67632 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 248 / Monday, December 29, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Availability of U.S. Patents for NonExclusive, Exclusive, or PartiallyExclusive Licensing

AGENCY: U.S. Army Research

Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR

404.6, announcement is made of the

availability of the following U.S. patents

for non-exclusive, partially exclusive or

exclusive licensing. All of the listed

patents have been assigned to the

United States of America as represented

by the Secretary of the Army,

Washington, D.C.

These patents cover a wide variety of

technical arts including: A long-range

nonlethal bullet, a device to detect

muzzle flash from a gun.

Under the authority of Section

11(a)(2) of the Federal Technology

Transfer Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99–502)

and Section 207 of Title 35, United

States Code, the Department of the

Army as represented by the U.S. Army

Research Laboratory wish to license the

U.S. patents listed below in a nonexclusive, exclusive or partially

exclusive manner to any party

interested in manufacturing, using, and/

or selling devices or processes covered

by these patents.

Title: Long-Range Nonlethal Bullet.

Inventor: Raine M. Gilbert.

Patent Number: 5,691,501.

Issued Date: November 25, 1997.

Title: Infrared Sniper Detection

Enhancement.

Inventor: David B. Hillis.

Patent Number: 5,686,889.

Issue Date: November 11, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Norma Vaught, Technology Transfer

Office, AMSRL–CS–TT, U.S. Army

Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland

20832–1197, tel: (301) 394–2952; fax:

(301) 394–5815 e-mail: nvaught@arl.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Mary V. Yonts,

Alternate Army Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–33777 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Availability of U.S. Patents for NonExclusive, Exclusive, or PartiallyExclusive Licensing

AGENCY: U.S. Army Research

Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR

404.6, announcement is made of the

availability of the following U.S. patents

for non-exclusive, partially exclusive or

exclusive licensing. All of the listed

patents have been assigned to the

United States of America as represented

by the Secretary of the Army,

Washington, D.C.

These patents cover a wide variety of

technical arts including: a method of

control computers by mental thought,

an eyetracker to control heads-up

displays and a means to detect an image

on a screen by non-visible light.

Under the authority of Section

11(a)(2) of the Federal Technology

Transfer Act of 1986 (Pub. L 99–502)

and Section 207 of Title 35, United

States Code, the Department of the

Army as represented by the U.S. Army

Research Laboratory wish to license the

U.S. patents listed below in a nonexclusive, exclusive or partially

exclusive manner to any party

interested in manufacturing, using, and/

or selling devices or processes covered

by these patents.

Title: Detecting Target Imaged on a

Large Screen Via Non-Visible Light.

Inventor: Gordon L. Herald.

Patent Number: 5,690,492.

Issue Date: November 25, 1997.

Title: Eyetracker Control of Heads-Up

Displays.

Inventor: Christopher C. Smyth.

Patent Number: 5,689,619.

Issue Date: November 18, 1997.

Title: Method and Apparatus for

Estimating a Cognitive Decision Made in

Response to a Known Stimulus from the

Corresponding Single-Event Evoked

Cerebral Potential.

Inventor: Christopher C. Smyth.

Patent Number: 5,687,291.

Issue Date: November 11, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Michael Rausa, Technology Transfer

Office, AMSRL–CS–TT/Bldg 434, U.S.

Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen

Proving Ground, Maryland 21005–5425,

tel: (410) 278–5028; fax: (410) 278–5820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Mary V. Yonts,

Alternate Army Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–33773 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Recognition of Accrediting Agencies,

State Agencies for Approval of Public

Postsecondary Vocational Education,

and State Agencies for Approval of

Nurse Education

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Request for comments on

agencies applying to the Secretary for

Initial or Renewed Recognition.

DATES: Commenters should submit their

written comments by February 12, 1998

to the address below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen W. Kershenstein, Director,

Accreditation and Eligibility

Determination Division, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

3915 ROB–3, Washington, DC 20202–

5244, telephone: (202) 708–7417.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

Submission of Third-Party Comments

The Secretary of Education

recognizes, as reliable authorities as to

the quality of education offered by

institutions or programs within their

scope, accrediting agencies and State

approval agencies for public

postsecondary vocational education and

nurse education that meet certain

criteria for recognition. The purpose of

this notice is to invite interested third

parties to present written comments on

the agencies listed in this notice that

have applied for initial or continued

recognition. A subsequent Federal

Register notice will announce the

meeting and invite individuals and/or

groups to submit requests for oral

presentation before the National

Advisory Committee on Institutional

Quality and Integrity (the ‘‘Advisory

Committee’’) on the agencies being

reviewed. That notice, however, does

not constitute another call for written

comment. This notice is the only call for

written comment.

All comments received in response to

this notice will be reviewed by

Department staff as part of its evaluation

of the agencies’ compliance with the
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Secretary’s Criteria for Recognition. In

order for Department staff to give full

consideration to the comments received

and to address them in the staff analyses

that will be presented to the Advisory

Committee at its June 1998 meeting, the

comments must arrive at the address

listed above not later than February 12,

1998. Comments received after the

deadline will be reviewed by

Department staff, which will take

action, as appropriate, either before or

after the meeting, should the comments

suggest that an accrediting agency is not

acting in accordance with the

Secretary’s Criteria for Recognition.

