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release of the 1996 NAEP Science

Report Card, review the release of the

Mathematics Report Card, and have an

update on the TIMSS–NAEP link.

The Design and Methodology

Committee and the Reporting and

Dissemination Committee will then

meet jointly in open session from 11:00

A.M.–12:30 P.M. to discuss sampling

and reporting of students with

disabilities and limited English

proficiency, oversampling and reporting

of private schools in 1998 state NAEP,

and working definitions of market

basket, standard, and comprehensive

reports.

The full Board will reconvene in

closed session, beginning at 12:30 P.M.,

to hear a briefing on the 1996 NAEP

Science Report, and to have a

presentation on and discussion of

science achievement levels. This part of

the meeting must be conducted in

closed session because references will

be made to specific items from the

assessment and premature disclosure of

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. From 2:45 P.M. until 4:00

P.M., the meeting will be open to the

public. During this portion of the

meeting, the Board will take action on

science achievement levels and hear the

highlights of committee discussions on

redesign issues.

On March 8, the full Board will meet

from 9:00 A.M. until adjournment at

approximately 12:00 noon. From 9:00

A.M. until 11:45 A.M., the Board will

meet in open session to hear reports on

redesign issues and committee reports.

These committees are—Subject Areas #1

and #2 (combined), Achievement

Levels, Reporting and Dissemination

and Design and Methodology

(individually and combined), and

Executive.

From 11:45 A.M. until 12:00 noon, the

Board will meet in closed session to

hear the report of the Nominations

Committee. This session must be closed

because the Board will be considering

qualifications of nominees for

appointment to Board membership. The

review and subsequent discussion of

this information will touch upon

matters that relate solely to the internal

rules and practices of an agency and

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.

The public is being given less than

fifteen days notice of this meeting

because of delays in the receipt of data

necessary to the closed session

deliberations of the Committees and the

full Board.

Summaries of the activities of the

closed sessions and related matters,

which are informative to the public and

consistent with the policy of section 5

U.S.C. 552b(c), will be available to the

public within 14 days of 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, N.W., Washington, D.C.,

from 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Date:

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

[FR Doc. 97–4941 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Department

of Energy, Los Alamos National

Laboratory

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice

is hereby given of the following

Advisory Committee meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),

Los Alamos National Laboratory.

DATES: Tuesday, March 11, 1997: 6:30

p.m.–9:30 p.m.; 8:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

(public comment session).

ADDRESSES: New Mexico Highlands

University (Ask for the Sala De Madrid),

Las Vegas, New Mexico.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Ann DuBois, Los Alamos National

Laboratory Citizens’ Advisory Board

Support, Northern New Mexico

Community College, 1002 Onate Street,

Espanola, NM 87352, (800) 753–8970, or

(505) 753–8970, or (505) 262–1800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of

the Advisory Board is to make

recommendations to DOE and its

regulators in the areas of environmental

restoration, waste management, and

related activities.

Tentative Agenda: Tuesday, March

11, 1997.

6:30 p.m.—Call to Order and Welcome

7:00 p.m.—Old Business

8:00 p.m.—Public Comment

8:15 p.m.—New Business

9:30 p.m.—Adjourn

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Committee either

before or after the meeting. Individuals

who wish to make oral statements

pertaining to agenda items should

contact Ms. Ann DuBois, at (800) 753–

8970. Requests must be received 5 days

prior to the meeting and reasonable

provision will be made to include the

presentation in the agenda. The

Designated Federal Official is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. This notice is being

published less than 15 days before the

date of the meeting due to programmatic

issues that had to be resolved prior to

publication.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585 between 9

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday–Friday, except

Federal holidays. Minutes will also be

available by writing to Herman Le-Doux,

Department of Energy, Los Alamos Area

Office, 528 35th Street, Los Alamos, NM

87185–5400.

Issued at Washington, DC, on February 24,

1997.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–4842 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Fernald

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice

is hereby given of the following

Advisory Committee meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),

Fernald.

DATES: Saturday, March 15, 1997, 8:30

a.m.–12:30 p.m.; (public comment

session: 12:15 p.m.–12:30 p.m.).

ADDRESSES: The Alpha Building, 10967

Hamilton Cleves Highway, Harrison,

Ohio.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

S. Applegate, Chair of the Fernald

Citizens Task Force, P.O. Box 544, Ross,