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mission. The disclosures will be made

only as authorized by law.

(7) Freedom of Information Act

(FOIA) Advice Disclosure. The

Department may disclose records to the

Department of Justice and the Office of

Management and Budget if the

Department concludes that disclosure is

desirable or necessary in determining

whether particular records are required

to be disclosed under the FOIA.

(8) Disclosure to the Department of

Justice (DOJ). The Department may

disclose records to the DOJ to the extent

necessary for obtaining DOJ advice on

any matter relevant to an audit,

inspection, or other inquiry related to

the programs covered by this system.

(9) Contract Disclosure. If the

Department contracts with an entity for

the purposes of performing any function

that requires disclosure of records in

this system to employees of the

contractor, the Department may disclose

the records to those employees. Before

entering into such a contract, the

Department shall require the contractor

to maintain Privacy Act safeguards as

required under 5 U.S.C. 552a(m) with

respect to the records in the system.

(10) Research Disclosure. The

Department may disclose records to a

researcher if an appropriate official of

the Department determines that the

individual or organization to which the

disclosure would be made is qualified to

carry out specific research related to

functions or purposes of this system of

records. The official may disclose

records from this system of records to

that researcher solely for the purpose of

carrying out that research related to the

functions or purposes of this system of

records. The researcher shall be

required to maintain Privacy Act

safeguards with respect to the disclosed

records.

(11) Congressional Member

Disclosure. The Department may

disclose records to a member of

Congress from the record of an

individual in response to an inquiry

from the member made at the written

request of that individual. The

Member’s right to the information is no

greater than the right of the individual

who requested it.

(12) Disclosure to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

Credit Reform Act (CRA) Support. The

Department may disclose records to

OMB as necessary to fulfill CRA

requirements.

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES:

Disclosures pursuant to 5 U.S.C.

552a(b)(12): The Department may

disclose to a consumer reporting agency

information regarding a claim by the

Department which is determined to be

valid and overdue as follows: (1) The

name, address, taxpayer identification

number and other information necessary

to establish the identity of the

individual responsible for the claim; (2)

the amount, status, and history of the

claim; and (3) the program under which

the claim arose. The Department may

disclose the information specified in

this paragraph under 5 U.S.C.

552a(b)(12) and the procedures

contained in subsection 31 U.S.C.

3711(e). A consumer reporting agency to

which these disclosures may be made is

defined at 31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3).

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

The records are maintained in hard

copy, filed in standard filing cabinets;

on access controlled personal

computers; and on personal computer

diskettes that are stored in filing

cabinets.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Hardcopy files are retrieved by

individual names, institutions of higher

education and employing school

districts. Electronic files may be

accessed by using an individual’s social

security number, individual’s name,

name of institution of higher education,

or name of employing school district.

SAFEGUARDS:

All physical access to the program

location where this system of records is

maintained is controlled and monitored

by security personnel. The computers

used by program staff to store any

system data offer a high degree of

resistance to tampering and

circumvention. This security system

limits data access to program staff and

any contract staff that may be hired in

the future. The system is available on a

‘‘need to know’’ basis. Controls are in

place on individual’s ability to access

and alter records within the system. All

users of this system are given unique

user IDs with personal identifiers. All

interactions by individual users with

the system are recorded.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Disposition: Destroy five years after

audit or ED’s determination either that

the scholarship recipient fulfills the

service obligation or the indebtedness

has been repaid or forgiven, whichever

is later. (ED/RDS, Part 10, Item 3a)

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:

Director, Teacher Quality

Enhancement Grant Programs, Office of

Postsecondary Education, 1990 K Street,

NW., room 6150, Washington, DC

20006–8525.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

If you wish to determine if you have

a record in this system, provide the

system manager with your name, date of

birth, and social security number. Your

request must meet the regulatory

requirements of 34 CFR 5b.5, including

proof of identity.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE:

If you wish to gain access to your

record in this system, provide the

system manager with your name, date of

birth, and social security number. Your

request must meet the regulatory

requirements of 34 CFR 5b.5, including

proof of identity.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE:

If you wish to contest the content of

a record, contact the system manager.

Your request must meet the regulatory

requirements of 34 CFR 5b.7, including

proof of identity.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Information is obtained from

individual scholarship recipients,

institutions of higher education

attended by the recipients, and school

districts that have employed the

recipients.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT:

None.

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board Stewardship

Workshop, Rocky Flats

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) Stewardship

Workshop, Rocky Flats. The Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No.

92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that

public notice of these meeting be

announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, October 26 through

Friday, October 27, 2000.

TIME: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m each day.

ADDRESSES: Executive Tower Hotel,

1405 Curtis Street, Denver, CO 80202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken

Korkia, Board/Staff Coordinator, Rocky

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Flats Citizens Advisory Board, 9035

North Wadsworth Parkway, Suite 2250,

Westminster, CO 80021; telephone (303)

420–7855; fax (303) 420–7579.