All comments must relate to the

Secretary’s Criteria for the Recognition

of Accrediting Agencies. Comments

pertaining to agencies whose interim

reports will be reviewed must be

restricted to the concerns raised in the

Secretary’s letter for which the report is

requested.

The Advisory Committee advises the

Secretary of Education on the

recognition of accrediting agencies and

State approval agencies. The Advisory

Committee is scheduled to meet June 8–

10, 1998 in Washington, D.C. All

written comments in response to this

notice that are received by the

Department by the deadline will be

considered by both the Advisory

Committee and the Secretary.

Comments received after the deadline,

as indicated previously, will be

reviewed by Department staff, which

will take follow-up action, as

appropriate, either before or after the

meeting. Commenters whose comments

are received after the deadline will be

notified by staff of the disposition of

those comments.

The following agencies will be

reviewed during the June 1998 meeting

of the Advisory Committee:

Nationally Recognized Accrediting

Agencies

Petitions for Initial Recognition—

1. Council on Integrative Medical

Education (requested scope of

recognition: the accreditation of

colleges and programs leading to

the Doctor of Integrative Medicine

(IMD) degree and Doctor of

Physiatric Medicine (PMD))

2. Northwest Association of Schools and

Colleges, Commission on Schools

(requested scope of recognition: the

accreditation and preaccreditation

(‘‘Candidate for Accreditation’’) of

public vocational/technical schools

offering non-degree postsecondary

education in Alaska, Idaho,

Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah,

and Washington)

Petitions for Renewal of Recognition—

1. Association for Clinical Pastoral

Education, Inc., Accreditation

Commission (requested scope of

recognition: the accreditation and

preaccreditation (‘‘Candidacy for

Accredited Membership’’) of

clinical pastoral education centers,

as well as clinical pastoral

education and supervisory clinical

pastoral education programs.

2. Commission on Accreditation of

Allied Health Education Programs,

Council on Accreditation and

Recognition (requested scope of

recognition: the accreditation and

preaccreditation (‘‘Candidate

status’’) of educational programs for

the allied health occupations of

cytotechnologist, diagnostic

medical sonographer,

electroneurodiagnostic technologist,

emergency medical technicianparamedic, perfusionist, physician

assistant, and surgical technologist)

3. Commission on Opticinary

Accreditation (requested scope of

recognition: the accreditation of

two-year programs for the

ophthalmic dispenser and one-year

programs for the opthalmic

laboratory technician)

4. Middle States Association of Colleges

and Schools, Commission on

Secondary Schools (requested scope

of recognition: the accreditation and

preaccreditation (‘‘Candidate for

Accreditation’’) of public vocational/

technical schools offering nondegrees, postsecondary education in

Delaware, the District of Columbia,

Maryland, New Jersey, New York,

Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and the

Virgin Islands)

5. National Association of Nurse

Practioners in Reproductive Health

(requested scope of recognition: the

accreditation of women’s health nurse

practitioner programs)

6. New York State Board of Regents

(requested scope of recognition: the

accreditation (registration) of

collegiate degree-granting programs or

curricula offered by institutions of

higher education in the state of New

York and of credit-bearing certificate

and diploma programs offered by

degree-granting institutions of higher

education in the state of New York)

7. North Central Association of Colleges

and Schools, Commission on Schools

(requested scope of recognition: the

accreditation and preaccreditation

(‘‘Candidate for Accreditation’’) of

schools offering non-degree,

postsecondary education in Arizona,

Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana,

Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,

Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico,

North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South

Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and

Wyoming)

Interim Reports

(An interim report is a follow-up

report on an accrediting agency’s

compliance with specific criteria for

recognition that was requested by the

Secretary when the Secretary granted

initial or renewed recognition to the

agency)—

1. Accrediting Association of Bible

Colleges, Commission on Accrediting

2. American Association of Nurse

Anesthetists, Council on

Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia

Educational Programs

3. American Bar Association, Council of

the Section of Legal Education and

Admissions to the Bar

4. Accreditation Commission for

Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

5. Accrediting Council on Education in

Journalism and Mass Communication,

Accrediting Committee

6. American Dietetic Association,

Commission on Accreditation/

Approval for Dietetics Education

7. American Osteopathic Association,

Bureau of Professional Education

8. American Physical Therapy

Association, Commission on

Accreditation in Physical Therapy

Education

9. Distance Education and Training

Council, Accrediting Commission

10. Joint Review Committee on

Education in Radiologic Technology

11. National Accrediting Agency for

Clinical Laboratory Science

12. National Council for Accreditation

of Teacher Education

13. National League for Nursing

Accreditation Commission

14. Transitional Association of Christian

Colleges and Schools, Accrediting

Commission

State Agencies Recognized for the

Approval of Public Postsecondary

Vocational Education

Petitions for Renewal of Recognition—

1. Kansas Board of Education

2. New York State Board of Regents,

Vocational Education

Interim Report—

1. Oklahoma State Board of Vocational

and Technical Education

State Agency Recognized for the

Approval of Nurse Education

Petition for Renewal of Recognition—

1. New York State Board of Regents,

Nursing Education Unit
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Federal Agency Seeking DegreeGranting Authority

