41448 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 5, 2000 / Notices

Permit No. 917 (File No. P77–4#2)

authorizes the Northeast Fisheries

Science Center (NMFS) to conduct three

projects: 1) aerial and boat surveys,

biopsy sampling and photoidentification of various cetacean

species during stock assessment

research; 2) capture, sample, tag and

release pinnipeds during pinniped stock

assessment research; and 3) collection of

samples from animals of the Orders

Cetacea and Pinnipedia [except walrus]

for deposit into a scientific collection

for research.

The amendment now authorizes the

Northeast Fisheries Science Center to

extend the permit to December 31, 2000.

Issuance of this amendment, as

required by the ESA was based on a

finding that such permit (1) was applied

for in good faith, (2) will not operate to

the disadvantage of the endangered

species which is the subject of this

permit, and (3) is consistent with the

purposes and policies set forth in

section 2 of the ESA.

Dated: June 28, 2000.

Ann Terbush,

Chief, Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–16938 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Notice of Open Meeting

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C., App. 2), announcement is made

of the following Committee meeting:

Name of Committee: Reserve Officer’s

Training Corps (ROTC) Program

Subcommittee.

Date of Meeting: 11–13 July 2000.

Place: Sheraton Inn, Tacoma, Washington.

Time: 0800–1700 hours, 11 July; 0800–

1200 hours 13 July.

Proposed Agenda: Review and discuss

status of Army ROTC since the February

2000 meeting held at the Pentagon,

Washington, DC.

This meeting is open to the public.

Any interested person may attend,

appear before, or file statements with

the committee. For further information

contact: Commander, HQ U.S. Army

Cadet Command, ATTN: ATCC–TT

(MAJ Hewitt), Fort Monroe, VA 23651

(757) 728–5456.

John W. Corbett,

Colonel, GS, Chief of Staff.

[FR Doc. 00–17010 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Postsecondary Education

[CFDA No. 84.347]

Community Scholarship Mobilization

Program; Notice Inviting Applications

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)

2000 Under the Community

Scholarship Mobilization Program

Purpose of Program: The Community

Scholarship Mobilization Program is

designed to establish and support

regional, State, or community program

centers, and to enable such centers to

foster the development of local entities

in high poverty areas that promote

higher education goals for students from

low-income families by:

(1) Providing academic support,

including guidance, counseling,

mentoring, tutoring, and recognition;

and (2) Providing scholarship assistance

for the cost of postsecondary education.

Eligible Applicants: National

organizations as defined in the statute.

A National organization may receive

funds on a competitive basis to enable

it to support the establishment or

ongoing work of regional, State or

community program centers. These

centers foster the development of local

entities in high poverty areas to improve

secondary school graduation rates and

postsecondary attendance through the

provision of academic support services,

including guidance, counseling,

mentoring, tutoring, and recognition,

and scholarship assistance for the cost

of postsecondary education.

Applications Available: July 10, 2000.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: August 16, 2000.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: September 15, 2000.

Estimated Available Funds: The

amount referenced below is advisory

and represents the Department’s best

estimate at this time. This will be the

first year for the program. The estimated

FY 2000 average size of an award will

be $990,000.

Estimated Range of Awards: Up to

$990,000.

Estimated Size of Awards: Up to

$990,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 1 or

more.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 60 months.

Applicable Regulations: Regulations

applicable to this program are the

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 85,

97, 98, 99 and the Higher Education

Amendments of 1998, Title VIII, Part C.

That statute defines several key terms

used in this notice.

Selection Criteria: In evaluating an

application for a new grant under this

competition, the Secretary uses

selection criteria under 34 CFR 75.210

of EDGAR. The Secretary informs

applicants in the application package of

the selection criteria and factors, if any,

to be used for this competition and of

the maximum weight assigned to each

criterion.

For Further Information or

Applications Contact: Ms. Marion

Steward, Institutional Development and

Undergraduate Education Service, U.S.

Department of Education, 1990 K Street,

NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006–

8517. Telephone: (202) 502–7594. The

e-mail address for Ms. Steward

is:_Marion_Steward@ed.gov.

We encourage applicants to send

facsimile requests for applications to

(202) 502–7861.

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 alternative

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

audiotape, or computer diskette) on

request to the contact person listed in

the preceding paragraph. However, the

Department is not able to reproduce in

an alternative 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 Portable Document

Format (PDF) on the Internet at either of

the following sites:

http://ocfo.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 PDF, call the

U.S. Government Printing Office 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: Pub. L. 105–244, the

Higher Education Amendments of 1998, Title

VIII, Part C.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 5, 2000 / Notices 41449

Dated: June 29, 2000.

Claudio Prieto,

Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of

Postsecondary Education.

[FR Doc. 00–16906 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA–225]

Application To Export Electric Energy;

Split Rock Energy LLC

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: Split Rock Energy LLC (Split

Rock) has applied for 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 August 4, 2000.

ADDRESS: 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:

Xavier Puslowski (Program Office) 202–

586–4708 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 June 5, 2000, the Office of Fossil

Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy

(DOE) received an application from

Split Rock to transmit electric energy

from the United States to Canada. Split

Rock is a Minnesota limited liability

company jointly owned by Minnesota

Power, Inc. and Great River Energy, a

public power cooperative. Split Rock, a

power marketer, intends to export

energy produced by Minnesota Power

Inc. or purchased from electric utilities

and other suppliers in the United States.

Split Rock proposes to arrange for the

delivery of electric energy to Canada

over the existing international

transmission facilities owned by Basin

Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville

Power Administration, Citizens

Utilities, Detroit Edison Company,

Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative,

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, and Vermont Electric

Transmission Company. The

construction, operation, maintenance,

and connection of each of the

international transmission facilities to

be utilized by Split Rock, as more fully

described in the application, has

previously been authorized by a

Presidential permit issued pursuant to

Executive Order 10485, as amended.

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 Split Rock

application to export electric energy to

Canada should be clearly marked with

Docket EA–225. Additional copies are to

be filed directly with Steven W. Tyacke,

Esq., Split Rock Energy LLC, 30 West

Superior Street, Duluth, MN 55802.

A final decision will be made on this

application after the environmental

impacts have been evaluated pursuant

to the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, and a determination is

made by the DOE that the proposed

action will not adversely impact on the

reliability of the U.S. electric power

supply system.

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

‘‘Regulatory Programs,’’ then

‘‘Electricity Regulation,’’ and then

‘‘Pending Proceedings’’ from the options

menus.

Issued in Washington, DC., on June 27,

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. 00–16807 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA–185–A]

Application To Export Electric Energy;

Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: Morgan Stanley Capital Group

Inc. (Morgan Stanley) 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 August 4, 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:

Xavier Puslowski (Program Office) 202–

586-4708 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)

authorized Morgan Stanley 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, Maine Electric

Power Company, Maine Public Service

Company, Company, Minnesota Power,

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 June

21, 2000, Morgan Stanley filed an

application with FE for renewal of this

export authority, requested that the

Order be issued for an additional fiveyear term, and also requested that the

international transmission facilities of

Long Sault 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