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Affected Public: Businesses,
Universities, Partnerships or other profit
and non-profit organizations under
Department of Defense Security
Cognizance.
Respondent burden:
Industrial security review data:
Total annual burden hours: 39,999
hours.
Total number of respondents: 12,111.
Possessors of classified: 4,781.
Non-Possessors of classified: 7,330.
Responses per respondent: 1.
Average burden hours per respondent:
Possessors of classified: 5.3 hours.
Non-Possessors of classified: 2 hours.
Frequency: Periodic (e.g.,
Possessors—Annually, NonPossessors—18 months, Compliance
Reviews, or when directed).
Industrial security facility clearance
survey data:
Total annual burden hours: 3,522
hours.
Number of respondents: 1,761.
Responses per respondent: 1.
Average burden hours per respondent:
2 hours.
Frequency: On occasion (e.g., initial
eligibility determination and when a
significant changed condition, such as a
change in ownership).
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Summary of Information Collection
Executive Order (EO) 12829,
‘‘National Industrial Security Program
(NISP),’’ dated January 6, 1993, as
amended by EO 12885 dated December
14, 1993, established the NISP to
safeguard Federal Government classified
information released to contractors,
licensees and grantees of the U.S.
Government. Section 202(a) of EO 12829
stipulates that the Secretary of Defense
shall serve as the Executive Agent for
inspecting and monitoring the
contractors, licensees and grantees who
require or will require access, to or who
store or will store classified information;
and for determining the eligibility for
access to classified information of
contractors, licensees, and grantees and
their respective employees. The specific
requirements necessary to protect
classified information released to
private industry are set forth in DoD
5220.22M, ‘‘National Industrial Security
Program Operating Manual (NISPOM),’’
dated February 28, 2006. The Executive
Agent has the authority to issue, after
consultation with affected agencies,
standard forms or other standardization
that will promote the implementation of
the NISP. Contractors operating under
DoD security cognizance are subject to
an initial facility clearance survey and
periodic government security reviews to
determine their eligibility to participate
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in the NISP and ensure that safeguards
employed are adequate for the
protection of classified information.
DoD Directive 5105.42, ‘‘Defense
Security Service,’’ dated May 13, 1999,
delineates the mission, functions and
responsibilities of DSS. DSS is an
Agency of the Department of Defense
under authority, direction and control of
the Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence. DSS functions and
responsibilities include the
administration and implementation of
the Defense portion of the NISP
pursuant to Executive Order 12829.
DSS is the office of record for the
maintenance of information pertaining
to contractor facility clearance records
and industrial security information
regarding cleared contractors under its
cognizance. To the extent possible,
information required as part of the
survey or security review is obtained as
a result of observation by the
representative of the CSA or its
designated Cognizant Security Office.
Some of the information may be
obtained based on conferences with Key
Management Personnel and/or other
employees of the company. The
information is used to respond to all
inquires regarding the facility clearance
status and classified information storage
capability of cleared contractors. It is
also used to assess and/or advise
Government Contracting Activities
regarding any particular contractor’s
continued ability to protect classified
information.
Dated: December 5, 2006.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
officer, Department of Defense.
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Army, has U.S. and foreign rights in this
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of impact that cause injury to a body.
Preferably, the sensors are Piezo-electric
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
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Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet,
Louisiana, Navigation Project—Bank
Stabilization
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Availability for Non-Exclusive,
Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive
Licensing of U.S. Patent Application
Concerning Ballistic Impact Detection
System
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR
404.4, 404.6 and 404.7, announcement
is made of the availability for licensing
of the invention set forth in PCT/
US2005/021195 entitled ‘‘Ballistic
Impact Detection System,’’ filed June 16,
2005. The United States Government, as
represented by the Secretary of the
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Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New
Orleans District (Corps) intends to
prepare a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) for the Mississippi
River—Gulf Outlet, Louisiana,
Navigation Project—Bank Stabilization.
In 2006, Congress authorized the Corps
to provide foreshore bank protection in
the form of revetment and/or rock to
protect endangered wetlands and
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provide erosion protection for hurricane
protection projects along the Mississippi
River-Gulf Outlet (MRGO) channel. The
expenditure of funds will be limited to
those activities necessary for the
protection of existing wetlands,
navigation, and flood and storm damage
reduction projects along the MRGO
channel. Funds shall not be expended
on any project that would otherwise
preclude or foreclose any final
disposition of the navigation channel.
The DEIS will analyze potential direct,
indirect, and cumulative impacts of
implementing bank stabilization
features along the MRGO and associated
areas of Lake Borgne. The study area,
located in the vicinity of St. Bernard
Parish, LA, encompasses the entire
navigation channel from Breton Sound
to the Port of New Orleans, St. Bernard
and Orleans Parishes, LA.
