Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 97 / Friday, May 18, 2001 / Notices 27635

Dated: May 14, 2001.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 01–12560 Filed 5–17–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Public Hearing for the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement/Draft

Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/

DEIR) for the Disposal and Reuse of

Fleet and Industrial Supply Center

Naval Fuel Depot (NFD) Point Molate,

CA

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Announcement of public

hearing.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

(Navy) has prepared and filed with the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) a DEIS/DEIR for disposal and

reuse of NFD Point Molate, California. A

public hearing will be held for the

purpose of receiving oral and written

comments on the DEIS/DEIR. Federal,

local and state of California agencies,

and interested individuals are invited to

be present at the hearing.

DATES: One public hearing will be held

on Wednesday, June 20, 2001, at 6:00

p.m.

ADDRESSES: City of Richmond Council

Chambers, 2600 Barrett Avenue,

Richmond, CA, 94804.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Robert A. Montana (06CM.RM),

Southwest Division, Naval Facilities

Engineering Command, 1220 Pacific

Highway, San Diego, CA, 92132–5190,

telephone (619) 532–0942, facsimile

(619) 532–0940.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Section 102(2)(c) of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

implemented by the Council on

Environmental Quality regulations (40

CFR Parts 1500–1508), the Navy has

prepared and filed with the EPA a DEIS/

DEIR for Disposal and Reuse of NFD

Point Molate, CA.

A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare

the DEIS/DEIR was published in the

Federal Register on September 15, 1997

(62 FR 178). A public scoping meeting

announcement was published on

September 27 and 28, 1997, in both the

West Contra Costa Times and the

Oakland Tribune, and on September 24

and 28, 1997, in the Richmond Post.

One public scoping meeting was held

on October 1, 1997, at the City of

Richmond Council Chambers,

Richmond, CA.

The proposed action is the disposal of

surplus Navy property for subsequent

reuse and redevelopment, in accordance

with the 1990 Defense Base Closure and

Realignment Act, and the 1995 Base

Closure and Realignment Commission

recommendations. A parcel totaling 413

acres (167 hectares) has been declared

surplus and is the focus of this DEIS/

DEIR. NFD Point Molate was

operationally closed on September 30,

1998.

The DEIS/DEIR evaluates three reuse

alternatives, each emphasizing various

types of development, e.g., residential,

commercial, industrial, open space,

recreation, etc. A fourth alternative, no

action, assumes no disposal of property

and retention of the depot by the Navy

in caretaker status. Under the No Action

alternative, the site would not be reused

or redeveloped. Environmental cleanup

would continue and be completed.

The base reuse plan recommended by

the Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee, a

committee appointed by the Local

Redevelopment Authority (LRA), was

approved by the Richmond City Council

acting as the LRA. It includes the

preferred reuse alternative of the City of

Richmond and the Navy. This plan,

Alternative 2, consists of the following

major elements: Commercial uses

including retail shops, bed and breakfast

establishments, small hotels, conference

centers, and office space; industrial uses

including manufacturing, sales and

distribution businesses, wholesale

services, warehousing, data processing,

telecommunications, and research and

development. No decision on the

proposed action will be made until the

NEPA process has been completed.

Potential impacts evaluated in the

DEIS/DEIR include, but are not limited

to land use compatibility; geology and

soils, traffic, utilities, air quality, and

public services. With one exception, all

potentially significant impacts under all

of the reuse alternatives can be

mitigated to non-significant levels.

Potentially significant but mitigable

impacts include: Future odor emissions

from necessary sewage treatment plants,

future requirements for developments to

be implemented in conformance with

existing guidelines for seismic hazards,

possible future impacts due to increased

traffic demand on the existing road

network, and an increase in emissions

which may exceed local air quality

standards. The one exception is a land

use compatibility impact; no mitigation

is available except to revise the land use

plan.

The DEIS/DEIR has been distributed

to affected federal, local and state of

California agencies and other interested

parties. In addition, copies of the DEIS/

DEIR are available for review at the

following public libraries:

—Richmond Public Library, 325 Civic

Center Plaza, Richmond, CA.

—West Side Branch Library, 135

Washington Avenue, Pt. Richmond,

CA.

A public hearing will be held to

inform the public of the DEIS/DEIR

findings and to solicit and receive oral

and written comments. The hearing will

be held at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday,

June 20, 2001, at city of Richmond

Council Chambers, 2600 Barrett

Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804.

Government agencies and interested

parties are invited to be present at the

hearing. Oral comments will be heard

and transcribed by a court recorder;

written comments are also requested to

ensure accuracy of the record. All

comments, both oral and written, will

become part of the official record. In the

interest of available time, each speaker

will be asked to limit oral comments to

three minutes. Those who intend to

speak will be asked to submit a speaker

card (available at the door). Longer

comments should be summarized at the

public hearing and submitted in writing

either at the hearing or mailed to Mr.

Robert A. Montana at the address given

above. Written comments are requested

not later than July 2, 2001.

Dated: May 8, 2001.

J.L. Roth,

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate

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

Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–12568 Filed 5–17–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Agency Information Collection Under

Review By The Office of Management

and Budget

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE), pursuant to section 3507(g) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

intends to extend for three years, an

information collection package with the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB). The Department’s Office of

Environment, Safety and Health

information collection package, OMB

No. 1910–5105, allows the Department

and its contractors to provide

management control and oversight over

health and safety programs concerning

worker exposure to ionizing radiation.

