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described in this Proposed Plan based

on the information available at this

time. The final decision on the remedy

to be implemented will be documented

in a Record of Decision (ROD) only after

consideration of all comments received

and any new information presented.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions regarding the SLDS FS/PP

may be directed to Mr. Chris Haskell,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis

District, FUSRAP Project Office, 9170

Latty Avenue, Berkeley, Missouri 63134,

by phone (314) 524–3334, or by e-mail

at ‘‘Chris.Haskell @MVS01.usace.

army.mil’’.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Proposed Action

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St.

Louis District, issued the SLDS

Feasibility Study/Proposed Plan (FS/PP)

for public comment on April 8, 1998.

The site became contaminated as a

result of activities in support of the

nation’s early atomic energy program in

the 1940s. The sites are being addressed

under the Formerly Utilized Sites

Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP).

Cleanup of these sites is now managed

by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The alternatives evaluated in the

Feasibility Study are summarized in the

Proposed Plan. Inaccessible soils are not

included as part of the operable unit.

2. Project Alternatives

a. Alternative 1—No Action.

Mandated by the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liabilities

(CERCLA), periodic environmental

monitoring would be conducted, but no

remedial action would be conducted.

b. Alternative 2—Institutional

Controls and Site Maintenance.

Institutional controls and site

maintenance would be implemented to

prevent unacceptable exposures to site

contamination.

c. Alternative 3—Containment.

Alternative 3 incorporates containment,

institutional controls, and

environmental monitoring to reduce

further spread of contaminants and

reduce the potential for direct exposure.

Under this alternative, accessible soils

from SLDS and vicinity properties

would be excavated and consolidated

and capped at a downtown location

such as the City Property or Plant 2 area.

d. Alternative 4—Partial Excavation

and Disposal. This alternative includes

excavation of accessible soils in the

upper 2 feet to the composite criteria of

5 pCi/g in surface soil (top 6 inches) and

15 pCi/g in shallow subsurface soil (top

2 feet) (for Ra-226, Ra-228, Th-230, and

Thj-232) and 50 pCi/g for U-238. Sitespecific dose and risk-based target

removal levels of 50 pCi/g Ra-226, 100

pCi/g Th–230 and 150 pCi/g U-238

would be used for excavation of soils

below 2 feet for most site areas.

e. Alternative 5—Complete

Excavation and Disposal. This

alternative involves excavating soil

contaminated above the composite

criteria regardless of depth.

f. Alternative 6—Selective Excavation

and Disposal. This alternative focuses

on reducing the need for future studies,

designs, and remedial actions, in

addition to protection of human health

and the environmental relative to

Alternative 4. It is anticipated that

excavation to the composite criteria

would proceed to a depth of 6 feet of the

St. Louis Terminal Railroad Association

tracks and the former locations of

Buildings 116, 117, 704–707. Excavation

for the composite criteria would stop at

4 feet at all other areas at SLDS

including the vicinity properties and

under the roads.

The Corps of Engineers has identified

alternative 4 as preferred.

3. Scoping Process

Federal, state and local agencies, and

interested individuals are invited to

participate in the scoping process to

determine the range of issues and

alternatives to be addressed. The U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers will hold a

public meeting to receive oral and

written comments at the Henry Clay

Elementary School Gymnasium, 3820

North 141th Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63107 on April 21, 1998 from 7:00 p.m.

to 9:00 p.m. In addition, written

comments will also be accepted until

May 8, 1998 by Dr. R. L. Mullins at U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis

District, FUSRAP Project Office, 9170

Latty Avenue, Berkeley, Missouri 63134,

(314) 524–4083.

4. Availability of FS/PP

Copies of the FS/PP are available for

review from April 8, 1998 until May 8,

1998 during business hours at the

following locations:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis

District, FUSRAP Project Office, 9170

Latty Avenue, Berkeley, Missouri

63134

St. Louis Public Library, Government

Information Section, 1301 Olive

Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63103

Henry Clay Elementary School, 3820 N.

14th Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63107

Prairie Commons Branch Library, 915

Utz Lane, Hazelwood, Missouri 63042

Washington University Library of

Biological Sciences, One Brookings

Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130

Julia Davis Branch Library, 4415 Natural

Bridge, St. Louis Missouri 63115

St. Louis County Library, 1640 S.

Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri

63131

The FS/PP is also available for review

on the world wide web at http://

144.3.144.51/engr/fusrap/index.htm.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing

Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment

Governing Board; Department of

Education.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming meeting 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. This

document is intended to notify the

general public of their opportunity to

attend.

DATES: May 7–9, 1998.

TIME: May 7—Design and Methodology

Committee, 9:00–11:30 a.m., (open);

Joint Meeting Design and Methodology

and Reporting and Dissemination

Committees, 11:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.,

(open); Subject Area Committee #2,

2:00–4:00 p.m., (open), Executive

Committee, 4:00–6:00 p.m., (open) May

8—Full Board, 8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.,

(open); Subject Area Committee #1,

10:00–10:30 a.m. (closed), 10:30 a.m.–

12:00 p.m., (open); Reporting and

Dissemination Committee, 10:00 a.m.–

12:00 p.m., (open); Achievement Levels

Committee, 10:00–11:00 a.m., (open);

Design and Methodology Committee,

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., (open); Full

Board, 12:00–1:30 p.m. (closed), 1:30–

4:00 p.m., (open). May 9—Full Board,

8:00–11:30 a.m., (open), 11:30 a.m.–

12:00 p.m. (closed); adjournment, 12:00

p.m.

