Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 18 / Friday, January 26, 1996 / Notices 2497

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Science Board; Meeting

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

Meetings.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

will meet in closed session on February

7–8, May 1–2, and October 9–10, 1996

at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia.

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense and the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition & Technology

on scientific and technical matters as

they affect the perceived needs of the

Department of Defense. At these

meetings the Defense Science Board will

discuss interim findings and tentative

recommendations resulting from

ongoing Task Force activities. The

Board will also discuss plans for future

consideration of scientific and technical

aspects of specific strategies, tactics, and

policies as they may affect the U.S.

national defense posture.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

P.L. No. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C.

App. II, (1988)), it has been determined

that these Defense Science Board

meetings, concern matters listed in 5

U.S.C. § 552b(c)(1) (1988), and that

accordingly these meetings will be

closed to the public.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 96–1266 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

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Defense Science Board FFRDC and

UARC Independent Advisory Task

Force

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

FFRDC & UARC Independent Advisory

Task Force will meet as follows: on

January 31, 1996 at The Aerospace

Corporation, 2350 East El Segundo

Boulevard, El Segundo, California, in

Open session from 0800–1200 and in

Closed session from 1300–1600; and on

February 1, 1996 at the RAND

Corporation, 1700 Main Street, Santa

Monica, California, in Open session

from 0800–1200 and in Closed session

from 1300–1600.

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 the closed

portions of this meeting the Task Force

will receive classified plant tours and

briefings. For further information or if

you would like to attend the open

sessions, contact the DSB Secretariat at

(703) 695–4157.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

P.L. No. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C.

App. II, (1988)), it has been determined

that this DSB Task Force meeting

concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C.

§ 552b(c) (1) (1988), and that

accordingly portions of this meeting

will be closed to the public.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

L. M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 96–1265 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

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Defense Science Board Task Force on

Image-Based Automatic Target

Recognition; Meeting

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

Meetings.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

Task Force on Image-Based Automatic

Target Recognition will meet in closed

session on February 14–15, 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 assess the ability of

automatic/aided target recognition

technology and systems to support

important military missions, principally

in the near- and mid-term. The Task

Force should concentrate on those

technologies and systems that use

imagery (EO, IR or radar) as their

primary input medium.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

P.L. No. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C.

App. II, (1988)), it has been determined

that this DSB Task Force meeting

concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C.

§ 552b(c)(1) (1988), and that accordingly

this meeting will be closed to the

public.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

L. M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 96–1264 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

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Defense Science Board Task Force on

Strategic Mobility; Meetings

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

Meetings.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

Task Force on Strategic Mobility will

meet in closed session on February 1–

2 and March 5–6, 1996 at Science

Applications International Corporation,

McLean, 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 these

meetings the Task Force will engage in

a broad review of strategic mobility

under a range of scenarios. The review

should include the joint and service

processes for planning, executing,

protecting, and sustaining force

deployments. It should also include the

resources and activities that provide

command and control, communications

and information systems in support of

strategic mobility.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

P.L. No. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C.

App. II, (1988)), it has been determined

that these DSB Task Force meetings

concern matters listed in 5 U.S.C.

§ 552b(c)(1) (1988), and that accordingly

these meetings will be closed to the

public.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

L. M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 96–1263 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–142–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

January 22, 1996.

Take notice that on January 17, 1996,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue,

S.E., Charleston, West Virginia 25314,

filed in Docket No. CP96–142–000 a

request pursuant to Sections 157.205

and 157.211 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, 157.211) for

authorization to construct and operate

facilities necessary to establish four