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Under this program a project is

considered to be providing substantial

services if a minimum of 51 percent of

the persons served by the project reside

within the Empowerment Zone or

Enterprise Community.

Invitational Priorities

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) the

Secretary is particularly interested in

applications that meet one or more of

the following invitational priorities.

However, an application that meets one

or more of these invitational priorities

does not receive competitive or absolute

preference over other applications:

Invitational Priority 1—Projects To

Enhance Employment Outcomes for

Individuals on Public Assistance

Projects that provide rehabilitation

services to individuals with disabilities

who are receiving public assistance to

enhance employment outcomes that are

consistent with the individual’s unique

strengths, capacities, abilities, interests,

priorities, and resources.

Invitational Priority 2—Projects To

Increase Client Choice

Projects that address and emphasize

effective ways to increase client choice

in the vocational rehabilitation process

to enhance employment outcomes that

are consistent with the individual’s

unique strengths, capacities, abilities,

interests, priorities, and resources.

Selection Criteria: In evaluating an

application for a new grant under this

competition, the Secretary uses

selection criteria chosen from the

general selection criteria in § 75.210 of

EDGAR. The selection criteria to be

used for this competition will be

provided in the application package for

this competition.

For Applications Contact: The Grants

and Contracts Service Team (GCST),

U.S. Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

3317, Switzer Building, Washington,

D.C. 20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 205–

8351. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.,

Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

The preferred method for requesting

applications is to FAX your request to

(202) 205–8717.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternate format by contacting the

GCST. However, the Department is not

able to reproduce in an alternate format

the standard forms included in the

application package.

For Information Contact: Susan

Oswald or Alfreda Reeves, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

3314, Switzer Building, Washington,

D.C. 20202–2650. Telephone: (202) 260–

9870 or (202) 205–9361.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternate

format (e.g., Braille, large print,

audiotape, or computer diskette) on

request to the contact person listed in

the preceding paragraph.

Note: The official application notice for a

discretionary grant competition is the notice

published in the Federal Register.

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Education documents published in the

Federal Register, in text or portable

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or, toll free, 1–800–222–4922. The

documents are located under Option

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Register.

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 777a(a)(1).

Dated: September 12, 1997.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Floodplain Statement of Findings for

Removal Action at the St. Louis Airport

Site (SLAPS), St. Louis, Missouri

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE),

Oak Ridge Operations.

SUBJECT: Floodplain Statement of

Findings.

SUMMARY: This is a Floodplain

Statement of Findings prepared in

accordance with 10 CFR part 1022. DOE

proposes to remediate soil with elevated

levels of uranium-238, radium-226, and

thorium-230 from areas in/near the

Coldwater Creek 100-year floodplain at

SLAPS. DOE prepared a Floodplain and

Wetlands Assessment describing the

effects, alternatives, and measures

designed to avoid or minimize potential

harm to or within the affected

floodplain. The proposed action would

not result in the destruction of any

floodplain or wetland and would be

consistent with Executive Orders 11988

and 11990, and the President’s policy of

‘‘no net loss’’ of wetlands in the United

States. There is no practicable

alternative to the proposed action,

which would conform to applicable

state and local floodplain protection

standards. DOE would endeavor to

allow 15 days of public review after

publication of the statement of findings

before implementation of the proposed

action.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS

PROPOSED ACTION OR TO COMMENT ON THE

ACTION, CONTACT: Mr. Steve McCracken,

St. Louis Site Manager, U.S. Department

of Energy, 9170 Latty Avenue, Berkeley,

MO 63134, Phone: (314) 524–4083,

FAX: (314) 524–6044.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON GENERAL

DOE FLOODPLAIN AND WETLANDS

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS,

CONTACT: Carol M. Borgstrom, Director,

Office of NEPA Oversight, EH–42, U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586–4600

or (800) 472–2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

Floodplain Statement of Findings

prepared in accordance with 10 CFR

part 1022. A Notice of Floodplain and

Wetland Involvement was published in

the Federal Register on August 27, 1997

(62 FR 45403), and a Floodplain and

Wetlands Assessment was incorporated

in the engineering evaluation and cost

analysis (EE/CA) prepared for SLAPS.

Removal actions may include: (1) No

action, or (2) removal of radioactively

contaminated soil at SLAPS between

McDonnell Boulevard and Banshee

Road, behind the gabion wall which

extends along that portion of Coldwater

Creek; the ditch along the south side of

McDonnell Boulevard; and, the ditch on

the north side of McDonnell Boulevard,

or (3) removal of radioactively

contaminated soil at SLAPS between

McDonnell Boulevard and Banshee

Road, behind the gabion wall which

extends along that portion of Coldwater

Creek and the ditch along the south side

of McDonnell Boulevard. The

contaminated soil contains elevated

levels of uranium-238, radium-226, and
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thorium-230. Based on stakeholder

participation, Alternative 3 was

identified as the preferred alternative.

This excavation (Alternative 3) would

extend approximately 70 feet to the east

and approximately one foot below

original grade (approximately 8–10 feet

below the existing land surface). The

excavated area would be backfilled with

clean soil and a berm would be

constructed on the eastern edge of the

excavation to minimize runoff into the

excavated area. Sediments in the ditch

between the SLAPS fence and

McDonnell Boulevard would be

removed from the confluence with the

creek to 70 feet east of the confluence

in order to provide a clean buffer zone

between SLAPS runoff and the creek.

Drainage on the northern end of SLAPS

(south of McDonnell Boulevard) would

be rerouted through an engineered

channel to prevent mobilizing sediment

in the ditches during storm events prior

to discharge into Coldwater Creek. DOE

would temporarily store excavated

material near the southeast corner of

SLAPS prior to transport to an off-site,

licensed waste disposal facility. There is

no practicable alternative to the

proposed action. The proposed action

would conform to applicable state and

local floodplain protection standards.

The following steps would be taken to

minimize potential harm to or within

the affected floodplain:

1. The design and performance of

excavation activities would incorporate

standard best management practices in

accordance with U.S. Department of

Agriculture Natural Resource

Conservation Service (formerly the Soil

Conservation Service) methods, or the

equivalent, to control erosion and

siltation from excavations.

2. Remediation operations would

confine the areas of sediment and soil

disturbance to the minimum necessary

for successful completion of the project.

3. Care would be exercised to provide

minimum practicable exposure of

sediment and soil to erosion.

4. All erosion and sediment barriers

would remain in place until the

excavation is successfully stabilized by

applicable measures.

5. Disturbed sediment and soil in or

adjacent to the floodplain and

waterways would be stabilized or

otherwise protected to prevent off-site

migration, as conditions warrant.

6. Remediation would not obstruct

Coldwater Creek and the creek would

retain its original capacity for storing

floodwaters. The proposed action would

not impede flow or increase flooding

along Coldwater Creek.

7. Areas excavated in or adjacent to

the floodplain not involved with

drainage ditch modification would be

restored to current grade and the

proposed activities would not subject

lives or property to any increased risk

of flooding.

8. DOE would not use areas within

the floodplain for temporary or

permanent storage of excavated

sediment or soil.

9. The proposed action would

conform to applicable state and local

floodplain and protection standards.

10. The proposed action would not

result in the destruction of any

floodplain or wetland and would be

consistent with the President’s policy of

‘‘no net loss’’ of wetlands in the United

States and Executive Orders 11988 and

11990.

DOE will endeavor to allow 15 days

of public review after publication of the

statement of findings before

implementation of the proposed action.

Issued in Oak Ridge, Tenn. on September

9, 1997.

James L. Elmore,

Alternate NEPA Compliance Officer.

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