37362 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 132 / Friday, July 10, 1998 / Notices

John Gehrig

Stanley Gontarek

Doug Hansen

Charles Infosino

James L. Johnson

Jeanne Karstens

Thomas L. Link

Dr. John F. Mazzuchi

Gail H. McGinn

Michael A. Parmentier

Vincent P. Roske

John Roth

Caral Spangler

Norma St. Claire

Robert Taylor

Michael Thibault

Mary Tompkey

John T. Tyler

Austin Yamada

Dated: July 6, 1998.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 98–18314 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers, Department of the

Army

Proposal To Issue and Modify

Nationwide Permits; Public Hearing

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing

SUMMARY: On July 1, 1998, the Corps of

Engineers published a Notice document

containing its proposal to issue 6

nationwide permits (NWPs), modify 6

existing NWPs, add one new NWP

condition, and modify 6 existing NWP

conditions. The Corps also suspended

the use of NWP 29 to authorize single

family housing causing the loss of

greater than 1⁄4 acre of waters of the

United States and proposed to

permanently modify NWP 29 to lower

the acreage limit to 1⁄4 acre. The Corps

will hold a public hearing on the NWPs

contained in that proposal. In addition,

at least one public hearing will be held

in each Corps Division, the primary

focus of which is to solicit comments on

regional issues relating to the proposed

new and modified NWPs, especially

regional conditioning. The hearing is

open to the public. Comments may be

submitted in person at the hearing or in

writing at the Chief of Engineers at the

address given below. Filing of a written

statement would be helpful and

facilitate the job of the court reporter.

The hearing will be transcribed. Persons

wishing to testify are requested to limit

their statements to 10 minutes. The

hearing will be held in accordance with

the Corps public hearing regulations in

33 CFR Part 327. The legal authority for

this hearing is Section 404 of the Clean

Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) and Section

10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act (33

U.S.C. 403). The hearing record will

remain open until August 31, 1998.

DATES: The hearing will commence at

10:00 AM on August 19, 1998, and end

at 4:00 PM or before, if all speakers

present have had an opportunity to

speak. Written comments to supplement

the hearing record may be submitted

until August 31, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at

the National Guard Association

Building, One Massachusetts Avenue,

NW, Washington, D. C. Written

comments may be submitted to

HQUSACE, CECW-OR, Washington, D.

C. 20314–1000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

David Olson or Mr. Sam Collinson,

CECW–OR, at (202) 761–0199.

In addition, Division Engineers will

be holding regional public hearings to

receive comments on regional issues

relating to the new and modified NWPs,

especially regional conditioning.

Regional public hearings will be held in

the following cities:

• Albany, New York.

• Cincinnati, Ohio.

• Galveston, Texas.

• Honolulu, Hawaii.

• Jacksonville, Florida.

• New York, New York.

• Omaha, Nebraska.

• Raleigh, North Carolina.

• Sacramento, California.

• Seattle, Washington.

• St. Louis, Missouri.

The dates and times for the regional

public hearings will be announced by

Corps districts in their public notices.

Dated: July 1, 1998.

Approved:

Charles M. Hess

Chief, Operations, Construction, and

Readiness Division, Directorate of Civil

Works.

[FR Doc. 98–18386 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–92–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Pantex Plant,

Amarillo, Texas

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice

is hereby given of the following

Advisory Committee meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),

Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas.

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, July 28, 1998:

8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Pantex Plant, Building 16–

12, Amarillo, Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry

S. Johnson, Assistant Area Manager,

Department of Energy, Amarillo Area

Office, P.O. Box 30030, Amarillo, TX

79120 (806) 477–3121.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of

the Committee: The Board provides

input to the Department of Energy on

Environmental Management strategic

decisions that impact future use, risk

management, economic development,

and budget prioritization activities.

Tentative Agenda

8:30 a.m.

Welcome—Agenda Review—

Approval of Minutes

8:45 a.m.

Co-Chair Comments

9:00 a.m.

Security System Upgrade Presentation

10:00 a.m.

Updates—Occurrence Reports—DOE

10:30 a.m.

National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System Compliance

Presentation

11:30 a.m.

Ex-Officio Reports

12:00 p.m.

Task Force/Subcommittee Minutes

12:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks/Adjourn

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting is

open to the public, and public comment

will be invited throughout the meeting.

Written statements may be filed with

the Committee either before or after the

meeting. Written comments will be

accepted at the address above for 15

days after the date of the meeting.

Individuals who wish to make oral

statements pertaining to agenda items

should contact Jerry Johnson’s office at

the address or telephone number listed

above. Requests must be received 5 days

prior to the meeting and reasonable

provision will be made to include the

presentation in the agenda. The

Designated Federal Official is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. Each individual

wishing to make public comment will

be provided a maximum of 5 minutes to

present their comments at any time

throughout the meeting.

MINUTES: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and