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Subgrant—An award of financial 

assistance in the form of money, or property 

in lieu of money, made under a grant by a 

grantee to an eligible subgrantee. 

Subgrantee—The government or other legal 

entity to which a subgrant is awarded and 

which is accountable to the grantee for the 

use of the funds provided. 

Suitable Employment—See ‘‘Unsubsidized 

Employment’’. 

Substance Abuser—An individual 

dependent on alcohol or drugs, especially 

narcotics, whose dependency constitutes or 

results in a substantial barrier to 

employment. 

Supportive Services—Means services 

which are necessary to enable an individual 

eligible for training, but who cannot afford to 

pay for such services, to participate in a 

training program funded under the grant. 

Such supportive services may include 

transportation, health care, financial 

assistance (except as a post-termination 

service), drug and alcohol abuse counseling 

and referral, individual and family 

counseling, special services and materials for 

individuals with disabilities, job coaches, 

child care and dependent care, temporary 

shelter, financial counseling, and other 

reasonable expenses required for 

participation in the training program and 

may be provided in-kind or through cash 

assistance. 

Targeted Job Development—The 

identification and marketing of a group of 

qualified applicants with similar occupations 

or employment barriers requiring personal 

visitation/phone contact with those 

employers likely to employ these 

individuals. 

Total Planned Expenditures—Identified 

forecasted financial needs to accomplish 

programmatic objectives broken down into 

fiscal quarters. 

Unsubsidized Employment—Employment 

not financed from funds provided under the 

grant. In the grant program the term 

‘‘adequate’’ or ‘‘suitable’’ employment is also 

used to mean placement in unsubsidized 

employment which pays an income adequate 

to accommodate the participants’ minimum

economic needs. 

Upgrading or Retraining—Training given 

to an individual who needs such training to 

advance above an entry level or dead-end 

position. This training shall include assisting 

veterans in acquiring needed State 

certification to be employed in the same field 

as they were trained in the military (i.e., 

Commercial Truck Driving License (CDL), 

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), 

Airframe & Power Plant (A&P), Teaching 

Certificate, etc.). 

Veteran—An individual who served in the 

United States active military, naval, or air 

service, and who was discharged or released 

there from under conditions other than 

dishonorable (29 U.S.C. Chapter 19, section 

1503 (27) (A) [for WIA, Section 168 (VWIP) 

and WIA, Title I training/services]). 

Veterans’ Workforce Investment Program 

(VWIP)—Competitively awarded 

employment and training grants to meet the 

needs of veterans with significant barriers to 

employment; with service-connected 

disabilities; who served on active duty in the 

armed forces during a campaign or 

expedition for which a campaign badge has 

been authorized; and recently separated 

veterans. The U.S. Department of Labor, 

Veterans’ Employment and Training Service 

awards VWIP grants as authorized under the 

Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Section 

168. 

Vocational Exploration Training—Through 

assessments such as interest inventories and/

or counseling, a process of identifying 

occupations or occupational areas in which 

a person may find satisfaction and potential, 

and for which his or her aptitudes and other 

qualifications may be appropriate. 

Vocational Guidance—The provision of 

information, suggestions, and advice through 

discussion with individuals who are 

considering a geographical or vocational 

choice or change, relating to their career 

decision. 

Wartime Veteran—See ‘‘campaign veteran 

above.’’

Welfare and/or Public Assistance 

Recipient—An individual who, during the 

course of the program year, receives or is a 

member of a family who receives cash 

welfare or public assistance payments under 

a Federal, State, or local welfare program. 

Workforce Investment Act (WIA)—The 

purpose of this Act is to establish programs 

to prepare youth and unskilled adults for 

entry into the labor force and to afford job 

training to those economically disadvantaged 

individuals and other individuals, including 

veterans, who face serious barriers to 

employment and who are in need of such 

training to obtain prospective employment. 

The Act requires the Assistant Secretary for 

Veterans’ Employment and Training to 

consult with the Secretary of the Department 

of Veterans Affairs to ensure that programs 

funded under VWIP of this Act meet the 

employment and training needs of serviceconnected disabled, Campaign, and recently 

separated veterans and are coordinated, to 

the maximum extent feasible, with related 

programs and activities. 

Work Experience—A temporary activity 

(six months or less) which provides an 

individual with the opportunity to acquire 

the skills and knowledge necessary to 

perform a job, including appropriate work 

habits and behaviors, and which may be 

combined with classroom or other training. 

When wages are paid to a participant on 

work experience and when such wage are 

wholly paid for under WIA, the participant 

may not receive this training under a private, 

for profit employer. 

Youth—An individual between 20 and 24 

years of age.

[FR Doc. 04–22060 Filed 9–30–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–79–P

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Notice of Permits Issued Under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of permits under the 

Antarctic Conservation of 1978, Public 

Law 95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

notice of permits issued under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

This is the required notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Office, 

Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, 

National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

9, 2004, the National Science 

Foundation published a notice in the 

Federal Register of a Waste 

Management permit application 

received. A Waste Management permit 

was issued on September 24, 2004 to the 

following applicant: Tom Yelvington, 

Raytheon Polar Services Company, 

Permit No.: 2005 WM–001.

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–22152 Filed 9–30–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–261] 

Carolina Power & Light Company; 

Notice of Partial Denial of Amendment 

to Facility Operating License and 

Opportunity for Hearing 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

has denied a portion of an amendment 

request by the Carolina Power & Light 

Company (the licensee) for an 

amendment to Renewed Facility 

Operating License No. DPR–23 issued to 

the licensee for operation of the H. B. 

Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 

2, located in Darlington County, South 

Carolina. The Notice of Consideration of 

Issuance of this amendment was 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 1, 2003 (68 FR 15758). 

