Federal Register/Vol. 63, No. 31/Tuesday, February 17, 1998
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7764 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 17, 1998 / Notices Agency: Corporation for National and Wage Committee, 4000 Defense and correspondence during the Community Service. Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301±4000. preparation of the EA will be considered Title: Applicant Medical Prescreening Dated: February 10, 1998. in preparation of the EIS, as will Form. L.M. Bynum, comments received by the Air Force OMB Number: 3045±0025. during this scoping period. To ensure Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Agency Number: None. Officer, Department of Defense. the Air Force has sufficient time to Affected Public: 18±24 year old [FR Doc. 98±3784 Filed 2±13±98; 8:45 am] consider public input in the preparation AmeriCorps*NCCC applicants. of the Draft EIS, comments should be BILLING CODE 5000±04±M Total Respondents: Approximately submitted to the address below by 2,500. March 20, 1998: Frequency: One time per selected DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HQ AFCEE/ECR applicant. ATTN: Ms. Julia Cantrell, 3207 North Average Time Per Response: .5 hours Department of the Air Force Road, Brooks Air Force Base, TX Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,250 78235±5363 hours. Notice of Intent To Prepare Barbara A. Carmichael, Environmental Impact Statement on Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0. Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison Total Burden Cost (operating/ the Proposal to Release Federal Funds Officer. to the University of New Mexico to maintenance): 0. [FR Doc. 98±3906 Filed 2±13±98; 8:45 am] Construct Enchanted Skies Park and Comments submitted in response to BILLING CODE 3910±01±P this notice will be summarized and/or Observatory, Near Grants, NM included in the request for Office of The United States Air Force (Air Management and Budget approval of the Force) will prepare an Environmental DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE information collection request; they will Impact Statement (EIS) to assess the also become a matter of public record. potential environmental impacts of the Department of the Air Force Dated: February 10, 1998. Air Force's decision to issue Department Air Force Institute of Technology Kenneth L. Klothen, of Defense (DoD) grant funds to the Subcommittee of the Air University General Counsel. University of New Mexico to construct Board of Visitors; Notice of Meeting [FR Doc. 98±3891 Filed 2±13±98; 8:45 am] an astronomical observatory on Horace BILLING CODE 6050±28±P Mesa, near Grants. The Air Force The Air Force Institute of Technology initiated an Environmental Assessment Subcommittee of the Air University (EA) in May 1997 to analyze this Board of Visitors will hold an open proposal. Preliminary results from the meeting on March 15±17, 1998, with the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EA indicated the potential for first business session beginning at 8:30 Office of the Secretary of Defense significant impacts to cultural resources. a.m. in the Commandant's Conference In accordance with the National Room, Building 125, Wright-Patterson Department of Defense Wage Environmental Policy Act, the Air Force Air Force Base (AFB), Ohio (5 seats Committee; Notice of Closed Meetings will continue the analysis of this available). proposal through the preparation of an The purpose of the meeting is to give Pursuant to the provisions of section EIS. The EIS will be used by the Air the board an opportunity to review Air 10 of Public Law 92±463, the Federal Force in considering whether, and Force Institute of Technology's Advisory Committee Act, notice is under what conditions, to approve the educational programs and to present to hereby given that closed meetings of the release of federal funds to construct the the Commandant a report of their Department of Defense Wage Committee observatory on Horace Mesa and to findings and recommendations will be held on March 3, 1998; March document the Air Force's decision in a concerning these programs. 10, 1998; March 17, 1998; March 24, Record of Decision. For further information on this 1998; and March 31, 1998, at 10:00 a.m. The University of New Mexico has meeting, contact Ms. Beverly Houtz, in Room A105, The Nash Building, 1400 proposed to use the grant funds to build Directorate of Plans and Operations, Air Key Boulevard, Rosslyn, Virginia. the Enchanted Skies Park and Force Institute of Technology, Wright- Under the provisions of section 10(d) Observatory near Grants, NM. This Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433±7765 (937) of Public Law 92±463, the Department proposal involves the construction and 255±5760. of Defense has determined that the operation of an astronomical research Barbara A. Carmichael, meetings meet the criteria to close site with a publicly accessible park that Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison meetings to the public because the includes educational opportunities and Officer. matters to be considered