36038 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 132 / Tuesday, July 9, 1996 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Public Information Collection

Requirement Submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

Review; Notice

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for a clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title and OMB Control Number:

Acquisition Management Systems and

Data Requirements Control List

(AMSDL); OMB Number 0704–0188.

Type of Request: Revision.

Number of Respondents: 1,300.

Responses per Respondent: 540.

Annual Responses: 702,000.

Average Burden per Response: 110

hours.

Annual Burden Hours: 77,220,000.

Needs and Uses: The AMSDL is a list

of data requirements used in

Department of Defense contracts. The

information collected hereby, is used to

support the design, test, manufacture,

training, operation and maintenance of

procured items.

Affected Public: Business or other for

profit; Not-for-profit institutions.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Weiss 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: July 2, 1996.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 96–17338 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

Department of the Army

Availability of Non-Exclusive,

Exclusive, or Partially-Exclusive

Licensing Ferroelectric Materials

Technology

AGENCY: U.S. Army Research

Laboratory, Maryland.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army

announces the general availability of

exclusive, partially exclusive or nonexclusive Licenses under patents U.S.

Patent No. 5,486,491, issued 23 Jan

1996, entitled ‘‘Ceramic Ferroelectric

Composite Material—BSTO–ZR02’’;

U.S. Patent No. 5,312,790, issued 17

May 1994, entitled ‘‘Ceramic

Ferroelectric Material’’; and U.S. Patent

No. 5,427,998, issued 27 Jun 1995,

entitled ‘‘Ceramic Ferroelectric

Composite Material—BSTO–MGO’’

Licenses shall comply with 35 U.S.C.

209 and 37 CFR 404.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Michael D. Rausa, Technology

Transfer Office (APG Site), AMSRL–TT–

TA, U.S. Army Research Laboratory,

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005–

5425, telephone number (410) 278–

5028.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written

objections must be filed within 3

months from the date of publication of

this notice in the Federal Register.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–17415 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M

Availability of Non-Exclusive,

Exclusive, or Partially-Exclusive

Licensing Composite Materials

Manufacturing Technology

AGENCY: U.S. Army Research

Laboratory, Maryland.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army

announces the general availability of

exclusive, partially exclusive or nonexclusive Licenses under patent

5,210,499, issued 11 May 1993, entitled

‘‘In-Situ Sensor Method and Device’’.

Licenses shall comply with 35 U.S.C.

209 and 37 CFR 404.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Michael D. Rausa, Technology

Transfer Office (APG Site), AMSRL–TT–

TA, U.S. Army Research Laboratory,

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005–

5425, telephone number (410) 278–

5028.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written

objections must be filed within 3

months from the date of publication of

this notice in the Federal Register.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–17414 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M

Availability of Exclusive, Partially

Exclusive, or Nonexclusive Licenses

AGENCY: U.S. Army Soldier Systems

Command.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army

announces the general availability of

exclusive, partially exclusive, or

nonexclusive licenses under the

following patents. Any licenses granted

shall comply with 35 USC 209 and 37

CFR 404.

Issued Patent: 5,521,094.

Title: Method for Establishing

Lethality of High Temperature Food

Processing.

Issue Date: 5/28/96.

Issued Patent: 5,517,981.

Title: Water-Activated Chemical

Heater with Suppressed Hydrogen.

Issue Date: 5/21/96.

Issued Patent: 5,458,896.

Title: Technique for Determining the

Oxidative Status of Packaged Dry or

Intermediate Moisture Foods.

Issue Date: 10/17/95.

Issued Patent: 5,438,192.

Title: Photodynamic Protein-Based

Photodetector and Photodetector System

for Image Detection and Processing.

Issue Date: 08/01/95.

Issued Patent: 5,402,362.

Title: Method to Utilize Trail Dyeings

to Improve Color Formulations.

Issue Date: 03/28/95.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For further information or a copy of one

of the listed patents, please contact

either Mr. Vincent Ranucci, Patent

Counsel at 508–233–4510 or Ms. Jessica

M. Niro, Paralegal Specialist at 508–

233–4513 or by fax at 508–233–5167 or

by writing to the U.S. Army Soldier

Systems Command, Office of Chief

Counsel, ATTN: Patents, Natrick, MA

01760–5035.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–17413 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

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Corps of Engineers

Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) for the

Baltimore Metropolitan Water

Resources Study-Gwynns Falls in

Baltimore County, Maryland

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DOD.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA), the Baltimore District, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers is initiating

the Baltimore Metropolitan Water

Resources Feasibility Study for the

Gwynns Falls sub-basin of the Patapsco

River watershed. The riparian and

aquatic environmental integrity of the

Gwynns Falls sub-basin has been

severely degraded by urbanization,

inadequate infrastructure and industrial

encroachment. Potential environmental

restoration of streambanks, wetlands

and forest buffers could restore and/or

create up to 150 acres of riparian and

aquatic habitat, in addition to improving

water quality, low base flows, stream

channel erosion, and sedimentation. A

DEIS will be integrated into the

feasibility study to document existing

conditions, projects actions, and project

effects and products. Baltimore County,

Baltimore City and the State of

Maryland’s Department of the

Environment (MDE) are the non-Federal

sponsors for the project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the proposed action

and DEIS can be addressed to Mr.

