60694 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 218 / Wednesday, November 12, 1997 / Notices

Dated: November 5, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Observational Study of Even

Start Family Literacy Projects.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; not-for-profit institutions;

State, local or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or

LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 15.

Burden Hours: 510.

Abstract: This study will include 15

in-depth case studies of local family

literacy projects that have fully

implemented the Even Start program

model and that have produced at least

two years of positive outcomes for

participants. The case studies will focus

on how and why these projects have

been successful. The case studies will

also examine how the projects adjust to

changes in client needs, their strategies

for integrating program services and

activities, their use of evaluation results

for improving the quality of services,

and their strategies for building a solid

base of support to sustain the activities

and services after federal funding ends.

Data collection will include interviews

with project staff, their partners, and

project participants. Data collection will

also include observation of activities

and services and review of project

documents.

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Department of Energy (DOE)

Notification of a 45-Day Extension in

Providing the Defense Nuclear

Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) an

Implementation Plan for

Recommendation 97–2

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Defense Nuclear

Facilities Safety Board published

Recommendation 97–2, concerning

Criticality Safety at Defense Nuclear

Facilities in the DOE Complex, on May

29, 1997 (62 FR 2918). Section 315(e) of

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 2286d(e), requires

the Department of Energy to transmit an

implementation plan to the Defense

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board by

October 28, 1997, or submit a

notification of extension for an

additional 45 days. The Secretary’s

notification of extension for an

additional 45 days follows.

DATES: Comments, data, views, or

arguments concerning the Secretary’s

response are due on or before December

12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, data,

views, or arguments concerning the

Secretary’s response to: Defense Nuclear

Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana

Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington,

DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Robin Staffin, Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Research and

Development, Office of Defense

Programs, Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW, Washington

DC 20585

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 5,

1997.

Mark B. Whitaker, Jr.,

Departmental Representative to the Defense

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

The Secretary of Energy

Washington, DC 20585

October 28, 1997.

The Honorable John T. Conway,

Chairman, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

Board, 625 Indiana Avenue, NW., Suite

700, Washington, DC 20004

Dear Mr. Chairman: This is to notify you,

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2286d(e), that the

Department of Energy requires an additional

45 days to transmit the Implementation Plan

for addressing the issues described in the

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board’s

Recommendation 97–2 concerning criticality

safety. A Department response team

developed a draft Implementation Plan

which outlines specific actions to improve

the effectiveness of criticality safety practices

and programs. Technical issues raised by

your staff concerning the draft

Implementation Plan have been resolved.

However, the Department requires more time

to develop an equitable, lasting funding

arrangement that takes into account the

crosscutting nature of the criticality safety

program.

We will continue to work closely with your

staff to develop a fully funded, mutually

acceptable Implementation Plan. The

Department will make every effort to provide

the Implementation Plan to the Board within

the next two weeks, but no later than

December 12, 1997.

Sincerely,

Federico Pen ̃ a

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Idaho

National Engineering and

Environmental Laboratory

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is

hereby given of the following Advisory

Committee meeting: Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Idaho National

Engineering and Environmental

Laboratory (INEEL).

DATES: Tuesday, November 18, 1997

from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Mountain

Standard Time (MST); Wednesday,

November 19, 1997 from 7:30 a.m. to

5:00 p.m. MST. There will be public

comment sessions on Tuesday,

November 18, 1997 from 5:00 p.m. to

6:00 p.m. MST and Wednesday,

November 19, 1997 from 1:00 p.m. to

1:30 p.m. MST.

ADDRESSES: Holiday Inn Westbank, 475

River Parkway, Idaho Falls, Idaho

83402.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

INEEL Information (1–800–708–2680) or

Wendy Green Lowe, Jason Associates

Corp. (208–522–1662).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of

the Board is to make recommendations

to DOE and its regulators in the areas of

environmental restoration, waste

management, and related activities.

Tentative Agenda: The EM SSAB,

INEEL will finalize recommendations

on Siting the pits-to-powder and mixed

oxide fuel fabrication mission at INEEL,

the High Level Waste Environmental

Impact Statement, continuing education

opportunities for K–12 teachers in

Idaho, and public use of INEEL

Technical Library. The board will also

learn about the proposed plan for the

soil repository at Waste Area Group 3

and receive presentations on plutonium

contamination at INEEL and the results

from Pit 9 and Subsurface Disposal Area

studies, and what these studies imply

for cleanup of the pits and trenches. For

a most current copy of the agenda,

contact Woody Russell, DOE-Idaho,

(208) 526–0561, or Wendy Green Lowe,

Jason Associates Corp., (208) 522–1662.

The final agenda will be available at the

meeting.

Public Comment Availability: The

two-day meeting is open to the public,

with public comment sessions

scheduled for Tuesday, November 18,