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the environment. This action conforms

with applicable Federal, State and local

statutes and regulation, and all

reasonable and practicable efforts have

been or will be made to minimize any

related impact to the local public and

the environment.

Any questions regarding this matter

should be directed to Mr. Harry

Knudsen, (301) 836–8143.

Correspondence should be sent to:

ANG/CEVP, 3500 Fetchet Avenue,

Andrews Air Force Base, MD 20762–

5157.

Barbara A. Carmichael,

Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–29521 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3910–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing

Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment

Governing Board, Education.

ACTION: Notice of closed and partially

closed meetings.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming meeting of the National

Assessment Governing Board. This

notice also describes the functions of

the Board. Notice of this meeting is

required under Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act. This

document is intended to notify the

general public of their opportunity to

attend.

DATES: November 20–22, 1997.

TIME: November 20—Joint Meeting of

Subject Area Committees #1 and #2,

2:00–3:00 p.m., (open); Design and

Methodology Committee, 2:00–5:00

p.m., (closed), Subject Area Committee

#2, 3:00–5:00 p.m., (open); and

Executive Committee, 5:00–6:00 p.m.,

(open), 6:00–7:00 p.m., (closed).

November 21—Full Board, 8:30–10:00

a.m., (open; Subject Area Committees

#1, 10:15 a.m.–12:00 Noon, (open);

Achievement Levels Committee 10:00

a.m.–12:00 Noon, (open); Reporting and

Dissemination Committee, 10:00 a.m.–

12:00 Noon, (open); Full Board, 12:00

noon–5:00 p.m., (open). November 22—

Nominations Committee, 8:00–9:00 a.m.

(open); Full Board, 9:00 a.m. until

adjournment, approximately 12:00

Noon, (open).

LOCATION: Ritz Carlton Hotel, Pentagon

City, 1250 South Hayes Street,

Arlington, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer,

National Assessment Governing Board,

Suite 825, 800 North Capitol Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20002–4233,

Telephone: (202) 357–6938.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Assessment Governing Board

is established under section 412 of the

National Education Statistics Act of

1994 (Title IV of the Improving

America’s Schools Act of 1994) (Pub. L.

103–382).

The Board is established to formulate

policy guidelines for the National

Assessment of Educational Progress.

The Board is responsible for selecting

subject areas to be assessed, developing

assessment objectives, identifying

appropriate achievement goals for each

grade and subject tested, and

establishing standards and procedures

for interstate and national comparisons.

On Thursday, November 20, 1997,

there will be meeting of four committees

of the Governing Board. Subject Area

Committees #1 and #2 will meet in joint

session from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. to receive

an update on the 1998 assessments in

reading, writing, and civics.

The Design and Methodology

Committee will meet in closed session

from 2:00–5:00 p.m. to review the

unreleased NAEP procurement

documents which contain contract

specifications and government cost

estimates for the purpose of determining

the appropriateness of their alignment

with the NAGB redesign policy. This

meeting must be conducted in closed

session because the information

presented for review would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

a proposed agency action. Such matters

are protected by exemption (9)B of

section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.

The Subject Area Committee #2 will

meet in open session from 3:00–5:00

p.m. The Committee will be briefed on

the North Carolina/NAEP Math Content

Analysis project, and discuss issues

related to NAEP redesign.

The Executive Committee will meet

on November 20 from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

in open session. In the open session

from 5:00–6:00 p.m., the Executive

Committee will be briefed by staff on

the following items: NAEP and the

Voluntary National Tests initiative, the

status of the grant program for

secondary analysis of the NAEP data,

and NAEP redesign issues.

Then the Executive Committee will

meet in closed session from 6:00 to 7:00

p.m. and the Committee will discuss the

development of cost estimates for NAEP

and future contract initiatives. This

portion of the meeting must be

conducted in closed session because

public disclosure of this information

would likely have an adverse financial

effect on the NAEP program. The

discussion of this information would be

likely to significantly frustrate

implementation of a proposed agency

action if conducted in open session.

Such matters are protected by

exemption 9(B) of Section 552b(c) of

Title 5 U.S.C.

Also, during the same closed session,

the Committee will discuss the

qualifications of individuals to serve as

Vice-Chair of the Governing Board. The

Committee will formulate a

recommendation for action by the full

Board. The discussion would disclose

information of a personal nature where

disclosure would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal

privacy if conducted in open session.

Such matters are protected by

exemptions (2) and (6) of Section

552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.

On November 21, the full Board will

convene in open session beginning at

8:30 a.m. The agenda for this session of

the full Board meeting includes

approval of the agenda, introduction of

new members, and election of the

NAGB Vice-Chair. Also, the morning

agenda will include a report from the

Executive Director, administration of

the oath of office to new members and

remarks by the Secretary of Education.

This session will conclude with an

update on the NAEP project.

Between 10:15 a.m. and 12:00 noon,

there will be open meetings of the

following subcommittees: Achievement

Levels, Reporting and Dissemination,

and Subject Area Committee #1. The

Achievement Levels Committee will

discuss the calendar for the upcoming

levels setting process and consider

policy issues for 1998.

Agenda items for the Reporting and

Dissemination Committee include plans

for release and schedule of future NAEP

reports; plans for the development of a

NAEP Resource Kit; and plans for

reporting district-level results from

existing state samples.

There will be two discussion items on

the Subject Area Committee #1 agenda:

(1) issues related to the preparation of

an RFP for a foreign language

assessment, and (2) issues related to the

NAEP redesign.

