Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 7 / Friday, January 10, 1997 / Notices 1441

From April 6, 1917, to January 1918,

and November 10, 1941, to August

1945’’ shall not be considered ‘‘active

duty’’ under the provisions of Public

Law 95–202 for the purposes of all laws

administered by the Department of

Veterans Affairs (VA).

Patsy J. Conner,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–648 Filed 1–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3910–01–M

Department of the Navy

Notice of Public Scoping Meetings for

the Environmental Impact Statement

for Developing Homeport Facilities for

Three Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carriers in

Support of the United States Pacific

Fleet

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

announced its intent to prepare this

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

and open scoping in the Federal

Register on December 3, 1996 and also

mailed the announcement to interested

parties. This notice is to announce the

public scoping meetings.

The scope of the proposed actions is

to: (1) determine the appropriate home

port for two nuclear-powered aircraft

carriers (CVNs) that will replace two

conventionally-powered aircraft carriers

(CVs) that are currently homeported at

Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island in

the Naval Complex San Diego, CA, and

(2) reevaluate the current location of one

CVN homeport at Naval Station

(NAVSTA) Everett in order to increase

efficiency of support infrastructure,

maintenance, and repair capabilities, to

reduce costs, and to enhance crew

quality of life. Decisions for facilities

development need to be made as soon

as possible to accommodate planned

arrival schedules of the CVNs to the

Pacific Fleet (one as early as 2001) and

to gain infrastructure benefits prior to

upcoming ship maintenance periods

(commencing in 1999).

There are three major U.S. areas of

Navy concentration in the Pacific: San

Diego, CA complex; Puget Sound, WA

complex; and Pearl Harbor, HI complex.

Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island in

the San Diego Naval Complex and Puget

Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS)

Bremerton and NAVSTA Everett in the

Pacific Northwest are currently

designated as CVN home ports. All three

locations will be considered as

alternative locations for the proposed

actions. Although not currently

designated as a CVN home port, Pearl

Harbor is capable of accommodating

deep-draft ships and will also be

evaluated as a potential home port.

The EIS will analyze the potential

environmental effects of the proposed

actions at the alternative locations

discussed above, including any

associated facilities development and

dredging, and other reasonable

alternatives identified during the public

scoping process. Environmental issues

to be addressed in the EIS include:

geology, topography, and soils;

dredging, hydrology, and water quality;

pollution prevention; biology and

natural resources; noise; air quality;

land use; historic and archaeological

resources; socioeconomics, schools, and

housing; transportation/circulation/

parking; public facilities and recreation;

safety and environmental health;

aesthetics; utilities; and environmental

justice. Issue analysis will include an

evaluation of the direct, indirect, shortterm, and cumulative impacts

associated with the proposed actions.

No decision to implement the proposed

actions will be made until the NEPA

process is complete.

ADDRESSES: The Department of the Navy

has initiated a scoping process for the

purpose of determining the scope of

issues to be addressed and for

identifying significant issues relative to

these proposed actions. Public meetings

to receive oral comments from the

public will be held in the four primary

areas of consideration (San Diego, CA;

Bremerton, WA; Everett, WA; and

Honolulu, HI). The dates and locations

of these meetings are as follows:

Bremerton, WA: February 3, 1996, 7:00

pm, Bremerton High School, 1500 13th

Street, Bremerton, WA; Everett, WA:

February 4, 1996, 7:00 pm, Snohomish

County Administration/Courthouse

Building, 3000 Rockefeller, Everett, WA;

Pearl Harbor, HI: February 6, 1996, 7:00

pm, Farrington High School, 1564 North

King Street, Honolulu, HI; Coronado,

CA: February 11, 1996, 7:00 pm, Village

Hall, Village Elementary School, 600 6th

Street, Coronado, CA. These meetings

will also be announced in local area

newspapers. Navy representatives will

be available at the scoping meetings to

receive comments from the public

regarding issues of concern. A brief

presentation describing the proposed

actions and the NEPA process will

precede a request for public comments.

It is important that federal, state, and

local agencies, as well as interested

organizations and individuals, take this

opportunity to identify environmental

concerns that they feel should be

addressed during the preparation of the

EIS. Oral comments will be limited to

three minutes. Agencies and the public

are invited and encouraged to provide

written comments in addition to, or in

lieu of, oral comments at the public

meetings. To be most helpful, scoping

comments should clearly describe

specific issues or topics that the

commenter believes the EIS should

address. Written comments or questions

regarding the scoping process and/or the

EIS should be postmarked no later than

February 28, 1997 and sent to the

following address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Dan Muslin (Code 03PL), Southwest

Division, Naval Facilities Engineering

Command, 1220 Pacific Highway, San

Diego, CA 92132–5190; telephone (619)

532–3403.

