Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 93 / Monday, May 13, 1996 / Notices 22027

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before June 12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should

submit their views and comments to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581. Reference

should be made to the New York Harbor

No. 2 heating oil futures contract.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact John Forkkio of the

Division of Economic Analysis,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC

20581, telephone 202–418–5281.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Exchange is proposing the following

primary amendments to the No. 2

heating oil futures contract:

1. Adopt the IRS Dye Requirement:

The Exchange is proposing to adopt the

IRS dye requirement for tax-free sales or

uses of diesel fuel, in lieu of the current

EPA specification in the futures

contract. In this regard, the Exchange is

proposing two methods for testing for

dye concentration: the IRS test method

and the PetroSpec dye analyzer method.

The Exchange justified these

proposed amendments by stating that:

In conversations with market participants,

the Exchange has learned that heating oil

dyed to the IRS specification has become the

standard in the heating oil cash market in

New York Harbor. Market participants stated

that this product became the dominant type

of heating oil this past winter after test

methods became available to measure for the

IRS dye concentration. * * * [t]here was no

way to test or verify this exact level of

concentration until recently. Consequently,

the IRS did not begin to enforce the dye

concentration requirement until the Fall of

1994, when the IRS purchased the PetroSpec

dye analyzer for its enforcement agents use

in the field.

In the heating oil cash market, buyers

specifically request fuel dyed to the IRS

requirement. Thus, the Exchange is

proposing to adopt the IRS dye specification

so that the NYMEX No. 2 heating oil futures

contract will conform more closely to cash

market standards.

2. Eliminate the ASTM D1500 Color

Test: The NYMEX is proposing to

eliminate the ASTM D1500 color test

requirement in the heating oil futures

contract. According to the NYMEX, this

test no longer is valid for testing dyed

fuel. With the dye requirement now in

effect, the Exchange stated that it is no

longer possible to run the ASTM D1500

test accurately on dyed fuel, and,

consequently, the cash market no longer

requires this test. The NYMEX further

stated that inspectors have been unable

to assess the color of dyed fuel, the

ASTM D1500 color test is no longer

performed in the cash market, since it

is not useful as a test of fuel quality for

dyed heating oil.

3. Require Five Additional Tests in

Lieu of the Color Test: In order to

replace the ASTM D1500 color test, and

to provide substantively similar

information on fuel quality, the

Exchange proposes to adopt five

additional tests of deliverable fuel oil to

measure stability, haze, carbon residue,

ash, and corrosion. According to the

Exchange:

both Colonial and Buckeye Pipelines require

the five additional tests * * *. The current

NYMEX heating oil specifications already

require these five additional tests only for

heating oil samples that do not meet the

maximum color level of 2.5 on the ASTM

D1500 color test. The proposed amendments

would bring the NYMEX heating oil futures

contract specifications more into conformity

with the Colonial and Buckeye Pipeline

specifications.

4. Add a Second Test Method for

Carbon Residue: Finally, the Exchange

is proposing an additional test method

for the carbon residue test, i.e., ASTM

D4530. According to the NYMEX,

Buckeye Pipeline specifies this test

method, along with the existing test

method specified in the heating oil

futures contract, ASTM D524. The

NYMEX stated that, ‘‘inspectors from

independent labs recommended that the

Exchange adopt this additional test

method ‘‘since it is newer, more

accurate, and easier to run.’’

NYMEX intends to apply the

amendments to newly listed contracts

and to existing contracts beginning with

the August 1996 contract month.

The Division is requesting comment

on the proposed amendments and the

implementation plan.

Copies of the proposed amendments

will be available for inspection at the

Office of the Secretariat, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW,

Washington, D.C. 20581. Copies of the

amended terms and conditions can be

obtained through the Office of the

Secretariat by mail at the above address

or by phone at (202) 418–5097.

