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electrically conductive concrete articles

used for electromagnetic shielding.

USP 5,351,529 is an apparatus for

testing an electronic engine speed

control governor separate from an

engine and a connected load.

USP 5,358,057 an improved cone

penetrometer for taking multiple

samples of soil gas and ground water in

such a way that the samples can not be

contaminated with fluids, gasses, or

soils carried by the penetrometer as it

penetrates the soil.

USP 5,361,550 is an apparatus and

method which provides a safe and

secure environment for workers at a

hazardous, toxic, or radioactive work

site, provides for continuous operations

at such a site regardless of weather

conditions, and also, can act as a

secondary containment structure

preventing airborne release of

hazardous, toxic, or radioactive

particles.

USP 5,361,642 is a field-free stress

gauge capable of dynamic or static

response measurements in geological

rock and soil formations, concrete,

asphalt, or other materials. The gauge

can also be incorporated and measure

static stresses in building, bridges, and

roads.

USP 5,366,547 provides a means for

extending and controlling the settling

time for alkali-activated silicate glass

cements.

Kenneth L. Denton,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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Department of the Navy

Record of Decision for Realignment of

Naval Air Station Lemoore, California

Pursuant to section 102(2) of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 and the Council on

Environmental Quality regulations for

implementing NEPA procedures (40

CFR 1500–1508), the Department of the

Navy announces its decision to

implement the realignment of Naval Air

Station (NAS) Lemoore, California.

In accordance with the legislative

requirements of the Base Closure and

Realignment Act of 1990 (Public Law

101–510), as implemented by the 1993

Defense Base Closure and Realignment

process (BRAC–93), the Navy has been

directed to relocate mission and

operations from NAS Miramar to NAS

Lemoore, California. The majority of

naval training at NAS Miramar will be

relocated to NAS Lemoore.

A Draft Environmental Impact

Statement was prepared for the action

and distributed to Federal, State, and

local agencies and to interested

individuals and groups. Public

comments and Navy responses to those

comments were incorporated into a

Final Environmental Impact Statement

(FEIS) which was distributed to the

public for a review period that ended on

January 3, 1995. Two letters of comment

were received and both expressed

concern about lack of schoolroom

capacity.

The realignment will relocate 56 F–14

and 16 E–2 aircraft from NAS Miramar

to NAS Lemoore, resulting in an

increase of 72 aircraft at NAS Lemoore.

The number of permanent-party

personnel necessary to support, service,

and maintain new aircraft and flight

operations and apprentice school

training will increase by approximately

3,990 and the number of civilian

personnel will increase by 484 over the

period from 1995 through 1998. The

number of school age students in grades

kindergarten through 12 is expected to

increase by approximately 2,300 by

1998. About 98 military construction

(MILCON) projects are required to

accommodate the realignment at NAS

Lemoore. The projects include upgrades

of existing facilities, construction of

new facilities to support new aircraft

operations and maintenance functions,

and new housing and temporary

quarters for the increased number of

students and permanent-party

personnel. Approximately 1,936 of the

personnel relocating to NAS Lemoore

will live off-station and reside primarily

in the nearby Lemoore and Hanford

communities. In addition to the

construction and renovation projects,

future establishment of a Lemoore

Military Operations Area (MOA) and

two Air Traffic Control Assigned Spaces

(ATCAAs) were addressed in the EIS.

The Lemoore MOA would extend

approximately 23 miles northwest of

NAS Lemoore and 37 miles southeast to

include approximately 2,055 square

miles of airspace. The ATCAAs would

be implemented within the geographic

boundaries of the MOA. The Lemoore

MOA and the ATCAAs would designate

airspace for military training activities.

The Navy will apply to the Federal

Aviation Administration (FAA) for

formal designation of the MOA and

ATCAAs.

The Defense Base Closure and

Realignment Act waived certain aspects

of NEPA such that the environmental

analysis need not consider the no-action

alternative (no realignment), nor other

realignment locations. Alternative

means of accommodating the mandated

BRAC–93 realignment at NAS Lemoore

that were considered, but eliminated

from detailed analysis, include

retrofitting and remodeling existing

structures and the use of rental units

outside NAS Lemoore. Sites considered

at NAS Lemoore for the new facilities/

renovations avoided environmentally

sensitive areas, and were selected based

on the following functional

considerations: adequacy of existing

structures for the proposed uses,

availability of utilities, and proximity of

the structure/site to existing and related

facilities, such as hangars, warehouses,

classrooms, administrative offices,

housing and recreational facilities.

