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13 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

submissions should refer to file number

SR–CHX–00–17 and should be

submitted by July 10, 2000.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.13

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–15346 Filed 6–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Reporting

Requirements Submitted for OMB

Review.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35), agencies are required to

submit proposed reporting and

recordkeeping requirements to OMB for

review and approval, and to publish a

notice in the Federal Register notifying

the public that the agency has made

such a submission.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

July 19, 2000. If you intend to comment

but cannot prepare comments promptly,

please advise the OMB Reviewer and

the Agency Clearance Officer before the

deadline.

COPIES: Request for clearance (OMB 83–

1), supporting statement, and other

documents submitted to OMB for

review may be obtained from the

Agency Clearance Officer.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments

concerning this notice to: Agency

Clearance Officer, Jacqueline White,

Small Business Administration, 409 3rd

Street, S.W., 5th Floor, Washington,

D.C. 20416; and OMB Reviewer, Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

D.C. 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jacqueline White, Agency Clearance

Officer, (202) 205–7044.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Survey of Job Creation and

Retention in the DELTA Program.

No.: 1989.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Description of Respondents: Small

firms that receive a SBA DELTA Loan.

Annual Responses: 35.

Annual Burden: 8.25.

Jacqueline White,

Chief, Administrative Information Branch.

[FR Doc. 00–15419 Filed 6–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Economic Injury Disaster

#9H52]

State of New York

Albany County and the contiguous

counties of Columbia, Greene,

Schoharie, Schenectady, Saratoga, and

Rensselaer in the State of New York

constitute an economic injury disaster

loan area due to an embankment failure

(landslide) that occurred on May 16,

2000 in the Town of Bethlehem, as a

result of heavy rainfall. Eligible small

businesses and small agricultural

cooperatives without credit available

elsewhere may file applications for

economic injury assistance as a result of

this disaster until the close of business

on March 9, 2001 at the address listed

below or other locally announced

locations: U.S. Small Business

Administration, Disaster Area 1 Office,

360 Rainbow Blvd, South, 3rd Floor,

Niagara Falls, NY 14303.

The interest rate for eligible small

businesses and small agricultural

cooperatives is 4 percent.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 59002)

Dated: June 9, 2000.

Kris Swedin,

Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 00–15423 Filed 6–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #3263]

State of Tennessee

Cheatham County and the contiguous

counties of Davidson, Dickson,

Montgomery, Robertson, and

Williamson in the State of Tennessee

constitute a disaster area due to

damages caused by severe

thunderstorms, tornadoes, and heavy

rains that occurred May 23–31, 2000.

Applications for loans for physical

damage as a result of this disaster may

be filed until the close of business on

August 11, 2000 and for economic

injury until the close of business on

March 12, 2001 at the address listed

below or other locally announced

locations: U.S. Small Business

Administration, Disaster Area 2 Office,

One Baltimore Place, Suite 300, Atlanta,

GA 30308.

The interest rates are:

Percent

For Physical Damage:

HOMEOWNERS WITH CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE ......................................................................................................... 7.375

HOMEOWNERS WITHOUT CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE .................................................................................................. 3.687

BUSINESSES WITH CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE ............................................................................................................. 8.000

BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE ...................................... 4.000

OTHERS (INCLUDING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS) WITH CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE ....................................... 6.750

For Economic Injury:

BUSINESSES AND SMALL AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES WITHOUT CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE D4.000%.

The numbers assigned to this disaster

are 326306 for physical damage and

9H5300 for economic injury.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: June 12, 2000.

Aida Alvarez,

Administrator.

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BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3337]

Bureau for International Narcotics and

Law Enforcement Affairs; International

Demand Reduction Program (IDR)

AGENCY: Office of Europe, NIS, and

Training; Bureau for International

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Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs,

State.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: State Department’s Bureau for

International Narcotics and Law

Enforcement Affairs (INL) developed the

International Demand Reduction

program (IDR) in 1978 to assist foreign

countries to mobilize public and private

sectors in effective support of national

narcotic control policies and programs.

The program was enhanced in 1990 to

assist foreign countries with the

development of self-sustaining

prevention, education, and treatment

programs. The goal of the program is to

enhance foreign political determination

to combat illegal drug abuse and

convince governments to dedicate

sufficient resources to effectively fight

this problem.