are related to amateur viewing facilities. The project [FR Doc. 98±3907 Filed 2±13±98; 8:45 am] internal rules and practices of the would consist of a Visitor's Center, BILLING CODE 3910±01±P Department of Defense and the detailed Technical Center and amateur viewing wage data to be considered were area. The building and structures would obtained from officials of private occupy approximately 250 acres of land DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE establishments with a guarantee that the on Horace Mesa with interconnected data will be held in confidence. transportation corridors for hiking, Department of the Navy However, members of the public who walking, delivery/maintenance, and may wish to do so are invited to submit tram/trolley traffic. Improvements to Record of Decision for the Installation material in writing to the chairman state owned access roads would also be and Operation of a Relocatable Over concerning matters believed to be required. the Horizon Radar (ROTHR) System in deserving of the Committee's attention. The scoping period for the Enchanted Puerto Rico Additional information concerning Skies Park and Observatory will extend AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. the meetings may be obtained by writing through March 20, 1998. Written and ACTION: Notice of record of decision. to the Chairman, Department of Defense oral comments received from meetings Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 17, 1998 / Notices 7765 SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prepared in two versions, English and announces its decision to install and for Construction and Operation of a Spanish, and distributed to over 200 operate a ROTHR System in Puerto ROTHR, Puerto Rico was published in government agencies, groups, and Rico. the Federal Register on May 25, 1994. individuals. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. That notice described briefly the A public hearing was held on March Linda Blount, Atlantic Division Naval proposed action, requirements for a 15, 1997 in Juana Diaz, with HeÂctor Facilities Engineering Command (Code transmitter site and a receiver site, and Russe Martinez, Esq., President of the 2032LB), 1510 Gilbert Street, Norfolk, alternative site locations identified for Puerto Rico EQB, serving as Hearing VA 23511±2699, telephone (757) 322± the transmitter on Vieques (Playa Officer. During the public hearing forty 4892. Grande, Camp Garcia Airfield, and people spoke. The public comment period was open for the receipt of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of Camp Garcia East) and for the receiver in southwest Puerto Rico (Lajas A and comments until March 31, 1997. Forty- the entire Record of Decision is nine letters from agencies, provided as follows: Lajas B). Public scoping meetings were announced in English and Spanish in organizations, and individual concerned The Department of the Navy (Navy), citizens were received by the Navy pursuant to Section 102 (2) (c) of the local newspapers and in direct mailouts. Following these notifications, two pertaining to the ROTHR project. National Environmental Policy Act of Issues raised at the public hearings 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq., scoping meetings were held as follows: • June 9, 1994 from 7:30 pm to 9:30 and submitted in writing were and the regulations of the Council on pm at the Community Center in La addressed in a Final EIS (FEIS). The Environmental Quality (CEQ) that Parguera, Lajas, PR; and FEIS was filed with EPA on September implement NEPA procedures, 40 CFR • June 11, 1994 from 10:30 am to 1:00 19, 1997 and a Notice of Availability Parts 1500±1508, hereby announces its pm at the Municipal Assembly Hall in was published in the Federal Register decision to install and operate a ROTHR Vieques, PR. on September 26, 1997. The document System in Puerto Rico. A total of ten individuals provided was prepared in two versions, English The ROTHR system is a high comments at the scoping meetings and and Spanish, and distributed to over frequency radar that provides over-the- three letters were received. 200 government agencies, groups, and horizon detection and tracking of On July 18, 1995, the Draft individuals. The public comment period aircraft over a wide geographic area. Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was open for the receipt of new Each complete ROTHR system is for the ROTHR project was issued, and comments until October 27, 1997. A composed of three major subsystems: on July 24, 1995 a Notice of Availability total of eight written comments were the transmitter, receiver, and operation was published in the Federal Register. received on the FEIS. control center (OCC). The transmitter The document was prepared in two Alternatives will be installed at a site on the versions, English and Spanish, and southwestern coast of Vieques, Puerto distributed to 118 parties including NEPA requires the Navy to evaluate a Rico, north of the Laguna Playa Grande. government agencies, groups, and reasonable range of alternatives. The receiver will be installed at a site individuals.