There will be no significant impacts

to air traffic either in the existing

operating areas used for training or from

the implementation of the MOA and the

two ATCAAs. Rerouting of nonparticipating aircraft around the MOA

boundaries, however, may be necessary

during time of MOA use. The NAS

Lemoore air traffic facility will be

responsible for routing military and

civilian general aviation aircraft around

the MOA. The FAA will be responsible

for rerouting commercial flights when

the MOA or ATCAAs are activated. The

number of aircraft requiring rerouting is

projected to be small and no impacts to

public health and safety will result from

the implementation of the MOA or

ATCAAs.

There will be no significant impacts

to surface water or wetlands. There will

be no significant impacts to

groundwater or potable water resources

as a result of the realignment.

The action will increase total flight

operations at NAS Lemoore, but will not

produce a significant change in ambient

noise levels on-station or in surrounding

communities. Appropriate noise level

reduction measures will be incorporated

into Bachelor Enlisted Quarter (BEQ)

and Bachelor Officer Quarter (BOQ)

facilities to ensure appropriate interior

noise levels. Construction activity near

residential areas will be limited to

normal daytime working hours to

minimize temporary construction noise

impacts.

The BRAC action will result in

significant mitigatable air quality

impacts related to construction

activities, added stationary emission

sources, added aircraft flight operations,

added motor vehicle traffic, and added

area sources (building and landscape

maintenance, space heating, etc.). No

new violations of national ambient air

quality standards are anticipated as a

result of the BRAC action. Mitigation

measures will be implemented to reduce

the potential for localized dust

conditions at construction sites to

ensure compliance with the San Joaquin

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District (SJVUAPCD) rules and

regulations, and to implement

SJVUAPCD mobile and area source

emission reduction programs. Added

stationary source emissions will be

offset through existing SJVUAPCD

permit procedures. Most other emission

increases associated with the BRAC

action will be offset by emission

reductions at Castle Air Force Base (also

located within the SJVUAPCD), thus

avoiding significant impacts to regional

air quality conditions.

NAS Lemoore is located in an area

that is classified as a serious

nonattainment area for ozone and

particulate matter (PM10). The direct

and indirect emissions of ozone

precursors and PM10 associated with the

action exceed the de minimis levels of

50 tons per year for ozone precursors

and 70 tons per year for PM10 and PM10

precursors. Consequently, a Clean Air

Act conformity determination is

required by 40 CFR Part 93 to

demonstrate that the proposed action

will not interfere with attainment of

national ambient air quality standards.

Volume 2 (Appendix A) of the FEIS

presented a Clean Air Act conformity

determination analysis of the proposed

actions in accordance with rules

promulgated by the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency and set forth at 40

CFR Part 93.

BRAC-related direct and indirect

emissions at NAS Lemoore will be at a

maximum during the facility

construction period, with somewhat

lower emissions during subsequent base

operations. Maximum direct and

indirect emissions from the BRAC

action are estimated to be 96 tons per

year of organic compounds, 367 tons per

year of nitrogen oxides, and 187 tons

per year of PM10. These maximum

emissions result only in those years

when both construction activities and

increased aircraft operations occur

concurrently. Steady-state emissions are

projected to be less, paricularly for

PM10.

Emission increases at NAS Lemoore

will be offset from a combination of

three sources: eliminated aircraft, motor

vehicle, and area source emissions

resulting from the closure of Castle Air

Force Base (which also is located in the

San Joaquin Valley); on-station PM10

emission reductions achieved by

replacing existing fire fighter training

facilities with new facilities; and the

purchase of privately held PM10

Emission Reduction Credits.

On behalf of the Department of the

Navy, I have reviewed the FEIS and

conformity determination analysis for

the realignment of NAS Lemoore. It is

my determination that the proposed

Navy actions are in compliance with 40

CFR Part 93 (Determining Conformity of

General Federal Actions to State or

Federal Implementation Plans) and

satisfy the requirements of Section

176(c) of the Clean Air Act (42 USC

7506).

