61268 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 199 / Friday, October 15, 2004 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

President’s National Hire Veterans 

Committee; Notice of Open Meeting 

The President’s National Hire 

Veterans Committee was established 

under 38 U.S.C. 4100 note Public Law 

107–288, Jobs For Veterans Act, to 

furnish information to employers with 

respect to the productivity advantages 

afforded by hiring qualified veterans 

and disabled veterans, and to encourage 

employer participation in the Career 

One Stop service system and other 

means. 

The President’s National Hire 

Veterans Committee will meet on 

Thursday, October 21, 2004, beginning 

at 8:30 a.m. in the Radisson Hotel and 

Conference Center, 12600 Roosevelt 

Blvd., St. Petersburg, Florida 33716. 

The committee will discuss raising 

employer awareness of the advantages 

of hiring veterans.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of 

October, 2004. 

Frederico Juarbe Jr., 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’

Employment and Training.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Notice of Meeting; Advisory Committee 

for Polar Programs 

In accordance with Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as 

amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting:

Name: Advisory Committee for Polar 

Programs (1130). 

Date/Time: November 15, 2004, 8 a.m. to 

5 p.m.; November 16, 2004, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Stafford II, Room 595. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Altie Metcalf, Office of 

Polar Programs (OPP), National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Arlington, VA 22230, (703) 292–8030. 

Minutes: May be obtained from the contact 

person list above. 

Purpose of Meeting: To advise NSF on the 

impact of its policies, programs, and 

activities of the polar research community; to 

provide advice to the Director of OPP on 

issues related to long range planning, and to 

form ad hoc subcommittees to carry out 

needed studies and tasks. 

Agenda: Staff presentations on program 

updates; review of the Committee of Visitors’

report on the Polar Research Support Section; 

and discussions on International Polar Year.

Dated: October 12, 2004. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Advisory Committee for Social, 

Behavioral and Economic Sciences; 

Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting.

Name: Advisory Committee for 

Social, Behavioral, and Economic 

Sciences (ACSBE) (#1171). 

Date and Time: November 4, 2004, 

8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.; November 5, 2004, 

8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Place: The meeting will take place in 

Arlington, Virginia, exact location TBD; 

once known, the exact location of the 

meeting will be posed on SBE’s Web site 

and you may also contact Patricia 

Vinson, (703) 292–8700 or via e-mail at 

pvinson@nsf.gov.

Type of meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Mr. Frederic J. 

Wending, Executive Officer, Directorate 

for Social, Behavioral, and Economic 

Sciences, National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 905, 

Arlington, VA 22230, (703) 292–8741. 

Summary Minutes: May be obtained 

from contact person listed above. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice and recommendations to the 

National Science Foundation on major 

goals and policies pertaining to Social, 

Behavioral and Economic Sciences 

Directorate programs and activities. 

Agenda: Discussion on issues, role 

and future direction of the Directorate 

for Social, Behavioral, and Economic 

Sciences.

Dated: October 12, 2004. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed USEC American 

Centrifuge Plant

AGENCY: United States Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI).

SUMMARY: USEC Inc., (USEC) submitted 

a license application to the NRC on 

August 23, 2004, proposing the 

construction, operation and future 

decommissioning of the American 

Centrifuge Plant (ACP) gas centrifuge 

uranium enrichment facility in Piketon, 

OH. The NRC announces its intent to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) and NRC NEPA implementing 

regulations contained in 10 CFR part 51. 

The EIS will examine the potential 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

USEC ACP.

DATES: The public scoping process 

required by NEPA begins with 

publication of this NOI and continues 

until December 6, 2004. Written 

comments submitted by mail should be 

postmarked by that date to ensure 

consideration. Comments mailed after 

that date will be considered to the 

extent possible. 

NRC will conduct a public scoping 

meeting to assist in defining the 

appropriate scope of the EIS, including 

the significant environmental issues to 

be addressed. The meeting date, times 

and location are listed below: 

Meeting Date: November 15, 2004. 

Meeting Location: Vern Riffe Career 

Technology Center, 175 Beaver Creek 

Road, Piketon, Ohio 45661. 

Scoping Meeting: 7 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. 

Members of the NRC staff will be 

available for informal discussions with 

members of the public from 6 p.m. to 7 

p.m. The formal meeting and associated 

NRC presentation begins at 7 p.m. For 

planning purposes, those who wish to 

present oral comments at the meeting 

are encouraged to pre-register by 

contacting Matthew Blevins of the NRC 

by telephone at 1–800–368–5642, 

Extension 7684, or by e-mail at 

mxb6@nrc.gov no later than November 

9, 2004. Interested persons may also 

register to speak at the meeting.

ADDRESSES: Members of the public and 

interested parties are invited and 

encouraged to submit comments to the 

Chief, Rules Review and Directives 

Branch, Mail Stop T–6D59, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. Due to the current mail 

situation in the Washington, DC area, 

the NRC encourages comments to be 

submitted electronically to 

nrcrep@nrc.gov. Please refer to Docket 

No. 70–7004 when submitting 

comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general or technical information 

associated with the license review of the 

USEC application, please contact: 

Yawar Faraz at (301) 415–8113. For