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information, including NPDES

documents). The DEIS Executive

Summary can also be viewed at the

following web site: http://

www.northstareis.com.

5. Copies of the DEIS and appendices

are also available for public review at:

a. Alaska Resources Library and

Information Services, 3150 C Street,

Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99503.

b. Z.J. Loussac Library, 3600 Denali

Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99503.

c. Tuzzy Consortium Library, Barrow,

Alaska.

d. North Slope Borough Office,

Barrow, Alaska.

e. Barrow City Office, Barrow, Alaska.

f. Alaska Eskimo Whaling

Commission Office, Barrow, Alaska.

g. Nuiqsut City Office, Nuiqsut,

Alaska.

h. Kaktovik City Office, Kaktovik,

Alaska.

i. Noel Wien Public Library, 1215

Cowles Street, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701.

j. Valdez Consortium Library, P.O.

Box 609, Valdez, Alaska 99686.

k. Juneau Public Library, 292 Marine

Way, Juneau, Alaska 99801.

6. This DEIS is intended to meet the

NEPA compliance and/or other public

notice requirements for the following

agency actions:

a. Corps of Engineers: Section 10,

Rivers and Harbors Act; Section 404,

Clean Water Act; Section 103, Marine

Protection, Resources, and Sanctuary

Act.

b. Environmental Protection agency:

Section 402, Clean Water Act (NPDES);

Part C, Safe Drinking Water Act (UIC).

c. Minerals Management Service:

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

Development and Production Plan.

7. EPA’s draft 402 NPDES and UIC

permits and explanatory fact sheets are

included in this DEIS as Appendices F,

G, H, and J and are intended for public

review and comment.

8. The MMS is requesting comments

on the Northstar Project Description

(Appendix A of the DEIS, and analyzed

as Alternative 2 in the DEIS). The

Northstar development project includes

drilling wells into, and producing oil

from, two OCS leases, and requires an

approved Development and Production

Plan (DPP). The Northstar Project

Description (Appendix A) was

developed to meet the submission

requirements under 30 CFR 250.34 for a

DPP. The MMS has determined that the

Project Description, in conjunction with

the DEIS, meets the requirements under

30 CFR 250.34(f). The Northstar

development offshore facilities will be

located on State of Alaska submerged

lands. An oil spill contingency plan will

be submitted pursuant to 30 CFR 254.50

and 254.53. The plan will be reviewed

under the State of Alaska Department of

Environmental Conservation process,

and is not part of either the DEIS or

DPP.

9. No OCS action to approve,

disapprove, or require modification to

the DPP will be taken by MMS until the

Final EIS is released. No OCS

development and production activities

can be conducted unless and until the

DPP is approved as required by 30 CFR

250.34(1).

10. A Biological Assessment, as

required by the Endangered Species Act,

is included as Appendix B to the DEIS.

This document will be used to initiate

formal consultation under Section 7 of

the Endangered Species Act with the

USFWS and NMFS on three species: the

endangered bowhead whale, and the

threatened spectacled and Steller’s

eiders.

11. All written comments on the

DEIS, draft NPDES permit, draft UIC

permit, or DPP should be sent to: Ms.

Terry Carpenter, Project Manager,

Regulatory Branch, Alaska District

Army Corps of Engineers, P.O. Box 898,

Anchorage, AK 99506–0898. Comments

specific to EPA’s draft permit will be

forwarded to EPA for their

consideration, and those specific to

MMS’s DPP will be forwarded to MMS.

12. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

will be conducting public workshops at

5 locations in Alaska early in the 60-day

comment period. These workshops are

intended to help the public become

familiar with the DEIS and the draft

NPDES and UIC permits.

13. To collect oral and written

comments on the DEIS (Corps), the draft

NPDES and UIC permits (EPA), or the

DPP (MMS), separately scheduled

public hearings will be held at the same

5 locations in Alaska. A court reporter

will record the proceedings at each

public hearing.

14. The public workshops and public

hearings will be held on the following

dates:

a. Public Workshops:

(1) Tuesday, June 23, 1998, 7:30

p.m.—Nuiqsut Community Center,

Nuiqsut, Alaska.

(2) Wednesday, June 24, 1998, 6:00

p.m.—Kaktovik Community Center,

Kaktovik, Alaska.

(3) Thursday, June 25, 1998, 7:30

p.m.—North Slope Borough Assembly

Room, Barrow, Alaska.

(4) Tuesday, June 30, 1998, 7:00

p.m.—BLM Conference Room,

Fairbanks, Alaska.

(5) Wednesday, July 1, 1998, 7:00

p.m.—Federal Building Conference

Room, Anchorage, Alaska.

b. Public Hearings:

(1) Monday, July 13, 1998, 7:30 p.m.—

North Slope Borough Assembly Room,

Barrow, Alaska.

(2) Tuesday, July 14, 1998, 7:00

p.m.—Kaktovik Community Center,

Kaktovik, Alaska.

(3) Wednesday, July 15, 1998, 7:00

p.m.—Nuiqsut Community Center,

Nuiqsut, Alaska.

(4) Thursday, July 16, 1998, 7:00

p.m.—BLM Conference Room,

Fairbanks, Alaska.

(5) Monday, July 20, 1998, 7:00 p.m.—

Wilda Marston Theatre at Z.J. Loussac

Library, Anchorage, Alaska.

