28426 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 23, 2001 / Notices

This limit may be revised if Russia

becomes a member of the World Trade

Organization (WTO) and the United States

applies the WTO agreement to Russia.

In carrying out the above directions, the

Commissioner of Customs should construe

entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that this

action falls within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C.553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 01–13022 Filed 5–22–01; 8:45 am]

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: Commission Meeting,

Wednesday, May 30, 2001, 10:00 a.m.

LOCATION: Room 420, East West Towers,

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda,

Maryland.

STATUS: Open to the Public.

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: 

BABY BATH SEATS (PETITION HP 00–4): The

Commission will consider options

regarding Petition HP 00–4, filed by the

Consumer Federation of America and

nine other organizations, requesting that

the Commission ban baby bath seats to

address a risk of injury or death by

drowning.

For a recorded message containing the

latest agenda information, call (301)

504–0709.

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION: Sadye E. Dunn, Office of

the Secretary, 4330 East West Highway,

Bethesda, MD 20207 (301) 504–0800.

Dated: May 21, 2001.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–13175 Filed 5–21–01; 2:48 pm]

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: Commission Meeting,

Thursday, May 31, 2001, 10:00 a.m.

LOCATION: Room 420, East West Towers,

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda,

Maryland.

STATUS: Open to the Public.

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: 

MID-YEAR REVIEW: The staff will brief the

Commission on issues related to fiscal

year 2001 mid-year review.

For a recorded message containing the

latest agenda information, call (301)

504–0709.

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION: Sadye E. Dunn, Office of

the Secretary, 4330 East West Highway,

Bethesda, MD 20207 (301) 504–0800.

Dated: May 21, 2001.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–13176 Filed 5–21–01; 2:48 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

HQ USAF Scientific Advisory Board

The Commercial Space Technology,

Systems Architecture & Policy Panel

andThreat Panel Meeting will meet in

Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico on

May 31–June 1, 2001 from 8 a.m. to 5

p.m.

The purpose of the meeting is to

receive briefings and discuss the

direction of the study. This meeting will

be closed to the public in accordance

with Section 552b(c) of Title 5, United

States Code, specifically subparagraphs

(1) and (4) thereof.

For further information, contact the

HQ USAF Scientific Advisory Board

Secretariat at (703) 697–8404.

Janet A. Long,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–13006 Filed 5–22–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

HQ USAF Scientific Advisory Board

The C2 Advisory Group Meeting will

meet in Langley Air Force Base, Virginia

on May 24–25, 2001 from 8 a.m. to 5

p.m.

The purpose of the meeting is to

receive briefings and discuss the

direction of the study. This meeting will

be closed to the public in accordance

with Section 552b(c) of Title 5, United

States Code, specifically subparagraphs

(1) and (4) thereof.

For further information, contact the

HQ USAF Scientific Advisory Board

Secretariat at (703) 697–8404.

Janet A. Long,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–13007 Filed 5–22–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Notice of Availability—Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for the Northern Training

Complex With a Multi-Purpose Digital

Training Range and Expanded

Maneuver Areas, Drop Zones and

Landing Zones at Fort Knox, Kentucky

AGENCY: U.S. Army Armor Center and

Fort Knox, Department of the Army,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA), the Army has prepared a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

for the construction and operation of a

multi-purpose digital training range and

a series of maneuver areas, drop zones

and landing zones at Fort Knox,

Kentucky. The DEIS analyzes the

impacts of the proposed facilities. These

facilities would provide a multifunctional war-fighting capability to

meet the Army’s training needs for

soldiers in urban and restricted terrain

combat scenarios. The DEIS identifies

various alternatives and the associated

environmental impacts of the proposed

alternatives.

DATES: Written comments will be

received on or before July 9, 2001 by the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

ADDRESSES: Questions about the DEIS,

submission of written comments or

requests for copies of the DEIS may be

made to: Environmental Management

Division, Directorate of Base Operations

Support, U.S. Army Armor Center,

ATTN: ATZK–OSE, Building 1110,

Room 216, Ironsides & 6th Avenue, Fort

Knox, KY 40121–5000. Submit

electronic comments and data by email

to: Linda.Pollock@knox.army.mil.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Al Freeland or Mrs. Gail Pollock,

Environmental Management Division,

Directorate of Base Operations Support,

U.S. Army Armor Center, ATTN:

ATZK–OSE, Building 1110, Room 216,

Ironsides & 6th Avenue, Fort Knox, KY

40121–5000, by calling (502) 624–3629

or by fax at (502) 624–3000.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed project includes upgrading an

existing training range to a modern

digitized multi-purpose training range;

construction of a series of landing

zones, drop zones and maneuver areas

and a grassed C130 landing strip;

upgrade of existing roads; installation of

fiber optics and other infrastructure

improvements. The facilities would

prepare the mounted force warriors for

full spectrum combat operations. The

proposed facilities would fully support

new equipment training such as the

M1A2 Main Battle Bank (MBT) Systems

Enhancement Package (SEP), the M2A3

Bradley Fighting Vehicles, and the Light

Armored Vehicle (LAV III), as well as

other enhanced vehicles requiring

digital capability. These vehicles are

equipped with a dynamic new computer

system that uses digital technology to

provide soldiers with on the move and

instantaneous battlefield

communications. The Notice of Intent

for the proposed project was published

in the Federal Register (65 FR 31534,

May 18, 2000).

