24460 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 81 / Wednesday, April 26, 2000 / Notices

mailed to the internet address

DWERFEL@OMB.EOP.GOV.

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 Group, 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: April 20, 2000.

William Burrow,

Leader, Information Management Group,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: New.

Title: First and Second Year Annual

Progress Reports for the European

Community/U.S. Joint Consortia

Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 20; Burden Hours:

400.

Abstract: First and Second Year

Annual Progress Report Forms: The

forms will enable staff to collect

information that will promote better

program management and allow for

better communications among U.S. and

European partner institutions. These

forms provide the formats for a webbased collection of information from the

annual reports.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

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

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW, Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. 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 (202)

708–9266 or via his internet 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

[Docket No. EA–179–A]

Application To Export Electric Energy;

California Power Exchange

Corporation

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: California Power Exchange

Corporation (CaLPX) has applied for

renewal of its authority to transmit

electric energy from the United States to

Mexico pursuant to section 202(e) of the

Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before May 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Power Im/Ex (FE–27), Office of Fossil

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202–

287–5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rosalind Carter (Program Office) 202–

586–7983 or Michael Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–2793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)

(16 U.S.C. 824a(e)).

On May 29, 1998, the Office of Fossil

Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy

(DOE) authorized CaLPX to transmit

electric energy from the United States to

Mexico using the international electric

transmission facilities of San Diego Gas

and Electric Company. That two-year

authorization will expire on May 29,

2000. On March 29, 2000, CaLPX filed

an application with FE for renewal of

this export authority and requested that

the order be issued for a 5-year term.

DOE notes that the circumstances

described in this application are

virtually identical to those for which

export authority had previously been

granted in FE Order EA–179.

Consequently, DOE believes that it has

adequately satisfied its responsibilities

under the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969 through the

documentation of a categorical

exclusion in the FE Docket EA–179

proceeding.

Procedural Matters

Any person desiring to become a

party to this proceeding or to be heard

by filing comments or protests to this

application should file a petition to

intervene, comment or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the

FERC’s Rules of Practice and Procedures

(18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen

copies of each petition and protest

should be filed with the DOE on or

before the date listed above.

Comments on the CaLPX application

to export electric energy to Mexico

should be clearly marked with Docket

#EA–179–A. Additional copies are to be

filed directly with Scott Rasmussen,

General Counsel, California Power

Exchange Corp., 200 South Robles

Avenue, Suite 400, Pasadena, CA 91101

and Edwin F. Feo, Esq., Milbank,

Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, 601

South Figueroa, Suite 3000, Los

Angeles, CA 90017.

Copies of this application will be

made available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying at the address

provided above or by accessing the

Fossil Energy Home Page at http://

www.fe.doe.gov. Upon reaching the

Fossil Energy Home page, select

‘‘Electricity’’, then ‘‘Pending

Proceedings’’ from the options menus.

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 20,

2000.

Anthony J. Como,

Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation,

Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex, Office of Coal

& Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.

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