Dated: Janaury 7, 1997.

D.E. Koenig,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–596 Filed 1–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing

Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment

Governing Board; ED.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming meeting of the Nominations

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: February 11, 1997.

TIME: 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

LOCATION: The Brown Palace Hotel, 321

Seventeenth Street, Denver, Colorado.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer,

National Assessment Governing Board,

Suite 825, 800 North Capitol Street,

NW., Washington, DC 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
1442 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 7 / Friday, January 10, 1997 / Notices

1Newco is a limited partnership in which

Westcoast Power Marketing, Inc. and Coastal Gas

Services Company each owns indirectly a 49.5%

limited partnership interest, and Newco US, Inc.

owns a 1% general partnership interest.

establishing standards and procedures

for interstate and national comparisons.

On February 11, 1997, between the

hours of 8:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. there

will be discussing the qualifications of

nominees for vacancies in the

membership of the National Assessment

Governing Board. The review and

subsequent discussions of this

information relate solely to the internal

personnel rules and practices of an

agency and will 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.

A summary of the activities of the

meeting and related matters, which are

informative to the public, consistent

with the policy of 5 U.S.C., 552b, will

be available to the public within

fourteen days after 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, NW., Washington, DC,

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

Dated: January 7, 1997.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

[FR Doc. 97–581 Filed 1–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. EA–135 and EA–136]

Applications to Export Electric Energy;

Newco US, L.P.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: Newco US, L.P. (Newco), a

limited partnership, has submitted an

application to export electric energy to

Mexico and Canada pursuant to section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before February 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Power Im/Ex (FE–52), Office of Fossil

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585 (FAX 202–287–

5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Xavier Puslowski (Program Office) 202–

586–4708 or Michael Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)

(16 U.S.C. 824a(e)).

On November 29, 1996, Newco filed

two applications with the Office of

Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of

Energy (DOE) for authorization to export

electric energy to Mexico (Docket EA–

135) and Canada (Docket EA–136), as a

power marketer, pursuant to section

202(e) of the FPA.1 Specifically, Newco

has proposed to transmit to Mexico and

Canada electric energy purchased from

electric utilities and federal power

marketing agencies.

Newco would arrange for the exported

energy to be transmitted to Mexico over

one or more of the following

international transmission or

subtransmission lines for which

Presidential permits (PP) have been

previously issued:

Owner Location Voltage Presidential

permit No.

San Diego Gas & Elect. ................................................. Miguel, CA ...................................................................... 230 KV PP–68

Imperial Valley, CA ........................................................ 230 KV PP–79

El Paso Electric .............................................................. Diablo, NM ..................................................................... 115 KV PP–92

Ascarate, TX .................................................................. 115 KV PP–48

Central Power and Light ................................................ Brownsville, TX .............................................................. 138 KV PP–94

69 KV PP–94

Comision Federal de Electricidad .................................. Eagle Pass, TX .............................................................. 138 KV PP–50

Laredo, TX ..................................................................... 138 KV PP–57

Falcon Dam, TX ............................................................. 138 KV PP–57

Newco would arrange for the exported energy to be transmitted to Canada over one or more of the following

international transmission or subtransmission lines for which Presidential permits (PP) have been previously issued:

Owner Location Voltage Presidential

permit No.

Basin Electric .................................................................. Tioga, ND ....................................................................... 230-kV PP–64

Bonneville Power Administration .................................... Blaine, WA ..................................................................... 2–500-kV PP–10

Nelway, WA .................................................................... 230-kV PP–36

Nelway, WA .................................................................... 230-kV PP–46

Citizens Utilities .............................................................. Derby Line, VT ............................................................... 120-kV PP–66

Detroit Edison ................................................................. St. Clair, MI .................................................................... 345-kV PP–38

Maryville, MI ................................................................... 230-kV PP–21

Detroit, MI ....................................................................... 230-kV PP–21

St. Clair, MI .................................................................... 345-kV PP–58

Eastern Maine Elect. Coop ............................................ Calais, ME ...................................................................... 69-kV PP–32

Joint Owners of Highgate Project .................................. Highgate, VT .................................................................. 345-kV2 PP–82

Maine Electric Power Co ................................................ Houlton, ME ................................................................... 345-kV PP–43

Maine Public Service Co ................................................ Limestone, ME ............................................................... 69-kV PP–12

Fort Fairfield, ME ........................................................... 69-kV PP–12

Aroostook County, ME ................................................... 138-kV PP–29

Madawaska, ME ............................................................. 2–69–kV PP–29

Minnesota Power and Light Co ...................................... International Falls, MN ................................................... 115-kV PP–78