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Election Officials and Post-Election

Survey of Overseas Citizens (UOCAVA);

OMB Number 0704–0125.

Type of Request: Reinstatement.

Number of Respondents: 2,851.

Responses per Respondents: 1.

Annual Response: 2,851.

Average Burden per Response: 10

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 475.

Needs and Uses: The federal

responsibilities of 42 U.S.C. 1973ff,

‘‘The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens

Absentee Voting Act of 1986,’’

(UOCAVA), and 42 U.S.C. 1973gg. ‘‘The

National Voter Registration Act of

1993,’’ (NVRA), is administerted on

behalf of the Secretary of Defense by the

Federal Voting Assistance Program.

UOCAVA requires a report to be

submitted to the President and to

Congress on the effectiveness of

assistance under the Act, a statistical

analysis of voter participation, and a

description of State-Federal

cooperation. The NVRA requires a

biennial report to the Congress assessing

the impact of the Act on the

administration of elections for federal

office, and recommendations for

improvements in federal and state

procedures, forms, and other matters

affected by the Act. UOCAVA requires

the states to allow uniformed services

personnel, their family members, and

overseas citizens to use absentee

registration procedures and to vote by

absentee ballot in general, special,

primary, and runoff elections for federal

office. The Act covers members of the

Uniformed Services and the Merchant

Marine to include the commissioned

corps of the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration and Public

Health Service, and their eligible

dependents, federal civilian employees

overseas, and overseas U.S. citizens not

affiliated with the federal government.

The post-election survey is conducted

on a statistically random basis to

determine participation rates which are

representative of all citizens covered by

the Act, measure state-federal

cooperation, and is designed to evaluate

the effectiveness of the overall absentee

voting program. The information

collected is used for overall program

evaluation, management and

improvement, and to compile the

congressionally mandated reports to the

President and Congress. The NVRA

designates Armed Forces Recruitment

Offices as voter registration agencies to

assist voters in applying for registration

in elections for federal offices. The

NVRA requires a biennial report to the

Congress assessing the impact of the Act

on the administration of elections for

federal office, determine improvements

needed in federal and state procedures,

and other effects of the Act.

The NVRA survey is necessary to

assess the impact of Armed Forces

Recruiting Office implementation of

voter registration under NVRA and for

program evaluation and assessment

purposes.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; State, Local, or Tribal

Governments.

Frequency: Biennially.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C.

Springer.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: July 15, 1998.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES

SAFETY BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

Pursuant to the provision of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. § 552b), notice is hereby given of

the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

Board’s (Board) meeting described

below.

TIME AND DATE OF MEETING: 3:00 p.m. on

August 4, 1998.

PLACE: Federal Building Auditorium,

825 Jadwin Avenue, Richland

Washington 99352.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Board

members will review with the

Department of Energy (DOE) and its

contractors the status of implementation

of the Board’s Recommendation 92–4.

Recommendation 92–4 called for a

systematic approach to addressing

health and safety requirements during

the design, construction, and operation

of the Hanford Tank Waste Remediation

system (TWRS).

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Robert M. Andersen, General Counsel,

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,

625 Indiana Avenue, NE, Suite 700,

Washington, D.C. 20004, (800) 788–

4016. This is a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: One of the

major waste stabilization initiatives of

the Department of Energy (DOE) has

been the Hanford Site’s TWRS. The

TWRS will retrieve, process, and

immobilize the more than 50 million

gallons of high level radioactive waste

currently stored in 177 underground

storage tanks at the Hanford Site. In

1992, the Board noted deficiencies in

the technical justification and planning

for the Hanford TWRS Multi-function

Waste Tank Facility (MWTF). As a

result, in Recommendation 92–4, the

board recommended to the Secretary of

Energy that DOE adopt a systems

engineering approach that ensures that

health and safety requirements of the

project are addressed in each phase of

the project life cycle. The Secretary’s

Implementation Plan committed to

adopting a systems engineering

approach for the MWTF project and the

entire TSRS. Additionally, DOE

committed to taking systems approach

for its site integration efforts.

Following the adoption of the

privatization concept for a portion of the

TWRS, DOE revised its Implementation

Plan in October 1997. The DOE

Implementation Plan committed to

meeting the following objectives (1)

institutionalizing systems engineering

for the TWRS, (2) incorporating the

privatization effort into the overall

systems approach, and (3) coordinating

the development of needed technology

for the system. DOE’s implementation is

nearing completion.

A public meeting will be conducted

by the Board to hear from staff members

from DOE and its contractors

responsible for the TWRS. These

individuals will brief the Board on the

status of activities under the Secretary’s

Implementation Plan for

Recommendation 92–4.

A transcript of this proceeding will be

made available by the Board for

inspection by the public at the Board’s

Washington, D.C. office and at the

DOE’s Public Reading Room, 2770

University Drive, CIC, Room 101L. P.O.

Box 999, mail stop H2–53, Richland,

Washington 99352. Recommendation

92–4 in its entirety is also on file at

DOe’s Public Reading Room in Richland

and at the Board’s Washington, D.C.

office.

The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

board reserves its right to further

schedule and otherwise regulate the

course of this meeting, to recess,

reconvene, postpone or adjourn the

meeting, and otherwise exercise its
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authority under the Atomic Energy Act

of 1954, as amended.

Dated: July 17, 1998.

John T. Conway,

Chairman.

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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES

SAFETY BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

Pursuant to the provision of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. § 552b), notice is hereby given of

the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

Board’s (Board) meeting described

below.

