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the enlargement of the Reedy Point

flare, bend widening at Sandy Point,

and construction of an emergency

anchorage at Howell Point. The plan

also includes aids to navigation and

lands, easements, rights-of-way, and

disposal areas as required for the initial

construction and maintenance of the

project. Dredged material quantities for

the project are approximately 18.0

million cubic yards.

The selected dredged material

disposal plan includes the use of several

existing upland disposal sites and one

open water site for initial construction.

Dredged material (4,244,200 cubic

yards) from Reach 1 would be placed in

the existing upland dredged material

disposal areas located on the C&D

Canal: Biddles Point, Goose Point, St.

Georges, and Summit East. Dredged

material from Reach 2 (1,679,700 cubic

yards) will be placed in the existing

Bethel upland disposal area. In Reach 3,

2,283,100 cubic yards of dredged

material will be placed in the existing

upland disposal sites Pearce Creek and

Courthouse Point. In Reach 4, 2,158,600

cubic yards of dredged material will be

placed in a proposed overboard location

immediately east of the existing G-West

site near Pooles Island in the upper bay,

referred to as G-East. Dredged material

from Reach 5 (4,264,100 cubic yards)

and Reach 6 (3,329,100 cubic yards) will

be placed in the existing Hart-Miller

Island containment area located near

Baltimore Harbor.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, a

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) has been prepared for this project

and has been circulated to the

appropriate state and federal agencies;

local, state, and federal officials; and

private organizations. The public and all

agencies are invited to comment on this

proposal. Copies of the Draft Feasibility

Report and Draft Environmental Impact

Statement are available for public

review at the Philadelphia District

Office.

Impacts to water quality have been

evaluated in accordance with the

Section 404(b)(1) guidelines of the Clean

Water Act, and are not adverse. In

accordance with Section 401 of the

Clean Water Act, Water Quality

Certification has been requested from

the Maryland Department of the

Environment and the Delaware

Department of Natural Resources and

Environmental Control.

In accordance with Section 307(c) of

the Coastal Zone Management Act of

1972, an activity affecting land or water

uses in a state’s coastal zone must

comply with the state’s Coastal Zone

Management Program. A certification of

compliance has been requested from

both the Maryland Department of the

Environment and the Delaware

Department of Natural Resources and

Environmental Control.

It has been determined that the

proposed work would not have a

significant adverse impact on listed

species or their critical habitat, pursuant

to Section 7 of the Endangered Species

Act, as amended. Updated consultation

with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

and the National Marine Fisheries

Service would occur prior to project

implementation to insure compliance

with Section 7 of the Endangered

Species Act.

Review of the National Register of

Historic Places indicates that no

registered properties, or properties

listed as eligible for inclusion, would be

impacted.

All practicable means to avoid or

minimize adverse environmental effects

have been incorporated into the

recommended plan.

Robert L. Callegari,

Chief, Planning Division.

[FR Doc. 96–14379 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–GR–M

Corps of Engineers

Notice of Intent to Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for the Rio Salado Environmental

Restoration Project, Salt River, Cities

of Tempe and Phoenix, Maricopa

County, Arizona

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Los Angeles District, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The Los Angeles District

intends to prepare an EIS to support the

environmental restoration of stretches of

the Salt River in the Cities of Tempe and

Phoenix. The purpose of the proposal is

to restore the Salt River to enhance the

existing environment, restore and create

wetland and riparian areas in both

Indian Bend Wash and the Salt River,

and create habitat for endangered

species. The areas considered for

analysis in the City of Tempe, consist of

the lower portion of Indian Bend Wash

and the Salt River immediately

upstream of Tempe Town Lake. In the

City of Phoenix, the proposed project

area is the stretch of the Salt River from

the Interstate 10 bridge downstream to

19th Avenue. The proposed project

alternatives would include other

stretches of the Salt River, as well as no

action alternative. Other alternatives to

be addressed in the EIS will include

various sources of water for wetland

restoration. The EIS will analyze

potential impacts on the environment of

a range of alternatives, including the

recommended plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Kelly Ryan, U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, Los Angeles District, 3636 N.

Central Ave, Suite 760, Phoenix,

Arizona, 85012–1936 at (602) 640–2003.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Army

Corps of Engineers intends to prepare an

EIS to assess the environmental effects

associated with the environmental

restoration of portions of the Salt River

in the Cities of Tempe and Phoenix. The

public will have the opportunity to

comment on this analysis before any

action is taken to implement the

proposed action.

Scoping

a. The Army Corps of Engineers will

conduct two scoping meetings, one in

the City of Tempe and one in the City

of Phoenix, prior to preparing the

Environmental Impact Statement to aid

in determining the significant

environmental issues associated with

the proposed action. The public, as well

as Federal, State, and local agencies are

encouraged to participate in the scoping

process by submitting data, information,

and comments identifying relevant

environmental and socioeconomic

issues to be addressed in the

environmental analysis. Useful

information includes other

environmental studies, published and

unpublished data, alternatives that

should be addressed in the analysis, and

potential mitigation measures associated

with the proposed action.

b. The locations, dates and times of

both the public scoping meetings will be

announced in the local news media.

