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Tribes; and other interested parties in

order to consider and evaluate the

impacts of this proposed activity. Any

comments received by us will be

considered during the preparation of

this Supplemental Environmental

Impact Statement.

Luz D. Ortiz,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–31004 Filed 12–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–GF–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Correction notice.

SUMMARY: On December 4, 2001, a 60-

day notice inviting comment from the

public was published for ‘‘An

Assessment of the Rehabilitation

Services Administration (RSA) PreService Training Program’’ in the

Federal Register (Volume 66, Number

233) dated December 4, 2001. The title

of this collection has been changed to

‘‘An Evaluation of the Rehabilitation

Services Administration (RSA) Training

Program Responsiveness to State VR

Agency Needs for Qualified Personnel’’.

The study title, as currently drafted,

does not indicate the conduct of an

evaluation nor does it reflect the full

scope of the surveys and data collection.

The first sentence of the abstract has

also been changed to read, ‘‘This study

evaluates the impact of RSA’s Training

Program on the supply of qualified

rehabilitation counselors needed by

State agencies and will identify possible

policy options.’’ The second and last

sentence of the abstract remains the

same. The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, hereby issues

a correction notice as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Dated: December 11, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–30959 Filed 12–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Wetlands Involvement for the

Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant

Reindustrialization Program

AGENCY: Office of Environmental

Management, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of wetland involvement.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) is proposing to implement

a Reindustrialization Program at the

Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant

(PORTS) in Piketon, Ohio. The PORTS

facility contains a number of wetlands.

The Reindustrialization Program would

enable DOE to transfer real and personal

property (i.e., underutilized, surplus, or

excess PORTS land and facilities) by

lease and/or disposal (e.g., sale,

donation, transfer to another federal

agency, or exchange). The Southern

Ohio Diversification Initiative (SODI) is

the local community reuse organization

actively involved in seeking new uses of

the DOE’s PORTS excess or

underutilized land and facilities. DOE is

presently proposing to transfer a parcel

of land (approximately 340 acres in size)

to SODI for these purposes. The land in

consideration includes several

wetlands. More detail on these wetlands

is provided in the supplementary

information.

DATES: Comments are due to the address

below no later than January 2, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to Ms. Kristi Wiehle, U.S.

Department of Energy, Portsmouth

Gaseous Diffusion Plant, PO Box 700,

3930 U.S. Route 23, Perimeter Road,

Piketon, OH 45661–0700. Comments

may be faxed to (740) 897–5020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Kristi Wiehle, U.S. Department of

Energy, Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion

Plant, PO Box 700, 3930 U.S. Route 23,

Perimeter Road, Piketon, OH 45661–

0700, (740) 897–5020.

For Further Information on General

DOE Wetland Environmental Review

Requirements, contact: Carol M.

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA

Policy and Assistance, EH–42, U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 200585, (202) 586–4600

or (800) 472–2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the

Council on Environmental Quality

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508)

and the DOE NEPA Implementing

Regulations (10 CFR 1021), DOE has

prepared a draft Environmental

Assessment (EA) to evaluate the

proposed action. The draft EA was

issued for public review and comment

on May 9, 2001, via a notice placed in

three Portsmouth area newspaper. As a

part of the EA (DOE/EA–1346), DOE is

including a wetlands assessment to

assess the existing wetlands

environment as well as the potential

impact of the proposed

Reindustrialization Program

implementation. (The wetlands

assessment is available by contracting

the PORTS representative named

above.) DOE proposes to implement and

conduct the Reindustrialization Program

in a manner that avoids or minimizes

potential adverse effects to the wetlands

at the site. Reindustrialization would

enable DOE to transfer real and personal

property by lease and/or disposal.

Under the program, DOE would transfer

the property to a community reuse

organization, to other federal agencies,

or to other interested persons and

entities, should DOE determine them

suitable. Transferred land and facilities

may then be developed or utilized for a

range of industrial and commercial uses

including, but not limited to

manufacturing, warehousing, office/

business park, rail and intermodal

transportation, and retail and service

operations.

