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in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

Department enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (5) how might the 

Department minimize the burden of this 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology.

Dated: December 7, 2004. 

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: Gaining Early Awareness and 

Readiness for Undergraduate Programs 

(GEAR UP) Application for Partnership 

Grants. 

Frequency: One-time. 

Affected Public: State, local, or tribal 

gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden:

Responses: 1,000. 

Burden Hours: 40,000. 

Abstract: The purpose of this 

information collection is to allow 

Partnerships to apply for funding under 

the Gaining Early Awareness and 

Readiness for Undergraduate Programs 

(GEAR UP) program. The information 

collected in the GEAR UP application 

package allows the Department to make 

determinations as to whether potential 

applicants are eligible for GEAR UP 

funding and to allow field readers to 

score and rank applications for the 

Department to make funding 

determinations. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov,

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 2647. 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.

[FR Doc. E4–3596 Filed 12–9–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Notice

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting agenda 

(amended). 

DATES AND TIME: Tuesday, December 14, 

2004, 10 a.m.–12 noon.

PLACE: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 1225 New York Ave., NW., 

Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005, 

(Metro Stop: Metro Center).

AGENDA: The Commission will receive 

updates and reports on the following: 

Title II Requirements Payments; Budget 

Update; EAC’s 2005 HAVA 

Implementation Action Plan including 

specific discussion on the Development 

and Establishment of Statewide Voter 

Registration Databases; Other 

Programmatic Updates and 

Administrative Matters.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566–

3100.

DeForest B. Soaries, Jr., 

Chairman, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission.

[FR Doc. 04–27247 Filed 12–8–04; 11:00 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–YN–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Agency Information Collection 

Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, intends to 

extend for three years, an information 

collection package with the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) used by 

the Department to exercise management 

oversight and control over contractors 

including management and operating 

(M&O) contractors operating DOE’s 

facilities. This information is used by 

the Department to perform management 

oversight regarding implementation of 

applicable statutory, regulatory and 

contractual requirements and 

obligations. The collection is critical to 

ensure that the Government has 

sufficient information to judge the 

degree to which contractors are meeting 

requirements, that public funds are 

spent in an efficient and effective 

manner and that fraud, waste and abuse 

are avoided. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the extended collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology.

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before February 8, 

2005. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed below 

as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to: Richard Langston, ME–61, 

Procurement Policy Analyst, Office of 

Procurement and Assistance Policy, 

Office of Procurement and Assistance 

Management, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, or by fax at 202–

287–1345 or by e-mail at 

richard.langston@hq.doe.gov and to 

Sharon Evelin, Acting Director, Records 

Management Division, IM–11/

Germantown Bldg., Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave, SW., 

Washington, DC 10585–1290, or by fax 

at 301–903–9061 or by e-mail at 

sharon.evelin@hq.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Richard Langston at the 

address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

package contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910–

4100; (2) Package Title: Procurement; (3) 

Type of Review: renewal; (4) Purpose:

This information is required by the 

Department to ensure that DOE 

contracts including management and 

operation contractors operating DOE 

facilities are managed efficiently and 

effectively and to exercise management 

oversight of DOE contractors; (5) 

Respondents: 3,811; (6) Estimated 

Number of Burden Hours: 1,086,529.

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Statutory Authority: Department of Energy 

Organization Act, Pub. L. 95–91, as amended.

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 2, 

2004. 

Sharon Evelin, 

Acting Director, Records Management 

Division, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–27143 Filed 12–9–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER98–4421–005, et al.] 

Consumers Energy Company, et al.; 

Electric Rate and Corporate Filings 

December 3, 2004. 

The following filings have been made 

with the Commission. The filings are 

listed in ascending order within each 

docket classification. 

1. Consumers Energy Company, CMS 

Energy Resource Management , 

Grayling Generating Station Limited 

Partnership, Genesee Power Station 

Limited Partnership, CMS Generation 

Michigan Power, L.L.C., Dearborn 

Industrial Generation, L.L.C. 

[Docket Nos. ER98–4421–005, ER96–2350–

025, ER96–2350–025, ER99–791–003, ER99–

806–002, ER99–3677–004, and ER01–570–

005] 

Take notice that on December 1, 2004, 

Consumers Energy Company 

(Consumers), CMS Energy Resource 

Management Company (CMS ERM), 

Grayling Generating Station Limited 

Partnership (Grayling) Genesee Power 

Station Limited Partnership (Genesee), 

CMS Generation Michigan Power, L.L.C. 

(Michigan Power), and Dearborn 

Industrial Generation, L.L.C. (DIG) 

(collectively, Applicants) tendered for 

filing their response to the Commission 

Letter Order, issued October 29, 2004. 

