33908 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 127 / Monday, July 1, 1996 / Notices

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C.

Springer.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. William

Pearce.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Pearce, WHS/DIOR, 1215

Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204,

Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: June 25, 1996.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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Defense Science Board Task Force on

Land-Attack Cruise Missile Defense;

Notice of Advisory Committee

Meetings

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

Task Force on Land-Attack Cruise

Missile Defense will meet in closed

session on July 22–23, 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 this meeting

the Task Force will focus on

architectures and implementation

strategies for achieving a US military

capability against this emerging threat.

Organizational issues and issues related

to the potential use of common sensors

and/or weapons from Cruise Missile

Defense and Ballistic Missile Defense

should also be addressed.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Public Law 92–463, as amended (5

U.S.C. App. II, (1994)), it has been

determined that this DSB Task Force

meeting concerns matters listed in 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) (1994), and that

accordingly this meeting will be closed

to the public.

Dated: June 25, 1996.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

on the Disposal of the S1C Prototype

Reactor Plant; Notice of Availability

and Announcement of a Public Hearing

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) Office of Naval Reactors (Naval

Reactors) has completed a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement on the

Disposal of the S1C Prototype Reactor

Plant. The Draft Environmental Impact

Statement was prepared in accordance

with the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) of 1969; Council on

Environmental Quality regulations

implementing NEPA (40 CFR Parts

1500–1508); and DOE NEPA

Implementing Procedures (10 CFR Part

1021). Naval Reactors will conduct a

public hearing and receive comments on

the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement, which addresses the

potential environmental impacts related

to the disposal of the S1C Prototype

reactor plant, located in Windsor,

Connecticut.

This Notice announces that the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement will be

available to the public at the Windsor,

Connecticut Public Library or by mail

upon request. Upon completion of

general distribution of the document,

Naval Reactors will file the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement with

the Environmental Protection Agency,

which will then publish a notice in the

Federal Register to start the formal

comment period.

DATES: Naval Reactors invites interested

agencies, organizations, and the general

public to provide oral or written

comments on the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement. All written comments

on the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement are due by August 19, 1996.

Oral comments will be accepted at the

public hearing to be held August 7, 1996

at Windsor Town Hall at the address

listed below.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

Mr. C. G. Overton, Chief, Windsor Field

Office, Office of Naval Reactors, U.S.

Department of Energy, P.O. Box 393,

Windsor, CT 06095; telephone (860)

687–5610. Copies of the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement also

may be requested from Mr. Overton. The

public hearing will be held at 7:00 pm

on August 7, 1996 at the Windsor Town

Hall, 275 Broad Street, Windsor, CT

06095.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The S1C Prototype reactor plant is

located on the 10.8 acre Windsor Site in

Windsor, Connecticut, approximately 5

miles north of Hartford. The S1C

Prototype reactor plant first started

operation in 1959 and served for more

than 30 years as both a facility for

testing reactor plant components and

equipment and for training Naval

personnel. As a result of the end of the

Cold War and the downsizing of the

Navy, the S1C Prototype reactor plant

was shut down in 1993. Since then, the

S1C Prototype reactor plant has been

defueled, drained, and placed in a stable

protective storage condition.

Alternatives Considered

1. Prompt Dismantlement

This alternative would involve the

prompt dismantlement of the reactor

plant. All structures would be removed

from the Windsor Site, and the Windsor

Site would be released for unrestricted

use. To the extent practicable, the

resulting low-level radioactive metals

would be recycled at existing

commercial facilities that recycle

radioactive metals. The remaining lowlevel radioactive waste would be

disposed of at the DOE Savannah River

Site in South Carolina. The Savannah

River Site currently receives low-level

radioactive waste from Naval Reactors

sites in the eastern United States. Both

the volume and radioactive content of

the S1C Prototype reactor plant waste

would be within the range of impacts of

low-level radioactive waste that is

currently received at Savannah River

from Naval Reactors sites.

Transportation of low-level radioactive

waste to the DOE Hanford Site in

Washington State also is evaluated.

2. Deferred Dismantlement

This alternative would involve

keeping the defueled S1C Prototype

reactor plant in protective storage for 30

years before dismantling it. Deferring

dismantlement for 30 years would allow

nearly all of the cobalt-60 radioactivity

to decay away. Nearly all of the gamma

radiation within the reactor plant comes

from cobalt-60.

3. No Action

This alternative would involve

keeping the defueled S1C Prototype

reactor plant in protective storage