Sunshine Act Notice, 53352-53353 [05-17944]

Download as PDF 53352 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 173 / Thursday, September 8, 2005 / Notices Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal law, or substantially interfere with any agency’s ability to perform its statutory obligations. The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer, publishes that notice containing proposed information collection requests prior to submission of these requests to OMB. Each proposed information collection, grouped by office, contains the following: (1) Type of review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4) Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information; (5) Respondents and frequency of collection; and (6) Reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment. Dated: September 1, 2005. Angela C. Arrington, Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer. Office of Postsecondary Education Type of Review: Reinstatement. Title: Application for Grants under the Talent Search Program. Frequency: Once every four years. 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When you access the information collection, click on ‘‘Download Attachments ‘‘ to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be electronically mailed to the Internet address OCIO_RIMG@ed.gov or faxed to 202–245–6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be directed to Joseph Schubart at his e-mail address Joe.Schubart@ed.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 8339. due to security requirements, advance registration is required. Registration information will be available at https:// vote.nist.gov. SUMMARY: The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the ‘‘Development Committee’’ has scheduled a plenary meeting for September 29, 2005. The Development Committee was established to act in the public interest to assist the Executive Director of the Election Assistance Commission in the development of the voluntary voting system guidelines. The Development Committee held four previous meetings on July 9, 2004; January 18 and 19, 2005; March 9, 2005; and April 20 and 21, 2005. The proceedings of these meetings are available for public review at http// vote.nist.gov/ PublicHearingsandMeetings.html. On May 9, 2005, the Development Committee delivered initial recommendations for voluntary voting system guidelines to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC). The purpose of this fifth meeting of the Development Committee will be to review and approve a work plan for future voluntary voting system guidelines recommendations to the EAC. The work plan responds to tasks defined in resolutions passed at Technical Guideline Development Committee meetings. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the ‘‘Development Committee’’) has scheduled a plenary meeting for September 29, 2005. The Committee was established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 15361, to act in the public interest to assist the Executive Director of the Election Assistance Commission in the development of the voluntary voting system guidelines. The Technical Guidelines Development Committee [FR Doc. 05–17787 Filed 9–7–05; 8:45 am] held its first plenary meeting on July 9, BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 2004. At this meeting, the Development Committee agreed to a resolution ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION forming three working groups: (1) Human Factors & Privacy; (2) Security & Transparency; and (3) Core Sunshine Act Notice Requirements & Testing to gather AGENCY: United States Election information and public input on Assistance Commission. relevant issues. The information ACTION: Notice of public meeting for the gathered by the working groups was Technical Guidelines Development analyzed at the second meeting of the Committee. Development Committee January 18 and 19, 2005. Resolutions were adopted by DATE AND TIME: Thursday, September 29, the Development Committee at the 2005, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. January plenary session. The resolutions PLACE: National Institute of Standards defined technical work tasks for NIST and Technology, 325 Broadway, that would assist the Development Boulder, Colorado 80305–3328. Committee in developing STATUS: This meeting will be open to the recommendations for voluntary voting system guidelines. At the March 9, 2005 public. There is no fee to attend, but, PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM 08SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 173 / Thursday, September 8, 2005 / Notices meeting, NIST scientists presented preliminary reports on technical work tasks defined by resolutions adopted at the January plenary meeting and one additional resolution was adopted by the Development Committee. The Development Committee approved with edits initial recommendations for voluntary voting system guidelines at the April 20 and 21, 2005 meeting. The document, Voluntary Voting System Guidelines Version 1: Initial Report was submitted by the Development Committee to the EAC as required by HAVA on May 9, 2005. The EAC is currently accepting public comment on proposed voluntary voting system guidelines through September 30, 2005. Proposed guidelines and public comment procedures are available at https://www.eac.gov. CONTACT INFORMATION: Allan Eustis, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8900, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8900, phone 301–975–5099. Written comments concerning the Development Committee’s operations should be addressed to the contact person indicated above, or to voting@nist.gov. Thomas R. Wilkey, Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance Commission. [FR Doc. 05–17944 Filed 9–6–05; 2:50 pm] BILLING CODE 6820–KF–M DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Notice of Availability of a Supplement Analysis for Transportation, Storage, Characterization, and Disposal of Transuranic Waste Currently Stored at the Battelle West Jefferson Site Near Columbus, OH Department of Energy. Notice of availability of a Supplement Analysis. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: DOE has prepared a Supplement Analysis (SA) pursuant to DOE regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) at 10 CFR 1021.314. The SA addresses DOE’s proposal to ship approximately 37 cubic meters (1,307 cubic feet [ft3]) of transuranic (TRU) waste from the Battelle Columbus Laboratory West Jefferson site near Columbus, Ohio, to the Savannah River Site (SRS), a DOE site near Aiken, South Carolina, or to Waste Control Specialists, LLC (WCS), a commercial facility in Andrews, Texas. The waste was generated as part of the cleanup of the West Jefferson site and consists of approximately 12 cubic meters of Contact Handled (CH) TRU waste and VerDate Aug<18>2005 15:25 Sep 07, 2005 Jkt 205001 approximately 25 cubic meters of Remote Handled (RH) TRU waste. For purposes of analysis, DOE assumed that at SRS, the CH–TRU waste would be characterized and transported to WIPP for disposal, and the RH–TRU waste would be stored for up to 5 years; at WCS, the CH–TRU and RH–TRU waste would be stored for up to 5 years. The waste would be maintained in a safe, secure manner until it can be processed and disposed of at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, NM. The Battelle West Jefferson facility is privately owned; however, as part of the closeout of its nuclear materials research contract, DOE is assisting in the remediation of the site. Contract terms specify that all radioactive waste generated during the facility cleanup is ‘‘DOE-owned’’ for the purposes of disposal. The TRU waste must be shipped off-site by December 31, 2005, as Battelle’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) license will expire at that time. In the final Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (WM PEIS, DOE/EIS–0200, May 1997), DOE analyzed the potential environmental impacts of the management (treatment and storage) of TRU waste at DOE sites. The Record of Decision for the Department of Energy’s Waste Management Program: Treatment and Storage of Transuranic Waste (63 FR 3629 (1998)) (TRU Waste ROD) documented DOE’s decision that, except for the Sandia National Laboratory, which would ship its waste to Los Alamos National Laboratory, each DOE site that generated or will generate TRU waste will prepare and store its TRU waste on the site until it can be disposed of at WIPP. DOE noted that in the future, it may decide to ship TRU waste from sites where it may be impractical to prepare the waste for disposal to sites where DOE has or will have the necessary capability. The sites that could receive such shipments of TRU waste are the Idaho National Laboratory near Idaho Falls, Idaho; the Oak Ridge Reservation, near Oak Ridge, Tennessee; SRS; and the Hanford site, near Richland, Washington. Based on the SA, DOE has determined that a supplement to the WM PEIS or a new EIS is not needed. DOE plans to issue an amended Record of Decision (ROD) under the Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (WM PEIS) for this waste no sooner than 30 days from the publication of this Notice. DATES: DOE will consider all public comments on this matter submitted by October 11, 2005 before issuing a ROD. PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 53353 Comments should be directed to: Mr. Harold Johnson, Carlsbad Field Office, U.S. Department of Energy, 4021 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, NM 88220, Telephone: 505–234–7349, E-mail: harold.johnson@wipp.ws. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the Supplement Analysis for Transportation, Storage, Characterization, and Disposal of Transuranic Waste Currently Stored at the Battelle West Jefferson Site near Columbus, Ohio (DOE/EIS–0200–SA– 02) will be available on DOE’s Office of Environmental Management Web site at: https://www.em.doe.gov and on DOE’s NEPA Web site at https:// www.eh.doe.gov/nepa/whatsnew/html. To request printed copies of this document, please write or call: The Center for Environmental Management Information, P.O. Box 23769, Washington, DC 20026–3769, Telephone: 1–800–736–3282 (in Washington, DC: 202–863–5084). For further information regarding the storage characterization, and disposal of Battelle West Jefferson TRU waste, contact: Mr. Harold Johnson, Carlsbad Field Office, U.S. Department of Energy, 4021 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, NM 88220, Telephone: 505–234–7349. For further information on the DOE program for the management of TRU waste, contact: Ms. Lynne Smith, WIPP Office EM–13, Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy, 19001 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874, Telephone: 301–903–6828. 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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 173 (Thursday, September 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53352-53353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17944]


