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on the comprehensive plan and the

Christina Basin TMDL; reports on the

March 31 drought management meeting

and the April 17 Water Management

Advisory Committee meeting; an update

on the DRBC Corps of Engineers

proposal for joint projects and progress

toward an agreement for storage at F.E.

Walter Reservoir; and discussions about

activities of the Northeast-Midwest

Institute, a meeting scheduled for May

19, 2000 regarding restoration of the

DRBC’s federal funding, the planned

DRBC 40th anniversary commemorative

calendar, and upcoming Commission

business meeting dates and locations.

In addition to the dockets listed

below, which are scheduled for public

hearing, the Commission will address

the following at its 1 p.m. business

meeting: Minutes of the March 7, 2000

business meeting; announcements;

report on Basin hydrologic conditions;

reports by the Executive Director and

General Counsel; and public dialogue.

The Commission also will consider

resolutions to: Extend its contract with

the Northeast-Midwest Institute;

authorize production of a 40th

anniversary calendar; and amend the

Administrative Manual: By-Laws,

Management and Personnel regarding

approved holidays.

The dockets scheduled for public

hearing are as follows:

1. Elizabethtown Water Company D–

81–17 CP RENEWAL 2. An application

for the renewal of a ground water

withdrawal project to supply up to

51.84 million gallons (mg)/30 days of

water to the applicant’s public water

supply system from Wells Nos. 1 and 2

in the Raritan aquifer. Commission

approval on September 17, 1986 was

limited to 12 years. The applicant

requests that the total withdrawal from

all wells remain limited to 51.84 mg/30

days. The project is located in West

Windsor Township, Mercer County,

New Jersey.

2. J. Carlton Wells & Sons, Inc. D–99–

34. A ground water withdrawal project

to supply a maximum of 179 mg/30

days of water from six wells in the

Columbia aquifer, for irrigation of the

applicant’s farms, located near the

Town of Milton, Sussex County,

Delaware.

3. East Whiteland Township and The

Cutler Group D–99–59 CP. A project to

construct a 0.105 million gallons per

day (mgd) lagoon wastewater treatment

system to serve the proposed 279-unit

Malvern Hunt development and other

portions of East Whiteland Township,

Chester County, Pennsylvania. The

proposed sewage treatment plant (STP)

will provide secondary treatment, and

treated effluent will be discharged to a

lagoon for application to spray fields

located off Swedesford Road across from

the STP.

4. Hatfield Quality Meats D–99–72. A

ground water withdrawal project to

supply up to 12.6 mg/30 days of water

to the applicant’s meat processing plant

from new Well No. H–12, in the

Brunswick aquifer, and to increase the

withdrawal limit from all wells to 19.9

mg/30 days. The project is located in

Hatfield Township, Montgomery County

in the Southeastern Pennsylvania

Ground Water Protected Area.

5. Delaware Park Racetrack & Slots D–

2000–2. A surface water withdrawal

project to supply up to 8.9 mg/30 days

of water for seasonal irrigation of the

applicant’s racetrack grounds located

near Stanton in New Castle County,

Delaware. The water will irrigate

approximately 26 acres of the

applicant’s track, walks and turf.

Surface water will be withdrawn from

two intakes situated just above an

existing low dam on White Clay Creek,

a tributary of the Christina River.

6. Perdue Farms, Inc. D–2000–3. A

ground water withdrawal project to

supply up to 60.48 mg/30 days of water

to the applicant’s existing poultry

processing facility from new Well No. 5,

and to retain the existing withdrawal

limit from all wells at 66 mg/30 days.

The project withdrawal is from the

Columbia aquifer and is located in the

Town of Georgetown, Sussex County,

Delaware.

7. United States Air Force—Dover Air

Force Base D–2000–5 CP. A project to

replace withdrawal from existing Wells

A and C in the applicant’s water supply

system that have become unreliable

sources of supply, with new Wells A–

2 and C–2. The applicant requests that

the total withdrawal from all other

existing wells, in combination with the

new wells, be decreased from 65 mg/30

days to 56 mg/30 days. The project

wells are located in the Cheswold and

Piney Point Aquifers in Dover, Kent

County, Delaware.

8. Stony Creek Anglers, Inc. D–2000–

7. A ground water withdrawal project to

supply up to 5.2 mg/30 days of water to

the applicant’s proposed trout nursery

from new Well No. 6 in the Stockton

Formation, and to limit the withdrawal

from all wells to 5.2 mg/30 days. The

project is located in West Norriton

Township, Montgomery County, in the

Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground

Water Protected Area.

9. Mantua Creek Generating

Company, L.P. D–2000–13. A project to

construct a nominal 800 megawatt

natural gas-fired, combined cycle

electric generating station on a 303-acre

tract immediately east of Paulsboro in

West Deptford Township, Gloucester

County, New Jersey. The applicant

proposes to distribute the electric power

via local PSE&G and Conectiv Energy

lines to the Pennsylvania-JerseyMaryland power grid. The applicant

will utilize a maximum of 8.8 mgd of

treated effluent from the Gloucester

County Utilities Authority (GCUA)

sewage treatment plant for cooling

tower makeup and steam, with

approximately 2.8 mgd to be returned to

GCUA as wastewater.

10. H. Stanford Roberts Nursery D–

2000–15. An application to supply up to

4.2 mg/30 days of water to the

applicant’s nursery irrigation system

from existing Wells Nos. 1–3 and new

Well No. 4, and to limit the combined

withdrawal from all wells to 4.2 mg/30

days. The project wells are located in

the Stockton Formation in Newtown

Township, Bucks County, in the

Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground

Water Protected Area.

