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consultant to the Board where he would

be reviewing his own work on the

process of weapons dismantlement

which occurred within the last few

years prior to his retirement.

The Board reviewed this situation and

concluded that, even if the

circumstances could give rise to a

potential conflict of interest situation, it

is nonetheless in the best interests of the

Government to have Mr. McGrew

provide this support for the reasons

described below. Mr. McGrew’s

comprehensive knowledge of weapons

assembly and disassembly procedures of

nuclear weapons gained through 37

years of direct experience, is invaluable

to the Board in its health and safety

reviews of weapons disassembly and

related activities and thus is vital to the

Board’s oversight program. Although

past reviews have been conducted by

various Board staff, Mr. McGrew’s

technical expertise will enhance the

Board’s ability to perform these reviews

more effectively. Furthermore, the

Board recognized that it is unlikely that

the work to be performed by Mr.

McGrew could be satisfactorily

performed by anyone whose experience

and affiliations would not give rise to a

conflict of interest question. That is

because the individuals who have the

requisite expertise in this area could

only have obtained such expertise

through previous or current

employment or consulting relationship

with one or more of the weapons design

laboratories. The pertinent experience of

other qualified individuals would

therefore likely raise similar conflicts

questions.

Finally, as the Board is required

under its OCI Regulations, where

reasonably possible, to initiate measures

which attempt to mitigate an OCI, Mr.

McGrew and the Board have agreed to

the following restrictions during

contract performance. The Board will

not have Mr. McGrew review the

adequacy or effectiveness of the

dismantlement procedures he

developed or critique any other activity

he was directly involved with. Rather,

the Board will use his expertise to

understand the unique aspects of the

LLNL weapons’ development process

and how well Pantex is following these

procedures during dismantlement. Also,

technical staff will oversee the work of

Mr. McGrew to ensure that all of his

resultant work products are impartial

and contain full support for any

findings and conclusions issued

thereunder. Further, in accordance with

the Board’s OCI Regulations, Mr.

McGrew is required to promptly inform

the Board of any new consulting or

other contractual arrangements which

could give rise to an OCI. This includes

new work, or his acceptance of a paid

position with LLNL.

Accordingly, on the basis of the

determination described above and

pursuant to the applicable provisions of

10 CFR part 1706, the Chairman of the

Board granted a Waiver of any conflicts

of interests (and the pertinent

provisions of the OCI Regulations) with

the effort to be performed by Mr.

McGrew under contract to the Board

that might arise out of his current and

past association with LLNL.

Dated: January 23, 1997.

Kenneth M. Pusateri,

General Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–2205 Filed 1–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3670–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Management Group, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection requests as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before February

28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Wendy Taylor, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection

requests should be addressed to Patrick

J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U. S. C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Director of the

Information Resources Management

Group publishes this notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by

office, contains the following: (1) Type

of review requested, e.g., new, revision,

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)

Description of the need for, and

proposed use of, the information; (5)

Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites

public comment at the address specified

above. Copies of the requests are

available from Patrick J. Sherrill at the

address specified above.

Dated: January 22, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Management

Group.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: New.

Title: Eisenhower National

Clearinghouse for Mathematics and

Science Education.

Frequency: One Time.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Not-for-profit institutions.

Reporting Burden and Recordkeeping:

Responses: 1,600

Burden Hours: 520

Abstract: This submission contains

four versions of an instrument to be

used in data collection for the

summative evaluation of the

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

(ENC) dissemination model. Subjects for

two of the surveys will be selected

through stratified random sampling of

U.S. schools to obtain representative

samples of principals and teachers, the

largest target audience for ENC

information and resources. The other

two surveys will target known users of

ENC services, these individuals being

sub-classified as single- and multipleinstance users. The instruments will be

distributed by mail in a single data

collection effort. All responses are

voluntary. Information yielded will

form one part of the National

Evaluation, and will be included in the

Evaluation Report to the U.S.

Department of Education.
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Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Title III Performance

Measurement Study Survey and Case

Studies.

Frequency: One time only.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:

Responses: 375

Burden Hours: 1,884

Abstract: The Department of

Education needs to collect information

on the activities funded under Parts A

and B of the Title III program, the

outcomes of these activities, and the

availability of performance

measurement data for funded activities.

The data resulting from the survey and

case studies will be used to develop an

annual performance reporting system

for all Part A and B grantees, in keeping

with the requirements of the

Government Performance and Results

Act.