The full Board will reconvene at 12:00

noon. The agenda items during this

period include: a briefing on the 1996

Science Achievement Levels Report, a

presentation on Redesign Issues, and a

presentation on NAEP activities from

framework development to reporting of

the assessment results. The Board recess

is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.

On Saturday, November 22, the

Nominations Committee will meet in

open session from 8:00–9:00 a.m. to
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review procedures to be used for the

solicitation of the names of individuals

to succeed Board members whose terms

expire September 30, 1998. The expiring

terms are in the following categories:

general public, elementary school

principal, secondary school principal,

fourth-grade classroom teacher, state

legislator (Democrat) Chief State School

Officer, Governor (Democrat), Governor

(Republican), and eighth grade

classroom teacher.

The full Board will meet in open

session from 9:00 a.m. until

adjournment, approximately 12:00

noon. The agenda for this session is the

presentation of reports from the various

Board committee meetings.

A summary of the activities of the

closed and partially closed sessions and

other related matters which are

informative to the public and consistent

with the policy of the section 5 U.S.C.

552b(c), will be available to the public

within 14 days after the meeting.

Records are kept of all Board

proceedings and are available for public

inspection at the U.S. Department of

Education, National Assessment

Governing Board, Suite #825, 800 North

Capitol Street, NW, Washington, D.C.,

from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Dated: November 4, 1997.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

[FR Doc. 97–29520 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. EA–162, EA–163 and EA–97–

B]

Applications to Export Electric Energy;

PP&L, Inc., Duke Energy Trading and

Marketing and Portland General

Electric Company

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Applications.

SUMMARY: PP&L and Portland General

Electric Company, both FERC regulated

public utility companies, and Duke

Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C., a

power marketer, have submitted

applications to export electric energy to

Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the

Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before December 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Power Im/Ex (FE–27), Office of Fossil

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202–

287–5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)

(16 U.S.C. § 824a(e)).

The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the

Department of Energy (DOE) has

received applications from the following

companies for authorization to export

electric energy to Canada, pursuant to

section 202(e) of the FPA:

Applicant Application

Date Docket No.

PP&L ..................... 10/21/97 EA–162

Duke Energy Trading And Marketing, L.L.C.

(Duke).

10/31/97 EA–163

Portland General

Electric Company (PGE).

10/30/97 EA–97–B

In Docket EA–162, PP&L, formerly

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company,

proposes to transmit to Canada electric

energy that is excess to its system or

purchased from electric utilities or other

suppliers within the U.S.

In Docket EA–163, Duke, a power

marketer that does not own, operate or

control any electric power generation,

transmission or distribution facilities,

proposes to transmit to Canada electric

energy that is surplus to the needs of the

entity selling the power.

PP&L and Duke would arrange for the

exported energy to be transmitted to

Canada over the international facilities

owned by Basin Electric, Bonneville

Power Administration, Citizens

Utilities, Detroit Edison Company,

Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative,

Joint Owners of the Highgate Project,

Maine Electric Power Company, Maine

Public Service Company, Minnesota

Power and Light Company, Minnkota

Power Cooperative, New York Power

Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power

Corporation, Northern States Power, and

Vermont Electric Transmission

Company. Each of the transmission

facilities, as more fully described in the

applications, has previously been

authorized by a Presidential permit

issued pursuant to Executive Order

10485, as amended.

PGE (Docket EA–97–B) currently

holds an electricity export authorization

in Order EA–97–A which will expire on

April 29, 1998. PGE has requested that

their export authorization to transmit

electric energy to BC Hydro, a Crown

Corporation in the Canadian Province of

British Columbia, be renewed for a fiveyear period. PGE proposes to transmit

economy or firm energy to BC Hydro

through the facilities of the Bonneville

Power Administration.

Procedural Matters: Any persons

desiring to become a party to these

proceedings or to be heard by filing

comments or protests to these

applications should file a petition to

intervene, comment or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the

FERC’s Rules of Practice and Procedures

(18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen

copies of such petitions and protests

should be filed with the DOE on or

before the date listed above.

Comments on PP&L’s request to

export to Canada should be clearly

marked with Docket EA–162.

Additional copies are to be filed directly

with Jesse A. Dillon, Senior Counsel,

PP&L, Inc., Two North Ninth Street,

Allentown, PA 18101 AND Douglas H.

Rosenberg, Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP,

5000 Columbia Center, 701 Fifth

Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104–7078.

Comments on Duke’s request to

export to Canada should be clearly

marked with Docket EA–163.

Additional copies are to be filed with

Kris Errickson, Legal/Regulatory

Coordinator, Duke Energy Trading and

Marketing, L.L.C., One Westchase

Center, 10777 Westheimer Street, Suite

650, Houston, TX 77042; Christine M.

Pallenik, Managing Counsel, Duke

Energy Trading and Marketing, 4 Triad

Center, Suite 1000, Salt Lake City, UT

84180, AND Gordon J. Smith, Esq., John

& Hengerer, 1200 17th Street, NW, Suite

600, Washington, DC 20036.

Comments on PGE’s request to renew

its authorization to export to Canada

should be clearly marked with Docket

EA–97–B. Additional copies are to be

filed directly with Michele L. Farrell,

FERC Project Manager, Portland General

Electric Company, 1WTC0702, 121 SW

Salmon Street, Portland, OR 97204 AND

Mary C. Hain, Assistant General

Counsel, Portland General Electric

Company, 1WTC13, 121 SW Salmon

Street, Portland, OR 97204.

A final decision will be made on these

applications after the environmental

impacts have been evaluated pursuant

to the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (NEPA), and a

determination is made by the DOE that

the proposed actions will not adversely

impact on the reliability of the U.S.

electric power supply system.

Copies of these applications will be

made available, upon request, for public