[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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