Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 211 / Tuesday, November 2, 2004 / Notices 63513

Dated: October 28, 2004. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Leader, Information Management Case 

Services Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Group, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

Office of the Undersecretary 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Flexing Federal Dollars Study. 

Frequency: One time. 

Affected Public: State, local, or tribal 

gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden:

Responses: 600. 

Burden Hours: 300. 

Abstract: To evaluate how school 

districts are using the provisions for 

enhanced flexibility over the use of 

Federal education funds authorized 

under the No Child Left Behind Act. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 2640. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be 

electronically mailed to the Internet 

address OCIO_RIMG@ed.gov or faxed to 

202–245–6621. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be directed to Katrina Ingalls at 

her e-mail address 

Katrina.Ingalls@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. E4–2979 Filed 11–1–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing 

Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment 

Governing Board; Education.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting and 

closed meetings. 

SUMMARY: The notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming meeting of the National 

Assessment Governing Board. This 

notice also describes the functions of 

the Board. Notice of this meeting is 

required under section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. This 

document is intended to notify members 

of the general public of their 

opportunity to attend. Individuals who 

will need special accommodations in 

order to attend the meeting (i.e.,

interpreting services, assistive listening 

devices, materials in alternative format) 

should notify Munira Mwalimu at 202–

357–6938 or at 

Munira.Mwalimu@ed.gov no later than 

November 5, 2004. We will attempt to 

meet requests after this date, but cannot 

guarantee availability of the requested 

accommodation. The meeting site is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities.

DATES: November 18–November 20, 

2004. 

Times 

November 18

Committee Meetings 

Assessment Development Committee:

Closed session—12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.; 

Reporting and Dissemination 

Committee: Open session—12 p.m. to 

2:30 p.m.; 

Ad Hoc Committee on NAEP 12th 

Grade Participation: Open session—2:30 

p.m. to 4 p.m.; 

Executive Committee: Open session—

4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Closed session 5 

p.m. to 6 p.m. 

November 19

Full Board: Open session—8:30 a.m. 

to 4:15 p.m. 

Committee Meetings 

Assessment Development Committee:

Open session—10 a.m. to 12 p.m.; 

Committee on Standards, Design, and 

Methodology: Open session—10 a.m. to 

12 p.m.; 

Reporting and Dissemination 

Committee: Open session—10 a.m. to 12 

p.m.; 

November 20

Full Board: Open session—9 a.m. to 

12 p.m. 

Location: Park Hyatt Washington, 

1201 24th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Munira Mwalimu, Operations Officer, 

National Assessment Governing Board, 

800 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 

825, Washington, DC 20002–4233, 

telephone: (202) 357–6938.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Assessment Governing Board 

is established under section 412 of the 

National Education Statistics Act of 

1994, as amended. 

The Board is established to formulate 

policy guidelines for the National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP). The Board’s responsibilities 

include selecting subject areas to be 

assessed, developing assessment 

objectives, developing appropriate 

student achievement levels for each 

grade and subject tested, developing 

guidelines for reporting and 

disseminating results, and developing 

standards and procedures for interstate 

and national comparisons. 

The Assessment Development 

Committee will meet in closed session 

on November 18 from 12 p.m. to 2:30 

p.m. to review secure test items for the 

National Assessment of Educational 

Progress (NAEP) 2009 Reading 

Assessment. The meeting must be 

conducted in closed session as 

disclosure of proposed test items from 

the NAEP assessments would 

significantly impede implementation of 

the NAEP program, and is therefore 

protected by exemption 9(B) of section 

552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.

On November 18, the Reporting and 

Dissemination Committee will meet in 

open session from 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., 

and the Ad Hoc Committee on NAEP 

12th Grade Participation and Motivation 

will meet in open session from 2:30 

p.m. to 4 p.m. The Executive Committee 

will meet in open session on November 

18 from 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The 

committee will then meet in closed 

session from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. to discuss 

independent government cost estimates 

for contracts related to the National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP). This part of the meeting must 

be conducted in closed session because 

public disclosure of this information 

would likely have an adverse financial 

effect on the NAEP program and will 

provide an advantage to potential 

bidders attending the meeting. The 

discussion of this information would be 

likely to significantly impede 

implementation of a proposed agency 

action if conducted in open session. 

Such matters are protected by 

exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of 

Title 5 U.S.C. 

On November 19, the full Board will 

meet in open session from 8:30 am. to 

4:15 p.m. The Board will approve the 

agenda and the Chairman will introduce 

new Board members, who will then be 

administered the Oath of Office. The 

Board will then hear the Executive 

Director’s report and receive an update 

on the work of the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) from the 

Commissioner of NCES, Robert Lerner. 

From 10 am. to 12 p.m. on November 

19, the Board’s standing committees—

the Assessment Development 

Committee; the Committee on 

Standards, Design, and Methodology; 

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and the Reporting and Dissemination 

Committees—will meet in open session. 

From 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Board 

members will receive a briefing from 

State NAEP Coordinators on their NAEP 

roles and on the use of NAEP data. This 

will be followed by Board discussion on 

NAEP Reporting Guidelines led by the 

Chair of the Reporting and 

Dissemination Committee, John Stevens, 

after which the November 19 session of 

the Board meeting will adjourn. 

On November 20, the full Board will 

meet in open session from 9 a.m. to 12 

p.m. At 9 a.m., the Board will discuss 

NAEP 12th Grade issues, led by Vice 

Chair, Sheila Ford. Board actions on 

policies and Committee reports are 

scheduled to take place between 10:45 

a.m. and 12 p.m., upon which the 

November 20, 2004 session of the Board 

meeting will adjourn. 

