Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 212 / Monday, November 3, 1997 / Notices 59349

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before

December 3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Dan Chenok, 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 Acting Deputy

Chief Information Officer, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, 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: October 28, 1997.

Linda C. Tague,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: New.

Title: Survey of Consumer Choice and

Satisfaction in the Choice

Demonstration Projects.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 217.

Burden Hours: 54.

Abstract: As mandated in P.L. 102–

569, RSA/ED is conducting an

evaluation of the ‘‘effects of increased

choice on consumers’’ in seven

demonstrations projects funded under

the legislation. The independent

evaluator, InfoUse, will survey a

random sample of 217 current and

former project participants.

Respondents are working-aged persons

with disabilities who have received

vocational rehabilitation services

through the demonstration projects. The

results will determine the extent to

which the demonstration projects have

increased consumer choice and

satisfaction with vocational

rehabilitation planning, service

purchasing, and outcomes. The results

will inform key Congressional and

Administration policy-makers,

personnel in the 82 state vocational

rehabilitation agencies, private

rehabilitation providers, and

organizations serving consumers of

vocational rehabilitation.

[FR Doc. 97–28996 Filed 10–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Restricted Eligibility Support

of Advanced Fossil Resource

Utilization Research by Historically

Black Colleges and Universities and

Other Minority Institutions

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy

(DOE), Federal Energy Technology

Center (FETC).

ACTION: Notice of restricted eligibility.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

announces that it intends to conduct a

competitive Program Solicitation and

award financial assistance (grants) to

U.S. Historically Black Colleges and

Universities and Other Minority

Institutions in support of innovative

research and development of advanced

concepts pertinent to fossil resource

conversion and utilization. Applications

will be subjected to a review by a DOE

technical panel, and awards will be

made to a limited number of applicants

on the basis of the scientific merit of the

application, application of relevant

program policy factors, and the

availability of funds. Collaboration with

private industry is encouraged.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

John R. Columbia, U.S. Department of

Energy, Federal Energy Technology

Center, Acquisition and Assistance

Division, P.O. Box 10940, MS 921–143,

Pittsburgh PA 15236–0940, Telephone:

(412) 892–6219, FAX: (412) 892–6216.

The solicitation (created in Word Perfect

6.1 for Windows) will be released on

DOE’s FETC World Wide Web Server

Internet System (http://

www.fetc.doe.gov/business) on or about

November 7, 1997. If applicants do not

have Internet capability or experience

difficulty accessing the solicitation file,

a 3.5′′ double sided/high density

diskette copy of the solicitation will be

available, upon receipt of a written

request submitted via facsimile (fax) at

(412) 892–6216 or e-mail at

columbia@fetc.doe.gov. No telephone

requests will be honored for request of

diskettes.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Solicitation. ‘‘Support of

Advanced Fossil Resource Utilization

Research by Historically Black Colleges

and Universities and Other Minority

Institutions’’.

Objectives. Through Program

Solicitation No. DE–PS26–98FT40047,

the Department of Energy seeks

applications from Historically Black

Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and

Other Minority Institutions (OMI) and

HBCU/OMI-affiliated research institutes

for innovative research and

development of advanced concepts

pertinent to fossil resource conversion

and utilization. The resultant grants are

intended to maintain and upgrade

educational, training, and research

capabilities of our HBCU/OMI in the

fields of science and technology related

to fossil energy resources; to foster

private sector participation,

collaboration, and interaction with

HBCU/OMI; and to provide for the

exchange of technical information and

to raise the overall level of HBCU/OMI

competitiveness with other institutions

in the field of fossil energy research and

development. Thus, the establishment

of linkages between the HBCU/OMI and

the private sector fossil energy

community is critical to the success of

this program, and consistent with the
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Nation’s goal of ensuring a future

supply of fossil fuel scientists and

engineers from a previously underutilized resource.

Eligibility. Eligibility for participation

in this Program Solicitation is restricted

to Historically Black Colleges and

Universities (HBCU) and Other Minority

Institutions (OMI) recognized by the

Office for Civil Rights (OCR), U.S.

Department of Education, and identified

on the OCR’s United States Department

of Education list of U.S. Accredited

Postsecondary Minority Institutions list

in effect on the closing date of the

program solicitation. Applications

submitted by any institution not on

OCR’s aforementioned list are ineligible

for technical evaluation and award. For

information regarding the qualification

criteria and process of becoming

recognized by the Education

Department’s Office for Civil Rights as

a ‘‘Minority Institution’’, institutions

should contact the Education

Department directly at the following

address: Mr. Peter A. McCabe, Office for

Civil Rights, U.S. Department of

Education, Washington DC 20202,

Telephone (202) 205–9567. Note: The

Education Department should only be

contacted on matters related to

Institutional status; questions regarding

the Program Solicitation should be

directed to Mr. Columbia at DOE by

telefacsimile on (412) 892–6216.