Separate notification of the meetings

will also be sent to all parties on the

project mailing list.

c. Individuals and agencies may offer

information or data relevant to the

proposed project and the associated

environmental or socioeconomic effects

by attending the public scoping

meeting. Comments on the proposed

project, and requests to be placed on the

mailing list for announcements and for

the Draft EIS, should be sent to Mr. Alex

Watt, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los

Angeles District, Attn: CESPL–PD–RQ,

911 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1435, Los

Angeles CA 90017–3401.

Availability of the Draft EIS

The Draft EIS is expected to be

published and circulated for public

review in January 1998. A public

hearing to receive comments on the
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Draft EIS will be held after it is

published.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–14380 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–KF–M

Department of the Navy

Notice of Planning and Steering

Advisory Committee; Closed Meeting

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given

that the Planning and Steering Advisory

Committee will meet on June 26, 1996

from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the

Center for Naval Analyses, 4401 Ford

Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia. This

session will be closed to the public.

The purpose of this meeting is to

discuss topics relevant to SSBN

security. The entire agenda will consist

of classified information that is

specifically authorized by Executive

order to be kept secret in the interest of

national defense and is properly

classified pursuant to such Executive

order.

Accordingly, the Under Secretary of

the Navy has determined in writing that

all sessions of the meeting shall be

closed to the public because they

concern matters listed in 552b(c)(1) of

title 5, United States Code.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

LCDR R.F. Brese, 2000 Navy Pentagon,

Room 4D534, Washington, DC 20350–

2000, Telephone Number: (703) 693–

7248.

Dated: May 30, 1996.

M.A. Waters,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–14340 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection Under

Review by the Office of Management

and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of request submitted for

review by the Office of Management and

Budget.

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) has submitted the

energy information collection(s) listed at

the end of this notice to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review under provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13). The listing does not include

collections of information contained in

new or revised regulations which are to

be submitted under section

3507(d)(1)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act, nor management and

procurement assistance requirements

collected by the Department of Energy

(DOE).

Each entry contains the following

information: (1) Collection number and

title; (2) summary of the collection of

information (includes sponsor; i.e., the

DOE component), current OMB

document number (if applicable),

response obligation (mandatory,

voluntary, or required to obtain or retain

benefits), and type of request (new,

revision, extension, or reinstatement);

(3) a description of the need and

proposed uses of the information; (4) a

description of the likely respondents;

and (5) an estimate of the total annual

reporting and recordkeeping burden

(number of respondents per year times

the average number of responses per

respondent annually times the average

burden per response).

DATES: Comments must be filed within

30 days of publication of this notice. If

you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the time

allowed by this notice, you should

advise the OMB DOE Desk Officer listed

below of your intention to do so as soon

as possible. The Desk Officer may be

telephoned at (202) 395–3084. (Also,

please notify the EIA contact listed

below.)

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the

Department of Energy Desk Officer,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 726 Jackson Place, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20503. (Comments

should also be addressed to the Office

of Statistical Standards at the address

below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Requests for

additional information or copies of the

forms and instructions should be

directed to Norma White, Office of

Statistical Standards, (EI–73), Forrestal

Building, U.S. Department of Energy,

Washington, D.C. 20585. Ms. White may

be telephoned at (202) 426–1107.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

energy information collection submitted

to OMB for review was:

1. Forms EIA–457A–H, Residential

Energy Consumption Survey (RECS).

2. Sponsor—Energy Information

Administration; Docket Number—1905–

0092; Response Obligation—Voluntary

and Mandatory; Extension of Currently

Approved Collection.

3. The RECS is a triennial survey of

U.S. households to estimate energy

consumption and expenditures and

track changes over time. The data are

widely used throughout the government

and the private sector for policy analysis

and are made available to the public in

a variety of publications and electronic

data files.

4. Respondents—Individuals or

households; Federal Government; and

State, Local or Tribal Government.

5. 6,798 total annual burden hours

(9430 respondents; 3140 annual

responses × 2.165 hours per response).

Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L.

No. 104–13).

Issued in Washington, D.C., May 31, 1996.

Yvonne M. Bishop,

Director, Office of Statistical Standards,

Energy Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–14405 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP96–245–000]

CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice

of Section 4 Filing

June 3, 1996.

Take notice that on May 28, 1996,

CNG Transmission Corporation (CNG)

tendered for filing pursuant to Section

4 of the Natural Gas Act, a notice of

termination of gathering service on five

specified gathering pipelines in

Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. CNG

states that the pipelines will be

abandoned by sale to CNG Producing

Company, an affiliate of CNG. CNG

requests that the effective date for the

termination of service by July 1, 1996.

CNG states that no contract for

transportation service will be canceled

or terminated as a result of this

abandonment.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.211 and 385.214 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

Pursuant to Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations, all such

motions or protests must be filed no

later than June 10, 1996. 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.