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biocontainment facilities (as regulated
by the Centers for Disease Control and
prevention (CDC)) and expertise to
safely conduct critical biomedical
research. In addition to its original
mission to protect military personnel,
USAMRIID has been assigned a second
mission to leverage these capabilities to
support government-wide biological
defense efforts by acting as the DoD’s
lead laboratory for T&E of medical
biological defense products.
USAMRIID must expand its facilities
to meet both the requirements for
increased understanding of current
biological threats and the threat of
emerging diseases to U.S. military
service members and citizens. Replacing
the existing USAMRIID facilities on
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accelerate the research, development,
testing, and evaluation of vaccines,
drugs and diagnostics for military and
civilian applications. This laboratory
complex, built primarily in the 1950s
and 1960s for 325 personnel, now
houses approximately 750 staff
personnel in approximately 500,000 gsf
of floor space. Major utilities and other
support systems within the laboratory
complex have exceeded their life
expectancies and cannot readily accept
new technologies. Despite high levels of
maintenance that consume up to 25% of
the USAMRIID operating budget, the
existing facilities no longer provide an
adequate platform for USAMRIID to
execute its critical missions. It is
estimated that approximately 900
people will staff the Stage 1 facility and
a total of approximately 1,300 people
will be employed upon completion of
Stage 2.
The proposed new USAMRIID
facilities will include biocontainment
laboratories designed, constructed, and
operated to Biosafety Levels (BSLs) –2,
–3, and –4 and enhanced BSL–3
standards. The animal facilities will be
designed, constructed and operated to
Animal Biosafety Level (ABSL) –2 and
enhanced ABSL–3 standards. (Note:
BSLs and ABSLs are designations
within a well-defined system
established by the CDC and the National
Institutes of Health consisting of
facilities, equipment, and procedural
guidelines designed to minimize risk of
exposure to potentially hazardous
biological pathogens for laboratory
workers and the outside environment.)
These BSL and ABSL facilities will
enable USAMRIID researchers to safely
conduct the research and development
and medical T&E work required to
support USAMRIID’s evolving missions.
The research conducted at USAMRIID
has been and will continue to be solely
defensive in nature. The army does not
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conduct offensive chemical or biological
weapon research in any way, and is
firmly committed to compliance with
both international and domestic law
including, but not limited to, the
Convention on the Prohibition of the
Development, Production and
Stockpiling of Bacteriological
(Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on
Their Destruction and the Biological
Weapons Anti-terrorism Act.
Environmental analyses of the
Proposed Action and alternatives will
evaluate land use, climate, geology,
soils, water resources, wetlands, plant
and animal ecology, air quality,
historical and cultural resources,
socioeconomic environment, noise,
odors, transportation, energy resources,
hazardous material management, human
health and safety, environmental justice,
and cumulative effects with respect to
unknown or potentially significant
impacts. The issues to be addressed will
include safety of laboratory operations
and demolition of the existing
biocontainment laboratories; public
health and safety; handling, collection,
treatment, and disposal of research
wastes; analysis of other risks; and
pollution prevention.
The EIS will address several
alternatives, including demolition of the
existing USAMRIID facilities; partial
renovation of existing USAMRIID
facilities for laboratory or nonlaboratory use; and a No-Action
alternative, under which the proposed
new USAMRIID facilities would not be
built and operated and the existing
USAMRIID facilities would not be
decommissioned and demolished or
reused. Additional alternatives may be
identified in the public scoping process.
Public participation: The Army
invites full public participation to
promote open communication and
informed decision-making. All
interested persons and organizations,
including minority, low-income,
disadvantaged, and Native American
groups, are urged to participate in this
NEPA environmental analysis process.
Assistance will be provided upon
request to anyone with special needs to
facilitate their participation in the NEPA
process.
To ensure that the full range of issues
related to this Proposed Action and the
scope of this EIS are addressed, oral and
written comments are invited from all
interested parties, including appropriate
Federal, state, and local agencies, and
private organizations and citizens. The
scoping process supporting this effort
will include: establishment of the public
USAMRIID EIS Web site at https://
www.usamriid.army.mil/eis;
dissemination of public information
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packages; publication in local
newspapers; and coordination with
public interest groups. These efforts will
allow the public to provide input
regarding the scope of the study and
reasonable alternatives.