Applications from HBCU/OMIaffiliated research institutes must be

submitted through the college or

university with which they are

affiliated. The university (not the

university-affiliated research institute)

will be the recipient of any resultant

DOE grant award. Applications

submitted in response to the solicitation

must meet the following two criteria:

the Principal Investigator or a CoPrincipal Investigator must be a

teaching professor at the submitting

university listed in the application; and

at least one student registered at the

university is to be compensated for a

significant portion of the work

performed in the conduct of research

proposed in the application. Although it

is not required as an application

qualification criterion, collaboration

with the private sector is encouraged,

and applications proposing private

sector collaboration may be evaluated

more favorably. The solicitation will

contain a complete description of the

technical evaluation factors and relative

importance of each factor. Collaboration

by the private sector with the HBCU/

OMI may be in the form of cash cost

sharing, consultation, HBCU/OMI

access to industrial facilities or

equipment, experimental data and/or

equipment not available at the

university, or as a subgrantee/

subcontractor to the HBCU/OMI.

Areas of Interest. In order to develop

and sustain a national program of

HBCU/OMI research in advanced and

fundamental fossil fuel studies, the

Department is interested in innovative

research and development of advanced

concepts pertinent to fossil fuel

conversion and utilization limited to the

following seven (7) technical topics:

Topic 1—Advanced Environmental

Control Technology for Coal

Topic 2—Advanced Coal Utilization

Topic 3—Coal Liquefaction Technology

Topic 4—Heavy Oil Upgrading and

Processing

Topic 5—Advanced Environmental and

Recovery Technologies for Oil

Topic 6—Natural Gas Supply, Storage,

and Processing

Topic 7—Faculty/Student Exploratory

Grants

Note: This is the only topic (Topic seven

(7)) under this Program Solicitation wherein

the inclusion or exclusion of private sector

collaboration will not affect the technical

evaluation of the application.

Awards. DOE anticipates issuing

financial assistance (grants) for each

project selected. DOE reserves the right

to support or not support any or all

applications received in whole or in

part, and to determine how many

awards may be made through the

solicitation subject to funds available in

this fiscal year. The limitation on the

maximum DOE funding for each

selected grant to be awarded under this

Program Solicitation is as follows:

Maximum

award

Topics 1–6:

To 12 months grant duration $85,000.00

13—24 months grant duration ..................................... 150,000.00

25—36 months grant duration ..................................... 200,000.00

Topic 7:

To 12 months grant duration 15,000.00

Approximately $850,000 is planned

for this solicitation. The total should

provide support for four to eight R&D

application selections (Topics 1–6), and

approximately two to four

faculty/student exploratory application

selections (Topic 7).

Solicitation Release Date. The

Program Solicitation is expected to be

ready for release on or about November

7, 1997. Applications must be prepared

and submitted in accordance with the

instructions and forms contained in the

Program Solicitation. To be eligible,

applications must be Received by the

designated DOE office by the closing

time and date specified in the Program

Solicitation (anticipated to be on or

about December 19, 1997, at 5:00 pm

Eastern Standard Time).

Dale A. Siciliano,

Contracting Officer, Acquisition and

Assistance Division.

[FR Doc. 97–29004 Filed 10–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy

[FE Docket Nos. 97–47–NG; 95–36–NG; 97–

60–NG; 92–154–NG; 91–57–NG; 97–61–NG;

97–62–NG; 93–40–NG; 95–66–NG; 97–65–

NG; 97–66–NG]

Inland Pacific Resources Inc.

(Successor to Inland Pacific Energy

Services Corp.); Columbia Energy

Services Corporation Successor to

PennUnion Energy Services, L.L.C.);

Barrett Resources Corporation; Gas

Company of New Mexico; Duke Energy

LNG Sales, Inc.; (Formerly PanEnergy

LNG Sales, Inc.); Public Service

Company of New Mexico; Amoco

Energy Trading Corporation; El Paso

Energy Marketing Company (Formerly

El Paso Gas Marketing Company);

PG&E Texas Industrial Energy, L.P.

(Formerly Valero Industrial Gas, L.P.;

PG&E Texas Industrial Energy, L.P.;

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

Company; Orders Granting,

Transferring and Vacating Blanket

Authorizations to Import and/or Export

Natural Gas

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of orders.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy of

the Department of Energy gives notice

that it has issued Orders authorizing,

transferring and/or vacating various

imports and/or exports of natural gas.

These Orders are summarized in the

attached appendix.

These Orders are available for

inspection and copying in the Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and

Export Activities, Docket Room, 3F–056,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence