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Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 28 / Tuesday, February 11, 1997 / Notices6229• Monday, March 3, 1997, 2:00 PM &7:00 PM at Community Roundhouse,Rota.• Tuesday, March 4, 1997, 2:00 PM &7:00 PM at KBC Bldg., 2nd Floor,Conference Room, Tinian.• Wednesday, March 5, 1997, 2:00PM & 7:00 PM at Garapan Central ParkRoundhouse, Saipan.• Thursday, March 6, 1997, 2:00 PM& 7:00 PM at 155 Hesler Street., PublicHearing Room, Agana, Guam.ADDRESSES: Request for single copies ofthe DEIS and submittal of writtencomments for inclusion into the officialrecord should be forwarded to Mr. FredMinato (Code 231FM), Pacific Division,Naval Facilities Engineering Command,Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 96860–7300.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.Fred Minato (Code 231FM), by voicetelephone (808) 471–9338 or facsimiletransmission (808) 474–5909.SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuantto Section 102(2)(c) of the NationalEnvironmental Policy Act (NEPA) of1969, as implemented by the Council onEnvironmental Quality regulations (40CFR Parts 1500–1508), the U.S. PacificCommand has prepared and filed withthe U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency the above referenced DEIS.Dated: February 5, 1997.D. E. Koenig, Jr.,LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register LiaisonOfficer.[FR Doc. 97–3345 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]BILLING CODE 3810–FF–PNotice of Public Meeting for SubmarineSolid Waste Management Related toCompliance With the Special AreaRequirements of Regulations 5 ofAnnex V to the MARPOL ConventionPursuant to the National DefenseAuthorization Act of 1994SUMMARY: The Department of the Navyis announcing the preparation of a planfor the compliance of all submersiblesowned or operated by the Navy with therequirements of Regulation 5 of AnnexV to the MARPOL Convention. TheNational Defense Authorization Act forFiscal Year 1994 (DAA 94) directed theNavy to allow the public to participatein preparing the plan and to review andcomment on the plan before it issubmitted. In order to obtain andconsider public comments in thedevelopment of the Navy’s plan forcompliance with the DAA 94requirements, the Navy will host publicmeeting.DATES: The meeting will take place onMarch 11, 1997, at 7:00 p.m.ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held inthe Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington,Virginia 22202.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:For further information on the publicmeeting or to submit comments, contactMr. David Cartwright NAVSEA 92TE,Assistant for Submarine Environmentaland Occupational Safety Affairs,Department of the Navy, Naval SeaSystems Command, 2531 Jefferson DavisHighway, Arlington, VA 22242–5160[(703) 602–8096 (Ext. 475)]. The meetingwill be conducted in English and willinclude oral presentations and visualdisplays. The meeting will be recordedby a court recorder. Members of thepublic who need additional assistanceto participate should contact Mr.Cartwright as soon as possible to makearrangements.Written comments related to thepublic meeting will be considered in theSubmarine addendum to the Report toCongress if received by Mr. Cartwrightno later than March 25, 1997. Oral orwritten comments will also beconsidered if presented at the publicmeeting to be held on March 11, 1997.SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section1003 of the National DefenseAuthorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994Public Law 103–160, 107 Stat. 1745(DAA–94), requires a Report to Congresson a plan for compliance with specialarea provisions of Regulation 5 ofAnnex V to the Convention. The Navysubmitted a Report to Congress on U.S.Navy Ship Solid Waste ManagementPlan for MARPOL Annex V SpecialAreas in November 1996. In preparationfor that Report to Congress, the Navysolicited public comments beginningwith the meeting announcement in theFederal Register of July 21, 1994 (59 FR37223). In addition, the finalEnvironmental Impact Statement onDisposal of U.S. Navy Shipboard SolidWaste was released in August 1996.The Report to Congress of November1996 stated that the Navy wasevaluating several options forsubmarines, and upon completion of theefforts would determine the mostappropriate solid waste managementstrategy. Thus, a Submarine Addendumto the Report to Congress on U.S. NavyShip Solid Waste Management Plan forMARPOL Annex V Special Areas isbeing prepared to address the U.S. NavySubmarine Solid Waste ManagementPlan. Public comments directedspecifically toward