Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 235 / Monday, December 8, 1997 / Notices 64573

Issuance of this permit as required by

the ESA is based on a finding that such

permit: (1) Was applied for in good

faith, (2) will not operate to the

disadvantage of the endangered species

which are the subject of this permit, and

(3) is consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA. Documents are available in the

following offices:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289);

Northeast Region, NMFS, One

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA

01930–2289 (508/281–9250);

Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721

Executive Center Drive North, St.

Petersburg, FL 33702–2432 (813/570–

5301);

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach,

CA 90802–4213 (310/980–4001);

Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand

Point Way, NE, BIN C15700, Bldg., 1,

Seattle, WA 98115–0070 (206/526–

6150); and

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668 (907–

586–7221).

Dated: December 2, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–32071 Filed 12–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety

Commission, Washington, DC 20207.

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, December 16,

1997, 10:00 a.m.

LOCATION: Room 420, East West Towers,

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda,

Maryland.

STATUS: Open to the Public.

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED:

Bunk Beds

The staff will brief the Commission on

options for Commission action to

address entrapment hazards associated

with bunk beds.

For a recorded message containing the

latest agenda information, call (301)

504–0709.

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION: Sadye E. Dunn, Office of

the Secretary, 4330 East West Highway,

Bethesda, MD 20207 (301) 504–0800.

Dated: December 4, 1997.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32209 Filed 12–4–97; 2:30 pm]

BILLING CODE 6355–01–M

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety

Commission, Washington, DC 20207.

TIME AND DATE: Thursday, December 18,

1997 10:00 a.m.

LOCATION: Room 420, East West Towers,

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda,

Maryland.

STATUS: Open to the Public.

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED:

Upholstered Furniture

The staff will brief the Commission on

options for Commission action to

address the risk of fires caused by small

open flame ignition of upholstered

furniture and the staff’s evaluation of

the cigarette ignition resistance of

upholstered furniture. These issues

were initially raised in a petition (FP

93–1) submitted by the National

Association of State Fire Marshals

(NASFM).

For a recorded message containing the

latest agenda information, call (301)

504–0709.

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION: Sadye E. Dunn, Office of

the Secretary, 4330 East West Highway,

Bethesda, MD 20207 (301) 504–0800.

Dated: December 4, 1997.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32210 Filed 12–4–97; 2:30 pm]

BILLING CODE 6355–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Legislative Environmental Impact

Statement (LEIS) for Nellis Air Force

Range Renewal (NAFR)—Cooperating

Agencies

SUMMARY: The Air Force is currently

preparing a Legislative Environmental

Impact Statement (LEIS) to assess the

potential environmental impacts of the

proposed renewal of the Nellis Air

Force Range (NAFR) Nevada. The

current land withdrawal and reservation

of the NAFR was established by the

Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1986

(Pub. L. 99–606) for the period ending

November 6, 2001. This notice identifies

the following federal agencies as

cooperating agencies for the NAFR

Range Renewal LEIS: The U.S.

Department of Energy, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of

Land Management. Notice of Intent was

published in the Federal Register on

May 31, 1996.

DATES: See summary section for related

date.

ADDRESSES: HQ ACC/CEVP, 129

Andrews Street, Suite 102, Langley Air

Force Base, VA 23665.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Sheryl K. Parker, (804) 764–9334.

Authority Citation: 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347;

40 CFR parts 1500–1508; Pub. L. 99–606.

Barbara A. Carmichael,

Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–32057 Filed 12–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3910–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Historically Black Colleges and

Universities Capital Financing

Advisory Board; Meeting

AGENCY: Historically Black Colleges and

Universities Capital Financing Advisory

Board; Education.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming meeting of the Historically

Black Colleges and Universities Capital

Financing Advisory Board. This notice

also describes the functions of the

Board. Notice of this meeting is required

under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act..

DATE AND TIME: December 19, 1997, 9:00

a.m.–4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Loews L’Enfant Plaza Hotel,

480 L’Enfant Plaza S.W., Washington,

DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carl S. Person, Executive Director,

Historically Black Colleges and

Universities Capital Financing Advisory

Board, U.S. Department of Education,

Washington, DC 20202–5139, telephone

(202) 708–8328.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Historically Black Colleges and

Universities Capital Financing Advisory

Board is established under section 727

of the Higher Education Act of 1965. as

amended in 1992 (20 U.S.C. 1132c–6).

The Board is established to provide

advice and counsel to the Secretary of

Education and the designated bonding

authority for the Historically Black

Colleges and Universities Capital
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1References to the ‘‘Act’’ refer to the Energy

Policy and Conservation Act, as amended. 42 U.S.C.

