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pursuant to contract number

RJ97153001.

On Thursday, August 6, there will be

a meeting of three committees of the

Governing Board. The Design and

Methodology Committee will meet in

open session from 1:00–4:00 p.m. to

take action on the Validity Research

Agenda, the policies on Voluntary

National Tests Pilot Testing, and VNT

Accommodations. The Committee will

hear briefings on design issues

pertaining to the VNT and NAEP.

The Subject Area Committee #2 will

meet in open session from 3:00–5:00

p.m. The Committee will receive an

update on the NAEP 2000 assessments,

the math content, and VNT item

development issues and timelines. The

Committee will take action on the AIR

Work Plan for Calculator Access and

Use.

The Executive Committee will meet

on August 6 from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. in

open session. In the open session from

5:00–6:00 p.m., the Executive

Committee will be briefed by staff on

the following items: NAEP and the

Voluntary National Tests projects, the

status of the grant program for

secondary analysis of the NAEP data,

and NAEP redesign issues.

The Executive Committee will hold a

partially closed meeting on August 6,

from 6:00–7:00 p.m., to discuss the

development of cost estimates for

current and future contract initiatives

for NAEP.

Also during, the same closed session,

the Executive Committee will discuss

processed modifications in the

Voluntary National Tests contract to

make decisions regarding exercising the

second option year of the contract.

These matters concerning the NAEP and

Voluntary National Tests contracts must

be discussed in closed session because

public disclosure of this information

would likely have an adverse financial

effect on these programs. The discussion

of this information would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

proposed agency actions if conducted in

open session. Such matters are

protected by exemption 9(B) of Section

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

On August 7, the full Board will

convene in open session beginning at

8:30 a.m. The agenda for this session of

the full Board meeting includes

approval of the agenda, a report from

the Executive Director, and an update

on the NAEP project. This session will

conclude with a presentation by

representatives of the teacher’s unions

on the Teacher Perspective on NAEP

and Voluntary National Tests.

Between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon,

there will be open meetings of the

following committees: Achievement

Levels, Reporting and Dissemination,

and Subject Area Committee #1. The

Achievement Levels Committee will

hear a report on the result of the Field

Trials in the civics and writing

assessments. The Committee will take

action on the NAEP Design document.

At 11:00 a.m. the Committee will meet

jointly with the Design and

Methodology Committee to hear a

briefing on linking issues regarding the

Voluntary National Tests.

Agenda items for the Reporting and

Dissemination Committee include

review of schedule and plans for release

of future NAEP reports; review of plans

for the reporting of—district-level

results from existing state samples and

private school results; review of the

NAGB policy issues on reporting and

dissemination of the National

Assessment, namely rank-ordering of

state-by-state data and primacy of

achievement-level results. The

Committee will hear briefings on the

plans for public hearings on VNT issues,

and work-plan activities regarding the

reporting and the utilization of VNT

data.

Subject Area Committee #1 will

receive an update on NAEP assessment

activities and VNT item development

issues and timeline. The Committee will

take action on the AIR proposal for

determining readability of the VNT.

The full Board will reconvene at 12:00

noon. The agenda items during this

period include briefings on the

following: National Academy of

Sciences Linking Study; Discussion of

the NAS Letter Report on VNT Item

Development, NCES Task Force on State

Participation in NAEP; and an Update

on the Voluntary National Tests project.

The Board recess is scheduled for 4:30

p.m.

On Saturday, August 8, the full Board

will meet in open session from 9:00 a.m.

until adjournment, approximately 12:00

noon. The agenda for this session is an

update on the Voluntary National Tests

project and the presentation of reports

from the various Board committee

meetings.

A summary of the activities of the

closed and partially closed sessions and

other related matters which are

informative to the public and consistent

with the policy of the section 5 U.S.C.

552b(c), will be available to the public

within 14 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, D.C.,

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

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

[FR Doc. 98–19586 Filed 7–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–661–000]

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

July 17, 1998.

Take notice that on July 10, 1998,

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company (Koch

Gateway), Post Office Box 1478,

Houston, Texas 77251–1478, filed a

request with the Commission in Docket

No. CP98–661–000, pursuant to

Sections 157.205, and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization

to operate as a jurisdictional facility in

interstate commerce a meter station

previously installed, operated and

placed in service under Section 311(a)

of the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA)

and Section 284.3(c) of the

Commission’s regulations authorized in

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP82–430–000, all as more fully set

forth in the request on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Koch Gateway proposes to operate as

a jurisdictional facility a two-inch meter

station constructed under 311(a) of the

NGPA, to facilitate delivery of natural

gas on behalf of Willmut Gas and Oil

Company (Willmut), a local distribution

company in Covington County,

Mississippi to Blaine Asphalt, Inc.

