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FERC’s Rules of Practice and Procedures

(18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen

copies of such petitions and protests

should be filed with the DOE on or

before the date listed above. Comments

on WESCO’s request to export to Canada

should be clearly marked with Docket

EA–158. Additional copies are to be

filed directly with Michael E. Small and

Davis S. Berman, Wright & Talisman,

P.C., 1200 G Street, NW, Suite 600,

Washington, DC 20005. Comments on

RG&E’s request to export to Canada

should be clearly marked with Docket

EA-160. Additional copies are to be

filed directly with Elizabeth W. Whittle,

Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle LLP,

Suite 700, One Thomas Circle,

Washington, DC 20005–5802 and Gerard

C. Walter, Director of Generation

Marketing, Rochester Gas and Electric

Corporation, 89 East Avenue, Rochester,

NY 14649.

A final decision will be made on these

applications after the environmental

impacts have been evaluated pursuant

to the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (NEPA), and a

determination is made by the DOE that

the proposed actions will not adversely

impact on the reliability of the U.S.

electric power supply system.

Copies of these applications will be

made available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying at the address

provided above.

Issued in Washington, DC on October 16,

1997.

Anthony J. Como,

Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office

of Coal & Power Im/Ex, Office of Coal &

Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 97–27950 Filed 10–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Solicitation for Financial Assistance

for Cooperative Automotive Research

for Advanced Technologies (CARAT)

Program Solicitation No. DE–PS02–

98EE50493

AGENCY: Chicago Operations Office,

(DOE).

ACTION: Notice inviting financial

assistance applications.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) invites applications for federal

assistance for research on the

Cooperative Automotive Research for

Advanced Technologies (CARAT)

Program. This program is a set aside for

small businesses and higher eduction

institutions. The CARAT Program is for

research and development (R&D) in the

following areas: vehicle systems,

advanced gas turbines, fuel cells,

batteries flywheel energy storage,

compression ignition direct injection

(CIDI), and alternative fuels.

DATES: Applications are to be received

no later than February 24, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Tanga Baylor, Acquisition and

Assistance Group, Chicago Operations

Office, 9800 South Cass Avenue,

Argonne, Illinois 60439, Telephone No.

(630) 252–2214, FAX No. (630) 252–

5045, Internet—

Tanga.Baylor@CH.DOE.Gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There are

18 topics for which the DOE invites

Financial Assistance Applications:

Reduction of Thermal Load in Passenger

Compartments; Reduction of Energy

Consumption of Power Accessories;

Low Cost, Compact, High Efficiency,

Traction Motor for Electric Vehicles/

Hybrid Electric Vehicles; Advanced

Water-Gas Shift Catalysts; Fuel

Processing for Fuel Cell Systems;

Advanced Membranes and MembraneElectrode Assemblies; Low Cost CO and

Hydrogen Gas Sensors; Simulation of

Fuel Cell Performance; Simple

Particulate Emissions Measuring

System; Variable Valve Timing Device

for High Speed CIDI Engine;

Measurement System for Mass Flow

Rate of Oxygen and Hydrocarbons of an

Engine Intake; Novel Fuel Injection

System with Flexible Rate Control;

Novel, Improved Desulfurization

Process for Diesel Fuel; Device for

Monitoring Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV)

Storage Cylinders; Computer Model for

Simulation of Battery Systems;

Development of Novel Battery

System(s); Light Weight, Low Cost,

Flywheel Containment System;

Improved or Alternative concept for

Advanced Electrochemical Capacitor.

The solicitation will be available on

the INTERNET to view and download at

http://www.ch.doe.gov/business/

ACQ.htm (It is critical that ACQ be in

uppercase and all others are lower case).

A limited number of printed copies will

be available at the Customers’

Coordination Meeting (CCM) the week

of October 27, 1997 in Detroit,

Michigan, otherwise printed copies will

not be available from this office, copies

must be downloaded from the

INTERNET. For information on the CCM

meeting contact: Conference

Management Associates, Inc. 1401

Spring Lake Drive, Haymarket, VA

20169–1008, FAX (703) 754–4261.

Issued in Chicago, Illinois on September

26, 1997.

John D. Greenwood,

Manager, Acquisition and Assistance Group,

Contracting Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–27949 Filed 10–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board;

Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: Consistent with the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86

Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of the

following advisory committee meeting:

NAME: Secretary of Energy Advisory

Board—Electric System Reliability Task

Force.

DATES AND TIMES: Thursday, November

6, 1997, 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: ANA Hotel, Ballroom I,

2401 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

20037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board (AB–1), U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586–1709

or (202) 586–6279 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The electric power industry is in the

midst of a complex transition to

competition, which will induce many

far-reaching changes in the structure of

the industry and the institutions which

regulate it. This transition raises many

reliability issues, as new entities emerge

in the power markets and as generation

becomes less integrated with

transmission.

Purpose of the Task Force

The purpose of the Electric System

Reliability Task Force is to provide

advice and recommendations to the

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board

regarding the critical institutional,

technical, and policy issues that need to

be addressed in order to maintain the

reliability of the nation’s bulk electric

system in the context of a more

competitive industry.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, November 6, 1997

8:30–8:45 AM Opening Remarks &

Objectives—Philip Sharp, ESR Task

Force Chairman.

8:45–9:45 AM Briefing: Reliability

Council Progress in Addressing Key