In accordance with the Federal policy

governing the granting of academic

degrees by Federal agencies (approved

by a letter from the Director, Bureau of

the Budget, to the Secretary, Health,

Education, and Welfare, dated

December 23, 1954), the Secretary is

required to establish a review committee

to advise the Secretary concerning any

legislation that may be proposed that

would authorize the granting of degrees

by a Federal agency. The review

committee forwards its recommendation

concerning a Federal agency’s proposed

degree-granting authority to the

Secretary, who then forwards the

committee’s recommendation and the

Secretary’s recommendation to the

Office of Management and Budget for

review and transmittal to the Congress.

The Secretary uses the Advisory

Committee as the review committee

required for this purpose. Accordingly,

the Advisory Committee will review the

following institution at this meeting:

Proposed Master’s Degree-Granting

Authority

1. U.S. Army War, Carlisle, PA (request

to award the master’s degree in

Strategic Studies to students who

complete its non-resident track)

Public Inspection of Petitions and

Third-Party Comments

All petitions and interim reports, and

those third-party comments received in

advance of the meeting, will be

available for public inspection and

copying at the U.S. Department of

Education, ROB–3, Room 3915, 7th and

D Streets, SW., Washington, DC 20202–

5244, telephone (202) 708–7417

between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30

p.m., Monday through Friday, until May

18, 1998. They will be available again

after the June 8–10 Advisory Committee

meeting. it is preferred that an

appointment be made in advance of

such inspection or copying.

Dated: December 17, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 97–33734 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board;

Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: Consistent with 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:

Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory

Board—Tennessee Valley Electric

System Advisory Committee.

Date and Time: Tuesday, January 20,

1998, 3:00 P.M.—9:00 P.M.

Place: Nashville Convention Center,

Room 204, 601 Commerce Street,

Nashville, Tennessee 37203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board (AB–1), US Department

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586–

1709.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Tennessee Valley Electric

System Advisory Committee is to

provide advice, information, and

recommendations to the Secretary of

Energy Advisory Board on the role of

the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

in a restructured competitive electric

industry. The Tennessee Valley Electric

System Advisory Committee will

prepare a report for submission to the

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board.

Tentative Agenda

Tuesday, January 20, 1998

3:00—5:30 PM Opening Remarks—The

Honorable Butler Derrick, Chairman

Presentations

Working Session

5:30—6:30 PM Dinner Break

6:30—9:00PM Working Session

Public Comment Period

9:00 PM Adjourn

This tentative agenda is subject to

change. A final agenda will be available

at the meeting.

Public Participation: The Chairman of

the Tennessee Valley Electric System

Advisory Committee is empowered to

conduct the meeting in a way which

will, in the Chairman’s judgment,

facilitate the orderly conduct of

business. During its meeting in

Nashville, Tennessee, the Tennessee

Valley Electric System Advisory

Committee welcomes public comment.

Members of the public will be heard in

the order in which they sign up at the

beginning of the meeting. The

Tennessee Valley Electric System

Advisory Committee will make every

effort to hear the views of all interested

parties. Written comments may be

submitted to Skila Harris, Executive

Director, Secretary of Energy Advisory

Board, AB–1, US Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20585.

Minutes: Minutes and a transcript of

the meeting will be available for public

review and copying approximately 30

days following the meeting at the

Freedom of Information Public Reading

Room, 1E–190 Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C., between 9:00 A.M.

and 4:00 P.M., Monday through Friday

except Federal holidays. Information on

the Tennessee Valley Electric System

Advisory Committee may also be found

at the Secretary of Energy Advisory

Board’s web site, located at http://

www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

Issued at Washington, D.C., on December

18, 1997.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–33717 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–02–000]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

December 19, 1997.

Take notice that on December 17,

1997, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR)

tendered for filing as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, Second Revised No. 1, the

following revised tariff sheets to be

effective February 1, 1998:

Third Revised Sheet No. 137

First Revised Sheet No. 137A

Second Revised Sheet No. 138

Second Revised Sheet No. 139

First Revised Sheet No. 139A

Second Revised Sheet No. 140

First Revised Sheet No. 141

Second Revised Sheet No. 142

First Revised Sheet No. 143

Third Revised Sheet No. 144

ANR states that it is revising the

cashout mechanism set forth in its tariff

to: (1) Revise the methodology by which

prices are determined for the purchase

and sale of imbalance volumes that are

cashed-out on its system; and (2)

provide for a two-way flow-through of

gains and losses from the purchase and

sale of cashout volumes.

ANR states that copies of the filing

have been mailed to all affected

customers and state regulatory

commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this 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 Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motion or protests must be