Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 199 / Friday, October 13, 2000 / Notices 60925

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Correspondence; educational

institutions; federal, state, and local

court documents; civilian and military

investigatory reports; general

correspondence concerning the

individual; official records of

professional qualifications; Navy Relief

and American Red Cross requests for

verification of status.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.

[FR Doc. 00–26259 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Center for Education

Statistics (NCES); Notice of Partially

Closed Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming meeting of the Advisory

Council on Education Statistics (ACES).

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: October 26–27, 2000.

Times

October 26, 2000

Full Council

9 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (open)

10:45–11:45 (closed)

11:45–2:15 p.m. (open)

Statistics Committee and Policy

Committee

2:15 p.m.–5 p.m. (open).

October 27, 2000

Statistics Committee and Policy

Committee

9 a.m.–12 noon (open)

Full Council

12 noon–2:30 p.m. (open).

Location: Department of Education,

1990 K Street NW, Washington, DC

20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Audrey Pendleton, National Center for

Education Statistics, 1990 K Street NW,

Room 9115, Washington, DC 20006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Advisory Council on Education

Statistics (ACES) is established under

section 46(c)(1) of the Education

Amendments of 1974, Public Law 93–

380. The Council is established to

review general policies for the operation

of the National Center for Education

Statistics (NCES) in the Office of

Educational Research and Improvement

(OERI) and is responsible for advising

on standards to ensure that statistics

and analyses disseminated by NCES are

of high quality and are not to subject to

political influence. In addition, ACES is

required to advise the Commissioner of

NCES and the National Assessment

Governing Board on technical and

statistical matters related to the National

Assessment of Educational Progress

(NAEP).

Meetings of the Council are open to

the public. Individuals who will need

accommodations for a disability in order

to attend the meeting (i.e. interpreting

services, assistive listening devices, and

materials in alternative format) should

notify Audrey Pendleton at 202–502–

7300 by no later than October 13, 2000.

We will attempt to meet requests after

this date, but cannot guarantee

availability of the requested

accommodation. The meeting site is

accessible to individuals with

disabilities.

The proposed agenda includes the

following:

• New member swearing-in

• A status report from the NCES

Commissioner on major Center

initiatives; including the reauthorization

of NCES and ACES;

• The closed session on the agenda

involves discussion about specific cost

estimates for future procurements/

contracts. The public disclosure of this

information would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

proposed action if conducted in open

session. Such matters are protected by

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

Title 5 U.S.C.

• NCES’ International Program;

• Enhancing school and state

participation in NAEP;

Individual meetings of two ACES

Committees will focus on specific

topics:

• The agenda for the Statistics

Committee includes a discussion of

revision of NCES statistical standards,

technical issues on adult literacy

surveys, and Research and Development

studies.

• The agenda for the Policy

Committee includes discussion of

adjustments of NAEP Data,

Coordination of NAEP, TIMSS–R, and

PISA reports, and revision of the

Integrated Postsecondary Education

Data System sample frame.

Records are kept of all Council

proceedings and are available for public

inspection at the Office of the Executive

Director, Advisory Council on

Education Statistics, National Center for

Education Statistics, 1990 K Street NW,

Room 9100, Washington, DC 20006.

C. Kent McGuire,

Assistant Secretary for Educational Research

and Improvement.

[FR Doc. 00–26344 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Special Environmental Analysis for

Emergency Actions Taken in

Response to the Cerro Grande Fire at

the Los Alamos National Laboratory,

Los Alamos, NM

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) announces the availability of the

Special Environmental Analysis for

Actions Taken in Response to the Cerro

Grande Fire at the Los Alamos National

Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico.

The special environmental analysis

(SEA) describes the impacts related to

the emergency fire suppression, soil

erosion and flood control actions by

DOE starting in early May 2000 at the

time of the Cerro Grande Fire and

extending through November 2000. DOE

prepared the SEA in compliance with

the Council on Environmental Quality

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) regulations regarding emergency

actions. The SEA will be forwarded in

October 2000 to the Los Alamos

National Laboratory (LANL) to be used

for implementation of the mitigation

measures described in the document.

ADDRESSES: For copies of the SEA,

further information regarding the

document or activities described, or to

provide comments, contact: Elizabeth

Withers, NEPA Compliance Officer, U.S.

Department of Energy, Los Alamos Area

Office, 528 35th Street, Los Alamos, NM

87544, phone (505) 667–8690, fax (505)

665–4872. The SEA will be available

under the DOE NEPA Analyses module

of the DOE NEPA web site at http://

tis.eh.doe.gov/nepa/.