(Blaine), a end user. Koch states that

presently the meter station is limited

solely for gas transportation under

section 311 of the NGPA. Operation of

the facilities for other than NGPA

purposes would provide increased

access to shippers utilizing Natural Gas

Act service and provide Willmut the

ability to obtain additional flexibility in

acquiring gas supplies. Koch states that

once this delivery point is certificated as

a jurisdictional facility, Willmut will be

able to receive gas shipped to this point

pursuant to jurisdictional open-access

transportation agreements as well as

Section 311 agreements. Koch reports

that Willmut estimates its peak day and

average day requirements for this

delivery point be 1,630 MMBtu and 104
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MMBtu, respectively. Koch further

reports that Willmut reimbursed Koch

Gateway approximately $53,000 for

construction costs.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 54 days after the

Commission has issued this notice, file

pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

NGA (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the

request. If no protest is filled within the

allowed time, the proposed activity

shall be deemed to be authorized

effective the day after the time allowed

for filing a protest. If a protest is filed

and not withdrawn within 30 days after

the time allowed for filing a protest, the

instant request shall be treated as an

application for authorization pursuant

to Section 7 of the NGA.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19590 Filed 7–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–654–000]

Mississippi River Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

July 17, 1998.

Take notice that on July 6, 1998,

Mississippi River Transmission

Corporation (MRT), 1111 Louisiana

Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in

Docket No. CP98–654–000 a request

pursuant to Sections 157.205, 157.212

and 157.216 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, 157.212 and 157.216)

for the abandonment, construction and

operation of certain facilities in St.

Louis, Missouri, under MRT’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP98–

482–000 pursuant to Section 7 of the

Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request that is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection. Specifically, MRT proposes to

relocate facilities by abandoning a 6-

inch delivery tap and installing and

operating a new 4-inch delivery tap on

MRT’s St. Louis Line to serve Laclede

Gas, a local distribution company in St.

Louis, Missouri. MRT states that the

total estimated volumes to be delivered

to these facilities are 5,000 MMBtu

annually and 15 MMBtu on a peak day.

The total estimated cost of the

relocation is $100,477.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19589 Filed 7–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–3096–000]

Pepco Services, Inc.; Notice of

Issuance of Order

July 17, 1998.

Pepco Services, Inc. (Pepco Services),

a wholly-owned subsidiary of Potomac

Capital Investment Corporation which

is, in turn, a wholly-owned subsidiary

of Potomac Electric Power Company,

filed an application for Commission

authorization to engage in the marketing

of energy and power at wholesale and

the brokering of energy and capacity at

wholesale, and for certain waivers and

authorizations. In particular, Pepco

Services requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

Part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liabilities

by Pepco Services. On July 16, 1998, the

Commission issued an Order Accepting

For Filing Proposed Market-Based Rates

(Order), in the above-docket proceeding. The Commission’s July 16, 1998

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (C), (D), and (F): (C) Within 30 days of the date of this

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the Commission’s blanket

approval of issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities by Pepco

Services should file a motion to

intervene or protest with the Federal

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214.

(D) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (C) above, Pepco Services is

hereby authorized to issue securities

and assume obligations and liabilities as

guarantor, indorser, surety or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of Pepco

Services, compatible with the public

interest, and reasonably necessary or

appropriate for such purposes.

(F) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

Pepco Service’s issuances of securities

or assumptions of liabilities * * *

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is August

17, 1998.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19596 Filed 7–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–662–000]

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

July 17, 1998.

Take notice that on July 10, 1998,

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

(Tennessee), 1001 Louisiana, Houston,

Texas 77002, filed in Docket No. CP98–

662–000 a request pursuant to Sections

157.205 and 157.216 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.216) for authorization to abandon a

sales tap in Jefferson Davis Parish,

Louisiana under Tennessee’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

413–000 pursuant to Section 7 of the

Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request that is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

The tap had been used for a direct

sale of natural gas for agricultural

purposes since an in-service date of