§§ 6291–6309.

Financing Program as to the most

effective and efficient means of

implementing construction financing on

historically Black college and university

campuses and to advise Congress

regarding the progress made in

implementing the program.

The meeting of the Board is open to

the public. The agenda includes a

briefing by members of the designated

bonding authority on the status of loan

activities, an overall assessment of the

program, and reauthorization issues.

Records are kept of all Committee

proceedings, and are available for public

inspection at the office of the

Historically Black Colleges and

Universities Capital Financing Advisory

Board, U.S. Department of Education,

Washington, DC 20202–5139, from the

hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Dated: December 2, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 97–31974 Filed 12–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4401–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

President’s Board of Advisors on

Historically Black Colleges and

Universities; Meeting

AGENCY: President’s Board of Advisors

on Historically Black Colleges and

Universities, Department of Education.

ACTION: Change in meeting time.

SUMMARY: On Wednesday, November

26, 1997, on page 63138 in column 1,

the Department of Education published

a notice for the President’s Board of

Advisors on Historically Black Colleges

and Universities meeting. The time of

the meeting has been changed to 11:00

a.m.–5:00 p.m. all other information

printed is correct.

DATE AND TIME: December 18, 1997 from

11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Sheraton City Centre Hotel located

at 1143 New Hampshire Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sterling Henry, White House Initiative

on Historically Black Colleges and

Universities, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

SW, the Portals Building, Suite 605,

Washington, DC 20202–5120.

Telephone: (202) 708–8667.

Dated: December 1, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 97–32003 Filed 12–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products; Representative

Average Unit Costs of Energy

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Department

of Energy (DOE or Department) is

forecasting the representative average

unit costs of five residential energy

sources for the year 1998. The five

sources are electricity, natural gas, No.

2 heating oil, propane, and kerosene.

The representative unit costs of these

energy sources are used in the Energy

Conservation Program for Consumer

Products established by the Energy

Policy and Conservation Act, Pub. L.

No. 94–163, 89 Stat. 871, as amended,

(EPCA).

EFFECTIVE DATE: The representative

average unit costs of energy contained

in this notice will become effective

January 7, 1998 and will remain in

effect until further notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Barry P. Berlin, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Forrestal

Building, Mail Station EE–43, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202)

586–9127

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC–

72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0103, (202)

586–9507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

323 of the EPCA (Act) 1 requires that

DOE prescribe test procedures for the

determination of the estimated annual

operating costs or other measures of

energy consumption for certain

consumer products specified in the Act.

These test procedures are found in 10

CFR Part 430, Subpart B.

Section 323(b) of the Act requires that

the estimated annual operating costs of

a covered product be computed from

measurements of energy use in a

representative average-use cycle and

from representative average unit costs of

energy needed to operate such product

during such cycle. The section further

requires DOE to provide information

regarding the representative average

unit costs of energy for use wherever

such costs are needed to perform

calculations in accordance with the test

procedures. Most notably, these costs

are used under the Federal Trade

Commission appliance labeling program

established by Section 324 of the Act

and in connection with advertisements

of appliance energy use and energy

costs which are covered by Section

323(c) of the Act.

The Department last published

representative average unit costs of

residential energy for use in the

Conservation Program for Consumer

Products on November 18, 1996. (61 FR

58679). Effective January 7, 1998, the

cost figures published on November 18,

1996, will be superseded by the cost

figures set forth in this notice.

The Department’s Energy Information

Administration (EIA) has developed the

1998 representative average unit aftertax costs of electricity, natural gas, No.

2 heating oil, and propane and kerosene

prices found in this notice. The cost

projections for heating oil, electricity,

and natural gas are found in the fourth

quarter, 1997, EIA Short-Term Energy

Outlook, DOE/EIA–0226 (97/4Q) and

reflect the mid-price scenario.

Projections for residential propane and

kerosene prices are derived from their

relative prices to that of heating oil,

based on 1996 averages for these three

fuels. The sources for these price data

are the preliminary Petroleum

Marketing Annual 1996 and the

September 1997 Monthly Energy Review

(DOE/EIA–0035(97/09). The Short-Term

Energy Outlook and the Monthly Energy

Review are available at the National

Energy Information Center, Forrestal

Building, Room 1F–048, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–8800.

The preliminary Petroleum Marketing

Annual 1996 is available at the

following Internet address: http://

www.eia.doe.gov/oillgas/pmm/

12pmmframe.html. Persons who are

without access to the Internet, and who

want copies of the applicable tables of

the preliminary Petroleum Marketing

Annual 1996, can obtain them from the

Department’s Office of Codes and

Standards (phone: (202) 586–9127).