Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 51 / Thursday, March 16, 1995 / Notices 14273

Sunday, April 30, 1995, 8:00 a.m.–12:30

p.m.

Issue Review (DACOWITS members,

Military Representatives, Liaison

Officers, Advisors & Staff)

Closing General Business Session;

Voting; Installation Visit Report (All

conference participants)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lieutenant Commander Martha C.

Gillette, USN or CPT Alissa B. Deuel,

Plans and Communications Officer,

DACOWITS and Military Women

Matters, OUSD (Personnel and

Readiness) 4000 Defense Pentagon,

Room 3D769, Washington, DC 20301–

4000; Telephone (703) 697–2122.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following rules and regulations will

govern the participation by members of

the public at the conference:

(1) Members of the public will not be

permitted to attend the official OSD

Luncheon; Field Trip; and the OSD

Reception and Dinner.

(2) The Opening Session/business

session, all subcommittee sessions and

the closing session will be open to the

public.

(3) Interested persons may submit a

written statement for consideration by

the Committee and/or make an oral

presentation of such during the

conference.

(4) Persons desiring to make an oral

presentation or submit a written

statement to the Committee must notify

the point of contact listed above no later

than April 10.

(5) Length and number of oral

presentations to be made will depend

on the number of requests received from

members of the public.

(6) Oral Presentations by members of

the public will be permitted only on

Sunday, April 30, 1995 before the full

Committee.

(7) Each person desiring to make an

oral presentation must provide the

DACOWITS office 1 copy of the

presentation by April 10 and make

available 175 copies of any material that

is intended for distribution at the

conference.

(8) Persons submitting a written

statement for inclusion in the minutes

of the conference must submit to the

DACOWITS staff one copy by the close

of the conference.

(9) Other new items from members of

the public may be presented in writing

to any DACOWITS members for

transmittal to the DACOWITS Chair or

Director, DACOWITS and Military

Women Matters to consider.

(10) Members of the public will not be

permitted to enter into oral discussion

conducted by the Committee members

at any of the sessions; however, they

will be permitted to reply to questions

directed to them by the members of the

Committee.

(11) Members of the public will be

permitted to ask questions to the

scheduled speakers if recognized by the

Chair and if time allows after the official

participants have asked questions and/

or made comments.

Dated: March 10, 1995.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 95–6423 Filed 3–15–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

Office of the Secretary of Defense

Privacy Act of 1974; Add a System of

Records

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Add a system of records.

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is

adding one system of records notice to

its inventory of Privacy Act systems of

records notices subject to the Privacy

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

DATES: The addition is effective April

17, 1995, unless comments are received

that would result in a contrary

determination.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the OSD

Privacy Act Officer, Washington

Headquarter Services, Correspondence

and Directives Division, Records

Management Division, 1155 Defense

Pentagon, Room 5C315, Washington, DC

20301–1155.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Dan Cragg at (703) 695–0970.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of the Secretary of Defense systems of

records notices subject to the Privacy

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended,

have been published in the Federal

Register and are available from the

address above.

The proposed system report, as

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was

submitted on February 21, 1995, to the

Committee on Government Operations

of the House of Representatives, the

Committee on Governmental Affairs of

the Senate, and the Office of

Management and Budget (ORB)

pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix I

to ORB Circular No. A–130, ‘Federal

Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining

Records About Individuals,’ dated July

25, 1994 (59 FR 37906, July 25, 1994).

Dated: March 7, 1995.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

DGC 16

SYSTEM NAME:

Political Appointment Vetting Files.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Office of Legal Counsel, Department

of Defense General Counsel, 1600

Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC

20301–1600.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Individuals who are possible

appointments to political positions in

DoD, consisting of non-career Senior

Executive Service (SES) (Schedule ‘C’).

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Files consist of referral letters, White

House clearance letters, information

about individual’s professional licenses

(if applicable), IRS results of inquiries,

notation of National Agency Check

(NAC) results (favorable or otherwise),

internal memoranda concerning a

candidate, Financial Disclosure

Statements (Standard Form 278), results

of inquiries about the individual,

Personal Data Questionnaires and

General Counsel Interview sheets,

published works including books,

newspaper, magazine articles and

treatises by the applicant, newspaper

and magazine articles written about the

applicant, and other correspondence

relating to the selection and

appointment of political appointees.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

10 U.S.C 133 and E.O. 9397.

PURPOSE(S):

To evaluate suitability of individuals

seeking or who have been recommended

for non-career positions within DoD.

Files are used by authorized personnel

within the Office of the Secretary of

Defense to resolve issues involving a

potential candidate’s suitability for

appointment, e.g. conflicts of interest,

financial mismanagement, moral

turpitude, etc.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

In addition to those disclosures

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C.

552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records

or information contained therein may

specifically be disclosed outside the

DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5

U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:
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To Federal, state, local, or foreign law

enforcement authorities if the record

indicates, on its face or in conjunction

with other records, a violation of law; to

the Department of Justice in pending or

potential litigation to which the record

is pertinent; to the General Services

Administration and National Archives

and Records Administration for records

management purposes; to U. S.

