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Transportation and Travel

Policy No. TR–12

Subject: Fuel-Related Rate Adjustment

Policy

a. Policy: Written provision will be

made in Military Traffic Management

Command (MTMC) regulations and

solicited tender agreements for fuel

related rate adjustments. The following

Fuel-Related Rate Adjustment policy

provides the transportation industry,

including individual carriers, economic

adjustment and reasonable relief from

increases in diesel fuel prices. Carriers

are urged to consider changes in fuel

prices when submitting or

supplementing rates during rate filing

and/or bid submission periods. See

Sections I and J for specific program

applications and exceptions.

b. Issue Date: The issue date is

January 2, 2001.

c. Effective Date: The effective date is

April 1, 2001.

d. Expiration Date: The expiration

date is April 1, 2002 and is subject to

reauthorization on an annual basis at

the sole discretion of HQ MTMC. The

MTMC Fuel Board will periodically

meet to consider changes and

modifications to this policy.

e. Application: The policy will apply

to MTMC Personal Property and

Domestic Freight Programs.

f. Policy and Guidance: 1.

Application: Applicability of the FuelRelated Adjustment is based on

guidance contained in the solicitation or

other procurement request for

transportation services. Application of a

Fuel-Related Rate Adjustment will be

determined the first Monday of the

month and based on the National

Average diesel fuel price as determined

by the Department of Energy, Energy

Information Administration (EIA). If the

first Monday is a holiday the fuel price

will be determined based on the price

on the next business day.

2. Determination of Adjustment: (a)

Only the National Average diesel fuel

price as published by the DOE, EIA on

the first Monday of the month (or the

first working day after a Monday if the

Monday falls on a Federal Holiday) may

be used as a basis for determining the

applicability of a Fuel-Related Rate

Adjustment. The fuel adjustment will

automatically apply to shipments

picked up on or after the 15th day of the

month through the 14th day of the

following month. The diesel fuel prices

published by the EIA may be found via

the following sources:

(1) EIA Web site: http://

www.eia.doe.gov/.

(2) EIA Weekly Petroleum Status

Report.

(3) EIA Hotline: (202) 586–6966.

(b) It is the responsibility of the

carrier to monitor diesel fuel prices via

one of the sources identified above. The

National Average diesel fuel price

determined by the DOE, EIA on the first

Monday of the month will serve as the

basis for determining the entitlement to

a Fuel-Related Adjustment, until the

first Monday of the following month

when the National Average diesel fuel

price is published. The National

Average fuel price and the actual pickup

date of the shipment will determine if

there is an entitlement to an adjustment

and the amount of the adjustment. An

adjustment is not applicable to any

portion of transportation in which a

surcharge or any other additional

payment for fuel is already in existence.

For example, portions of transportation

to which the Bunker Fuel Surcharge is

applicable.

3. Amount of Adjustment: a. The table

below will be used to determine the fuel

related adjustment factor. No fuel

adjustment will be granted when prices

are within the neutral range (‘‘0’’). When

the DOE, EIA fuel price exceeds the

neutral range amount, the carrier will be

entitled to the specific fuel rate

adjustment percentage based on the

applicable fuel cost per gallon as

indicated in the table. The increase

applies to line haul transportation

charges only unless otherwise identified

in the solicitation. The following rates

adjustments are provided in the

following table:

TABLE

Cost per gallon (in cents)

Rate

adjustment

(percent)

130.0 and below ....................... 0

130.1–140.0 .............................. 1

140.1–150.0 .............................. 2

150.1–160.0 .............................. 3

160.1–170.0 .............................. 4

170.1–180.0 .............................. 5

180.1–190.0 .............................. 6

190.1–200.0 .............................. 7

200.1–210.0 .............................. 8

210.1–220.0 .............................. 9

b. For example, if the reported DOE,

EIA National Average diesel fuel price

is $1.52 the carrier would be entitled to

a fuel-related surcharge of 3% for

shipments picked up on or after the

15th of the month. For each 10 cents per

gallon above 220.0 add 1%.

4. Readjustments: The surcharge is

automatically recalculated monthly and

adjusted upward or downward

depending on the DOE EIA National

Average price on the 1st Monday of the

month. In no case will the adjustment

lower the original price offered in the

carriers’ initial filing or response to a

solicitation.

g. Billing Procedures: Carriers will

clearly show fuel price adjustments on

all paper and electronic commercial

freight bills and Government Bills of

Lading and invoices. The amount of any

diesel fuel rate surcharge must be

shown as a separate item on the carriers’

invoice.

h. The policy supersedes Policy No.

