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84.220A Centers for International

Business Education Program

Purpose of Program: To provide

grants to eligible applicants to pay the

Federal share of the cost of planning,

establishing, and operating centers for

international business.

Eligible Applicants: Institutions of

higher education; and combinations of

institutions of higher education.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

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

86; and (b) Because there are no

program-specific regulations for this

program, applicants are encouraged to

read the authorizing statute for the

Centers for International Business

Education Program, under section 612

of part B, title VI, of the Higher

Education Act of 1965, as amended.

Selection Criteria: In evaluating

applications for grants under this

program, the Secretary uses new EDGAR

selection criteria in 34 CFR 75.209 and

75.210. Applicants may obtain a copy of

these criteria from the individual listed

as the information contact for this

program. The criteria also will be listed

in the application.

Project Period: 48 months.

For Applications or Information

Contact: Susanna C. Easton, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20202–5332.

Telephone: (202) 708–4804.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1130–1.

84.316 Native Hawaiian Higher

Education Program

Purpose of Program: To provide direct

grants for a program of baccalaureate

and postbaccalaureate fellowship

assistance to Native Hawaiian students.

Program activities may include—(a) Full

or partial fellowship support for Native

Hawaiian students enrolled at two-or

four-year degree-granting institutions of

higher education with awards to be

based on academic potential and

financial need; (b) full or partial

fellowship support for Native Hawaiian

students enrolled at postbaccalaureate

degree-granting institutions of higher

education with priority given to

providing fellowship support for

professions in which Native Hawaiians

are under represented and with

fellowship awards to be based on

academic potential and financial need;

(c) counseling and support services for

students receiving fellowship assistance

under this program; (d) college

preparation and guidance counseling at

secondary school level for students who

may be eligible for fellowship support

under this program; (e) appropriate

research and evaluation of the activities

authorized under this program; and (f)

implementation of faculty development

programs for the improvement and

matriculation of Native Hawaiian

students.

Eligible Applicants: Native Hawaiian

private nonprofit educational

organizations or educational entities

with experience in developing or

operating Native Hawaiian programs or

programs of instruction conducted in

the Native Hawaiian language are

eligible, as defined in Section 9212 of

the Elementary and Secondary

Education Act.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,

85, and 86; and (b) Because there are no

program-specific regulations for this

program, applicants are encouraged to

read the authorizing statute for the

Native Hawaiian Higher Education

Program under sections 9206 and 9212

of the Elementary and Secondary

Education Act.

Selection Criteria: In evaluating

applications for grants under this

program, the Secretary uses new EDGAR

selection criteria in 34 CFR 75.209 and

75.210. Applicants may obtain a copy of

these criteria from the individual listed

as the information contact for this

program. The criteria also will be listed

in the application.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

For Applications or Information

Contact: Collie Pollock, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20202. Telephone:

(202) 708–4804

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7905 Sec.

9206.

Dated: August 1, 1997.

Maureen A. McLaughlin,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

Appendix

Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs

This appendix applies to each program that

is subject to the requirements of Executive

Order 12372 (Intergovernmental Review of

Federal Programs) and the regulations in 34

CFR part 79.

The objective of the Executive Order is to

foster an intergovernmental partnership and

to strengthen federalism by relying on State

and local processes for State and local

government coordination and review of

proposed Federal financial assistance.

Applicants must contact the appropriate

State Single Point of Contact to find out

about, and to comply with, the State’s

process under Executive Order 12372.

Applicants proposing to perform activities in

more than one State should immediately

contact the Single Point of Contact for each

of those States and follow the procedure

established in each of those States under the

Executive Order.

In States that have not established a

process or chosen a program for review,

State, area-wide, regional, and local entities

may submit comments directly to the

Department.

Any State Process Recommendation and

other comments submitted by a State Single

Point of Contact and any comments from

State, area-wide, regional, and local entities

must be mailed or hand-delivered by the date

indicated in this notice to the following

address: The Secretary, EO 12372—CFDA#

(commenter must insert number—including

suffix letter, if any), U.S. Department of

Education, Room 6213, 600 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202–0124.

Proof of mailing will be determined on the

same basis as applications (see 34 CFR

75.102). Recommendations or comments may

be hand-delivered until 4:30 p.m.

(Washington, DC time) on the date indicated

in this notice.

Please note that the above address is not

the same address as the one to which the

applicant submits its completed application.

Do not send applications to the above

address.

State Single Points of Contact

Note: In accordance with Executive Order

12372, this listing represents the designated

State Single Points of Contact. Because

participation is voluntary some States no

longer participate in the process. These

include: Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut,

Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana,

Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana,

Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania,

South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, and

Washington. The list of designated State

Single Points of Contact was published in the

Federal Register on August 20, 1996 at 61 FR

43133.

[FR Doc. 97–20716 Filed 8–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

Methow/Wenatchee Coho

Supplementation Project

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of Floodplain and

Wetlands Involvement.

