[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 221 (Tuesday, November 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30714]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Deadline for Submission of Donation Application for the
Battleship Ex-NEW JERSEY (BB 62)
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of the deadline
of May 17, 1999 for submission of a donation application for the
Battleship ex-NEW JERSEY (BB 62), located at the Naval Inactive Ship
Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, WA. ,A donation is anticipated
pursuant to under the authority of 10 U.S.C. Section 7306. Eligible
recipients include: (1) Any State, Commonwealth, or possession of the
United States or any municipal corporation or political subdivision
thereof; (2) the District of Columbia; or (3) any not-for-profit or
nonprofit entity. Transfer of a vessel under this law shall be made at
no cost to the United States. Government. The transferee will be
required to maintain the vessel in a condition satisfactory to the
Secretary of the Navy as a static museum/memorial. Prospective
transferees must submit a comprehensive, detailed application
addressing their plans for managing the significant financial,
technical, and environmental and curatorial responsibilities that
accompany ships donated under this program. In accordance with Section
1012 of Public Law 105-261, a condition of the transfer of the
Battleship ex-NEW JERSEY is that the transferee locate the vessel in
the State of New Jersey.
DATES: Application deadline is May 17, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Applications should be sent to Program Executive Office for
Expeditionary Warfare (PEO EXW), PMS334, Navy Donation Program Office,
Naval Sea Systems Command, 2531 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA
22242-5160.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Gloria Carvalho, Program Executive
Office for Expeditionary Warfare (PEO EXW), PMS334, Navy Donation
Program Office, Naval Sea Systems Command, 2531 Jefferson Davis
Highway, Arlington, VA 22242-5160, telephone number (703) 602-5450.
(Authority: 10 U.S.C. 7306.)
Dated: November 5, 1998.
Ralph Corey,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, Federal Register Liaison
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-30714 Filed 11-16-98; 8:45 am]
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