Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 210 / Thursday, October 30, 1997 / Notices 58725

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.234N]

Projects With Industry; Notice Inviting

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal

Year (FY) 1998

Purpose of program: The Projects

With Industry (PWI) program creates

and expands job and career

opportunities in the competitive labor

market for individuals with disabilities

by engaging the talent and leadership of

private industry as partners in the

rehabilitation process. PWI projects

identify competitive job and career

opportunities and the skills needed to

perform those jobs, create practical

settings for job readiness and training

programs, and provide job placement

and career advancement services.

Eligible Applicants: Employers,

profitmaking and nonprofit

organizations, designated State units,

labor unions, community rehabilitation

program providers, trade associations,

Indian tribes or tribal organizations, and

other agencies or organizations with the

capacity to create and expand job and

career opportunities for individuals

with disabilities.

Only eligible applicants that propose

to serve a geographic area that is

currently unserved or underserved by

the PWI program can receive new

awards under this program.

Deadline For Transmittal Of

Applications: January 13, 1998.

Deadline For Intergovernmental

Review: March 14, 1998.

Applications Available: October 31,

1997.

Available Funds: $731,846.

Estimated Range of Awards:

$158,000–$238,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$198,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 4.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 60 months.

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) The regulations for

this program in 34 CFR Parts 369 and

379.

Priorities

Competitive Priority: The competitive

preference priority concerning

Empowerment Zones and Enterprise

Communities in the notice of final

priorities for this program, published in

the Federal Register on December 9,

1994 (59 FR 63860), applies to this

competition.

Background

The Empowerment Zone and

Enterprise Community program is a

critical element of the Administration’s

community revitalization strategy. The

program is a first step in rebuilding

communities in America’s povertystricken inner cities and rural

heartlands. It is designed to empower

people and communities by inspiring

Americans to work together to create

jobs and opportunity.

The Federal Government has

designated nine Empowerment Zones

(Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland;

Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;

New York, New York; Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania/Camden, New Jersey;

Kentucky Highlands, Kentucky; MidDelta, Mississippi; and Rio Grande

Valley, Texas). Two Supplemental

Empowerment Zones have been

designated—Los Angeles, California and

Cleveland, Ohio. Ninety-five Enterprise

Communities have been designated. A

full list of Enterprise Communities and

additional information are available

upon request from the Department of

Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

at 1–800–998–9999.

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), the

Secretary gives preference to

applications that meet the following

competitive priority. Ten bonus points

will be assigned to applications

determined to be approvable on the

basis of their evaluation under the

applicable program selection criteria.

These bonus points are in addition to

any points the application earns under

the selection criteria for this program.

Competitive Preference Priority—

Providing Program Services in an

Empowerment Zone or Enterprise

Community

Under the Projects With Industry

program, competitive preference will be

given to applications that—(1) Propose

the provision of substantial services in

Empowerment Zones or Enterprise

Communities; and (2) Propose projects

that contribute to the strategic plan of

the Empowerment Zone or Enterprise

Community and that are made an

integral component of the

Empowerment Zone or Enterprise

Community activities.

A PWI project may provide services at

one or more sites. A PWI project is

considered to be providing substantial

services in a zone or community if a

minimum of 51 percent of the total

number of persons served by the project,

irrespective of the number of sites,

reside in a zone or community and at

least 1 of the project sites is located

within the boundaries of a zone or

community. If there is only one project

site, it must be located within the

boundaries of a zone or community.

Invitational Priority: Under 34 CFR

75.105 (c)(1), the Secretary is

particularly interested in applications

that meet the following invitational

priority. However, an application that

meets this invitational priority does not

receive competitive or absolute

preference over other applications:

Projects that establish collaborative

consortia with designated State

vocational rehabilitation units, the

business community, and other

appropriate organizations to create and

expand job and career opportunities for

individuals with disabilities including

career advancement services that

prepare these individuals for leadership

and professional job positions in a

variety of industries.

For Further Information Contact:

Martha Muskie, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Room 3320 Switzer Building,

Washington, D.C. 20202. Telephone

(202) 205–3293.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternate

format (e.g., Braille, large print,

audiotape, or computer diskette) on

request to the contact person listed in

the preceding paragraph.

