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military resale commodities and

services proposed for addition to the

Procurement List.

Accordingly, the following

commodities, military resale

commodities and services are hereby

added to the Procurement List:

Commodities

Carrying Cover, Arch

8340–00–556–9674

Military Resale Commodities

Pillow, Fiber Fill

M.R. 764

M.R. 765

M.R. 766

Services

Data Entry/Data Base Management,

General Services Administration,

Federal Supply Service Bureau,

Washington, DC

Grounds Maintenance

Defense Finance and Accounting

Service, Building 951, 1111 East Mill

Street, San Bernadino, California

Grounds Maintenance

Marine Corps Support Activity,

Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport,

Kansas City, Missouri

Janitorial/Custodial for the following

Springfield, Illinois locations:

Paul Findley Federal Building, 600 E.

Monroe Street

Sarah Cook House, 508 S. 8th Street

Henson Robinson House, 520 S. 8th

Street

Janitorial/Custodial for the following

Albuquerque, New Mexico locations:

Petroglyph National Monument

Headquarters, 6001 Unser Boulevard

NW, Petroglyph National Monument

Visitor Center and Ranger Station,

4735 Unser Boulevard

Janitorial/Custodial

Letterkenny Army Depot,

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Laundry Service

Naval Air Station, North Island,

Bachelor Enlisted Quarters and

Bachelor Officer Quarters, San Diego,

California

Recycling Service

Westover Air Reserve Base, Chicopee,

Massachusetts

Recycling Service

McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey

Storage/Distribution of Clothing & Other

Items

Corporation for National Service,

Americorps, Washington, DC

Switchboard Operation

Samuel S. Stratton Veterans Affairs

Medical Center, Albany, New York

Toner Cartridge Remanufacturing, Naval

Training Center, Great Lakes, Ilinois

This action does not affect current

contracts awarded prior to the effective

date of this addition or options

exercised under those contracts.

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Medical Isotopes Production Project:

Molybdenum-99 and Related Isotopes

Availability of Draft Environmental

Impact Statement and Public Hearings

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability and public

hearings.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) announces the availability of the

Medical Isotopes Production Project:

Molybdenum-99 and Related Isotopes

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(Draft EIS), DOE/EIS–0249D, for public

review and comment. DOE also

announces the dates, times, and

locations for public hearings on the

Draft EIS. The alternative facilities for

the proposed project that are analyzed

in the Draft EIS are located at the Idaho

National Engineering Laboratory near

Idaho Falls, Idaho; Sandia National

Laboratories/New Mexico in

Albuquerque, New Mexico; Los Alamos

National Laboratory in Los Alamos,

New Mexico; and Oak Ridge National

Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

DATES: DOE filed the Draft EIS with the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

on December 15, 1995, with an expected

Federal Register publication date for the

notice of availability of December 22,

1995. Written comments on the Draft

EIS are invited from the public.

Comments must be postmarked by

February 9, 1996, to ensure

consideration; comments postmarked

after that date will be considered to the

extent practicable. The DOE will use the

comments received to help prepare the

final version of the EIS. Public hearings

on the Draft EIS will be held as follows:

Idaho National Engineering

Laboratory—January 17, 1996, 1:00

p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to

10:00 p.m., Shilo Inn, 780 Lindsay

Boulevard, Idaho Falls, ID 83402

Oak Ridge National Laboratory—January

25, 1996, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and

7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Pollard

Auditorium, 210 Badger Avenue, Oak

Ridge, TN 37830

Sandia National Laboratories/New

Mexico—January 30, 1996, 1:00 p.m.

to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00

p.m., Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,

Main Auditorium, 2401 12th Street,

Albuquerque, NM, 87104

Los Alamos National Laboratory—

February 1, 1996, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00

p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.,

Fuller Lodge, Pajarito Room, 2132

Central Avenue, Los Alamos, NM

87544.

The meetings will provide

opportunities for information exchange

and discussion as well as for the

submittal of prepared statements.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the

Draft EIS, written comments on the

Draft EIS, or other matters regarding this

environmental review should be

addressed to: Mr. Wade Carroll, EIS

Project Manager, NE–70, U.S.

Department of Energy, 19901

Germantown Road, Germantown, MD

20874–1290. Mr. Carroll may be

contacted by telephone at (301) 903–

7731, facsimile (301) 903–5434.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information on the DOE NEPA

process, please contact: Ms. Carol

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA

Policy and Assistance, EH–42, U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Ave. SW, Washington,

D.C. 20585. Ms. Borgstrom may be

contacted by leaving a message at (800)

472–2756 or by calling (202) 586–4600.

For general information on the DOE

isotope production program, please

contact: Mr. Owen W. Lowe, Associate

Director, Office of Isotope Production

and Distribution, NE–70, U.S.

Department of Energy, 19901

Germantown Road, Germantown, MD

20874–1290. Mr. Lowe may be

contacted by calling (301) 903–5161.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft

EIS was prepared pursuant to the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.],

the Council on Environmental Quality’s

NEPA regulations [40 CFR Parts 1500–

1508] and the DOE NEPA regulations

[10 CFR Part 1021].

The Department proposes to establish

a medical isotope production project

that would ensure a reliable domestic

supply of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) and

related medical isotopes (iodine-125,

iodine-131, and xenon-133). Mo-99

decays to form technetium-99m (Tc99m), an important medical isotope.

Radioactive isotopes are used in more

than 38,000 diagnostic medical

procedures each day in the United

States. Tc-99m is used in over 80

percent of these procedures.

