26808 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 91 / Friday, May 11, 2007 / Notices 

[FR Doc. 07–2360 Filed 5–10–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Board for Education Sciences 

AGENCY: Department of Education, 

Institute of Education Sciences. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of an 

upcoming meeting of the National Board 

for Education Sciences. The notice also 

describes the functions of the 

Committee. Notice of this meeting is 

required by Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and is 

intended to notify the public of their 

opportunity to attend. This notice is 

being posted in the Federal Register less 

than 15 days prior to the Board’s 

meeting due to challenges in 

coordinating Board member schedules 

to attend the meeting. 

DATES: May 23 and 24, 2007. 

Times: May 23, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; May 

24, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: 80 F Street, NW., Room 100, 

Washington, DC 20208. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Grace Lucier, Designated Federal 

Official, National Board for Education 

Sciences, 555 New Jersey Ave., NW., 

Room 602 I, Washington, DC 20208; 

phone: (202) 219–2253; fax: (202) 219–

1466; e-mail: Mary.Grace.Lucier@ed.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Board for Education Sciences 

is authorized by Section 116 of the 

Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002. 

The Board advises the Director of the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) on 

the establishment of activities to be 

supported by the Institute, on the 

funding for applications for grants, 

contracts, and cooperative agreements 

for research after the completion of peer 

review, and reviews and evaluates the 

work of the Institute. 

On May 23 the Board will receive a 

briefing from the Director of IES and 

staff on its activities and progress 

reports on projects underway since 

January 2007. 

On May 24 the Board will discuss 

issues related to the reauthorization of 

the Education Sciences Reform Act and 

its pending contract to evaluate the 

effectiveness of the IES in carrying out 

its priorities and mission. The Board 

will also review the structure of its 

internal committees and discuss the 

appointment of an executive director. A 

final agenda will be available from Mary 

Grace Lucier (see contact information 

above) on May 16. Individuals who will 

need accommodations for a disability in 

order to attend the meeting (e.g., 

interpreting services, assistance 

listening devices, or materials in 

alternative format) should notify Mary 

Grace Lucier no later than May 16. We 

will attempt to meet requests for 

accommodations after this date but 

cannot guarantee their availability. The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. 

Records are kept of all Committee 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at 555 New Jersey Ave., NW., 

Room 627 H, Washington, DC 20208, 

from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Eastern Standard Time Monday through 

Friday. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may view this document as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister/index.html. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using 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.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Grover J. Whitehurst, 

Director, Institute of Education Sciences. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability; Certification Notice—213; 

Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of 

Coal Capability Under the Powerplant 

and Industrial Fuel Use Act; Otay Mesa 

Energy Center, LLC 

AGENCY: Office Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of filing. 

SUMMARY: On April 26, 2007, Otay Mesa 

Energy Center, LLC, as the owner and 

operator of a new base load electric 

powerplant, submitted a coal capability 

self-certification to the Department of 

Energy (DOE) pursuant to section 201(d) 

of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel 

Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended, and 

DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61. 

Section 201(d) of FUA requires DOE to 

publish a notice of receipt of the selfcertification in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification 

filings are available for public 

inspection, upon request, in the Office 

of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Room 8G–026, Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Russell at (202) 586–9624. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of 

FUA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et 

seq.), provides that no new base load 

electric powerplants may be constructed 

or operated without the capability to use 

coal or another alternate fuel as a 

primary energy source. Pursuant to FUA 

section 201(d), in order to meet the 

requirement of coal capability, the 

owner or operator of such facilities 

proposing to use natural gas or 

petroleum as its primary energy source 

shall certify to the Secretary of Energy 

(Secretary) prior to construction, or 

prior to operation as a base load electric 

powerplant, that such powerplant has 

the capability to use coal or another 

alternate fuel. Such certification 

establishes compliance with FUA 

section 201(a) as of the date it is filed 

with the Secretary. The Secretary is 

required to publish a notice in the 

Federal Register reciting that the 

certification has been filed. 

The following owner of a proposed 

new base load electric powerplant has 

filed a self-certification of coalcapability with DOE pursuant to FUA 

section 201(d) and in accordance with 

DOE regulations in 10 CFR §§ 501.60, 

61: 

Owner: Otay Mesa Energy Center, 

LLC. 

Capacity: 600 MW. 

Plant Location: San Diego, CA. 

In-Service Date: Second Quarter of 

2009. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2007. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

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