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instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information.

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows: Respondents,

1,330; responses per respondent, 10;

total annual responses, 13,300;

preparation hours per response, .5; and

total response burden hours, 6,650.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

justification from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4037,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0022, Customs and Duties, in all

correspondence.

Dated: June 4, 1998.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 98–15375 Filed 6–9–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0097]

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request Entitled Information Reporting

to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

(Taxpayer Identification Number)

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comment

regarding an extension to an existing

OMB clearance (9000–0097).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat will be submitting to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

an extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Information Reporting to the

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

(Taxpayer Identification Number). The

clearance currently expires on

September 30, 1998.

DATES: Comments may be submitted

August 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

this burden estimate or any other aspect

of this collection of information, copy to

the General Services Administration,

FAR Secretariat (MVRS), 1800 F Street,

NW, Room 4035, Washington, DC

20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Nelson, Federal Acquisition

Policy Division, GSA (202) 501–1900.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Subpart 4.9, Information Reporting to

the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and

the provision at 52.204–3, Taxpayer

Identification, implement statutory and

regulatory requirements pertaining to

taxpayer identification and reporting.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 6 minutes per response,

including the time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information.

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows: Respondents,

250,000; responses per respondent, 12;

total annual responses, 3,000,000;

preparation hours per response, .10; and

total response burden hours, 300,000.

OBTAINING COPIES OF PROPOSALS:

Requester may obtain a copy of the

justification from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), Room 4035, Washington, DC

20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. Please

cite OMB Control No. 9000–0097,

Information Reporting to the Internal

Revenue Service (IRS) (Taxpayer

Identification Number), in all

correspondence.

Dated: June 4, 1998.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 98–15415 Filed 6–9–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Notice of Availability of the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

Approval of Land Use and Real Estate

Investment Strategies in Support of

Real Property Master Planning, Fort

Huachuca, Arizona

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA).

SUMMARY: This announces the

availability of the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) which assesses

the potential environmental impacts of

the approval of updates to three

components of the Fort Huachuca Real

Property Master Plan, and the

authorization of the steps leading to

project implementation. The proposed

action includes approval of updates to

the Long-Range Component, the ShortRange Component, and the Capital

Investment Strategy of the installation

Real Property Master Plan, which will

be used to guide real property and

facilities management at Fort Huachuca.

The alternatives to the proposed

action considered in this DEIS are NoAction (continuation of current

management conditions) and the LongRange alternative to the proposed action

which consists of approving the LongRange Component update but not the

Short-Range Component and Capital

Investment Strategy updates. Overall,

under the proposed action, no

significant environmental impacts to

cultural resources, air quality, noise,

geology and soils, hydrology and water

resources, biological resources

(including federally listed threatened

and endangered species and critical

habitat), energy, waste management, or

transportation are anticipated.

DATES: The public comment period for

the DEIS will end 45 days after

publication of the NOA in the Federal

Register by the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency.

PUBLIC MEETING: A public meeting on

this DEIS will be held on June 30, 1998,

at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Greely

Hall at Fort Huachuca, AZ. Additional

details will follow in the media, or

contact the Fort Huachuca Public

Affairs Office at (520) 533–2922. Public

comments received on the DEIS will be

considered and addressed in the final

EIS and considered by the Army in its

Record of Decision.

ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the

DEIS, contact Ms. Carmen Chastain,

U.S. Army Garrison at (520) 533–3120

or write to: U.S. Army Garrison, ATTN:

ATZS–ISB (DEIS), Fort Huachuca,

Arizona 85613–6000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Public Affairs Office, U.S. Army

Garrison ATTN: ATZS–PA, Fort

Huachuca, Arizona 85613–6000;

telephone: (520) 533–2922 or 533–1985.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Components of the Fort Huachuca Real

Property Master Plan are available for

review at the Sierra Vista Public Library,

2950 E. Tacoma Street, Sierra Vista, AZ

85635.
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Dated: June 3, 1998.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army

(Environment, Safety and Occupational

Health) (OASA (I, L&E).

[FR Doc. 98–15346 Filed 6–9–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Notice of Availability of the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

Pilot Testing of Neutralization/

Supercritical Water Oxidation at

Newport Chemical Depot, Indiana

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA).

SUMMARY: This announces the

availability of the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) which assesses

the potential environmental impacts of

the construction and operation of a

facility to pilot test the chemical

neutralization process followed by

supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) as

a potential disposal technology for the

bulk agent VX stored at Newport

Chemical Depot (NECD). The proposed

facility will be used to demonstrate, as

part of a research and development

program, the neutralization process

followed by SCWO, to destroy VX agent

currently stored in ton containers at

NECD.