Consequently, the proposed actions at

NAS Lemoore conform to the state

implementation plan’s purpose of

eliminating or reducing the severity and

number of violations of the federal

ambient air quality standards and

achieving expeditious attainment of

those standards. The proposed actions

are consistent with the programs and

milestones contained in the State

Implementation Plan for the San

Joaquin Valley Air Basin. The proposed

actions will not increase the frequency

or severity of existing violations of the

federal ozone and PM10 standards, and

will not delay the timely attainment of

the ozone or PM10 standards.

In making the above determinations I

have relied on the air quality analyses

and conclusions contained in the

conformity determination analysis

appendix to the FEIS for Base

Realignment of NAS Lemoore,

California.

The action at NAS Lemoore will not

significantly impact any Department of

Defense Installation Restoration

Program (IRP) sites. Construction

projects located adjacent to IRP sites

will be designed to avoid the sites. The

action will not violate any conditions of

the NAS Lemoore Waste Management

Plan or the Spill Prevention Control and

Countermeasures Plan. There will be no

significant impacts to hazardous

materials, as long as all applicable laws,

regulations, and standard operating

procedures are followed.

Pursuant to Executive Order 12898,

Environmental Justice, potential

environmental and economic impacts

on minority and low-income persons

and communities were assessed. These

persons and communities will not be

disproportionately adversely affected by

the NAS Lemoore BRAC action. The

increase in population from the action

will not result in significant impacts to

housing, facilities, or services on-base or

in the region. The additional economic

activity from the action will result in a

net positive effect on the local economy.

The action will not significantly impact

existing land uses at NAS Lemoore.

The additional vehicular traffic

generated by the action will result in

significant mitigable impacts to

transportation, traffic, and circulation.

The Navy will continue to coordinate

selection of mitigation for six

intersections on or near NAS Lemoore

which appear to warrant the installation

of signals or an equivalent improvement

to accommodate the increase in traffic

resulting from the action. Traffic

engineering solutions will be reviewed,

local authorities will be consulted, and

appropriate mitigation selected from

among identified feasible options.

The BRAC action will increase the

number of school-aged children by an

estimated 2,300 students. Between 975

to 1,240 of these students who are of

elementary school age (K–8) are

expected to attend on-station schools.

The increase in students will exceed the

physical capacity of the two on-station

elementary schools as well as the

maximum allowable student/teacher

ratio. The physical capacity of Lemoore

Union High School will also be

exceeded. Therefore, the BRAC action

will result in a significant, but

mitigable, impact to the school system.

Identified mitigation measures include

construction of a new on-base school,

expanding the physical capacity of

existing schools by leased or leased-toown portable classroom units, and/or by

constructing additional classrooms. The

Navy recognizes the significance of

these impacts and will identify feasible

mitigation to assure a high quality

education environment for dependent

children. On-station elementary schools

can also obtain acceptable student/

teacher ratios by hiring additional

teachers. Local schools that serve

military dependent children will

continue to receive federal impact aid,

in accordance with the Education

Appropriation Act for 1995, which

provides annual federal funding to

school districts for each student whose

parents live and work on federal

property. Federal impact aid funds to

school districts will be comparable to

local property tax revenue generated by

off-base residents.

The existing utility infrastructure will

be upgraded as part of the BRAC action

to accommodate the demands of the

BRAC relocation. Therefore, utilities at

NAS Lemoore will have adequate

capacity to serve the additional

personnel. NAS Lemoore personnel

residing off-station will not have a

significant impact on the regional water

supply. Police and fire protection

services are adequate to serve the needs

of the new facilities, as are solid waste

disposal facilities. No significant

impacts will result to recreational

facilities, either on- or off-station.

The action will result in no significant

impacts to plant or animal species listed

as threatened or endangered by either

federal or state agencies, or to sensitive

habitats. No impact will result to

cultural resources or properties of

traditional cultural significance. No
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impacts will result to visual resources

due to the action.

Questions regarding the Draft and

Final Environmental Impact Statement

prepared for this action may be directed

to: Mr. John Kennedy, Head

Environmental Planning Branch,

Engineering Field Activity West, Naval

Facilities Engineering Command, San

Bruno, CA, 94066–5006; phone: (415)

244–3713; fax: (415) 244–3737.