Other materials submitted by the

NYMEX in support of the proposed

amendments may be available upon

request pursuant to the Freedom of

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and the

Commission’s regulations thereunder

(17 CFR Part 145 (1987)), except to the

extent they are entitled to confidential

treatment as set forth in 17 CFR 145.5

and 145.9. Requests for copies of such

materials should be made to the FOI,

Privacy and Sunshine Act Compliance

Staff of the Office of the Secretariat at

the Commission’s headquarters in

accordance with 17 CFR 145.7 and

145.8.

Any person interested in submitting

written data, views, or arguments

regarding the proposed amendments, or

with respect to other materials

submitted by the NYMEX in support of

the proposed amendments, should send

such comments to Jean A. Webb,

Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC

20581 by the specified date.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 7, 1996.

Blake Imel,

Acting Director

[FR Doc. 96–11924 Filed 5–10–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Intent to Prepare a Joint

Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report for the

Disposal and Reuse of Certain Real

Properties at Naval Training Center,

San Diego, California

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by

the Council on Environmental Quality

regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508)

and the California Environmental

Quality Act (CEQA), the Department of

the Navy, in association with the City of

San Diego, California, announces its

intent to prepare a joint Environmental

Impact Statement/Environmental

Impact Report (EIS/EIR) to evaluate the

environmental effects of the proposed

disposal and reuse of certain real

properties at the Naval Training Center

(NTC), San Diego, California. The Navy

will be the lead agency for NEPA

documentation and the City of San

Diego will be the lead agency for CEQA

documentation.

In accordance with the Defense Base

Closure and Realignment Act (Public

Law 101–510) of 1990, as implemented

by the 1993 Base Closure and

Realignment process, the Navy was

directed to close NTC San Diego. The

proposed action involves the disposal of

land, buildings, and infrastructure of

NTC for subsequent reuses.

The property currently occupied by

NTC is approximately 550 acres. Of the

550-acre site, approximately 410 acres

are planned for disposal. The remaining

140 acres will be retained by the U.S.

Navy for military housing and other

uses. NTC is located in a highly

developed residential and commercial

area approximately two miles from
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downtown San Diego at the edge of

northern San Diego Bay. It is bordered

by the community of Point Loma to the

west, the Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare

Training Center to the south, the U.S.

Marine Corps Recruit Depot to the

northeast, and the San Diego

International Airport (Lindberg Field) to

the eastern boundary.

The EIS/EIR will analyze the

environmental effects of the disposal of

NTC based on potential reasonable

reuses of the property, taking into

account uses identified by the City of

San Diego and as determined during the

scoping process. The City’s NTC Reuse

Planning Committee has proposed a

draft reuse plan which identifies several

uses for the property. The draft reuse

plan includes such uses as: residential;

educational; a mixture of active and

passive recreational open space; retail

and cultural uses; and galleries and

exhibit space in the historic core of the

site. Alternatives being considered

would include airport expansion,

housing types, hotel use, and a Public

Safety Academy. Major environmental

issues that will be addressed in the

document would include, but are not

limited to traffic, cultural and biological

resources, land uses, visual quality,

socioeconomics, community services

and utilities, and noise.

ADDRESSES: The Navy will conduct a

scoping meeting on Tuesday, June 11,

1996, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the NTC

Support Center, Building 623, Cushing

Road (NTC Support Center can be

accessed from Gate 1 located at the

corner of Lytton Avenue and Barnett

Avenue), San Diego, California. A brief

description of the proposed action will

precede request for public comment.

