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As Commission staff advised the

CBT’s Task Force during its

deliberations, the CBT alternative raises

several important issues and it differs

from the Commission’s in a number of

significant respects. The CBT alternative

restricts the delivery area to only the

northern portion of the Illinois River.

Unlike the Commission’s suggested

Illinois River Shipping Certificate

alternative, the CBT river-based delivery

area would not be in addition to the

existing delivery points on the

contracts—including St. Louis and

Toledo—but in lieu of them. Moreover,

the CBT alternative does not provide for

locational price differentials. Finally,

unlike the contracts’ current

specifications for loading against

warehouse receipts, the CBT is

considering requiring that originators of

shipping certificates maintain separate

queues, giving takers under the futures

contract priority over other load-out

commitments.

In order to assist the Commission in

its consideration of these issues, the

Commission requests written data,

views or arguments from interested

members of the public. Commenters are

requested to analyze and compare the

relative merits of the CBT working

alternative. Commenters are specifically

requested to address the following

issues:

1. Does the potential economic

deliverable supplies or capacity on the

contract under the CBT working

alternative meet the requirement of the

section 5a(a)(10) notification that the

CBT modify the contracts’ specifications

in order that they ‘‘will tend to prevent

or diminish price manipulation, market

congestion, or the abnormal movement

of such commodity in interstate

commerce’’? In particular, how does the

potential increase in delivery supplies

or capacity which results from the

addition of the Illinois River shipping

certificate compare to deletion of

deliverable supplies or capacity at

Toledo? Is the net result sufficient to

prevent market disruption under

foreseeable market circumstances?

2. How should the net change in

economic deliverable supplies or

capacity be measured? How much of the

load-out capacity of the barge-loading

facilities on the northern Illinois River

likely will be made available for

delivery, particularly in light of the

queuing aspect of the CBT working

alternative? In this respect, within the

defined delivery area is there a

sufficient number of facilities, and is

their ownership sufficiently dispersed?

3. Are the regularity eligibility

requirements a significant factor in

determining the economic delivery

capacity under the CBT working

alternative’s terms? Are they sufficient

or necessary to assure performance on

the contract?

4. What are the implications of the

working alternative’s proposed single

delivery area, even if total deliverable

supplies or capacity were increased?

5. What are the implications of the

absence of locational price differentials?

In particular, is the working alternative

consistent with the pricing of corn and

soybeans in the cash market of the

proposed delivery area? What are the

implications for the availability of

registered certificates?

Issued in Washington, D.C., this 10th day

of March 1997, by the Commodity Futures

Trading Commission.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–6470 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES

SAFETY BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: Published February 24,

1997, 62 FR 8222.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF

MEETING: 9:00 a.m., March 19, 1997.

PLACE: The Defense Nuclear Facilities

Safety Board, Public Hearing Room, 625

Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 300,

Washington, DC 20004.

STATUS: Open.

CHANGE IN THE MEETING: The meeting has

been postponed until 9:00 a.m. on April

16, 1997.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Defense

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board will

reconvene and continue the open

meeting conducted on February 5, 1997,

regarding the status of DOE’s

Implementation Plan for Board

Recommendation 95–2, Integrated

Safety Management. Specifically, the

Board will be given status reports by

DOE relative to the Department’s efforts

to improve the technical expertise

necessary to review and implement

safety management systems, including

establishment of a Core Technical

group, and the development of guidance

for implementation of the Safety

Management System.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Robert M. Anderson, General Counsel,

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,

625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700,

Washington, DC 20004, (800) 788–4016.

This is a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

reserves its right to further schedule and

otherwise regulate the course of this

meeting, to recess, reconvene, postpone

or adjourn the meeting, and otherwise

exercise its authority under the Atomic

Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

Dated: March 11, 1997.

John T. Conway,

Chairman.

[FR Doc. 97–6573 Filed 3–11–97; 4:55 pm]

BILLING CODE 3670–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Recognition of Accrediting Agencies

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Request for comments on an

accrediting agency appealing a previous

recommendation of the National

Advisory Committee on Institutional

Quality and Integrity to withdraw its

recognition.

DATES: Commentors should submit their

written comments by April 14, 1997 to

the address below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen W. Kershenstein, Director,

Accreditation and State Liaison

Division, U.S. Department of Education,

600 Independence Avenue, SW., Room

3915 ROB–3, Washington, DC 20202–

5244, telephone: (202) 708–7417.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUBMISSION OF THIRD-PARTY COMMENTS:

The Secretary of Education is required

by law to publish a list of accrediting

agencies that he determines to be

reliable authorities regarding the quality

of education or training offered by

institutions or programs they accredit.

The National Advisory Committee on

Institutional Quality and Integrity (the

‘‘Advisory Committee’’) advises the

Secretary on specific accrediting

agencies that seek to be recognized by

the Secretary.

The National League for Nursing was

reviewed by the Advisory Committee at

its June 1996 meeting, at which time it

recommended that the agency’s

recognition be withdrawn. The agency

appealed that recommendation, in

accordance with the provisions set forth

in 34 CFR 602.13 of the regulations

governing the recognition of accrediting

agencies. The Secretary has reviewed

the agency’s appeal and has decided to

remand the matter to the Advisory

Committee for review. The Advisory
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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