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and operational capability of certain

U.S. Navy warships operating in ‘‘ineffect’’ special areas.

The draft Plan identifies as the Navy’s

preferred alternative a combination of

waste management approaches for the

Fleet, depending upon the design,

construction, manning and operating

profiles of the various ship types. Navy

vessels smaller than frigates, such as

fleet ocean tugs, rescue and salvage

vessels, mine countermeasure ships and

coastal patrol craft, have relatively small

crews and typically remain at sea in ‘‘ineffect’’ special areas for only a few days

at a time. Given these circumstances it

is feasible for these vessels, employing

compaction technology, to retain solid

waste on board for shore disposal. For

these vessels, therefore, the Navy’s

preferred alternative for special area

compliance is storage and retrograde of

solid waste.

The draft plan indicates that ocean

going surface vessels of frigate size and

larger are technologically unable to

comply with the special area discharge

limitations of Regulation 5 of Annex V

while maintaining required levels of

operational capability. U.S. Navy

frigates are vessels approximately 450

feet in length and with a displacement

of roughly 4,100 tons. The Navy’s

preferred special area compliance

alternative for these vessels is a

combination of management practices.

Plastic and hazardous waste would be

stored aboard for recycling or disposal

ashore. The remaining solid waste

streams, consisting of paper, cardboard

metal and glass, would be processed

using shipboard equipment and

discharged overboard. Paper, cardboard

and food waste would be processed in

a pulper, creating a slurry of those

wastes in seawater, which would be

discharged overboard. Metal and glass

would be processed in a shredder,

which would tear or break metal cans

and glass containers into small pieces.

The processed waste would then be

bagged in burlap and discharged

overboard.

The Compliance Plan does not

address submarines; further research

and development is needed to resolve

the particular solid waste challenges

unique to submarines. In the meantime,

submarines will continue to minimize

waste generated at sea through intensive

source reduction efforts at the pier.

Although it would be consistent with

the MARPOL Convention, which

requires reasonable and practicable

compliance efforts of warships, the

Navy’s preferred alternative for frigate

size and larger vessels would not be

consistent with a future requirement of

the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships

(APPS), 33 U.S.C. 1901 et seq. Section

1902(c)(1) of APPS requires Navy

surface vessels to comply with

MARPOL special area requirements by

31 December 2000. To avoid

inconsistency with U.S. law after the

year 2000, and in accordance with

Section 1902(c) (3) and (4), the Navy is

recommending a legislative amendment

to APPS that will allow discharge after

the date of non-plastic, non-floating

pulped and shredded material in special

areas of certain naval vessels. This

authorization would extend only to

those vessels that the Secretary of the

Navy determines are prevented by their

uniquely military design, construction,

manning or operating requirements from

being capable of meeting the Regulation

5 of Annex V discharge standards. The

proposed legislation would prohibit the

discharge of pulped material within 3

nautical miles of the nearest land, and

would prohibit the discharge of

shredded material within 12 nautical

miles of the nearest land.

The Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (DEIS) on Disposal of U.S.

Navy Shipboard Solid Waste was

developed pursuant to Executive Order

12114 (Environmental Effects Abroad of

Major Federal Actions), and Section

102(2)(C) of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969, as implemented by

the Council on Environmental Quality

regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508). A

Notice of Intent to prepare the

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

was provided in the Federal Register on

October 12, 1995 (60 FR 53171). The

notice reiterated the solid waste

disposal alternatives that would be

considered, and announced public

scoping meetings. These meetings were

held in Alexandria, VA, and in San

Francisco, CA, in October 1995.

The DEIS addresses the

environmental consequences of each of

the alternative means of shipboard solid

waste management, and identifies the

same preferred alternative as does the

Compliance Plan. The DEIS has been

provided to Congress in conjunction

with the Navy’s APPS legislative

proposal, discussed above. Hence, the

DEIS serves also as a Legislative

Environmental Impact Statement (LEIS)

to assist in Congressional consideration

of the legislative proposal. If enacted,

the amendment to APPS would

authorize, but not require, the Navy to

implement its currently identified

preferred alternative as the Navy’s final

plan for special area compliance.

As indicated above, comment on the

draft Compliance Plan and on the DEIS

is required not later than June 17, 1996.

