Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 109 / Wednesday, June 5, 1996 / Notices 28567

economic census, conducted under

authority of Title 13 U.S.C., is the

primary source of facts about the

structure and functioning of the

Nation’s economy and features unique

industry and geographic detail.

Economic census statistics serve as part

of the framework for the national

accounts and provide essential

information for government, business

and the general public. The 1997

Economic Census will cover virtually

every sector of the U.S. economy

including approximately 30,000 mineral

establishments.

The information collected from

establishments in this sector of the

economic census will produce basic

statistics for number of establishments,

shipments, payroll, employment,

detailed supplies and fuels consumed,

depreciable assets, and capital

expenditures. It also will yield a variety

of subject statistics, including

shipments by product line, type of

operation, and other industry-specific

measures.

II. Method of Collection

We will select establishments in the

mining sector of the economic census

for inclusion in the mail canvass from

a frame given by the Census Bureau’s

Standard Statistical Establishment List.

To be eligible for selection, an

establishment will be required to satisfy

the following conditions: (i) It must be

classified in the mining sector; (ii) it

must be an active operating

establishment of a multi-establishment

firm (including operations under

exploration and development), or it

must be a single-establishment firm

with payroll; and (iii) it must be located

in one of the 50 states or the District of

Columbia. Mail selection procedures

will distinguish the following groups of

establishments:

A. Establishments of MultiEstablishment Firms

Selection procedures will assign all

active mineral operating establishments

of multi-establishment firms to the mail

component of the potential respondent

universe. We estimate that the census

mail canvass for 1997 will include

approximately 8,000 establishments of

multi-establishment firms.

B. Single-Establishment Firms With

Payroll

As an initial step in the selection

process, we will conduct a study of the

potential respondent universe for

mining. The study of potential

respondents will produce a set of

industry-specific payroll cutoffs that we

will use to distinguish large versus

small single-establishment firms within

each industry. This payroll size

distinction will affect selection as

follows:

1. Large Single-Establishment Firms

Selection procedures will assign large

single-establishment firms having

annualized payroll (from Federal

administrative records) that equals or

exceeds the cutoff for their industry to

the mail component of the potential

respondent universe. We estimate that

the census mail canvass for 1997 will

include approximately 7,100 firms in

this category. These firms will receive a

standard form.

2. Small Single-Establishment Firms

Small single-establishment firms in

the crushed stone, sand and gravel, and

crude petroleum and natural gas

industries where application of the

cutoff for nonmail establishments

results in a large number of small

establishments included in the mail

canvass will receive a short form. The

short form will collect basic statistics

and other essential information that is

not available from administrative

records.

The short form will be mailed to

approximately 2,900 singleestablishment firms in these industries

which are larger than the nonmail cutoff

for their industry, but which have an

annual payroll under a certain criteria.

In terms of employment, this criteria

will identify establishments with

approximately 5 to 19 employees.

All remaining single-establishment

firms with payroll will be represented in

the census by data from Federal

administrative records. We will not

include approximately 12,000 of these

small employers in the census mail

canvass.

III. Data

OMB Number: Not Available.

Form Number: The forms used to

collect information from establishments

in this sector of the economic census are

tailored to specific mining operations

and are too numerous to list separately

in this notice. You can obtain

information on the proposed content of

the forms by calling Patricia L. Horning

on (301) 457–4680.

Type of Review: Regular Review.

Affected Public: Businesses or Other

for Profit, Non-profit Institutions, Small

Businesses or Organizations, and State

or Local Governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

Standard Form ......................... 15,100

Short Form ............................... 2,900

Total .................................. 18,000

Estimated Time Per Response:

Standard Form .......................................4.2 hrs

Short Form .............................................2.1 hrs

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours:

Standard Form ......................... 63,420

Short Form ............................... 6,090

Total .................................. 69,510

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The

cost to the government for this work is

included in the total cost of the 1997

Economic Census, estimated to be $218

million.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: May 30, 1996.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 96–14066 Filed 6–4–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers

Notice of Availability of Surplus Land

and Buildings in Accordance With

Public Law 103–421 Located at

Letterkenny Army Depot,

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

AGENCY: Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This notice identifies the

surplus real property located at the

Letterkenny Army Depot,

Chambersburg, PA, approximately 25

miles north of Hagerstown, MD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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For more information regarding the

particular property identified in this

Notice (i.e., acreage, floor plans, existing

sanitary facilities, exact location),

contact Mr. Gerry Bresee, Real Estate

Division, Army Corps of Engineers, P.O.

Box 1715, Baltimore, MD 21203

(telephone 410–962–5173, fax 410–962–

0866).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

surplus is available under the

provisions of the Federal Property and

Administrative Services Act of 1945 and

the Base Closure Community

Redevelopment and Homeless

Assistance Act of 1994. Notices of

interest should be forwarded to Mr.

David G. Sciamanna, Executive Director,

Franklin County Reuse Committee, 75

South Second Street, Chambersburg, PA

17201, telephone (717) 264–7101, fax

(717) 267–0399.

