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ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a

forthcoming meeting of the National

Advisory Panel on the Education of

Handicapped Dependents. This notice

describes the functions of the Panel.

Notice of this meeting is required under

the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

DATES: June 5–7, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Bavarian Arms Hotel,

Nuernberg, Germany.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Rebecca Posante, Special Education

Coordinator, ODE, (703) 696–4493,

extension 147.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Advisory Panel on the

Education of Handicapped Dependents

is established under the Individuals

with Disabilities Education Act, as

amended, (20 U.S.C., 1400 et seq.); the

Defense Dependents’ Education Act of

1978, as amended (20 U.S.C. 927(c));

and DoD Instruction 1342.12, 32 CFR

Part 57. The Panel: (1) Reviews

information regarding improvements in

services provided to students with

disabilities in DoDDS; (2) receives and

considers the views of various parents,

students, individuals with disabilities,

and professional groups; (3) review the

finding of fact and decision of each

impartial due process hearing; (4) assists

in developing and reporting such

information and evaluations as may aid

DoDDS in the performance of its duties;

(5) makes recommendations based on

program and operational information for

changes in the budget, organization, and

general management of the special

education program, and in policy and

procedure; (6) comments publicly on

rules or standards regarding the

education of children with disabilities;

(7) submits an annual report of its

activities and suggestions to the

Director, DoDDS, by July 31 of each

year. The Panel will review the

following areas: the DoDDS strategic

plan, the comprehensive system of

personnel development, and the

organizational structure of the special

education program. This meeting is

open to the public; however, due to

space constraints, anyone wishing to

attend should contact the ODE special

education coordinator, Dr. Rebecca

Posante, no later than May 31.

Dated: April 14, 1995.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 95–9647 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

Department of the Army

Corps of Engineers

Availability of a Draft Environmental

Impact Statement for Kennecott Utah

Copper Corporation’s Proposed North

Expansion Tailings Modernization

Project in Salt Lake County, UT

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Sacramento District, Utah

Field Office of the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers (Corps) has prepared a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

for the Kennecott Utah Copper

Corporation (Kennecott) proposed North

Expansion Tailings Modernization

Project (Project) in Salt Lake County,

Utah. The proposed Project provides

tailings storage capacity required for the

next 25 to 30 years of Kennecott’s

operation. The DEIS is available for

public review and comment at the Salt

Lake City Library, Main Branch, 209

East 500 South and the Salt Lake County

Library System, Magna Branch, 8339

West 3500 South. Copies for

distribution are available from Mr.

Michael A. Schwinn, Project Manager,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Sacramento District, Utah Field Office,

1403 South 600 West, Suite A,

Bountiful, Utah 84010.

DATES: A public hearing will be held at

6:00 p.m. on May 31, 1995 at the Main

Auditorium, Utah Department of

Natural Resources, 1636 West North

Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah for

all interested parties to comment on the

DEIS. The 60-day comment period ends

June 27, 1995.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the DEIS

or to submit written comments on the

DEIS, contact Mr. Michael A. Schwinn,

Project Manager, U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, Sacramento District, Utah

Field Office, 1403 South 600 West, Suite

A, Bountiful, Utah 84010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct requests for a copy of the DEIS or

questions to Mr. Michael A. Schwinn,

Project Manager, (801) 295–8380.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Kennecott

is proposing to expand its existing

tailings impoundment by approximately

3500 acres. The proposed Project site of

4325 acres is directly to the north and

northwest of the existing tailings

impoundment. Kennecott has identified

two primary needs for the proposed

Project. First, as the existing tailings

impoundment is nearing its operational

capacity, Kennecott requires

approximately 1.9 billion tons of storage

capacity to support mining and

concentrating operations for the next 25

to 30 years. Since only approximately

0.3 to 0.4 billion tons of this material

will be stored in the existing

impoundment, additional capacity is

required. The second need is for a

seismic upgrade to the existing tailings

impoundment. As more information has

recently become available regarding the

seismic nature of the Salt Lake Valley,

Kennecott has identified a need to

upgrade the existing facility.

Accordingly, the proposed action

includes various engineering measures

to upgrade the existing facility in the

event of a large earthquake.

The proposed Project would provide

approximately 3500 acres of additional

tailings storage area. Approximately 1.6

billion tons of tailings would be stored

in the proposed impoundment with an

ultimate height of approximately 250

feet. Site preparation activities would

include relocation of the Union Pacific

Railroad mainline tracks, relocation of

the C–7 Ditch, relocation of utility lines,

the construction of a new bridge on

Highway 202 over the relocated railroad

lines, and modification of the Interstate

80 on and off ramps at the intersection

with Highway 202.

Since the proposed action affects

jurisdictional waters of the United

States, Kennecott submitted a Clean

Water Act Section 404 Permit

Application to the Corps on June 10,

1994. The Corps determined that an EIS

was required prior to making a permit

decision.

The Corps published a notice of intent

to prepare a DEIS for the proposed

action on August 19, 1994 in the

Federal Register. A public scoping

meeting was held on September 19,

1994 and the written comment period

remained open until November 7, 1994.

