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alternative, require removal of some

shaded riverine aquatic cover and

disturbance of the river channel,

impacts to wildlife habitat, possible

effects on escape areas for wildlife

during storm events, and possible

effects on wildlife movements. Such

activities could result in adverse effects

on fish habitat during and after

construction. Anadromous fish to be

evaluated are steelhead, which is listed

as threatened under the Endangered

Species Act, and chinook salmon.

• Water Quality. Potential

construction-related effects on water

quality include temperature changes,

turbidity, and possible disturbance and

mobilization of mercury present in the

sediments.

• Air Quality. Earthmoving associated

with constructing Alternative 2 could

result in increased PM10 (particulate

matter less than 10 microns in diameter)

emissions.

• Transportation and Traffic. Project

construction could result in temporary

construction-related traffic congestion.

• Hazardous Materials. Potential

construction-related effects on areas

surrounding the river would be

disturbance and mobilization of

mercury and other contaminants present

in the area soils and in the groundwater.

• Cultural Resources. Several cultural

resource sites exist along the lower

Guadalupe River and, depending on the

alternative, these sites might be

disturbed during LGRP construction. In

addition, unknown cultural resources

could be discovered and disturbed

during construction operations.

b. Affected federal, state and local

agencies, affected Indian tribes, and

other interested private organizations

and parties are invited to comment on

the proposal to prepare the draft EIR/EIS

and on the scope of issues to be

included therein.

c. The USACE and SCVWD will

consult local, state, and federal agencies

with regulatory or implementation

responsibility for, or expertise in, the

resources in the area of investigation.

These include, but are not limited to,

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

National Marine Fisheries Service, and

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;

the State Historic Preservation Officer,

California Department of Fish and

Game, California Environmental

Protection Agency, Regional Water

Quality Control Boards, State Lands

Commission, San Francisco Bay

Conservation and Development

Commission, and California Department

of Transportation; and the City of San

Jose and San Jose Redevelopment

Agency. The USACE will conduct an

environmental review of the project in

accordance with:

• National Environmental Policy Act,

• Section 404 of Clean Water Act,

• Section 10 of Rivers & Harbors Act,

• Endangered Species Act,

• Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;

Essential Fish Habitat,

• Clean Air Act,

• National Historic Preservation Act,

• Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act,

• Coastal Zone Management Act.

d. Meetings with interested persons

will be held during the scoping period

and after release of the draft EIR/EIS.

Coordination with federal and state

agencies, tribal governments, and local

governments will take place throughout

the entire process as necessary.

e. On May 3, 2000, a scoping meeting

will be held in the community to

describe the LGRP and solicit

suggestions, recommendations, and

comments to help refine the issues,

measures, and alternatives to be

addressed in the draft EIR/EIS. Specific

locations, dates, and times of the

meeting(s) will be published in local

newspaper(s) or other media, and

provided to those persons receiving this

notice and those who call or write after

seeing a published version.

f. A 45-day period will be provided

for public review and comment on the

draft EIR/EIS. All interested persons

should respond to this notice and

provide a current address if they wish

to be notified of the draft EIR/EIS. A 30-

day public review period will be

provided for review and comment on

the final EIR/EIS.

Availability

The draft EIR/EIS is expected to be

available for a 45-day public review and

comment period in fall 2000. The final

EIR/EIS is expected to be available for

a 30-day review period in March 2001.

(Authority: 40 CFR part 1501.7)

Dated: April 17, 2000.

Calvin C. Fong,

Chief, Regulatory Branch.

[FR Doc. 00–9990 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–19–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

Notice of Change in Disposal of

Buildings and Land at Closed Military

Installation; Former Naval Station

Puget Sound (Sand Point), Seattle, WA

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice provides

information on the surplus property at

the former Naval Station Puget Sound

(Sand Point), Seattle, Washington.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1991,

Naval Station Puget Sound (Sand Point),

Seattle, Washington, was designated for

closure pursuant to the Defense Base

Closure and Realignment Act of 1990,

Public Law 101–510, as amended. On

September 20, 1995, approximately 126

acres of land and facilities, located at

Sand Point were determined surplus to

the needs of the federal Government and

available for use by state and local

governments, representatives of the

homeless and other interested parties.

Approximately 11 acres were designated

to be a federal transfer to the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA). NOAA

declined the transfer and subsequently

the City of Seattle requested the

property for park and recreation

purposes and submitted an application

for the property under the Federal

Lands-to-Parks Program of the National

Park Service.

Surplus Property Description

The following is a listing of the

additional land and facilities at the

former Naval Station Puget Sound (Sand

Point), Seattle, Washington, that have

been declared surplus to the needs of

the federal Government:

Land

Approximately 11 acres of improved

and unimproved fee simple land at the

former Naval Station Puget Sound (Sand

Point), Seattle, Washington, located in

King County, in the northeastern

portion of the City of Seattle,

Washington. Area is immediately

available.

Buildings

The following is a summary of the

facilities located on the above described

land.

— Warehouse/storage facilities (1

structure). Comments: Approx.

115,000 square feet.

— Miscellaneous paved areas.

