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award those contracts on the basis of

‘‘best value’’ rather than ‘‘lowest price’’

partly in order to encourage this more

expensive, but less intrusive method of

transportation. Specific transportation

plans will be presented to the City of

Coronado subsequent to contractor

selection.

• Free passenger ferry service exists

now between downtown San Diego and

NAS North Island. Additional service to

the north side of San Diego Bay is on

track to begin in July 1996. A new pier

will be constructed and a parking lot

designated at the Antisubmarine

Training Center in San Diego Harbor’s

West Basin. Initial service will include

a 100-space parking lot, to be expanded

to 300 spaces as passenger volume

increases. Shuttle service from the

North Island ferry terminal to work sites

on base is already in place.

• Park and Ride sites at Imperial

Beach and NAS Miramar are also being

negotiated. Key here is identification of

sites which are convenient to users.

Other actions have been implemented to

complement this measure, including

prime parking spaces reserved for car

pools, institution of van pools,

guaranteed rides home for car and van

pool riders as well as discounted mass

transit fares.

Comments were also received

expressing concern that the FEIS did not

adequately address cumulative impacts

associated with future replacement of

North Island’s two remaining

conventionally powered aircraft carriers

and other BRAC related actions. Chapter

Six of the FEIS addressed cumulative

impacts in quantitative detail, when

practiable, for past, present and future

projects at North Island and in the San

Diego area.

Future Navy projects will be the

subject of independent NEPA analysis.

The cumulative impacts of past and

present projects coupled with the CVN

homeporting projects have not been

determined to be significant.

Mitigation

The following mitigation measures

will be employed to ensure

minimization of environmental impacts

associated with dredging and disposal

operations: (1) Compliance with the

permit conditions established by the

COE, the California Regional Water

Quality Control Board, and the

California Coastal Commission which

regulate dredging operations and define

dredge sediment disposal locations; (2)

adherence to the ‘‘no barge overflow’’

requirement; (3) adherence to a dredge

and disposal monitoring plan for testing

and evaluation of water quality

parameters, selected chemical

contaminants and measures of turbidity

in the water column; (4) use of precision

navigational equipment at both the

dredging and disposal sites; and (5)

placement of all dredged material

suitable for beach nourishment

nearshore for the protection of severely

eroded beaches or a combination of

nearshore and onshore disposal as

previously described.

Traffic and socioeconomic impacts

associated with the proposed CVN

homeporting at NASNI are not

significant in context because there have

historically been three conventionally

powered aircraft carriers (CVs)

homeported at NASNI. A CVN has a

personnel complement of approximately

102 personnel more than that of a CV.

The depot-level maintenance facilities

would increase personnel complement

to an average of 750 personnel for a sixmonth maintenance availability period

every 24 months. However, comparing

the full-buildout year of 1999 with the

baseline year of 1992 indicates there

will be an overall decrease of 330

personnel.

Construction of the 13.4 acre bay fill

area will result in the elimination of

13.4 acres of intertidal and shallow

water subtidal habitat, including 3.9

acres of eelgrass located in the

nearshore area. Mitigation will include

the creation of 14 acres of new bay

bottom, establishment of 8 acres of

eelgrass and the creation of fish

enhancement structures in the tidal

area. Additionally compensation will

include the relocation of burrowing

owls from the mitigation area to other

areas and the placement of clean sand

from the mitigation site at two areas on

NASNI to enhance habitat for the

California least tern and Western snowy

plover. Placement of the clean sand will

not occur during the California least

tern or the Western snowy plover

nesting season. Further compensation

for the plant species Nuttall’s lotus and

coast wooly-head at the mitigation site

includes the removal and relocation of

the top 6 inches of soil containing seeds

from these plants, to another location,

free from disturbance at NASNI. Impacts

to nesting great blue herons, snowy

egrets, and black-crowned night herons

at the new maintenance facility site will

be compensated by establishing

replacement habitat at a site where there

would be fewer long-term impacts by

NASNI activities.

Questions regarding the Final

Environmental Impact Statement

prepared for this action may be directed

to Mr. Robert Hexom, Environmental

Planning, Southwest Division, Naval

Facilities Engineering Command, 1220

Pacific Highway, San Diego, California

92132, telephone (619) 532–3761; fax

(619) 532–3824.

Dated: December 13, 1995.

Duncan Holaday,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy,

(Installations and Facilities).

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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AGENCY: National Assessment

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ACTION: Notice of Information Collection

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that

the National Assessment Governing

Board (NAGB) will submit an

Information Collection Request (ICR) to

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for approval. The ICR is: NAEP

Consumer Survey Research Study of the

Achievement Levels for the U.S. History

NAEP and the Geography NAEP.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

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ADDRESSES: Written comments should

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Testing, 2201 N. Dodge Street, Iowa

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic

copies of this ICR can be obtained from

the contact person listed above.