The IDR program has been modified

to include the participation of nonFederal agencies (e.g., universities,

nonprofit organizations) in the

development of national, regional, and

international networks of public/private

sector organizations to strengthen

international cooperation and actions

against the drug trade. This component

of the IDR program has a timeframe of

2000–2003.

DATES: Strict deadlines for submission

to the FY 2000 process are: A full

proposal must be received at INL no

later than Friday, July 28. Letters of

intent will not be required. We

anticipate that review of full proposals

will occur during August 2000 and

funding should begin during September

of 2000 for most approved projects.

September 25, 2000 should be used as

the proposed start date on proposals,

unless otherwise directed by a program

manager. Applicants should be notified

of their status within 6 months of

submission deadline. All proposals

must be submitted in accordance with

guidelines below. Failure to heed these

guidelines may result in proposals being

returned without review.

ADDRESSES: Proposals may be submitted

to: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of

International Narcotics and Law

Enforcement Affairs, Navy Hill South,

2430 E Street NW., Washington, DC

20520, Attn: Linda Gower.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Gower at above address, TEL:

202–776–8774, FAX: 202–776–8775, or

Thom Browne at above address, TEL:

202–736–4662, FAX: 202–647–6962.

Once the RFA deadline has passed,

DOS staff may not discuss competition

in any way with applicants until the

proposal review process has been

completed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Funding Availability

This Program Announcement is for

one project to be conducted by agencies/

programs outside the Federal

government, over a period of up to three

years. Actual funding levels will depend

upon availability of funds. Current

plans are for up to a total of $1,600,000

per year for one-three years to be

available for one new IDR award. The

funding instrument for this award will

be a grant or a cooperative agreement.

Funding for non-U.S. institutions and

contractual arrangements for services

and products for delivery to INL are not

available under this announcement.

Matching share, though encouraged, is

not required by this program.

Program Authority

Authority: Section 635(b) of the Foreign

Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.

Program Objectives

The goal of the IDR program is to

enhance foreign political determination

to combat illegal drug abuse and

convince governments to dedicate

sufficient resources to effectively fight

this problem.

The program objectives of the IDR

program are: (1) Strengthen the ability of

host nations to conduct more effective

demand reduction efforts on their own;

(2) encourage drug producing and

transit countries to invest resources in

drug awareness, demand reduction, and

training to build public support and

political will for implementing

counternarcotics programs; (3) improve

coordination of, and cooperation in,

international drug awareness and

demand reduction issues involving the

U.S., donor countries and international

organizations; and (4) utilize

accomplishments in the international

program to benefit U.S. demand

reduction services at home.

Program Priorities

The FY 2000 IDR Program

Announcement invites international

demand reduction coalition

development proposals for the following

priority:

(1) Development of a Western

Hemisphere (Canada, United States,

Mexico, Caribbean, Central and South

America) coalition of public/private

sector demand reduction organizations.

For the purpose of this

announcement, the development of a

Western Hemisphere demand reduction

coalition should include the

establishment of a U.S.-based secretariat

(site proposed by applicant), a regional

office in Latin America (site proposed

by applicant), an internet/web site

system to link coalition members, a

Board of Directors meeting to develop

the organization’s constitution and bylaws, three regional-level meetings per

year in countries throughout the

hemisphere (locations identified by

applicant and INL after grant award),

one national-level meeting per year in

each participating country (estimated at

20 participating countries), the

establishment of a model communitybased prevention program in Latin

America for network participants to

emulate, and a drug prevention

technical assistance component for

member organizations that includes

consultations on establishing nationallevel coalitions of drug prevention

programs, developing media-based antidrug messages, and maintaining drugfree communities.

Any grant applicants who will be

working with counterpart demand

reduction programs to develop the

proposed coalitions and model program

may sub-grant or sub-contract services

to assist in fulfilling program objectives.

Eligibility

Eligibility is limited to non-Federal

agencies and organizations. Applicants

are urged to seek collaboration with

counterpart demand reduction programs

either in the U.S. or overseas.

Experience of project staff in developing

demand reduction coalitions in

international settings is mandatory.

Universities and non-profit

organizations are included among

entities eligible for funding under this

announcement. Direct funding for nonU.S. institutions is not available under

this announcement.

