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2. North Dakota Board of Nursing. 

Where Can I Inspect Petitions and 

Third-Party Comments Before and After 

the Meeting? 

All petitions and those third-party 

comments received in advance of the 

meeting, will be available for public 

inspection and copying at the U.S. 

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MS 8509, 1990 K Street, NW., 

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219–7011 between the hours of 8 a.m. 

and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

until May 17, 2004. They will be 

available again after the June 10–11 

Advisory Committee meeting. An 

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Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2.

Dated: January 30, 2004. 

Sally L. Stroup, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education.

[FR Doc. 04–2533 Filed 2–4–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Golden Field Office; Development and 

Maintenance of Testing Standards for 

Solar Energy Systems

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Issuance of Funding 

Opportunity Announcement DE–PS36–

04GO94005. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is announcing its 

intention to seek applications for 

financial assistance for development 

and maintenance of standards for testing 

solar thermal energy systems. Through a 

single financial assistance award 

(Cooperative Agreement), DOE intends 

to provide financial support to advance 

the widespread application of solar 

energy technologies. Applications are 

sought from organizations, or teams of 

organizations, that are experienced in 

the development and maintenance of 

testing regimes, certification of results 

and performance, and the establishment 

of relevant performance standards, 

particularly concerned with thermal 

efficiency.

DATES: The Funding Opportunity 

Announcement will be issued January 

26, 2004.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the 

announcement, interested parties 

should access the DOE Golden Field 

Office Home Page at http://

www.go.doe.gov/funding.html, click on 

the word ‘‘access.’’ The link will open 

the Industry Interactive Procurement 

System (IIPS) Web site and provide 

instructions on using IIPS. The 

announcement can also be obtained 

directly through IIPS at http://ecenter.doe.gov by browsing 

opportunities by Contract Activity, for 

those announcements issued by the 

Golden Field Office. DOE will not issue 

paper copies of the announcement. 

IIPS provides the medium for 

disseminating announcements, 

receiving financial assistance 

applications, and evaluating the 

applications in a paperless 

environment. The application may be 

submitted in the Industry Interactive 

Procurement System (IIPS) by the 

applicant or a designated representative 

that receives authorization from the 

applicant; however, the application 

documentation must reflect the name 

and title of the representative 

authorized to enter the applicant into a 

legally binding contract or agreement. 

The applicant or the designated 

representative must first register in IIPS, 

entering their first name and last name, 

then entering the company name/

address of the applicant. 

For questions regarding the operation 

of IIPS, contact the IIPS Help Desk at 

IIPS_HelpDesk@e-center.doe.gov or at 

(800) 683–0751.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth 

H. Dwyer, DOE Golden Field Office, 

1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 

80401–3393 or via facsimile to (303) 

275–4788, or electronically to 

beth.dwyer@go.doe.gov.

Issued in Golden, Colorado, on January 26, 

2004. 

Jerry L. Zimmer, 

Director, Office of Acquisition and Financial 

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 04–2399 Filed 2–4–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP04–52–000] 

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission 

Company; Notice of Request Under 

Blanket Authorization 

January 29, 2004. 

Take notice that on January 14, 2004, 

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission 

Company (CEGT), 1111 Louisiana 

Street, Houston, Texas 77002–5231, 

filed in Docket No. CP04–52–000, a 

request pursuant to sections 157.205 

and 157.216 of the Commission’s 

regulations under the Natural Gas Act 

(18 CFR 157.205 and 157.216) for 

authorization to abandon certain 

facilities in the State of Texas, under 

CEGT’s blanket certificate issued in 

Docket Nos. CP82–384–000 and 001 

pursuant to section 7(C) of the Natural 

Gas Act, all as more fully described in 

the request. 

Copies of this request are on file with 

the Commission and are available for 

public inspection. This 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 tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. 

CEGT proposes to abandon, by sale 

and transfer, certain above-ground 

facilities that are currently a part of 

various CEGT delivery point facilities in 

the State of Texas as described more 

fully in the request. CEGT further 

proposes to sell and transfer these 

facilities to CenterPoint Energy Entex 

(Entex), a distribution division of 

CenterPoint Energy, Incorporated, at the 

estimated net book value, of $23,025.96. 

CEGT states that no services would be 

abandoned as a result of the proposed 

sale and transfer. Entex, it is said, would 

own and operate these facilities as part 

of its distribution system. 

Any person or the Commission’s Staff 

may, within 45 days after the issuance 

of the instant notice by the Commission, 

file pursuant to rule 214 of the