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guarantee of a private sector loan in

support of the sale or loan terms lease,

to certain eligible countries, of U.S.

defense articles, services, or design and

construction services. The completed

form will enable the department to

determine whether the proposed

transaction meets statutory guidance for

program implementation.

Affected Public: Business or Other

For-Profit.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Weiss at the Office of Management

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room

10236, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: March 31, 1997.

Patrica L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–8563 Filed 4–3–97; 8:45 am]

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Defense Science Board Task Force

Advanced Modeling and Simulation for

Analyzing Combat Concepts in the

21st Century

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee

meetings.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

Task Force on Advanced Modeling and

Simulation for Analyzing Combat

Concepts in the 21st Century will meet

in closed session on April 21–22, 1997

at USACOM, JTASC, 116 Lakeview

Parkway, Suffolk, Virginia.

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense through the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition and Technology

on scientific and technical matters as

they affect the perceived needs of the

Department of Defense. At this meeting

the Task Force will address modeling

and simulation capabilities required for

analyzing concepts for 21st century

military combat operations. These

capabilities should encompass the

breadth of warfare from strategic to

individuals fighting afoot for all phases

of military operations (Air, Land, Sea,

Information, Communications).

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

P.L. No. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C.

App. II, (1994)), it has been determined

that this DSB Task Force meeting

concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C.

§ 552b(c) (1) (1994), and that

accordingly this meeting will be closed

to the public.

Dated: April 1, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–8609 Filed 4–3–97; 8:45 am]

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Department of the Army

Final Environmental Impact Statement

(FEIS) for the Relocation of the U.S.

Army Military Police School and the

U.S. Army Chemical School to Fort

Leonard Wood, Missouri

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (NEPA) and the President’s

Council on Environmental Quality

(CEQ), the Army has prepared an FEIS

for the directed relocation of the U.S.

Army Chemical School and U.S. Army

Military Police School from Fort

McClellan, Alabama, to Fort Leonard

Wood, Missouri. The relocation is part

of the approved 1995 Base Closure and

Realignment actions mandated by the

Base Closure and Realignment Act of

1990 (Pub. L. 101–510), and subsequent

actions in compliance with this law.

Therefore, the FEIS focuses on

alternative methods of implementing

these BRAC actions at Fort Leonard

Wood. The FEIS describes the proposed

action which involves the relocation of

military mission activities, construction

of support facilities, and relocation of

personnel to Fort Leonard Wood.

Alternatives considered for

realignment of the BRAC training

missions include the: No. Action

Alternative; Relocate Current Practice

(RCP) Alternative; Optimum Training

Method (OPTM) Alternative; and the

Environmentally Preferred Training

Method (EPTM) Alternative.

Alternatives considered for providing

required support facilities include the

No Action Alternative, and three land

use and facility siting implementation

alternatives. The final element of the

planned action, realignment of

associated personnel, is considered in

the context of a: No Action Alternative;

and Total Early, Total Late, and Phased

Move Alternatives. The Army has

identified their Preferred Action in the

FEIS which includes implementation of

the OPTM Alternative for realigning

training missions, the Combined

Headquarters and Instruction Land Use

and Facility Plan Alternative to provide

required support facilities, and the

Phased Move Alternative to relocate

personnel from Fort McClellan.

Based on the analysis included in this

FEIS, adverse impacts that would occur

as a result of implementing the Army’s

proposed BRAC actions at Fort Leonard

Wood include: A reduction of air

quality as a result of fog oil obscurant

training; training activities and tree

clearing that result in a ‘‘may effect’’

finding to Federally listed threatened

and endangered species; the potential

for loss of soil resources and accelerated

erosion resulting from BRAC

construction projects; the release of

unburned fuel that could impact soil

and water resources at the expedient

flame range; and human health risks for

trainers and military students involved

with obscurant training. Beneficial

impacts include increased operational

efficiency and training effectiveness

associated with the collocation of the

Engineer School, the Military Police

School and the Chemical School; shortterm economic gains associated with

BRAC construction activities; and longterm economic gains associated with the

transfer of the Chemical School and

Military Police School missions to Fort

Leonard Wood.

FEIS Distribution and Waiting Period

Copies of the FEIS have been

forwarded to Federal, State and local

agencies; organizations; and individuals

who provided substantive comments on

the Draft EIS, or who previously

requested a copy of the FEIS. These

copies were distributed prior to, or

simultaneously with, the filing of this

Notice of Availability for the FEIS with

the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency. Copies of the FEIS are available

for review at the following public and

other libraries: Kinderhook Regional

Library, Lebanon, Missouri; Kinderhook

Regional Library, Waynesville,

Missouri; Rolla Public Library, Rolla,

Missouri; Kansas City Public Library,

Kansas City, Missouri; St. Louis County

Library, Main Branch, St. Louis,

Missouri; Clarke Engineer School

Library, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri;

Texas County Library, Houston,

Missouri; Daniel Boone Regional

Library, Columbia, Missouri; Missouri

River Regional Library, Jefferson City,

Missouri; Springfield-Greene County

Library, Springfield, Missouri; and

Fisher Library, Fort McClellan,

Alabama. Following a 30-day post-filing
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waiting period, the Department of the

Army will complete a Record of

Decision (ROD).

Questions and Requests for FEIS

Questions regarding the FEIS, or a

request for a copy of the document may

be directed to Mr. Alan Gehrt at the

Kansas City District, Corps of Engineers,

601 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, MO

64106-2896; phone: (816) 983-3142 or

Telefax: (816) 426-2142.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army

(Environment, Safety and Occupational

Health) OASA(I, L&E).

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Department of the Army, Corps of

Engineers

Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement

[SEIS] for Remaining Construction of

Main Stem Mississippi River Levees

between Cape Girardeau, Missouri,

and Head of Passes, Louisiana

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Vicksburg District, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The Corps of Engineers is

undertaking the Mississippi River and

Tributaries Project in order to provide

flood protection from the ‘‘project

flood.’’ As part of that project, the Corps

has proposed enlarging levees and

constructing berms and other

appurtenances to provide that level of

flood protection. The enlargement of

remaining levees and appurtenant

features within the boundaries of the

Lower Mississippi Valley Division of

the Corps would result in the loss of

bottom-land hardwoods and forested

wetlands and would have impacts on

waterfowl and fisheries habitat. In order

to determine the impacts of this element

of the project, the Corps intends to

prepare a SEIS. That SEIS will include

an evaluation of the no-action

alternative, completion of the original

project plan, and alternative plans that

incorporate various design features that

reduce negative environmental impacts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marvin Cannon (telephone (601) 631–

5437), CELMK–PD–Q, 4155 Clay Street,

Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180–3435.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Mississippi River and Tributaries

Project was authorized by Congress in

1928. The project is designed to control

a ‘‘project flood’’ with a discharge of 3

million cubic feet per second in the

alluvial valley of the lower Mississippi

River. A final Environmental Impact

Statement for this project was filed with

the Council on Environmental Quality

on 8 April 1976.

1. Proposed Action: The proposed

action is construction of the Mississippi

River Mainline Levee Enlargement and

Berm Construction Feature of the

Mississippi River and Tributaries

Project on the Mississippi River

between Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and

Head of Passes, Louisiana. As currently

proposed, the recommended plan would

include the use of some or all of the

following alternative mitigation

measures—avoiding significant

resources, using relief wells to reduce

the amount of borrow area and replace

berms, using hydraulic dredges to

obtain dredged material from the river

for berm construction to reduce the

amount of borrow area, using

construction measures that allow either

reforestation of lands or creation of high

quality fisheries, reforesting some lands,

and purchasing and reforesting

agricultural lands.

2. Alternatives: Preliminary

alternatives that will be evaluated

include no-action, completion of the

original plan, and a plan that

incorporates environmental design

features and results in no net losses to

significant resources in the project area.

3. a. Public scoping meetings will be

held at various locations within the

project area. Initial public scoping

meetings will be held in May or June

1997. The public will be notified of each

of these meetings in advance. The

studies will analyze impacts to

significant environmental resources

such as impacts to bottom-land

hardwoods, wetlands, migratory birds,

bats, water quality, endangered species,

waterfowl, and fisheries. Public

meetings to present the results of these

studies and a recommended plan of

action are scheduled to be held in

February 1998 while the draft SEIS is

under review by the public. In addition,

workshops will be conducted to discuss

issues, inform interested parties of the

progress of the studies, and afford

additional opportunity for public input.

These workshops will be scheduled as

needed and where most convenient for

the analysis being conducted.

b. The draft SEIS is scheduled for

public review in February 1998.

Gary W. Wright,

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer.

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Department of the Army Corps of

Engineers

Grant of Exclusive Licenses

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR

404.7(b)(1)(i), announcement is made of

prospective exclusive licenses of the

following foreign patent applications,

each entitled ‘‘Concrete Armor Unit to

Protect Coastal and Hydraulic

Structures and Shorelines.’’

Country Application No. Filed

Peoples Republic of China ............................................................................................................................... 94192851.9 ....... Aug. 17, 1994.

Indonesia .......................................................................................................................................................... P–941654 .......... Sep. 30, 1994.

Republic of Korea ............................................................................................................................................. 95–703936 ........ Aug. 17, 1994.

Republic of China ............................................................................................................................................. 83108468 .......... Sep. 14, 1994.

Malaysia ........................................................................................................................................................... PI9402596 ......... Sep. 29, 1994.

Argentina .......................................................................................................................................................... 333,588 ............. Sep. 20, 1995.

Brazil ................................................................................................................................................................. PCT/US94/

09263.

May 27, 1996.

Chile ................................................................................................................................................................. 1518–95 ............ Oct. 3, 1995.

Ecuador ............................................................................................................................................................ SP–95–1552 ..... Oct. 13, 1995.

France .............................................................................................................................................................. (EP) 94926514.4 Aug. 17, 1994.

Italy ................................................................................................................................................................... (EP) 94926514.4 Aug. 17, 1994.

Monaco ............................................................................................................................................................. (EP) 94926514.4 Aug. 17, 1994.

United Kingdom ................................................................................................................................................ (EP) 94926514.4 Aug. 17, 1994.

Portugal ............................................................................................................................................................ (EP) 94926514.4 Aug. 17, 1994.