Army Department August 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 06-7244
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-30
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 06-7243
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-30
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Port of Vancouver Columbia Gateway Project in the State of Washington
Document Number: E6-14216
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-28
Agency: Department of Defense, Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, Engineers Corps, Army Department
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is initiating the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The EIS is for a Department of the Army permit issued under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act to install the infrastructure necessary to support an approximately 500-acre development of water dependent and industrial facilities at the Port of Vancouver.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: 06-7185
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-28
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
The Department of the Army is proposing to alter a system of records to its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: 06-7184
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-28
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
The Department of the Army is proposing to alter a system of records to its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Proposed Cumberland County Regional Water Supply Project, Cumberland County, TN
Document Number: E6-14144
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-25
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Engineers Corps, Army Department
The Corps of Engineers, Nashville District intends to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a regional water supply project in Cumberland County, TN. This DEIS is necessary to provide National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) coverage for a proposed regional water supply system capable of providing the county a reliable water supply for 50 years. The county is currently served by six water systems and development of individual water sources has been problematic from an environmental perspective. The county's current water supply capacity is approximately ten million gallons per day. A regional approach has been recommended to allow more efficient planning to develop future water supplies in an environmentally acceptable manner.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 06-7153
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-25
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Notice of Availability for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Berth 97-109 Container Terminal Project, Los Angeles County, CA
Document Number: E6-13755
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-21
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Engineers Corps, Army Department
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District (Regulatory Branch), in coordination with the Port of Los Angeles, has completed a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the Berth 97-109 Container Terminal Project. The Port of Los Angeles requires authorization pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act for wharf and terminal development (142 acres) in three phases, dredging up to 41,000 cubic yards of sediment, construction of two new concrete pile-supported wharves (for a total of 2,500 feet), new terminal buildings and two new terminal bridges.
Preparation of the Brigade Combat Team Transformation Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS), Fort Irwin, CA
Document Number: 06-7054
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-21
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
The Army Installation Management Agency and the Fort Irwin National Training Center will prepare a PEIS to analyze the impacts of mission realignment in support of the Army Transformation, the Army Campaign Plan, and other Army initiatives. Under the proposed action, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment will expand to become a full-size, multi-component Heavy Brigade Combat Team (BCT), deployable throughout the world. Other, smaller units will also be stationed at Fort Irwin. Training rotations will increase from 10 per year to 12. The PEIS will evaluate the new construction, new land use, and changes in training, area use necessary to implement the proposed action at Fort Irwin.
Armed Forces Epidemiological Board; Meeting
Document Number: 06-7008
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-18
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of Public Law 92-463, The Federal Advisory Committee Act, announcement is made of the following meeting:
Intent To Grant an Exclusive License of a U.S. Government-Owned Patent
Document Number: 06-7007
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-18
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(I)(i), announcement is made of the intent to grant an exclusive, royalty- bearing, revocable license to U.S. patent number 6,399,332 issued June 4, 2002 entitled ``Bacterial Superantigen Vaccines,'' and U.S. patent number 6,713,284 issued March 30, 2004 entitled ``Bacterial Superantigen Vaccines,'' and all pending foreign patents to Integrated Biotherapeutics, Inc. with its principal place of business at Frederick Innovative Technology Center, Rosenstock Hall, Frederick, MD 21702.
Department of Defense (DoD) Task Force on Mental Health; Meeting
Document Number: 06-7006
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-18
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of Public Law 92-463, The Federal Advisory Committee Act, announcement is made of the following meeting:
Availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment for an Airspace Proposal in the Ft. Campbell, KY Area
Document Number: C6-6790
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-17
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement To Evaluate the Impacts Associated With a Previously Authorized Pier Extension in Strait of Georgia at Cherry Point, Near Ferndale, Whatcom County, WA
Document Number: E6-13473
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-16
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Engineers Corps, Army Department
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Seattle District is the permitting agency and lead Federal agency for this action. The U.S Coast Guard (USCG) is cooperating agency. The Corps is announcing its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The EIS will support the Corps' permit evaluation process under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act for the BP Cherry Point marine pier extension.