Richard Starr, Study Manager, Baltimore

District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

ATTN: CENAB–PL–RP, P.O. Box 1715,

Baltimore, Maryland 21203–1715,

telephone (410) 962–4633. E-mail

address: richard.r.starr@ccmail.

nab.usace.army.mil

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. The

U.S. House of Representatives,

Committee on Public Works and

Transportation, authorized the

Baltimore Metropolitan Water Resources

Study-Gwynns Falls in a resolution

adopted April 30, 1992.

2. The study area is located in

northern Maryland. The area proposed

for environmental restoration is known

as the Gwynns Falls watershed and is

located in highly developed portions of

Baltimore County and Baltimore City.

The most significant problem in the

Gwynns Falls watershed is the

instability of the steam channels and the

loss of aquatic habitat. Due to the

extensive urbanization along the narrow

corridor between the Chesapeake Bay

and the Fall Line within a short period

of time, environmental resources and

aquatic habitats have become degraded.

This excessive degradation includes:

flashy stormwater flows that cause

streambank erosion and sedimentation,

residential and industrial encroachment

has limited riparian habitat and

wetlands, and polluted runoff has

contributed to poor water quality. These

factors negatively impact the aquatic

environment in the present and the

future.

3. An ecosystem framework has been

developed to restore the habitat and

environmental integrity of Gwynns

Falls. It allows potential restoration

projects to be identified, evaluated, and

selected on a watershed basis. Study

goals and characterizations will be made

of the broad Gwynns Falls watershed.

Sub-basins, or hydrologic unit areas

(HUAs), will then be identified,

delineated and prioritized within the

broad watershed. Based on the study

objectives, high priority HUAs will be

further characterized and problem

statements for these areas will be

developed. Upon the identification and

characterization of the high priority

HUAs, specific problem areas within

them will be identified and prioritized.

Preliminary conceptual restoration

measures which could address the

problem areas within Gwynns Falls,

developing ecosystem based alternative

plans for the high priority HUAs, and

incrementally analyzing each alternative

will follow. The final evaluation will

focus on which combination of problem

area restoration solutions provide the

most environmental benefits, at the least

cost, for a HUA ecosystem.

4. This proposed HUA restoration

plan would potentially include

stormwater detention measures, such as

the restoration of floodplains, creation

of wetlands, and conversion of existing

stormwater facilities. Habitat structures

would also be installed to restore

aquatic habitat and provide added cover

for spawning. Stream restoration would

include stabilization techniques, such as

rootwads, plantings and geotubes.

Where feasible, fish blockages would be

removed to allow for residential and

migratory passage. In the Middle Branch

tidal area, alternatives to create islands

and restore a vegetative wetland buffer

around the Harbor area will be

investigated.

5. The decision to implement these

actions will be based on an evaluation

of the probable impact of the proposed

activities on the public interest. That

decision will reflect the national

concern for both protection and

utilization of important resources. The

benefit which reasonably may be

expected to accrue from the proposal

will be balanced against its reasonably

foreseeable detriments. The Baltimore

District is preparing a DEIS which will

describe the impacts of the proposed

projects on environmental and cultural

resources in the study area and the

overall public interest. The DEIS will be

in accordance with NEPA and will

document all factors which may be

relevant to the proposal, including the

cumulative effects thereof. Among these

factors are conservation, economics,

aesthetics, general environmental

concerns, wetlands, cultural values, fish

and wildlife values, flood hazards,

floodplain values, land use, recreation,

water supply and conservation, water

quality, energy needs, safety, and the

general needs and welfare of the people.

If applicable, the DEIS will also apply

guidelines issued by the Environmental

Protection Agency, under the authority

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

Act of 1977 (Pub. L. 95–217).

6. The public involvement program

will include workshops, meetings, and

other coordination with interested

private individuals and organizations,

as well as with concerned Federal, state

and local agencies. Coordination letters

and newsletters have been sent to

appropriate agencies, organizations, and

individuals on an extensive mailing list.

Additional public information will be

provided through print media, mailings,

radio and television announcements.

7. In addition to the Corps, the

Maryland Department of the

Environment, Baltimore County and

Baltimore City, other participants that

will be involved in the study and DEIS

process include, but are not limited to

the following: U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency; U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service; U.S. Forest Service;

U.S. Geological Survey; Natural

Resource Conservation Service; and the

U.S. National Park Service. The

Baltimore District invites potentially

affected Federal, state, and local

agencies, and other organizations and

entities to participate in this study.

8. The DEIS is tentatively scheduled

to be available for public review in July

1998.

Harold L. Nelson,

Assistant Chief, Planning Division.

[FR Doc. 96–17411 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

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Intent To Prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

For Howard Hanson Dam Additional

Water Storage Project Feasibility Study

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DOD.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: Seattle District, US Army

Corps of Engineers is proposing an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for a study of alternatives for restoration

of anadromous fisheries and wildlife

habitat and for municipal water supply