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the DEIS include: the Preferred

Alternative, in which the Kauai sound

source would be used as described

above; the No Action Alternative, in

which no further activity with the Kauai

source would occur; and the Midway

Alternative, in which a sound source

and cable would be located off Midway

Island. The proposed action is the

preferred alternative because it best

meets the project’s purpose and need.

The DEIS has been distributed to

various federal, state, and local

agencies, elected officials, special

interest groups, and public libraries.

The document is available for public

review at the following libraries:

Aina Haina Public Library, 5246

Kalanianaole Highway, Honolulu, HI

96821

Hawaii Kai Public Library, 249 Lunalilo

Home Road, Honolulu, HI 96825

Hawaii State Library, Hawaii

Documents Center, 478 South King

Street, Honolulu, HI 96813

Kaimuki Public Library, 1041 Koko

Head Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96816

Kailua Public Library, 239 Kuulei Road,

Kailua, HI 96734

McCully-Moiliili Public Library, 2211

South King Street, Honolulu, HI

96826

Pearl City Public Library, 1138

Waimano Home Road, Pearl City, HI

96782

Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library, 648

Ala Lilikoi Street, Honolulu, HI 96818

Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library, 400

Kapahulu Avenue, Honolulu, HI

96815

University of Hawaii, Hamilton Library,

2559 The Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822

Kalihi-Palama Public Library, 1325

Kalihi Street, Honolulu, HI 96819

Kaneohe Public Library 45–829

Kamehameha Highway, Kaneohe, HI

96744

Library for the Blind & Physically

Handicapped, 402 Kapahulu Avenue,

Honolulu, HI 96815

Liliha Public Library, 1515 Liliha Street,

Honolulu, HI 96817

Manoa Public Library, 2716 Woodlawn

Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822

Wailuku Public Library, 251 High

Street, Wailuku, HI 96793

Kapaa Public Library, 1464 Kuhio

Highway, Kapaa, HI 96746

Lihue Public Library, 4344 Hardy Street,

Lihue, HI 96766

Lanai Public & School Library, P.O. Box

550, Lanai City, HI 96763

Hilo Public Library, 300 Waianuenue,

Hilo, HI 96720

Kahului Public Library, 90 School

Street, Kahului, HI 96732

Kailua-Kona Public Library, 75–I38

Hualalai Road, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740

Kihei Public Library, 35 Waimahaihai

Street, Kihei, HI 96753

Lahaina Public Library, 680 Wharf

Street, Lahaina, HI 96761

Hanapepe Public Library, P.O. Box B,

Hanapepe, HI 96716

Koloa Public & School Library, P.O. Box

9, Koloa, HI 96756

Waimea Public Library, P.O. Box 397,

Waimea, HI 96796

Molokai Public Library, P.O. Box 395,

Kaunakakai, HI 96748

Navy will conduct three public

hearings to receive oral and written

comments concerning the DEIS. A brief

presentation will precede a request for

public information and comments. Navy

representatives will be available at the

hearings to receive information and

comments from agencies and the public

regarding issues of concern. Federal,

state, and local agencies, and interested

parties are invited and urged to be

present or represented at the hearing.

Those who intend to speak will be

asked to submit a speaker card

(available at the door). Oral comments

will be heard and transcribed by a

stenographer.

To assure accuracy of the record, all

statements should be submitted in

writing. All statements, both oral and

written, will become part of the public

record in the study. Equal weight will

be given to both oral and written

comments. In the interest of available

time, each speaker will be asked to limit

oral comments to three minutes. Longer

comments should be summarized at the

public hearings and submitted in

writing either at the hearings or mailed

to Office of Naval Research, Marine

Acoustics, Inc., 809 Aquidneck Avenue,

Middletown, RI 02842 (Attn. Ms.

Kathleen Vigness Raposa, telephone

(401) 847–7508, facsimile (401) 847–

7864). Written comments are requested

not later than July 24, 2000.

Dated: June 20, 2000.

C.G. Carlson,

Major, U.S. Marine Corps, Alternate Federal

Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–15973 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No: 84.031H and 84.031N]

Alaska Native and Native HawaiianServing Institutions Program Notice of

Reopening of Fiscal Year 2000

Deadline Dates for Receipt of

Applications for Designation as

Eligible Alaska Native-Serving

Institutions and for Receipt of Grant

Applications From Alaska NativeServing Institutions

Purpose: On December 30, 1999 we

published in the Federal Register (64

FR 73527) a closing date notice for

applications from institutions that

wished to be designated as eligible

institutions under the Alaska Native and

Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions

Program. This program is authorized

under section 317 of Title III of the

Higher Education Act of 1965, as

amended (HEA). Under that notice,

February 4, 2000 was the deadline date

for submitting eligibility applications

for institutions that wished to apply for

Fiscal Year 2000 grants.

