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performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the proposed

information collection; (c) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; and

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the

information collection on respondents,

including through the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received by July 13, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Department of the Army, Military

Traffic Management Command, (MTOP–

Q), 6511 Columbia Pike, Falls Church,

Virginia 22041–5050, ATTN: (Frederick

Wirtz). Consideration will be given to

all comments received within 60 days of

the date of publication of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request more information on this

proposed information collection or to

obtain a copy of the proposal and

associated collection instruments,

please write to the above address, or call

Department of the Army Reports

clearance officer at (703) 614–0454.

Title: Freight Carrier Qualification

Statement/Required Documents, OMB

Number 0702–0088, MT Form 377–R,

MT Form 380–R, MT Form 381–R

Needs and Uses: Information is vital

in determining capability to perform

quality service transporting DoD freight.

Carriers will furnish MTMC information

to determine if individuals or associated

companies are affiliated with

government-debarred carriers and will

also reflect carrier’s financial stability.

Affected Public: Business or other for

profit.

Annual Burden Hours: 8,500.

Number of Respondents: 1,000.

Respondes Per Respondent: 1,000.

Average Burden Per Response: 8.5

hours.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Carrier Qualification Program (CQP) is

designed to protect the interest of the

Government and to ensure that the

Department of Defense (DOD) deals with

responsible carriers having the

capability to provide quality and

dependable service. This program

became necessary because deregulation

of the motor carrier industry brought an

influx of new carriers into DOD’s

transportation market, many of which

are unreliable or do not have capability

to provide consistent dependable

transportation services.

Gregory D. Showalter

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Notice of Availability for the BRAC 95

Final Environmental Assessment (EA)

and Finding of No Significant Impact

for the Disposal and Reuse of the

Ground-to-Air Transmission and

Receiving/Surface-to-Air Guidance and

Equipment (GATR/SAGE) Control Site

of the Charles E. Kelly Support Facility,

Oakdale, PA

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 and the President’s

Council on Environmental Quality

(CEQ), the Army has prepared an

environmental assessment for the

disposal and reuse of the GATR/SAGE

control site of the Charles E. Kelly

Support Facility, Oakdale,

Pennsylvania. In accordance with

Public Law 101–510 (as amended), the

Defense Base Closure and Realignment

Act of 1990 (BRAC), the Defense Base

Closure and Realignment Commission

recommended the disposal of two of the

five parcels which make up the Charles

E. Kelly Support Facility, Oakdale,

Pennsylvania. As a result of this BRACmandated closure, the two parcels

selected by the Army for closure are the

GATR/SAGE parcel (covered by this EA)

and the Irwin Annex parcel in Irwin,

Pennsylvania. Due to the distance

between these parcels, it was

determined that the Irwin Annex parcel

should be addressed by a separate EA

now under preparation.

The Final EA for the GATR/SAGE

parcel evaluates the environmental

impacts of the disposal and subsequent

reuse of the 6 acres. Alternatives

examined in the EA include

encumbered disposal of the property,

unencumbered disposal of the property,

and no action. Encumbered disposal

refers to transfer or conveyance of

property having restrictions on

subsequent use as a result of any Armyimposed or legal restraint. Under the no

action alternative, the Army would not

dispose of property but would maintain

it in caretaker status for an indefinite

period.

While disposal of the GATR/SAGE

parcel is the Army’s primary action, the

EA also analyzes the potential

environmental effects of reuse as a

secondary action by means of evaluating

intensity-based reuse scenarios. The

Army’s preferred alternative for disposal

of the GATR/SAGE parcel is

encumbered disposal, with

encumbrances pertaining to the possible

presence of lead-based paint and

asbestos-containing material, and the

requirement for a right of reentry for

environmental clean-up.

DATES: Written public comments must

be submitted on or before June 11, 1998.

The Army will not initiate the proposed

action for 30 days following completion

of the EA and publication of this Notice

of Availability.

ADDRESSES: The Final EA is available

for review at the Charles E. Kelly

Support Facility Oakdale, PA, and the

Collier Township Local Reuse

Authority, Collier Township Municipal

Building, 2418 Hilltop Road, Presto, PA.

A copy of the final EA may be obtained

by writing to Dr. Neil Robison, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile

District (ATTN: CESAM–PD–EI), 109 St.

Joseph Street, Mobile, Alabama 36602,

or by facsimile at (334) 690–2605.

Written comments may be submitted to

Dr. Robison at the same address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice

of Intent (NOI) declaring the Army’s

intent to prepare an EA for the disposal

and reuse of the GATR/SAGE parcel

was published in the Federal Register

on September 22, 1995 (60 FR 49264).

Dated: May 6, 1998.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army

(Environment, Safety and Occupational

Health) OASA (I, L&E).

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Availability of U.S. Patents for NonExclusive, Exclusive, or Partially

Exclusive Licensing

AGENCY: U.S. Army Chemical and

Biological Defense Command, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR

404.7(a)(1), announcement is made of

the availability for licensing of the

following U.S. Patents for nonexclusive,

exclusive or partially exclusive

licensing. All of the patents listed below

have been assigned to the United States
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of America as represented by the

Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC.

‘‘Controlled Multi-Purpose Chemical

Agent Vapor Generator System’’, U.S.

Patent 5,728,927, Issued 17 Mar 98

A system for generating a chemical

agent airstream for testing chemical

agent detection devices. The system

includes subsystems for generating the

chemical agent airstream, a parallel

subsystem for generating an airstream

for preconditioning the detection device

and a subsystem for generating an

interferant airstream for further

determining the reliability of the

detection device.

