75680 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 233 / Monday, December 4, 2000 / Notices

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BILLING CODE 4001–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing

Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment

Governing Board; Education.

ACTION: Notice of teleconference

meetings.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming meeting by teleconference

of the Executive Committee 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.

DATES: December 5, 2000.

TIME: 4:00–5:00 p.m.

LOCATION: National Assessment

Governing Board, Suite 825, 800 North

Capital Street, N.W., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ray

Fields, Assistant Director for Policy,

National Assessment Governing Board,

Suite 825, 800 North Capital Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C., 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.

Under Public Law 105–78, the National

Assessment Governing Board is also

granted exclusive authority over

developing Voluntary National Tests

pursuant to contract number

RJ97153001.

On December 5, 2000, between 4:00

and 5:00 p.m, the Executive Committee

of the National Assessment Governing

Board will hold an open teleconference

meeting. The purpose of this meeting is

to review and take action on a proposal

concerning assessment in urban school

districts that was received from the

Council of Great City Schools.

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meeting telephonic devices and seating

space will be arranged to permit the

public to have access to the Committee’s

deliberations.

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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, DC,

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

Dated: November 30, 2000.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Floodplain and Wetlands Statement of

Findings for the Floodplain Strip

Adjacent to the Boeing Property in

Roane County, Tennessee

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Floodplain and wetlands

statement of findings.

SUMMARY: This is a Floodplain and

Wetlands Statement of Findings for the

Floodplain Strip Adjacent to the Boeing

Property in Roane County, Tennessee,

in accordance with 10 CFR 1022,

Compliance with Floodplain/Wetlands

Environmental Review Requirements. A

floodplains and wetlands assessment

was conducted and is included in an

Environmental Assessment (EA) that

evaluated the potential impacts of

transfer from DOE ownership. The

floodplains and wetlands assessment

describes the possible effects,

alternatives, and measures designed to

avoid or minimize potential harm to

floodplains and wetlands or their flood

storage potential. DOE will allow 15

days of public review after publication

of the Statement of Findings before

implementation of the Proposed Action.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Katy Kates, Realty Officer, U.S.

Department of Energy, Oak Ridge

Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, Oak

Ridge, Tennessee 37831. Ms. Kates can

also be reached at 865–576–0977 or

facsimile 865–576–9204.

For Further Information on General

DOE Floodplain/Wetlands

Environmental Review Requirements,

Contact: Carol M. Borgstrom, Director,

Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance,

EH–42, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20585. Ms. Borgstrom

can also be reached at 202–586–4600 or

by leaving a message at 1–800–472–

2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice

of Floodplain and Wetlands

Involvement for the Floodplain Strip

Adjacent to the Boeing Property was

published in the Federal Register on

May 3, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 86)

and subsequently a floodplains and

wetlands assessment was prepared and

is included in an EA for divestiture of

the Floodplain Strip from DOE

ownership. The EA was prepared as part

of National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) requirements. The floodplain

and wetlands assessment documented

the floodplain and wetland

communities on the Floodplain Strip,

and assessed the potential impacts to

floodplains and wetlands associated

with conveyance of the 182-acre parcel.

Alternatives considered include: (1)

Conveyance of the Floodplain Strip to

the abutting landowner for unrestricted

use (the Preferred Alternative), (2)

conveyance of the property to the

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), (3)

conveyance of the property to the City

of Oak Ridge or Roane County, (4) DOE

retention of ownership but with DOE

granting easements to the abutting

landowner, and (5) No Action. Any land

conveyance would include land from

the ordinary low water mark inward to

the Boeing Property. The floodplains

and wetlands assessment identified 69

acres of wetlands on the Floodplain

Strip.

Some minor, short-term impacts

could occur due to limited, proposed

construction on the Floodplain Strip

and potential development on the

adjacent Boeing Property, which would

primarily be associated with runoff and

erosion of soil particles. Based on the

limited planned improvements in the

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Floodplain Strip and types of

subsequent activities that would occur

under any alternative evaluated, DOE

does not believe there would be any

hazards to the public or property from

flooding, nor would the activities

jeopardize the wetlands’ survival,

quality, and natural beneficial values.

The limited improvements planned for

the property would be small in scale

and by nature there would be no

habitable structures within the

floodplain or wetlands that could

present a hazard or flooding risk.

Additionally, any proposed structure in

the floodplain (e.g., boat docks) would

be subject to TVA’s section 26(a) review.

Any construction within jurisdictional

wetlands as identified in the floodplains

and wetlands assessment must comply

with the Department of Army Wetlands

Construction Restrictions contained in

33 CFR, sections 320 through 330, as

amended, and any other applicable

Federal, State, or local wetlands

regulations.

Issued in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on

November 27, 2000.

James L. Elmore,

Alternate National Environmental, Policy Act

Compliance Officer.

