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postponed to Wednesday, September 9,

1998.

ADDRESSES: The location of the

September 9 meeting will be announced

in a separate Federal Register notice.

Updates about the location of the

meeting will also be available on the

Advisory Committee’s website at

www.ntia.doc.gov/pubintadvcom/

pubint.htm or you may call Karen

Edwards at 202–482–8056.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Edwards, Designated Federal

Officer and Telecommunications Policy

Specialist, at the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Room 4720, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20230. Telephone:

202–482–8056; Fax: 202–482–8058; Email: piac@ntia.doc.gov.

MEDIA INQUIRIES: Please contact NTIA’s

Office of Public Affairs at 202–482–

7002.

Larry Irving,

Assistant Secretary for Communications and

Information.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Technology Administration

[Docket No. 980729197–8197–01]

National Medal of Technology

Nomination Evaluation Committee

(NMTNEC).

AGENCY: Technology Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of recruitment for

additional members for NMTNEC.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, Technology Administration

(TA), requests nominations of

individuals for appointment to the

National Medal of Technology

Nomination Evaluation Committee

(NMTNEC). The Committee provides

advice to the Secretary on the

implementation of Public Law 96–480

(15 U.S.C. 3711) under the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2. The terms of several current members

have expired and the period of

nominations will identify their

replacement.

DATE: Please submit nominations before

August 15, 1998 or within ten days of

the publication of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations to the

National Medal of Technology Program

Office, Technology Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room

4226, Washington, D.C. 20230. Materials

may be faxed to 202–501–8153.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Allison A. Rosenberg, Director, 202–

482–5572.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Medal of Technology was

rechartered on December 8, 1997, for a

period of two years to provide advice to

the Secretary on the implementation of

Public Law 96–480 (15 U.S.C. 3711)

under the Federal Advisory Committee

Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2. The National

Medal of Technology Nomination

Evaluation Committee (NMTNEC)

serves as an advisory body to the Under

Secretary of Technology in his capacity

as Chair of the Steering Committee,

which reports directly to the Secretary

of Commerce. Members are responsible

for reviewing nominations and making

recommendations for the nation’s

highest honor for technological

innovation, awarded annually by the

President of the United States. Members

of the NMTNEC have an understanding

of, and experience in, developing and

utilizing technological innovation and/

or they are familiar with the education,

training, employment and management

of technological human resources.

Under the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, membership in a

committee constituted under the Act

must be balanced. To achieve balance,

the Department is seeking additional

nominations of candidates from small,

medium-sized, and large businesses

from the following subsectors of the

technology industry:

(1) Manufacturing and Process

Quality Technologies;

(2) Infrastructure and Transportation

Technologies, Structural Materials;

(3) Microelectronics, Functional

Materials and Instrumentation; and

(4) Quality of Life Related

Technologies.

Typically, committee members are

present or former Chief Executive

Officers or other senior leaders of

corporations; presidents or

distinguished faculty of universities; or

senior executives of non-profit

organizations. They offer stature by

virtue of their positions and also possess

first-hand knowledge of the forces

driving future directions for their

industries or fields of expertise. The

Committee as a whole is balanced in

representing geographical, professional,

ethnic, and gender groups. Nominees

must be U.S. citizens, must be able to

fully participate in meetings pertaining

to the review and selection of finalists

for the National Medal of Technology,

and must uphold the confidential nature

of an independent peer review and

competitive selection process.

Those wishing to nominate qualified

parties should send a professional

biographical fact sheet and a brief

description of current corporate or

organizational affiliation(s) that detail

activity in the technology subsectors

listed above.

The Department of Commerce is

committed to equal opportunity in the

workplace and seeks a broad-based and

diverse NMTNEC membership.

Gary R. Bachula,

Under Secretary (Acting), Technology

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Notice of Availability of the Final

Environmental Impact Statement for

Pilot Testing of Neutralization/

Biotreatment of Mustard Agent at

Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

SUMMARY: This announces the

availability of the Final Environmental

Impact Statement (FEIS) which assesses

the potential environmental impacts of

the design, construction, systemization

and operation of a facility to pilot test

the neutralization/biotreatment process

of mustard agent using water at

Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG),

Maryland. The proposed facility will be

used to demonstrate, as part of a

research and development program, the

feasibility of adopting the neutralization

process using water, followed by

biotreatment, to destroy mustard agent

currently stored in ton containers at

APG.

DATES: Written comments received

within 30 days of the publication of the

Environmental Protection Agency’s

Notice of Availability for this action will

be considered by the Army during final

decision making.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the

FEIS, write to Ms. Nancy Hoffman,

Edgewood Community Outreach Office,

Woodbridge Station, 1011 Woodbridge

Center Way, Edgewood, Maryland

21040.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Catherine Herlinger, Office of the

Program Manager for Chemical

Demilitarization, ATTN: SFAE–CD–P

Building E4585, Aberdeen Proving

Ground, Maryland, 21010–5401;
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telephone: (800) 488–0648 or (410) 463–

2583; e-mail:

cherling@cdra.apgea.army.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

alternatives considered in this DEIS are

no action (i.e., continued storage of

mustard agent at APG) and locating the

pilot facility at one of two potential sites

within APG. Although the no action

alternative is not viable under Pub. L.

