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potential benefits while preserving the

effective and efficient administration of

the program.

During and after the comment period,

you may inspect all public comments

about this notice in Room 3322, Switzer

Building, 330 C Street SW., Washington,

DC, between the hours of 9 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Eastern time, Monday

through Friday of each week except

Federal holidays.

Assistance to Individuals with

Disabilities in Reviewing the

Rulemaking Record

On request, we will supply an

appropriate aid, such as a reader or

print magnifier, to an individual with a

disability who needs assistance to

review the comments or other

documents in the public rulemaking

record for the proposed language. If you

want to schedule an appointment for

this type of aid, you may call (202) 205–

8113 or (202) 260–9895. If you use a

TDD, you may call the Federal

Information Relay Service at 1–800–

877–8339.

This proposed language supports the

National Education Goal that calls for

every American to possess the skills

necessary to compete in a global

economy.

Proposed Additional Selection

Criterion

The Assistant Secretary will use the

selection criteria in 34 CFR 385.31,

386.20 and 389.30 to evaluate

applications under this program. The

maximum score for all the criteria is 100

points; however, the Assistant Secretary

will also use the following criterion so

that up to an additional ten points may

be earned by an applicant for a total

possible score of 110 points.

Within the Rehabilitation Long-Term

Training, and Rehabilitation Continuing

Education Program, we will give the

following competitive preference under

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) to applications

that are otherwise eligible for funding

under this competition.

Up to ten (10) points based on the

extent to which an application includes

effective strategies for employing and

advancing in employment qualified

individuals with disabilities in projects

awarded under this competition. In

determining the effectiveness of those

strategies, we will consider the

applicant’s prior success, as described

in the application, in employing and

advancing in employment qualified

individuals with disabilities.

Electronic Access to This Document

You may view this document, as well

as all other Department of Education

documents published in the Federal

Register, in text or Adobe Portable

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet

at either of the following sites:

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at either of the preceding sites. If you

have questions about using the PDF, call

the U.S. Government Printing Office

(GPO), toll free, at 1–888–293–6498; or

in the Washington, D.C. area at (202)

512–1530.

Note: The official version of this document

is the document published in the Federal

Register. Free Internet access to the official

edition of the Federal Register and the Code

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO

Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/

index.html.

APPLICABLE PROGRAM

REGULATIONS: 34 CFR Part 385, 386

and 389.

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 774.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number: 84.129 and 84.264, the

Rehabilitation Long-Term Training, and

Rehabilitation Continuing Education

Program.)

Dated: June 23, 2000.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Availability of the Final

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Proposed JEA Circulating

Fluidized Bed Combustor Project at

Jacksonville, FL

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) announces the availability of the

Final Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS) for the JEA Circulating Fluidized

Bed Combustor Project (DOE/EIS–0289),

at Jacksonville, Florida. The Final JEA

EIS analyzes the environmental impacts

that could result from construction and

operation of a 297.5 megawatt-electric,

coal- and petroleum coke-fired,

circulating fluidized bed combustor and

boiler to repower an existing steam

turbine at JEA’s Northside Generating

Station. The proposed Federal action is

cost-shared funding of approximately

$73.1 million (about 24 percent of the

total estimated cost of $309 million) for

construction of the combustor and

boiler and for a 24-month period of

demonstration testing of the technology.

The proposed project is expected to

demonstrate technology for the costeffective reduction of nitrogen oxide,

sulfur dioxide, and particulate

emissions, while producing power more

efficiently and at less cost than

conventional coal combustion

technologies. Information and

experience developed from this project

would provide the basis for

demonstrating the potential of utility

scale, atmospheric pressure, circulating

fluidized bed technology as a viable

alternative to conventional coal-fired

power plant technologies. DOE may

issue a Record of Decision no sooner

than 30 days after the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

publishes a Notice of Availability of the

Final EIS in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the

Final EIS or other information about the

proposed action should be addressed to:

Ms. Lisa Hollingsworth, JEA NEPA

Document Manager, National Energy

Technology Laboratory, U.S.

Department of Energy, 3610 Collins

Ferry Road, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown,

WV 26507–0880; by telephone at 304–

285–4992; by fax at 304–285–4403; by

leaving a message at 1–800–276–9851;

or by electronic mail at

lisa.hollingsworth@netl.doe.gov. The

Final JEA EIS will be available under

the DOE NEPA Analyses link from the

DOE NEPA Web at http://tis.eh.doe.gov/

nepa/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information on the DOE NEPA

process, please contact Ms. Carol M.

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA

Policy and Assistance, EH–42, U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20585. Ms. Borgstrom

may be contacted by calling 202–586–

4600 or by leaving a message at 1–800–

472–2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The JEA

EIS was prepared pursuant to the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.),

the Council on Environmental Quality

NEPA regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500–

1508), and the DOE NEPA regulations

(10 CFR Part 1021).

A Notice of Intent (Notice) to prepare

an environmental impact statement for

the proposed JEA Circulating Fluidized

Bed Combustor Project and hold a

public scoping meeting was published

in the Federal Register on Thursday,

November 13, 1997 (62 FR 60889). The

Notice invited oral and written

comments and suggestions on the

proposed scope of the environmental

impact statement, including

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environmental issues and alternatives,

and invited public participation in the

National Environmental Policy Act

process. A public scoping meeting was

announced and held on December 3,

1997, at Jacksonville, FL. Comments and

feedback received during the public

scoping process were used to guide

development of the environmental

analyses included in this final JEA EIS.