Dated: January 5, 1995.

Elsie L. Munsell,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy

(Environment and Safety).

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Advisory Committee on Human

Radiation Experiments

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is

hereby given of the following meeting.

DATE AND TIME: January 30, 1995, 9:00

a.m.-5:30 p.m.

PLACE: Santa Fe Convention Center

(Sweeney Center), 201 West Marcy

Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steve Klaidman, The Advisory

Committee on Human Radiation

Experiments, 1726 M Street, NW, Suite

600, Washington, DC 20036. Telephone:

(202) 254–9795; Fax: (202) 254–9828.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Committee

The Advisory Committee on Human

Radiation Experiments was established

by the President, Executive Order No.

12891, January 15, 1994, to provide

advice and recommendations on the

ethical and scientific standards

applicable to human radiation

experiments carried out or sponsored by

the United States Government. The

Advisory Committee on Human

Radiation Experiments reports to the

Human Radiation Interagency Working

Group, the members of which include

the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of

Defense, the Secretary of Health and

Human Services, the Secretary of

Veterans Affairs, the Attorney General,

the Administrator of the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration,

the Director of Central Intelligence, and

the Director of the Office of

Management and Budget.

Tentative Agenda

Monday, January 30, 1995

9:00 a.m. Call to Order and Opening

Remarks

9:15 a.m. Public Comment

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. Public Comment (continues)

5:30 p.m. Meeting Adjourned

A final agenda will be available at the

meeting.

Public Participation

The meeting is open to the public.

The chairperson is empowered to

conduct the meeting in a fashion that

will facilitate the orderly conduct of

business. Any member of the public

who wishes to file a written statement

with the Advisory Committee will be

permitted to do so, either before or after

the meeting. Members of the public who

wish to make an oral statement should

contact Kristin Crotty of the Advisory

Committee at the address or telephone

number listed above. Requests must be

received at least five business days prior

to the meeting and reasonable

provisions will be made to include the

presentation on the agenda.

Transcript

Available for public review and

copying at the office of the Advisory

Committee at the address listed above

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Dated: January 5, 1995.

Rachel Murphy Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–557 Filed 1–9–95; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Inventions Available for

License

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of

General Counsel.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy announces that two patents

entitled ‘‘Fiber Optic Mounted Laser

Driven Flyer Plates’’ and ‘‘Laser Driven

Flyer Plates’’ are available for license.

Exclusive licensing of Governmentowned inventions is authorized under

certain circumstances, if proper notice

of the invention’s availability for license

is given.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert J. Marchick, Office of the

Assistant General Counsel for

Technology Transfer and Intellectual

Property, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20585; Telephone

(202) 586–2802.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C.

207 authorizes licensing of Governmentowned inventions. Implementing

regulations are contained in 37 CFR Part

404. 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1) authorizes

exclusive licensing of Governmentowned inventions under certain

circumstances, provided that notice of

the invention’s availability for license

has been announced in the Federal

Register.

U.S. Patent No. 5,029,528, entitled

‘‘Fiber Optic Mounted Laser Driven

Flyer Plates’’ and U.S. Patent No.

5,046,423, entitled ‘‘Laser Driven Flyer

Plates’’ are available for license, in

accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207–209. A

copy of the patents may be obtained, for

a modest fee, from the U.S. Patent and

Trademark Office, Washington, D.C.

20231.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on January 4,

1995.

Robert R. Nordhaus,

General Counsel.

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. QF90–154–004]

Indeck-Olean Limited Partnership;

Notice of Supplement to Filing

January 4, 1995.

On December 13, 1994, Indeck-Olean

Limited Partnership (Applicant),

tendered for filing a supplement to its

filing in this docket. No determination

has been made that the submittal

constitutes a complete filing.

The supplement provides additional

information pertaining primarily to the

technical data of the cogeneration

facility.

Any person desiring to be heard or

objecting to the granting of the petition

for temporary waiver of qualifying

cogeneration facility operating and

efficiency standards should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

825 North Capitol Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, in accordance

with rules 211 and 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure. All such motions or protests

must be filed by January 20, 1995, and

must be served on the applicant.

Protests will be considered by the

Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceeding. Any person wishing to