Issues raised by interested agencies and

parties are addressed in the DEIS. The

Corps is coordinating the DEIS with the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and

other Federal, state, and local agencies,

as well as other interested parties.

Twelve alternatives are identified and

analyzed in accordance with the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

section 404(b)(1) guidelines for their

technical, logistic, and economic

practicability in the DEIS. The North

Expansion West, the North Expansion

East, and the No Action alternatives are

carried forward for complete analysis in

the DEIS.

The DEIS has been prepared in

compliance with the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the

Corps implementing procedures in 33

CFR 230, the Council for Environmental

Quality regulations for implementing
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NEPA in 40 CFR 1500, and U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

404(b)(1) guidelines in 40 CFR 230.

The DEIS was filed with the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency for

publication of its availability for public

review and comment. Comments

received on the DEIS will be considered

in developing the Final Environmental

Impact Statement (FEIS). The FEIS is

anticipated to be available in August,

1995.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–9582 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–GH–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket No. EA–103]

Application to Export Electricity; North

American Energy Conservation, Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: North American Energy

Conservation, Inc. (NAEC)has requested

authorization to export electric energy

to Canada. NAEC is a marketer of

electric energy. It does not own or

control any electric generation or

transmission facilities.

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before June 5, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Electricity (FE–52), Office of Fuels

Programs, Fossil Energy, U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell (Program Office), 202–

586–9624 or Michael T. Skinker

(Program Attorney), 202–586–6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

On March 20, 1995, NAEC filed an

application with the Office of Fossil

Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy

(DOE) for authorization to export

electric energy to Canada pursuant to

section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

NAEC neither owns nor controls any

facilities for the transmission or

distribution of electricity, nor does it

have a franchised retail service area.

Rather, NAEC is a power marketer

authorized by the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC) to

engage in the wholesale sale of

electricity in interstate commence at

negotiated rates pursuant to its filed rate

schedule.

The application asserts that NAEC’s

suppliers and/or customers have been

utilities in the New England Power

Pool, the New York Power Pool, the

Pennsylvania New Jersey

Interconnection, and utilities in the

eastern provinces of Canada. NAEC

claims that, although it holds title to the

electricity it sells, actual power flows

are coordinated by the operators of the

utilities supplying, transmitting, and

purchasing NAEC’s power.

NAEC proposes to use the following

cross border transmission facilities for

which Presidential permits have been

issued:

Presidential permit holder Permit No. Voltage Location

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp ........................................................................... PP–31 230 kV Devil’s Hole, NY.

New York Power Authority ................................................................................ PP–30 230 kV Devil’s Hole, NY.

PP–74 345 kV Niagara Falls, NY.

PP–56 765 kV Fort Covington, NY.

PP–25 230 kV Massena, NY.

Long Sault ......................................................................................................... PP–24 115 kV Massena, NY.

Joint Owners of Highgate .................................................................................. PP–82 345 kV Highgate, VT.

Vermont Electric Trans. Co ............................................................................... PP–76 450 kV DC Norton, VT.

345 kV Sandy Pond to Millbury #3.

345 kV Millbury #3 to West Medway.

Maine Electric Power Co ................................................................................... PP–43 345 kV Houlton, ME.

NAEC requests that FE: (1) Authorize

it to export electric energy to Canada

utilizing the transmission facilities

identified above, without limitation as

to amount or timing of the electricity

exported, for a period of time no less

than the term of the transmission

contracts under which NAEC purchases

transmission services for such exports;

(2) authorize it to commence exports of

electric energy utilizing non-firm

transmission services immediately upon

providing copies of the FERC

transmission tariffs under which NAEC

purchases such transmission services;

(3) authorize it to commence exports of

electric energy utilizing firm

transmission service within 30 days of

providing copies of the FERC

transmission tariffs under which NAEC

purchases such transmission services;

and (4) waive the following regulatory

requirements:

(a) Section 205.301 that requires

export applications be filed six months

in advance of initiation of a proposed

export;

(b) Section 205.302(f) that requires a

description of the transmission facilities

through which the electric energy will

be delivered;

(c) Section 205.302(g) that requires a

technical discussion of the proposed

electricity export’s reliability, fuel use,

and system stability impact on the

applicant’s present and prospective

electric power supply system;

(d) Section 205.303(a) that requires a

copy of the transmission agreement;

(e) Section 205.303(c) that requires

maps showing the applicant’s overall

electric system, as well as detailed

maps;

(f) Section 205.303(f) that requires an

explanation of the operating procedures

to be used to inform neighboring electric

utilities in the U.S. of the available

capacity and energy which may be in

excess of the applicant’s requirements

before delivery of such capacity to the

foreign purchaser, and

(g) Section 205.308 that requires an

export authorization recipient to file,

among other documentation, annual

reports of international transactions in

addition to the information it is required

to file with the FERC.

Procedural Matters

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this application should file a

petition to intervene or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Rules

of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.211, 385.214).

Any such petitions and protests

should be filed with the DOE on or

before the date listed above. Additional

copies of such petitions to intervene or

protests also should be filed directly