Submit comments on or before
January 4, 2007.
DATES:
Submit comments to Dr.
William P. Klein, Jr., U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, New Orleans District,
CEMVN–PM–RS, PO Box 60267, New
Orleans, LA 70160–0267.
ADDRESSES:
Dr.
William P. Klein, Jr., Telephone: (504)
862–2540.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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1. Authority:
House Report 109–359 of the Fiscal
Year 2006 Supplemental Appropriations
Act directed the Corps to restore
navigation channels and harbors to
prestorm conditions and to repair flood
damage reduction and other projects in
states affected by Hurricanes Katrina,
Rita, Ophelia, and Wilma. Funds
totaling $75,000,000 are provided for
authorized operation and maintenance
activities to enhance estuarine habitats
through monitoring and control of
marine and river flow and reef building
initiatives and providing foreshore bank
protection in the form of revetment and
rock placement to protect endangered
wetlands and provide erosion protection
for hurricane protection projects along
the MRGO Channel. The expenditure of
funds shall be limited to those activities
necessary for the protection of existing
wetlands, navigation, and flood and
storm damage reduction projects along
the MRGO Channel. Funds shall not be
expended on any project that would
otherwise preclude for foreclose any
final disposition of the navigation
channel; funds are not available to
conduct dredging of the MRGO
Channel.
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2. Proposed Action
The proposed action would provide
foreshore bank protection in the form of
revetment and/or rock to protect
endangered wetlands and provide
erosion protection for flood and storm
damage reduction projects along the
MRGO Channel.
3. Need for Proposed Action
Construction and maintenance of the
MRGO caused widespread wetland loss
and damage to estuarine habitats from
the outer barrier islands in the lower
Chandeleur chain to the cypress forests
and tidal fresh mashes in the western
reaches of the Lake Borgne basin.
During construction of the MRGO,
dredging and filling destroyed more
than 19,000 acres of wetlands and
breached an important hydrologic
boundary when the channel cut through
Bayou La Loutre. Continued operation
of the MRGO results in high rates of
shoreline erosion from ship wakes,
which destroys wetlands and threatens
the integrity of the Lake Borgne
shoreline, adjacent communities,
infrastructure, and cultural resources in
the area. In addition, severe erosion of
the MRGO channel continues to
facilitate the transition of the upper
Pontchartrain Basin estuary toward a
more saline system. Land loss in the
project area is due to both natural and
man-made factors. Since 1932, over
51,000 acres have been lost from the
project area. From 1964 to 1996, the
shoreline erosion rate along the north
bank varied from 8.7 feet per year (ft/yr)
to more than 38 ft/yr, depending on the
particular reach. The average erosion
rate on the south bank is about 12.8 ft/
yr. Erosion along the north bank of the
MRGO results in the direct loss of
approximately 100 acres of shoreline
brackish marsh every year as well as
causing additional losses of interior
wetlands and shallow ponds as a result
of high tidal ranges and rapid water
exchange through the modified
watercourse system.
4. Study Alternatives
Based upon preliminary analysis,
alternatives recommended for
consideration and more detailed
analysis include: the No Action
alternative; construction of foreshore
dikes for bank stabilization; and various
configurations of rock, earth, shell,
aggregate, sheet pile, or some
combination. Flotation access channels
may be required to provide access to
construction sites in the shallow open
water zone adjacent to exposed
banklines.
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The decision whether and where to
install the bank stabilization features
will be based on evaluation of the
potential direct, indirect, and
cumulative impacts of the proposed
action. That decision will reflect the
national concern for both protection and
utilization of important resources. The
benefits that reasonably may be
expected to accrue from the proposal
must be balanced against any reasonably
foreseeable detriments.
5. Scoping Process
The Council on Environmental
quality (CEQ) regulations implementing
the NEPA process directs federal
agencies that have made a decision to
prepare an environmental impact
statement to engage in a public scoping
process. The scoping process is
designed to provide an early and open
means of determining the scope of
issues (problems, needs, and
opportunities) to be identified and
addressed in the DEIS. Scoping is the
process used to: (a) Identify the affected
public and agency concerns; (b)
facilitate an efficient DEIS preparation
process; (c) define the issues and
alternatives that will be examined in
detail in the DEIS; and (d) save time in
the overall process by helping to ensure
that the draft statements adequately
address relevant issues. Scoping is a
process, not an event or a meeting.
Scoping continues throughout the DEIS
preparation process and may involve
meetings, telephone conversations, and/
or written comments (Council on
Environmental Quality, Memorandum
for General Counsel, April 30, 1981).
