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• Interviewees were supportive of 

negotiating to improve the fairness, 

efficiency and transparency of the 

funding formulas for all aspects of 

school facilities funding 

• There is a need to integrate the 

formal negotiation with less formal 

methods of consulting with the tribes 

who will not have seats at the table. CBI 

suggests a national workshop for all 

tribes with school facilities as part of the 

preparation for the negotiation process. 

This workshop could help identify 

options for the negotiating committee to 

work with. 

• Representation of the tribes on the 

negotiating committee is required by the 

NCLB Act to be roughly proportional to 

the percent of students each tribe has in 

the system. For the majority of tribes 

(i.e. beyond the top eleven for student 

population), there will need to be a 

process for sharing seats or otherwise 

developing representation structures. 

The draft convening report may be 

accessed at http://www.cbuilding.org. 

and at http://www.ecr.gov. This notice 

invites interested individuals, 

organizations and governments to 

review and offer comments that focus 

on the findings and recommendations 

presented draft convening report. 

DATES: Please submit comments on or 

before December 22, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: bie@cbuilding.org. 

• Fax: 1–617–492–1919. 

• Mail: Consensus Building Institute; 

Attn: BIE Convening Draft Report 

Comment, 238 Main Street, Suite 400, 

Cambridge, MA 02142. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Field, Consensus Building 

Institute, 238 Main Street, Suite 400, 

Cambridge, MA 02142, (617) 492–1414 

x118, pfield@cbuilding.org; Sarah 

Palmer, Senior Program Manager, U.S. 

Institute for Environmental Conflict 

Resolution, 130 S. Scott Avenue, 

Tucson, AZ 85701, phone (520) 901–

8556, fax (520) 901–8557, 

palmer@ecr.gov; Michele F. Singer, 

Director, Office of Regulatory 

Management, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary, Indian Affairs, 1001 Indian 

School Road, NW., Albuquerque, NM 

87104, phone (505) 563–5415, fax (505) 

563–3811, 

michele_f_singer@ios.doi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB 

Act) requires the Department of the 

Interior to use procedures set out in the 

Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1996, 

Pub. L. 104–320, Section 563 when 

developing regulations to implement the 

NCLB Act’s provisions regarding 

schools operated or funded by the BIA. 

BIA has used negotiated rulemaking to 

address six (6) of the seven (7) 

regulations required under the NCLB 

Act. DOI and BIA want to assess the 

feasibility of using the negotiated 

rulemaking process to develop the final 

rule, dealing with school construction 

and repair. 

In the fall of 2006 DOI sought 

assistance with this effort from the U.S. 

Institute, an independent impartial 

government entity with expertise in 

convening, assessment and alternative 

dispute resolution processes. In 

accordance with its statutory authority, 

the 1998 Environmental Policy and 

Conflict Resolution Act (Pub. L. 105–

156, codified at 20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), 

the U.S. Institute conducted a 

convening assessment. For more 

information on the U.S. Institute, please 

visit http://www.ecr.gov. 

The U.S. Institute contracted with an 

independent, impartial convening team, 

the Consensus Building Institute (CBI), 

to carry out interviews and prepare a 

draft convening report. The scope of the 

draft convening report includes views 

on school facility topics identified from 

the NCLB Act and the opportunities of 

and barriers to negotiated rulemaking. 

To understand the range of perspectives 

on or interests in these topics, the 

convening team conducted 200 

confidential interviews with tribal 

officials or their designees, 

representatives of BIA-funded or grantfunded tribal schools, and others with 

an interest in Bureau-funded school 

facilities construction on the following: 

• Interviewees’ views on the 

substantive issues listed above; 

• Suggestions for how diverse 

geographic, size, and tribal interests can 

best be represented on a Negotiated 

Rulemaking Committee; 

• Any concerns or barriers to the 

establishment of and successful 

execution of a Negotiated Rulemaking 

Committee on these topics; and 

• Consultative activities and potential 

approaches to consultation that the 

Bureau might undertake regarding these 

issues. 

The draft convening report reflects 

CBI findings and preliminary 

recommendations to DOI, BIA, and BIE 

based on these interviews. The draft 

report will be made available to all 

interviewees for comment. Upon receipt 

of comments, CBI and the U.S. Institute 

will consider all comments and prepare 

a final report for the Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and 

Bureau of Indian Education. All 

comments received on the draft will be 

made available to DOI, BIA, and BIE. 

The final report will also be made 

available to the interviewees, all 

interested tribes, and the general public 

via a Web site link. 

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq. 

Dated: October 16, 2007. 

Christopher L. Helms, 

Executive Director, Morris K. Udall 

Scholarship and Excellence in National 

Environmental Policy Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 07–5187 Filed 10–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6870–FN–M 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

Information Security Oversight Office 

National Industrial Security Program 

Policy Advisory Committee: Notice of 

Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app 

2) and implementing regulation 41 CFR 

101.6, announcement is made for the 

following committee meeting: 

Name of Committee: National Industrial 

Security Program Policy Advisory Committee 

(NISPPAC). 

Date of Meeting: November 15, 2007. 

Time of Meeting: 10 am–12 noon. 

Place of Meeting: National Archives and 

Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Archivist’s Reception Room, 

Room 105, Washington, DC 20408. 

Purpose: To discuss National Industrial 

Security Program policy matters. 

