10830 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 46 / Monday, March 10, 1997 / Notices

(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]

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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]

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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]

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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.