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or awarded. Not only would the

disclosure of such data implicate

proscriptions set forth in the Federal

Acquisition Regulations, but also such

disclosure would significantly frustrate

a proposed agency action. Specifically,

disclosure of the Subcommittee’s

discussion prematurely, including

contract specifications and government

cost estimates, could affect private

decisions made by the contractor which

might damage the financial interests of

the government as a whole, by, for

example, increasing the costs to the

government, and might make it

impossible for the two sides to reach

agreement. Such matters are protected

by exemption 9B of Section 552b(c) of

Title 5 U.S.C.

A summary of the activities of this

closed meeting and other related

matters, which are informative to the

public and consistent with the policy of

the Section 5 U.S.C. 552b, will be

available to the public within 14 days

after the meeting. Records are kept of all

Board proceedings and are available for

public inspection at the U.S.

Department of Education, National

Assessment Governing Board, Suite 825,

800 North Capitol Street, NW,

Washington, D.C., from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00

p.m.

Dated: December 1, 1997.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

[FR Doc. 97–31774 Filed 12–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

State Energy Program Special Projects

Financial Assistance

AGENCY: The Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice for 1998 State Energy

Program special projects.

SUMMARY: As options offered under the

State Energy Program (SEP) for fiscal

year 1998, the Office of Energy

Efficiency and Renewable Energy is

announcing the availability of financial

assistance to States for a group of

special project activities. Funding is

being provided by a number of end-use

sector programs in the Office of Energy

Efficiency and Renewable Energy. States

may apply to undertake any of the

projects being offered by these

programs. States that are awarded

funding for special projects will carry

out their projects in conjunction with

their efforts under SEP, with the special

projects funding and activities tracked

separately so that the end-use sector

programs may follow the progress of

their projects.

The projects must meet the relevant

requirements of the programs providing

the funding, as well as of SEP, as

specified in the program guidance/

solicitation. Among the goals of the

special projects activities are to assist

States to: Accelerate deployment of

energy efficiency and renewable energy

technologies; facilitate the acceptance of

emerging and underutilized energy

efficiency and renewable energy

technologies; and increase the

responsiveness of Federally funded

technology development efforts to

private sector needs.

DATES: The program guidance/

solicitation is expected to be December

5, 1997. Applications must be received

by February 14, 1998.

ADDRESSES AND FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Faith

Lambert at the U.S. Department of

Energy Headquarters, 1000

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586–

2319, for referral to the appropriate DOE

Regional Support Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fiscal year

1998 is the third year special project

activities are funded in conjunction

with the State Energy Program (10 CFR

part 420). Most of these State-oriented

special projects are related to or based

on similar efforts that have been funded

separately by the various DOE end-use

sector programs that are now providing

funding for these optional SEP

activities.

Availability of Fiscal Year 1998 Funds

With this publication, DOE is

announcing the availability of $11.825

million in financial assistance funds for

fiscal year 1998. The awards will be

made through a competitive process.

The end-use sector programs that are

participating in the SEP special projects

for fiscal year 1998, with the estimated

minimum amount of funding available

for each, are as follows:

• Clean Cities: Accelerating the

introduction and increasing the use of

alternative fuels and alternative fueled

vehicles through the development of

infrastructure and clean corridors ($2.0

million).

• Federal Energy Management

Program: Developing Federal/State

partnerships to increase technical

capability and funding for energy

efficiency, renewable energy, and water

conservation measures for Federal and

State buildings ($975,000).

• Industrial Programs: Accelerating

industrial and clean production

opportunities with regional industries

through the programs of the Industrial

Alliance (Inventions and Innovation,

NICE3, Industrial Assessment Centers,

Motor Challenge, Climate Wise, and

Steam Partnership. ($2.35 million)

• Rebuild America: Helping

community and regional partnerships

improve commercial and multifamily

building energy efficiency ($1.0

million).

• Codes and Standards: Supporting

States’ actions to update, implement,

and enforce residential and commercial

building energy codes ($4.0 million).

• Utility Technologies: Projects to

demonstrate and increase utilization of

renewable energy sources, such as

biomass, geothermal heat pumps,

hydrogen technology, photovoltaics for

utility scale applications, and wind

energy ($1.5 million).