55–4 Fuel Related Carrier Rate Changes.

i. Personal Property Program: Specific

program applications and exceptions are

listed below:

1. Applications: (CONUS segment,

including Alaska and Hawaii).

(a) Line haul portion of domestic

interstate and intrastate movements.

(b) Domestic line haul portion of

international personal property

movements.

(c) Transportation charges applicable

on domestic and international storagein-transit shipments when such

shipments are delivered or removed

from the domestic storage-in-transit

warehouse.

2. Exceptions: None.

j. Domestic Freight Program: Specific

program applications are listed below:

1. Applications: a. Applies only to the

domestic line haul portion of the carrier

rate.

2. Exceptions: None.

(end of change)

Regulatory Flexibility Act

The change is not considered rule

making within the meaning of the

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–

612.

Paperwork Reduction Act

The Paperwork Reduction Act, 44

U.S.C. 3051 et seq., does not apply

because no information collection

requirement or recordkeeping

responsibilities are imposed on offerors,

contractors, or members of the public.

Francis A. Galluzzo,

Director, Distribution Analysis Center.

[FR Doc. 01–5241 Filed 3–2–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–08–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Logistics Agency

Management of Excess Mercury;

Expressions of Interest; Alternative

Locations for the Long Term Storage

of Mercury

AGENCY: Defense National Stockpile

Center (DNSC), Defense.

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ACTION: Notice of request for expression

of interest.

SUMMARY: The Defense National

Stockpile Center (DNSC), part of the

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) within

the Department of Defense (DoD), is

preparing an environmental impact

statement (EIS) to assess several

alternatives for the long term

management or use of mercury that has

been declared excess to national defense

needs. As part of the EIS assessment,

DNSC is requesting Expressions of

Interest from interested federal agencies

for potential locations for the long term

(greater than 40 years) consolidated

storage of the excess mercury. For the

purposes of this EIS, the term ‘‘long

term management’’ shall include any

potential action to sell, treat, store, or

dispose of such material. The DNSC

inventory of approximately 4,890 tons

of excess mercury is currently stored in

warehouses at four locations. Suggested

sites that are submitted for DNSC

consideration would be evaluated to

determine their reasonableness for

inclusion as an alternative in the EIS.

More detailed information on the EIS

can be found in the February 5, 2001

Federal Register (66 FR 8947).

Information on the EIS may also be

found at the Mercury Management EIS

website at www.mercuryeis.com.

Department of Energy (DOE) is a

cooperating agency for the preparation

of this EIS because some of DoD’s excess

mercury is currently stored at the DOE

Y–12 National Security Complex in Oak

Ridge, Tennessee.

DATES: Agencies wishing to make an

Expression of Interest should do so in

writing by April 30, 2001, to ensure

their consideration.

ADDRESSES: Please submit Expressions

of Interest to: Project Manager, Mercury

Management EIS; DNSC–E; Defense

Logistics Agency; Defense National

Stockpile Center, 8725 John J. Kingman

Road, Suite 4616, Fort Belvoir, VA

22060–6223.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background.

DNSC is a mandatory source of

supply for raw materials for all Federal

agencies as required by the Federal

acquisition Regulation, Part 8.002—Use

of Other Government Supply Sources.

The mercury in DLA’s Stockpile has

been declared excess to national defense

needs and DNSC must decide on long

term management of the excess

mercury.

The DNSC inventory of approximately

4,890 tons of excess mercury is

currently stored in warehouses at four

locations: Somerville, NJ; New Haven,

IN; Oak Ridge, TN; and Warren, OH.

Most of the excess inventory, about

2,882 tons (75,980 flasks) is stored at the

Somerville Depot in Somerville, NJ.

Approximately 770 tons (20,276 flasks)

is stored at the U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) Y–12 National Security

Complex in Oak Ridge, TN; and 621

tons (16,355 flasks) is stored at the

Warren Depot in Warren, OH. The

remainder, approximately 614 tons

(16,151 flasks), is stored at the Casad

Depot, located approximately 3 miles

(4.8 kilometers) east of New Haven, IN.

Mercury is a dense, naturally occurring,

silver-colored metallic element that is

liquid at room temperature. sometimes

called ‘quicksilver’, liquid mercury has

been used extensively in manufacturing

because it readily conducts electricity,

reacts to temperature changes, and

alloys with other metals. Mercury is

designated as a hazardous substance

under Section 307(a) of the Clean Water

Act, Section 112 of the Clean Air Act,

and Section 3001 of the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act.