LOCATION: Crystal Gateway Marriott,

1700 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer,

National Assessment Governing Board,

Suite 825, 800 North Capitol Street, NW,

Washington, D.C., 20002–4233,

Telephone: (202) 357–6938.
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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 P.L. 105–78, the National

Assessment Governing Board is also

granted exclusive authority over

developing the Voluntary National Tests

pursuant to contract number

RJ97153001.

On May 7, the Design and

Methodology Committee will meet in

open session from 9:00–11:30 a.m. The

Committee will be reviewing the plan

for research studies on the Voluntary

National Tests, and the pilot test design.

From 11:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. the Design

and Methodology and Reporting and

Dissemination Committees will meet

jointly in open session. The Committees

will be reviewing the work plan for

accommodations and adaptations on the

Voluntary National Tests. There will be

an open meeting of Subject Area

Committee #2 from 2:00–4:00 p.m. The

agenda for this meeting includes review

of math issues and timeliness for the

Voluntary National Tests, and an update

on 1998 NAEP assessment in civics.

Also on May 7, the Executive

Committee will meet in open session

from 4:00–6:00 p.m. The Executive

Committee will receive updates on

Voluntary National Tests activities and

decisions on the Voluntary National

Tests contract. Also, the Committee will

hear updates on reauthorization and

NAEP redesign activities. The

Committee will begin discussion on

augmenting the schedule of NAEP

assessments to include grade 4 reading

in the year 2000.

On May 8, the full Board will convene

in open session from 8:30–10:00 a.m. In

addition to a report from the Executive

Director of the National Assessment

Governing Board, and an update on

NAEP activities, the agenda for this

session of the meeting includes the

release of the NAEP—TIMSS Linking

Report on 8th Grade Mathematics and

Science.

Beginning at 10:00 a.m. there will be

meetings of the standing committees.

Subject Area Committee #1 will meet in

partially closed session. From 10:00–

10:30 a.m., the meeting will be closed to

permit the Committee to review

proposed items for the Voluntary

National Test in reading. This portion of

the meeting must be closed because

references will be made to specific items

from the assessment and premature

disclosure of the information presented

for review would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

a proposed agency action. Such matters

are protected by exemption (9) (B) of

Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.

In open session, 10:30 a.m.–12:00

p.m., the Committee will review

Voluntary National Test reading issues

and timelines. Also, the Committee will

receive an update on the 1998 NAEP

assessment in reading and writing.

The Reporting and Dissemination

Committee will meet from 10:00 a.m.–

12:00 p.m. The Committee will be

considering the schedule and plans for

the release of NAEP reports; reporting

district-level results from existing state

samples; and work plans for reporting

and utilization of the results for the

Voluntary National Tests.

There will be open meetings of the

Achievement Levels Committee and the

Design and Methodology Committee.

The Achievement Levels Committee

will meet from 10:00–11:00 a.m. to

prepare recommendations to the Board

on the preliminary achievement levels

descriptions for NAEP. The Committee

will receive a briefing on the status of

the 1998 achievement levels setting

activities. The Committee will discuss

the achievement levels issues on the

Voluntary National Tests, such as

reliable classification of individual

student performance.

The Design and Methodology

Committee will meet from 11:00 a.m.–

12:00 p.m. to review the plans for

research studies on the Voluntary

National Tests, and the pilot test design.

The Full Board will reconvene in

partially closed session from 12:00–4:00

p.m. The meeting will be closed to the

public from 12:00–1:30 p.m. for the

Board to hear a presentation on the

results of the NAEP Instructional

Reports for Mathematics and Science.

This portion of the meeting must be

closed because references may be made

to data, which may be misinterpreted,

incorrect, or incomplete. Such matters

are protected by exemption 9(B) of

Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. The

agenda for the open portion of this

session of the Full Board meeting

includes an update on work plans for

the Voluntary National Tests and

comments about the NAEP and the

Voluntary National Tests by

representatives of the National Alliance

of Business.

On May 9, the Full Board will meet

in partially closed session. In open

session, from 8:00–11:30 a.m., the Board

will receive a briefing on the

Mathematics Content Analysis Project;

hear a presentation from ACHIEVE, Inc.

on the work being conducted in

Benchmarking, and be given reports

from the NAGB standing committees.

The Board will meet in closed session

from 11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. to receive

the report from the Nominations

Committee regarding recommendations

to submit to the Secretary of Education

for Board appointments in the following

categories: general public, secondary

school principal, elementary school

principal, eighth grade teacher, fourth

grade teacher, chief state school officer,

and state legislator (Democrat). This

session must be closed because the

Board will be considering qualifications

of nominees for appointment to Board

membership. The review and

subsequent discussion of this

information will touch upon matters

that relate solely to the internal rules

and practices of an agency and would

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.

Summaries of the activities of the

closed sessions and related matters,

which are informative to the public and

consistent with the policy of section 5

U.S.C. 552b(c), will be available to the

public within 14 days of 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: April 15, 1998.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

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policy analysis; request for public

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