The surplus real property totals

approximately 1980 acres and contains

339 buildings totaling 4,374,717 square

feet of space. Current range of uses

include administrative, residential,

storage, open recreation and special

purpose space. Future uses may include

generally the same type of uses.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–14078 Filed 6–4–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–41–M

Availability of Surplus Land and

Buildings Located at Red River Army

Depot, Texas

AGENCY: Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This notice identifies the

surplus real property located at Red

River Army Depot, Texas (RRAD).

RRAD is located on U.S. Highway 82, in

sight of Interstate 30, and U.S. 59, 71,

and 67 intersect at Texarkana as will the

new I–49. Internal rail networks connect

with three trunk lines at Texarkana. A

heliport is located on the installation. A

commercial airport is within 30 miles of

the installation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For more information regarding

particular properties identified in this

notice (i.e., acreage floor plans, existing

sanitary facilities, exact street address),

contact Ms. June Ahrens, U.S. Army

Engineer District, Fort Worth, Attn:

CESWF–RE–MD, P.O. Box 17300, Fort

Worth, TX 76102–0300, (telephone

(817) 334–4051); or Judge Carlow at the

below address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

surplus property is available under the

provisions of the Federal Property and

Administrative Services Act of 1949 and

the Base Closure Community

Redevelopment and Homeless

Assistance Act of 1994. Notices of

interest should be forwarded to Local

Redevelopment Authority, Judge James

M. Carlow, Bowie County Courthouse,

P.O. Box 248, New Boston, TX 75570–

0248, (telephone (903) 628–2571). The

surplus real property totals 578.8 acres

and includes 8 office buildings, 13

storage buildings, and 57 other

buildings. The current range of uses

include industrial, storage,

administration, housing and recreation.

Future uses may be limited to those

described above.

Hyla J. Head,

Chief, Real Estate Division.

[FR Doc. 96–14079 Filed 6–4–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–FR–M

Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Green Brook Flood Control Project

Located in the Green Brook Sub-Basin

of the Raritan River Basin, Middlesex,

Somerset and Union Counties, NJ

AGENCY: Army Corps of Engineers, New

York District, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A final impact statement was

completed for this project and filed in

1981. This supplemental is being

prepared to update environmental

information and present new potentially

significant impacts for review and

comment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

William Richardson, New York District,

Army Corps of Engineers, Att: CENAN–

PL–ES, 26 Federal Plaza, New York,

N.Y. 10278–0090 (212) 264–1275.

SUMMARY INFORMATION: The Green Brook

Flood Control Project was created in

response to resolutions of the United

States Senate Public Works Committee

resolutions adopted September 14, 1955

and July 10, 1972 published as H.D. No.

53, 71st Congress. The original notice of

intent to prepare an environmental

impact statement was published on

April 6, 1979 and notice of the final

statement was published on June 12,

1981.

The project will provide flood

protection to the Green Brook sub-basin

to the Raritan River basin. The project

area is located in the Counties of

Middlesex, Somerset and Union, New

Jersey. The protection will consist of a

combination of levees, flood walls,

channel modification, ponding areas

(both excavated and natural) dry

detention basins and non-structural

flood proofing measures.

The supplemental impact statement

will assess potential impacts from the

implementation of the New York

District Corps of Engineers

recommended flood control plan. The

District will develop a Draft General Reevaluation Report for the project that

will be available in June 1996.

This notice initiates scoping for this

final study stage of this project.

Information is requested for

environmental concerns which may

now exist in the project area and were

not discussed in the original NEPA

documentation. It is anticipated that

public meetings will be on going

throughout the re-evaluation process.

There will be additional information

presented to the public through the

Green Brook Flood Control Commission.

Agencies and the public are invited to

present their environmental concerns to

the New York District, Army Corps of

Engineers directly.

This supplemental impact statement

will discuss the impacts of the

recommended plan on wildlife habitat,

aquatic resources and wetlands,

mitigation for wetland impacts, cultural

resource information, the impact of

HTRW studies on the project, as well as

any new issues which may arise as a

result of this process.

The need for scoping meetings

specifically related to this process will

be evaluated based on agency/public

response to this notice and follow-up

mailings.

Estimated date of statement

availability: June 1996.

Dated: May 9, 1996.

Stuart Piken,

Chief, Planning Division.

[FR Doc. 96–14080 Filed 6–4–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–06–M

Department of the Navy

Notice of Record of Decision (ROD) for

Land Use and Development Plan Final

Environmental Impact Statement

(FEIS) for Bellows Air Force Station

(AFS), Waimanalo, Hawaii

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2) of

the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 and Council on

Environmental Quality (CEQ)

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508),

the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM)

announces its decision to implement the

Land Use and Development Plan FEIS

for Bellows AFS, Waimanalo, Hawaii.

1.0 Introduction

In the National Defense Authorization

Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Pub. L. 102–

484, section 2853), Congress directed