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the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Public Law 104–13, (44 U.S.C. Chapter

35)). Copies of these individual ICRs,

with applicable supporting

documentation, may be obtained by

calling the Corporation, Tracy Stone,

Director, AmeriCorps Promise Fellows,

(202) 606–5000, extension 173.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TTY–TDD) may call (202) 565–2799

between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern

time, Monday through Friday.

Comments should be sent to the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the

Corporation for National and

Community Service, Office of

Information and Regultory Affairs

(OIRA), Room 10235, Washington, D.C.

20503, (202) 395–6466, within 30 days

from the date of this publication in the

Federal Register.

The OMB is particularly interested in

comments which:

• Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the Corporation, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

• Evaluate 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;

• Propose ways to enhance the

quality, utility and clarity of the

information to be collected; and

• Propose ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology, e.g., permitting electronic

submissions of responses.

Description: The AmeriCorps Promise

Fellows program supports a leadership

cadre of AmeriCorps members

spearheading community efforts to

provide young people with five basic

promises:

• Caring adults in their lives as

parents, mentors, tutors, and coaches;

• Safe places with structured

activities in which to learn and grow;

• A healthy start;

• An effective education that equips

them with marketable skills; and

• An opportunity to give back to

communities through their own service.

The AmeriCorps Promise Fellows

Continuation Application Instructions

provide the requirements, instructions

and forms that current grantees of the

program need to complete an

application to the Corporation for

continued funding.

The Corporation seeks public

comment on the forms, the instructions

for the forms, and the instructions for

the narrative portion of these

continuation application instructions.

Type of Review: New collection.

Agency: Corporation for National and

Community Service.

Title: AmeriCorps Promise Fellows

Continuation Application Instructions.

OMB Number: None.

Agency Number: None.

Affected Public: Entities in their first

or second year of operation as grantees

of the Corporation’s AmeriCorps

Promise Fellows program.

Total Respondents: 66.

Frequency: Once per year.

Average Time Per Response: 25 hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,650

hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

None.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): None.

Dated: June 6, 2000.

Tracy Stone,

Director, AmeriCorps Promise Fellows.

[FR Doc. 00–14695 Filed 6–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6050–28–U

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection requests as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before August

11, 2000.

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,

Regulatory Information Management,

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.

The Department of Education is

especially interested in public comment

addressing the following issues: (1) Is

this collection necessary to the proper

functions of the Department; (2) will

this information be processed and used

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: June 6, 2000.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of the Undersecretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Assessing Literacy Models in

the Boston Public Schools.

Frequency: Semi-Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; Individuals or households.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 873; Burden Hours:

2,055.

Abstract: Funding has been granted to

carry out an evaluation of four literacy

models currently implemented in the

Boston Public Schools. The purpose of

the evaluation will be to gather

information about the strengths and

weaknesses of these models across all

domains of literacy and for all types of

students. The data collected from

sixteen schools and approximately 800

students over a two-year period will

inform practice in the school district

and nationwide through dissemination

in professional publications.

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, D.C.

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov or

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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 Jacqueline Montague at

(202) 708–5359 or via her internet

address Jackie_Montague@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. 00–14735 Filed 6–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Dockets No. EA–181–A and EA–182–A]

Application to Export Electric Energy;

H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.) Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Application.

SUMMARY: Under two separate

applications, H.Q. Energy Services

(U.S.) Inc. (HQUS) has applied for

renewal of its authority to transmit

electric energy from the United States to

Mexico and from the United States to

Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the

Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before July 12, 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:

Steven Mintz (Program Office) 202–586-

9506 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 July 16, 1998, the Office of Fossil

Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy

(DOE) authorized HQUS to transmit

electric energy from the United States to

Mexico using the international electric

transmission facilities of San Diego Gas

and Electric Company, El Paso Electric

Company, Central Power and Light

Company, and Comision Federal de

Electricidad, the national utility of

Mexico. That two-year authorization

(Order EA–181) will expire on July 16,

2000.

On August 21, 1998, FE authorized

HQUS to transmit electric energy from

the United States to Canada using the

international electric transmission

facilities owned by Basin Electric Power

Cooperative, Bonneville Power

Administration, Citizens Utilities,

Detroit Edison Company, Eastern Maine

Electric Cooperative, Fraser Paper

Limited, Joint Owners of the Highgate

Project, Long Sault, Inc., Maine Electric

Power Company, Maine Public Service

Company, Minnesota Power, Inc.,

Minnkota Power Cooperative, New York

Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk

Power Corporation, Northern States

Power, Vermont Electric Transmission

Company and Washington Water Power.

That two-year authorization (Order EA–

182) will expire on August 21, 2000.

On May 16, 2000, HQUS filed two

applications with FE for renewal of both

of the above export authorizations and

requested that the authorization for each

be issued for a 5-year term.

DOE notes that the circumstances

described in these applications are

virtually identical to those for which

export authority had previously been

granted in FE Order EA–181 and FE

Order EA–182. 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–181 and FE Docket EA–182

proceedings.

Procedural Matters

Any person desiring to become a

party to this proceeding or to be heard

by filing comments or protests to these

applications 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 HQUS application

to export electric energy to Mexico

should be clearly marked with Docket

EA–181–A. Comments on the HQUS

application to export electric energy to

Canada should be clearly marked with

Docket EA–182–A. Additional copies

are to be filed directly with Pierre F. de

Ravel d’Esclapon, H. Liza Moses,

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae,

L.L.P., 125 West 55th Street, New York,

New York 10019–5389.

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, D.C., on June 6,

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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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–2299–000]

Consumers Energy Company; Notice

of Issuance of Order

June 6, 2000.

Consumers Energy Company

(Consumers Energy) submitted for filing

a rate schedule under which Consumers

Energy will engage in wholesale electric

power and energy transactions as a

marketer. Consumers Energy also

requested waiver of various Commission

regulations. In particular, Consumers

Energy requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liability

by Consumers Energy.

On June 1, 2000, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by Consumers Energy should

file a motion to intervene or protest with

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426, in accordance

with Rules 211 and 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, Consumers Energy is

authorized to issue securities and

assume obligations or liabilities as a

guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issuance or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of

Consumers Energy, and compatible with

the public interest, and is reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.