On December 30, 1999, we also

published in the Federal Register (64

FR 73525) the grant application closing

date notice for the Alaska Native and

Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions

Program. That deadline date was

February 18, 2000 for applications for

development grants. (Planning grant

deadline was March 2, 2000.)

In response to these notices, three

institutions applied to be designated as

an eligible Alaska Native-Serving

Institution, but only one institutional

applicant so qualified. This institution

applied for a planning grant of roughly

$32,500. Approximately $1.5 million of

the Fiscal Year 2000 appropriation

designated for Alaska Native-Serving

Institutions under the Alaska Native and

Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions

Program remains available for new

awards.

There are four other institutions in

Alaska that could have applied and

qualified as eligible Alaska NativeServing Institutions, and would have

been considered for funding under the

Alaska Native and Native HawaiianServing Institutions Program had they

applied. Accordingly, we are reopening

the eligibility designation process and

extending the deadline date to July 7,

2000 to allow institutions to apply for

designation as eligible Alaska NativeServing Institutions. We are also

opening the grant application process

and extending the deadline date to July

28, 2000 to allow only eligible Alaska

Native-Serving Institutions to apply for

a grant under the Alaska Native and

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 122 / Friday, June 23, 2000 / Notices 39137

Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions

Program.

Applications Available: Applications

currently available.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: June 28, 2000 for

applications requesting designation as

an eligible Alaska Native-Serving

Institution and the Alaska NativeServing Institutions Certification Form

(Appendix XIII in application booklet).

July 28, 2000 for grant applications from

eligible Alaska Native-Serving

Institutions under the Alaska Native and

Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions

Program.

Available Funds: Approximately $1.5

million.

For Applications or Information

Contact: Darlene B. Collins, U.S.

Department of Education, 1990 K Street,

NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006–

8513. Telephone (202) 502–7777. Email: darlene collins@ed.gov. 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, audio

tape, or computer diskette) on request to

the contact person listed in the

preceding paragraph.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternate format, also, by

contacting that person. However, the

Department is not able to reproduce in

an alternate format the standard forms

included in the application package.

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

Format (PDF) on the Internet at either of

the following sites:

http://gcs.ed.gov/fedreg.htm

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

To use PDF, you must have 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) 572–

1530.

Note: The official version of a 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: 20 U.S.C. 1059d.

Dated: June 20, 2000.

A. Lee Fritschler,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 00–15920 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA–187–A]

Application To Export Electric Energy;

Merchant Energy Group of the

Americas, Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: Merchant Energy Group of the

Americas, Inc. (MEGA) has applied for

renewal of its authority to transmit

electric energy 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 24, 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: On August

21, 1998, the Office of Fossil Energy

(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE)

issued Order No. EA–187 authorizing

MEGA to transmit electric energy from

the United States to Canada as a power

marketer using the international electric

transmission facilities owned and

operated by Basin Electric Power

Cooperative, Bonneville Power

Administration, Citizens Utilities,

Detroit Edison, Eastern Maine Electric

Cooperative, Joint Owners of the

Highgate Project, Inc., Maine Electric

Power Company, Maine Public Service

Company, Minnesota Power and Light

Co., Inc., Minnkota Power, New York

Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk

Power Corp., Northern States Power,

and Vermont Electric Transmission

Company. That two-year authorization

will expire on August 21, 2000.

On May 31, 2000, MEGA filed an

application with FE for renewal of the

export authority contained in Order No.

EA–187. In that application, MEGA also

requested that the international

transmission facilities of Long Sault,

Inc. be added to the list of authorized

export points.

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 MEGA request to

export to Canada should be clearly

marked with Docket EA–187–A.

Additional copies are to be filed directly

with Mr. Joseph P. Limone, Esq.,

General Counsel, Merchant Energy,

Group of the Americas, Inc., 151 West

Street, Suite 300, Annapolis, MD 21401.

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 No. EA–187.

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–187

proceeding.

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,’’ from the Regulatory Info

menu, and then ‘‘Pending Proceedings’’

from the options menus.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on June 19,

2000.

Anthony J. Como,

Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation,

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

& Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 00–15907 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. FE C&E 00–11, C&E 00–12

and C&E 00–13 Certification Notice—187]

Office of Fossil Energy; Notice of

Filings of Coal Capability of Newington

Energy, LLC, Lakefield Junction, L.P

and Ouachita Power, LLC Powerplant

and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy,

Department of Energy.