Documents relating to these items

may be examined at the Commission’s

offices. Preliminary dockets are

available in single copies upon request.

Please contact Thomas L. Brand at (609)

883–9500 ext. 221 concerning docketrelated questions. Persons wishing to

testify at this hearing are requested to

register with the Secretary at (609) 883–

9500 ext. 203 prior to the hearing.

Individuals in need of an

accommodation as provided for in the

Americans With Disabilities Act who

wish to attend the hearing should

contact the Secretary, Pamela M. Bush,

directly at (609) 883–9500 ext. 203 or

through the New Jersey Relay Service at

1–800–852–7899 (TTY) to discuss how

the Commission may accommodate your

needs.

Dated: April 18, 2000.

Pamela M. Bush,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6360–01–P

EMERGENCY OIL AND GAS

GUARANTEED LOAN BOARD

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

The Emergency Oil and Gas

Guaranteed Loan Board has submitted

to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for clearance the following

proposal for collection of information

under the provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

This collection has been submitted

under the emergency Paperwork

Reduction Act procedures.

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Agency: Emergency Oil and Gas

Guaranteed Loan Board.

Title: Guarantee Agreement.

Agency Form Number: None.

OMB Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection—

Emergency Review.

Burden: 1,475 hours.

Number of Respondents: 20.

Average Hours per Response: 80.

Needs and Uses: Pursuant to ‘‘The

Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed

Loan Program Act of 1999,’’ Chapter 2,

Public Law 106–51, the Emergency Oil

and Gas Guaranteed Loan Board

developed a guarantee agreement that

must be signed by qualified oil and gas

companies that receive loan guarantees.

The information being collected will be

used and is necessary to ensure that the

applicant is meeting the conditions of

the guarantee agreement and to protect

the Federal government from default

and/or fraud. The information is also

required as supporting documentation

for annual or other audits that may be

conducted by or on behalf of the Board

or by the General Accounting Office

(GAO) for as long as the guarantee

agreement is in effect.

Affected Public: Businesses.

Frequency: Quarterly and, if

applicable, in the event of

noncompliance with terms of the

guarantee agreement.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary

but required to obtain a loan guarantee.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,

(202) 395–3897.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

Room 5027, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent to

David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10202, New Executive Office Building,

725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC

20503. A clearance has been requested

by May 12, 2000.

Dated: April 21, 2000.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–10483 Filed 4–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–BP–P

EMERGENCY STEEL GUARANTEE

LOAN BOARD

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

The Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan

Board has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This

collection has been submitted under the

emergency Paperwork Reduction Act

procedures.

Agency: Emergency Steel Guarantee

Loan Board.

Title: Guarantee Agreement.

Agency Form Number: None.

OMB Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection—

EMERGENCY REVIEW.

Burden: 1,475 hours.

Number of Respondents: 20.

Avg. Hours per Response: 80.

Needs and Uses: Pursuant to ‘‘The

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of

1999,’’ Chapter 1, Public Law 106–51,

the Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan

Board developed a guarantee agreement

that must be signed by qualified steel

companies that receive loan guarantees.

The information being collected will be

used and is necessary to ensure that the

applicant is meeting the conditions of

the guarantee agreement and to protect

the Federal government from default

and/or fraud. The information is also

required as supporting documentation

for annual or other audits that may be

conducted by or on behalf of the Board

or by the General Accounting Office

(GAO) for as long as the guarantee

agreement is in effect.

Affected Public: Businesses.

Frequency: Quarterly and, if

applicable, in the event of

noncompliance with terms of the

guarantee agreement.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary

but required to obtain a loan guarantee.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,

(202) 395–3897.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

Room 5027, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent to

David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10202, New Executive Office Building,

725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC

20503. A clearance has been requested

by May 12, 2000.

Dated: April 21, 2000.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–10484 Filed 4–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–BP–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Availability of Solicitation

AGENCY: Idaho Operations Office,

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of

Solicitation—Agriculture Industry of the

Future.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE), Idaho Operations Office

(ID), on behalf of the Office of Industrial

Technologies, is seeking applications for

innovative cost-shared research,

development and demonstration of

technologies that will enhance

economic competitiveness, reduce

energy consumption and reduce

environmental impacts in the emerging

renewable bioproducts industry. The

research must address high priority

goals in either the processing or

utilization barrier areas identified in the

‘‘Technology Roadmap for Plant/CropBased Renewable Resources 2020.’’

DATES: The deadline for receipt of

applications is 3:00 p.m. MDT June 6,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Applications should be

submitted to: Procurement Services

Division, U.S. Department of Energy,

Idaho Operations Office, Attention:

Elaine Richardson [DE–PS07–

00ID13959], 850 Energy Drive, MS 1221,

Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401–1563.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elaine Richardson, Contract Specialist,

at richarem@id.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

statutory authority for this program is

the Federal Non-Nuclear Energy

Research & Development Act of 1974

(Pub. L. 93–577). DOE anticipates

making approximately 3 to 6 awards

with total estimated DOE funding of

$400,000 to $750,000 per award per

year, each with a duration of three years

or less. Multi-partner collaborations

including National Laboratories are

encouraged. Single organization awards

will not be considered. Industrial

partners must be included, either as

primary applicants or as cost sharing

partners. This solicitation will require a

fifty per cent (50%) minimum nonfederal cost-share. National Laboratories

will not be eligible for an award under

this solicitation. However, an

application that includes performance