61810 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 203 / Thursday, October 21, 2004 / Notices 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information 

Management Case Services Team, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer invites comments on the 

submission for OMB review as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 22, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Carolyn Lovett, Desk Officer, 

Department of Education, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Room 10235, 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, 

Information Management Case Services 

Team, 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: October 15, 2004. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Leader, Information Management Case 

Services Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Group, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: Reinstatement. 

Title: Student Support Services 

Annual Performance Report. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden:

Responses: 936. 

Burden Hours: 5,616. 

Abstract: Student Support Services 

Program grantees must submit the report 

annually. The reports are used to 

evaluate grantees’ performance, and to 

award prior experience points at the end 

of each project (budget) period. The 

Department also aggregates the data to 

provide descriptive information on the 

projects and to analyze the impact of the 

Student Support Services Program on 

the academic progress of participating 

students. 

Requests for copies of the submission 

for OMB review; comment request may 

be accessed from http://

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 2599. 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 202–245–6621. 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration 

American Statistical Association 

Committee on Energy Statistics

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the American Statistical 

Association Committee on Energy 

Statistics, a utilized Federal Advisory 

Committee. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Public Law 92–463, 86 

Stat. 770) requires that public notice of 

these meetings be announced in the 

Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, October 28, 2004, 8:30 

a.m.–4:55 p.m.; Friday, October 29, 

2004, 8:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, 

Room 8E–089, 1000 Independence Ave., 

SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

William I. Weinig, EI–70, Committee 

Liaison, Energy Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Telephone: 

(202) 287–1709. Alternately, Mr. Weinig 

may be contacted by e-mail at 

william.weinig@eia.doe.gov or by fax at 

(202) 287–1705. 

Purpose of the Committee: To advise 

the Department of Energy, Energy 

Information Administration (EIA), on 

EIA technical statistical issues and to 

enable the EIA to benefit from the 

Committee’s experience concerning 

other energy-related statistical matters. 

Tentative Agenda 

Thursday, October 28, 2004 

A. Opening Remarks by the ASA 

Committee Chair, the EIA 

Administrator and the Director, 

Statistics and Methods Group, EIA. 

Room 8E–089 

B. Major Topics (Room 8E–089 unless 

otherwise noted) 

1. Evaluation of Impact of Cognitive 

Testing 

2. Update on Applying ListServ 

Sampling to Evaluate EIA’s 

Analytical Products (5E–069) 

3. Assessing EIA Frames, including 

Progress on Frames Evaluations 

Being Conducted by the Census 

Bureau for EIA, and Lessons 

Learned from EIA Project on Frames 

Evaluation: MECS and the Refinery 

Surveys 

4. The EIA Short-Term Regional 

Electricity Model: Capabilities and 

Data Requirements Issues in ShortTerm Modeling (5E–069) 

5. Invitation for Public Questions and 

Comments 

6. Natural Gas Production, Frames, 

Samples and Estimation 

7. Methods for Assessing NEMS 

Solution Data for Interpretive and 

Diagnostic Purposes (5E–069) 

8. External Evaluations of Survey 

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Programs 

9. Evaluations of Forecasting Models 

(5E–069) 

10. How the ASA Energy Committee 

Might Help in Program Evaluation 

under PART? 

11. Invitation for Public Questions 

and Comments 

Friday, October 29, 2004 

C. Major Topics 

1. Data Analysis on the EIA–826/906 

2. Post-Stratification Methodology for 

the 2002 Manufacturing Energy 

Consumption Survey (MECS) 

3. Time Series Edits for the Electric 

Power EIA–920 (5E–069) 

4. If (EIA’s budget really looked grim 

and) You Were King? 

5. Invitation for Public Questions and 

Comments 

D. Closing Remarks by the ASA 

Committee Chair.

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. 

The Chair of the Committee is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Written statements 

may be filed with the committee either 

before or after the meeting. If there are 

any questions, please contact Mr. 

William I. Weinig, EIA Committee 

Liaison, at the address or telephone 

number listed above. This notice is 

being published less than 15 days before 

the date of the meeting due to 

programmatic issues that had to be 

resolved prior to publication. 

A Meeting Summary and Transcript 

will subsequently be available through 

Mr. Weinig who may be contacted at 

(202) 287–1709 or by e-mail at 

william.weinig@eia.doe.gov.

Issued at Washington, DC on October 18, 

2004. 

Rachel M. Samuel, 

Deputy Advisory Committee, Management 

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP05–3–000] 

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission 

Company; Notice of Application 

October 14, 2004. 

Take notice that on October 6, 2004, 

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission 

Company (CenterPoint), 1111 Louisiana 

Street, Houston, Texas 77002–5231, 

filed in the above referenced docket 

pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural 

Gas Act (NGA), and part 157 of the 

Commission’s regulations for an order 

granting a certificate of public 

convenience to construct, own and 

operate mainline compression facilities 

and appurtenances located in 

Oklahoma, all as more fully set forth in 

the application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing may also be 

viewed on the Web at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

Specifically, CenterPoint proposes to 

construct, own, and operate 28,265 

horsepower of new mainline 

compression by installing one 

compressor units and appurtenant 

facilities at each of its new Hinton and 

Allen Compressor Stations located on 

CenterPoint’s Line AD in Caddo and 

Hughes counties, respectively, 

Oklahoma and one additional 

compressor unit and appurtenant 

facilities at its Amber Compressor 

Station located on CenterPoint’s Line 

AD in Grady County, Oklahoma. 

CenterPoint states that this additional 

compression will serve to increase Line 

AD capacity by 112,900 Dth per day to 

receive Rocky Mountain gas supplies for 

transportation west to east across 

CenterPoint’s system. Total construction 

costs are estimated to be approximately 

$31.9 million. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to 

Lawrence O. Thomas, Director, Rates & 

Regulatory, CenterPoint Energy Gas 

Transmission Company, P.O. Box 

21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151, or 

call (318) 429–2804. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date, 

file with the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of the Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations 

under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A 

person obtaining party status will be 

placed on the service list maintained by 

the Secretary of the Commission and 

will receive copies of all documents 

filed by the applicant and by all other 

parties. A party must submit 14 copies 

of filings made with the Commission 

and must mail a copy to the applicant 

and to every other party in the 

proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project, or in support of or in opposition 

to this project, should submit an 

original and two copies of their 

comments to the Secretary of the 

Commission. Environmental 

commenters will be placed on the 

Commission’s environmental mailing 

list, will receive copies of the 

environmental documents, and will be 

notified of meetings associated with the 

Commission’s environmental review 

process. Environmental commenters 

will not be required to serve copies of 

filed documents on all other parties. 

The Commission’s rules require that 

persons filing comments in opposition 

to the project provide copies of their 

protests only to the applicant. However, 

the non-party commenters will not 

receive copies of all documents filed by 

other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests, 

and interventions via the Internet in lieu 

of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site (http://

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

November 4, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP96–200–131] 

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission 

Company; Notice of Negotiated Rates 

October 13, 2004. 

Take notice that on September 29, 

2004, CenterPoint Energy Gas 

Transmission Company (CEGT) 

tendered for filing as part of its FERC 

Gas Tariff, Sixth Revised Volume No. 1, 

the following tariff sheets to be effective 

October 1, 2004:

First Revised Sheet No. 828,