Claims Against the United States
Document Number: 06-6789
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-08-11
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
The Department of the Army proposes to amend its regulations to reflect a substantial revision of AR 27-20, an Army publication which governs the processing of claims worldwide. The purpose of this revision is to make AR 27-20 clearer and easier to use, after years of piecemeal amendments. This rewrite also ensures that AR 27-20 is in keeping with current statutes, legal opinions and Department of Justice guidance pertaining to claims processing. This updated rule will expedite payment of meritorious claims throughout the world.
The Army Privacy Program
Document Number: 06-6799
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-08-10
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
The Department of the Army is updating policies and responsibilities for the Army Privacy Program, which implements the Privacy Act of 1974, by showing organizational realignments and by revising referenced statutory and regulatory authority, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and E-Government Act of 2002. This rule finalizes the proposed rule that was published in the Federal Register on April 25, 2006.
Claims on Behalf of the United States
Document Number: E6-12974
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-08-09
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
The Department of the Army proposes to amend its regulation to reflect a substantial revision of AR 27-20, an Army publication which governs the processing of claims worldwide. The purpose of this revision is to make AR 27-20 clearer and easier to use, after years of piecemeal amendments. This rewrite also ensures that AR 27-20 is in keeping with current statutes, legal opinions and Department of Justice guidance pertaining to claims processing. This updated rule will expedite payment of meritorious claims throughout the world. AR 27-20 includes rules for processing affirmative claims, i.e., recovery actions on behalf of the United States.
Availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment for an Airspace Proposal in the Savannah, GA, Hunter Army Airfield Area
Document Number: 06-6795
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-09
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
This announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for an airspace proposal in the Savannah, GA, Hunter Army Airfield area. The airspace proposal is required for the establishment of Helicopter Aerial Refueling routes utilizing United States Army helicopters and United States Air Force and/or Marine Corp. airplanes to conduct air-to air refueling training. In order to use these routes on a recurring basis they are required to be published in the Department of Defense publication system therefore requiring an environmental study. The EA assesses the potential environmental impacts of all areas that underlie the flight routes. There are four routes in the proposal which will be utilized by an U.S. Army tenant unit of Hunter Army Airfield, GA.
Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program, Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson Counties, MS
Document Number: 06-6794
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-09
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Engineers Corps, Army Department
The Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), intends to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to address the potential impacts associated with actions to comprehensively address hurricane and storm damage reduction, prevention of saltwater intrusion, preservation of fish and wildlife, prevention of erosion, and other related water resource purposes in coastal Mississippi. These actions are related to the consequences of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. The Corps will forward recommendations to Congress authorized by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006 (Pub. L. 109-148) dated December 30, 2005. The EIS will be used as a basis for ensuring compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Intent To Prepare a Second Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to the Final EIS on Herbert Hoover Dike Major Rehabilitation and Evaluation Report, Reaches 2 and 3, in Palm Beach and Glades Counties, FL
Document Number: 06-6793
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-09
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Engineers Corps, Army Department
On July 8, 2005, the Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) issued a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) for the Major Rehabilitation actions proposed for Herbert Hoover Dike (HHD), Reach One. Herbert Hoover Dike is the levee that completely surrounds Lake Okeechobee. On September 23, 2005, a Record of Decision was signed adopting the preferred alternative as the Selected Plan for Reach One. At this time the Corps plans to extend rehabilitation along Reaches Two and Three of HHD. This stretch of HHD extends for approximately 27 miles between an area west of Belle Glade, Palm Beach County to east of Moore Haven, Glades County, FL.
Record of Decision for the Boston Harbor Inner Harbor Maintenance Dredging Project
Document Number: 06-6792
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-09
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Engineers Corps, Army Department
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announces its decision to maintenance dredge the following Federal navigation channels in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts: the Main Ship Channel upstream of Spectacle Island to the Inner Confluence, the upper Reserved Channel, the approach to the Navy Dry Dock, a portion of the Mystic River, and a portion of the Chelsea River (previously permitted). Maintenance dredging of the navigation channels landward of Spectacle Island is needed to remove shoals and restore the Federal navigation channels to their authorized depths. Dredged material suitable for unconfined open water disposal will be disposed at the Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site; material not suitable for unconfined open water disposal will be disposed in confined aquatic disposal (CAD) cell(s) located within the navigation channels. Major navigation channel improvements (deepening) were made in 1999 through 2001 in the Reserved Channel, the Mystic River, Inner Confluence, and the Chelsea River. A Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prepared in June 1995 for this previous navigation improvement project (Boston Harbor Navigation Improvement ProjectBHNIP) identified selected use of CAD cells in the Mystic River, Inner Confluence, and Chelsea River for disposal. A Supplemental Draft and Final EIS was prepared for this maintenance dredging project and built on the lessons learned from the previous improvement project. A new CAD cell for the proposed maintenance project will be constructed in the Mystic River (previously permitted) and in the Main Ship Channel just below the Inner Confluence.