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DATES: Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

collections of information must be

mailed to the OMB Desk Officer, on or

before June 18, 2001. If you anticipate

that you will be submitting comments,

but find it difficult to do so within the

period of time allowed by this notice,

please advise the OMB Desk Officer of

your intention to make a submission as

soon as possible. The Desk Officer may

be telephoned at (202) 395–7318. In

addition, please notify the DOE contact

listed in this notice.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503. Persons

submitting comments to OMB are

requested to send a copy to Dr. Judith

D. Foulke, U.S. Department of Energy,

Office of Worker Protection Policy and

Programs (EH–52), Office of

Environment, Safety and Health, 19901

Germantown Road, Germantown, MD

20874–1290.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for copies of the Department’s

Paperwork Reduction Act Submission

and other information should be

directed to Ms. Susan L. Frey, U.S.

Department of Energy, Director, Records

Management Division, Office of Records

and Business Management (SO–312),

Office of the Chief Information Officer,

Germantown, MD 20874–1290. Ms. Frey

can be contacted by telephone at (301)

903–3666 or e-mail at

Susan.Frey@hq.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

package contains: (1) Current OMB No.

1910–5105; (2) Package Title:

Occupational Radiation Protection; (3)

Summary: Request for a three-year

extension without change, which covers

mandatory responses; (4) Purpose: The

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that comprise this

information collection will permit DOE

and its contractors to provide

management control and oversight over

health and safety programs concerning

worker exposure to ionizing radiation;

(5) Type of Respondents: 50 DOE

management and operating contractors;

(6) Estimated Number of Burden Hours:

50,000.

Statutory Authority: Sections 3507(h)(1) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. No. 104–13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Issued in Washington, DC on May 10,

2001.

Susan L. Frey,

Director, Records Management Division,

Office of Records and Business Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–12540 Filed 5–17–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science; Office of Science

Financial Assistance Program Notice

01–26: Program for Ecosystem

Research (PER)

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy

(DOE).

ACTION: Notice inviting grant

applications.

SUMMARY: The Office of Biological and

Environmental Research (OBER) of the

Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department

of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its

interest in receiving applications for

research grants in the Program for

Ecosystem Research (PER). Applications

should describe research projects that

address the scientific aims of PER.

Applications for research on carbon

sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems

were solicited under an earlier

announcement (Carbon Sequestration

Research Program; Notice 00–09), and

applications for research on terrestrial

ecosystem carbon cycle and carbon

balance were solicited under another

earlier announcement (Terrestrial

Carbon Processes (TCP) Notice 00–12).

Applications for research on those

topics will not be considered by PER.

DATES: Potential applicants are strongly

encouraged (but not required) to submit

a preapplication for programmatic

review. The deadline for

preapplications is July 2, 2001. A

response to the preapplications will be

communicated to the principal

investigators by July 9, 2001.

The deadline for receipt of formal

applications is 4:30 p.m., EST, August

13, 2001, to be accepted for merit review

and to permit timely consideration for

award in early Fiscal Year 2002. An

original and seven copies of the

application must be submitted.

Applicants are requested not to submit

multiple applications using more than

one delivery or mail service.

ADDRESSES: If submitting a

preapplication, it should be sent as

ASCII text attached to an e-mail to

Karen.Carlson@science.doe.gov, using

an e-mail subject line of ‘‘PER

preapplication.’’

Formal applications, referencing

Program Notice 01–26, should be sent

to: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of

Science, Grants and Contracts Division,

SC–64, 19901 Germantown Road,

Germantown, MD 20874–1290, ATTN:

Program Notice 01–26. This address

must also be used when submitting

applications by U.S. Postal Service

Express Mail or any other commercial

overnight delivery service, or when

hand-carried by the applicant.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Jeffrey S. Amthor, Environmental

Sciences Division, SC–74, Office of

Biological and Environmental Research,

U.S. Department of Energy, 19901

Germantown Road, Germantown, MD

20874–1290, telephone (301) 903–2507,

e-mail: Jeff.Amthor@science.doe.gov,

fax: (301) 903–8519. The full text of

Program Notice 01–26, is available via

the Internet at the following URL:

http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/

grants/grants.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE has

responsibility for developing energy

resources, technologies, and policies to

provide for the nation’s energy needs in

a manner that will maintain, protect,

and enhance environmental quality.

Complementary to this commitment,

and as part of the U.S. Global Change

Research Program, DOE also addresses

the question of how ecosystems respond

and adjust to global and regional

changes in atmospheric composition

and related climate changes associated

with energy production and use.

The mission of PER is to improve the

scientific basis for predicting or

detecting effects of simultaneous

changes in climate and atmospheric

composition on terrestrial ecosystems

and their component organisms and

processes. Ecosystem processes and

components of importance to humanity

are of special concern. Climatic and

atmospheric changes of key interest

include (but need not be limited to):

Warming (and changes in diurnal,

seasonal, and interannual temperature

cycles), changes in precipitation and

evapotranspiration (e.g., intensification

of the hydrologic cycle), changes in

frequency and/or magnitude of extreme

weather events and patterns, and rising

atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone

concentrations. (Hereafter, these climate

and atmospheric changes are referred to

as ‘‘environmental changes’’). Effects of

factors such as human land use and

introduction and spread of invasive

species on ecosystem structure and

function are of programmatic interest

only to the extent that they interact with

(modify impacts of) environmental

changes on terrestrial ecosystems, not as

stand-alone factors influencing

ecosystems and their component