The DNSC mercury is between 99.5

and 99.9 percent pure. The material is

currently stored in 3 liter, carbon steel

flasks with each flask containing about

76 pounds (34.5 kilograms) of mercury.

The flasks are stored in wooden box

pallets equipped with drip pans, with

50 to 60 flasks to a pallet. Some of the

flasks were manufactured and date from

the 1940’s and 1950’s, although the

mercury at the Y–12 National Security

Complex was transferred into new flasks

in 1975.

DNSC, as custodian of the excess

inventory of mercury, must decide on

an approach for long term management

or use of the material. As required by

Council on Environmental Quality

(CEQ) and DLA National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, this

decision must include consideration of

a range of reasonable management

alternatives and the environmental and

socioeconomic impacts of those

alternatives. Therefore, as announced in

the Notice of Intent to prepare an

environmental impact statement

published in the Federal Register on

February 5, 2001 (66 FR 8947), DNSC is

evaluating a range of reasonable

alternatives in the EIS. These

alternatives include no action, and are

likely to include consolidated long term

storage, processing, disposal, and sales

alternatives. Consolidated long term

storage could occur at existing storage

locations or at other locations. The

purpose of this Notice is to determine if

there is interest on the part of other

federal agencies in hosting a

consolidated storage facility.

Consideration of any particular

consolidation site in the EIS is not a

guarantee of its selection. DNSC would

likely hold public outreach (e.g., an EIS

scoping meeting) in cooperation with

the host agency to judge reaction to the

proposal and would probably request

that agency to be a cooperating agency

under NEPA for the EIS.

Request for Expression of Interest:

DNSC requests Expressions of Interest

from federal agencies on locations for

storage of approximately 4,890 tons

(128,762, 76-lb flasks) of mercury. This

request for expression of interest

published, in today’s Federal Register,

is the first step in the process to

consider alternative sites for

consolidated long term storage of the

mercury. This request will help to

ensure that the resulting long term

management options will consider all

reasonable alternatives. Because DNSC

expects that each Agency’s submission

and site would have unique

characteristics associated with its

proposal, terms and conditions of use of

any site would be negotiated to the

mutual satisfaction of both agencies.

DNSC will evaluate each submission

to determine if it should be included as

a reasonable alternative in the EIS,

which will assess the environmental

impacts of the various alternative

management strategies. DNSC estimates

that approximately 100,000 to 150,000

square feet of space would be required

depending on the storage configuration

to store the entire mercury stockpile

with sufficient space between pallets to

conduct routine inspections. DNSC

requires that the space be in compliance

with all current building codes and

construction standards, and have a fire

suppression system. In addition the

temperature of the storage area must not

exceed 70 degrees F; temperature can be

limited by natural means or climate

control. Since the mercury is an

industrial commodity and the storage

period to begin in 2003 and, for

planning purposes, continue for 40 or

more years.

DNSC requires the following

information for each proposed storage

location:

1. A map showing the location of the

storage building on the site, nearby

(within 10 miles) political boundaries,

communities (especially minority, low

income or Native American), roads,

railroads, airports, water bodies,

parkland, or other environmentally

sensitive areas;

2. A description of the site, including

ownership, current activities, access

control system, hazardous materials

handling experience, mercury handling

experience, current tenants, previous

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regulatory compliance problems, and

existing environmental contamination;

3. A description of the storage

building, if pre-existing, including date

and type of construction including any

special features which provide

protection against leaks and external

environmental hazards, fire suppression

system, access control system, current

activities and materials in storage,

current tenants, and existing

environmental contamination;

4. Equipment, materials, and labor

required to upgrade or construct the

facility to accept long term mercury

storage;

5. Environmental and health and

safety approvals required;

6. Estimated cost, including

construction, operations, and

decontamination. Include a description

of the basis for the estimate, and any

assumptions; and

7. Proposed schedule for providing a

consolidation facility meeting the above

requirements.

Expression of Interest Format: The

length of the Expression of Interest

should be no more than 30 pages using

12-point font. While the responder may

determine how best to use the 30 pages,

we recommend the following format:

SECTION I—Summary; SECTION 2—

Description of Location with specific

reference to the items requested by

DNSC above; SECTION 3—

Qualifications and experience of

respondents in mercury storage

operations or operations of similar

complexity. When describing similar

work that has been performed, include

the name of the organization, contract

number if applicable, and name and

telephone number of the organization’s

point of contact and contracting officer.

