26408 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 17, 1995 / Notices

products in Category 603, produced or

manufactured in Thailand and exported

during the twelve-month period April

27, 1995 through April 26, 1996, at a

level of not less than 1,249,659

kilograms. On April 27, 1995, CITA

dropped its request for consultations

with Thailand on Category 603 that was

made on November 28, 1994 (see 60 FR

2081, published on January 6, 1995) and

resubmitted the request under Article 6

of the ATC.

A summary statement of serious

damage concerning Category 603

follows this notice.

Anyone wishing to comment or

provide data or information regarding

the treatment of Category 603, or to

comment on domestic production or

availability of products included in

Category 603, is invited to submit 10

copies of such comments or information

to Rita D. Hayes, Chairman, Committee

for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230;

ATTN: Helen L. LeGrande. The

comments received will be considered

in the context of the consultations with

the Government of Thailand.

Because the exact timing of the

consultations is not yet certain,

comments should be submitted

promptly. Comments or information

submitted in response to this notice will

be available for public inspection in the

Office of Textiles and Apparel, room

H3100, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC.

Further comments may be invited

regarding particular comments or

information received from the public

which the Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

considers appropriate for further

consideration.

The solicitation of comments

regarding any aspect of the agreement or

the implementation thereof is not a

waiver in any respect of the exemption

contained in 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1) relating

to matters which constitute ‘‘a foreign

affairs function of the United States.’’

The United States remains committed

to finding a solution concerning

Category 603. Should such a solution be

reached in consultations with the

Government Thailand, further notice

will be published in the Federal

Register.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 59 FR 65531,

published on December 20, 1994).

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Summary Statement of Serious Damage

Spun Yarn Containing 85 Percent or More

By Weight Artificial Staple Fiber—Category

603

April 1995

The sharp and substantial increase in

imports of spun yarn containing 85

percent or more by weight artificial

staple fiber, Category 603, is causing

serious damage to the U.S. industry

producing spun yarn containing 85

percent or more by weight artificial

staple fiber.

Category 603 imports surged from

5,259,000 kilograms in 1992 to

9,886,000 kilograms in 1993, a 88

percent increase. Imports of spun yarns

containing 85 percent or more by weight

artificial staple fiber, Category 603,

continued to increase in 1994 and 1995,

reaching 12,966,000 kilograms during

year ending January 1995, 27 percent

above the year ending January 1994

level and two and a half times the 1992

level.

Serious damage to the domestic

industry resulting from the sharp and

substantial increase in imports of spun

yarn containing 85 percent or more by

weight artificial staple fiber is attributed

to imports from Thailand. Surging

imports and low priced yarns from

Thailand have resulted in loss of

domestic output, market share,

investment, employment, and manhours worked.

U.S. imports of spun yarn containing

85 percent or more by weight artificial

staple fiber, Category 603, from

Thailand reached 1,249,659 kilograms

during the year ending January 1995,

three times the 408,257 kilograms

imported during the year ending

January 1994 and two times Thailand’s

calendar year 1992 import level.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Base Closure and

Realignment Commission Investigative

Hearings

AGENCY: Defense Base Closure and

Realignment Commission (a

Presidentially appointed commission

separate from and independent of DoD.

ACTION: Notice of additional bases for

closure/realignment consideration.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Pub. L. 101–510,

as amended, the Defense Base Closure

and Realignment Commission

announces 36 domestic U.S. defense

activities that require further analysis as

potential candidates for closure or

realignment.

The Commission added Minot Air

Force Base ND on March 7, 1995, as a

potential candidate for realignment.

Included on the following list are 31

activities in addition to those

recommended for closure or

realignment by the Secretary of Defense

on February 28, 1995. Also included on

the list are 4 installations recommended

for realignment on the February 28,

1995, list that the Commission will

consider for increasing the extent of the

Secretary’s recommended realignment

or for closure.

On May 10, 1995, the Commission

approved the following 35 activities for

further analysis and consideration and

as proposed changes to the Secretary’s

February 28, 1995, list:

Alabama

Space and Strategic Defense

Command (Huntsville leased space)

California

Oakland Army Base

Engineering Field Activity West,

Naval Facilities Engineering

Command

Fleet and Industrial Supply Center

Oakland

Naval Air Station Point Mugu

Naval Warfare Assessment Division

Corona

Supervisor of Shipbuilding,

Conversion, and Repair San

Francisco

McClellan Air Force Base

Defense Distribution Depot McClellan

Florida

Homestead Air Reserve Station

Georgia

Naval Air Station Atlanta

Robins Air Force Base

Defense Distribution Depot WarnerRobins

Guam

Public Works Center

Illinois

Chicago O’Hare International Airport

Air Reserve Station

Maine

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Maryland

Fort Holabird

Minnesota

Minneapolis-Saint Paul International

Airport Air Reserve Station

Mississippi

Columbus Air Force Base

New York

Niagra Falls International Airport Air

Reserve Station
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North Dakota