the development ofa submarine solid waste managementplan are requested.Submarines are designed to operateundetected beneath the water surface forextended periods. They have verylimited storage space and distinctiverequirements for weight, acousticalcontrol, and atmosphere criteria.Historically, waste source reductionefforts have been employed to minimizethe amount of plastic material andcardboard brought on board. Mostplastic material, cardboard, and paperthat is used for wrapping and protectingsupplies is removed and retained atdockside prior to loading supplies on asubmarine. Plastic disposable items arebeing replaced with non-plastic itemswhere possible. Additional initiativesbeing undertaken include theinvestigation of reusable meatcontainers, the review of procurementdatabases to identify items for improvedpackaging, development of a computerprogram identifying alternatives toaluminum and other metal cans, and thedevelopment of guidelines for supplypersonnel stressing pollution preventionawareness.The particular solid waste challengesunique to submarines are beingaddressed in three principal studies: (1)The impact and fate and effect in themarine environment of dischargingcompacted, negatively buoyant nonplasticsolid waste; (2) the impact onsubmarine operations and crew qualityof life of storing solid waste on board;and (3) the use of a pulper for pulpingpaper and cardboard and a shredder forshredding metal cans and glass.In addition to the above studies, anEnvironmental Assessment, pursuant tothe National Environmental Policy Actand Executive Order 12114, is beingdeveloped to assess the environmentalimpacts of alternatives for themanagement of solid wastes.As indicated above, comments arewelcome at the public meeting and willbe considered in the preparation of adraft Addendum Report if received notlater than March 25, 1997. The draftAddendum Report, which willdocument the Navy’s solid wastemanagement plan for submarines, willbe available for public comment inabout three months. The Navy plans tofinalize the Addendum Report andsubmit it to Congress by September,1997.Dated: February 6, 1997.D.E. Koenig,LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register LiaisonOfficer.[FR Doc. 97–3342 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]BILLING CODE 3810–FF–M
6230 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 28 / Tuesday, February 11, 1997 / NoticesDEPARTMENT OF ENERGYOffice of Energy ResearchEnergy Research Financial AssistanceProgram Notice 97–06; IntegratedAssessment of Global Climate ChangeResearch ProgramAGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.ACTION: Notice inviting research grantapplications.SUMMARY: The Office of Health andEnvironmental Research (OHER) of theOffice of Energy Research (ER), U.S.Department of Energy (DOE), herebyannounces its interest in receivingapplications for the IntegratedAssessment of Global Climate Changeresearch grants Program. This notice isa follow on to three previous noticespublished in the Federal Register(Notice 93–4 published December 9,1992, entitled Economics of GlobalChange Research Program; Notice 95–12published December 29, 1994, entitledGlobal Change Assessment ResearchProgram; and Notice 96–06 publishedJanuary 30, 1996, entitled GlobalChange Integrated AssessmentResearch). The program has a morenarrowly defined scope this year toemphasize specific topics in support ofintegrated assessment. The researchprogram supports the Department’sGlobal Change Research Program, theU.S. Global Change Research Programand the Administration’s goals tounderstand and mitigate the rise ingreenhouse gases.DATES: Applicants are encouraged (butnot required) to submit a briefpreapplication for programmatic review.There is no deadline for thepreapplication, but early submission ofpreapplications is encouraged to allowtime for meaningful dialogue. Apreapplication should consist of two tothree pages of narrative describing theresearch objectives and methods ofaccomplishment together with a briefsummary of the principal investigator’spublication and research background.The deadline for receipt of formalapplications is 4:30 p.m., E.S.T., March27, 1997, to be accepted for merit reviewand to permit timely consideration foraward in fiscal year 1997 or early fiscalyear 1998. An original and seven copiesof the application must be submitted;however, applicants are requested not tosubmit multiple applications usingmore than one delivery or mail service.ADDRESSES: If submitting apreapplication, referencing ProgramNotice 97–06, it should be sent E-mailto john.houghton@oer.doe.gov. Formalapplications referencing Program Notice97–06 on the cover page must beforwarded to: U.S. Department ofEnergy, Office of Energy Research,Grants and Contracts Division, ER–64,19901 Germantown Road, Germantown,MD 20874–1290, ATTN: Program Notice97–06. This address must also be usedwhen submitting applications by U.S.Postal Service Express Mail or any othercommercial overnight delivery service,or when hand-carried by the applicant.