Land and facilities presently available

for transfer occupy approximately 526.1

hectares (ha) [1300 acres (ac)] or about

35% of the 1503 ha (3714 ac) of PORTS.

For the most part, this area is comprised

of previously industrialized areas,

infrastructure corridors, roads, loading

and parking areas, and open and

forested buffer areas. Of the land

available for transfer, there are 41

wetlands under the jurisdictional

regulation of the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers and 4 non-jurisdictional

wetlands totaling 13.92 ha (34.36 ac). In

addition to regulation by the Corps, the

State of Ohio also regulates wetlands in

a ‘‘tiered’’ approach structured around

avoidance, minimization, mitigation,

and compensation, where avoidance is

the most desirable means to protect and

preserve the resource and compensation

the least desirable. The majority of the

wetlands are associated with wet fields,

areas of previous disturbance, drainage

ditches, or wet areas along roads and

railway tracks.

The potential for and degree of

impacts to the wetlands could result

from a variety of actions that might

occur, depending upon how the tenant

or new owner proposes to use the land.

Some or all of the wetlands could

potentially experience impacts by

development in the wetlands

themselves or by Reindustrialization

activities in nearby areas. The worstcase scenario would involve filling the

wetlands. Other lesser impacts could

result from siltation due to poor soil

erosion control measures at nearby

locations, spills or leaks of oil or other

chemicals, overuse of pesticides or

herbicides that could lead to

contamination and potentially harm

animal species that use the wetlands for

cover or forage, etc., planting of exotic

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species that could rapidly colonize and

eventually choke-off the wetlands, such

as purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).

For purposes of the environmental

restoration activities ongoing at PORTS,

the site is divided into 4 ‘‘Quadrants’’

based on groundwater flow patterns.

Quadrant I (the southern part of the site)

has 13 jurisdictional wetlands totaling

5.22 ha (12.91ac). The wetlands in

Quadrant I range in size from .093 ha

(.0230 ac) in a drainage ditch to one that

is 1.874 ha (4.626 ac), that is the former

site of a never-completed building

project. Of the 13 wetlands, 5 are

associated with roadways and ditches

and the remaining 8 are the result of site

preparation, grading and drainage

alternation for building construction.

None of the wetlands are hydrologically

connected although they do periodically

support wetland plant species and may

exhibit hydric soil conditions.

Quadrant II, the eastern part of the

site, contains 3 jurisdictional wetlands

with a total area of 5.2 ha (12.86 ac). The

wetlands in Quadrant II range in size

from the smallest, .182 ha (.45 ac),

associated with an area of previous

disturbance, to .821 ha (2.028 ac) in a

radiologically contaminated area, to one

that is 4.203 ha (10.378 ac), and that is

within the Little Beaver Creek drainage.

Only 1 of the 3 wetlands is within an

area considered for Reindustrialization.

Quadrant III, the central and western

part of the site, has 6 jurisdictional

wetlands totaling 0.82 ha (2.02 ac). The

smallest wetland in Quadrant III is .015

ha (.036 ac) and the largest is .486 ha

(1.201 ac). Of the 6 wetlands, 4 are

associated with roads and ditches, and

the remaining 2 with previously

disturbed areas, one of which is

radiologically contaminated. Only 1 of

these 6 wetlands is within an area

proposed for Reindustrialization. None

of the wetlands are hydrologically

connected although they do periodically

support wetland plant species and may

exhibit hydric soil conditions.

