Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 220 / Tuesday, November 16, 2004 / Notices 67139

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records are destroyed when three 

years old. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

The commanding officer of the 

activity in question. Official mailing 

addresses are published in the Standard 

Navy Distribution List available at

http://neds.daps.dla.mil/sndl.htm.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether this system of records contains 

information about themselves should 

address written inquiries to the 

commanding officer of the naval activity 

where currently employed. Official 

mailing addresses are published in the 

Standard Navy Distribution List 

available at http://neds.daps.dla.mil/

sndl.htm.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to records 

about themselves contained in this 

system of records should address 

written inquiries to the commanding 

officer of the naval activity where 

currently employed. Official mailing 

addresses are published in the Standard 

Navy Distribution List available at

http://neds.daps.dla.mil/sndl.htm.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The Navy’s rules for accessing 

records, and for contesting contents and 

appealing determinations are published 

in Secretary of the Navy Instruction 

5211.5; 32 CFR part 701; or may be 

obtained from the system manager. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Individual, correspondence, and 

personnel records. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None.

[FR Doc. 04–25336 Filed 11–15–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Regional Advisory Committees: Open 

Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, ED.

ACTION: Notice of open orientation 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and agenda of the forthcoming 

orientation meeting of the Regional 

Advisory Committees (RACs). This 

notice also describes the functions of 

the RACs. Notice of this meeting is 

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

Federal Advisory Committee Act and is 

intended to notify the public of their 

opportunity to attend.

DATES: December 2, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. 

to 4 p.m. and December 3, 2004, from 

8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Mayflower Hotel, 1127 

Connecticut Ave., NW., Washington, DC 

20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Enid 

Simmons, 202–708–9499 or at 

enid.simmons@ed.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Regional Advisory Committees are 

established under section 206 of the 

Educational Technical Assistance Act of 

2002, (20 U.S.C. 9605). The RACs are to 

advise the Secretary by (1) conducting 

an educational needs assessment of each 

region described in section 174(b) of the 

Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002; 

and (2) submitting reports for each 

region based on the regional 

assessments no later than 4 months after 

the committees are first convened. 

The general public is welcome to 

attend the December 2–3, 2004, 

orientation meeting. However, space is 

limited and will be available to persons 

who pre-register. Registration will be 

accepted on a first-come, first-served 

basis up to the limits of the space 

available. Individuals who want to 

attend the meeting must send their 

name and contact information to 

Geogette Joyner at The CNA 

Corporation, 4825 Mark Center Drive, 

Alexandria, VA 22311, or at 

joynerg@cna.org, by no later than 

Monday, November 29, 2004. 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to attend the meeting (i.e. interpreting 

services, assistive listening devices, 

materials in alternative format) should 

notify Georgette Joyner at The CNA 

Corporation by no later than Monday, 

November 29, 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. 

The purposes of the open meeting are 

to: 

(1) Orient RAC members to: 

• The legislative charge that will 

guide their work, 

• The status of the RACs with regard 

to FACA, 

• The FACA operational and 

reporting procedures they will need to 

follow, 

• RAC and member roles, 

responsibilities and tasks, and 

• The parameters within which each 

RAC is to undertake and complete its 

needs assessment and finalize its report; 

(2) Familiarize RAC members with 

available assistance and tools; and 

(3) Help each RAC formulate a 

framework for conducting its work. 

A summary of meeting activities will 

be available to the public online

(http://www.rac-ed.org) within 14 days 

of the meeting and for public inspection 

at the office of Georgette Joyner, The 

CNA Corporation, 4825 Mark Center 

Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311 between 

the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Dated: November 8, 2004. 

Raymond Simon, 

Assistant Secretary, OESE.

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Consolidation of Nuclear 

Operations Related to Production of 

Radioisotope Power Systems

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) announces its intent to prepare 

an environmental impact statement 

(EIS), pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, for the proposed consolidation of 

nuclear activities related to production 

of radioisotope power systems (RPS) 

required for Government national 

security and space exploration missions 

at a single, highly secure DOE site. 

Currently, DOE’s ongoing RPS-related 

production operations are located at 

three DOE sites in Idaho, New Mexico 

and Tennessee, requiring the transport 

of radioactive material that could be 

avoided by consolidation of these 

activities at a single site. The proposed 

consolidation of these operations, which 

includes production, purification, and 

encapsulation of plutonium-238 (Pu238), would be consistent with DOE’s 

approach on consolidating nuclear 

materials, increasing the security of 

nuclear materials, and reducing risks 

associated with transportation of 

nuclear materials. The EIS will analyze 

all reasonable alternatives for the 

consolidation of the RPS operations as 

well as the No Action alternative.

DATES: DOE invites public comments on 

the proposed scope of this EIS. The 

public scoping period begins with the 

publication of this notice and concludes 

on January 31, 2005. DOE invites the 

general public, Native American Tribes, 

State and local governments, other 

Federal agencies, DOE stakeholders, and