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.John Houghton, Environmental SciencesDivision, ER–74, Office of Health andEnvironmental Research, Office ofEnergy Research, U.S. Department ofEnergy, 19901 Germantown Road,Germantown, MD 20874–1290,telephone: (301) 903–8288, E-mail:john.houghton@oer.doe.gov, fax: (301)903–8519.SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Thedetermination of energy policy, such asthe administration analysis ofinternational protocols for globalclimate change, is tied to understandingthe benefits and costs of potentialactions with respect to the control ofgreenhouse gases and possible climatechange. The research described in thisnotice supports the analysis of thosebenefits and costs.This research will be judged in parton its potential to improve and/orsupport the analytical basis for policydevelopment. The program is narrowlyfocused and will primarily concentratesupport on three specific topics,described below. Applications thatinvolve development of analyticalmodels and computer codes will bejudged partly on the basis of proposedtasks to prepare documentation andmake the models and codes available toother groups.Integrated Assessment of GlobalClimate ChangeIntegrated assessment of climatechange is defined here as the analysis ofclimate change from the cause, such asgreenhouse gas emissions, throughimpacts, such as changed energyrequirements for space conditioning dueto temperature changes. IntegratedAssessment is sometimes, but notalways, implemented as a computermodel. A description of IntegratedAssessment may be found in Chapter10: ‘‘Integrated Assessment of ClimateChange: An Overview and Comparisonof Approaches and Results’’, in ClimateChange 1995: Economic and SocialDimensions of Climate Change, editedby Bruce, James P.; Lee, Hoesung; andHaites, Erik F., Cambridge UniversityPress, 1996.The following categories are requestedresearch topics:1. Technology innovation anddiffusion. This category has been aprimary focus of the IntegratedAssessment of Global Climate ChangeProgram since its initiation four yearsago.Potential research projects includesuch issues as:• Decomposing the effect oftechnology innovation and diffusion oncarbon emissions into such componentsas changes in GDP, sectoral mix, capitalstock, innovation, and diffusion.Historical records might be used toestimate trends and make projectionsthat vary as a function of price effectsand policy options.• Technology innovation anddiffusion is an important part of severalaspects of integrated assessment models,such as backstop technologies,adaptation, resource depletion, laborproductivity, and substitutionparameters for shifting factor shares.Investigations might include studies tohelp predict changes in theseparameters both for a base case and forvarious policy options, as well asstudies to analyze the internalconsistency among these aspects.• The rate and nature of technologydiffusion from the US to developingcountries. Relevant factors include theprediction of the energy-use path fordeveloping countries, the effects ofchanges in international trade policiesand patterns, and ‘‘carbon leakage’’.• The translation of existing literatureon the economics of technologyinnovation into a representation thatcould be adapted for IA models.• Investment or other policies toencourage research and developmentare options for increasing abatement andimproving adaptation. Research in thistopic would investigate such subjects asevaluating the effectiveness ofalternative modes of implementation,such as direct grants, cooperativeresearch projects, et cetera.2. Representing impacts in integratedassessments. A major challenge beforethe integrated assessment modelingcommunity is to improve and expandthe range of representations inintegrated assessment models of theresponse of ecosystems, socio-economicsystems, and other sectors to potentialclimate changes. Two criteria forselection will be (1) The degree ofcollaboration with scientists working onthe ecological and socio-economicconsequences of climate change, and (2)the utility of the results (output) to theintegrated assessment community, suchas the ability to represent potentialecological or socio-economic
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