Proprietary Information: If the

Expression of Interest contains

information that is privileged or

confidential and which the respondent

does not want disclosed to the public or

used by the Federal Government for any

purpose other than this Notice, the

respondent should place the following

notice on the Expression of Interest.

‘‘Notice: Data contained in these pages

of this Expression of Interest have been

submitted in confidence and contain

trade secrets or commercial or financial

information that is confidential or

privileged, and such data should be

used or disclosed only for purposes of

consideration of this Expression of

Interest. This restriction does not limit

the Government’s right to use or

disclose data obtained without

restriction from any source, including

the respondent.’’ The respondent should

mark the pages that are considered

‘‘Proprietary Information’’.

Submission: Agencies wishing to

make an Expression of Interest should

do so in writing by April 30, 2001, to

ensure their consideration. Each

submittal should consist of an original

and three photocopies, and be mailed to

Project Manager, Mercury Management

EIS; DNSC–E; Defense Logistics Agency;

Defense National Stockpile Center, 8725

John J. Kingman Road, Suite 4616, Fort

Belvoir, VA 22060–6223. DNSC will not

consider attachments or appendices.

Respondents may submit questions

within 20 business days of this notice

being published. Questions may be

submitted by e-mail to

dennis_lynch@hq.dla.mil or by fax to

(703) 767–5411. Responses to questions

will be posted on the Mercury

Management EIS web site at

www.mercuryeis.com. DNSC is under

no obligation to pay for any costs

associated with the preparation or

submission of Expressions of Interest in

response to this Notice. DNSC reserves

the right to respond or not respond to

any portion, all, or none of the

Expressions of Interest submitted in

response to this Notice.

Issued in Fort Belvoir, VA., on this 21st

day of February, 2001.

Richard Connelly,

Administrator, Defense National Stockpile

Center.

[FR Doc. 01–5171 Filed 3–2–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3620–01–M

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES

SAFETY BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

Pursuant to the provision of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given of

the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

Board’s (Board) meeting described

below.

TIME AND DATE OF MEETING: 9:00 a.m.,

March 28, 2001.

PLACE: The Defense Nuclear Facilities

Safety Board, Public Hearing Room, 625

Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 300,

Washington, DC 20004.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The

Department of Energy (DOE) requires

contractors at defense nuclear facilities

to develop and implement quality

assurance programs to ensure the

requisite quality of operations, products,

and services. Activities required to be

conducted under established quality

assurance programs extend from

scientific studies, to the design of new

facilities, operations of facilities, and

deactivation of defense nuclear facilities

and directly affect safety-related systems

and operations. Notwithstanding

contract and rule requirements

concerning quality assurance, there is

evidence that quality assurance

programs at defense nuclear facilities

are not consistently achieving their

quality objectives.

The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

Board (Board) intends to hold a series of

open meetings on the topic of quality

assurance within the DOE nuclear

defense activities. Board inquiries will

address (1) the current framework of

DOE quality assurance programs relative

to industry standards, and (2) results of

DOE assessments of contractor

implementation of quality assurance

requirements.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Richard A. Azzaro, General Counsel,

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,

625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700,

Washington, DC 20004, (800) 788–4016.

This is a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

reserves its right to further schedule and

otherwise regulate the course of this

meeting, to recess, reconvene, postpone

or adjourn the meeting, and otherwise

exercise its authority under the Atomic

Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

Dated: March 1, 2001.

John T. Conway,

Chairman.

[FR Doc. 01–5403 Filed 3–1–01; 12:51 pm]

BILLING CODE 3670–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA Nos.: 84.141A and 84.149A]

Notice Inviting Applications for New

Awards for Fiscal year (FY) 2001 for

the High School Equivalency Program

(HEP) and the Colleges Assistance

Migrant Program (CAMP)—Correction.

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for

new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2001 for

the high school equivalency program

(HEP) and the college assistance migrant

program (CAMP)—Correction.

SUMMARY: On January 25, 2001 a notice

inviting applications for new awards for

fiscal year (FY) 2001 for the High School

Equivalency Program (HEP) and the

College Assistance Migrant Program

(CAMP) was published in the Federal

Register (66 FR 7748). This document

corrects the Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications and also corrects the

Deadline for Intergovernmental Review.

The new dates are shown below: