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Telephone: (301) 903–0511, or Internet

e-mail address:

donna.prokop@mailgw.er.doe.gov.

General information about the

development and submission of

preapplications, applications, eligibility,

limitations, evaluation, and selection

processes, and other policies and

procedures are contained in the

Application Guide for the Office of

Energy Research Financial Assistance

Program and 10 CFR Part 605.

Electronic access to the latest version of

ER’s Financial Assistance Guide is

possible via the Internet at the following

Web Site: http://www.er.doe.gov/

production/grants/grants.html

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To

continue to enhance the

competitiveness of states and territories

identified for participation in the

Experimental Program to Stimulate

Competitive Research (EPSCoR), DOE

encourages the formation of

partnerships between academic and

industrial researchers in EPSCoR states

and the researchers at DOE’s National

Laboratories, facilities and centers in

scientific areas supported by DOE.

These collaborations should address

areas of research of current interest to

the Department. Undergraduate and

graduate students should be active

members of the research team, and it is

highly desirable that a student spend a

summer or academic-year at the

National Laboratory, facility or center.

Subcontracting arrangements with DOE

National Laboratories will not be

permitted. DOE continues to restrict

EPSCoR eligibility to the following

states and territory: Alabama, Arkansas,

Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,

Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska,

Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South

Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, West

Virginia, Wyoming, and the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

To minimize undue effort on the part

of applicants and reviewers, interested

parties are invited and encouraged to

submit preapplications. The

preapplications will be reviewed

relative to the scope and research needs

of the Department of Energy. The brief

preapplication should consist of three to

five pages of narrative describing the

research objectives and methods of

accomplishment.

Telephone and FAX numbers are

required parts of the preapplication, and

electronic mail addresses are desirable.

Instructions regarding the contents of a

preapplication and other preapplication

guidelines can be found on the ER

Grants and Contracts Web Site at:

http://www.er.doe.gov/production/

grants/preapp.html

In addition to the project description

all preapplications and formal

applications must include the following

information:

1. Applications should explain the

relevance of the proposed research to

the agency’s programmatic needs. On

the cover page, applicants should

specify the relevant DOE technical

program office, and if known, the name

of the program manager, and telephone

number. DOE program descriptions may

be accessed via the web at http://

www.doe.gov/.

2. Applications must demonstrate

clear evidence of collaborative intent,

including a delineation of each partner’s

role and contribution to the research

effort as well as a ‘‘Letter-of-Intent’’

from the participating DOE National

Laboratory, facility, or center.

3. Applications must explain the

individual value to both the EPSCoR

and the National Laboratory partners.

There should be clear objectives, not

necessarily the same, for each partner.

It is anticipated that approximately

$750,000 will be available in FY 1998

for research that encourages and

facilitates collaborative efforts between

researchers EPSCoR states and

researchers at DOE’s National

Laboratories, facilities, and centers.

Multiple-year funding of grant awards is

expected subject to satisfactory progress

of the research, the availability of funds,

and evidence of substantial interactions

between the EPSCoR researchers and

the National Laboratory partner. Awards

are expected to range up to a maximum

of $50,000 annually with terms from

one to three years. The number of

awards and range of funding will

depend on the number of applications

received and selected for award. All

funds will be provided to the recipient

organization within the EPSCoR state

for the purpose of supporting activities

in the EPSCoR state and may include

travel and lodging, faculty or student

stipends, materials, services and

equipment.

Applications will be subjected to

formal merit review and will be

evaluated against the following criteria,

which are listed in descending order of

importance as set forth in 10 CFR Part

605:

1. Scientific and/or technical merit of

the project.

2. Appropriateness of the proposed

method or approach.

3. Competency of applicant’s personnel

and adequacy of proposed resources.

4. Reasonableness and appropriateness

of the proposed budget.

The evaluation will include program

policy factors such as the relevance of

the proposed research to the terms of

the announcement and an agency’s

programmatic needs. Note, external peer

reviewers are selected with regard to

both their scientific expertise and the

absence of conflict-of-interest issues.

Non-federal reviewers will often be

used, and submission of an application

constitutes agreement that this is

acceptable to the investigator(s) and the

submitting institution.

The principal investigator should

publish the results of the supported

research in the peer-reviewed, archival

scientific literature.

Applications received by ER under its

normal competitive application

mechanisms that meet the criteria

outlined in this Notice may also be

deemed appropriate for consideration

under this announcement and may be

funded under this program.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number for this program is

81.049, and the solicitation control

number is ERFAP 10 CFR Part 605.