Evaluation Criteria

Consideration for financial assistance

will be given to those proposals which

address Program Priorities identified

above and meet the following evaluation

criteria:

(1) Relevance (15%): Importance and

relevance to the goal and objectives of

the IDR program identified above.

(2) Methodology (20%): Adequacy of

the proposed approach and activities,

including development of appropriate

procedures for establishing demand

reduction coalitions in international

settings; development of adequate

communications strategies between

demand reduction programs and

coalitions; planning and organizing

international meetings; project

milestones, and final products.

(3) Readiness (25%): Relevant history

and experience in developing and/or

supporting international demand

reduction coalitions and meetings, in

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addition to previous experience in

providing technical assistance in the

area of international drug prevention,

strength of proposed project team, past

performance record of applicants.

(4) Linkages (25%): Connections to

existing demand reduction

organizations/programs and coalitions

throughout the western hemisphere.

(5) Costs (15%): Adequacy/efficiency

of the proposed resources; appropriate

share of total available resources;

applicants offering cost sharing will

receive points.

Selection Procedures

All proposals will be evaluated and

ranked in accordance with the assigned

weights of the above evaluation criteria

by independent peer panel review

composed of INL and other Federal USG

agency experts. The panel’s

recommendations and evaluations will

be considered by the program managers

in final selections. Those ranked by the

panel and program managers as not

recommended for funding will not be

given further consideration and will be

notified of non-selection. For the

proposals rated for possible funding, the

program managers will: (a) Ascertain

which proposals meet the objectives and

fit the criteria posted; (b) select the

proposal to be funded; (c) determine the

total duration of funding for the

proposal; and (d) determine the amount

of funds available for the proposal.

Unsatisfactory performance by a

recipient under prior

Federal awards may result in an

application not being considered for

funding.

Proposal Submission

The guidelines for proposal

preparation provided below are

mandatory. Failure to heed these

guidelines may result in proposals being

returned without review.

(a) Full Proposals

(1) Proposals submitted to INL must

include the original and three unbound

copies of the proposal. (2) Program

descriptions must be limited to 20 pages

(numbered), not including budget,

personal vitae, letters of support and all

appendices, and should be limited to

funding requests for one to three years

duration. Federally mandated forms are

not included within the page count. (3)

Proposals should be sent to INL at the

above address. (4) Facsimile

transmissions of full proposals will not

be accepted

(b) Required Elements

(1) Signed title page: The title page

should be signed by the Project Director

(PD) and the institutional representative

and should clearly indicate which

project area is being addressed. The PD

and institutional representative should

be identified by full name, title,

organization, telephone number and

address. The total amount of Federal

funds being requested should be listed

for each budget period.

(2) Abstract: An abstract must be

included and should contain an

introduction of the problem, rationale

and a brief summary of work to be

completed. The abstract should appear

as a separate page, headed with the

proposal title, institution(s) name,

investigator(s), total proposed cost and

budget period.

(3) Prior demand reduction coalition

building and drug prevention technical

assistance experience: A summary of

prior demand reduction coalition

building and drug prevention technical

assistance experience (especially those

conducted in foreign countries) should

be described, including coalition

building and technical assistance

activities related to program priorities

identified above. Reference to each prior

coalition building/technical assistance

award should include the title, agency,

award number, period of award and

total award. The section should be a

brief summary and should not exceed

two pages total.

(4) Statement of work: The proposed

project must be completely described,

including identification of the problem,

project objectives, proposed coalition

building/technical assistance

methodology, relevance to the goal and

objectives of the IDR program, and the

program priorities listed above. A yearby-year summary of proposed work

must be included clearly indicating that

each year’s proposed work is severable

and can easily be separated into annual

increments of meaningful work. The

statement of work, including figures and

other visual materials, must not exceed

20 pages of length.

(5) Budget: Applicants must submit a

Standard form 424 (4–92) ‘‘Application

for Federal Assistance,’’ including a

detailed budget using the Standard

Form 424a (4–92), ‘‘Budget

Information—Non-Construction

Programs.’’ The proposal must include

total and annual budgets corresponding

with the descriptions provided in the

statement of work.

