27056 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 105 / Thursday, May 30, 1996 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Joint

Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report for the

Proposed Disposal and Reuse of the

Fleet and Industrial Supply Center

Oakland, CA

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),

the California Environmental Quality

Act (CEQA), and Public Law 102-484

Section 2834, as amended by Public

Law 104–106 Section 2867, the

Department of the Navy, in association

with the Port of Oakland, California,

announces its intent to prepare a joint

Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR)

for the proposed disposal and reuse of

the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center,

Oakland (FISCO) property and

structures in Oakland, California. The

Navy will be the lead agency for NEPA

documentation and the Port of Oakland

will be the lead agency for CEQA

documentation. The Defense Base

Closure and Realignment Act (Public

Law 101–510) of 1990, as implemented

by the base closure process of 1995,

directed the Navy to close FISCO.

FISCO is located approximately two

miles west of the Oakland central

business district, on the eastern shore of

San Francisco Bay. FISCO consists of

approximately 528 acres and has about

125 structures that support general

supply operations, waterfront

operations, and administration.

The EIS/EIR will address potential

impacts to the environment that may

result from the disposal of FISCO

property and subsequent reuses. FISCO

is within the planning jurisdiction of

the Port of Oakland. The Port of

Oakland Vision 2000 Program proposes

development of an intermodal system of

ship, railroad, and truck freight

handling facilities to meet the

anticipated demand for transportation

services in the San Francisco Bay area

and northern California, and an

intermodal port for national and

international commerce. The Vision

2000 Program also includes

development of public waterfront access

and marine habitat enhancement.

The development of the Port of

Oakland Vision 2000 Program is

expected to require additional property

outside of the FISCO boundary in order

to meet the objectives of the Program.

This joint EIS/EIR will provide a

program level analysis supporting both

the Navy NEPA requirements to

describe potential environmental

impacts associated with the property

disposal at FISCO, and the Port of

Oakland CEQA requirement to analyze

environmental impacts of implementing

the Vision 2000 Program.

The EIS/EIR will evaluate a ‘‘No

Action’’ alternative and several reuse

alternatives. The ‘‘No Action’’

alternative would result in the federal

government indefinitely retaining

ownership of FISCO property. Under

the ‘‘no action’’ alternative the Navy

would continue leasing property to the

Port of Oakland under the existing 50

year lease agreement as allowed by

Public Law 102–484, and supported by

the 1995 base closure decisions. The

reuse alternatives are expected to

combine the common land use

components of a railroad terminal,

marine terminals, public waterfront

access and marine habitat enhancement.

As FISCO is within the Port of Oakland

jurisdiction and is designated as a Port

Priority use in the April 1996 San

Francisco Bay Conservation and

Development Commission and the

Metropolitan Transportation

Commission Seaport Plan Update,

alternatives would emphasize portrelated activities. Revisions to these

alternatives may be developed during

the public scoping period. The EIS/EIR

will evaluate the potential for

environmental impacts to traffic

conditions, air quality, biological

resources, cultural resources, utilities,

and other environmental issues

identified through this scoping process.

ADDRESSES: Federal, state and local

agencies, and interested individuals are

invited to participate in the scoping

process to determine the range of issues

and reuse alternatives to be addressed.

A public scoping meeting to receive oral

and written comments will be held on

Thursday, June 13, 1996, at 7:00 p.m.,

at the McClymonds High School

auditorium, located at 2607 Myrtle

Street (near 26th Street) in Oakland,

California. In the interest of available

time, each speaker will be asked to limit

oral comments to five minutes. In

addition, written comments may be

submitted by July 1, 1996, to Mr. Gary

J. Munekawa, Environmental Planning

Branch, Code 185GM, Engineering Field

Activity West, Naval Facilities

Engineering Command, 900 Commodore

Drive, San Bruno, California 94066–

5006, telephone (415) 244–3022, fax

(415) 244–3737. For further information

regarding the Port of Oakland Vision

2000 Program, please contact Ms.

Loretta Meyer, Port of Oakland,

Environmental Assessment Section, 530

Water Street, Oakland, California 94604,

telephone (510) 272–1181, fax (510)

465–3755. If you need special assistance

to participate in this meeting, please

contact Mr. Munekawa at least 72 hours

prior to the meeting.

Dated May 23, 1996

S.L. Haycock,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Alternate Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Proposed collection; 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 July 29,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

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:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

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

information collection requests prior to

submission of these requests to OMB.
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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.