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

Thursday, October 26

8:00–8:30 a.m.—Opening remarks.

8:30–11:30—Presentation by DOEHeadquarters representatives and

reaction discussion.

2:00–2:45 p.m.—Site Specific

presentations.

3:00–5:00 p.m.—Core Topic breakout

sessions.

Friday, October 27

8:00–10:30 a.m.—Reports from

CoreTopic breakout groups

10:45–11:30 am.—Site-specific breakout

sessions.

1:00–2:30 p.m.—Core Topic breakout

sessions.

2:45–4:30 p.m.—Final plenary

discussion of Core Topic statements

and wrap-up.

Public Participation

The meeting is open to the public.

Written statements may be filed with

the Board either before or after the

meeting. Individuals who wish to make

oral statements pertaining to agenda

items should contact Ken Korkia at the

address or telephone number listed

above. Requests must be received at

least five days prior to the meeting and

reasonable provision will be made to

include the presentation in the agenda.

The Deputy 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 five minutes

to present their comments.

Minutes

The minutes of this meeting will be

available for public review and copying

at the Public Reading Room located at

the Office of the Rocky Flats Citizens

Advisory Board, 9035 North Wadsworth

Parkway, Suite 2250, Westminster, CO

80021; telephone (303) 420–7855. Hours

of operations for the Public Reading

Room are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,

Monday–Friday, except Federal

holidays. Minutes will also be made

available by writing or calling Deb

Thompson at the address or telephone

listed above.

Issued at Washington, DC on October 3,

2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–25922 Filed 10–6–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Inventions Available for

License

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of

General Counsel.

ACTION: Notice of inventions available

for license.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

hereby announces that the following

patents are available for license, in

accordance with 37 USC 207–209: U.S.

patent No. 5,114,690, entitled ‘‘Two

Stage Sorption of Sulfur Compounds;’’

U.S. Patent No. 5,324,661, entitled

‘‘Chemotactic Selection of Pollutant

Degrading Soil Bacteria’’; U.S. Patent

No. 5,384,048, entitled ‘‘Bioremediation

of Contaminated Groundwater’’; and

U.S. Patent No. 5,326,703, entitled

‘‘Method of Degrading Pollutants in

Soil.’’ A copy of the patents may be

obtained, for a modest fee, from the U.S.

Patent and Trademark Office,

Washington, DC 20231.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert J. Marchick, Office of the

Assistant General Counsel for

Technology Transfer and Intellectual

Property, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585; Telephone (202)

586–2802.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C.

207 authorizes licensing of Governmentowned inventions. Implementing

regulations are contained in 37 CFR 404.

37 CFR 404.7(a)(1) authorizes exclusive

licensing of Government-owned

inventions under certain circumstances,

provided that notice of the invention’s

availability for license has been

announced in the Federal Register.

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 3,

2000.

Paul A. Gottlieb,

Assistant General Counsel for Technology,

Transfer and Intellectual Property.

[FR Doc. 00–25920 Filed 10–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

Availability of the Bonneville

Purchasing Instructions and

Bonneville Financial Assistance

Instructions

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: Copies of the Bonneville

Purchasing Instructions (BPI) which

establishes the procedures Bonneville

Power Administration (BPA) uses in the

solicitation, award, and administration

of its purchases of goods and services,

including construction, and the

Bonneville Financial Assistance

Instructions (BFAI) which establishes

the procedures BPA uses in the

solicitation, award, and administration

of financial assistance instruments

(principally grants and cooperative

agreements) are available from BPA for

$30 and $15 each, respectively, or

available without charge at the

following Internet addresses:

http://www.bpa.gov/Corporate/kgp/bpi/

bpi.htm and

http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/kgp/bfai/

bfai.htm.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the BPI or BFAI

may be obtained by sending a check for

the proper amount to the Head of the

Contracting Activity, Routing CC,

Bonneville Power Administration, P.O.

Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208–

3621.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Manager, Corporate Communications,

1–800–622–4519.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA was

established in 1937 as a Federal Power

Marketing Agency in the Pacific

Northwest. BPA operations are financed

from power revenues as opposed to

annual appropriations. Its purchasing

operations are conducted under 16

U.S.C. 832 et seq. and related statutes,

pursuant to these special authorities, the

BPI is promulgated as a statement of

purchasing policy and as a body of

interpretative regulations governing the

conduct of BPA purchasing activities. It

is significantly different from the

Federal Acquisition Regulation, and

reflects BPA’s private sector approach to

purchasing the goods and services that

it requires. BPA’s financial assistance

operations are conducted under 16

U.S.C. 832 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 839 et

seq. The BFAI express BPA’s financial

assistance policy. The BFAI also

comprise BPA’s rules governing

implementation of the principles