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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Records of Decision on the Final

Environmental Impact Statement

(FEIS) on the Disposal and Reuse of

the Savanna Army Depot Activity,

Savanna, Illinois

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army

announced its Record of Decision (ROD)

on the FEIS for the disposal and reuse

of the 13,062 acres comprising the

Savanna Army Depot Activity, Savanna,

Illinois, in accordance with the Defense

Base Closure and Realignment Act of

1990, Public Law 101–510, as amended.

Under the Act, the Secretary of the

Army has been delegated the authority

to dispose of excess real property and

facilities located at a military

installation being closed or realigned.

The National Environmental Policy Act

requires the Army to prepare its analysis

of the environmental impacts of

disposal. The EIS also analyzes the

secondary environmental impacts of

disposal—the reuse of the property. The

ROD and the FEIS satisfy the

requirements of NEPA.

The Army has selected the

encumbered disposal alternative.

Encumbered disposal requires the

transfer of the property to others with

use restrictions imposed by the Army.

The ROD concludes that surplus

property will be conveyed subject to

restrictions, identified in the FEIS, that

pertain to the following: unexploded

ordnance, wetlands, historical

resources, threatened and endangered

species, utilities easements, easements

and rights-of-way, access easements,

reversionary interests, overflow

easements, remedial activities, and leadbased paint. The Army will impose

deed restrictions or other requirements

to ensure safety and protection of

human health and the environment.

The Army has taken all practicable

measures to avoid or minimize adverse

environmental impacts associated with

its preferred alternative of encumbered

property disposal. The Army will

continue to work with individual future

owners to avoid, reduce, or compensate

for adverse impacts that might occur as

a result of disposal. Mitigation measures

for reuse activities are identified in the

FEIS.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the ROD may be

obtained by writing to Ms. Shirley

Barnett, at the U.S. Army Materiel

Command, ATTN: AMCSO, 5001

Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA

22333–0001 or by calling (703) 617–

8172. Copies of the Final EIS may be

obtained by writing to Mr. Glen Coffee

at the Corps of Engineers, Mobile

District, ATTN: CESAM–PD–E, 109 St.

Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36628–0001,

or by facsimile at (334) 690–2721.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army

(Environment, Safety and Occupational

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

[FR Doc. 98–1726 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of

Engineers

New York and New Jersey Harbor

Navigation Feasibility Study

AGENCY: Corps of Engineers, Army,

DOD.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, New York District, seeks

comments from interested individuals,

groups, and businesses about the need

for, and alternatives to, Federal

participation in the deepening of

navigation channels within the Port of

New York and New Jersey. It will

consider all comments in its

formulation and selection of

alternatives.

DATES: Comments must reach the New

York District on or before 30 March

1998.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to

the Study Manager, Flood Control &

Navigation Section, Planning Division,

New York District, U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, 26 Federal Plaza, New York,

NY 10278–0090, or deliver them to

Room 2151 at the same address between

9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal

Holidays, or e-mail to

thomas.shea@usace.army.mil. The

telephone number is (212) 264–1060.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas J. Shea III, Study Manager,

Flood Control & Navigation Section,

Planning Division, New York District,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, (212)

264–1060. E-mail:

thomas.shea@usace.army.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

announces the initiation of a cost shared

feasibility level study for determining

whether Federal participation in

navigation improvements in the Port of

New York and New Jersey is justified.

The study is being conducted in

partnership among the State of New

York acting through the New York State

Urban Development Corporation d/b/a

Empire State Development Corporation,

the State of New Jersey Department of

Commerce and Economic Development

(Maritime Resources), The Port

Authority of New York and New Jersey

and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

New York District. The study is

authorized by Section 435 of the Water

Resources Development Act of 1996

(WRDA 96).

Planning studies of water resource

problems are conducted in two phases

by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in

its Civil Works role. The first phase is

the reconnaissance study, accomplished

entirely at Federal expense. The second

phase is the feasibility study, which is

cost shared equally between the Federal

Government and one or more nonFederal sponsors.

The Section 905b, WRDA 86 Analysis

Fact Sheet was completed in April,

1997. The purpose of this analysis is

three-fold: (1) determine whether the

Federal Government should participate

in further studies of the water resource

problems; (2) determine the scope,

duration and cost of any further studies;

(3) identify one or more non-Federal

sponsors willing to cost-share the

studies. The analysis found that there

should be sufficient economic benefits

to justify deepening selected channels

within the Port to 50 feet or more below

mean low water and identified the nonFederal sponsors mentioned above for

the feasibility study.