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science; Office of Science

Financial Assistance Program Notice

01–12: Natural and Accelerated

Bioremediation Research (NABIR)

Program

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy

(DOE).

ACTION: Notice inviting grant

applications.

SUMMARY: The Office of Biological and

Environmental Research (OBER) of the

Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department

of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its

interest in receiving applications for

research grants in the Natural and

Accelerated Bioremediation Research

(NABIR) Program. Applications should

describe research projects that address

the scientific aims of individual NABIR

Science Elements including

Biogeochemistry, Biotransformation,

Community Dynamics, as well as

Assessment projects that relate to those

elements. Applications for research in

other elements will not be considered at

this time. Applications for research on

Bioremediation and its Societal

Implications and Concerns (BASIC)

have been solicited under a separate

announcement (Notice 00–21).

DATES: Researchers are strongly

encouraged (but not required) to submit

a preapplication for programmatic

review. The deadline for

preapplications is January 8, 2001. A

brief preapplication should consist of

one or two pages of narrative describing

the research objectives and methods.

The deadline for receipt of formal

applications is 4:30 p.m., E.S.T.,

February 28, 2001, to be accepted for

merit review and to permit timely

consideration for award late in Fiscal

Year 2001 or in early Fiscal Year 2002.

An original and seven copies of the

application must be submitted;

however, applicants are requested not to

submit multiple applications using

more than one delivery or mail service.

ADDRESSES: If submitting a

preapplication, referencing Program

Notice 01–12, it should be sent by email to:

anna.palmisano@science.doe.gov.

Formal applications referencing

Program Notice 01–12 on the cover page

must be forwarded to: U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of Science, Grants and

Contracts Division, SC–64, 19901

Germantown Road, Germantown, MD

20874–1290, ATTN: Program Notice 01–

12. This address must also be used

when submitting applications by U.S.

Postal Service Express Mail or any other

commercial overnight delivery service,

or when hand-carried by the applicant.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Anna Palmisano, Environmental

Sciences Division, SC–74, Office of

Biological and Environmental Research,

Office of Science, U.S. Department of

Energy, 19901 Germantown Road,

Germantown, MD 20874–1290,

telephone: (301) 903–9963, e-mail:

anna.palmisano@science.doe.gov, fax:

(301) 903–8519. The full text of Program

Notice 01–12 is available via the

Internet using the following web site

address: http://www.sc.doe.gov/

production/grants/grants.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

mission of the NABIR Program is to

provide the fundamental science to

serve as the basis for development of

cost-effective bioremediation of

radionuclides and metals in the

subsurface at DOE sites. In particular,

the program focuses on research that

will lead to immobilization of

radionuclides and/or metals in place, or

that will reduce re-mobilization. NABIR

research encompasses both intrinsic

bioremediation by naturally occurring

microbial communities, as well as

accelerated bioremediation through the

use of nutrient amendments (inorganic,

organic or enzymatic) or microbial

amendments. The program consists of

seven interrelated scientific research

elements (Biogeochemical Dynamics,

Biotransformation, Community

Dynamics and Microbial Ecology,

Biomolecular Science and Engineering,

Biotransformation and Biodegradation,

Bacterial Transport, and Systems

Integration/Data Management). The

program also includes an element

addressing ethical, legal and social

issues of bioremediation called

Bioremediation and its Societal

Implications and Concerns (BASIC). The

NABIR program has established a Field

Research Center (FRC) at the Y–12 site

near Oak Ridge National Laboratory

(ORNL). The FRC is a focal point of

NABIR field research and can provide

investigators with DOE-relevant samples

contaminated with uranium and other

radionuclides or metals. Additional

information about NABIR and the Field

Research Center can be accessed from

the NABIR Homepage: http://

www.lbl.gov/NABIR/.

Program Focus

The NABIR Program supports

hypothesis-driven research that will

help determine the potential for, and

advance the field of, bioremediation as

a cleanup option for radionuclides and

metals in subsurface environments (both

vadose and saturated zones, below the

root zone) at the DOE sites.

Contaminants of particular interest are

the radionuclides uranium, technetium,

and plutonium and the metals

chromium and mercury. While the focus

of the NABIR Program is on field-scale

research, the research program will

support laboratory, theoretical,

modeling, and other non-field research

projects, if they fill gaps that would be

necessary to complete understanding

required for field-scale applications.

Problems characterized by large areas

with low-concentration of contaminants

are emphasized over problems of

localized, high concentrations. NABIR

research will focus on research leading

to immobilization rather than

mobilization scenarios for

bioremediation of metals and

radionuclides. Although the program is

directed at specific goals, it supports

research that is more fundamental in

nature than demonstration projects.

NABIR will not support research

leading to ex situ treatments, nor will

research on phytoremediation be

supported. Research on bioremediation

of organic contaminants, such as

solvents and complexing agents will not

be considered, except to the extent that

they influence the primary goal of

understanding the remediation of

radionuclides and metals. The NABIR