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Information Service (NTIS). The NTIS participating agency at this time. An numbers). The figure number should be document number is PB97–117659, and earlier draft of the document has been included in the text of the comment. the NTIS Sales Desk can be reached reviewed within the Federal agencies. Comments on the entire manual should between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Comments were received and comments be referenced to the title page. Eastern time, Monday through Friday at from the review that reflected a Title: Draft Multi-Agency Radiation (703) 487–4650; TDD (hearing impaired technical error or flaw in logic or Survey and Site Investigation Manual. only): (703) 487–4639. information flow were addressed. The For the Department of Defense, dated this FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any other comments from the Federal 20th day of December 1996. of the following points of contact for agencies will be addressed along with Gary D. Vest, the public comments. The public review each agency for technical information Principal Assistant Deputy Under Secretary (see ‘‘Addresses’’ section above for is a necessary step in the development of Defense for Environmental Security. directions on obtaining a copy of the of a final multi-agency consensus Title: Draft Multi-Agency Radiation draft MARSSIM): DOE: Kenneth Duvall, document. The document will also Survey and Site Investigation Manual. Phone: (202) 586–0242, U.S. Department receive formal technical peer review. of Energy (EH–412), 1000 Independence The draft has not been approved by the For the U. S. Department of Energy, dated Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585; participating agencies for use in part or this 5th day of December 1996. EPA: Mark Doehnert; Phone: (202) 233– in whole and should not be used, cited, Raymond P. Berube, 9386, U.S. Environmental Protection or quoted except for the purposes of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment. Agency, Mail Stop 6603J, 401 M. Street, providing comments as requested. Reviewers are requested to focus on Title: Draft Multi-Agency Radiation SW, Washington DC 20460; NRC: Robert Survey and Site Investigation Manual. A. Meck, Phone: (301) 415–6205, U.S. technical accuracy, and For the U. S. Environmental Protection Nuclear Regulatory Commission, MS T– understandability. Reviewers are also requested to address five questions Agency, dated this 9th day of December 9C24, Washington DC 20555. Questions 1996. concerning the multi-agency document while reviewing the MARSSIM: (1) Does the MARSSIM provide a E. Ramona Trovato, development project should be practical and implementable approach Director, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air. addressed to CDR Colleen Petullo, U.S. to performing radiation surveys and site Environmental Protection Agency/U.S. Title: Draft Multi-Agency Radiation investigations? Are there any major Public Health Service, RIENL, PO Box Survey and Site Investigation Manual. drawbacks to the proposed methods? 98517, Las Vegas, NV 89193–8517, (702) (2) Is the MARSSIM technically For the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory 798–2476. accurate? Commission, dated this 2nd day of December SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The (3) Does the MARSSIM provide 1996. MARSSIM provides information on benefits that are not available using David Morrison, planning, conducting, evaluating, and current methods? What is the value of Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory documenting environmental the MARSSIM in comparison with other Research. radiological surveys for demonstrating currently available alternatives? [FR Doc. 97–170 Filed 1–3–97; 8:45 am] compliance with dose-based (4) What are the costs associated with BILLING CODE 7590±01±P regulations. The MARSSIM, when the MARSSIM in comparison with other finalized, will be a multi-agency currently available alternatives? consensus document. (5) Is the information in the Department of the Army MARSSIM was developed MARSSIM understandable and Corps of Engineers collaboratively over the past three years presented in a logical sequence? How by the technical staffs of the four can the presentation of material be Availability of Surplus Land and Federal agencies having authority for modified to improve the Buildings Located at Sierra Army control of radioactive materials: DOD, understandability of the manual? Depot (SIAD), Herlong, CA DOE, EPA, and NRC (60 FR 12555). Comments may be submitted as Contractors to the DOE, EPA, and NRC, proposed modified text, or as a AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and members of the public have been discussion. Comments should be DOD. present during the open meetings of the accompanied by supporting bases, ACTION: Notice of availability. MARSSIM work group. rationale, or data. To ensure efficient MARSSIM’s objective is to describe and complete comment resolution, SUMMARY: This notice identifies the standardized and consistent approaches commenters are requested to reference surplus real property located at Sierra for surveys, which provide a high the page number and the line number of Army Depot (SIAD), Herlong, CA. SIAD degree of assurance that established the MARSSIM to which the comment is located approximately 55 miles north dose-based release criteria, limits, applies (enter only the beginning page northwest of Reno, NV just north of U.S. guidelines, and conditions of the and line number, even if your comment Highway 395. SIAD is a base regulatory agencies are satisfied at all applies to a number of pages or lines to realignment facility and major portions stages of the process, while at the same follow). of the installation are being retained for time encouraging an effective use of Comments corresponding to an entire active missions. resources. The techniques, chapter, an entire section, or an entire FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: methodologies, and philosophies that table should be referenced to the line For more information regarding a form the bases of this manual were number for the title of the chapter particular building or parcel (i.e., developed to be consistent with current (always line number 1), section, or table. acreage, floor plans, existing utilities, Federal limits, guidelines, and Comments on footnotes should be exact street address), contact Mr. Jimmy procedures. referenced to the line in the main text Spain, Base Transition Coordinator at Although Federal agency personnel where the footnote is indicated. 