Grand Forks Air Force Base

Ohio

Youngstown-Warren Municipal

Airport Air Reserve Station

Oklahoma

Tinker Air Force Base

Defense Distribution Depot Oklahoma

City

Vance Air Force Base

Pennsylvania

Letterkenny Army Depot

Tobyhanna Army Depot

Defense Distribution Depot

Tobyhanna

Texas

Kelly Air Force Base

Defense Distribution Depot San

Antonio

Carswell Air Reserve Station, Naval

Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve

Base Laughlin Air Force Base

Utah

Hill Air Force Base

Defense Distribution Depot Hill

Wisconsin

General Mitchell International Airport

Air Reserve Station

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Wade Nelson, Director of

Communications, at (703) 696–0504.

Dated: May 11, 1995.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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Department of the Air Force

USAF Scientific Advisory Board

Meeting

The USAF Scientific Advisory

Board’s Science & Technology Review

of Advanced Weapons will meet on 5–

9 June 1995 at Kirtland AFB, NM from

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The purpose of the meeting is to

fulfill the yearly SAB Science and

Technology Review in the area of

Advanced Weapons.

The meeting will be closed to the

public in accordance with Section 552b

of Title 5, United States Code,

specifically subparagraphs (1) and (4)

thereof.

For further information, contact the

Scientific Advisory Board Secretariat at

(703) 697–8845.

Patsy J. Conner,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–12130 Filed 5–16–95; 8:45 am]

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Corps of Engineers

Intent To Prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement and Notice of Public

Scoping Meeting

AGENCY: Corps of Engineers, Omaha

District.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The Metropolitan Utilities

District (District), Omaha Nebraska,

proposes to construct a 104 million

gallon per day (MGD) well field near the

Platte River in western Douglas and

eastern Saunders Counties, Nebraska.

The proposed project also includes a

water treatment plant and transmission

pipelines. The purpose of the proposed

project is to provide additional public

water supply to meet customer

requirements through the year 2030 and

to improve water source reliability for

the District’s growing service area.

The proposed action will require a

Corps of Engineers’ permit pursuant to

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33

U.S.C. 1344), which authorizes the

Corps of Engineers to issue permits for

the discharge of dredged or fill material

into the waters of the United States. In

accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

implementing regulations, an

environmental impact statement will be

prepared to analyze the environmental

impacts of the proposed action and

alternatives. A public scoping meeting

has been scheduled to solicit comments

regarding the scope of the

environmental studies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the proposed action

and Environmental Impact Statement

should be directed to: Mr. Richard D.

Gorton, Chief, Environmental Analysis

Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

215 North 17th Street, Omaha, Nebraska

68102–4978; phone (402) 221–4598; fax

(402) 221–4886.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Metropolitan Utilities District (District)

is the potable water supplier of Omaha,

Nebraska, and the surrounding area. The

District is experiencing a steady growth

within its existing and expanding

service area boundaries. It has

determined that an additional 100 MGD

supply would be required by the year

2030. It has also concluded that if peak

day design conditions were to occur any

year after 1995, the District would not

be able to meet those demands. The

District does not currently have any

excess production capacity to provide

reliability during peak water demand

periods.

The proposed project would include a

total of 42 wells in the Platte River

alluvial aquifer and associated pumping

equipment, water transmission

pipelines, a water treatment facility, and

a 25-million-gallon storage reservoir.

These facilities would deliver water to

the western portion of the District’s

distribution system.

Alternatives to the proposed action

identified to date include:

• Construction of well facilities in the

Platte River alluvial aquifer in

alternative locations;

• Construction of additional facilities

to supply water from the Missouri River;

• No Federal action.

A public scoping meeting has been

scheduled for June 1, 1995 at 7:00 p.m.

at the Russell Middle School Cafeteria,

5304 South 172 Street, Omaha,

Nebraska.

The purpose of the scoping meetings

is to solicit public input on issues,

studies needed, alternatives to be

evaluated, and potential environmental

effects. Written comments will also be

requested.

Potential significant environmental

issues include effects on threatened and

endangered species and the indirect

effects of drawdown on wetlands and

recreational lakes.

Other applicable and pertinent

environmental review and consultation

requirements will be undertaken

simultaneously with the NEPA process,

including requirements of the

Endangered Species Act, Fish and

Wildlife Coordination Act, National

Historic Preservation Act, Clean Water

Act, Clean Air Act, and others.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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Department of the Army

International Personal Property

Program—Synopsis of Comments

Received

AGENCY: Military Traffic Management

Command, DOD.

ACTION: Notice (Provide industry a

synopsis of comments received from the

carrier industry regarding the increase

in carrier liability for international

shipments and the elimination of the

valuation charges for domestic

shipments).

SUMMARY: The following synopsis

includes the comments received from a

total of six carriers/associations/bureaus

and MTMC’s response to each of these

comments:

1. Comment: MTMC’s proposal states

that it is based upon the results of a