Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 151 / Monday, August 7, 2006 / Notices 44673 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e–3; 20 

U.S.C. 6301 et. seq. 

Dated: August 1, 2006. 

Margaret Spellings, 

Secretary of Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and 

Communities Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Safe and Drug-Free 

Schools, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of an 

upcoming open meeting of the Safe and 

Drug-Free Schools and Communities 

Advisory Committee. The notice also 

describes the functions of the 

Committee. Notice of this meeting is 

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

Federal Advisory Committee Act and is 

intended to notify the public of their 

opportunity to attend. 

DATES: Monday, August 21, 2006, and 

Tuesday, August 22, 2006. 

Time: August 21, 2006: 8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m.; August 22, 2006: 8 a.m. to 11:30 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet at 

the U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Barnard 

Auditorium, Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine Davis, Executive Director, 

Safe and Drug Free Schools and 

Communities Advisory Committee, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 1E110, Washington, 

DC 20202–3510; telephone: (202) 205–

4169, or e-mail at OSDFS@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established to provide 

advice to the Secretary on Federal, State 

and local programs designated to create 

safe and drug-free schools, and on 

issues related to crisis planning. The 

focus for this meeting is the Safe and 

Drug Free Schools and Communities 

State Grants Programs, a formula grant 

program. The agenda will include panel 

presentations by invited speakers 

offering an overview of the program and 

looking at opportunities to strengthen 

and improve it in order to ensure that 

schools and communities are 

implementing the most effective 

programs and interventions, and are 

prepared to meet current and future 

needs of students. Further, the 

Committee will address strategies for 

accomplishing their mission as stated in 

the committee charter. 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting 

services, assistive listening devices, or 

materials in alternative format) should 

notify Catherine Davis at 

OSDFSC@ed.gov or 202–205–4169 no 

later than August 7, 2006. We will 

attempt to meet requests for 

accommodations after this date but 

cannot guarantee their availability. The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. 

Individuals interested in attending the 

meeting must register in advance 

because limited space is available at the 

meeting site. Please notify Catherine 

Davis at OSDFSC@ed.gov or 202–205–

4169 of your intention to attend the 

meeting. 

Opportunities for public comment are 

available on August 22 from 8:40–9:15 

a.m. on a first come, first served basis. 

Comments presented at the meeting 

must be limited to 5 minutes in length. 

Written comments that accompany oral 

remarks are optional. Five copies are 

recommended and should be submitted 

to the committee Chairman. 

Request for Written Comments: We 

invite the public to submit written 

comments relevant to the focus of the 

Advisory Committee. We would like to 

receive written comments from 

members of the public no later than 

April 30, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit all comments to the 

Advisory Committee using one of the 

following methods: 1. Internet. We 

encourage the public to submit 

comments through the Internet to the 

following address: OSDFSC@ed.gov. 2. 

Mail. The public may also submit your 

comments via mail to Catherine Davis, 

Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 1E110, 

Washington, DC 20202. Due to delays in 

mail delivery caused by heightened 

security, please allow adequate time for 

the mail to be received. 

Records are kept of all Committee 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the Office of Safe and Drug 

Free Schools, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 1E110, Washington, DC 20202, 

from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Eastern Standard Time. 

Ray Simon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Request for Expressions of 

Interest in an Advanced Burner 

Reactor To Support the Global Nuclear 

Energy Partnership 

AGENCY: Office of Nuclear Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of request for expressions 

of interest. 

SUMMARY: Based upon feedback since 

the President of the United States 

announced the Global Nuclear Energy 

Partnership (GNEP) in February 2006, 

the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is 

seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) 

from domestic and international 

industry in building an Advanced 

Burner Reactor (ABR). An ABR in the 

United States would establish a fast 

reactor capability to be used to 

transmute fuel and consume transuranic 

elements within the fuel, generate 

electricity, and support implementation 

of GNEP. DOE is also seeking to define 

the interest of industry to build upon 

their proven capabilities and participate 

in demonstrating spent nuclear fuel 

(SNF) recycling technologies that meet 

GNEP goals. This EOI will help inform 

DOE’s GNEP Program as to those issues 

that industry and potential host sites 

consider important to the construction 

of sustainable, commercial-scale SNF 

recycling technologies that meet GNEP 

objectives. The information gained from 

this EOI will be used to create Requests 

for Proposals (RFP) for the proposed 

ABR. 

DATES: Interested parties wishing to 

submit an EOI should do so in writing 

by September 8, 2006, to ensure their 

input is considered. A briefing for 

respondents to learn about DOE’s 

baseline plan and answer EOI-related 

questions will be held on August 14, 

2006, 8 am–12 pm, in the Washington, 

DC metropolitan area. The specific 

meeting location will be announced on 

the GNEP Web site, http:// 

www.gnep.energy.gov. Please indicate 

your interest in attending the briefing by 

sending an e-mail indicating your intent 

to attend to 

GNEP_EOI_RSVP@nuclear.energy.gov. It 

is recognized that GNEP is moving 

forward on an aggressive schedule that 

will task all of the responders’ abilities 

to provide quality information in a short 

period of time. DOE believes that GNEP 

can help to revitalize the U.S. nuclear 

industry and improve its global 

competitive position. Early participation 

by industry in this effort will greatly 

maximize GNEP’s success. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By 

postal mail, Mr. John F. Gross, Mail 


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