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1996.). Anyone wishing to object to the

granting of this license has 60 days from

the date of this notice to file written

objections along with supporting

evidence, if any.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael D. Rausa, U.S. Army Research

Laboratory, Office of Research and

Technology Applications, ATTN:

AMSRL–CS–TT/Bldg 459, Aberdeen

Proving Ground, Maryland 21005–5425,

Telephone: (410) 278–5028.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Public Hearing for the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

Replacement Pier and Dredging at

Naval Station San Diego, San Diego,

CA

AGENCY: Department of Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

(Navy) has prepared and filed with the

United States Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) a Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) for a

Replacement Pier and Dredging at Naval

Station (NAVSTA) San Diego, San

Diego, California. A public hearing will

be held to receive oral and written

comments on the DEIS. Federal, state

and local agencies, and interested

individuals are invited to be present or

represented at the hearing.

DATES: The public hearing will be held

on November 16, 2000 from 7 p.m. to 10

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at

the Holiday Inn, Terrace Ballroom, 700

National City Boulevard (at 8th Street),

National City, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Grace S. Pen ̃afuerte, Naval Facilities

Engineering Command, Southwest

Division, telephone (619) 556–7773,

facsimile (619) 556–8929, or e-mail:

penafuertegs@efdsw.navfac.navy.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Section 102(2)(c) of the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of

1969, as implemented by the Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR Parts 1500–1508), the Navy has

prepared and filed with the EPA a DEIS

for a replacement pier and dredging at

NAVSTA San Diego, California, to

support ships currently homeported in

the San Diego Naval Complex.

A Notice of Intent for this DEIS was

published in the Federal Register on

May 12, 1999 (64 FR 25480). A public

scoping meeting was held in National

City, California, on June 9, 1999.

The proposed action includes

demolition of two inadequate piers,

construction of a new pier, provision for

requisite utilities, dredging, and

dredged material disposal. The

replacement pier would be 120 feet

wide and 1,500 feet long with a power

intensive electrical supply (19,800 amps

at 450 volts). Dredging to 37 feet (11.3

meters) below mean lower low water

would be necessary to accommodate

modern Navy ships. A total volume of

approximately 763,545 cubic yards of

sediment would be dredged, of which

an estimated 47,966 cubic yards is

unsuitable for ocean disposal.

The purpose of the proposed action is

to develop a replacement pier to provide

berthing, logistics support, and

maintenance and utility requirements

for ships currently homeported in the

San Diego Region. The need for the

proposed action is to address the

current shortfall in pier infrastructure

and capacity in the San Diego Naval

Complex.

Two alternatives for pier replacement

are considered in the DEIS: (1)

Replacement of existing Piers 10 and 11

with a new pier, or (2) replacement of

existing Piers 11 and 12 with a new

pier. Two alternative pier construction

techniques are considered: a pilesupported pier and a mole pier. Dredged

material suitable for ocean disposal is

proposed to be disposed at the LA–5

Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site.

Sediments unsuitable for ocean disposal

are proposed to be dewatered and

disposed at an approved upland

disposal site. Two dewatering options

for unsuitable sediments are evaluated:

confined disposal facilities and barge

dewatering. Various disposal options for

unsuitable dredged sediment are also

evaluated, including confined nearshore

disposal sites, upland landfill and

reclamation sites, and upland reuse

areas. The DEIS also considers the NoAction Alternative which is no

demolition, no pier construction, and no

dredging and disposal.

The DEIS evaluates the environmental

effects associated with each of the

alternatives and options. Issues

addressed in the DEIS include: Water

resources, biological resources,

topography/geology, air quality, health

and safety, land use, noise,

transportation, aesthetics, cultural

resources, utilities, socioeconomics, and

environmental justice. Impact analyses

include an evaluation of the direct,

indirect, short-term, and cumulative

impacts.

No decision on the proposed action

will be made until the NEPA process is

complete. The decision will be

announced when the Secretary of the

Navy releases the Record of Decision.

The DEIS has been distributed to

various federal, state and local agencies,

elected officials, and special interest

groups. The DEIS is available for public

review at the following public libraries:

National City Public Library, 200 E. 12th

Street, National City, California

San Diego Library (Science & Industry

Section), 820 E Street San Diego,

California.

The Navy will conduct one public

hearing to receive oral and written

comments concerning the DEIS. A

Spanish-language interpreter will be

available at the hearing. The public

hearing will begin with a brief

presentation followed by a request for

comments on the DEIS. Federal, state

and local agencies, and interested

parties are invited to be present or

represented at the hearing. Those who

intend to speak will be asked to submit

a speaker card (available at the door.)