‘‘Super Toxic Analytical Glove Box

System’’, U.S. Patent 5,730,765, Issued

24 Mar 98

The field of the invention is the

detection and analysis of toxic matter.

More particularly, the invention relates

to a portable analytical glove box system

used to analyze highly toxic chemical

samples.

‘‘Method of Measuring the

Decomposition of a Gaseous Material

Under Controlled Temperature and

Time Conditions’’, U.S. Patent 5,719,323

issued 17 Feb 98

A method and apparatus for

measuring the decomposition of a

gaseous material under controlled

temperature and time conditions. The

method is particularly useful for testing

the decomposition of pyrotechnic

compositions useful in grenades.

‘‘Oxidative Detoxification of

Phosphonothiolates and

Phosphonothioic Acids’’, U.S. Patent

5,710,358 Issued 20 Jan 98

A method for detoxifying substituted

and unsubstituted phosphonothiolates

and phosphonothioic acids.

‘‘Panoramic Infrared-Imaging

Spectroradiometer with Reverse Phase

Modulation Beam Broadcasting’’, U.S.

Patent 5,708,503, Issued 13 Jan 98

A spectroradiometer for analyzing

chemicals located within a panorama

comprised of hyperboloid mirrors for

directing light received from the

panorama through a collimator and via

an interferometer to an array of

detectors, the signals from which are

subjected to parallel discrete Fourier

transform and parallel spectra pattern

recognition systems. Transmissions of

data is achieved by using an

interferometer having modulated

photoelastic modulators positioned

between linear polarizers, directing

laser light through the interferometer to

the hyperboloid mirrors and providing a

receiver comprised of a linear polarizer,

a detector, a plurality of band pass

amplifiers, and a processor for

recognizing the different patterns in the

output of the amplifier that result from

rotating at least one of the photoelastic

modulators and polarizers to a different

position.

‘‘Thermite Destructive Device’’, U.S.

Patent 5,698,812, Issued 16 Dec 97

This invention relates to destructive

devices using thermite reactions and in

particular concerns improved means of

utilizing such reactions in the

destruction of metallic targets.

‘‘Multifuel Combustion Engine and Use

in Generating Obscurant Smoke’’, U.S.

Patent 5,665,272, Issued 9 Sep 97

This invention pertains generally to

the field of combustion engines and

more particularly to combustion engines

capable of operating on diverse fuels. In

general, modifications are made to a

combustion engine so that it is capable

of operating on diverse fuels such as

gasoline, diesel and kerosene.

‘‘Frustum Layered Canister’’, U.S.

Patent 5,660,173, Issued 26 Aug 97

This invention is a design

improvement of the cylindrical canister

or respirator filter that is used in

conjunction with a gas mask for

individual protection against respiratory

hazards. This invention improved the

problem of sacrificing protection time,

against chemical and biological warfare

agents, for pressure drop, in canister

design.

‘‘Earth Monitoring Satellite System with

Combined Infrared Interferometry and

Photopolarimetry for Chemical and

Biological Sensing’’, U.S. Patent

5,659,391, Issued 19 Aug 97

Apparatus for remotely sensing

chemical and biological material which

produces interferograms and

scattergrams on an array of light

detectors, and provides a means for

determining the distance between the

apparatus and an area under

examination.

‘‘Neural Network Computing System for

Pattern Recognition of

Thermoluminescence Signature Spectra

and Chemical Defense’’, U.S. Patent

5,631,469, Issued 20 May 97.

The present invention is related to the

use of a neural network computing

system recognizing the

thermoluminescence signature spectra

of chemical compounds and finds

particular utility in the recognition of

nerve and blister agent compounds.

‘‘Competitor Primer Asymmetric

Polymerase Chain Reaction’’, U.S.

Patent 5,627,054, Issued 6 May 97

This invention relates generally to the

detection of nucleic acid sequences by

polymerase chain reaction (PCR). More

particularly, this invention relates to a

process for efficiently producing singlestranded PCR products in an amount

proportional to the amount of a target

nucleic acid sequence present in a

sample being analyzed.

‘‘Apparatus and Method for

Measurement of Offgassing Rate’’, U.S.

Patent 5,606,111, Issued 25 Feb 97

This invention relates generally to

testing apparatus and more particularly

to test cells for measuring the offgasses

emitted from a test sample.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

John Biffoni, Patent Attorney, U.S.

Army CBDCOM, AMSCB–GC, APG, MD

21010–5423, Phone: (410) 671–1158.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Mary V. Yonts,

Alternate Army Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Advisory Committee Meeting Notice

AGENCY: U.S. Army Training and

Doctrine Command (TRADOC).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (P.L. 92–463),

announcement is made of the following

meeting:

Name of Committee: Distance

Learning/Training Technology

Subcommittee of the Army Education

Advisory Committee.

Dates of Meeting: 27–29 May 1998.

Place: Fort Eustis, Virginia and The

Williamsburg Hospitality House, 415

Richmond Road, Williamsburg, Virginia

23185–3536.

Time: 1300–1630 on 27 May 1998;

0830–1630 on 28 May 1998; and 0830–

1130 on 29 May 1998.

Proposed Agenda: Review and

discussion of the status of Army

Distance Learning and Classroom XXI.

Purpose of the Meeting: The members

will advise the Assistant Deputy Chief

of Staff (ADCST), HQ Training and

Doctrine Command (TRADOC), on

matters pertaining to education and

training technologies to be used for