I. Information Collection Request

NAGB is seeking comments on the

following Information Collection

Request (ICR).

Title: NAEP Consumer Survey

Research Study of the Achievement

Levels for the U.S. History NAEP and

the Georgraphy NAEP.

Affected Entities: Parties affected by

this information collection are persons

included in a broadly representative

sample including persons identified as

nominators of achievement levelssetting (ALS) panelists for pilot studies

and ALS, as well as samples of

subscribers to the Smithsonian

magazine (for U.S. History) and The

National Geographic for georgraphy.

Abstract: The purpose of this

information collection activity is to

gather information for NAGB regarding

the achievement levels set for the 1994

NAEP in U.S. History and in

Georgraphy. In particular, Congress has

deemed that the achievement levels

must be shown to be reasonable, valid,

and informative to the public. This

survey is designed to collect responses

from individuals who are likely to have

some interest in the ALS process

(having been invited in 1994 to

nominate individuals to serve as

panelists for the ALS process) and

individuals who are likely to have some

interest in the subjects for which

achievement levels have been

developed.

A report has been developed in the

form of a newspaper (The NAEP

Reporter) to provide respondents

information about the NAEP, and about

the achievement levels. The

‘‘newspaper’’ report was developed as a

means of providing information in a

format that would be interesting to the

respondent. Unlike actual newspaper

articles that have reported on the

recently-released results of the NAEP,

this account does not judge the

outcomes regarding student

performances. That is, this report is

objective and neither applauds nor

decries the performance of students on

the NAEP. A brief questionnaire elicits

responses to questions regarding the

usefulness and informativeness of the

achievement levels for reporting NAEP

results. The survey is printed on a

postage-paid, self-mailer card.

No third party notification or public

disclosure burden is associated with

this collection.

Burden Statement: The estimated

total respondent burden is 924 hours,

and the average burden per respondent

is .44 hours. This is a one-time survey.

Individuals included in the survey will

not be contacted for follow-up

comments.

No small businesses nor other small

entities are included in the survey.

II. Request for Comments

NAGB solicits comments to:

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is an

appropriate method to determine the

usefulness and informativeness of the

achievement levels to the public.

(ii) Enhance the accuracy, quality, and

utility of the information to be collected.

(iii) Evaluate whether the design of

this survey maximizes the response rate,

i.e. the number of persons who will

respond, given the desire to have the

sample be broadly representative of

persons with some interest in the

educational progress of K–12 students

and in the general content of the

disciplines of geography and U.S.

history.

Records are kept of all public

comments 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 AM to 5:00 PM.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

[FR Doc. 95–30899 Filed 12–19–95; 8:45 am]

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Desegregation of Public EducationDesegregation Assistance Center

(DAC) Program; Notice Inviting

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal

Year (FY) 1996

Purpose of Program: Provides grants

to operate regional DACs to enable them

to provide technical assistance and

training, at the request of school boards

and other responsible governmental

agencies, on issues related to race, sex,

and national origin desegregation.

Eligible Applicants: A public agency

(other than a State educational agency

or a school board) or private, nonprofit

organization.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: February 2, 1996.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: April 2, 1996.

Applications Available: December 20,

1995.

Available Funds: The Congress has

not yet enacted a fiscal year 1996

appropriation for the Department of

Education. The Department is

publishing this notice in order to give

potential applicants adequate time to

prepare applications. The estimates

below of the amount of funds that will

be available for grants under this

program are based in part on the

President’s 1996 budget request, in part

on the level of funding available in

fiscal year 1995, and in part on

Congressional action to date.

Potential applicants should note,

however, that the Congress is

considering proposals to eliminate or

reduce funding in 1996 for many of the

discretionary grant programs

administered by the Department. Final

action on the 1996 appropriation may

require the Department to cancel some

of the competitions or to revise upward

or downward the amount of funds

estimated to be available for particular

competitions.

Estimated Range of Awards:

$400,000–$900,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$650,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 10.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 85

and 86; except that 34 CFR 75.232 does

not apply to grants under 34 CFR Part

272; and (b) the regulations for this

program in 34 CFR Parts 270 and 272.

For Applications or Information

Contact: Adell S. Washington, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Portals,

Suite 4500, Washington, D.C. 20202–

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Individuals who use a

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Monday through Friday.

Information about the Department’s

funding opportunities, including copies

of application notices for discretionary

grant competitions, can be viewed on

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