Quadrant IV, the northern section of

the site, has 19 jurisdictional wetlands

and 4 non-jurisdictional wetlands

totaling 2.66 ha (6.58 ac). The 4 nonjurisdictional wetlands are associated

with active sludge lagoons. The smallest

wetland in Quadrant IV is .005 ha (.012

ac) and 15 of the 19 jurisdictional

wetlands are less than .1 ha (∼1⁄4 ac) in

size. The largest wetland is .949 ha (2.32

ac) and is within an old borrow area. Of

these 19 wetlands, all except 4 are the

result of man-made disturbance

including road and ditch construction,

dams, and borrow areas. The 4

remaining wetlands are open fields, 3 of

which have been disturbed by plant

activities. Although 19 wetlands are in

this Quadrant, proposed

Reindustrialization activities, namely

the proposed transfer of 340 acres to

SODI, would only involve 6 of the

wetlands. There are no other areas

within Quad IV that contain wetlands

that are being proposed for

Reindustrialization. Of those 6

wetlands, 5 are ditches and within a

borrow area and the remaining 1 is

associated with a previously disturbed

natural area.

In accordance with DOE regulations

for compliance with wetlands

environmental review requirements (10

CFR part 1022), a wetland assessment

will be included within the

Environmental Assessment for the

Reindustrialization Program at the

Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant

(DOE/EA–1346).

Issued in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on

November 13, 2001.

James L. Elmore,

Alternate NEPA Compliance Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–30894 Filed 12–13–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Forest Products Visions of the Future

AGENCY: Idaho Operations Office,

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

solicitation number DE–PS07–

02ID14271.

SUMMARY: The American Forest and

Paper Association in cooperation with

the U.S. Department of Energy, is

seeking applications for cost-shared

research and development of

technologies, which will reduce energy

consumption, enhance economic

competitiveness, and reduce

environmental impacts of the Forest

Products Industry. The research is to

address research priorities in the higher

value through sustainable forestry,

gasification, fiber modification and VOC

and HAP emission technology areas.

DATES: The deadline for receipt of

applications is 5 p.m. EST on April 15,

2002.

ADDRESSES: Applications should be

submitted to: David Friedman,

American Forest and Paper Association,

1111 19th Street, NW., Suite 800,

Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carol Van Lente, Contract Specialist, at

vanlencl@id.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

statutory authority for this program is

the Federal Non-Nuclear Energy

Research & Development Act of 1974

(P.L. 93–577). Approximately

$2,000,000 in federal funds is expected

to be available to fund the first year of

selected research efforts. DOE

anticipates making three cooperative

agreement awards each being $500,000

to $700,000 per year with a duration of

three to five years. Collaborations

between industry, university, and

National Laboratory participants are

encouraged. The solicitation is available

in full text via the Internet at the

following address: http://

www.oit.doe.gov/cfm/

fullSolicitation.cfm/id=123.

Issued in Idaho Falls on December 10,

2001.

R.J. Hoyles,

Director, Procurement Services Division.

[FR Doc. 01–30981 Filed 12–14–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy

[FE Docket No. 01–70–NG 01–74–NG 01–

71–NG 01–73–NG 01–75–NG 01–81–NG 01–

63–NG 01–78–NG 90–09–NG 01–82–NG 00–

61–NG 01–77–NG 01–80–NG 01–79–NG]

Orders Granting, Amending, and

Transferring Authority To Import and

Export Natural Gas; San Diego Gas &

Electric Co.; et al.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of orders.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy

(FE) of the Department of Energy gives

notice that during November 2001, it

issued Orders granting, amending, and

transferring authority to import and

export natural gas. These Orders are

summarized in the attached appendix

and may be found on the FE web site

at http://www.fe.doe.gov (select gas

regulation), or on the electronic bulletin

board at (202) 586–7853. They are also

available for inspection and copying in

the Office of Natural Gas & Petroleum

Import & Export Activities, Docket

Room 3E–033, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586–

9478. The Docket Room is open between

the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays.

Issued in Washington, DC, on December

11, 2001.

Thomas W. Dukes,

Acting Manager, Natural Gas Regulation,

Office of Natural Gas & Petroleum Import

& Export Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

Appendix—Orders Granting,

Amending, and Transferring Import/

Export Authorizations