The availability of the draft

environmental impact statement for the

Proposed JEA Circulating Fluidized Bed

Combustor Project was announced in

the Federal Register on Wednesday,

August 25, 1999 (64 FR 46363). The

Notice invited oral and written

comments and provided details on the

public hearing. A public hearing was

held at the North Campus of the Florida

Community College in Jacksonville,

Florida, on September 30, 1999.

Comments received during the comment

period and at the public hearing have

been addressed in the Final JEA EIS.

DOE proposes to provide funding to

JEA for supporting the construction and

operation of a combustor and boiler to

repower a steam turbine and generator

that have been out of service since 1983

at JEA’s Northside Generating Station.

As part of this proposed action (the

preferred alternative identified in the

EIS), the Final JEA EIS evaluates plans

by JEA to repower a second, currently

operating, steam turbine without costshared funding from DOE. In addition to

analyzing the environmental impacts of

the proposed action, the Final JEA EIS

analyzes the potential impacts of the

No-Action Alternative. Under the NoAction Alternative, three scenarios that

reasonably could be expected to be

pursued by JEA in the absence of DOE

funding are analyzed. The Final JEA EIS

compares the environmental impacts

that could be expected to occur from

repowering the two steam turbines with

new circulating fluidized bed

combustors with the impacts that would

be likely from each of the three

scenarios under the No-Action

Alternative.

The principal focus of the JEA EIS is

on evaluating impacts from construction

and operation of the proposed project

on the primary areas of concern: human

health, air quality, surface water,

groundwater, ecological resources,

socioeconomic resources (including

environmental justice), noise, and

traffic. In addition, impacts on land use,

floodplains, wetlands, waste

management, and cultural resources are

also considered.

DOE has distributed copies of the

Final JEA EIS to appropriate Members of

Congress, State and local agencies and

government officials in Florida, Federal

agencies, and other interested parties.

Copies of the document may be

obtained by contacting DOE as provided

in the section of this notice entitled

ADDRESSES. Copies of the Final JEA EIS

are also available for inspection at the

locations identified below:

(1) U.S. Department of Energy, Freedom

of Information Reading Room, 1E–

190, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585.

(2) U.S. Department of Energy, National

Energy Technology Laboratory, 3610

Collins Ferry Road, P.O. Box 880,

Morgantown, WV 26507–0880.

(3) Highlands Branch Library, 1826

Dunn Avenue, Jacksonville, FL 32218.

DOE may issue a Record of Decision

(ROD) on whether to provide costshared funding for the proposed JEA

Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor

Project no sooner than 30 days after the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

publishes a Notice of Availability of the

Final EIS in the Federal Register.

Issued in Washington, D.C., this 26th day

of June 2000.

Robert S. Kripowicz,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Fossil Energy.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Pantex Plant

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Pantex Plant,

Amarillo, Texas. The Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86

Stat. 770) requires that public notice of

these meetings be announced in the

Federal Register.

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, July 25, 2000:

1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Wellington Room, I–40

& Georgia, Amarillo, Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry

S. Johnson, Assistant Area Manager,

Department of Energy, Amarillo Area

Office, P.O. Box 30030, Amarillo, TX

79120 (806) 477–3125.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of

the Board is to advise the Department of

Energy and its regulators in the areas of

environmental restoration, waste

management, and related activities.

Tentative Agenda:

1:30 Agenda Review/Approval of

Minutes

1:45 Co-Chair Comments

2:00 Task Force/Subcommittee

Reports

2:30 Ex-Officio Reports

3:00 Updates—Concurrence Reports—

DOE

3:30 Break

3:45 Presentation (To Be Decided)

4:45 Public Comments

5:00 Closing Comments

5:30 Adjourn

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Committee either

before or after the meeting. Individuals

who wish to make oral statements

pertaining to agenda items should

contact Jerry Johnson’s office at the

address or telephone number listed

above. Requests must be received 5 days

prior to the meeting and every

reasonable provision will be made to

accommodate the request in the agenda.

The Deputy Designated Federal Officer

is empowered to conduct the meeting in

a fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. Each individual

wishing to make public comment will

be provided a maximum of 5 minutes to

present their comments.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Pantex Public Reading

Rooms located at the Amarillo College

Lynn Library and Learning Center, 2201

South Washington, Amarillo, TX phone

(806) 371–5400. Hours of operation are

from 7:45 am to 10 p.m. Monday

through Thursday; 7:45 am to 5 p.m. on

Friday; 8:30 am to 12 noon on Saturday;

and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, except

for Federal holidays. Additionally, there

is a Public Reading Room located at the

Carson County Public Library, 401 Main

Street, Panhandle, TX phone (806) 537–

3742. Hours of operation are from 9 am

to 7 pm on Monday; 9 am to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday; and closed

Saturday and Sunday as well as Federal

Holidays. Minutes will also be available

by writing or calling Jerry S. Johnson at

the address or telephone number listed

above.

Issued at Washington, DC on June 26, 2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

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