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in Support of New Facilities for the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, MD
Document Number: 06-6791
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-09
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
The U.S. Army announces the availability of DEIS which evaluates the potential environmental impacts of the construction and operation of new USAMRIID facilities and the decommissioning and demolition and/or re-use of existing USAMRIID facilities at Fort Detrick, Maryland.
Availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment for an Airspace Proposal in the Ft. Campbell, KY Area
Document Number: 06-6790
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-09
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Army Department
This announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for an airspace proposal in the Ft. Campbell, KY area. The airspace proposal is required for the establishment of Helicopter Aerial Refueling routes utilizing United States Army helicopters and United States Air Force and/or Marine Corp airplanes to conduct air-to- air refueling training. In order to use these routes on a recurring basis they are required to be published in the Department of Defense publication system therefore requiring an environmental study. The EA assesses the potential environmental impacts of all areas that underlie the flight routes. There are six routes in the proposal which will be utilized by an U.S. Army tenant unit of Ft. Campbell, KY.
Intent To Grant an Exclusive License for a U.S. Army Owned Invention to MadahCom, Inc.
Document Number: 06-6646
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-02
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
The Department of the Army announces that, unless there is an objection, after 15 days it will grant an exclusive license to MadahCom, Inc., a corporation having a place of business in Sarasota Florida, on ``System And Method For Tactical Centralized Event Warning/ Notification For Individual Entities'', by Paul Manz of PM Battle Command, disclosure docket numberCECOM 5531; ``System And Method For Semi-Distributed Event Warning/Notification For Individual Entities'' by Paul Manz of PM Battle Command, disclosure docket numberCECOM 5530; ``System And Method For Tactical Distributed Event Warning/ Notification For Individual Entities'' by Paul Manz of PM Battle Command and Fernando Maymi of the U.S. Military Academy (USMA), disclosure docket numberCECOM 5532; and ``System For Event Warning/ Notification And Reporting For Individual Entities'' by Paul Manz of PM Battle Command and Fernando Maymi of USMA disclosure docket number CECOM 5533. Any license granted shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR Part 404.
Availability of the Record of Decision for the Construction and the Operation of a Battle Area Complex and a Combined Arms Collective Training Facility Within U.S. Army Training Lands in Alaska
Document Number: 06-6639
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-02
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
The Army announces the availability of its Record of Decision (ROD) for the construction and operation of a Battle Area Complex (BAX) and a Combined Arms Collective Training Facility (CACTF) within U.S. Army training lands in Alaska, and the execution of routine, joint military training at these locations. Or June 14, 2006, the Army published a notice of availability of its Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that considered the environmental consequences of the proposed action and alternatives. The ROD was signed in July 2006 and was prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The ROD explains and finalizes the Army's decision to proceed with construction and operation of the BAX and CACTF at Eddy Drop Zone. This decision was based on the analysis described in the Final EIS, supporting studies, and comments provided during formal comment and review periods. The decision also affirms the Army's commitment to implementing a series of mitigation and monitoring measures to offset potential adverse environmental impacts associated with the selected action, as identified in the Final EIS.
Intent To Grant an Exclusive License of a U.S. Government-Owned Patent
Document Number: 06-6638
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-02
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Army Department
In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(I)(i), announcement is made of the intent to grant an exclusive, royalty- bearing, revocable license to U.S. provisional patent number 60/723,442 filed October 5, 2005 entitled ``Small Molecule Inhibitors of Botulinum Neurotoxins,'' to Microbiotix, Inc. with its principal place of business at 1 Innovation Drive, STE 15, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605- 4332.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.