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Room 10S07, Alexandria, VA 22332–

5000, ATTN: MT–DAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Frank Galluzzo, (703) 428–2327.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Defense Transportation Tracking System

(DTTS) provides satellite tracking of

domestic motor shipments while

enroute (between origin and

destination) and increases security and

response capability for AA&E shipments

in the event of accident or incident. SNS

is a transportation protective service

that permits Department of Defense

(DOD) to obtain periodic in-transit

reports and messages on shipment

movements in the DTTS. Since its

inception in February 1989, the DTTS

has been expanded to cover a large

number of shipments involving Security

Risk Categorized (CAT) munitions. It is

the DOD policy to track all CAT I

through IV and Uncategorized

Munitions shipments using SNS.

Included in these categories are most

types of arms, ammunition and

explosives shipped by DOD or DOD

contractor-sponsored shipments.

On July 6, 1993 MTMC published a

Federal Register notice July 6, 1993 (58

FR 36188) stating that motor carriers

would be required to include SNS

charges for AA&E shipments in their

transportation line haul rates, and that

SNS charges as an accessorial service

would no longer be accepted for these

shipments. In response to industry

comments MTMC stated in a Federal

Register notice on January 3, 1994 (59

FR 75) that charges for SNS would

continue to be expressed as a separate

accessorial charge and considered along

with linehaul rates and other accessorial

charges to determine the overall low

rate carrier for rating and routing

purposes. The primary basis for the

MTMC decision to continue separate

SNS charges was stated to be that the

SNS program objectives for AA&E

shipments had not been completely

implemented, but that MTMC’s policy

would continue to be procurement of

services and selection of a carrier based

on existing criteria.

MTMC has reconsidered the policy of

separate SNS charges, and now

proposes that SNS accessorial charges

be discontinued for AA&E shipments.

SNS services would still be required on

AA&E shipments. However, in lieu of an

accessorial charge, each carrier would

include all costs of providing satellite

tracking service in the carrier’s basic

linehaul transportation rate. At one time

many munitions shipments did not

require SNS service. Transportation

Officers ordered SNS as needed, on a

shipment-by-shipment basis. Thus, it

was not logical or economical to include

such charges in the linehaul rate. An

agreed stipulation signed in December

1994 by the Munitions Carriers

Conference and the United States

provided that SNS would be continued

at that time as a separate accessorial

charge. Thee stipulation also provided

that it would not prevent MTMC from

making any policy change which it

determines to be necessary to protect

the public interest or the fiscal and

operational requirements of the DOD.

MTMC now proposes to change this

policy for AA&E shipments since it is

expected to result in operational

efficiencies and lower overall

transportation costs to the public, thus

furthering the public interest and

protecting the fiscal requirement of the

DOD. Satellite tracking devices are now

in universal use by motor carriers.

MTMC requires satellite tracking be

provided routinely on all DOD motor

freight shipments of arms, ammunition

and similarly classified commodity

categories. There is no longer any reason

to maintain a separate accessorial charge

for a service that is considered essential

to these shipments and can be included

in the carriers’ basic linehaul rate.

MTMC requirements and standards

for SNS and related services can be

found at www.mtmc.army.mil in the

MTMC Freight Traffic Rules Publication

No. 1B dated October 19, 2001.

This proposed policy change applies

only to the movement of AA&E

shipments. MTMC will continue to

maintain an accessorial service in the

Freight Traffic Rules Publication No.

1Bb for shippers to order motor

surveillance service (SNS) for certain

types of shipments which require this

type of surveillance. Typically these

shipments may include historical and

high value articles, one of a kind items

or other items of a unique nature that

require SNS during the transportation

process. SNS for these articles will be

ordered by the shipper on a case-by-case

basis and only from carriers who

provide this service and have a rate on

file with MTMC. MTMC will develop

and publish a in the Freight Traffic

Rules Publication No. 1B an accessorial

item for this service.

Luz D. Ortiz,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of

Engineers

Availability of Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement

(DSEIS) For Proposed Changes to the

Chickamauga Lock Project, Hamilton

County, TN

AGENCY: Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Corps of Engineers,

Nashville District, and the Tennessee

Valley Authority (Cooperating Agency)

has prepared a Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement

(DSEIS) to the 1995 Environmental

Impact Statement titled Chickamauga

Dam—Navigation Lock Project Final

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).

This supplement is necessary to provide

information unknown and not required

at the time the FEIS was completed.

DATES: Written comments must be

received by the Corps of Engineers on or

before January 29, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on issues

to be considered in the SEIS shall be

mailed to: Wayne Easterling or Patty

Coffey, Project Planning Branch,

Nashville District Corps of Engineers,

PO Box 1070 (PM–P), Nashville,

Tennessee 37202–1070.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information concerning the

notice, please contact Wayne Easterling,

Environmental Team, (615) 736–7847,

or Patty Coffey, Environmental Team,

(615) 736–7865.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. The

intent of the Supplemental EIS is to

provide National Environmental Policy

Act coverage for the Chickamauga Lock

project on issues that were unknown or

not required when the original EIS was

prepared. The original EIS for

Chickamauga Lock was completed in

1995 and a Record of Decision signed in

1996. The original EIS considered four

alternatives including no action (closing

the existing lock), constructing a new

110 × 600 foot lock (preferred

alternative), constructing a new 60 × 360

foot lock (replacement in kind) and

constructing a new 75 × 400 foot lock.

The SEIS now proposed will cover

cumulative effects and compliance with

section 106 of the Historic Preservation

Act. Coordination with the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service will include a

Biological Assessment/Opinion for

Endangered Species Act and a Fish and

Wildlife Coordination Act Report.

2. This notice serves to solicit

comments from the public; federal, state

and local agencies and officials; Indian

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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]

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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