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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Notice

AGENCY: United States Election Assistance Commission.

ACTION:  Notice of public meeting for the Technical Guidelines 
Development Committee.

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DATE AND TIME: Thursday, September 29, 2005, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

PLACE: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, 
Boulder, Colorado 80305-3328.

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the public. There is no fee to 
attend, but, due to security requirements, advance registration is 
required. Registration information will be available at https://
vote.nist.gov.

SUMMARY: The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the 
``Development Committee'' has scheduled a plenary meeting for September 
29, 2005. The Development Committee was established to act in the 
public interest to assist the Executive Director of the Election 
Assistance Commission in the development of the voluntary voting system 
guidelines. The Development Committee held four previous meetings on 
July 9, 2004; January 18 and 19, 2005; March 9, 2005; and April 20 and 
21, 2005. The proceedings of these meetings are available for public 
review at http//vote.nist.gov/PublicHearingsandMeetings.html. On May 9, 
2005, the Development Committee delivered initial recommendations for 
voluntary voting system guidelines to the Election Assistance 
Commission (EAC). The purpose of this fifth meeting of the Development 
Committee will be to review and approve a work plan for future 
voluntary voting system guidelines recommendations to the EAC. The work 
plan responds to tasks defined in resolutions passed at Technical 
Guideline Development Committee meetings.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Technical Guidelines Development 
Committee (the ``Development Committee'') has scheduled a plenary 
meeting for September 29, 2005. The Committee was established pursuant 
to 42 U.S.C. 15361, to act in the public interest to assist the 
Executive Director of the Election Assistance Commission in the 
development of the voluntary voting system guidelines. The Technical 
Guidelines Development Committee held its first plenary meeting on July 
9, 2004. At this meeting, the Development Committee agreed to a 
resolution forming three working groups: (1) Human Factors & Privacy; 
(2) Security & Transparency; and (3) Core Requirements & Testing to 
gather information and public input on relevant issues. The information 
gathered by the working groups was analyzed at the second meeting of 
the Development Committee January 18 and 19, 2005. Resolutions were 
adopted by the Development Committee at the January plenary session. 
The resolutions defined technical work tasks for NIST that would assist 
the Development Committee in developing recommendations for voluntary 
voting system guidelines. At the March 9, 2005

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meeting, NIST scientists presented preliminary reports on technical 
work tasks defined by resolutions adopted at the January plenary 
meeting and one additional resolution was adopted by the Development 
Committee. The Development Committee approved with edits initial 
recommendations for voluntary voting system guidelines at the April 20 
and 21, 2005 meeting. The document, Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 
Version 1: Initial Report was submitted by the Development Committee to 
the EAC as required by HAVA on May 9, 2005. The EAC is currently 
accepting public comment on proposed voluntary voting system guidelines 
through September 30, 2005. Proposed guidelines and public comment 
procedures are available at https://www.eac.gov.

CONTACT INFORMATION: Allan Eustis, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8900, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8900, phone 301-975-5099. Written comments 
concerning the Development Committee's operations should be addressed 
to the contact person indicated above, or to voting@nist.gov.

Thomas R. Wilkey,
Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-17944 Filed 9-6-05; 2:50 pm]
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