NABIR) Subcommittee

• Review of Subcommittee Activities

• New Business

• Public Comment (10-minute rule)

Public Participation: The day and a

half meeting is open to the public. If you

would like to file a written statement

with the Committee, you may do so

either before or after the meeting. If you