This meeting will be open to the public. 

However, due to space limitations and access 

procedures, the name and telephone number 

of individuals planning to attend must be 

submitted to the Information Security 

Oversight Office (ISOO) no later than 

Monday, October 29, 2007. ISOO will 

provide additional instructions for gaining 

access to the location of the meeting. 

For Further Information Contact: Patrick 

Viscuso, Senior Program Analyst, 

Information Security Oversight Office, 

National Archives Building, 700 

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 

20408, telephone number (202) 357–5313. 

Dated: October 16, 2007. 

Mary Ann Hadyka, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–20698 Filed 10–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION 

Notice of Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, 

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PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 

22314–3428. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Quarterly Insurance Fund Report. 

2. Board Briefing: Part 717 of NCUA’s 

Rules and Regulations, Interagency 

Final Rule and Guidelines on Identity 

Theft Red Flags and Address 

Discrepancies. 

3. Board Briefing: Part 717 of NCUA’s 

Rules and Regulations, Interagency 

Final Rule on Affiliate Marketing. 

4. Final Rule: Section 701.2 of 

NCUA’s Rules and Regulations, Federal 

Credit Union Bylaws. 

RECESS: 11 a.m. 

TIME AND DATE: 11:15 a.m., Thursday, 

October 25, 2007. 

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 

22314–3428. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. One (1) Merger Application under 

Parts 704 and 708b of NCUA’s Rules 

and Regulations. Closed pursuant to 

Exemption (8). 

2. One (1) Insurance Appeal. Closed 

pursuant to Exemption (6). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Rupp, Secretary of the Board, 

Telephone: 703–518–6304. 

Mary Rupp, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 07–5230 Filed 10–18–07; 3:18 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7535–01–M 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permits Issued Under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permits issued under 

the Antarctic Conservation of 1978, 

Public Law 95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

notice of permits issued under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

This is the required notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Office, 

Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, 

National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 7, 2007 and September 13, 

2007, the National Science Foundation 

published notices in the Federal 

Register of permit applications received. 

Permits were issued on October 16, 

2007 to: 

Juan Lopez-Bautista, Permit No. 2008–

018 

Sam Feola, Permit No. 2008–019 

William R. Fraser, Permit No. 2008–020 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–20668 Filed 10–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 

CORPORATION 

Neighborworks America Regular 

Board of Directors Meeting; Sunshine 

Act 

TIME AND DATE: 2 p.m., Wednesday, 

October 24, 2007. 

PLACE: 1325 G Street, NW., Suite 800, 

Boardroom, Washington, DC 20005. 

STATUS: Open. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Erica Hall, Assistant Corporate 

Secretary, (202) 220–2376; 

ehall@nw.org. 

AGENDA: 

I. Call to Order. 

II. Approval of the Minutes. 

III. Summary Report of the Finance, 

Budget and Program Committee. 

IV. Summary Report of the Audit 

Committee. 

V. Summary Report of the Audit 

Committee. 

VI. Summary Report of the Corporate 

Administration Committee. 

VII. Financial Report. 

VIII. Corporate Scorecard. 

IX. Chief Executive Officer’s Quarterly 

Management Report. 

X. Field Operations Presentation. 

Adjournment. 

Erica L. Hall 

Assistant Corporate Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–5225 Filed 10–18–07; 2:12 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7570–02–M 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–458] 

Entergy Operations, Inc.; Notice of 

Withdrawal of Application for 

Amendment to Facility Operating 

License 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (the Commission) has 

granted the request of Entergy 

Operations, Inc., (the licensee) to 

withdraw its September 13, 2007, 

application for a proposed amendment 

to Facility Operating License No. NPF–

47 for the River Bend Station, Unit 1, 

located in West Feliciana Parish, 

Louisiana. 

The proposed amendment would 

have revised the facility Technical 

Specifications and the operating license. 

The proposed change would have added 

a License Condition 2.C to the Facility 

Operating License NPF–47 that allows 

River Bend Station, Unit 1, Technical 

Specifications surveillance intervals to 

be extended on a one-time basis for the 

14th Fuel Cycle to account for the 

effects of a delayed refueling outage. 

The Commission had previously 

issued a Notice of Consideration of 

Issuance of Amendment published in 

the Federal Register on October 9, 2007 

(72 FR 57354). However, by letter dated 

October 3, 2007, the licensee withdrew 

the proposed change. 

For further details with respect to this 

action, see the application for 

amendment dated September 13, 2007, 

and the licensee’s letter dated October 3, 

2007, which withdrew the application 

for license amendment. Documents may 

be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at 

the NRC(s Public Document Room 

(PDR), located at One White Flint North, 

Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland. Publicly available records 

will be accessible electronically from 

the Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) Public 

Electronic Reading Room on the internet 

at the NRC Web site, http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html. Persons 

who do not have access to ADAMS or 

who encounter problems in accessing 

the documents located in ADAMS 

should contact the NRC PDR Reference 

staff by telephone at 1–800–397–4209, 

or 301–415–4737 or by e-mail to 

pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day 

of October 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Bhalchandra Vaidya, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, 

Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E7–20738 Filed 10–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 40–9027] 

Notice of Availability of Final 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact for 

Cabot Corporation Proposed 

Decommissioning Plan for Site in 

Reading, PA 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 


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