Public comments are welcome
throughout the NEPA process and
should be directed to Caree Vander
Linden at the address above. Additional
formal opportunities for public
participation after the public scoping
phase are tentatively scheduled as
follows: review and comment on the
Draft EIS, August–September 2006;
public information meeting on the Draft
EIS, August 2006. Notices of
Availability for the Draft EIS, Final EIS,
and Record of Decision will be provided
through direct mail, the Federal
Register, and other media. Notifications
also will be sent to Federal, state, and
local agencies and persons and
organizations that submit comments or
questions throughout the NEPA process.
Precise schedules and locations for
public meetings will be announced in
the local news media. Interested
individuals and organizations may
request to be included on the mailing
list for public distribution of meeting
announcements and associated
documents.
Dated: February 3, 2006.
Addison D. Davis,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Environment, Safety and Occupational
Health).
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. EA–307]
Application To Export Electric Energy;
Silverhill Ltd.
Office Electricity Delivery &
Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Application.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Silverhill Ltd. (Silverhill) has
applied for authority to transmit electric
energy from the United States to Canada
pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal
Power Act.
DATES: Comments, protests or requests
to intervene must be submitted on or
before March 10, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or
requests to intervene should be
addressed as follows: Office Electricity
Delivery & Energy Reliability (Mail Code
OE–20), U.S. Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202–
287–5736).
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Mintz (Program Office), 202–
586–9506 or Michael Skinker (Program
Attorney) 202–586–2793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of
electricity from the United States to a
foreign country are regulated and
require authorization under section
202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)
(16U.S.C. 824a(e)).
On January 6, 2006, the Department of
Energy (DOE) received an application
from Silverhill to transmit electric
energy from the United States to
Canada. Silverhill is a corporation
formed under Ontario law with its
principal place of business in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. Silverhill does not
own or control any transmission or
distribution assets, nor does it have a
franchised service area. The electric
energy which Silverhill proposes to
export to Canada would be purchased
from electric utilities and Federal power
marketing agencies within the U.S.
Silverhill proposes to arrange for the
delivery of electric energy to Canada
over the existing international
transmission facilities owned by Basin
Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville
Power Administration, Citizens Utilities
Company, Eastern Maine Electric
Cooperative, International Transmission
Company, Joint Owners of the Highgate
Project, Long Sault, Inc., Maine Electric
Power Company, Maine Public Service
Company, Minnesota Power Inc.,
Minnkota Power Cooperative, New York
Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk
Power Corporation, Northern States
Power, and Vermont Electric
Transmission Company. The
construction, operation, maintenance,
and connection of each of the
international transmission facilities to
be utilized by Silverhill as more fully
described in the application, has
previously been authorized by a
Presidential permit issued pursuant to
Executive Order 10485, as amended.
Procedural Matters: Any person
desiring to become a party to this
proceeding or to be heard by filing
comments or protests to this application
should file a petition to intervene,
comment or protest at the address
provided above in accordance with
§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the FERC’s
Rules of Practice and Procedures (18
CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of
each petition and protest should be filed
with DOE on or before the date listed
above.
Comments on the Silverhill
application to export electric energy to
Canada should be clearly marked with
Docket EA–307. Additional copies are to
be filed directly with George Radan,
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President, Silverhill Ltd., 17 Golf Crest
Road, Toronto, Ontario, M9A 1L2.
A final decision will be made on this
application after the environmental
impacts have been evaluated pursuant
to the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, and a determination is
made by the DOE that the proposed
action will not adversely impact on the
reliability of the U.S. electric power
supply system.
Copies of this application will be
made available, upon request, for public
inspection and copying at the address
provided above or by accessing the
program’s Home Page at https://
www.fe.doe.gov/programs/
electricityregulation/. Upon reaching the
Home page, scroll down and select
‘‘Pending Proceedings.’’
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 1,
2006.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Nuclear Energy Research Advisory
Committee
Department of Energy.
Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice announces a
meeting of the Nuclear Energy Research
Advisory Committee. The Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, 86 Stat. 770), requires that public
notice of the meetings be announced in
the Federal Register.
DATES: Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 9
am to 5 pm and Thursday, February 23,
2006, 9 am to 12:15 pm.
ADDRESSES: Sheraton Crystal City, 1800
Jefferson Davis Highway, Crystal City,
Virginia 22202, (703) 486–1111.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Mark Roth, Designated Federal Officer,
Nuclear Energy Research Advisory
Committee, U.S. Department of Energy,
NE–20, 19901 Germantown Road,
Germantown, MD 20874, Telephone
Number 301.903.5501, E-mail:
mark.roth@nuclear.energy.gov.