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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Plaza, New York, NY 10278–0090, (212) 5. This Notice of Availability is being surplus property is available under the 264–1275. sent to organizations and individuals provisions of the Federal Property and known to have an interest in the project. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Administrative Services Act of 1949 and Please bring this notice to the attention the Base Closure Community Background of any other individuals with an interest Redevelopment and Homeless 1. The Green Brook Sub-Basin is a in this matter. Copies of the DSEIS and Assistance Act of 1994. component of the Raritan River drainage General Reevaluation Report are The surplus real property consists of basin in north central New Jersey. The available upon request for review at the approximately 1,504 acres which Green Brook Sub-Basin has a 65 square following locations: includes approximately 960 acres along mile watershed. The Sub-Basin is Berkley Heights Public Library, 290 the east shore of Honey Lake and located between the Watchung Plainfield Avenue, Berkley Heights, approximately 544 acres of land known Mountains and the Raritan River in New Jersey. as the cantonment area or Herlong Middlesex, Somerset, and Union Bound Brook Public Library, 402 Ease parcel located at the southwest corner of Counties. High Street, Bound Brook, New the installation. The Herlong parcel 2. In response to resolutions of the Jersey. consists of 6 office buildings, 1 storage United States Senate Public Works Bridgewater Public Library, Box 6700, building, and 4 other buildings. The Committee adopted 15 September 1955 Bridgewater, New Jersey. current range of uses include industrial, and 10 July 1972 to adopt Dunellen Public Library, New Market storage, commercial, educational, and recommendations for flood control, the Road, Dunellen, New Jersey. housing facilities. Fanwood Public Library, North Avenue Notices of interest must be submitted U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District prepared a feasibility and Tillotson Road, Fanwood, New within 90 days from December 10, 1996. Jersey. Notices of interest should be forwarded report and a final environmental impact statement in August 1980. A project Middlesex Public Library, 1300 to Sierra Local Redevelopment Mountain Avenue, Middlesex, New Authority, Attention: Mr. Pat Landon, similar to ‘‘Plan A’’ as described in the 1980 feasibility study was authorized Jersey. 1121–A Honey Way, P.O. Box 117, North Plainfield Public Library, 6 Herlong, CA 96113; (916) 827–3480. for construction under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. Rockview Avenue, North Plainfield, Juanita H. Maberry, 3. The flood problems of the Green New Jersey. Alternate, Army Federal Register Liaison Brook Sub-Basin result from a Piscataway Public Library, 500 Hoes Officer. combination of natural hydrologic and Lane, Piscataway, New Jersey. [FR Doc. 97–122 Filed 1–3–97; 8:45 am] hydraulic features coupled with dense Plainfield Public Library, 8th and Park BILLING CODE 3710±EZ±M development within the floodplains. Avenue, Plainfield, New Jersey. The Green Brook flows southwest from Scotch Plains Public Library, 1927 the slopes of the Watchung Mountains. Bartle Avenue, Scotch Plains, New Corps of Engineers The path of the streams within the sub- Jersey. basin flow from relatively undeveloped South Plainfield Public Library, 2840 Notice of Availability for the Draft mountains through a broad flat Plainfield Avenue, South Plainfield, Supplemental Environmental Impact floodplain which is largely suburban New Jersey. Statement and General Reevaluation and industrialized. Streams included in Summit Public Library, 75 Maple Street, Report of the Green Brook Flood the study are: Ambrose Brook, Bound Summit, New Jersey. Control Project in the Green Brook Brook, Bonygutt Brook, Municipal Watchung Public Library, 12 Stirling Sub-Basin of the Raritan River Basin, Brook, Stony Brook, Blue Brook, Cedar Road, Watchung, New Jersey. Middlesex, Somerset, and Union Brook, and Middle Brook. Flood 6. Requests for copies of the DSEIS Counties in the State of New Jersey damages in the tri-county basin are may be mailed to the following address: AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, quite severe due to the level of Bill Richardson, ATTN: CENAN–PL–ES, DOD. development within the sub-basin. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, 26 Federal Plaza, New ACTION: Notice of availability. Notable storms which have caused flood conditions in the sub-basin occurred in York, New York 10278–0090. SUMMARY: The Army Corps of Engineers, May 1968, August 1971, August 1973, Juanita H. Maberry, New York District, in coordination with July 1975, September 1979, July 1984, the project sponsor, the New Jersey Alternate, Army Federal Register Liaison and October 1996. Officer. Department of Environmental 4. The Draft Supplemental [FR Doc. 97–121 Filed 1–3–97; 8:45 am] Protection, has conducted a General Environmental Impact Statement Reevaluation Study of an authorized (DSEIS) describes the impacts of the BILLING CODE 3710±06±M flood protection project in the Green proposed project on environmental and Brook Sub-Basin of the Raritan River in cultural resources in the study area. The New Jersey. A supplement to the 1980 DSEIS also applies guidelines issued by DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Final Environmental Impact Statement the Environmental Protection Agency, Notice of proposed information has been prepared in association with under the authority of the Clean Water collection requests the Reevaluation Study. Public Act of 1977 (Public Law 96–217). An Information meetings are scheduled for evaluation for the proposed actions on AGENCY: Department of Education. January 1997. the waters of the United States was ACTION: Notice of Proposed Information FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: performed pursuant to the guidelines of Collection Requests. Questions about the proposed actions, the Administrator, U.S. Environmental Feasibility Study, and DSEIS can be Protection Agency, under authority of SUMMARY: The Acting Chief Information addressed to Mr. Bill Richardson, New Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The Officer, Office of the Chief Information York District Army Corps of Engineers, results of the evaluation are presented Officer, invites comments on the ATTN: CENAN–PL–ES, 26 Federal in the DSEIS. proposed information collection