Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 22 / Monday, February 3, 1997 / Notices 4989

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

and 86; and (b) The regulations for this

program in 34 CFR parts 385 and 389.

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79

apply to all applicants except federally

recognized Indian tribes.

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86

apply to institutions of higher education

only.

FOR APPLICATIONS: To request an

application package, please write to U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

3038 Switzer Building, Washington, DC

20202–2649, Attention Joyce R. Jones; or

call (202) 205–8351.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Steburg, U.S. Department of

Education, Region IV, PO Box 1691,

Atlanta, Georgia 30301. Telephone:

(404) 331–0530. 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.

Information about the Department’s

funding opportunities, including copies

of application notices for discretionary

grant competitions, can be viewed on

the Department’s electronic bulletin

board (ED Board), telephone (202) 260–

9950; on the Internet Gopher Server (at

gopher://gcs.ed.gov); or on the World

Wide Web (at http://gcs.ed.gov).

However, the official application notice

for a discretionary grant competition is

the notice published in the Federal

Register.

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

Dated: January 29, 1997.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

[FR Doc. 97–2563 Filed 1–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Reopening of the Public Comment

Period for the Waste Isolation Pilot

Plant Disposal Phase Draft

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Reopening of the Public

Comment Period.

SUMMARY: This notice reopens the

public comment period for the

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Waste

Isolation Pilot Plant Disposal Phase

Draft Supplemental Environmental

Impact Statement (SEIS–II) until

February 27, 1997. All comments

received by that date will be considered

in preparing the final SEIS–II. A Notice

of Availability of the draft was

published on November 29, 1996 (61 FR

60690). All other information contained

in the Notice of Availability remains

unchanged.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the

draft SEIS-II should be mailed to the

following address: Harold Johnson,

NEPA Compliance Officer, Att: SEIS

Comments, P.O. Box 9800,

Albuquerque, NM 87119.

Although some written comments

mailed to this address were mistakenly

returned by the U.S. Postal Service to

sender, this situation has been rectified

and individuals are requested to

resubmit their comments to the above

address. Comments may also be

submitted by electronic mail to

WIPPSEIS@battelle.org or by fax to

Harold Johnson, NEPA Compliance

Officer at (505) 224–8030. For more

information on WIPP and the SEIS-II,

contact the WIPP Information Center at

1–800–336–WIPP (1–800–336–9477).

For information on the DOE National

Environmental Policy Act process,

contact: Carol M. Borgstrom, Director,

Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance

(EH–42), U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–4600

or leave a message at 1–800–472–2756.

DATES: The comment period on the draft

SEIS–II will be reopened until February

27, 1997. Comments postmarked after

that date will be considered to the

extent practicable.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

November 29, 1996, the Department

issued a Notice of Availability (61 FR

60690) on the draft SEIS–II that

included: A brief description of the

contents of the document and

alternatives analyzed; a list of reading

rooms where the full document is

available to the public; information on

how to obtain additional copies of the

document and submit public comments;

and a schedule of public hearings. This

Notice also announced a sixty-day

public comment period extending from

November 29, 1996 to January 28, 1997.

The public comment period is being

reopened until February 27, 1997, in

response to public requests for

additional time to review the document

and prepare comments. The Department

has individually notified interested

stakeholders of the reopened comment

period. Except for the end of the

comment period, all information

contained in the November 29, 1996,

Notice of Availability remains

unchanged. Please note that some

written comments on the draft SEIS–II

that were mailed to the Department

were mistakenly returned by the U.S.

Postal Service to sender. This situation

has been rectified and these comments

may be resubmitted to the address

above. Comments postmarked after

February 27, 1997, will be considered to

the extent practicable. Further

information on the Waste Isolation Pilot

Plant and on the SEIS–II is contained in

the November 29, 1996, Notice of

Availability.

Issued in Washington, DC., this 27 day of

January, 1997.

Mark W. Frei,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Waste

Management Environmental Management.

[FR Doc. 97–2554 Filed 1–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Floodplain Statement of Findings for

Operable Unit 5 Remedial Action at the

Fernald Environmental Management

Project

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE),

Fernald Environmental Management

Project.

ACTION: Floodplain statement of

findings.

SUMMARY: This is to give notice of DOE’s

planned actions for the Fernald

Environmental Management Project

(FEMP), located approximately 18 miles

(29 kilometers) northwest of downtown

Cincinnati, Ohio. The subject of this

Floodplain Statement of Findings is the

Operable Unit 5 Remedial Action. DOE

proposes to protect human health and

the environment by excavating and

consolidating contaminated soil and

sediment within an on-property, abovegrade disposal facility. Excavation and

construction activities associated with

implementation of this action would

involve the floodplain along Paddys

Run in Hamilton County, Ohio. In

accordance with Executive Order 11988

and 10 CFR part 1022, DOE prepared a

floodplain/wetland assessment

describing the effects, alternatives and

measures designed to avoid or minimize

potential harm to or within the affected

floodplain. The assessment found that

the proposed action would have

minimal temporary or long-term

impacts on the floodplain.

DATES: Written comments must be

received by the DOE at the following

address on or before February 18, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments and/or

requests for further information,

including a site map, to: Mr. David

Kozlowski, Associate Director, Office of

Safety & Assessment, U.S. Department

of Energy, Fernald Environmental

Management Project, PO. Box 538705,