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information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

III. Public Record

A record has been established for this

action. A public version of this record,

including printed, paper versions of

electronic comments, is available for

inspection from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The public record is

maintained at the National Assessment

Governing Board, 800 North Capitol

Street NW, Suite 825, Washington DC,

20002.

Dated: January 12, 2000.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Recognition of Accrediting Agencies,

State Agencies for Approval of Public

Postsecondary Vocational Education,

and State Agencies for Approval of

Nurse Education

AGENCY: National Advisory Committee

on Institutional Quality and Integrity,

Department of Education (The Advisory

Committee).

What Is the Purpose of This Notice?

The purpose of this notice is to invite

written comments on accrediting

agencies whose applications to the

Secretary for initial or renewed

recognition will be reviewed at the

Advisory Committee meeting to be held

on May 24–26, 2000. The notice also

invites written comments on agencies

submitting interim reports that will be

reviewed at the May meeting.

Where Should I Submit My Comments?

Please submit your written comments

by March 3, 2000, to Karen

Kershenstein, Director, Accreditation

and State Liaison. You may contact her

at the U.S. Department of Education,

1990 K Street, NW, 8th Floor, Room

8131, Washington, DC 20006, telephone:

(202) 708–7417. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

What Is the Authority for the Advisory

Committee?

The National Advisory Committee on

Institutional Quality and Integrity is

established under Section 114 of the

Higher Education Act (HEA), as

amended, 20 U.S.C. 1011. One of the

purposes of the Advisory Committee is

to advise the Secretary of Education on

the recognition of accrediting agencies

and State approval agencies.

Will This Be My Only Opportunity To

Submit Written Comments?

Yes, this notice announces the only

opportunity you will have to submit

written comments. However, a

subsequent Federal Register notice will

announce the meeting and invite

individuals and/or groups to submit

requests to make oral presentations

before the Advisory Committee on the

agencies that the Committee will

review. That notice, however, does not

offer a second opportunity to submit

written comment.

What Happens to the Comments That I

Submit?

We will review your comments, in

response to this notice, as part of our

evaluation of the agencies’ compliance

with the Secretary’s Criteria for

Recognition of Accrediting Agencies.

The Criteria are regulations found in 34

CFR Part 602.

We will also include your comments

in the staff analyses that we present to

the Advisory Committee at its May 2000

meeting. Therefore, in order for us to

give full consideration to the comments

we receive, it is important that we

receive your comments on all agencies

by March 3, 2000. In all instances, your

comments about agencies seeking initial

or continued recognition must relate to

the Criteria for the Recognition. In

addition, your comments for any agency

whose interim report is scheduled for

review must relate to the issues raised

and the Criteria for Recognition in the

Secretary’s letter that requested the

interim report.

What Happens to Comments Received

After the Deadline?

We will review comments received

after the deadline as complaints. If such

comments upon investigation reveal

that the accrediting agency is not acting

in accordance with the Criteria for

Recognition, we will take action either

before or after the meeting, as

appropriate. We will notify the

commentors of the disposition of those

comments.

What Agencies Are on the Agenda for

the Meeting?

The Secretary of Education recognizes

accrediting agencies and State approval

agencies for public postsecondary

vocational education and nurse

education if he determines that they

meet the Criteria for Recognition.

Recognition means that the Secretary

considers the agency to be a reliable

authority as to the quality of education

offered by institutions or programs that

are encompassed within the scope of

recognition he grants to the agency. The

following agencies will be reviewed

during the May 2000 meeting of the

Advisory Committee:

Nationally Recognized Accrediting

Agencies

Petition for Initial Recognition

1. Midwifery Education Accreditation

Commission (Requested scope of

recognition: to accredit and preaccredit

direct-entry (non-nurse) midwifery

certificate and undergraduate and

graduate degree educational programs

and institutions).

Petitions for Renewal of Recognition

1. American Association for Marriage

and Family Therapy, Commission on

Accreditation for Marriage and Family

Therapy Education (Requested scope of

recognition: the accreditation of clinical

training programs in marriage and

family therapy at the master’s, doctoral,

and postgraduate levels. The agency

also requests that its recognition include

its preaccreditation status

[‘‘Candidacy’’])

2. American Bar Association, Council

of the Section of Legal Education and

Admissions to the Bar (Requested scope

of recognition: The accreditation of

programs in legal education that lead to

the first professional degree in law, as

well as freestanding law schools offering

such programs).

3. Accreditation Commission for

Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

(Requested scope of recognition: the

accreditation of first-professional

master’s degree and professional

master’s level certificate and diploma

programs in acupuncture and Oriental

medicine).

4. Accrediting Commission on

Education for Health Services

Administration (Requested scope of

recognition: The accreditation of

graduate programs in health services

administration).

