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in drainages within Mendocino County.

The studies consist of juvenile coho

salmon distribution and abundance

surveys, spawner surveys, and a fish

relocation experiment. The purpose of

the juvenile fish relocation experiment,

to be undertaken in the Ten Mile River,

is to accelerate the rehabilitation of

currently unpopulated areas upstream

in an effort to aid the ESA-listed species

recovery. ESA-listed juvenile fish are

proposed to be captured (by trap or

electrofishing), anesthetized, handled

(identified and measured), allowed to

recover from the anesthetic, and

released. A portion of the ESA-listed

fish to be handled are proposed to be

relocated from Ten Mile River sites to

upstream areas. ESA-listed adult fish

carcasses are proposed to be collected,

handled (measured and sampled for

tissues and/or scales), and returned to

the water at the collection site. ESAlisted juvenile fish indirect mortalities

associated with the research are also

requested.

DWAA (1066) requests a five-year

permit for takes of adult and juvenile,

threatened, central California coast coho

salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

associated with fish population studies

in drainages within Santa Cruz County.

The studies consist of four assessment

tasks for which ESA-listed fish are

proposed to be taken: 1) Presence/

absence, 2) population estimates, 3)

spawner surveys, and 4) the acquisition

of tissue/scale samples for genetic

studies. ESA-listed juvenile fish are

proposed to be observed or captured,

anesthetized, handled (weighed,

measured, and fin-clipped), allowed to

recover from the anesthetic, and

released. ESA-listed adult fish carcasses

are proposed to be collected, handled

(measured and sampled for tissues and/

or scales), and returned to the water at

the collection site. ESA-listed juvenile

fish indirect mortalities associated with

the research are also requested.

Those individuals requesting a

hearing on either of these requests for a

permit should set out the specific

reasons why a hearing would be

appropriate (see ADDRESSES). The

holding of such a hearing is at the

discretion of the Assistant

Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. All

statements and opinions contained in

the above application summaries are

those of the applicants and do not

necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.

Dated: September 10, 1997.

Nancy Chu,

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–24817 Filed 9–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety

Commission, Washington, DC 20207.

TIME AND DATE: Thursday, September 25,

1997, 2:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Room 410, East West Towers,

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda,

Maryland.

STATUS: Closed to the Public.

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED:

COMPLIANCE STATUS REPORT: The staff

will brief the Commission on the status

of various compliance matters.

For a recorded message containing the

latest agenda information, call (301)

504–0709.

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION: Sadye E. Dunn, Office of

the Secretary, 4330 East West Highway,

Bethesda, MD 20207, (301) 504–0800.

Dated: September 15, 1997.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–25014 Filed 9–16–97; 2:58 pm]

BILLING CODE 6355–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.235A]

Special Projects and Demonstrations

for Providing Vocational Rehabilitation

Services to Individuals With

Disabilities; Notice Inviting

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal

Year (FY) 1998

Purpose of Program: To provide

financial assistance to projects for

expanding or otherwise improving

vocational rehabilitation and other

rehabilitation services for individuals

with disabilities, especially individuals

with the most severe disabilities, and for

applying new types or patterns of

services or devices for individuals with

disabilities (including programs for

providing individuals with disabilities,

or other individuals in programs

servicing individuals with disabilities,

with opportunities for new careers and

career advancement).

Eligible Applicants: State agencies;

other public agencies and organizations,

including Indian tribes; and nonprofit,

private agencies and organizations.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: December 18, 1997.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: February 18, 1998.

Applications Available: September

29, 1997.

Available Funds: $6,600,000.

Estimated Range of Awards:

$220,000–$245,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$230,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 28–30.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Maximum Award: In no case does the

Secretary make an award greater than

$245,000 for a single budget period of

12 months. The Secretary rejects and

does not consider an application that

proposes a budget exceeding this

maximum amount.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,

and 85; and (b) The regulations for this

program in 34 CFR part 369.

Priorities

Competitive Preference Priority

The competitive preference priority

concerning Empowerment Zones and

Enterprise Communities in the notice of

final priorities for this program,

published in the Federal Register on

December 9, 1994 (59 FR 63860),

applies to this competition.

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) the

Secretary gives preference to

applications based on the extent to

which they meet the following

competitive priority. The Secretary

awards 10 bonus points to an

application depending on the extent to

which the application meets this

competitive priority. These bonus

points are in addition to any points the

application earns under the selection

criteria for the program:

Competitive Preference Priority—

Providing Program Services in an

Empowerment Zone or Enterprise

Community

Under this program the Secretary

gives competitive preference to

applications that—

(1) Propose the provision of

substantial services in Empowerment

Zones or Enterprise Communities; and

(2) Propose projects that contribute to

the strategic plan of the Empowerment

Zone or Enterprise Community and that

are made an integral component of the

Empowerment Zone or Enterprise

Community activities.
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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.

Electronic Access to This Document

Anyone may view this document, as

well as all other Department of

Education documents published in the

Federal Register, in text or portable

document format (pdf) on the World

Wide Web at either of the following

sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg/htm

http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the pdf you must have the Adobe

Acrobat Reader Program with Search,

which is available free at either of the

previous sites. If you have questions

about using the pdf, call the U.S.

Government Printing Office toll free at

1–888–293–6498.

Anyone may also view these

documents in text copy only on an

electronic bulletin board of the

Department. Telephone: (202) 219–1511

or, toll free, 1–800–222–4922. The

documents are located under Option

G—Files/Announcements, Bulletins and

Press Releases.

Note: The official version of a document is

the document published in the Federal

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.

[FR Doc. 97–24777 Filed 9–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

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