The Navy will consider all comments

and anticipates promulgating a final

Compliance Plan and Final EIS in late

summer or early fall, 1996.

Dated: April 26, 1996.

M.A. Waters,

LCDR, JAGC, USN Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–10745 Filed 4–30–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Group, invites comments on

the proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before May 31,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Wendy Taylor, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection

requests should be addressed to Patrick

J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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Individuals who use a

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between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Director of the

Information Resources Group publishes

this notice containing proposed
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information collection requests prior to

submission of these requests to OMB.

Each proposed information collection,

grouped by office, contains the

following: (1) Type of review requested,

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary

of the collection; (4) Description of the

need for, and proposed use of, the

information; (5) Respondents and

frequency of collection; and (6)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. OMB invites public comment at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

Dated: April 25, 1996.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Management

Type of Review: New.

Title: U.S. Department of Education

Protection of Human Subjects in

Research Instructions to Applicants/

Offerers.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local

or Tribal Government, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 23,378

Burden Hours: 1,395

Abstract: The instructions to grant

applicants of the federal requirements

for the Protection of Human Subjects in

Research and require them to provide

certain information on any planned

research activities involving human

subjects. The instructions to contract

offerors instruct offerors to provide

certain information about planned

research activities involving human

subjects.

Office of Management

Type of Review: New.

Title: U.S. Department of Education

Protection of Human Subjects in

Research Compliance Form.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local

or Tribal Government, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 260

Burden Hours: 1,138

Abstract: The Compliance Form and

guidance is used by institutions and

individuals to provide a record of their

compliance with the U.S. Department of

Education regulations for the protection

of human subjects in research.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Resolution of Applicant/Client

Appeals.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 82

Burden Hours: 164

Abstract: Form RSA–722 is needed to

meet specific data collection

requirements in Subsections 102(d)(6)

(A) and (B) of the Rehab Act of 1973, as

amended on the number of Applicant/

Client appeals handled by impartial

hearing officers. The information

collected is used to evaluate the types

of complaints made by applicants/

clients of the vocational rehabilitation

program and the final resolution of

appeals filed. Respondents are State

agencies that administer the Federal/

State Program for Vocational

Rehabilitation.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Report of Randolph-Sheppard

Vending Facility Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Federal Government; State, local or

Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 51

Burden Hours: 739

Abstract: The information is needed

to evaluate the effectiveness of the

program and to promote growth. The

information is transmitted to State

agencies to assist in the conduct and

expansion of the program at the State

level. Respondents are the designated

vocational rehabiliation agencies.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Department

of Energy/Los Alamos National

Laboratory

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice

is hereby given of the following

Advisory Committee meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),

Los Alamos National Laboratory.

DATES: Wednesday, May 15, 1996: 6:30

pm–9:30 pm; 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm

(public comment session).

ADDRESSES: Santa Clara Pueblo, Kee

Street, Santa Clara Pueblo, Espanola,

New Mexico 87532, 505–753–7330.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Kimberly Roybal, Los Alamos National

Laboratory Citizens’ Advisory Board

Support, Northern New Mexico

Community College, 1002 Onate Street,

Espanola, NM 87352, (800) 753–8970, or

(505) 753–8970.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board

The purpose of the Advisory Board is

to make recommendations to DOE and

its regulators in the areas of

environmental restoration, waste

management, and related activities.

Tentative Agenda

Wednesday, May 15, 1996

6:30 PM Call to Order and Welcome

7:00 PM Public Comment

8:00 PM Work Plan Discussion

8:30 PM Sub-Committee Reports

9:30 PM Adjourn

Public Participation

The meeting is open to the public.

Written statements may be filed with

the Committee either before or after the

meeting. Individuals who wish to make

oral statements pertaining to agenda

items should contact Ms. Roybal, at the

telephone number listed above.

Requests must be received 5 days prior

to the meeting and reasonable provision

will be made to include the presentation

in the agenda. The Designated Federal

Official is empowered to conduct the

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate

the orderly conduct of business.

Minutes

The minutes of this meeting will be

available for public review and copying

at the Freedom of Information Public

Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585 between

9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday,

except Federal holidays. Minutes will

also be available by writing to Herman

Le-Doux, Department of Energy, Los

Alamos Area Office, 528 35th Street, Los

Alamos, NM 87185–5400.