Submit electronic comments and data

by sending via electronic mail (email) to

Linda.Pollock@knox.army.mil. Submit

comments as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Fort Knox also accepts

data on disks in Microsoft Word 2000

file format or ASCII format.

Individuals who wish to review the

DEIS may examine a copy at any of the

following locations: Barr Library, 400

Quartermaster Street, Fort Knox,

Kentucky 40121–5000 and Ridgeway

Memorial Library, 127 North Walnut

Street, P.O. Box 146, Shepherdsville,

Kentucky 40165.

The DEIS has also been distributed to

Federal, state, and local regulatory

agencies, known interested

organizations, and those individuals

who have requested it.

Dated: May 17, 2001.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army

(Environment, Safety and Occupational

Health), OASA (I&E)

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Notice of Availability of the Proposed

Army Alternate Procedures Regarding

the Protection of Army Historic

Properties and Environmental

Assessment/Finding of No Significant

Impact for the Adoption of the Army

Alternate Procedures

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This announces the

availability of the Army Alternate

Procedures (AAP) to 36 CFR Part 800:

Protection of Army Historic Properties

and Environmental Assessment (EA)/

Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI)

for the adoption of the AAP. The Army

intends to sign the FONSI unless public

comments identify significant impacts

or issues that have not been considered.

The AAP is an optional procedure that

an installation may choose to adopt to

satisfy compliance with Section 106 of

the National Historic Preservation Act

(NHPA) in lieu of the existing

regulations set forth in the Advisory

Council on Historic Preservation’s

(Council) regulations at 36 CFR Part

800. The Army and the Council have

consulted extensively with State

Historic Preservation Officers, Indian

tribes and Native Hawaiian

organizations, and the National Trust for

Historic Preservation throughout the

development of the AAP. The EA gives

full consideration and adoption of

alternate procedures as the proposed

action, and two reasonable alternatives

to the proposed action.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

June 22, 2001.

ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the

proposed AAP, the EA, and FONSI,

contact the U.S. Army Environmental

Center, ATTN: SFIM–AEC–PA (Joe

Ricci), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

21010–5401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Chuck Wright at (703) 693–0675.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed action is the adoption of the

proposed AAP for compliance with

Section 106 of the NHPA and for

comprehensive management and

preservation of historic properties on

lands owned or controlled by the

Department of the Army. The AAP, once

adopted, would stand in place of the

project-by-project review procedures set

forth in 36 CFR Part 800. The AAP’s

build upon and rely on the internal

policy requirement for installations to

prepare Integrated Cultural Resource

Management Plans in accordance with

Army Regulation 200–4, Cultural

Resources Management, as implemented

by more detailed guidance in

Department of the Army Pamphlet 200–

4. The AAP’s would authorize Army

installation commanders to develop

Historic Property Components (HPC) to

the installation’s Integrated Cultural

Resources Management Plan (ICRMP).

Once certified by the Council, the HPC

would serve as the installation’s Section

106 compliance agreement for a five (5)

year period. The installation’s Section

106 compliance responsibilities would

be met through implementation of the

HPC rather than case-by-case,

formalized, external review of

individual undertakings as presently

required by 36 CFR Part 800.

Installations choosing not to develop

certified HPC’s would continue to

review undertakings in accordance with

36 CFR Part 800.

The EA considered, evaluated and

assessed alternatives: (a) The No Action

Alternative (continued project-byproject review under 36 CFR Part 800);

(b) The Programmatic Agreement (PA)

Alternative (adoption of an agency

policy encouraging the use of PA’s

under existing regulations to implement

the historic preservation portions of an

installation’s ICRMP); and (c) the

proposed action alternative (adoption of

the AAP’s). Consideration of the

alternatives analyzed in the EA leads to

the Army’s decision to adopt the AAP’s.

The No Action Alternative would allow

a continued ad-hoc approach to

compliance with Section 106 and

management of historic properties. With

the anticipated growth in the Army’s

historic properties inventory, continued

review of undertakings on a case-bycase basis will likely remain inefficient

and lead to increased program costs.

The PA Alternative better meets the

stated purpose and need since it would

provide a programmatic basis for

Section 106 compliance, relying on an

installation’s ICRMP. The Army’s past

experience with PA’s, however, is that

they have not been effective in resolving

adverse effects, and, generally result in

reversion to case-by-case, formalized,

external review when such effects are

identified. The proposed action (i.e.,

AAP’s) more squarely meets the stated

purpose and need for action. The

AAP’s) more squarely meets the stated

purpose and need for action. The AAP’s

build on the present management

approach established by Army

Regulation 200–4 and leverage the

existing Army historic properties

management policy, programs and

participants. Management in this

manner will facilitate overall Army