6. Request for Scoping Comments
A separate public notice will be
mailed to affected and interested parties
requesting comments regarding the
scope of issues to be addressed and for
identifying the significant issues related
to the proposed action. See DATES for
the scoping comment period. Affected
and interested parties may submit
written comments to Dr. Klein (see
ADDRESSES) or to the following e-mail
address:
mrgobks@mvn02.usace.army.mil.
Comments received as a result of the
scoping process will be compiled into a
scoping report and will be available to
all scoping participants and interested
parties. Scoping comments will be
considered in the plan formulation
process.
7. Public Involvement
Scoping is a critical component of the
overall public involvement program. A
public involvement program will be
initiated and maintained to solicit input
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from affected Federal, state, and local
agencies, Indian tribes, and other
interested parties.
8. Interagency Coordination
Coordination will be maintained with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and
the National Marine Fisheries Service
regarding threatened and endangered
species under their respective
jurisdictional responsibilities.
Coordination will be maintained with
the Advisory Counsel on Historic
Preservation and the Louisiana State
Historic Preservation Officer. The
Louisiana Department of Natural
Resources will be consulted regarding
consistency with the Coastal Zone
Management Act. The Louisiana
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
will be contacted concerning potential
impacts to Natural and Scenic Streams.
9. Availability of Draft Environmental
Impact Statement
It is anticipated that the DEIS will be
available for public review mid-2007.
Interested parties will have an
opportunity to comment on the DEIS
during the 45-day comment period
following publication of the Notice of
Availability in the Federal Register.
Dated: December 4, 2006.
Richard P. Wagenaar,
Colonel, U.S. Army, District Commander.
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Collection Requests
Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official,
Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management, invites
comments on the proposed information
collection requests as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before February
12, 2007.
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3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) provide interested
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Federal agencies and the public an early
opportunity to comment on information
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statutory obligations. The IC Clearance
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containing proposed information
collection requests prior to submission
of these requests to OMB. Each
proposed information collection,
grouped by office, contains the
following: (1) Type of review requested,
e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or
reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of
the collection; (4) Description of the
need for, and proposed use of, the
information; (5) Respondents and
frequency of collection; and (6)
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Type of Review: New.
Title: Strategies for Native American
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Affected Public: Individuals or
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Burden Hours: 60.
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their involvement; and (3) school
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administrators so they can make use of
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Written requests for information should
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Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington,
DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be
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245–6623. Please specify the complete
title of the information collection when
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ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who
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Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the
Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, Louisiana, Navigation Project--Bank
Stabilization
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, New Orleans District (Corps) intends to prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Mississippi River--Gulf
Outlet, Louisiana, Navigation Project--Bank Stabilization. In 2006,
Congress authorized the Corps to provide foreshore bank protection in
the form of revetment and/or rock to protect endangered wetlands and
[[Page 74491]]
provide erosion protection for hurricane protection projects along the
Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet (MRGO) channel. The expenditure of funds
will be limited to those activities necessary for the protection of
existing wetlands, navigation, and flood and storm damage reduction
projects along the MRGO channel. Funds shall not be expended on any
project that would otherwise preclude or foreclose any final
disposition of the navigation channel. The DEIS will analyze potential
direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of implementing bank
stabilization features along the MRGO and associated areas of Lake
Borgne. The study area, located in the vicinity of St. Bernard Parish,
LA, encompasses the entire navigation channel from Breton Sound to the
Port of New Orleans, St. Bernard and Orleans Parishes, LA.
DATES: Submit comments on or before January 4, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Dr. William P. Klein, Jr., U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, CEMVN-PM-RS, PO Box 60267,
New Orleans, LA 70160-0267.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. William P. Klein, Jr., Telephone:
(504) 862-2540.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Authority:
House Report 109-359 of the Fiscal Year 2006 Supplemental
Appropriations Act directed the Corps to restore navigation channels
and harbors to prestorm conditions and to repair flood damage reduction
and other projects in states affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita,
Ophelia, and Wilma. Funds totaling $75,000,000 are provided for
authorized operation and maintenance activities to enhance estuarine
habitats through monitoring and control of marine and river flow and
reef building initiatives and providing foreshore bank protection in
the form of revetment and rock placement to protect endangered wetlands
and provide erosion protection for hurricane protection projects along
the MRGO Channel. The expenditure of funds shall be limited to those
activities necessary for the protection of existing wetlands,
navigation, and flood and storm damage reduction projects along the
MRGO Channel. Funds shall not be expended on any project that would
otherwise preclude for foreclose any final disposition of the
navigation channel; funds are not available to conduct dredging of the
MRGO Channel.