99–145, the Department of Defense

Authorization Act of 1986, it was

analyzed to provide a comparison with

the proposed action. In addition, the no

action alternative is considered to be

deferral of research and development of

the neutralization process as an

alternative technology.

The FEIS concludes that mustard

agent stored in bulk containers can be

pilot tested at APG in a safe and

environmental acceptable manner using

the water neutralization (hydrolis)

process, followed by biotreatment. At

one time, the option of sending the

hydrolysate to an off-site biotreatment

facility was considered by the Army.

However, the Army has been unable to

identify a suitable off-site biotreatment

facility that would accept the

neutralization hydrolysate and also

conform to the safety and environmental

protection requirements of the proposed

action. Accordingly, off-site

biotreatment is not addressed further in

this EIS.

The Department of the Army prepared

a Draft EIS (DEIS) which assessed the

potential site-specific health and

environmental impacts of the

construction, systemization and

operation of an on-site facility to pilot

test the neutralization/biotreatment

process of mustard agent using water at

APG, Maryland. A Notice of Availability

was published on March 27, 1998 (63

FR 14922), which provided notice that

the Draft EIS was available for comment.

Comments from the DEIS have been

considered and responses are included

in this Final EIS. After a 30-day waiting

period the Army will publish a Record

of Decision.

Dated: July 29, 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 ENERGY

Notice of Availability; Draft DOE Order

and Manual on Radioactive Waste

Management

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) announces the availability of a

revised draft DOE Order and Manual on

radioactive waste management. These

draft documents set forth the

requirements that DOE programs and

contractors would follow in managing

DOE radioactive waste to provide for

radiological protection from DOE

facilities, operations, and activities in

accordance with the Atomic Energy Act

of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) and

other authorities. As part of its mission,

DOE generates, stores, treats, and

disposes of high-level waste, transuranic

waste, low-level waste, and mixed lowlevel radioactive waste.

DATES: Any comments on the draft

Order or Manual (designated draft DOE

O 435.1, Radioactive Waste

Management, and draft DOE M 435.1,

Radioactive Waste Management Manual,

respectively) must be received by

September 8, 1998 to ensure

consideration. Comments received after

this date will be considered to the

extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Any written comments

should be directed to: Martin

Letourneau, Office of Waste

Management, EM–35, U.S. Department

of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road,

Germantown, MD 20874–1290.

Persons wanting to provide oral

comments should call 1–800–356–7954.

Electronic copies of the draft Order and

Manual are available on the Internet at:

<http://www.explorer.doe.gov:1776/

htmls/draft.html> under the title ‘‘Series

400 Work Process.’’ Paper copies also

may be obtained from the Center for

Environmental Management

Information, 955 L’Enfant Plaza, North,

SW, Suite 8200, Washington, DC, 20024,

1–800–736–3282, in DC 202–863–5084;

and DOE Reading Rooms. For locations

of the DOE Reading Rooms or other

public information repositories

containing these documents, please

contact the Center for Environmental

Management Information at the above

address and telephone.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information on draft DOE O 435.1,

Radioactive Waste Management, and

draft DOE M 435.1, Radioactive Waste

Management Manual, or the Order

revision process, please contact: Martin

Letourneau, at the above address, by

telephone at 301–903–7656, or by e-mail

at: martin.letourneau@em.doe.gov.

For general information on the DOE

Directives System process, please

contact: Howard Landon, United States

Department of Energy, Office of Human

Resources and Administration, 1000

Independence Ave., SW, Washington,

DC 20585–0701, or call 202–586–4716.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft

Order and Manual on radioactive waste

management would revise the existing

DOE Order on radioactive waste

management, DOE 5820.2A. DOE is

revising the existing DOE Order to

reflect advances in radioactive waste

management practices, and changes

within DOE since the existing DOE

Order was issued in 1988.

The draft Order and Manual would

revise the procedural and managerial

requirements for the management of

radioactive waste in the existing DOE

Order. The scope of the draft Order and

Manual include:

(1) High-level waste management,

including closure of high-level waste

tank systems and management of

associated incidental wastes;

(2) Transuranic waste management,

including safe treatment, storage, and

characterization/certification to support

disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot

Plant;

(3) Low-level waste management,

with attention to disposal and

assessment of potential long-term

impacts of the disposal on projected

public dose; and

(4) The management of the radioactive

component of mixed wastes to comply

with external regulatory requirements,

including the Resource Conservation

and Recovery Act, which regulates the

management of the hazardous

component of mixed wastes.

DOE is also preparing an

Implementation Guide, which will

accompany the final Order and Manual.

The current radioactive waste

management Order, DOE 5820.2A,

provides that low-level and mixed lowlevel waste shall be disposed of at a

DOE facility, but authorizes the granting

of exemptions to allow disposal at a

non-DOE facility when such disposal

meets certain criteria. DOE is currently

conducting a policy analysis of the use

of non-DOE facilities for the disposal of

DOE’s low-level and mixed low-level

waste to determine, among other things,

whether this practice should be

expanded or further restricted. DOE

issued a notice of intent and request for

public comment regarding this policy

analysis on March 19, 1998 (63 FR

13396). Pending completion of that

analysis, the section of the draft Manual