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(2) High quality,

(3) Moderate quality, or

(4) Low quality.

To construct the funding slate, an

average numerical score will be

determined for each application through

the following procedure. For each

application, a numerical value of 3 will

be assigned for each rating of

exceptionally high quality that the

application receives, a numerical value

of 2 will be assigned for each rating of

high quality that the application

receives, a numerical value of 1 will be

assigned for each rating of moderate

quality that the application receives,

and a numerical value of 0 will be

assigned for each rating of low quality

that the application receives. Then, for

each application, the total of the

numeric scores the application receives

will be divided by the number of

reviewers who rated that application to

determine the average score for that

application.

For this competition, potential

applicants were invited to submit letters

of intent. In the letter of intent,

applicants identified the panel they

thought was best suited to review their

application. Applicants are hereby

notified that the data in the letters of

intent were collected for administrative

purposes only. OERI reserves the right

to assign any application to any panel

where the agency believes the reviewers

are best qualified to review that

application.

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking

In accordance with the

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.

553), it is the practice of the Secretary

to offer interested parties the

opportunity to comment on proposed

regulations. However, because this

notice merely establishes procedural

requirements for review of applications

and does not create substantive policy,

proposed rulemaking is not required

under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A).

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Research and Improvement, U.S.

Department of Education, 555 New

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Internet: Elizabeth_Payer@ed.gov.

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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C.

6031(c)(2)(B).

Dated: September 19, 2000.

C. Kent McGuire,

Assistant Secretary for Educational Research

and Improvement.

[FR Doc. 00–24391 Filed 9–21–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Nevada

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Nevada Test Site.

The Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770)

requires that public notice of these

meetings be announced in the Federal

Register.

DATES: Wednesday, October 4, 2000,

6:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Conference Center, 1750

South Pahrump Valley Blvd., Pahrump,

Nevada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kevin Rohrer, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Environmental

Management, P.O. Box 98518, Las

Vegas, Nevada 89193–8513, phone:

702–295–0197, fax: 702–295–5300.

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:

1. Stewardship.

2. Groundwater.

Copies of the final agenda will be

available at the meeting.

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 Kevin Rohrer, at the telephone

number listed above. Requests must be

received 5 days prior to the meeting and

reasonable provision will be made to

include the presentation in the agenda.

The Deputy Designated Federal Officer

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 needed to be resolved.

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

9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday–Friday,

except Federal holidays. Minutes will

also be available by writing to Kevin

Rohrer at the address listed above.

Issued at Washington, DC on September

19, 2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–24398 Filed 9–21–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge

Reservation

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB) Oak Ridge. The

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires

that public notice of these meetings be

announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Wednesday, October 11, 2000, 6

p.m.–9:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Garden Plaza Hotel, 215 S.

Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dave Adler, Federal Coordinator,