The two alternatives considered in

this DEIS are the proposed action and

no action (i.e., continued storage of VX

in ton containers). Although the no

action alternative is not viable under

Pub. L. 99–145, it was analyzed to

provide a comparison with the proposed

action. In addition, the no action

alternative would not comply with

Public Law 102–484, which specifies

that the Army must consider using a

technological alternative to incineration.

DATES: The public comment period for

the DEIS will end 45 days after

publication of the NOA in the Federal

Register by the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency. All public comments

received on the DEIS will be considered

and addressed in the final EIS and also

considered by the Army in its Record of

Decision.

ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the

DEIS, contact Ms. Mona Harney, NECD

Public Affairs Office, at (765) 245–4597

or write to: Department of the Army,

Newport Chemical Activity, P.O. Box

121, Newport, Indiana 47966–0121.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Office of the Program Manager for

Chemical Demilitarization, ATTN:

SFAE–CD–P (Ms. Catherine Herlinger),

Building E4585, Aberdeen Proving

Ground, Maryland, 21010–5401;

telephone: (800) 488–0648 or (410) 671–

1479; e-mail:

cherling@cdra.apgea.army.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS

concludes that VX stored in bulk

containers can be pilot tested at NECD

using the neutralization process,

followed by SCWO, in a safe and

environmentally acceptable manner. At

one time, the option of sending the

neutralization hydrolysate to an off-site

biotreatment facility was under

consideration by the Army. However,

technical and programmatic evaluations

have concluded that off-site

biotreatment is not suitable at this time.

Therefore, off-site biotreatment is not

addressed further in this EIS.

Dated: June 2, 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

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for the Land Exchange Between Fort

Benning and the City of Columbus,

Georgia

AGENCY: U.S. Army Infantry Center and

Fort Benning, Fort Benning, Georgia;

Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The United States Army will

prepare an environmental impact

statement (EIS) to assess the potential

environmental impacts of the exchange

of tracts of land between Fort Benning

and the City of Columbus (hereafter

referred to as the City). Section 2829 of

Public Law 101–510, enacted November

5, 1990, authorized a land exchange

between the City and Fort Benning. Fort

Benning would convey approximately

3,000 acres of land to the City; and in

exchange, the City would convey to Fort

Benning approximately 3,300 acres

located on the southern boundary of the

military reservation. Those land tracts

were refined by survey to 3,106 and

3,228 acres, respectively. The City

intended to use the land for economic

development, passive recreation and a

sanitary landfill. Fort Benning would

use the land it receives for dismounted

light infantry training. A Notice of

Intent (NOI) was published in the

Federal Register, June 27, 1994 (59 FR

32957), and a scooping meeting was

held in Columbus, GA, on July 20, 1994.

Due to changes in the proposed project

and the length of time since prior

scoping, this NOI provides an

opportunity for more current public

involvement based on newer

information.

ALTERNATIVES: The proposed NorthSouth tract land exchange will be

evaluated for the following alternatives:

No-Action Alternative: No land would

be exchanged under this alternative.

Impacts associated with the Fort

Benning mission and land use will be

evaluated for the North tract. Impacts

associated with the City’s projected use

of the South tract will also be analyzed.

Maximum Development: This

alternative would provide

approximately 2,110 acres of the North

tract for economic/light industrial

development. Also, approximately 650

acres of the North tract would become

a Parks and Recreation Area near Bull

Creek for the purpose of wetland

mitigation. The Army would use the

South tract for dismounted light

infantry training.

Partial Development (preferred

alternative): This alternative would also

include an approximately 650 acre and

Parks and Recreation Area near Bull

Creek for wetlands mitigation on the

North tract. A Habitat Conservation

Area would be established and managed

for protected species on approximately

710 acres. The remaining North tract

property (approximately 1,400 acres)

would be developable. The Army would

use the South tract for dismounted light

infantry training.

Minimum Development: This

alternative would preserve all existing

protected species and habitat on

approximately 1,375 acres on the North

tract. Also the approximately 650 acre

Parks and Recreation Area would be

established for wetlands protection,

leaving only approximately 735 acres of

developable land. The Army would use

the South tract for dismounted light

infantry training.

SCOPING: Comments received as a result

of this notice will be used to assist Fort

Benning in identifying additional

alternatives for study, significant

resources to be evaluated, as well as

potential impacts to the quality of the

human and natural environments.

Individuals or organizations wishing to

participate in the scoping process may

forward their written comments to: U.S.

Army Infantry Center, Directorate of

Public Works, Environmental

Management Division (ATTN: Mr. John

Brent), Fort Benning, Georgia 31905–