SUMMARY: This notice announces BPA’s

proposal to construct rearing/

acclimation ponds for coho salmon in

floodplain and wetlands located in

Okanogan County, Washington. A total

of three to five fish acclimation sites

will be developed in the Methow River

basin on two tributaries, the Twisp and
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Chewuch rivers, and the Methow

mainstem. The Methow is a tributary to

the Columbia River and is located in

North Central Washington. It is the

intent of the BPA, the Yakama Indian

Nation and Washington Department of

Fish and Wildlife to restore extirpated

coho salmon to the mid-Columbia River

basin. By experimenting with releases at

different life stages and release locations

using acclimation ponds, more

knowledge will be gained about the

benefits of acclimation and the rearing

of hatchery-influenced fish in more

natural environments. This knowledge

will help resource managers to make

better decisions about how best to

implement supplementation to further

the goal of rebuilding coho salmon

populations throughout the midColumbia River basin.

In accordance with DOE regulations

for compliance with floodplain and

wetlands environmental review

requirements, BPA will prepare a

floodplain and wetlands assessment and

will perform this proposed action in a

manner so as to avoid or minimize

potential harm to or within the affected

floodplain and wetlands. After BPA

issues the assessment, a floodplain

statement of findings will be published

if necessary, in the Federal Register.

DATES: Comments are due to the address

below no later than August 20, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to

Communications, Bonneville Power

Administration—ACS–7, P.O. Box

12999, Portland, Oregon, 97212. Internet

address: comment@bpa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Yvonne E. Boss—ECP–4, Bonneville

Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621,

Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621, phone

number 503–230–3596, fax number

503–230–5699.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because

the experimental strategy is to utilize

acclimation sites that reflect a strong

natural influence such as river side

channels, canals, and existing ponds,

some sites may be located in the

floodplain and/or wetlands. The typical

ponds constructed at each site will have

earthen bottoms with concrete inlet and

outlet structures and PVC water

pipelines. Several sites on the Methow

mainstem between the town of Carlton

and the Lost River, T33N, R21E, Section

3 (approximately RM 20 to RM 60) are

being considered. Other potential sites

in the floodplain are located on the

Twisp River, T33N, R21E, Section 10,

T33N, R21E, Section 8 (RM 1 to RM 25)

and the Chewuch River, (RM 0 to RM 1).

To provide rearing/acclimation space

for the coho salmon, as much as 35,700

cubic feet of earth may be removed from

each site to construct the ponds in

accordance with biological criteria.

Maps and further information are

available from BPA at the address

above.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on July 28,

1997.

Thomas C. McKinney,

NEPA Compliance Office.

[FR Doc. 97–20557 Filed 8–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–667–000]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Application

July 30, 1997.

Take notice that on July 25, 1997, El

Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso),

P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978,

filed in Docket No. CP97–667–000 an

application pursuant to Section 7(b) of

the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157

of the Commission’s Regulations for

permission and approval to abandon the

firm transportation and delivery of

1,140,000 Mcf per day of natural gas to

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

(PG&E) at the Topock Delivery Point,

effective January 1, 1998, all as more

fully set forth in the application on file

with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

El Paso states that El Paso and PG&E

are parties to a Transportation Service

Agreement dated October 10, 1990, as

amended and restated November 1,

1993 (TSA). El Paso notes that Article V,

Section 5.2 of the TSA provides for a

primary term ending December 31,

1997, and thereafter from year to year

until terminated by written notice given

no less than twelve months in advance

by either party to the other. El Paso

indicates that PG&E, by letter dated June

20, 1995, gave notification to El Paso of

its intention to terminate the TSA as of

December 31, 1997. El Paso further

notes that because the transportation

and delivery service provided to PG&E

is a converted certificated gas sales

arrangement, in accordance with the

preamble of the TSA, El Paso requires

Section 7(b) permission and approval to

abandon the firm transportation and

delivery of up to 1,140,000 Mcf per day

of natural gas to PG&E at the Topock

Delivery Point.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before August

20, 1997, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, a

motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)

and the Regulations under the Natural

Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All protests

filed with the Commission will be

considered by it in determining the

appropriate action to be taken but will

not serve to make the protectants parties

to the proceeding. Any person wishing

to become a party to a proceeding or to

participate as a party in any hearing

therein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal

Energy Regulation Commission by

Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act

and the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure, a hearing will be held

without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that permission and

approval for the proposed abandonment

are required by the public convenience

and necessity. If a motion for leave to

intervene is timely filed, or if the

Commission on its own motion believes

that a formal hearing is required, further

notice of such hearing will be duly

given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for El Paso to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–20531 Filed 8–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–157–005]

Gas Transport, Inc.; Notice of

Compliance Filing

July 30, 1997.

Take notice that on July 25, 1997, Gas

Transport, Inc. (GTI) tendered for filing

to become part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Second Revised Volume No. 1, the

following revised tariff sheets:

Effective August 1, 1997

Second Revised Sheet No. 1

Third Revised Sheet No. 162

Second Revised Sheet No. 162A