35334 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 107 / Friday, June 2, 2000 / Notices

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information

Management Group, Office of the Chief

Information Officer invites comments

on the submission for OMB review as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before July 3,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW, Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

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: May 26, 2000.

William Burrow,

Leader, Information Management Group,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: The Program for North

American Mobility in Higher Education.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 20.

Burden Hours: 400.

Abstract: The Program for North

American Mobility In Higher Education

is a competition grant program which

supports institutional cooperation and

student exchange among the countries

of the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.

Funding supports the participation of

U.S. institutions and students in

trilateral consortia of institutions of

higher education. Funding will be

multi-year, with projects lasting up to

four years.

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 EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.235K]

Special Demonstration Programs;

Notice Inviting Applications for New

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000

Purpose of Program: To provide

financial assistance to support projects

or programs that expand and improve

the provision of rehabilitation and other

services for individuals with

disabilities, including technical

assistance that meets the needs of

underserved populations.

Eligible Applicants: State vocational

rehabilitation agencies; community

rehabilitation programs; Indian tribes or

tribal organizations; and public or

nonprofit agencies or organizations,

including institutions of higher

education.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: August 1, 2000.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: September 30, 2000.

Applications Available: June 2, 2000.

Available Funds: $500,000.

Estimated Range of Award: $400,000

to $500,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 1.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 60 months. The

Assistant Secretary believes that a

period of at least 36 months is necessary

to accomplish the project objectives.

The Assistant Secretary will assess,

during the third year of the project

period, whether there is a continuing

need for the project and whether to

provide funding beyond 36 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,

85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.

Priority

Background

According to section 21 of the

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended

(Act), Native Americans have a rate of

work-related disability that is about one

and one-half times that of the general

population. Patterns of inequitable

treatment of minorities, including

Native Americans, have been

documented at all stages of the

vocational rehabilitation process.

Priority

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and

section 303(b)(4)(C) and (5)(B)(vi) of the

Act, the Assistant Secretary gives an

absolute preference to applications that

meet the following priority. The

Assistant Secretary funds only an

application that meets this absolute

priority.

A project must create a National

Technical Assistance Center that would

provide technical assistance to tribes

and tribal agencies, State vocational

rehabilitation agencies, and other

service agencies to increase employment

opportunities and vocational outcomes

for Native Americans with disabilities.

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Allowable Activities

Activities that may be supported

under this competition include, but are

not limited to—

• Assisting tribes and other agencies

to conduct market analyses and

providing information on selfemployment and business ownership

for Native Americans with disabilities;

• Providing culturally relevant

training to tribes on the provisions of

the Americans with Disabilities Act;

• Identifying solutions related to the

lack of infrastructure when developing

employment opportunities for Native

Americans with disabilities;

• Assisting tribes and other agencies

to better understand other issues

affecting Native Americans with

disabilities, including, but not limited

to—housing, transportation, current

legislative initiatives such as the

Workforce Investment Act and the

Workforce Investment Improvement

Act, the Individuals with Disabilities

Education Act, Disability and Business

Technical Assistance Centers, and

relevant higher education initiatives,

coordination of services available

through the Bureau of Indian Affairs

and the Indian Health Service, longterm care, independent living, and

assistive technology.

Selection Criteria: In evaluating an

application for a new grant under this

competition, the Secretary uses

selection criteria chosen from the

general selection criteria in 34 CFR

75.210 of EDGAR. The selection criteria

to be used for this competition will be

provided in the application package for

this competition.

For Applications Contact: Education

Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box

1398, Jessup, MD 20794–1398.

Telephone (toll free): 1–877–433–7827.

FAX: (301) 470–1244. If you use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD), you may call (toll free): 1–877–

576–7734. You may also contact ED

Pubs via its Web site (http://

www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html) or its

E-mail address (ed pubs@inet.ed.gov). If

you request an application from ED

Pubs, be sure to identify this

competition as follows: CFDA number

84.235K.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternate format by contacting the

Grants and Contracts Services Team,

U.S. Department of Education, 400

Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3317,

Switzer Building, Washington, DC

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 205–

8351. If you use a telecommunications

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call

the Federal Information Relay Services

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. However,

the Department is not able to reproduce

in an alternate format the standard

forms included in the application

package.

For Further Information Contact:

Thomas E. Finch, U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,

room 3314, Switzer Building,

Washington, DC. 20202–2650.

Telephone: (202) 205–8292. If you use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD), you may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternate

format (e.g., Braille, large print,

audiotape, or computer diskette) on

request to the contact persons listed in

the preceding paragraph.

Electronic Access to This Document

You may view this document, as well

as all other Department of Education

documents published in the Federal

Register, in text or Adobe Portable

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet

at either of the following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.html

http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the PDF you must have the

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is

available free at either of the previous

sites. If you have questions about using

the PDF, call the U.S. Government

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–

888–293–6498; or in the Washington,

DC, area at (202) 512–1530.

Note: The official version of this document

is the document published in the Federal

Register. Free Internet access to the official

edition of the Federal Register and the Code

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO

Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/

index.html

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 773(b).

Dated: May 26, 2000.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–298–000]

Kern River Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

May 26, 2000.

Take notice that on May 24, 2000,

Kern River Gas Transmission Company

(Kern River) tendered for filing as part

of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised

Volume No. 1, the following tariff

sheets:

Pro Forma Sheet No. 5

Pro Forma Sheet No. 6

First Revised Sheet No. 15

First Revised Sheet No. 71

First Revised Sheet No. 171

Original Sheet No. 186

Sheet Nos. 187–299 (Reserved)

Original Sheet Nos. 423–426

Sheet Nos. 427–499 (Reserved)

First Revised Sheet No. 501

First Revised Sheet No. 601

First Revised Sheet No. 701

First Revised Sheet No. 901

Kern River states that the purpose of

this filing is to establish provisions in

Kern River’s tariff that will enable Kern

River to offer transportation service

under its existing firm rate schedules

using different rate options that

coincide with the length of contract

terms and investment recovery periods

underlying the capacity commitments of

different groups of shippers. These

proposed extended-term rates will be

available under certain conditions to

any firm shipper that extends the term

of an existing transportation service

agreement.

Kern River states that a copy of this

filing has been served upon Kern River’s

customers and interested state

regulatory commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. Protests will

be considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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