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Committee will consider the case at its

June 16–18, 1997 meeting.

The purpose of this notice is to invite

interested third parties to present

written comments on the National

League for Nursing. In order for

Department staff to give full

consideration to the comments received,

the comments must arrive at the address

listed above not later than April 14,

1997. Comments must relate directly to

the Secretary’s Criteria for the

Recognition of Accrediting Agencies.

All written comments received by the

Department in response to this notice

will be considered by both the Advisory

Committee and the Secretary.

A subsequent Federal Register notice

will announce the meeting and invite

individuals and/or groups to submit

requests for oral presentation before the

Advisory Committee on this agency and

the other agencies being reviewed at

that meeting. That notice, however, does

not constitute another call for written

comment. This notice is the only call for

written comment on the National

League for Nursing, which, as indicated

above, is appealing the previous

recommendation of the Advisory

Committee to withdraw its recognition.

Public Inspection of Petitions and

Third-Party Comments

All third-party comments received in

response to this call for comment, as

well as the agency’s original petition

and supporting documentation, the

Department staff analysis of that

petition, the agency’s appeals materials,

and its most recent submission, which

the Secretary requested by March 1,

1997, will be available for public

inspection at the U.S. Department of

Education, ROB–3, Room 3915, 7th and

D Streets, SW., Washington, DC 20202–

5244, telephone (202) 708–7417

between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30

p.m., Monday through Friday, until June

2, 1997.

Dated: March 10, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 97–6416 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Draft Solicitation for Waste

Acceptance and Transportation

Services

AGENCY: Office of Civilian Radioactive

Waste Management, U.S. Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Extension of comment period

for Draft Solicitation for Waste

Acceptance and Transportation

Services.

SUMMARY: The Office of Civilian

Radioactive Waste Management

(OCRWM) announced the availability of

a Draft Request For Proposals (RFP) for

Waste Acceptance and Transportation

Services in the December 23, 1996

Commerce Business Daily (Section V,

Page 10) and in the December 27, 1996

Federal Register (Vol. 61, #250, page

68250). The draft solicitation was made

available by requesting a copy directly

from the Contracting Officer and via the

Internet on the OCRWM Home Page and

the Headquarters Procurement

Operations Home Page at the following

addresses: http://www.rw.doe.gov/ and

http://www.pr.doe.gov./solicit.html,

respectively.

The announcement requested that

comments regarding the RFP be

submitted to the address listed below no

later than March 31, 1997. This notice

hereby extends that comment period

until May 15, 1997. All comments

should be sent to U.S. Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Attn: Michelle Miskinis, HR–

561.21, Washington, DC 20585.

All comments received will be made

available at the U.S. Department of

Energy, Public Reading Room located at

the above address, at the end of the

comment period.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on March 5,

1997.

Scott E. Sheffield,

Acting Associate Deputy Assistant, Secretary

for Headquarters Procurement Operations.

[FR Doc. 97–6465 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Pantex Plant

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is

hereby given of the following Advisory

Committee meeting: Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Pantex Plant,

Amarillo, Texas.

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, March 25,

1997: 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Boatmen’s First National

Bank, Centennial Room, Amarillo,

Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Williams, Program Manager,

Department of Energy, Amarillo Area

Office, P.O. Box 30030, Amarillo, TX

79120 (806) 477–3121.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Committee: The Board

provides input to the Department of

Energy on Environmental Management

strategic decisions that impact future

use, risk management, economic

development, and budget prioritization

activities.

Tentative Agenda:

1:00 p.m.—Welcome—Agenda

Review—Approval of Minutes

1:10 p.m.—Co-Chair Comments

1:20 p.m.—West Texas A&M University

Update

—Results of Board Interviews by West

Texas Facilitators

1:50 p.m.—West Texas A&M University

Budget Discussion

2:20 p.m.—Subcommittee Reports

—Policy & Personnel

—Nominations & Membership

2:40 p.m.—Task Force Reports

—Environmental Restoration

—Transition

3:00 p.m.—Break

3:15 p.m.—Budget Discussions (Focus

on the ’97 Budget)

—David Humbert, Administrative

Services

4:15 p.m.—Ex-Officio Reports

4:30 p.m.—Updates—Occurrence

Reports—DOE

5:00 p.m.—Closing Remarks/Adjourn

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public, and public comment

will be invited throughout the meeting.

Written statements may be filed with

the Committee either before or after the

meeting. Written comments will be

accepted at the address above for 15

days after the date of the meeting.

Individuals who wish to make oral

statements pertaining to agenda items

should contact Tom Williams’ office at

the address or 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

Designated Federal Official is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. Each individual

wishing to make public comment will

be provided a maximum of 5 minutes to

present their comments. This notice is

being published less than 15 days in

advance 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 Pantex Public Reading

Rooms located at the Amarillo College

Lynn Library and Learning Center, 2201

South Washington, Amarillo, TX phone

(806) 371–5400. Hours of operation are