Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 42 / Tuesday, March 4, 1997 / Notices 9755

Dated: February 27, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–5254 Filed 3–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

Department of the Air Force

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force,

DOD.

ACTION: Addition of a system of records.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Air

Force proposes to add a system of

records to its inventory of systems of

records notices subject to the Privacy

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

DATES: The addition will be effective on

April 3, 1997, unless comments are

received that would result in a contrary

determination.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Air

Force Access Programs Manager, HQ

USAF/SCMI, 1250 Air Force Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20330–1250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.

Anne Rollins at (703) 697–8674 or DSN

227–8674.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

complete inventory of Department of the

Air Force system of records notices

subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5

U.S.C. 552a), as amended, have been

published in the Federal Register and

are available from the address above.

The proposed system report, as

required by 5 U.S.C. 522a(r) of the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was

submitted on February 25, 1997, to the

House Committee on Government

Reform and Oversight, the Senate

Committee on Governmental Affairs,

and the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) pursuant to paragraph 4c

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 26, 1997.

L. M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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SYSTEM NAME:

Reporting of Medical Conditions of

Public Health and Military Significance.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Epidemiology Services Branch,

Epidemiologic Research Division,

Armstrong Laboratory, 2601 West Gate

Road, Suite 114, Brooks Air Force Base,

TX 78235–5241, medical centers,

hospitals and clinics, medical aid

stations, Air National Guard activities,

and Air Force Reserve units. Official

mailing addresses are published as an

appendix to the Air Force’s compilation

of systems of records notices.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Active duty Air Force members and

their dependents, civilian Air Force

employees, retired Air Force members

and their dependents, Air Force Reserve

and Air National Guard personnel and

foreign national Air Force employees.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Name, Social Security Number, home

address, home phone, date of birth, and

records relating to communicable

diseases, occupational illnesses, animal

bites, and both completed and

attempted suicides.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

10 U.S.C. 55, Medical and Dental

Care; 10 U.S.C. 8013, Secretary of the

Air Force; powers and duties; delegation

by; 29 CFR 1960, Occupational Illness/

Injury Reporting Guidelines for Federal

Agencies; Air Force Instruction 48-105,

Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of

Diseases and Conditions of Public

Health or Military Significance; and

E.O. 9397 (SSN).

PURPOSE(S):

Records from this system of records

will be used for ongoing public health

surveillance, which is the systematic

collection, analysis, and interpretation

of outcome-specific data for use in the

planning, implementation, and

evaluation of public health practice

within the Air Force.

Primary users include appropriate Air

Force activity/installation preventive

medicine and public health personnel

and their major command and Air Force

counterparts. Records are used and

reviewed by health care personnel in

the performance of their duties.

Health care personnel include

military and civilian personnel assigned

to the Air Force facility where the

records are maintained. Students

participating in a USAF training

program may also use and review

records as part of their training program.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSE 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:

To the officials and employees of the

National Research Council and the

Department of Veterans Affairs in

cooperative studies of the natural

history of disease and epidemiology.

Each study in which the records of

members and former members of the Air

Force are used must be approved by the

Surgeon General of the Air Force.

To officials and employees of local

and state governments in the

performance of their official duties

pursuant to the laws and regulations

governing local control of

communicable diseases, preventive

medicine and safety programs, and

other public health and welfare

programs.

The ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ published

at the beginning of the Air Force’s

compilation of record system notices

apply to this system, except as

stipulated in ‘Note’ below.

NOTE: Records of identity, diagnosis,

prognosis or treatment of any client/

patient, irrespective of whether or when

he/she ceases to be a client/patient,

maintained in connection with the

performance of any alcohol/drug abuse

treatment function conducted,

requested, or directly or indirectly

assisted by any department or agency of

the United States, shall, except as

provided herein, be confidential and be

disclosed only for the purposes and

under the circumstances expressly

authorized in 42 U.S.C. 290dd–2. This

statute takes precedence over the

Privacy Act of 1974 in regard to

accessibility of such records except to

the individual to whom the record

pertains. The ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ do

not apply to these types of records.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Maintained in machine readable form.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Records are retrieved by name, Social

Security Number, reportable event,

location, or any combination of these.

SAFEGUARDS:

Records are accessed by custodians of

the record system and by person(s)

responsible for servicing the record

system in performance of their official

duties who are properly screened.

Except when under direct physical

control by authorized individuals,

records will be electronically stored in

computer storage devices protected by

computer system software. Computer
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terminals are located in supervised

areas with terminal access controlled by

password or other user code systems.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Local retention may vary, but will be

no less than 5 years after the fiscal year

to which the records relate. After that

time, records may be destroyed by

erasing, deleting, or overwriting.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Chief, Epidemiology Services Branch,

Epidemiologic Research Division,

Armstrong Laboratory (AL/AOES), 2601

West Gate Road, Suite 114, Brooks Air

Force Base, TX 78235–5241, or

comparable official of the Public Health

Office serving the Air Force activity/

installation. Official mailing addresses

are published as an appendix to the Air

Force’s compilation of systems of

records notices.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Individuals seeking to determine

whether this system of records contains

information on themselves should

address written inquiries to Chief,

Epidemiology Services Branch,

Epidemiologic Research Division,

Armstrong Laboratory (AL/AOES), 2601

West Gate Road, Suite 114, Brooks Air

Force Base, TX 78235–5241, or

comparable official of the Public Health

Office serving the Air Force activity/

installation. Official mailing addresses

are published as an appendix to the Air

Force’s compilation of systems of

records notices.

