Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 46 / Monday, March 10, 1997 / Notices 10829

DD Form 1199, OMB Number 0704—(to

be added).

Type of Request: New Collection.

Number of Respondents: 20,000.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 20,000.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 5,000.

Needs and Uses: This collection of

information is necessary for the

administration and management of the

Pentagon’s Parking Control Program,

and is designed to meet the

requirements of the Federal Government

mandated car pool program. The

information collected hereby, will

enable parking management personnel

to validate parking requirements and

monitor authorized parking on the

Pentagon reservation.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Frequency: On occasion and annually.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C.

Springer.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. William

Pearce.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Pearce, WHS/DIOR, 1215

Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204,

Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: March 5, 1997.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–5871 Filed 3–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

Strategic Environmental Research and

Development Program; Scientific

Advisory Board Meeting

ACTION: Modification of notice

published on February 14, 1997 (62 FR

6954).

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(P.L. 92–463), announcement is made of

the following Committee meeting.

DATE OF MEETING: April 22, 1997 from

0830 to approximately 1700 and April

23, 1997 from 0800 to approximately

1600.

PLACE: Crown Plaza Hotel, 15 West

Sixth Street, Cincinnati, OH.

Matters to be Considered: Research

and Development proposals and

continuing projects requesting Strategic

Environmental Research and

Development Program funds in excess

of $1M will be reviewed.

This meeting is open to the public.

Any interested person may attend,

appear before, or file statements with

the Scientific Advisory Board at the

time and in the manner permitted by the

Board.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Kimberly Kay, 8000 Westpark Drive,

Suite 400, McLean, VA 22102, or

telephone 703 506–1400 extension 552.

Dated: March 5, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–5872 Filed 3–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

Department of the Army

Supplemental Environmental

Assessment and Finding of no

Significant Impact for the Relocation of

the 1111th Signal Battalion, The 1108th

Signal Brigade, Information Systems

Engineering Command-Conus

Elements, and Related Units (MP

Company) and Discretionary Moves of

Technical Applications Office and

Information Mission Area BRAC Office

From Fort Ritchie, Maryland, to Fort

Detrick, Maryland

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Public

Law 101–510, the Defense Base Closure

and Realignment Act of 1990, the

Defense Base Closure and Realignment

Commission recommended the

relocation of the 1111th Signal

Battalion, the 1108th Signal Brigade, a

portion of the Information Systems

Engineering Command-CONUS, and

associated Base Operations support

personnel from Fort Ritchie, Maryland,

to Fort Detrick, Maryland. The Army

will also relocate the Technical

Applications Office (TAO) and the

Information Mission Area Base

Realignment and Closure Office (IMA

BRAC Office) to Fort Detrick, Maryland,

pursuant to this recommendation.

An Environmental Assessment (EA)

was prepared in June 1996 resulting in

a Finding of No Significant Impact

(FNSI). Since that EA was prepared, the

number of personnel affected by the

realignment has changed slightly for a

net increase of 17 personnel (1,164

total). Additionally, several new

construction projects have been added

including a military police company

operations building; a separate storage

facility as an addition to the

administration building described in the

June 1996 EA; a physical fitness center;

and a proposed dining facility. Also,

renovations to existing facilities will

accommodate the TAO secure

administration space and administrative

space for the IMA BRACO. These

changes resulted in the need for this

supplemental EA.

The supplemental EA identified no

significant adverse environmental

impacts. There is a potential for only

minor or insignificant impacts in the

areas of noise, water quality,

stormwater, geology, soil, asbestos

management, radon management, and

visual and aesthetic values. Minor

adverse impacts will be avoided by

implementing best management

practices during construction, such as a

stormwater management plan and a soil

erosion control plan and by restricting

construction to the hours of 7 a.m. to 7

p.m. Potential asbestos, lead-based

paint, or radon impacts will be

mitigated by conducting the proper

testing before renovation (for asbestos

and lead-based paint) or after

construction (for radon) and taking

mitigation actions as necessary. Geology

and soil impacts will be avoided by

conducting geotechnical studies before

site development. Visual impacts will

be avoided by grading and landscaping

the construction sites that may be

visible from the Nallin Farm complex

and by turning off the lights on the

physical fitness center playing fields by

10 p.m. Therefore, based on the analysis

found in the supplemental EA, which is

hereby incorporated into the Finding of

No Significant Impact (FNSI), it is

determined the implementation of the

proposed action will not have

significant individual or cumulative

impacts on the quality of the natural or

the human environment. Because no

significant environmental impacts

would result from implementation of

the proposed action, an Environmental

Impact Statement is not required and

will not be prepared.

DATES: Public comments will be

accepted on or before April 9, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the supplemental

EA/FNSI may be obtained by writing to,

and any inquiries and comments

concerning the same should be

addressed to, the Commander, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore

District, ATTN: CENAB–PL–EM (Ms.

Elizabeth Quarrick), P.O. Box 1715,

Baltimore, Maryland 21203–1715, or by

calling (410) 962–2886, or by sending a

telefax to 410–962–4698. Copies of the

supplemental EA/FNSI will also be

available at the Fort Detrick Post Library
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(Building 501) and the Fort Detrick U.S.