Government and foreign

counterintelligence activities as

authorized by federal law or executive

order.

The ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ set forth at

the beginning of OSD’s compilation of

systems of records notices do not apply

to this system.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Correspondence and forms in file

folders.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Information accessed by last name of

individual and Social Security Number.

SAFEGUARDS:

Building employs security guards.

Data is kept in locked safes and is

accessible to authorized personnel only.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Destroy at the end of the Presidential

administration during which the

individual is hired. For nonselectees,

records of individuals who are not hired

are destroyed one year after the file is

closed, but not later than the end of the

Presidential administration during

which the individual is considered.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Office of Legal Counsel, Department

of Defense General Counsel, 1600

Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC

20301–1600.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Individuals seeking to determine

whether information about themselves

in contained in this system should

address written inquiries to Office of

Legal Counsel, Department of Defense

General Counsel, 1600 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–1600.

Requests for information should

contain individual’s full name, any

former names used, and Social Security

Number.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking access to

information about themselves contained

in this system should address written

inquiries to Directorate for Freedom of

Information and Security Review, Office

of the Assistant Secretary of Defense

(Public Affairs), 1400 Defense Pentagon,

Room 2C757, Washington, DC 20301–

1400.

The request must include the

individual’s full name, any former

names used, and Social Security

Number.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The OSD’s rules for accessing records,

for contesting contents and appealing

initial agency determinations are

contained in OSD Administrative

Instruction No. 81; 32 CFR part 311; or

may be obtained from the system

manager.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Submitted by individuals themselves

and compiled from interviews with

those individuals seeking non-career

positions. Additional sources may

include The White House, Office of

Personnel Management, Internal

Revenue Service, Defense Investigative

Service, and international, state, and

local jurisdiction law enforcement

components for clearance documents,

and other correspondence and public

record sources.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

Portions of this system of records may

be exempt from certain provisions of 5

U.S.C. 552a(k)(5).

An exemption rule for this record

system has been promulgated in

accordance with the requirements of 5

U.S.C. 553(b)(1), (2), and (3), (c) and (e)

and published in 32 CFR part 311. For

additional information contact the

system manager.

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BILLING CODE 5000–04–F

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN

COMMISSION

Notice of Commission Meeting and

Public Hearing

Notice is hereby given that the

Delaware River Basin Commission will

hold a public hearing on Wednesday,

March 22, 1995. The hearing will be

part of the Commission’s regular

business meeting which is open to the

public and scheduled to begin at 10:30

a.m. in the Goddard Conference Room

of the Commission’s offices at 25 State

Police Drive, West Trenton, New Jersey.

An informal conference among the

Commissioners and staff will be open

for public observation at 9:00 a.m. at the

same location and will include a

discussion of the Delaware Estuary

management plan and DRBC

commitments for consideration.

The subjects of the hearing will be as

follows:

Application for Approval of the

Following Projects Pursuant to Article

10.3, Article 11 and/or Section 3.8 of the

Compact:

1. Holdover Project: Concord Mobile

Home Park D–92–68. A sewage

treatment plant (STP) project that

entails construction of a 63,500 gallons

per day (gpd) capacity secondary level

extended aeration plant to serve a

proposed 254-lot mobile home park in

Concord Township, Delaware County,

Pennsylvania. The STP will discharge to

Green Creek, a tributary of West Branch

Chester Creek, at a point just north of

Concord Road. This hearing continues

that of February 22, 1995.

2. Merrill Creek Owners Group

(MCOG) D–77–110 CP (Amendment 6).

An application for inclusion of the

Keystone Energy Service Company L.P.

Facility (approved by Docket D–90–48

on September 25, 1991) as an additional

Designated Unit to Table A (Revised) of

the Merrill Creek Reservoir Project, to

enable releases from the reservoir to

make up for consumptive water use

during drought periods. The Keystone

Cogeneration Facility is expected to

average approximately 2.7 million

gallons per day (mgd) in consumptive

use and is located west of Route 130,

adjacent to the Delaware River in Logan

Township, Gloucester County, New

Jersey; Merrill Creek Reservoir is located

in Harmony Township, Warren County,

New Jersey.

3. Hercules Incorporated D–84–28

RENEWAL. An application for the

renewal of a ground water withdrawal

project to supply up to 10 million

gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the

applicant’s Hercules Research Center

from 14 existing wells. Commission

approval on August 15, 1984 was

limited to 10 years. The applicant

requests that the total withdrawal from

all wells be decreased from 14 mg/30

days to 10 mg/30 days. The project is

located in New Castle County,

Delaware.

4. Borough of Elmer D–85–24 CP

RENEWAL–2. An application for the

renewal of a ground water withdrawal

project to supply up to 10 mg/30 days

of water to the applicant’s distribution

system from Well Nos. 6 and 8.

Commission approval on September 27,

1989 was limited to five years and will

expire unless renewed. The applicant

requests that the total withdrawal from

all wells remain limited to 10 mg/30

days. The project is located in Elmer

Borough, Salem County, New Jersey.

5. Town of Liberty D–89–58 CP

RENEWAL. An application for the

renewal of a ground water withdrawal