For more information regarding

activities related to the Cerro Grande

Fire and the LANL Emergency

Rehabilitation Team, including relevant

phone numbers, visit the LANL web site

at www.lanl.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information on the DOE NEPA

process, please contact Ms. Carol M.

Borgstrom, EH–42, Director, Office of

NEPA Policy and Compliance, U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Ave., SW., Washington,

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DC 20585. Ms. Borgstrom may be

contacted by calling (202) 586–4600 or

by leaving a message at (800) 472–2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Council on Environmental

Quality (Council) regulation for

implementing NEPA under emergency

circumstances (40 CFR 1506.11) and

DOE’s corresponding NEPA

implementing regulation (10 CFR

1021.343), DOE consulted with the

Council regarding alternative NEPA

compliance arrangements for emergency

actions having potentially significant

environmental impacts. As a result of

the consultations, DOE prepared this

SEA of impacts related to the emergency

fire suppression, soil erosion and flood

control actions by DOE starting in early

May 2000 at the time of the Cerro

Grande Fire and extending through

November 2000. A notice of emergency

DOE actions was published in the

Federal Register on June 21, 2000,

which included a brief description of

contemplated actions, and their

potential impacts, as both were

understood at that time. The Federal

Register notice also served as the Public

Notice and Statement of Findings

regarding DOE’s intention to take action

involving construction and other actions

within floodplains and wetlands

pursuant to DOE’s regulations for

Compliance with Floodplain/Wetlands

Environmental Review Requirements

(10 CFR Part 1022). DOE announced the

preparation of the SEA at regular public

and stakeholder meetings regarding the

status of DOE’s emergency actions being

taken. These status meetings were held

weekly in Los Alamos beginning on

June 30 and extending through August

11, 2000. The meetings are now being

held on a monthly basis, with the first

monthly meeting held on September 15,

2000.

DOE is providing copies of the SEA to

LANL stakeholders, including tribes and

members of the public who have

identified themselves as interested

parties. DOE has also made the SEA

publicly available through the Internet

and by placing it in DOE and LANL

reading rooms and local public libraries

in: Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Espan ̃ola, and

Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The actions covered in this SEA

encompass a wide range of activities,

including felling trees, igniting back

fires, applying fire-retardants, removing

and stabilizing contaminants, and

controlling erosion and storm water. In

general, DOE actions had localized or

limited individual adverse impacts and

were designed to protect life and

property from the effects of the fire and

subsequent soil erosion and surface

water runoff caused by seasonally heavy

rainfalls. In this respect, the actions had

a significant positive cumulative impact

at LANL and within the regions of

influence for most resources. However,

individual projects had some adverse

effects, such as loss of habitat for

wildlife, primarily resulting from soil

and vegetation removal. The SEA does

not include an analysis of the impacts

that resulted from the Cerro Grande Fire

itself. The fire impacts at LANL will be

captured in other reports, and

specifically, the Annual SWEIS

Yearbook will detail the cumulative

impacts of the wildfire.

Subsequent Document Preparation

Results of monitoring the mitigation

effectiveness and the environmental

effects of the emergency actions will be

made available to the public through an

annual mitigation tracking report. The

first annual tracking report will be

issued in January 2002 for the Fiscal

Year beginning October 1, 2000, and

ending on September 30, 2001. DOE

will consider any comments received on

the SEA and the subsequent documents

in pursuing adaptive mitigation

measures. Comments should be sent to

Ms. Withers as indicated in the

ADDRESSES section above.

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 5,

2000.

Henry Garson,

NEPA Compliance Officer, Defense Programs,

National Nuclear Security Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–26332 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–26–000]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

October 6, 2000.

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

El Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso)

tendered for filing to its FERC Gas

Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1–A,

the following tariff sheets, with an

effective date of November 3, 2000:

First Revised Sheet No. 309A

First Revised Sheet No. 445

El Paso states that the tariff sheets

delete El Paso’s pro forma Trading

Partner Agreement and implement the

use of the Gas Industry Standards

Board’s Model Trading Partner

Agreement.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. Protests will

be considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–26290 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–340–000]

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company;

Notice of Technical Conference

October 6, 2000.

On June 15, 2000, Koch Gateway

Pipeline Company (Kock Gateway) filed

in compliance with Order No. 637. A

technical conference to discuss the

various issues raised by Koch’s filing

was held on Wednesday, September 20,

2000.

Take notice that a second technical

conference to discuss the issue of

segmentation on Kock’s system will be

held Wednesday, October 25, 2000, at

9:00 am, in a room to be designated at

the offices of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

All interested persons and Staff are

permitted to attend.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–26289 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

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