Additional text to justify expenses

should be included (i.e., salaries and

benefits by each proposed staff person;

direct costs such as travel (airfare, per

diem, miscellaneous travel Indicate if

indirect rates are DCAA or other Federal

agency approved or proposed rates and

provide a copy of the current rate

agreement. In addition, furnish the same

level of information regarding subgrantee costs, if applicable, and submit

a copy of your most recent A–110 audit

report.

(6) Vitae: Abbreviated curriculum

vitae are sought with each proposal.

Vitae for each project staff person

should not exceed three pages in length.

(c) Other Requirements

Primary Applicant Certification: All

primary applicants must submit a

completed Form CD–511, ‘‘Certification

Regarding Debarment, Suspension and

Other Responsibility Matters; Drug-Free

Workplace Requirements and

Lobbying.’’ Applicants are also hereby

notified of the following:

1. Non procurement Debarment and

Suspension: Prospective participants (as

defined at 15 CFR part 26, section 105)

are subject to 15 CFR part 26, ‘‘Nonprocurement Debarment and

Suspension,’’ and the related section of

the certification form prescribed above

applies;

2. Drug Free Workplace: Grantees (as

defined at 15 CFR part 26, section 605)

are subject to 15 CFR Part 26, Subpart

F, ‘‘Government wide Requirements for

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)’’ and the

related section of the certification form

prescribed above applies;

3. Anti-Lobbying: Persons (as defined

at 15 CFR Part 28, section 105) are

subject to the lobbying provisions of 31

U.S.C. 1352, ‘‘Limitation on use of

appropriated funds to influence certain

Federal contracting and financial

transactions,’’ and the lobbying section

of the certification form prescribed

above applies to applications/bids for

grants of more than $100,000; and

4. Anti-Lobbying Disclosures: Any

applicant that has paid or will pay for

lobbying using any funds must submit

SF-LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of Lobbying

Activities,’’ as required under 15 CFR

part 28, appendix B.

Lower Tier Certifications

(1) Recipients must require

applicants/bidders for sub-grants or

lower tier covered transactions at any

tier under the award to submit, if

applicable, a completed Form CD–512,

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary

Exclusion—Lower Tier Covered

Transactions and Lobbying’’ and

disclosure Form SF-LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of

Lobbying Activities.’’ Form CD–512 is

intended for the use of recipients and

should not be transmitted to Department

of State (DOS). SF-LLL submitted by any

tier recipient or sub-recipient should be

submitted to DOS in accordance with

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the instructions contained in the award

document.

(2) Recipients and sub-recipients are

subject to all applicable Federal laws

and Federal and Department of State

policies, regulations, and procedures

applicable to Federal financial

assistance awards.

(3) Pre-award Activities—If applicants

incur any costs prior to an award being

made, they do so solely at their own risk

of not being reimbursed by the

Government. Notwithstanding any

verbal assurance that may have been

received, there is no obligation to the

applicant on the part of Department of

State to cover pre-award costs.

(4) This program is subject to the

requirements of OMB Circular No. A–

110, ‘‘Uniform Administrative

Requirements for Grants and Other

Agreements with Institutions of Higher

Education, Hospitals, and Other NonProfit Organizations,’’ OMB Circular No.

A–133, ‘‘Audits of Institutions of Higher

Education and Other Non-Profit

Institutions,’’ and 15 CFR Part 24,

‘‘Uniform Administrative Requirements

for Grants and Cooperative Agreements

to State and Local Governments,’’ as

applicable. Applications under this

program are not subject to Executive

Order 12372, ‘‘Intergovernmental

Review of Federal Programs.’’

(5) All non-profit applicants are

subject to a name check review process.

Name checks are intended to reveal if

any key individuals associate with the

applicant have been convicted of, or are

presently facing criminal charges such

as fraud, theft, perjury, or other matters

which significantly reflect on the

applicant’s management, honesty, or

financial integrity.

(6) A false statement on an

application is grounds for denial or

termination of funds and grounds for

possible punishment by a fine or

imprisonment as provided in 18 U.S.C.

1001.

(7) No award of Federal funds shall be

made to an applicant who has an

outstanding delinquent Federal debt

until either:

(i) The delinquent account is paid in

full,

(ii) a negotiated repayment schedule

is established and at least one payment

is received, or

(iii) Other arrangements satisfactory to

the Department of State are made.