Written requests should contain the

full name and signature of the requester.

Requests in person must be made

during normal office duty hours

Monday through Friday, excluding

national and/or local holidays.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking to access records

about themselves contained in this

system should address written requests

to the Chief, Epidemiology Services

Branch, Epidemiologic Research

Division, Armstrong Laboratory (AL/

AOES), 2601 West Gate Road, Suite 114,

Brooks Air Force Base, TX 78235–5241,

or comparable official of the Public

Health Office serving the Air Force

activity/installation. Official mailing

addresses are published as an appendix

to the Air Force’s compilation of

systems of records notices.

Written requests should contain the

full name and signature of the requester.

Requests in person must be made

during normal office duty hours

Monday through Friday, excluding

national and/or local holidays.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The Air Force rules for accessing

records, and for contesting and

appealing initial agency determinations

are published in Air Force Instruction

37–132; 32 CFR part 806b; or may be

obtained from the system manager.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Records in this system are obtained

from DOD and Air Force employees

involved in the surveillance,

prevention, control, and reporting of

diseases and conditions of public health

or military significance.

Database is compiled using

information from personnel, medical,

and casualty records, investigative

reports, and environmental sampling

data.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.

[FR Doc. 97–5237 Filed 3–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–F

Department of the Army

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement on Final Site Selection and

Authorization for Implementation of

Multi-Purpose Range Complex-Heavy,

Camp Shelby, MS; De Soto National

Forest, Forrest and Perry Counties, MS

AGENCY: Department of the Army,

National Guard Bureau; U.S.

Department of Agriculture (USDA),

Forest Service.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The National Guard Bureau,

as co-lead agency with the USDA, Forest

Service, will cooperatively participate

in the preparation of a Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)

to the Final Environmental Impact

Statement (FEIS) for Military Training

Use of National Forest Lands, Camp

Shelby, Mississippi. The SEIS will

identify sites evaluated by both agencies

for consideration in selection of a final

site for the Multi-Purpose Range

Complex-Heavy (MPRC–H) location and

disclose new information relevant to

environmental concerns having a

bearing on the proposed action.

Description of Proposed Action

The National Guard Bureau proposes

to construct, operate, and maintain a

MPRC–H facility within the Operations

Area at Camp Shelby. The project area

includes National Forest System lands

on the De Soto National Forest that are

currently utilized for military training

activities under terms and conditions of

a special use permit issued by the

United States Department of

Agriculture, Forest Service.

The MPRCH–H is a standard Army

gunnery range which has three

maneuver avenues. Only ‘‘practice’’

ammunition will be fired within the

target array. The proposed project

would consist of the range operation

and control area, the downrange area,

and the vehicle holding and

maintenance area.

Preliminary Alternatives

Two sites were initially studied in the

original special uses EIS. Since that

time, numerous alternative sites have

been examined by both agencies. Three

alternative sites, plus the no action

alternative, have been identified for

further analysis in this supplement. The

surface danger zones all remain within

the current buffer zone of the dedicated

impact area.

No Action Alternative: The No Action

alternative provides a basis for

describing the proposed action and

other alternatives.

Range 41: This site overlays an

existing tank gunnery range (Range 41)

in the northern third of the impact area.

FS3: This site is located northeast of

the Range 41 site and has a

southeasterly orientation directed

towards the northeast corner of the

dedicated impact area.

FS4; This site is located north of the

Range 41 site and has a southeasterly

orientation directed towards the

northwest corner of the dedicated

impact area.

Supplemental EIS Availability

The draft supplement to the spring of

1997. The responsible officials will

consider the comments, responses,

environmental consequences discussed

in the final supplement in making a

decision regarding this proposal. Each

responsible official will document their

decision and reasons for the decision in

a Record of Decision (ROD). The Forest

Service Record of Decisions will be

issued along with the final supplement

and will be subject to administrative

review (appeal) under 36 CFR 215. The

Record of Decision will address the final

site selection and authorization for

construction and operation of an

MPRC–H on Camp Shelby Training Site

under a Special Use Permit for

occupation and use of National Forest

administered lands. A scoping meeting

will be scheduled during March 1997

with a draft supplement to follow.

Comments and suggestions can be

forwarded to the following individuals:

(1) Lieutenant Colonel Parker Hills,

Public Affairs Office, Mississippi Army

National Guard, P.O. Box 5027, Jackson,