The United States medical

community now relies on a single small

nuclear reactor in Canada for its entire

supply of Mo-99. The near term goal of
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DOE is to provide a backup capability

to supply a baseline production level of

10 to 30 percent of current United States

demand for Mo-99. The near term goal

also includes establishing the capability

to supply 100 percent of the United

States demand for Mo-99 should the

existing Canadian source be

unavailable. The baseline capability

would maintain the capabilities of the

facilities and staff needed to respond on

short notice to supply the entire United

States demand if necessary.

It is the Department’s position that, in

the long-term, the domestic production

of Mo-99 should be conducted by the

private sector. The Department

encourages the development of private

sources in the United States for the

production of Mo-99, and would phase

out production if a private source begins

to produce Mo-99 reliably. The longterm domestic production of Mo-99 by

private sources is not within the scope

of this EIS.

The Draft EIS analyzes the

environmental consequences of

alternative ways to accomplish the

proposed action. The Department’s

preferred alternative would be to modify

and operate the Annular Core Research

Reactor and associated hot cell facility

at Sandia National Laboratories/New

Mexico and the Chemistry and

Metallurgy Research facility at Los

Alamos National Laboratory to produce

Mo-99 and related medical isotopes.

The Draft EIS also analyzes the

environmental impacts of producing

Mo-99 using the Omega West reactor at

Los Alamos National Laboratory, the

Power Burst Facility at Idaho National

Engineering Laboratory, and the Oak

Ridge Research Reactor at Oak Ridge

National Laboratory, as well as the

impacts of not establishing a Mo-99

production source (the No Action

alternative).

DOE has distributed copies of the

Draft EIS to appropriate Congressional

members and committees, the States of

Idaho, New Mexico, and Tennessee,

American Indian tribal governments,

local county governments, other federal

agencies, and other interested parties.

Additional copies are available as

indicated above.

Signed in Washington, D.C., this 18th day

of December, 1995, for the United States

Department of Energy.

Ray A. Hunter,

Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Energy,

Science and Technology.

[FR Doc. 95–31186 Filed 12–21–95; 8:45 am]

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission and the Puerto Rico

Planning Board

EcoEle ́ctrica, L.P.; Notice of Comment

Period Extension

December 15, 1995.

Due to comments received on the

Draft Environmental Impact Statement/

Preliminary Environmental Impact

Statement for the proposed EcoEle ́ctrica

LNG Import Terminal and Cogeneration

Project in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, the

comment period is extended from

December 26, 1995 to January 23, 1996.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–31123 Filed 12–21–95; 8:45 am]

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[Project No. 2413–026 Georgia]

Georgia Power Company; Notice of

Availability of Environmental

Assessment

December 18, 1995.

An environmental assessment (EA) is

available for public review. The EA is

for an application to amend the license

for the Wallace Project. The application

is to exchange approximately 500 acres

of project lands for approximately 500

acres of non-project lands located on the

shores of Lake Oconee. The EA finds

that approval of the application would

not constitute a major Federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment. The Wallace

Project is located on the Oconee River

in Greene and Putnam Counties,

Georgia.

The EA was written by staff in the

Office of Hydropower Licensing,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Copies of the EA are available for review

at the Commission’s Reference and

Information Center, Room 2–A, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Copies can also be obtained by calling

the project manager listed below.

Please submit any comments within

20 days of the date of this notice.

Comments should be addressed to Lois

D. Cashell, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street

NE., Washington, DC 20426. Please affix

the project number to all comments. For

further information, please contact the

project manager, Jon Cofrancesco at

(202) 219–0079.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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[Project Nos. 2433–004–MI/WI, 2357–003–MI/

WI, 2394–006–MI/WI, 2536–009–MI/WI]

Wisconsin Public Service Corporation,

et al.; Notice of Intent to Hold Public

Meetings in Marinette, Wisconsin to

Discuss the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) for the

Proposed Relicensing of the Grand

Rapids, Chalk Hill, White Rapids, and

Little Quinnesec Hydroelectric Projects

December 18, 1995.

On November 22, 1995, the

Commission staff mailed the DEIS to the

Environmental Protection Agency,

resource and land management

agencies, and interested organizations

and individuals. This document

evaluates the environmental

consequences of the proposed

relicensing of the Grand Rapids, White

Rapids, Chalk Hill, and Little Quinnesec

Hydroelectric Projects. The projects are

located on the lower Menominee River

in Menominee and Dickinson Counties,

Michigan and Marinette County,

Wisconsin.

Two public meetings will be recorded

by a court reporter and are scheduled to

be held at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on

Thursday, January 4, 1996, at the Best

Western Riverfront Inn, 1821 Riverside

Avenue, Marinette, Wisconsin. You are

invited to attend either or both public

meetings.

At the meetings, Commission Staff

will summarize major DEIS findings and

recommendations. Resource agency

personnel and other interested persons

will have an opportunity to submit oral

and written comments on the DEIS for

the Commission’s public record. Written

comments on the DEIS may also be sent

to: The Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.

Comments must be received on or

before January 16, 1995. All

correspondence should include the

project name and number on the first

page of the correspondence.

The DEIS considers recommendations

of government agencies,

nongovernmental organizations, affected

Indian tribes, the public, the license

applicants, and the Commission’s staff.

It evaluates natural and social resource

benefits, the economic costs, and the

project-specific and cumulative

environmental impacts associated with

relicensing the projects.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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