Navy and City representatives will be

available at this meeting to receive

comments from the public regarding

issues of concern. Federal, state and

local agencies, and interested parties are

invited to be present or represented at

the meeting. Oral comments will be

heard and transcribed by a

stenographer. To assure accuracy of the

record, all comments should be

submitted in writing. All comments,

both oral and written, will become part

of the public record in the study. In the

interest of available time, each speaker

will be asked to limit oral comments to

five minutes. Longer comments should

be summarized at the public meeting

and submitted in writing either at the

meeting or mailed to the address listed

below. Written comments must be

received by June 25, 1996, to become

part of the official record. Additional

information concerning this notice may

be obtained by contacting: Ms. Sheila

Donovan (Code 232.SD), Southwest

Division, Naval Facilities Engineering

Command, 1220 Pacific Highway, San

Diego, California 92132–5178, telephone

(619) 532–3624. For further information

regarding the City’s NTC Reuse Plan,

please contact Mr. Scott Vurbeff, City of

San Diego Development Services

Department, 1222 First Avenue, Mail

Station 501, San Diego California 92101,

telephone (619) 236–6947.

Dated: May 8, 1996.

M.A. Waters,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–11861 Filed 5–10–96; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Intent to Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement for

Construction and Operation of an East

Coast Shallow Water Training Range

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Executive Order

(EO) 12114, and the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

implemented by the Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR 1500–1508), the Department of

Navy announces its intent to prepare an

environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for the construction and operation of a

shallow water training range (SWTR)

near the coast of the United States. The

proposed action involves the

establishment of an instrumented range

in water depths of 120 to 1200 feet.

The project is proposed to meet the

new need for shallow water submarine

training for the Atlantic Fleet. The

action seaward of 12 nautical miles

(nm), which will be evaluated under EO

12114, includes installation of bottommounted transducers, which will collect

information about naval units training

in the SWTR. This information will be

used to monitor and evaluate the

performance of these units during

training operations. The SWTR will also

be used in conjunction with other

offshore air, land, and water-based

training activities. The SWTR will be

built in four phases of 125 square

nautical miles each. The transducers

will be connected to the shore by cable,

and may be trenched in using standard

telephone cabling technology. The

action to be evaluated under NEPA

includes the cable placement and the

shore-based construction associated

with the SWTR.

Alternatives to be addressed in the

EIS will focus on means of meeting

training requirements, including

alternative onshore construction sites,

and offshore training sites. In order to

take advantage of nearby naval facilities

such as homeports and training

facilities, four sites were evaluated in a

site alternatives study: offshore of Cape

Ann, Massachusetts (in the Gulf of

Maine); offshore of Wallops Island,

Virginia; offshore of the New River,

North Carolina; and offshore of

Charleston, South Carolina. The Cape

Ann and Charleston sites were

eliminated as unreasonable because

they did not meet operational

requirements. The site off of Wallops

Island, Virginia, and the site offshore of

the New River, North Carolina are the

reasonable alternatives that will be

evaluated in the EIS.

ADDRESSES: Agencies and the public are

encouraged to provide written scoping

comments. To be most helpful,

comments should clearly describe

specific issues or topics which the EIS

should address. Written comments

should be postmarked by June 3, 1996,

and should be mailed to Commanding

Officer, Altantic Division, Naval

Facilities Engineering Command, 1510

Gilbert Street, Norfolk, VA 23511–6287,

(Attn: Mr. Jim Haluska, Code 2032JH),

telephone (804) 322–4889, facsimile

(804) 322–4894.

Dated: April 30, 1996.

M.A. Waters,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–11860 Filed 5–10–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3810–FE–M

Office of the Secretary

Defense Science Board Task Force on

Deep Attack Weapons Mix Study

(DAWMS); Notice of Advisory

Committee Meetings

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

Task Force on Deep Attack Weapons

Mix Study (DAWMS) will meet in

closed session on June 5, 1996 at the

Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia.

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense through the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition and Technology

on scientific and technical matters as

they affect the perceived needs of the

Department of Defense. At this meeting

the Task Force will develop an

independent assessment of the analytic

tools and models employed in the DoD

internal DAWNS effort. Specifically, the

Task Force will (1) assess the analysis

developed in part one of the study, (2)

evaluate the soundness of the analytic

approach proposed for part two, and (3)

review the alternatives—developed in

part two to ensure that they are

balanced and representative.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,