The feasibility phase will perform, in

more detail, the engineering, economic

and environmental evaluations

necessary to identify the optimum

channel depths to meet the existing and

future needs of the Port of New York

and New Jersey, with an emphasis on

container and crude petroleum traffic.

At its completion, a ‘‘Feasibility Report’’

containing a recommendation for

construction, if justified and supported

by a non-Federal sponsor, will be

released. The report, including the

necessary environmental

documentation, will be submitted to the

United States Congress for project

authorization.

The Port of New York and New Jersey

is the largest port on the East Coast,

providing more than 166,000 portrelated jobs, $20 billion in economic

activity, and serving more than 17

million consumers in the states of New

York and New Jersey. Through its

intermodal links, the Port provides

second day access to another 80 million

consumers in the northeast and midwestern states. In 1995, the Port
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received and shipped more than 44.8

million long tons of waterborne general

cargo to all parts of the United States

and throughout the world and received

petroleum and related products from

ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts,

the Caribbean, Africa and the Persian

Gulf.

The Corps’ New York District requests

any pertinent information about the

project area from any Federal, state, or

local agencies, and the private sector. In

particular, we request information on

the type, amount, and location of

waterborne commerce and ships calling

on the Port and any projections of future

commerce and size of ships. This

information will be used to define the

status of the Port, forecast the benefits

of channel improvements, and

determine potential Federal

involvement in providing deeper, wider

and/or realigned channels. The Corps

also welcomes any assistance and

suggestions concerning the conduct of

this study.

John Sassi,

Chief, Planning Division.

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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 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

1955.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before February

25, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Dan Chenok, 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, SW., 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

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, publishes this

notice containing proposed information

collection requests prior to submission

of these requests to OMB. Each

proposed information collection,

grouped by office, contains the

following: (1) Type of review requested,

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary

of the collection; (4) Description of the

need for, and proposed use of, the

information; (5) Respondents and

frequency of collection; and (6)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. OMB invites public comment at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Goals 2000 Comprehensive

Local Reform Assistance.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 400.

Burden Hours: 12,000.

Abstract: Section 304(e) of the Goals

2000: Educate America Act authorizes

the Secretary to award direct grants to

LEAs in States that were not

participating in Goals 2000 as of

October 20, 1995, if the applicable SEA

approves the LEAs’ participation in

Goals 2000 as of that date. Both the

Oklahoma and Montana SEAs have

approved LEA participation in this

direct grant program. The Goals 2000

Act is designed to help States and

communities develop and implement

their own education reforms focused on

challenging academic standards in order

to increase student academic

achievement.

This information collection is being

submitted under the Streamlined

Clearance Process for Discretionary

Grant Information Collections (OMB

Control No. 1890–0001). Therefore, this

30-day public comment period notice

will be the only public comment notice

published for this information

collection.

[FR Doc. 98–1720 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Environmental Management;

Environmental Management Advisory

Board Renewal

Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public

Law 92–463), and in accordance with

Title 41 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, section 101–6.1015(a), and

following consultation with the

Committee Management Secretariat,

General Services Administration, notice

is hereby given that the Environmental

Management Advisory Board has been

renewed for a two-year period beginning

on January 17, 1998. The Board will

provide advice to the Assistant

Secretary for Environmental

Management.

The purpose of the Board is to

provide the Assistant Secretary for

Environmental Management with advice

and recommendations on

Environmental Management projects

and issues, such as program budget,

strategic planning, risk, technology

development, the National

Environmental Policy Act, long-term

nuclear stewardship, science initiatives,

worker health and safety, and program

cost effectiveness, from the perspective

of affected groups and State Tribal, and

local governments. Consensus

recommendations to the Department of

Energy from the Board on programmatic

nationwide resolution of numerous

difficult issues will help achieve the

Department’s objective of an integrated

environmental restoration program.

Additionally, the renewal of the

Environmental Management Advisory

Board has been determined to be

essential to the conduct of Department

of Energy business and to be in the

public interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

Department of Energy by law. The Board

will operate in accordance with the