[FR Doc. 97–2204 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Presolicitation Conference for Waste

Acceptance and Transportation

Services

AGENCY: Office of Civilian Radioactive

Waste Management, U.S. Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Presolicitation

Conference for Waste Acceptance and

Transportation Services.

SUMMARY: The Office of Civilian

Radioactive Waste Management

(OCRWM) announced the availability of

a Draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for

Waste Acceptance and Transportation

Services in the December 23, 1996

Commerce Business Daily (Section V,

page 10) and in the December 27, 1996

Federal Register (page 68250). The draft

is also available via the Internet on the

OCRWM Home Page and the

Headquarters Procurement Operations

Current Business Opportunities Home

Page. The addresses are http://

www.rw.doe.gov/ and http://

www.pr.doe.gov./solicit.html,

respectively.

OCRWM now plans to hold a

presolicitation conference as a follow-on

to the release of the Draft RFP to receive

comment from potential offerors and

other interested parties. The

presolicitation conference is a

preliminary step in the acquisition

process that may result in an actual RFP

at a later date.

DATE AND LOCATION: The presolicitation

conference will be held on Tuesday,

February 25, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to

4:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the

Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20230 (14th Street entrance).

Individuals are requested to preregister

by contacting Corinne Macaluso, Waste

Acceptance and Transportation

Division, at (202) 586–2837 or by fax at

(202) 586–1207. Individuals can also

preregister by contacting Michelle

Miskinis (DOE/HR–561.21), 202–634–

4413 or Beth Tomasoni (DOE/HR–

561.21), 202–634–4408, (telefax) 202–

634–4419.

This notice should not be construed

(1) as a commitment by the Department

to enter into any agreement with any

entity submitting comments in response

to this Notice or participating in the

presolicitation conference, (2) as a

commitment to issue any RFP

concerning the subject of this Notice, or

(3) as a request for proposals.

A copy of the draft RFP may be

obtained by submitting a written request

to the following address: Michelle

Miskinis, Contracting Officer, U.S. Dept.

of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW,

Attention: HR–561.21, Draft RFP

Number DE–RP01–97RW–00320,

Washington, D.C. 20585.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on January 17,

1997.

Scott E. Sheffield,

Acting Associate Deputy Assistant, Secretary

for Headquarters Procurement Operations.

[FR Doc. 97–2176 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

[Docket Nos. EA–138 and EA–139]

Applications to Export Electric Energy;

Global Energy Services, LLC

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

SUMMARY: Global Energy Services, LLC

(GES), a limited liability company, has

submitted applications to export electric

energy to Mexico and Canada pursuant

to section 202(e) of the Federal Power

Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before February 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Power Im/Ex (FE–52), Office of Fossil

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585 (FAX 202–287–

5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Xavier Puslowski (Program Office) 202–

586–4708 or Michael Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–6667.

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 January 14, 1997, GES filed two

applications with the Office of Fossil

Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy

(DOE) for authorization to export

electric energy to Mexico (Docket EA–

138) and Canada (Docket EA–139), as a

power marketer, pursuant to section

202(e) of the FPA. Specifically, GES has

proposed to transmit to Mexico and

Canada electric energy purchased from

electric utilities and federal power

marketing agencies.

GES would arrange for the exported

energy to be transmitted to Mexico over

one or more of the international

transmission or subtransmission lines

owned by San Diego Gas & Electric

Company, El Paso Electric Company,

Central Power and Light Company, and

Comision Federal de Electricidad. For

electricity exports to Canada, GES

would arrange for the exported energy

to be transmitted over facilities owned

by Basin Electric, Bonneville Power

Administration, Citizens Utilities,

Detroit Edison Company, Eastern Main

Electric Cooperative, Joint Owners of

the Highgate Project, Maine Electric

Power Company, Maine Public Service

Company, Minnesota Power and Light

Company, Minnkota Power, New York

Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk

Power Corporation, Northern States

Power and Vermont Electric

Transmission Company. Each of the

transmission facilities, as more fully

described in the application, has

previously been issued a Presidential

permit pursuant to Executive Order

10485, as amended.

As noted above, GES proposes to

export electricity to Mexico over lines

owned and operated by the El Paso

Electric Company (EPE) and permitted

under Presidential Permits Nos. PP–48,

as amended, and PP–92. On October 29,

1996, the Secretary of Energy signed

Delegation Order No. 0204–163 which

delegated and assigned to the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

authority to carry out such functions

vested in the Secretary to regulate

access to, and the rates, terms and

conditions for, transmission services

over the facilities of EPE. This authority

was delegated to FERC for the sole

purpose of authorizing FERC to take any

actions necessary to effectuate open