2. Proposed Action
The proposed action would provide foreshore bank protection in the
form of revetment and/or rock to protect endangered wetlands and
provide erosion protection for flood and storm damage reduction
projects along the MRGO Channel.
3. Need for Proposed Action
Construction and maintenance of the MRGO caused widespread wetland
loss and damage to estuarine habitats from the outer barrier islands in
the lower Chandeleur chain to the cypress forests and tidal fresh
mashes in the western reaches of the Lake Borgne basin. During
construction of the MRGO, dredging and filling destroyed more than
19,000 acres of wetlands and breached an important hydrologic boundary
when the channel cut through Bayou La Loutre. Continued operation of
the MRGO results in high rates of shoreline erosion from ship wakes,
which destroys wetlands and threatens the integrity of the Lake Borgne
shoreline, adjacent communities, infrastructure, and cultural resources
in the area. In addition, severe erosion of the MRGO channel continues
to facilitate the transition of the upper Pontchartrain Basin estuary
toward a more saline system. Land loss in the project area is due to
both natural and man-made factors. Since 1932, over 51,000 acres have
been lost from the project area. From 1964 to 1996, the shoreline
erosion rate along the north bank varied from 8.7 feet per year (ft/yr)
to more than 38 ft/yr, depending on the particular reach. The average
erosion rate on the south bank is about 12.8 ft/yr. Erosion along the
north bank of the MRGO results in the direct loss of approximately 100
acres of shoreline brackish marsh every year as well as causing
additional losses of interior wetlands and shallow ponds as a result of
high tidal ranges and rapid water exchange through the modified
watercourse system.
4. Study Alternatives
Based upon preliminary analysis, alternatives recommended for
consideration and more detailed analysis include: the No Action
alternative; construction of foreshore dikes for bank stabilization;
and various configurations of rock, earth, shell, aggregate, sheet
pile, or some combination. Flotation access channels may be required to
provide access to construction sites in the shallow open water zone
adjacent to exposed banklines.
The decision whether and where to install the bank stabilization
features will be based on evaluation of the potential direct, indirect,
and cumulative impacts of the proposed action. That decision will
reflect the national concern for both protection and utilization of
important resources. The benefits that reasonably may be expected to
accrue from the proposal must be balanced against any reasonably
foreseeable detriments.
5. Scoping Process
The Council on Environmental quality (CEQ) regulations implementing
the NEPA process directs federal agencies that have made a decision to
prepare an environmental impact statement to engage in a public scoping
process. The scoping process is designed to provide an early and open
means of determining the scope of issues (problems, needs, and
opportunities) to be identified and addressed in the DEIS. Scoping is
the process used to: (a) Identify the affected public and agency
concerns; (b) facilitate an efficient DEIS preparation process; (c)
define the issues and alternatives that will be examined in detail in
the DEIS; and (d) save time in the overall process by helping to ensure
that the draft statements adequately address relevant issues. Scoping
is a process, not an event or a meeting. Scoping continues throughout
the DEIS preparation process and may involve meetings, telephone
conversations, and/or written comments (Council on Environmental
Quality, Memorandum for General Counsel, April 30, 1981).
6. Request for Scoping Comments
A separate public notice will be mailed to affected and interested
parties requesting comments regarding the scope of issues to be
addressed and for identifying the significant issues related to the
proposed action. See DATES for the scoping comment period. Affected and
interested parties may submit written comments to Dr. Klein (see
ADDRESSES) or to the following e-mail address:
mrgobks@mvn02.usace.army.mil. Comments received as a result of the
scoping process will be compiled into a scoping report and will be
available to all scoping participants and interested parties. Scoping
comments will be considered in the plan formulation process.
7. Public Involvement
Scoping is a critical component of the overall public involvement
program. A public involvement program will be initiated and maintained
to solicit input
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from affected Federal, state, and local agencies, Indian tribes, and
other interested parties.
8. Interagency Coordination
Coordination will be maintained with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service regarding threatened
and endangered species under their respective jurisdictional
responsibilities. Coordination will be maintained with the Advisory
Counsel on Historic Preservation and the Louisiana State Historic
Preservation Officer. The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
will be consulted regarding consistency with the Coastal Zone
Management Act. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will
be contacted concerning potential impacts to Natural and Scenic
Streams.
9. Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement
It is anticipated that the DEIS will be available for public review
mid-2007. Interested parties will have an opportunity to comment on the
DEIS during the 45-day comment period following publication of the
Notice of Availability in the Federal Register.
Dated: December 4, 2006.
Richard P. Wagenaar,
Colonel, U.S. Army, District Commander.
[FR Doc. 06-9636 Filed 12-11-06; 8:45 am]
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