The purpose of the licensee’s 

amendment request was to revise the 

Technical Specifications (TS) to fully 

implement the alternative source term 

(AST). 

The NRC staff has concluded that the 

portion of the licensee’s request 

regarding use of the AST for loss-ofcoolant accidents cannot be granted. 

The licensee was notified of the 

Commission’s denial of the proposed 

change by a letter dated September 24, 

2004. 

By 30 days from the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register, the licensee may demand a 

hearing with respect to the denial 

described above. Any person whose 

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interest may be affected by this 

proceeding may file a written petition 

for leave to intervene pursuant to the 

requirements of 10 CFR 2.309. 

A request for hearing or petition for 

leave to intervene must be filed with the 

Secretary of the Commission, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001 Attention: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, or 

may be delivered to the Commission’s 

Public Document Room (PDR), located 

at One White Flint North, Public File 

Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first 

floor), Rockville, Maryland, by the 

above date. Because of continuing 

disruptions in delivery to mail to U.S. 

Government offices, it is requested that 

petitions for leave to intervene and 

requests for hearing be transmitted to 

the Secretary of the Commission either 

by means of facsimile transmission to 

301–415–1101 or by e-mail to 

hearingdocket@nrc.gov. A copy of any 

petitions should also be sent to the 

Office of the General Counsel, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, and 

because of continuing disruptions in 

delivery of mail to the U.S. Government 

offices, it is requested that copies be 

transmitted either by means of facsimile 

transmission to 301–415–3725 or by email to OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov. A copy 

of any petitions should also be sent to 

Steven R. Carr, Associate General 

Counsel—Legal Department, Progress 

Energy Service Company, LLC, Post 

Office Box 1551, Raleigh, North 

Carolina 27602, attorney for the 

licensee. 

For further details with respect to this 

action, see (1) the application for 

amendment dated May 10, 2002, and 

supplemental letters dated March 12, 

2003, April 10, 2003, March 5, 2004, 

and July 22, 2004, and (2) the 

Commission’s letter to the licensee 

dated September 24, 2004. 

Documents may be examined, and/or 

copied for a fee, at the NRC’s PDR, 

located at One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland, and will be accessible 

electronically through the Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System’s Public Electronic Reading 

Room link at the NRC Web site http://

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Persons who do not have access to 

ADAMS or who encounter problems in 

accessing documents located in 

ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR 

Reference staff by telephone at 1–800–

397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by e-mail 

to pdr@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day 

of September 2004.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Edwin M. Hackett, 

Director, Project Directorate II, Division of 

Licensing Project Management, Office of 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 04–22047 Filed 9–30–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice

DATE: Week of October 4, 2004.

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland.

STATUS: Public and closed.

ADDITIONAL MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of October 4, 2004

Thursday, October 7, 2004

9:25 a.m.—Affirmation Session (Public 

Meeting) (Tentative) 

d. Citizen’s Awareness Network’s 

(CAN) Motion to Dismiss the 

Yankee Rowe License Termination 

Proceeding or to Re-Notice It 

(Tentative) 

e. Duke Energy Corp. (Catawba 

Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2); 

Licensing Board’s certification of its 

ruling on ‘‘need to know’’ during 

discovery (Tentative)

The schedule for Commission 

meetings is subject to change on short 

notice. To verify the status of meetings 

call (recording)—(301) 415–1292. 

Contact person for more information: 

Dave Gamberoni, (301) 415–1651.

* * * * *

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/what-we-do/

policy-making/schedule.html.

* * * * *

The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in these public meetings, or 

need this meeting notice or the 

transcript or other information from the 

public meetings in another format (e.g. 

braille, large print), please notify the 

NRC’s Disability Program Coordinator, 

August Spector, at 301–415–7080, TDD: 

301–415–2100, or by e-mail at 

aks@nrc.gov. Determinations on 

requests for reasonable accommodation 

will be made on a case-by-case basis.

* * * * *

This notice is distributed by mail to 

several hundred subscribers; if you no 

longer wish to receive it, or would like 

to be added to the distribution, please 

contact the Office of the Secretary, 

Washington, DC 20555 (301–415–1969). 

In addition, distribution of this meeting 

notice over the Internet system is 

available. If you are interested in 

receiving this Commission meeting 

schedule electronically, please send an 

electronic message to dkw@nrc.gov.

Dated: September 28, 2004. 

R. Michelle Schroll, 

Office of the Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–22199 Filed 9–29–04; 9:46 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, that the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

will hold the following meetings during 

the week of October 4, 2004:

Closed meetings will be held on Monday, 

October 4, 2004 at 10 a.m., and Thursday, 

October 7, 2004 at 2:15 p.m. An open 

meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 

6 at 10 a.m. in Room 6600.

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the closed meetings. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters may also be present. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or his designee, has 

certified that, in his opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(5), (7), (9)(B), and (10) 

and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(5), (7), 9(ii) and 

(10), permit consideration of the 

scheduled matters at the closed 

meetings. 

Commissioner Atkins, as duty officer, 

voted to consider the items listed for the 

closed meetings in closed session and 

that no earlier notice thereof was 

possible. 

The subject matter of the closed 

meeting scheduled for Monday, October 

4, 2004 will be:

Institution and settlement of injunctive 

action; and 

Institution and settlement of administrative 

proceedings of an enforcement nature.

The subject matter of the open 

meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 

October 6, 2004 will be:

The Commission will hear oral argument 

in an appeal by Michael Batterman, an 

investment adviser, and by Randall B. 

Batterman III from an initial decision of an 

administrative law judge. On motion for 

summary disposition, the law judge found 

that the Battermans had been permanently