Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 71 / Monday, April 14, 1997 / Notices 18101

For further information, contact the

HQ USAF Scientific Advisory Board

Secretariat at (703) 697–8404.

Carolyn A. Lunsford,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

HQ USAF Scientific Advisory Board

Meeting

The 1997 Summer Study Panel

Meeting on Command, Control and

Information, of the HQ USAF Scientific

Advisory Board will meet on June 26–

27, 1997 at the USAF Academy,

Colorado Springs, Colorado and

Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado from

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The purpose of the meeting is to

gather information and receive briefing

for the 1997 Summer Study topic on

Expeditionary Forces.

The meeting will be closed to the

public in accordance with Section 552b

of Title 5, United States Code,

specifically subparagraphs (1) and (4)

thereof.

For further information, contact the

HQ USAF Scientific Advisory Board

Secretariat at (703) 697–8404.

Carolyn A. Lunsford,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement for

The Proposed Disposal and Reuse of

Naval Air Station South Weymouth,

Massachusetts

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Council on

Environmental Quality regulations (40

CFR Parts 1500–1508), implementing

procedural provisions of the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the

Department of the Navy announces its

intent to prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed

disposal and reuse of Naval Air Station

(NAS) South Weymouth, Massachusetts.

In 1995, President Clinton and

Congress accepted the recommendations

of the Congressional Committee on Base

Realignment and Closure (BRAC) to

close NAS South Weymouth,

Massachusetts. The proposed action to

be considered and evaluated in the EIS

is the disposal and reuse of the NAS

South Weymouth property determined

surplus to the needs of the federal

government.

NAS South Weymouth, located in

both Plymouth and Norfolk counties in

Massachusetts, consists of

approximately 1417 acres. It is situated

in the three communities of Weymouth,

Rockland, and Abington. A family

housing area and a ten-acre parcel on

the main base have been transferred to

the U.S. Coast Guard. The remainder of

NAS South Weymouth main base

property will be available for

redevelopment by the local

communities.

Two off-base family housing areas are

located in the city of Quincy. The

disposal and reuse of these sites will be

addressed in a separate environmental

document. In addition, NAS South

Weymouth owns and maintains a

bombing target range on No Man’s

Island located approximately three

miles from Martha’s Vinyard in the

Atlantic Ocean. No Man’s Island will be

transferred to the Department of the

Interior for continued use as a natural

wildlife area.

The NAS South Weymouth Reuse

Committee acting as the Local

Redevelopment Authority (LRA) has

prepared a reuse plan for the NAS

property. The plan represents a

reasonable and likely redevelopment

scenario based on the proposed zoning

of the site. The EIS will evaluate

environmental impacts or reuse, as well

as of other reasonable possible

redevelopment scenarios under current

or other zoning classifications. Navy

will also evaluate the no action

alternative, defined as the retention of

NAS South Weymouth by the federal

government. Environmental issues that

will be addressed in the EIS include air

quality, water quality, wetland impacts,

endangered species impacts, cultural

resource impacts, and socioeconomic

impacts.

ADDRESSES: The Navy will hold a public

meeting to further identify the scope of

issues to be addressed in the EIS. The

meeting will be co-chaired by the

Massachusetts Department of

Environmental Protection, which is a

cooperating agency in the preparation of

the EIS. The meeting will be held on

Tuesday, April 29, 1997, beginning at

7:30 p.m., at Hangar 1, NAS South

Weymouth. Navy representatives will

make a brief presentation, then members

of the public will be asked to provide

their comments. Agencies and the

public are encouraged to provide

written comments in addition to, or in

lieu of, oral comments at the scoping

meeting. To be most helpful, comments

should clearly describe specific issues

or topics which the EIS should address.

Written comments must be postmarked

by May 15, 1997, and should be mailed

to Commanding Officer, Northern

Division, Naval Facilities Engineering

Command, Attn. Mr. Kurt Frederick

(Code 202KF), 10 Industrial Highway,

MSC 82, Lester, PA 19113. All

statements, both oral and written, will

become part of the public record on this

action and will be given equal

consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Additional information concerning this

notice may be obtained by contacting

Mr. Kurt Frederick at (610) 595–0728,

facsimile (610) 595–0778.

Dated: April 9, 1997.

D.E. Koenig,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Educational Research Policy

and Priorities Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Educational Research

Policy and Priorities Board; Education.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming meeting of the Executive

Committee of the National Educational

Research Policy and Priorities Board.

Notice of this meeting is required under

Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act. This document is

intended to notify the general public of

their opportunity to attend the open

portions of the meeting. The public is

being given less than 15 days notice of

this meeting due to problems in

scheduling this meeting.

DATES: April 16, 1997.

TIME: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (open); 3 p.m. to

4 p.m. (closed).

LOCATION: Room 100, 80 F St., NW.,

Washington, DC 20208–7564.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thelma Leenhouts, Designated Federal

Official, National Educational Research

Policy and Priorities Board,

Washington, D.C. 20208–7564. Tel.:

(202) 219–2065; fax: (202) 219–1528; email: ThelmalLeenhouts@ed.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Educational Research Policy

and Priorities Board is authorized by

Section 921 of the Educational

Research, Development, Dissemination,