Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 234 / Friday, December 5, 1997 / Notices 64371

Burden Hours: 1,632.

Abstract: The success to date of the

charter schools movement has resulted

from the opportunities the schools

provide for site-based management free

of many regulations, and for

instructional and other innovations,

parent choice, specialized services to

specific populations, and public

accountability. This data collection will

allow the Department of Education to

assemble information on the reasons

parents are enrolling students with

disabilities in charter schools, the

services provided by the schools, the

schools’ outcome goals, the student

outcome measures the schools employ,

and the students’ success in the schools.

Subjects will include educators, parents,

and students.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: A Study of Charter Schools.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; State, local or Tribal Gov’t,

SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting Burden and Recordkeeping:

Responses: 4,611.

Burden Hours: 2,365.

Abstract: This four-year study of

charter schools will examine the impact

of charter schools on student

achievement, on education reform, and

on an array of other issues. The study

includes an annual survey of the

universe of charter schools and

intensive site visits at a sample of

charter schools.

[FR Doc. 97–31848 Filed 12–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–610–000]

Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota Company); Notice of Filing

December 1, 1997.

Take notice that on November 10,

1997, Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota) (NSP), tendered for filing a

Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission

Service Agreement and a Short-Term

Firm Transmission Service Agreement

between NSP and Continental Energy

Services, L.L.C.

NSP requests that the Commission

accept both the agreements effective

October 15, 1997, and requests waiver of

the Commission’s notice requirements

in order for the agreements to be

accepted for filing on the date

requested.

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, N.E., 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

December 10, 1997. 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.

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–31853 Filed 12–4–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–4680–000]

Starghill Alternative Energy

Corporation; Notice of Issuance of

Order

December 2, 1997.

Starghill Alternative Energy

Corporation (Starghill) submitted for

filing a rate schedule under which

Starghill will engage in wholesale

electric power and energy transactions

as a marketer. Starghill also requested

waiver of various Commission

regulations. In particular, Starghill

requested that the Commission grant

blanket approval under 18 CFR part 34

of all future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liability by Starghill.

On November 24, 1997, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Rate Applications, Office of

Electric Power Regulation, granted

requests for blanket approval under Part

34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by Starghill should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., 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 385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, Starghill is authorized to

issue securities and assume obligations

or liabilities as a guarantor, indorser,

surety, or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issuance or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the applicant, and

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interest will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of Starghill’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is

December 24, 1997.

Copies of the full text of the order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–31897 Filed 12–4–97; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00514; FRL–5758–6]

Nominations to the FIFRA Scientific

Advisory Panel; Request for

Comments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice provides the

names, addresses, professional

affiliations, and selected biographical

data of persons nominated to serve on

the Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP)

established under section 25(d) of the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The Panel was

created on November 28, 1975, and

made a statutory Panel by amendment

to the FIFRA, dated October 25, 1988.

Public comment on the nominations is

invited, as these comments will be used

to assist the agency in selecting

nominees to the Panel.

DATES: Comments should be postmarked

no later than January 5, 1998.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit comments

to: Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch, Information Resources

and Services Division (7502C),

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In

person, bring comments to: Rm. 1132,