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 3,

1997.

John Rodney Clark,

Associate Director, for Resource Management,

Office of Energy Research.

[FR Doc. 97–27287 Filed 10–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–4745–000]

Alpena Power Marketing, L.L.C.; Notice

of Filing

October 8, 1997.

On September 25, 1997, Alpena

Power Marketing, L.L.C. (APM)

petitioned the Commission for

acceptance of APM’s Rate Schedule

FERC Tariff No. 1; the granting of

certain blanket approvals, including the

authority to sell electricity at market

based rates; and waiver of certain

Commission regulations.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

October 21, 1997. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken but will not serve to make
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protestants parties to the proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–27180 Filed 10–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–1–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

October 8, 1997.

Take notice that on October 1, 1997,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia), P.O. Box 1273, Charleston,

West Virginia 25325–1273, filed in

Docket No. CP98–1–000 a request

pursuant to Sections 157.205 and

157.211 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, 157.211) for

authorization to construct and operate a

new point of delivery, located in Knox

County, Ohio, to Columbia Gas of Ohio

(COH), under Columbia’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP83–

76–000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the

Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request that is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Columbia proposes to construct and

operate an additional point of delivery

of COH, in Knox County, Ohio and to

reassign a portion of the Maximum

Daily Delivery Obligation (MMDO) from

an existing point of delivery to COH and

institute a corresponding reduction at

an existing point of delivery. Columbia

states that as part of the firm

transportation service to be provided,

COH has requested that its existing

Storage Service Transportation

Agreement be amended by increasing

the MMDO by 350 Dth/day at the

proposed new point of delivery and

reducing the MMDOs at the existing

point of delivery by 350 Dth/day.

Columbia estimates annual quantities of

natural gas to be delivered at the new

point of delivery to be 30,600 Dth

annually.

Columbia asserts the end use of the

new point of delivery will be industrial

and utilized to serve a grain dryer

operation. Columbia states the

interconnecting and appurtenant

facilities required to establish the new

delivery point are estimated to cost

$14,000, with COH reimbursing

Columbia 100% of the total cost of the

proposed construction.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–27175 Filed 10–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–542–001]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

October 8, 1997.

Take notice that on October 2, 1997,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised

Volume No. 1, the following revised

tariff sheet to become effective October

1, 1997:

[Substitute Twenty-First Revised Sheet No.

25]

On September 30, 1997, Columbia

filed revised tariff sheets, in Docket No.

RP97–542–000, to remove the SFC

charge from its rates effective October 1,

1997. However, subsequent to that

filing, Columbia has determined that it

made an inadvertent error in Footnote 5

on Twenty-First Revised Sheet No. 25.

The incremental surcharge applicable to

the former X–70 Rate Schedule did not

reflect the adjustment for the removal of

the SFC rate component, but should

have. Therefore, as shown on Substitute

Twenty-First Revised Sheet No. 25, the

instant filing incorporates a revision to

Footnote 5 to reflect the removal of the

SFC rate component.

Columbia states further that copies of

this filing have been mailed to all of its

customers, affected state regulatory

commissions, and all parties in Docket

No. RP95–408, et al proceedings.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed as provided in Section 154.210 of

the Commission’s Regulations. Protests

will be considered by the Commission

in determining the appropriate action to

be taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–27202 Filed 10–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. TM98–2–2–000]

East Tennessee Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Compliance Filing

October 8, 1997.

Take notice that on October 2, 1997

East Tennessee Natural Gas Company

(East Tennessee) submitted Thirteenth

Revised Sheet No. 4 for inclusion in

East Tennessee’s FERC Gas Tariff,

Second Revised Volume No. 1. East

Tennessee Tendered this revised tariff

sheet as its Annual Transportation Cost

Rate Adjustment (TCRA) filing to revise

the TCRA commodity surcharge under

Rate Schedules FT–A and FT–GS. East

Tennessee requests an effective date of

November 1, 1997.

East Tennessee states that Thirteenth

Revised Sheet No. 4 reflects changes to

its TCRA pursuant to Section 25 of the

General Terms and Conditions of its

tariff.

East Tennessee states that copies of

the filing have been mailed to all

affected customers and state regulatory

commissions.

Any person desiring to protest with

reference to said filing should file a

protest with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20426 in

accordance with Section 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such protests must be filed in

accordance with Section 154.210 of the