Purpose of
the Meeting: To provide advice to the
Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy,
Science and Technology (NE) of the
Department of Energy on the many
complex planning, scientific and
technical issues that arise in the
development and implementation of the
Nuclear Energy research program.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Tentative Agenda
Wednesday February 22, 2006
Welcome Remarks
Organizational Issues
Status of Office of Nuclear Energy,
Science and Technology Programs
and Budget
• FY 2007 Budget
• New Initiatives
Subcommittee Reports
• Generation IV Subcommittee Report
• Advanced Nuclear Transformation
Technologies Subcommittee
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Continuation of Discussions from
Wednesday
Public comment period
Setting of Dates for Next Meeting
Adjournment
Public Participation: The day and a
half meeting is open to the public on a
first-come, first-served basis because of
limited seating. Written statements may
be filed with the committee before or
after the meeting. Members of the public
who wish to make oral statements
pertaining to agenda items should
contact Mark Roth at the addresses or
telephone listed above. Requests to
make oral statements must be made and
received five days prior to the meeting;
reasonable provision will be made to
include the statement in the agenda.
The Chair of the committee is
empowered to conduct the meeting in a
fashion that will facilitate the orderly
conduct of business.
Minutes: The minutes of this meeting
will be available for public review and
copying at the Freedom of Information
Reading Room. 1E–190, Forrestal
Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except holidays.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 2,
2006.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management
Officer.
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL06–50–000]
American Electric Power Service
Corporation; Notice of Filings
February 1, 2006.
Take notice that on January 31, 2006,
as supplemented on February 1, 2006,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. EA-307]
Application To Export Electric Energy; Silverhill Ltd.
AGENCY: Office Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Application.
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SUMMARY: Silverhill Ltd. (Silverhill) has applied for authority to
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to
section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
DATES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene must be submitted on
or before March 10, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be
addressed as follows: Office Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability
(Mail Code OE-20), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20585-0350 (FAX 202-287-5736).
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Mintz (Program Office), 202-
586-9506 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-2793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of electricity from the United
States to a foreign country are regulated and require authorization
under section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA) (16U.S.C. 824a(e)).
On January 6, 2006, the Department of Energy (DOE) received an
application from Silverhill to transmit electric energy from the United
States to Canada. Silverhill is a corporation formed under Ontario law
with its principal place of business in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Silverhill does not own or control any transmission or distribution
assets, nor does it have a franchised service area. The electric energy
which Silverhill proposes to export to Canada would be purchased from
electric utilities and Federal power marketing agencies within the U.S.
Silverhill proposes to arrange for the delivery of electric energy
to Canada over the existing international transmission facilities owned
by Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration,
Citizens Utilities Company, Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative,
International Transmission Company, Joint Owners of the Highgate
Project, Long Sault, Inc., Maine Electric Power Company, Maine Public
Service Company, Minnesota Power Inc., Minnkota Power Cooperative, New
York Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Northern States
Power, and Vermont Electric Transmission Company. The construction,
operation, maintenance, and connection of each of the international
transmission facilities to be utilized by Silverhill as more fully
described in the application, has previously been authorized by a
Presidential permit issued pursuant to Executive Order 10485, as
amended.
Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to become a party to this
proceeding or to be heard by filing comments or protests to this
application should file a petition to intervene, comment or protest at
the address provided above in accordance with Sec. Sec. 385.211 or
385.214 of the FERC's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.211,
385.214). Fifteen copies of each petition and protest should be filed
with DOE on or before the date listed above.
Comments on the Silverhill application to export electric energy to
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-307. Additional copies
are to be filed directly with George Radan, President, Silverhill Ltd.,
17 Golf Crest Road, Toronto, Ontario, M9A 1L2.
A final decision will be made on this application after the
environmental impacts have been evaluated pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and a determination is made by the
DOE that the proposed action will not adversely impact on the
reliability of the U.S. electric power supply system.
Copies of this application will be made available, upon request,
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above or by
accessing the program's Home Page at https://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/
electricityregulation/. Upon reaching the Home page, scroll down and
select ``Pending Proceedings.''
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2006.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E6-1697 Filed 2-7-06; 8:45 am]
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