Applicants also state that they have 

attached replacement pages 10 and 11 of 

Appendix A, which accurately reflects 

the data presented in Exhibit 4a of their 

November 18 Filing. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

December 13, 2004. 

2. Devon Power LLC 

[Docket Nos. ER03–563–044 and EL04–102–

004] 

Take notice that on November 29, 

2004, Devon Power LLC submitted 

copies of local scarcity pricing for ISO 

New England, Inc., in compliance with 

the June 2 Order issued by the 

Commission in Docket Nos. ER03–563–

030 and EL04–102–000. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on December 20, 2004. 

3. Devon Power LLC 

[Docket Nos. ER03–563–045 and EL04–102–

005] 

Take notice that on November 29, 

2004, Devon Power, LLC submitted a 

report updating progress made in the 

siting within the New England control 

area, with particular emphasis on 

progress within Designated Congested 

Areas for ISO New England Inc., in 

compliance with the Commission’s 

order issued June 2, 2004, 107 FERC 

¶ 61,240 (2004). 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

December 20, 2004. 

4. Midwest Independent Transmission 

System Operator, Inc., Public Utilities 

With Grandfathered Agreements in the 

Midwest ISO Region 

[Docket Nos. ER04–691–011 and EL04–104–

010] 

Take notice that on December 1, 2004, 

the Midwest Independent Transmission 

System Operator, Inc. (Midwest ISO) 

submitted a compliance filing pursuant 

to the Commission’s August 6, 2004 

order, Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc., et 

al., 108 FERC ¶ 61,163 (2004). The 

compliance filing contains: (1) Tariff 

language establishing procedures for the 

Midwest ISO to correct prices in the 

event of temporary market or system 

operational problems; (2) a detailed plan 

for cutover to decentralized power 

system operations in the event of a 

failure of Day 2 market operations; (3) 

a report on the progress made toward 

achieving a trading deadline of 1100 

EST for the Day-Ahead Energy Market; 

and (4) an independently evaluated plan 

for verifying the commercial operations 

readiness of the Midwest ISO Day 2 

Energy Markets. The Midwest ISO 

requests an effective date of March 1, 

2005, for the tariff pages submitted. 

The Midwest ISO has requested 

waiver of the service requirements set 

forth in 18 CFR 385.2010. The Midwest 

ISO states that it has electronically 

served a copy of this filing, with 

attachments, upon all Midwest ISO 

Members, Member representatives of 

Transmission Owners and NonTransmission Owners, the Midwest ISO 

Advisory Committee participants, as 

well as all state commissions within the 

region. In addition, the filing has been 

electronically posted on the Midwest 

ISO’s Web site at http://

www.midwestiso.org under the heading 

‘‘Filings to FERC’’ for other interested 

parties in this matter. The Midwest ISO 

will provide hard copies to any 

interested parties upon request. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

December 17, 2004. 

5. NorthWestern Energy 

[Docket No. ER04–1231–000] 

Take notice that on November 30, 

2004, NorthWestern Corporation, doing 

business as NorthWestern Energy, 

(NorthWestern Energy) submitted the 

Generation Interconnection Agreement 

between NorthWestern Corporation and 

NorthWestern Energy, L.L.C., pursuant 

to section 205 of the Federal Power Act 

(FPA). 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

December 21, 2004. 

6. Northeast Energy Associates, A 

Limited Partnership 

[Docket No. ER05–236–001] 

Take notice that on November 30, 

2004, Northeast Energy Associates, a 

Limited Partnership (Applicant) 

submitted a supplement to the 

application for market-based rate 

authority filed on November 18, 2004. 

Applicant states that copies of the 

filing were served upon the Florida 

Public Service Commission. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

December 21, 2004. 

7. Avista Corporation 

[Docket No. ER05–271–000] 

Take notice that on November 30, 

2004, Avista Corporation, (Avista Corp) 

submitted for filing a Non-conforming 

Long Term Service Agreement Between 

Avista Corporation and Public Utility 

District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County 

Under Avista Corp’s FERC Electric 

Tariff Volume No. 9 and Avista Corp’s 

FERC Electric Tariff Volume No. 10, 

Rate Schedule 318, with Public Utility 

District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County for 

Dynamic Capacity and Energy Service 

and Operating Reserves at cost-based 

rates under Avista Corporation’s FERC 

Electric Tariff Volume No. 10 and 

Generation Exchange Service under 

Avista Corporation’s FERC Electric 

Tariff First Revised Volume No. 9. 

Avista Corp requests an effective date of 

December 1, 2004. 

Avista Corp states that copies of the 

filing were served upon the Public 

Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille 

County. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

December 21, 2004. 

8. New England Power Company 

[Docket No. ER05–280–000] 

Take notice that on December 1, 2004, 

New England Power Company (NEP) 

submitted for filing: (1) A Large 

Generator Interconnection Agreement 

between NEP, ISO–NE England, Inc.