Army Garrison Headquarters Public

Affairs Office (Building 810). There will

be a 30-day comment period on the

supplemental EA/FNSI before the Army

proceeds with the proposed action.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Elizabeth Quarrick at 410–962–

2886.

Dated: March 4, 1997.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army,

(Environment, Safety and Occupational

Health) OASA (I,L&E).

[FR Doc. 97–5862 Filed 3–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M

Department of the Army, Corps of

Engineers

Transfer of Jurisdiction of a Portion of

Joliet Army Ammunition Plant to the

Department of Agriculture for the

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On November 6, 1996, in

accordance with Pub. L. 104–106, Title

XXIX, Subtitle A, entitled ‘‘Illinois Land

Conservation Act of 1995’’, the

Department of the Army signed a

Secretariat Memorandum to transfer

approximately 15,080.53 acres of land

and improvements at Joliet Army

Ammunition Plant, Illinois to the

Department of Agriculture for use by the

Forest Service as the Midewin National

Tallgrass Prairie. The purpose of this

notice is to effect that transfer pursuant

to the provisions of Sec. 2912 (e)(2) of

Pub. L. 104–106.

This is a partial transfer of the entire

acreage contemplated by the statute.

Additional transfers will be made in the

future. A map dated December 4, 1996

and a legal description dated December

3, 1996 of the property which is the

subject of the subject transfer, are on file

with the U.S. Army Engineer District,

Corps of Engineers, Louisville,

Kentucky and the Office of the Regional

Forester, USDA, Forest Service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Charles E. Woods, 502–625–7104.

ADDRESSES: Documents are on file at

locations:

1. U.S. Army Engineer District,

Louisville, Corps of Engineers, P.O.

Box 59, Louisville, Kentucky 40201–

9889.

2. Office of the Regional Forester,

USDA, Forest Service 310 W.

Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee,

Wisconsin 53203.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Michael G. Barter,

Chief, Real Estate Division.

[FR Doc. 97–5869 Filed 3–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–JB–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

Columbia River System Operation

Review on Selecting an Operating

Strategy for the Federal Columbia

River Power System (FCRPS)

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record

of Decision (ROD).

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of the ROD to select a

system operating strategy for the FCRPS,

as analyzed in the Columbia River

System Operation Review (SOR)

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

To meet the need for a review of the

multiple-purpose management of the

FCRPS, four proposed actions were

considered in the SOR EIS. This ROD

applies solely to the decision BPA is

making on the first of the four actions,

selection of a system operating strategy.

In response to the need to develop and

implement a coordinated system

operating strategy for the FCRPS, BPA

has decided to: (1) Support recovery of

fish species listed under the Endangered

Species Act (ESA) by storing water

during the fall and winter to meet spring

and summer flow targets; (2) protect

other resources by managing

detrimental effects caused by operations

for ESA species by establishing

minimum summer reservoir levels,

providing public safety through flood

protection, and other actions; and (3)

provide for reasonable power

generation.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS

may be obtained by calling BPA’s tollfree document request line: 1–800–622–

4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Philip Thor, SOR Manager, Bonneville

Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621—

PGF, Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621,

phone number (503) 230–4235.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on February

21, 1997.

Randall W. Hardy,

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–5829 Filed 3–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Office of Energy Research

Energy Research Financial Assistance

Program Notice 97–08: Innovations in

Fusion Energy Confinement Systems

AGENCY: Office of Energy Research, U.S.

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice inviting grant

applications.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fusion Energy

Sciences (OFES) of the Office of Energy

Research, U.S. Department of Energy

(DOE) announces its interest in

receiving grant applications for

innovative experiments in fusion energy

confinement systems. Organizations

with research projects funded under

previous Notice 95–10 which are now

due for continuation funding need not

submit; however, those seeking renewal

funding should submit a renewal

application under this Notice.

Successful applications will be funded

early in FY 1998.

The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences

is interested in applications for

innovative experimental research that

has the possibility of leading to

improved fusion energy power plants

(this includes tokamak based power

plants with qualitatively improved

performance). The research should be

aimed at experimentally elucidating the

physics principles involved. Research

projects are sought which are unique,

first of a kind and which provide new

scientific insights. Although the main

thrust of this initiative is experimental,

consideration will be given to

applications which are directed at

scientific assessment of new concepts

which are not ready for experimental

investigation. Applications for research

on existing large tokamaks, separate

theory investigations, or initiatives in

Inertial Fusion Energy should not be

submitted in response to this notice.

Collaborative applications submitted

from different institutions which are

directed at a single proposed

experiment will be ‘‘bundled’’ and

reviewed collectively.

DATES: To permit timely consideration

for awards in Fiscal Year 1998 ,

applications submitted in response to

this notice must be received no later

than 4:30 p.m., May 15, 1997. No

electronic submissions of formal

applications will be accepted.

ADDRESSES: Completed formal

applications referencing Program Notice

97–08 should be forwarded to: U.S.

Department of Energy, Office of Energy

Research, Grants and Contracts

Division, ER–64, 19901 Germantown

Road, Germantown, Maryland 20874–

1290, ATTN: Program Notice 97–08.