TIME AND DATE OF MEETING: 12:30 p.m. on

August 5, 1998.

PLACE: Federal Building Auditorium,

825 Jadwin Avenue, Richland,

Washington 99352.

STATUS: Open.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Robert M. Andersen, General Counsel,

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,

625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700,

Washington, D.C. 20004, (800) 788–

4016. This is a toll-free number.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Board

members will review with the

Department of Energy (DOE) and its

contractors the status of implementation

of the Board’s Recommendation 93–5.

Recommendation 93–5 called for the

accelerated characterization of the tank

wastes at Hanford. This characterization

information is needed to support

resolution of safety issues and to

support design of processing and

disposal systems.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board

has repeatedly expressed the view that

the Department of Energy needs to

accelerate characterization of high-level

radioactive waste in underground tanks

at the Hanford Site. On July 19, 1993,

the Board formally recommended to the

Secretary of Energy (Recommendation

93–5) that DOE accelerate its actions to

sample and characterize the Hanford

tank wastes. The Secretary accepted the

Board’s recommendation, and

characterization of the Hanford waste

tanks is proceeding in accordance with

the Secretary’s Implementation Plan.

The Implementation Plan has two major

objectives: (1) characterize the tank

waste sufficiently to support resolution

of tank safety issues, and (2)

characterize the tank waste safety

sufficiently to support design of

processing and disposal systems.

A public meeting will be conducted

by the Board to hear from DOE and its

contractors responsible for the Tank

Waste Remediation System. Those

individuals will brief the Board on the

status of activities under the Secretary’s

Implementation Plan for

Recommendation 93–5.

A transcript of this proceeding will be

made available by the Board for

inspection by the public at the Board’s

Washington, D.C. office and at the

DOE’s Public Reading Room, 2770

University Drive, CIC, Room 101L, Box

999, mail stop H2–53, Richland,

Washington 99352. Recommendation

93–5 in its entirety is also on file at

DOE’s Public Reading Room in Richland

and at the Board’s Washington, D.C.

office.

The Board reserves its right to further

schedule and otherwise regulate the

course of this meeting, to recess,

reconvene, postpone or adjourn the

meeting, and otherwise exercise its

authority under the Atomic Energy Act

of 1954, as amended.

Dated: July 17, 1998.

John T. Conway,

Chairman.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Chicago Operations Office, Office of

Transportation Technologies (OTT);

Notice of Solicitation for Research and

Development on Automotive Integrated

Power Modules (AIPM)

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Solicitation

Availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy’s (DOE) Office of Transportation

Technologies (OTT) plans to issue a

financial assistance solicitation (FAS)

for Research and Development on

Automotive Integrated Power Modules

(AIPM). This solicitation, which is due

to be released on or about July 15, 1998,

supports the Government/automotive

industry Partnership for a New

Generation of Vehicles (PNGV).

The Partnership is developing lightduty vehicles that achieve up to three

times the fuel economy of comparable

conventional vehicles, meet emission

standards, and offer the same level of

performance and cost as today’s

vehicles. Additional information on the

Partnership can be obtained at the

USCAR web site http://uscar.org.

Hybrid electric propulsion, integrated

power electronics, along with direct

injection engines, fuel cells, and lightweight materials have been selected for

development due to their potential for

attaining the goal of 80-mpg fuel

economy in a six-passenger sedan. The

AIPM is a cross-cutting system

development technology that supports

DOE’s automotive fuel cell and direct

injection engine programs and their

introduction into pre-production

automobiles. Applicants shall develop

and demonstrate their AIPM innovation

by using open architecture concepts that

permit scalable low-cost manufacturing

to meet automotive goals and

requirements. Further, the Applicant

shall participate with DOE and its

automotive industry partners to

demonstrate the system development

capabilities of the proposed AIPM. DOE

plans to do a vehicle system validation

of this technology. Those prototypes

that are successful may be used to

develop automotive engineering

solutions for operation under extreme

conditions.

The AIPM specification was

coordinated with the Navy’s Power

Electronic Building Block (PEBB)

program and the IEEE. Additional

information can be found on the PEBB

web site http://pebb.onr.navy.mil and

the IEEE web site http://

stdsbbs.ieee.org/groups/1461. System

integration issues for the AIPM include

delivery of complete scale modules

incorporating the principles of design

for manufacturing and means to update

DOE existing cost analyses. Proposals

are sought for light-duty transportation

applications; however, a scale up to

medium and heavy duty transportation

application may also be considered.

DATES: The solicitation will be available

on or about July 15, 1998, on the DOE

Chicago Internet Home Page at http://

www.ch.doe.gov/business/ACQ.htm

under the heading ‘‘Current Acquisition

Activities,’’ Solicitation No. DE–SC02–

09EE50525, with applications due on or

about August 17, 1998. Any

amendments to this solicitation will be

posted on the Internet. Please note that

users will not be alerted when the

solicitation is issued on the Internet or

when amendments are posted on the

Internet. Prospective applicants are,

therefore, advised to check the above

Internet address on a daily basis. The

cooperative agreements are anticipated

to be awarded on or about January 1,

1999.

ADDRESSES: Completed applications

referencing Solicitation Notice DE–

FC02–98EE50525 must be submitted to:

U.S. Department of Energy, Chicago

Operations Office, Attn: Earlette

Robinson, Bldg. 201, Room 3E–10, 9800

South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439–

4899