For Applications Contact: The Grants

and Contracts Service Team (GCST),

U.S. Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

3317, Switzer Building, Washington,

D.C. 20202–2649. Telephone: (202) 205–

8351. The preferred method for

requesting applications is to FAX your

request to (202) 205–8717. 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.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternate format by contacting the

GCST. However, the Department is not

able to reproduce in an alternate format

the standard forms included in the

application package.

Electronic Access to This Document

Anyone may view this document, as

well as all other Department of

Education documents published in the

Federal Register, in text or portable

document format (pdf) on the World

Wide Web at either of the following

sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm

http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the pdf you must have the

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of the previous sites. If you have

questions about using the pdf, call the

U.S. Government Printing Office toll

free at 1–888–293–6498.

Anyone may also view these

documents in text copy only on an

electronic bulletin board of the

Department. Telephone: (202) 219–1511

or toll free, 1–800–222–4922. The

documents are located under Option

G—Files/Announcements, Bulletins and

Press Releases.

Note: The official version of a document is

the document published in the Federal

Register.

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 795g.

Dated: October 27, 1997.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

[FR Doc. 97–28827 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. EA–159 and EA–161]

Applications to Export Electric Energy;

Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company

and PSI Energy, Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Applications.

SUMMARY: Cincinnati Gas & Electric

Company and PSI Energy Inc., both

FERC regulated public utility

companies, have submitted applications

to export electric energy to Canada

pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal

Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before December 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Power Im/Ex (FE–27), Office of Fossil

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202–

287–5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

5883 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 October 9, 1997, the Office of

Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of

Energy (DOE) received a joint

application for authorization to export

electric energy to Canada, pursuant to

section 202(e) of the FPA, from

Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company

(CG&E) and PSI Energy, Inc. (PSI). A

single application for these two entities

was submitted because the two

companies collectively are the ‘‘Cinergy

Operating Companies.’’ However, each

company will require a separate export

authorization. By letter, on October 14,

1997, the applicants clarified their

request and ask that each be issued an

export authorization.

Each company is a regulated public

utility. CG&E, an Ohio corporation, and

PSI, an Indiana corporation, each

propose to sell electric energy to Canada

that is either excess to its system or

purchased from electric utilities or other

suppliers within the U.S.

The applicants would arrange for the

exported energy to be transmitted to

Canada over the international facilities

owned by Basin Electric, Bonneville

Power Administration, Citizens

Utilities, Detroit Edison Company,

Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative,

Joint Owners of the Highgate Project,

Maine Electric Power Company, Maine

Public Service Company, Minnesota

Power and Light Company, Minnkota

Power Cooperative, 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

joint application, has previously been

authorized by a Presidential permit

issued pursuant to Executive Order

10485, as amended.

Procedural Matters

Any persons desiring to become a

party to these proceedings or to be heard

by filing comments or protests to these

applications should file a petition to

intervene, comment or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the

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 Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company’s

request to export to Canada should be

clearly marked with Docket EA–159.

Comments of PSI’s request to export to

Canada should be clearly marked with

Docket EA–161. Additional copies are to

be filed directly with Michael E. Martin,

VP, Power Marketing & Trading, Cinergy

Services, Inc., 139 East Fourth Street,

Cincinnati, OH 45202; Stephen G.

Kozey, Senior Counsel, Cinergy

Services, Inc., 1000 East Main Street,

Plainfield, IN 46168; AND John S. Moot,

Nancy D. Baird, Skadden, Arps, Slate,

Meagher & Flom, 1440 New York

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005.

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 24,

1997.

Anthony J. Como,

Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office

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

Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 97–28790 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. CP96–213–000, et al.]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Site Visits

October 24, 1997.

The Office of Pipeline Regulation

(OPR) will conduct site visits, with

representatives of Columbia Gas

Transmission Corporation, of the

following portions of the Market

Expansion Project on the dates

indicated:

November 3–4, 1997—Glady Storage

Field facilities in Randolph and

Pocahontas Counties, West Virginia and

the Terra Alta and Terra Alta South

Storage Field facilities in Preston

County, West Virginia.

November 4–5, 1997—Line V–50

Replacement in Mahoning County, Ohio

and the Crawford and Laurel Storage

Field facilities in Hocking County, Ohio.

All interested parties may attend.

Those planning to attend must provide

their own transportation.

For further information, please

contact Paul McKee at (202) 208–1088.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28694 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M