13602 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 55 / Friday, March 21, 1997 / Notices

Dated: March 17, 1997.

Joseph R. Blum,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–7208 Filed 3–20–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Public Hearing for the Joint

Draft Environmental Impact Statement/

Environment Impact Report (EIS/EIR)

for the Disposal and Proposed Reuse

of the Fleet and Industrial Supply

Center, Oakland, CA

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by

the Council on Environmental Quality

regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508)

and the California Environmental

Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15170, the

Department of the Navy, in coordination

with the Port of Oakland, has prepared

and filed with the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency a joint Draft

Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR)

for the Navy disposal and Port of

Oakland reuse of the Navy Fleet and

Industrial Supply Center, Oakland

(FISCO) property and structures in

Oakland, California. The Navy will be

the EIS lead agency for the NEPA

documentation and the Port of Oakland

will be the EIR lead agency for the

CEQA documentation. The Federal

Highway Administration is a

cooperating agency for the EIS and the

California Department of Transportation

is a responsible agency for the EIR.

FISCO is scheduled to close in

September 1998 in compliance with the

1995 Base Realignment and Closure

(BRAC) directive from Congress. The

Draft EIS/EIR addresses the potential

impacts to the environment that may

result from the disposal of FISCO via

special legislation (Public Law 104–106

Section 2867) to the Port of Oakland.

FISCO is within the planning

jurisdiction of the Port of Oakland. The

Port of Oakland Vision 2000 Program

proposes development of ship, railroad,

and truck freight handling facilities to

meet the anticipated demand for

transportation services in the San

Francisco Bay area and northern

California and an intermodal port of

national and international commerce.

The Vision 2000 Program also includes

development of public waterfront access

and marine habitat enhancement.

The joint EIS/EIR provides a program

level analysis supporting both the Navy

NEPA requirements to describe

potential environmental impacts

associated with the property disposal at

FISCO, and the Port of Oakland CEQA

requirements to analyze environmental

impacts of implementing the Vision

2000 Program.

The Draft EIS/EIR evaluates a ‘‘No

Action’’ alternative and four Port of

Oakland reuse alternatives. The ‘‘No

Action’’ alternative would result in the

federal government indefinitely

retaining ownership of the

nonreversionary Navy property. Under

the ‘‘No Action’’ alternative, the Navy

would continue leasing the property to

the Port of Oakland under the existing

50 year lease agreement allowed by

Public Law 102–484.

The four reuse alternatives combine

the common land use components of a

railroad terminal, marine terminals,

public waterfront access and marine

habitat enhancement. As FISCO is

within the Port of Oakland jurisdiction

and is designated as a Port Priority use

area in the April 1996 San Francisco

Bay Conservation and Development

Commission and the Metropolitan

Transportation Commission Seaport

Plan Update, these four alternatives

emphasize port-related activities. The

Port of Oakland Vision 2000 Program

may require additional property outside

the FISCO boundary in order to meet

the objectives of the Program.

ADDRESSES: The Draft EIS/EIR is

available for review at the following

public libraries in the vicinity of FISCO:

(1) West Oakland Public Library, 1801

Adeline Street, Oakland, CA; (2)

Oakland Main Library, 125 14th Street,

Oakland, CA; and (3) Alameda Main

Library, 2264 Santa Clara Avenue,

Alameda, CA. The Navy will conduct a

public hearing on Tuesday, April 8,

1997, at 7:00 p.m., in the West Oakland

Library, 1801 Adeline Street, Oakland,

California. Federal, state and local

agencies, and interested individuals are

invited to be present or represented at

the hearing. Oral comments will be

heard and transcribed by a

stenographer. To assure accuracy of the

record, all comments should be

submitted in writing. All comments,

both oral and written, will become part

of the public record in the study. In the

interest of available time, each speaker

will be asked to limit oral comments to

five minutes. Longer comments should

be summarized at the public hearing

and submitted in writing either at the

hearing or mailed to the address listed

below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All

written comments concerning the Draft

EIS/EIR must be submitted no later than

April 22, 1997 to Mr. Gary J. Munekawa

(Code 1852GM), Engineering Field

Activity West, Naval Facilities

Engineering Command, 900 Commodore

Drive, San Bruno, California 94066–

5006, telephone (415) 244–3022, fax

(415) 244–3737. For information

regarding the Port of Oakland Vision

2000 Program or the Draft EIR, please

contact Ms. Loretta Meyer, Port of

Oakland, Environmental Assessment

Section, 530 Water Street, Oakland,

California 94607, telephone (510) 272–

1181, or fax (510) 465–3755. A limited

number of additional Draft EIS/EIR

documents are available on request.

Dated: March 18, 1997.

D.E. Koenig,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–7238 Filed 3–20–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Multi-Purpose Pilot Plant Campus;

Expression of Interest and Comment

Request

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy

(DOE), Savannah River (SR) Office.