(8) Buy American-Made Equipment or

Products—Applicants are encouraged

that any equipment or products

authorized to be purchased with

funding provided under this program

must be American-made to the

maximum extent feasible.

(9) The total dollar amount of the

indirect costs proposed in an

application under this program must not

exceed the indirect cost rate negotiated

and approved by a cognizant Federal

agency prior to the proposed effective

date of the award or 100 percent of the

total proposed direct cost dollar amount

in the application, whichever is less.

(d) If an application is selected for

funding, the Department of State has no

obligation to provide any additional

future funding in connection with the

award. Renewal of an award to increase

funding or extend the period of

performance is at the total discretion of

the Department of State.

(e) In accordance with Federal

statutes and regulations, no person on

grounds of race, color, age, sex, national

origin or disability shall be excluded

from participation in, denied benefits of

or be subjected to discrimination under

any program or activity receiving

assistance from the INL IDR program.

Notwithstanding any other provision of

law, no person is required to respond to

nor shall a person be subject to a

penalty for failure to comply with a

collection of information subject to the

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act unless that collection of

information displays a current valid

OMB control number. The standard

forms have been approved by the Office

of Management and Budget pursuant to

the Paperwork Reduction Act under

OMB approval number 0348–0043,

0348–0044, and 0348–0046.

Classification: This notice has been

determined to be not significant for

purposes of Executive Order 12866.

Dated: June 12, 2000.

Thomas M. Browne Jr.,

Deputy Director, Office of Europe, NIS, and

Training, Bureau for International Narcotics

and Law Enforcement Affairs, Department of

State.

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BILLING CODE 4710–17–U

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Tennessee

Valley Authority (Meeting No. 1520).

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m. (EDT), June 21,

2000.

PLACE: TVA Knoxville West Tower

Auditorium, 400 West Summit Hill

Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee.

STATUS: Open.

Agenda

Approval of minutes of meeting held

on May 11, 2000.

New Business

C—Energy

C1. Supplement to indefinite quantity

term Contract No. 97X8F–174063–000

with Piping and Equipment Company

for pipe, pipe fittings, and related

materials.

C2. Supplements to contracts with

Mesa Associates, Inc., and Sargent &

Lundy LLC for engineering and design

services for Transmission/Power Supply

Group.

C3. Supplement to contract with The

L. E. Myers Company for general

construction/craft services related to

Transmission/Power Supply Group’s

construction program.

C4. Supplement to Contract No.

97X1E–197652 for transmission

equipment and supplement to Contract

No. 99P4E–228019 for power

transformers with ABB T&D Company.

C5. Term contract with Electric Fuels

Corporation for low-sulfur coal supply

to Kingston Fossil Plant.

E—Real Property Transactions

E1. Approval of a public auction of

approximately 3.07 acres of TVA land

affecting the former Mayfield, Kentucky,

Area Operating Headquarters in Graves

County, Kentucky (Tract No. XMAH–1),

and rescission of the January 27, 2000,

approval of the sale of a permanent

easement affecting this tract to the

Mayfield Electric and Water Systems.

E2. Abandonment of approximately

3.55 acres of the Norris Hydro-Clinton

transmission line easement in Anderson

County, Tennessee (Tract Nos. NDC–13

and NDC–14).

E3. Grant of a permanent easement for

a sewerline affecting approximately 2.95

acres of TVA land on Pickwick

Reservoir in Lauderdale County,

Alabama (Tract No. XTPR–68S).

E4. Deed modification affecting

approximately 0.41 acre of former TVA

land on Chickamauga Reservoir in

Hamilton County, Tennessee (Tract No.

XCR–71:37).

E5. Deed modification affecting

approximately 0.10 acre of former TVA

land on Watts Bar Reservoir in Roane

County, Tennessee (Tract No. XTWBR–

59).

E6. Deed modification affecting

approximately 13.6 acres of land on

Chickamauga Reservoir in Hamilton

County, Tennessee (Tract No. XCR–44).

E7. Grants of permanent easements for

a sewage treatment plant (Tract No.

XTPR–65SP), a wastwater discharge line

(Tract No. XTPR–66S), and a

recreational easement (Tract No. XTPR–

67RE) for the use and benefit of the

Tennessee Department of Environment

and Conservation, to serve Pickwick