The Department of Education is

especially interested in public comment

addressing the following issues: (1) is

this collection necessary to the proper

functions of the Department, (2) will

this information be processed and used

in a timely manner, (3) is the estimate

of burden accurate, (4) how might the

Department enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected, and (5) how might the

Department minimize the burden of this

collection on the respondents, including

through the use of information

technology.

Dated: May 23, 1996.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: New.

Title: Gun-Free Schools Act Report’.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs and LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 57.

Burden Hours: 456.

Abstract: The Gun-Free Schools Act

(GFSA) requires each State to provide

annual reports to the Secretary

concerning implementation of the Act’s

requirements regarding expulsions from

schools resulting from weapons

violations. The GFSA requires the

Secretary to report to Congress if any

State is not in compliance with the

GFSA, and requires the Secretary to

collect data on the incidence of children

with disabilities and violent behaviors.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

[Case No. F–085]

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products: Decision and

Order Granting a Waiver From the

Furnace Test Procedure to Inter-City

Products Corporation

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Decision and Order.

SUMMARY: Notice is given of the

Decision and Order (Case No. F–085)

granting a Waiver to Inter-City Products

Corporation (Inter-City) from the

existing Department of Energy (DOE or

Department) test procedure for furnaces.

The Department is granting Inter-City’s

Petition for Waiver regarding blower

time delay in calculation of Annual Fuel

Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) for its

NUGM, NUG9, NCGM, GUK, GUM and

GCK series furnaces.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cyrus H. Nasseri, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Mail Station

EE–431, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202)

586–9138

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

Mail Station GC–72, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585–0103,

(202) 586–9507

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with 10 CFR 430.27(j),

notice is hereby given of the issuance of

the Decision and Order as set out below.

In the Decision and Order, Inter-City has

been granted a Waiver for its NUGM,

NUG9, NCGM, GUK, GUM and GCK

series furnaces permitting the company

to use an alternate test method in

determining AFUE.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 23,

1996.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

Decision and Order

In the matter of: Inter-City Products

Corporation.

[Case No. F–085]

Background

The Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products (other than

automobiles) was established pursuant

to the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act, Public Law 94–163, 89 Stat. 917, as

amended (EPCA), which requires DOE

to prescribe standardized test

procedures to measure the energy

consumption of certain consumer

products, including furnaces. The intent

of the test procedures is to provide a

comparable measure of energy

consumption that will assist consumers

in making purchasing decisions. These

test procedures appear at 10 CFR Part

430, Subpart B.

The Department amended the

prescribed test procedures by adding 10

CFR 430.27 to create a waiver process.

45 FR 64108, September 26, 1980.

Thereafter, DOE further amended its

appliance test procedure waiver process

to allow the Assistant Secretary for

Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy (Assistant Secretary) to grant an

Interim Waiver from test procedure

requirements to manufacturers that have

petitioned DOE for a waiver of such

prescribed test procedures. 51 FR 42823,

November 26, 1986.

The waiver process allows the

Assistant Secretary to waive temporarily

test procedures for a particular basic

model when a petitioner shows that the

basic model contains one or more

design characteristics which prevent

testing according to the prescribed test

procedures or when the prescribed test

procedures may evaluate the basic

model in a manner so unrepresentative

of its true energy consumption as to

provide materially inaccurate

comparative data. Waivers generally

remain in effect until final test

procedure amendments become

effective, resolving the problem that is

the subject of the waiver.

Inter-City filed a ‘‘Petition for

Waiver,’’ dated January 8, 1996, in

accordance with section 430.27 of 10

CFR Part 430. The Department

published in the Federal Register on

March 19, 1996, Inter-City’s Petition and

solicited comments, data and

information respecting the Petition. 61

FR 11199, March 19, 1996. Inter-City

also filed an ‘‘Application for Interim

Waiver’’ under section 430.27(b)(2),

which DOE granted on March 7, 1996.

61 FR 11199, March 19, 1996.

No comments were received

concerning either the ‘‘Petition for

Waiver’’ or the ‘‘Application for Interim

Waiver.’’ The Department consulted

with The Federal Trade Commission

(FTC) concerning the Inter-City Petition.

The FTC did not have any objections to

the issuance of the waiver to Inter-City.

Assertions and Determinations

Inter-City’s Petition seeks a waiver

from the DOE test provisions that