Restricted Eligibility

Eligible applicants for purposes of

funding under this program are limited

to the 50 States, the District of

Columbia, Puerto Rico, or any territory

or possession of the United States,

specifically, the State energy or other

agency responsible for administering the

State Energy Program pursuant to 10

CFR part 420. For convenience, the term

State in this notice refers to all eligible

State applicants.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number assigned to the State

Energy Program is 81.041.

Requirements for cost sharing or

matching contributions will be

addressed in the program guidance/

solicitation for each special project

activity, as appropriate. Cost sharing or

matching contributions beyond any

required percentage are desirable.

Any application must be signed by an

authorized State official, in accordance

with the program guidance/solicitation.

Evaluation Review and Criteria

A first tier review for completeness

will occur at the appropriate DOE

Regional Support Office. Applications

found to be complete will undergo a

merit review process by panels

comprised of members representing the

respective participating end-use sector

programs in DOE’s Office of Energy

Efficiency and Renewable Energy. A

decision as to the applications selected

for funding will then be made by the

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Building

Technology, State and Community

Programs, or designee, based on the

findings of the technical merit review

and any stated program policy factors.

DOE reserves the right to fund, in whole
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or in part, any, all or none of the

applications submitted in response to

this notice.

More detailed information is available

from the U.S. Department of Energy

Headquarters at (202) 586–2319.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on November

28, 1997.

Joseph Romm,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy

Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 97–31788 Filed 12–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–4745–000]

Alpena Power Marketing, L.L.C.; Notice

of Issuance of Order

December 1, 1997.

Alpena Power Marketing, L.L.C.

(Alpena Marketing) filed an application

for authorization to engage in the

wholesale sale and brokering of electric

capacity and energy at market-based

rates, and for certain waivers and

authorizations. In particular, Alpena

Marketing requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liabilities by Alpena Marketing. On

November 13, 1997, the Commission

issued an Order Accepting For Filing

Proposed Market-Based Rates (Order), in

the above—docketed proceeding.

The Commission’s November 13, 1997

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (D), (E), and (F):

(D) Within 30 days of the date of

issuance of this order, any person

desiring to be heard or to protest the

Commission’s blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liabilities by Alpena Marketing should

file a motion to intervene or protest with

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, in accordance

with Rules 211 and 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214.

(E) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (D) above, Alpena Marketing

is hereby authorized to issue securities

and assume obligations and liabilities as

guarantor, indorser, surety or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of Alpena

Marketing, compatible with the public

interest, and reasonably necessary or

appropriate for such purposes.

(F) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

Alpena Marketing’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liabilities.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is

December 15, 1997.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–31784 Filed 12–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–81–000]

Colt Electric Corporation; Notice of

Issuance of Order

December 1, 1997.

Colt Electric Corporation (Colt)

submitted for filing a rate schedule

under which Colt will engage in

wholesale electric power and energy

transactions as a marketer. Colt also

requested waiver of various Commission

regulations. In particular, Colt requested

that the Commission grant blanket

approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all

future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liability by Colt.

On November 17, 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 Colt 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, Colt 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 interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of Colt’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 17, 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. 97–31783 Filed 12–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. ER98–33–000 and EL98–9–

000]

Enron Power Marketing, Inc.; Order

Accepting Rate Schedule for Filing, as

Modified, Granting Waiver of Notice,

and Announcing Policy Concerning

Reassignment of Transmission

Capacity by Power Marketers

Before Commissioners: James J. Hoecker,

Chairman; Vicky A. Bailey, and William

L. Massey

Issued November 28, 1997.

In this order, we accept for filing

Enron Power Marketing, Inc.’s (Enron

Marketing’s) proposed rate schedule for

reassignment of transmission rights,

subject to certain modifications. We also

inform all power marketers of an

amendment to their existing rate

schedules pertaining to reassignment of

transmission rights, and waive the prior

notice and filing requirements with

respect to reassignments of transmission

capacity by power marketers.

Background

On October 3, 1997, Enron Marketing

submitted for filing a proposed tariff for

the sale, assignment, or transfer of

transmission rights procured under any

open access transmission rate schedule

by Enron Marketing on the transmission

system of any transmission provider.

Enron Marketing’s rate schedule

provides that the charges for such

transmission service would be capped at