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availability of the following U.S. patent

for non-exclusive, partially exclusive or

exclusive licensing. The listed patent

has 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 device to

estimate mental decisions made in

response to a display stimulus and a

method of stimulating a subsurface

hydrocarbon reservoir with a well.

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. patent listed

below in a non-exclusive, exclusive or

partially exclusive manner to any party

interested in manufacturing, using, and/

or selling devices or processes covered

by this patent.

Title: Automatic Aiding of Human

Cognitive Functions with Computerized

Displays.

Inventor: Christopher C. Smyth.

Patent Number: 6,092,058.

Issued Date: July 18, 2000.

Title: Liquid Gun Propellant

Stimulation.

Inventor: George A. Gazonas.

Patent Number: 6,098,516.

Issued Date: August 8, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Rausa, Technology Transfer

Office , AMSRL–CS–TT, U.S. Army

Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving

Ground, MD 21005–5055 tel: (410) 278–

5028; fax: (410) 278–5820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–25070 Filed 9–28–00; 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: Army Research Laboratory,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR

404.6, announcement is made of the

availability of the following U.S. patent

for non-exclusive, partially exclusive or

exclusive licensing. The listed patent

has 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: An apparatus

for determining the thickness of a wall

or coal seam and a traveling array

antenna, which operates at microwave/

millimeter frequencies.

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. patent listed

below in a non-exclusive, exclusive or

partially exclusive manner to any party

interested in manufacturing, using, and/

or selling devices or processes covered

by this patent.

Title: High Performance Traveling

Wave Antenna for Microwave and

Millimeter Wave Applications.

Inventors: Thomas Koscica and Duc

Huynh.

Patent Number: 6,094,172.

Issued Date: July 25, 2000.

Title: Acoustic Navigation Aid for

Autonomous Coal Miner.

Inventors: Donald E. Wortman and

John D. Bruno.

Patent Number: 6,094,986.

Issued Date: August 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Norma Cammaratta, Technology

Transfer Office, AMSRL–CS–TT, U.S.

Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi,

MD 20783–1197 tel: (301) 394–2952;

fax: (301) 394–5818.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–25069 Filed 9–28–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, Office

of the Chief Information Officer invites

comments on the submission for OMB

review as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before October

30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, Acting

Desk Officer, Department of Education,

Office of Management and Budget, 725

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

Lauren_Wittenberg@omb.eop.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Leader,

Regulatory Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, publishes that notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by

office, contains the following: (1) Type

of review requested, e.g. new, revision,

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)

Description of the need for, and

proposed use of, the information; (5)

Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites

public comment.

Dated: September 25, 2000.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Safe and Drug-Free Schools and

Communities National Programs—

Federal Activities Discretionary Grants

Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; Not-for-profit

institutions; Individuals or household

(primary).

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: 

Responses: 400.

Burden Hours: 11,200.

Abstract: This program supports the

development or enhancement,

implementation, and evaluation of

innovative programs that (1) provide

models or proven effective practices that

will assist schools and communities

around the Nation to improve their

programs funded under the SDFSCA;

and (2) develop, implement, evaluate,

and disseminate new or improved

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approaches to creating safe and orderly

learning environments in schools.

This information collection is being

submitted under the Streamlined

Clearance Process for Discretionary

Grant Information Collections (1890–

0001). Therefore, the 30-day public

comment period notice will be the only

public comment notice published for

this information collection.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Room 4050, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. Please specify

the complete title of the information

collection when making your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or the

collection activity requirements should

be directed to Kathy Axt at her internet

address Kathy_Axt@ed.gov. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.

[FR Doc. 00–24976 Filed 9–28–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Pantex Plant,

TX

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Pantex Plant,

Amarillo, Texas. The Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86

Stat. 770) requires that public notice of

these meetings be announced in the

Federal Register.

DATES: Tuesday, October 31, 2000, 1

p.m.–5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Wellington Room, I–40

and Georgia in Wellington Square,

Amarillo, Potter County, Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry

S. Johnson, Assistant Area Manager,

Department of Energy, Amarillo Area

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

79120. Phone (806) 477–3125; Fax (806)

477–5896 or e-mail:

jjohnson@pantex.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of

the Board is to make recommendations

to DOE and its regulators in the areas of

environmental restoration, waste

management, and related activities.

Tentative Agenda:

1:00 Agenda Review/Approval of

Minutes

1:15 Co-Chair Comments

1:30 Task Force/Subcommittee

Reports

2:15 Ex-Officio Reports

2:30 Updates—Occurrence Reports—

DOE

3:00 Break

3:15 Presentation on Lightening

Enhancement

4:00 Public Comments

4:45 Closing Comments

5:00 Adjourn

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Committee either

before or after 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 every

reasonable provision will be made to

accommodate the request in the agenda.

The Designated Federal Officer 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.

Minutes: 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 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday

through Thursday; 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.

on Friday; 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon on

Saturday; and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. 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 a.m. to 7

p.m. on Monday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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 September

22, 2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. FE C&E 00–15, C&E 00–16,

C&E 00–17, and C&E 00–18; Certification

Notice–189]

Office of Fossile Energy; Notice of

Filings of Coal Capability of LSPNelson Energy, LLC, Union Power

Partners, L.P., Ennis-Tractebel Power

Company, L.L.C. and Badger

Generating Company, LLC; Powerplant

and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy,

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Filing.

SUMMARY: LSP-Nelson Energy, LLC,

Union Power Partners, L.P., EnnisTractebel Power Company, L.L.C. and

Badger Generating Company, LLC

submitted coal capability selfcertifications pursuant to section 201 of

the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use

Act of 1978, as amended.

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification

filings are available for public

inspection, upon request, in the Office

of Coal & Power Im/Ex, Fossil Energy,

Room 4G–039, FE–27, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell at (202) 586–9624.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of

the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use

Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended (42

U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), provides that no

new baseload electric powerplant may

be constructed or operated without the

capability to use coal or another

alternate fuel as a primary energy

source.

In order to meet the requirement of

coal capability, the owner or operator of

such facilities proposing to use natural

gas or petroleum as its primary energy

source shall certify, pursuant to FUA

section 201(d), to the Secretary of

Energy prior to construction, or prior to

operation as a base load powerplant,

that such powerplant has the capability

to use coal or another alternate fuel.

Such certification establishes

compliance with section 201(a) as of the

date filed with the Department of

Energy. The Secretary is required to

publish a notice in the Federal Register

that a certification has been filed. The

following owners/operators of the

proposed new baseload powerplants

have filed a self-certification in

acccordance with section 201(d).

Owner: LSP-Nelson Energy, LLC (C&E

00–15).

Operator: LSP-Nelson Energy, LLC.

Location: Nelson Township, Lee

County, IL.