Detailed minutes of the meeting, 

including summaries of the activities of 

the closed sessions and related matters 

that are informative to the public and 

consistent with the policy of section 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c) will be available to the 

public within 14 days of the meeting. 

Records are kept of all Board 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the U.S. Department of 

Education, National Assessment 

Governing Board, Suite #825, 800 North 

Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC, 

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. eastern standard 

time.

Dated: October 28, 2004. 

Sharif Shakrani, 

Deputy Executive Director, National 

Assessment Governing Board

[FR Doc. 04–24379 Filed 11–1–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. PP–89–1] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

To Conduct Public Scoping Meetings 

and Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands 

Involvement; Bangor Hydro-Electric 

Company

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement and to 

conduct public scoping meetings, and 

notice of floodplain and wetlands 

involvement. 

SUMMARY: Bangor Hydro-Electric 

Company (BHE) has applied to DOE to 

amend Presidential Permit PP–89, 

which authorizes BHE to construct a 

single-circuit 345,000-volt (345-kV) 

electric transmission line across the U.S. 

international border in the vicinity of 

Baileyville, Maine. The proposed 

transmission line would originate at 

BHE’s existing Orrington Substation, 

located in Orrington, Maine, and extend 

eastward approximately 85 miles to the 

international border between the United 

States and Canada where it would 

connect with similar facilities to be 

owned by New Brunswick Power 

Corporation (NB Power). DOE has 

determined that amendment of the 

Presidential permit would constitute a 

major Federal action that may have a 

significant impact upon the 

environment within the meaning of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA). For this reason, DOE 

intends to prepare an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) entitled, ‘‘The 

Northeast Reliability Interconnect’’

(DOE/EIS–0372), to address potential 

environmental impacts from the 

proposed action and the range of 

reasonable alternatives. 

The purpose of this Notice of Intent 

is to inform the public about the 

proposed action, announce plans to 

conduct three public scoping meetings 

in the vicinity of the proposed 

transmission line, invite public 

participation in the scoping process, 

and solicit public comments for 

consideration in establishing the scope 

and content of the EIS. Because the 

proposed project may involve an action 

in a floodplain or wetland, the draft EIS 

will include a floodplain and wetlands 

assessment and the final EIS or record 

of decision will include a floodplain 

statement of findings in accordance 

with DOE regulations for compliance 

with floodplain and wetlands 

environmental review requirements (10 

CFR part 1022).

DATES: DOE invites interested agencies, 

organizations, Native American tribes, 

and members of the public to submit 

comments or suggestions to assist in 

identifying significant environmental 

issues and in determining the 

appropriate scope of the EIS. The public 

scoping period starts with the 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register and will continue until 

December 2, 2004. Written and oral 

comments will be given equal weight, 

and DOE will consider all comments 

received or postmarked by December 2, 

2004, in defining the scope of this EIS. 

Comments received or postmarked after 

that date will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

Dates for the public scoping meetings 

are:

1. November 17, 2004; 7 p.m. to 9 

p.m., Baileyville, Maine. 

2. November 18, 2004; 1 p.m. to 3 

p.m., South Lincoln, Maine. 

3. November 18, 2004; 7 p.m. to 9 

p.m., Brewer, Maine. 

Requests to speak at a public scoping 

meeting(s) should be received by Dr. 

Jerry Pell at the addresses indicated 

below on or before November 10, 2004. 

Requests to speak may also be made at 

the scoping meetings when registering 

for the meetings. However, persons who 

submitted advance requests to speak 

will be given priority if time should be 

limited during the meetings.

ADDRESSES: Written comments or 

suggestions on the scope of the EIS and 

requests to speak at the scoping 

meeting(s) should be addressed to: Dr. 

Jerry Pell, Office of Fossil Energy (FE–

27), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington DC 20585; facsimile: 202–

318–7761, or electronic mail at 

Jerry.Pell@hq.doe.gov.

Please note that regular postal mail to 

DOE tends to be delayed because of 

anthrax screening. In order to avoid 

these delays, if you wish to comment by 

mail, we suggest that your response be 

submitted either by using overnight 

service, or that your letter first be sent 

to us by fax or e-mail, and then followed 

by regular mailing of the original 

documents. 

The locations of the scoping meetings 

are: 

1. Woodland Elementary School, 23 

Fourth Avenue, Baileyville, Maine. 

2. Mattanawcook Academy, 33 Reed 

Drive, Lincoln, Maine. 

3. Jeff’s Catering Banquet & 

Convention Center, East West Industrial 

Park, 5 Coffin Avenue, Brewer, Maine.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the proposed project or 

to receive a copy of the Draft EIS when 

it is issued, contact Dr. Pell by any of 

the means listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. The main text of 

the BHE application is on the DOE 

Fossil Energy Web site at http://

fossil.energy.gov/programs/

electricityregulation, under Pending 

Proceedings and PP–89–1. The complete 

BHE application, including associated 

maps and drawings, can be obtained by 

contacting Dr. Jerry Pell as noted in the 

ADDRESSES section above. Additional 

information and a description of the 

proposed project may be found on the 

BHE project Web site at http://

www.bhe.com/nri.

For general information on the DOE 

NEPA review process, contact: 

Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office 

of NEPA Policy and Compliance (EH–

42), U.S. Department of Energy, 

Washington, DC 20585; phone: 202–

586–4600 or leave a message at 800–

472–2756; facsimile: 202–586–7031.