5. American Osteopathic Association,

Bureau of Professional Education

(Requested scope of recognition: The

accreditation and preaccreditation

[’’Provisional Accreditation’’] of

freestanding institutions of osteopathic

medicine and programs leading to the

degree of Doctor of Osteopathy or

Doctor of Osteopathic medicine)

6. American Podiatric Medical

Association, Council on Podiatric

Medical Education (Requested scope of

recognition: The accreditation and

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preaccreditation [’’Candidate Status’’] of

freestanding colleges of podiatric

medicine and programs of podiatric

medicine, including first professional

programs leading to the degree of Doctor

of Podiatric Medicine)

7. National Council for Accreditation

of Teacher Education (Requested scope

of recognition: the accreditation of

professional education units providing

baccalaureate and graduate degree

programs for the preparation of teachers

and other professional personnel for

elementary and secondary schools).

8. New York State Board of Regents

(Requested scope of recognition: The

accreditation [registration] of collegiate

degree-granting programs or curricula

offered by institutions of higher

education).

Interim Reports (An interim report is

a follow-up report on an accrediting

agency’s compliance with specific

criteria for recognition that was

requested by the Secretary when the

Secretary granted renewed recognition

to the agency)—

1. American Academy for Liberal

Education

2. Association of Advanced Rabbinical

and Talmudic Schools, Accreditation

Commission

3. Accrediting Bureau of Health

Education Schools

4. American Veterinary Medical

Association, Council on Education

5. The Council on Chiropractic

Education, Commission on

Accreditaiton

6. Council on Education for Public

Health

7. National Environmental Health

Sciences and Protection Accreditation

Council

8. National League for Nursing

Accrediting Commission

State Agencies Recognized for the

Approval of Public Postsecondary

Vocational Education

Petition for Renewal of Recognition

1. Puerto Rico Human Resources and

Occupational Development Council.

Interim Report—

1. Oklahoma Department of Vocational

and Technical Education

2. Utah State Board for Applied

Technology Education

State Agencies Recognized for the

Approval of Nurse Education

Petition for Renewal of Recognition

1. Montana State Board of Nursing

Interim Report—

1. Maryland State Board of Nursing

Where Can I Inspect Petitions and

Third-Party Comments Before and After

the Meeting?

All petitions and interim reports, and

those third-party comments received in

advance of the meeting, will be

available for public inspection and

copying at the U.S. Department of

Education, 1990 K Street, NW, 8th

Floor, Room 8131, Washington, DC

20006, telephone (202) 708–7417

between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30

p.m., Monday through Friday, until May

2, 2000. They will be available again

after the May 24–26 Advisory

Committee meeting. It is preferred that

an appointment be made in advance of

such inspection or copying.

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

Greg Woods,

Chief Operating Officer, Student Financial

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–1022 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy

[FE Docket No. 93–30–NG et al]

Enron Canada Corp. (Formerly Enron

Capital & Trade Resources Canada

Corp.) et al; Orders Granting,

Amending and Vacating Authorizations

to Import and Export Natural Gas,

Including Liquefied Natural Gas

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Orders.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy

(FE) of the Department of Energy gives

notice that it has issued Orders granting,

amending and vacating natural gas,

including liquefied natural gas import

and export authorizations. These Orders

are summarized in the attached

appendix.

These Orders may be found on the FE

web site at http://www.fe.doe.gov., or

on the electronic bulletin board at (202)

586–7853. They are also available for

inspection and copying in the Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import &

Export Activities, Docket Room 3E–033,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585,

(202) 586–9478. The Docket Room is

open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on January 10,

2000.

Clifford P. Tomaszewski,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import & Export

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

Attachment

APPENDIX—ORDERS GRANTING, AMENDING AND VACATING IMPORT/EXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS

[DOE/FE Authority]

Order No. Date

issued Importer/exporter FE docket No. Importvolume

Export

volume Comments

798–C ........ 12–07–99 Enron Canada Corp. (Formerly Enron Capital & Trade Resources Canada

Corp.)93–30–NG.

.................. .................. Name change.

1547 ........... 12–07–99 Bay State Gas Company 99–97–NG .......... 40 Bcf ...... .................. Import from Canada, over a two-year term

beginning on the date of first delivery

after January 6, 2000.

1548 ........... 12–08–99 NUI Energy Brokers, Inc. 99–102–NG ........ 250 Bcf Import and export up to a combined total

from and to Canada and Mexico, over a

two-year term beginning on October 1,

1999, and extending through September

30, 2001.

1550 ........... 12–08–99 Phibro Inc. 99–98–NG ................................. 200 Bcf .... 200 Bcf .... Import from Canada, including LNG, and

export to Canada over a two-year term

beginning on January 1, 2000, and extending through December 31, 2001.