— Utility facilities. Comments:

Electrical, steam, water, sewage

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard A. Engel, Director, Department

of the Navy, Real Estate Operations

Division, Naval Facilities Engineering

Command, 1322 Patterson Ave. SE,

Suite 1000, Washington Navy Yard, DC

20374–5065, telephone (202) 685–9203

or Mike Brady, Director, Real Estate,

Engineering Field Activity, Northwest,

Naval Facilities Engineering Command,

19917 7th Avenue NE, Poulsbo, WA

98370–7570, telephone (360) 396–0908.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 78 / Friday, April 21, 2000 / Notices 21405

Dated: April 11, 2000.

J. L. Roth,

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–9949 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Chicago Operations Office, Office of

Industrial Technologies, Notice of the

Chemicals Industry of the Future

Solicitation

AGENCY: Chicago Operations Office,

DOE.

ACTION: Notice of financial assistance

solicitation availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) is announcing its

intention to solicit applications for

financial assistance for cost shared

research and development of

technologies that will enhance

economic competitiveness, reduce

energy consumption and reduce

environmental impacts of the U.S.

chemical industry. The DOE Office of

Industrial Technologies (OIT) seeks

industry cost-shared projects involving

at least two chemical industry

companies per project that address

research needs identified in Technology

Vision 2020: The U.S. Chemical

Industry ‘‘vision document’’ and the

subsequent Vision 2020 technology

roadmaps. These documents can be

found on the OIT web-site located at

http://www.oit.doe.gov/chemicals/. DOE

is interested in projects that focus on

applied research that lead to the

development and successful completion

of pilot-scale operations. Projects of

most interest will be those that

demonstrate broad chemical industry

applicability, and which will yield large

and replicable energy savings.

DATES: The complete solicitation

document will be available on or about

May 31, 2000. The deadline for

submission of applications will be

identified in the solicitation and should

occur during August, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the solicitation,

when issued, can be obtained from the

DOE Chicago Operations Office,

Acquisition and Assistance Home Page

at http://www.ch.doe.gov/business/

ACQ.htm under the heading ‘‘current

solicitations,’’ Solicitation No. DE–

SC02–00CH11040. Access to this Home

Page will also be possible through a hotlink from the OIT Chemicals web-site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Motz at (630) 252–2152; by mail at U.S.

Department of Energy, 9800 South Cass

Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439–4899; by

facsimile at (630) 252–5045; or by

electronic mail at john.motz@ch.doe.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

DOE through its Office of Industrial

Technologies (OIT) supports industries

in their efforts to increase energy

efficiency, reduce waste and increase

productivity. The goal of OIT is to

accelerate the development and use of

advanced energy efficient, renewable

and pollution prevention technologies

that benefit industry, the environment,

and U.S. energy security. OIT’s core

program is the Industries of the Future

(IOF) initiative that focuses on basic

materials and processing industries

such as the chemical industry.

Research and Development Solicitation

Topics

Responsive projects will cross-cut

several technological and

methodological roadmap areas

including, but not limited to, catalysis,

separations, new process chemistry,

reaction engineering, materials of

construction, computational fluid

dynamics, and computational

chemistry. Specific attention should be

given to system integration and process

operation and control development. The

outcome of these projects should be

pilot-scale demonstrations that will lead

to full-scale demonstration and

commercialization of process

technology. The technology

development project proposed must

show a high probability of

commercialization beyond a single

company. For this reason, the proposers

will need to describe the path to

commercialization that will impact

more than one company’s process

applications; the technology must show

a broad applicability in its proposed

configuration or in a similar adaptation

to other chemical industry applications.

Type and Number of Anticipated

Awards

Awards under this solicitation will be

cooperative agreements with a term of

up to three years. DOE is planning to

allocate approximately $4 million in

fiscal year 2001 for the selected projects,

subject to the availability of funds. It is

estimated that three to six projects will

be selected for cost-shared cooperative

agreements. Total estimated

Government funding for the solicitation

is approximately $12 million for the

maximum three-year period, subject to

the availability of funds.

Application Requirements

The projects must include teams that

comprise multi-disciplinary expertise

from corporate research, process

engineering, technology development

groups or companies, and new business

development organizations within and

outside chemical companies.

Applications that do not propose a

teaming arrangement of at least two

chemical industry companies will not

be evaluated. Teams shall be led by

chemical companies, but may include

partners from chemical product/raw

material suppliers, chemical customers,

equipment suppliers, engineering firms,

software and consulting firms,

universities, National Laboratories, and

research institutes.

Applicants will be required to cost

share a minimum of 50% of the total

project costs to be incurred under the

proposed project to be eligible for award

under this solicitation.

In addition to the foregoing, other

evaluation and selection criteria will be

developed in accordance with 10 CFR

600.10—Form and Content of

Applications and 10 CFR 600.13—Merit

Review.

Issued in Argonne, Illinois on April 11,

2000.

John D. Greenwood,

Acquisition and Assistance Group Manager

[FR Doc. 00–9982 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. OA97–111–001, OA97–112–

001 and OA97–124–001]

Cinergy Services, Inc.; Notice of Filing

April 14, 2000.

Take notice that on March 20, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy), as agent

for and on behalf of the Cinergy

Operating Companies, PSI Energy, Inc.

and The Cincinnati Gas & Electric

Company, submitted its compliance

filing pursuant to the Commission’s

February 29, 2000 Order in Allegheny

Power Service Company, et al., 90 FERC

¶ 61,224.

Cinergy states that it has served a

copy of its filing upon Hoosier Energy

Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.,

Southern Indiana Gas and Electric

Company and Indiana Municipal Power

Agency.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888