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also be made available by writing or

calling Karol Hazard at the Board’s

office address or telephone number

listed above.

Issued at Washington, DC on October 9,

1997.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–27288 Filed 10–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Pantex Plant,

Amarillo, TX

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is

hereby given of the following Advisory

Committee meeting: Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Pantex Plant,

Amarillo, Texas.

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, October 28,

1997: 1 p.m.–5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Amarillo Public Library,

Rooms A & B, 413 E. 4th Avenue,

Amarillo, Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry

S. Johnson, Assistant Area Manager,

Department of Energy, Amarillo Area

Office, P.O. Box 30030, Amarillo, TX

79120 (806) 477–3121.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Committee: The Board

provides input to the Department of

Energy on Environmental Management

strategic decisions that impact future

use, risk management, economic

development, and budget prioritization

activities.

Tentative Agenda:

1:00 p.m.—Welcome—Agenda

Review—Approval of Minutes

1:10 p.m.—Co-Chair Comments

1:20 p.m.—Task Force Reports

1:40 p.m.—Subcommittee Reports

2:15 p.m.—Nominations Report

3:00 p.m.—Ex-Officio Reports

3:30 p.m.—Water Discussions—

Exceedences

4:30 p.m.—Updates—Occurrence

Reports—DOE

5:00 p.m.—Closing Remarks/Adjourn

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public, and public comment

will be invited throughout the meeting.

Written statements may be filed with

the Committee either before or after the

meeting. Written comments will be

accepted at the address above for 15

days after the date of the meeting.

Individuals who wish to make oral

statements pertaining to agenda items

should contact Jerry Johnson’s office at

the address or telephone number listed

above. Requests must be received 5 days

prior to the meeting and reasonable

provision will be made to include the

presentation in the agenda. The

Designated Federal Official is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. Each individual

wishing to make public comment will

be provided a maximum of 5 minutes to

present their comments at any time

throughout the meeting.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Pantex Public Reading

Rooms located at the Amarillo College

Lynn Library and Learning Center, 2201

South Washington, Amarillo, TX phone

(806) 371–5400. Hours of operation are

from 7:45 am to 10:00 pm, Monday

through Thursday; 7:45 am to 5:00 pm

on Friday; 8:30 am to 12:00 noon on

Saturday; and 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm on

Sunday, except for Federal holidays.

Additionally, there is a Public Reading

Room located at the Carson County

Public Library, 401 Main Street,

Panhandle, TX phone (806) 537–3742.

Hours of operation are from 9:00 am to

7:00 pm on Monday; 9:00 am to 5:00

pm, Tuesday through Friday; and closed

Saturday and Sunday as well as Federal

Holidays. Minutes will also be available

by writing or calling Jerry S. Johnson at

the address or telephone number listed

above.

Issued at Washington, DC on October 9,

1997.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–27289 Filed 10–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Research

Energy Research Financial Assistance

Program Notice 98–02; Experimental

Program to Stimulate Competitive

Research (EPSCoR); Building

EPSCoR-State National Laboratory

Partnerships

AGENCY: Office of Energy Research, U.S.

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice inviting research grant

applications.

SUMMARY: The Office of Basic Energy

Sciences (BES) of the Office of Energy

Research (ER), U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE), in keeping with its

energy-related mission to assist in

strengthening the Nation’s scientific

research enterprise through the support

of science, engineering, and

mathematics, announces its interest in

receiving grant applications for

collaborative partnerships between

academic or industrial researchers from

states eligible for the DOE/EPSCoR

Program and researchers at DOE’s

National Laboratories, facilities, and

centers. The purpose of the DOE

/EPSCoR program is to enhance the

capability of designated states to

conduct nationally-competitive energyrelated research and to develop science

and engineering manpower in energyrelated areas to meet current and future

needs. The purpose of this program

notice is to initiate and promote

partnering and collaborative

relationships that build beneficial

energy-related research programs.

DATES: Potential applicants are strongly

encouraged to submit a brief

preapplication. All preapplications,

referencing Program Notice 98–02,

should be received by DOE by 4:30

P.M., E.S.T., December 3, 1997. A

response discussing the potential

program relevance of a formal

application generally will be

communicated to the applicant within

30 days of receipt. The deadline for

receipt of formal applications is 4:30

P.M., E.S.T., February 10, 1998, in order

to be accepted for merit review and to

permit timely consideration for award

in Fiscal Year 1998.

ADDRESSES: All preapplications,

referencing Program Notice 98–02,

should be sent to Ms. Donna J. Prokop,

Division of Materials Sciences, ER–13,

Office of Energy Research, U.S.

Department of Energy, 19901

Germantown Road, Germantown, MD

20874–1290.

After receiving notification from DOE

concerning successful preapplications,

applicants may prepare formal

applications and send them to: U.S.

Department of Energy, Office of Energy

Research, Grants and Contracts

Division, ER–64, 19901 Germantown

Road, Germantown, MD 20874–1290,

ATTN: Program Notice 98–02. The

above address must also be used when

submitting applications by U.S. Postal

Service Express, any commercial mail

delivery service, or when hand carried

by the applicant.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Donna J. Prokop, DOE/EPSCoR Program

Manager, Office of Basic Energy

Sciences, ER–132, U. S. Department of

Energy, 19901 Germantown Road,

Germantown, MD 20874–1290,
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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