Oral comments will be transcribed by a

stenographer. To assure accuracy of the

record, all statements should be

submitted in writing. All statements,

both oral and written, will become part

of the public record in the study. Equal

weight will be given to both oral and

written comments. In the interest of

available time, each speaker will be

asked to limit oral comments to three

minutes. Longer comments should be

summarized at the public hearing and

submitted in writing either at the

hearing or mailed to Naval Facilities

Engineering Command, Southwest

Division, 2585 Callagan Highway,

Building 99, San Diego, California

92136–5198 (Attn: Ms. Grace S.

Pen ̃afuerte, Code 5SPR.GP.) Written

comments are requested not later than

December 4, 2000.

Dated: October 16, 2000.

J.L. Roth,

Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy,

Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, Office

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of the Chief Information Officer, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection requests as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before

December 19, 2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Leader,

Regulatory Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, publishes that notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB.

Each proposed information collection,

grouped by office, contains the

following: (1) Type of review requested,

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or

reinstatement; (2) title; (3) summary of

the collection; (4) description of the

need for, and proposed use of, the

information; (5) respondents and

frequency of collection; and (6)

reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden.

OMB invites public comment.

The Department of Education is

especially interested in public comment

addressing the following issues: (1) Is

this collection necessary to the proper

functions of the Department; (2) will

this information be processed and used

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate

of burden accurate; (4) how might the

Department enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected; and (5) how might the

Department minimize the burden of this

collection on the respondents, including

through the use of information

technology.

Dated: October 16, 2000.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: New collection.

Title: Reading Excellence Act (REA)

State-District-School Study (KA).

Frequency: Semi-Annually; Annually.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs (primary).

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 2,788

Burden Hours: 8,592.

Abstract: REA provides competitive

reading and literacy grants to state

education agencies to help highproverty schools and those in Title I

improvement status to: (1) Teach every

child to read by the end of the third

grade; (2) provide children in early

childhood with the readiness skills and

support they need to learn to read once

they enter school; (3) expand the

number of high-quality family literacy

programs; (4) provide early intervention

to children who are at risk of being

identified for special education

inappropriately; and (5) base

instruction, including tutoring, on

scientifically-based reading research.

The first cohort of 17 states was funded

in the summer of 1999. The REA StateDistrict-School Study fulfills the states’

performance reporting requirements.

In addition, the study will: (1) Collect

and analyze demographic and

descriptive information on REA states,

districts and schools in order to provide

a contextual backdrop and sampling for

two national evaluations—the School

and Classroom Implementation and

Impact (SCII) study and the Children’s

Reading Gains (Gains) study; (2)

compare eligible but not funded with

funded districts and schools; (3)

augment the agency’s REA monitoring

within each State Education Agency

(SEA), Local Education Agency (LEA),

and school; (4) track performance over

time; (5) inform the states’ development

of indicators of program quality; and (6)

provide data for the National Institute

for Literacy’s effort to disseminate

information on effective subgrantee

projects.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW, Room 4050, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. Please specify

the complete title of the information

collection when making your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or

the collection activity requirements

should be directed to Kathy Axt at her

internet address Kathy_Axt@ed.gov.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.210A]

The Native Hawaiian Gifted and

Talented Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for

new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2001.

Purpose of Program: To support a

program for gifted and talented

education that is designed to (1) address

the special needs of Native Hawaiian

elementary and secondary school

students who are gifted and talented

students; and (2) provide those support

services to families of such students that

are needed to enable such students to

benefit from the program.

Eligible Applicants: Native Hawaiian

educational organizations or

educational entities with experience in

developing or operating Native

Hawaiian programs or programs of

instruction conducted in the Native

Hawaiian language.

Applications Available: October 20,

2000.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: December 4, 2000.

Estimated Available Funds: $1.5

million to $2.1 million.

Note: The amount of funds, if any,

available under this competition is

conditioned upon FY 2001 funds being

appropriated for these purposes.

Estimated Range of Awards: $750,000

to $2.1 million.

Estimated Number of Awards: 1

Note: These estimates are projections for

the guidance of potential applicants. The

Department is not bound by any estimates in

this notice.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Applicable Regulations: The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,

86, 97, 98, and 99.

Selection Criteria: The Secretary will

use the following selection criteria in 34

CFR 75.210 to evaluate applications

under this competition. (The specific

selection criteria and factors that will be

used in evaluating applications are

detailed in the application package.)

The maximum score for all of the

selection criteria is 100 points.

The maximum points for each

criterion is as follows:

(a) Significance—15 points.