15. An Inupiat translator will be

available at the public hearings held in

Barrow, Kaktovik and Nuiqsut. Oral and

written comments on the DEIS received

during the public review period will be

addressed in the Final Environmental

Impact Statement.

16. The federal permits and approvals

are also subject to review for

consistency with the State Coastal

Management Program. Coastal

Consistency review of the Northstar

development project will be initiated on

June 1, 1998 with release of the DEIS.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Public Hearing for the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

Increased Flight and Related

Operations in the Patuxent River

Complex, Patuxent River, MD

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Announcement of public

hearing.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

has prepared and filed with the

Environmental Protection Agency the

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for Increased Flight and Related

Operations in the Patuxent River

Complex, Patuxent River, MD. A public

hearing will be held for the purpose to

receive oral and written comments on

the DEIS. Federal, state and local

agencies, and interested individuals are

invited to be present or represented at

the hearing.

DATES: Hearing dates are as follows:

1. June 10, 1998, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.,

Lusby, MD

2. June 15, 1998, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.,

Cambridge, MD

3. June 17, 1998, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.,

Heathsville, VA
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ADDRESSES: Hearing locations are as

follows:

1. Lusby—Patuxent High School, 12485

Rousby Hall Road, Lusby, MD

2. Cambridge—Cambridge-South

Dorchester High School, 2474

Cambridge Bypass, Cambridge, MD

3. Heathsville—Northumberland High

School, 6234 Northumberland

Highway (US Route 360), Heathsville,

VA

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Sue Evans or Ms. Kelly Burdick, (888)

276–5201.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Council on Environmental Quality

regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508)

implemental procedure provisions of

the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA), the Department of the Navy has

prepared and filed with the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency the

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for Increased Flight and Related

Operations in the Patuxent River

Complex, Patuxent River, MD. This

notice announces the dates and

locations of the public hearings.

The DEIS identifies and evaluates the

potential environmental impacts of

increasing flight and related ground

operations in test areas of the Patuxent

River Complex that are controlled and

scheduled by the Naval Air Warfare

Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD).

The complex includes all the flight and

ground test facilities at NAS Patuxent

River and OLF Webster Field Annex, as

well as the restricted airspaces, aerial

and surface firing range, and targets

(Hooper, Hannibal, and Tangier Island)

comprising the Chesapeake Test Range

(CTR). The DEIS assesses the impacts of

the no action alternative and three

proposed future operations workload

alternatives. The no action alternative

would maintain the complex’s current

level of flight hours into the future

(18,400 annually, which represents an

approximate ten-year average of annual

flight hours). The three workload

alternatives propose increases in

baseline operations by as few as 2,500

annual flight hours or as many as 6,200

annual flight hours.

A Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS

was published in the Federal Register

on April 1, 1997 and five public scoping

meetings were held between May 6 and

May 15, 1997. A Notice of Availability

of the DEIS was published in the

Federal Register on May 15, 1998.

The DEIS has been distributed to

various federal, state, and local

agencies, elected officials, special

interest groups, the public, and the

media. In addition, copies are available

for review at 18 repositories around the

Chesapeake Bay:

—Anne Arundel South County Branch

Library, Deale, MD.

—Caroline County Public Library,

Denton, MD.

—Calvert County Public Library, Prince

Frederick, MD.

—Dorchester County Central Library,

Cambridge, MD.

—Somerset County Libraries, Deale

Island, Princess Anne, and Ewell

(Smith Island), MD.

—St. Mary’s County Libraries,

Lexington Park and Leonardtown,

MD.

—St. Mary’s College Library, St. Mary’s

City, MD.

—Talbot County Libraries, Easton and

Oxford, MD.

—Worcester County Library, Pocomoke

City, MD.

—Eastern Shore Public Library,

Accomac, VA.

—Central Rappahannock Law Library,

Fredericksburg, VA.

—Northumberland County Library,

Heathsville, VA.

—Tangier Island Public School Library,

Tangier, VA.

—Laurel Public Library, Laurel, DE.

Three public hearings will be held to

inform the public of the DEIS findings

and to solicit and receive oral and

written comments. From 5:00 p.m. to

8:30 p.m., the Navy will set up

information stations that will describe

the findings of the DEIS. Navy staff will

be available to answer questions from

meeting attendees and receive

comments. At 7:00 p.m., a formal public

hearing will be held where oral

statements will be heard and transcribed

by a stenographer; however, to ensure

accuracy of the record, all statements

delivered at the public hearing 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

three minutes. Longer comments should

be summarized at the public hearing

and submitted in writing either at the

hearing or mailed to Ms. Sue Evans at

Office of Legal Counsel, 47031

Liljencrantz Road, Bldg. 435, Mail Stop

39, Patuxent River, MD 20670–5440, fax

(301) 342–1840. Written comments are

requested not later than June 29, 1998.

Dated: May 19, 1998.

Lou Rae Langevin,

LT, JAGC, USN, Alternate Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, invites comments

on the submission for OMB review as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before June 22,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection

requests should be addressed to Patrick

J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

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participation in the approval process

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information collection, violate State or

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with any agency’s ability to perform its

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Chief Information Officer, publishes this

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collection requests prior to submission

of these requests to OMB. Each

proposed information collection,

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following: (1) Type of review requested,

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