ACTION: Expressions of interest.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) at SR is requesting

Expressions of Interest and soliciting

comments on several key issues which

could significantly affect the MultiPurpose Pilot Plant Campus (MPPC,

formerly known as ‘‘TNX’’) located at

the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South

Carolina. DOE is in the initial phases of

executing a program to: (1) obtain a

manager, operator, and marketer for the

MPPC as a location for technology

research, development, demonstration

and commercial operations; (2) establish

partnerships with industry to develop

applied technologies for

commercialization; and, (3) manage and

operate Centers of Excellence in the

program areas of soil remediation,

groundwater contamination,

radioecology, and (municipal) solid

waste minimization.

DATES: Due April 7, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Angela M. Sistrunk,

Contract Specialist, U.S. Department of

Energy, Savannah River Operations

Office, Contracts Management Division,

P.O. Box A, Aiken, SC 29802.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Angela M. Sistrunk, Contract Specialist,

(803) 725–8123.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

potential management firm would be

responsible for determining and

implementing the strategy for executing

a program whose objectives include the

management, operation, and marketing

of the facilities and equipment at the

MPPC, managing the Centers of

Excellence, and forming industrial

partnerships to commercialize

technologies with the goal of achieving

self-sufficiency within three years of the

commencement of the management,

operation, and marketing of the MPPC.

DOE–SR intends to make an award in

the summer of 1997 with an expectation

that the contractor would assume

operations on October 1, 1997. In

addition to Expressions of Interest,

DOE–SR is soliciting comments on

several key issues which could

significantly affect the work to be

performed under any ensuing contract

and the structure of a Request for

Proposal (RFP) covering this proposed

work scope. The goal is to have the

campus self-sufficient within three

years. Please provide any comments you

may have relative to the following: (1)

How do you believe DOE could

accomplish this goal and meet the

purpose of the campus as well? (2) Are

there any innovative approaches to

accomplish this program of work that

has not been described in this

announcement? (3) Are there any

restrictions known by you that would

inhibit your submittal of a proposal to

a DOE RFP covering this proposed

scope of work? (4) Would you

recommend that DOE–SR issue a draft

RFP to prospective offerors for the

purpose of soliciting constructive

comments? (5) What activities would

you perform at the MPPC if the revenues

generated from the contract were

returned to you to clean up, repair or

modify MPPC facilities? It is anticipated

that the names and addresses of

respondents of this Request for

Expressions of Interest will comprise

the source list for any resulting RFP

DOE may prepare. Please be advised

that this source list will be provided to

interested parties upon request. Please

provide your comments to Angela M.

Sistrunk, Contract Specialist, U.S.

Department of Energy, Savannah River

Operations Office, Contracts

Management Division, P.O. Box A,

Aiken, SC, 29802. Requests and/or

comments should be received in writing

or be transmitted via facsimile to (803)

725–8573. All comments should be

provided no later than April 7, 1997.

Ronald D. Simpson,

Head of Contracting Activity Contracts

Management Division Savannah River

Operations Office.

[FR Doc. 97–7175 Filed 3–20–97; 8:45 am]

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EG93–49–000]

Clarke Generating Company, L.P;

Notice of Surrender of Exempt

Wholesale Generator Status

March 17, 1997.

Take notice that on March 11, 1997,

pursuant to section 365.7 of the

Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR

365.7, Clarke Generating Company, L.P.

filed notification that it surrenders its

status as an exempt wholesale generator

under section 32(a)(1) of the Public

Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,

as amended.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7165 Filed 3–20–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket Nos. ER97–707–000 and ER97–705–

000]

Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc.

and ProMark Energy, Inc.; Notice of

Issuance of Order

March 17, 1997.

Consolidated Edison of New York,

Inc. (ConEd) and ProMark Energy, Inc.

(ProMark) (collectively, Applicants), its

affiliated power marketer, filed separate

applications to sell power at market

based rates. ProMark also requested

certain waivers and authorizations. In

particular, ProMark requested that the

Commission granted blanket approval

under 18 CFR part 34 of all future

issuances and assumptions of liabilities

by the ProMark. On March 14, 1997, the

Commission issued an Order

Conditionally Accepting For Filing

Proposed Market-Based Rates,

Establishing Hearing Procedures And

Consolidating Proceedings (Order), in

the above-docketed proceedings.

The Commission’s March 14, 1997

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

paragraphs (G), (H), and (J):

(G) Within 30 days of the date of this

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the Commission’s blanket

approval of issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities by ProMark

should file a motion to intervene or

protest with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214.

(H) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (G) above, ProMark is hereby

authorized, pursuant to section 204 of

the FPA, to issue securities and assume

obligations and liabilities as guarantor,

endorser, surety, or otherwise in respect

of any security of another person;

provided that such issued or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of

ProMark, compatible with the public

interest, and reasonably necessary or

appropriate for such purposes.

(J) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

ProMark’s issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities. * * *

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is April

14, 1997.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7145 Filed 3–20–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. EG93–48–000]

Haralson Generating Company, L.P.;

Notice of Surrender of Exempt

Wholesale Generator Status

March 17, 1997.

Take notice that on March 11, 1997,

pursuant to section 365.7 of the

Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR

365.7, Haralson Generating Company,

L.P. filed notification that it surrenders

its status as an exempt wholesale

generator under section 32(a)(1) of the

Public Utility Holding Company Act of

1935, as amended.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7164 Filed 3–20–97; 8:45 am]

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