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Proposal Content

The proposal must state that the

proposer has the legal corporate

authority to perform all of the services

covered by the DBA agreement.

The proposal must contain assurances

that no conflicts of interest or apparent

conflicts of interest exist. The proposal

must describe the review and analysis

that led the proposer to this conclusion.

The proposer must include in its

proposal resumes of owners and

proposed program managers.

The proposal must describe the

proposer’s experience with respect to

each of the DBA’s tasks as described in

this notice, including in particular any

current relevant experience the proposer

may have. The proposal must discuss

existing resources available to perform

these duties, and the need (if any) to

hire and train additional staff. Since the

DBA is expected to perform these duties

for an extended period, the proposal

must discuss similar programs and tasks

which the proposer currently expects to

perform for an extended period.

The proposal must include the

proposer’s approach to performing each

of the DBA’s tasks, and must reflect the

proposer’s review and understanding of

the current program documents and

processes. Innovative presentations will

convey the proposer’s understanding of

the proposed duties and will be

favorably received.

The proposal must also include

information with respect to the

proposer’s financial strength and copies

of the proposer’s last five annual

audited financial statements. The

proposal must contain factors that

assure the proposer’s existence for an

extended period, including, for

example, issuance of other long-term

non-callable debt, or other long-term

ventures which will require the longterm existence of the company.

The proposal must discuss the

proposer’s history in working with

HBCUs, particularly with respect to

experience relating to HBCU physical

facilities, financial planning, and the

HBCUs’ educational mission. It must

also describe actions the proposer has

taken and plans the proposer has made

for recruiting and outreach programs to

insure a diverse applicant pool in the

proposer’s employment, subcontracting,

and partnering activities, as well as the

success the proposer has achieved in

attracting diverse applicants.

Since the Department desires that the

HBCU Capital Financing Program not

experience any lapse in its outreach

efforts, the proposer’s demonstrated

ability to become fully operational as

the DBA immediately upon

appointment will be important. The

appointment will become effective as of

the date of expiration of the incumbent

DBA’s appointment, which will occur in

mid-December, 2000.

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Dated: September 27, 2000.

Claudio R. Prieto,

Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of

Postsecondary Education.

[FR Doc. 00–25280 Filed 9–28–00; 11:57 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.316A]

Office of Postsecondary Education,

Native Hawaiian Higher Education

Program; Notice Inviting Applications

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)

2001

Purpose of Program: To provide

grants for programs of baccalaureate and

post-baccalaureate fellowship assistance

to Native Hawaiian students.

Eligible Applicants: Eligible

applicants are Native Hawaiian

educational organizations or

educational entities with experience in

developing or operating Native

Hawaiian programs or programs of

instruction conducted in the Native

Hawaiian language, as defined in

section 9212 of the Elementary and

Secondary Education Act.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: December 15, 2000.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: February 13, 2001.

Applications Available: November 1,

2000.

Available Funds: $2,700,000. The

estimated amount of funds available for

new awards under this competition is

based on the Administration’s request

for this program for FY 2001. The actual

level of funding, if any, is contingent on

final congressional action.

Estimated Range of Awards:

$700,000–$1,400,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$900,000 per year.

Estimated Number of Awards: 3.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 48 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,

85, 86, and 99; and (b) Because there are

no program-specific regulations,

applicants are encouraged to read the

authorizing statute for the Native

Hawaiian Higher Education Program in

sections 9206 and 9212 of the

Elementary and Secondary Education

Act.

For Applications or Information

Contact: Susanna Easton or Gale

Holdren, Native Hawaiian Higher

Education Program, U.S. Department of

Education, International Education and

Graduate Programs Service, 1990 K

Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC

20006–8521. Ms. Easton’s telephone

number is (202) 502–7628. Ms.

Holdren’s telephone number is (202)

502–7691. Ms. Easton and Ms. Holdren

may be reached by email at:

susanna_easton@ed.gov

gale_holdren@ed.gov

If you use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD), you may call the

Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternative

format (e.g., Braille, large print,

audiotape, or computer diskette) on

request to the appropriate contact

persons listed in the preceding

paragraph. However, the Department is

not able to reproduce in an alternative

format the standard forms included in

the application package.

Electronic Access to This Document

You may view this document, as well

as all other Department of Education

documents published in the Federal

Register, in text or Adobe Portable

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet

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at either of the previous sites. If you

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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7906.

Dated: September 26, 2000.

A. Lee Fritschler,

Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 00–25187 Filed 9–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board, Paducah. 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: Thursday, October 19, 2000: 5:30

p.m.–9:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Paducah Information Age

Park Resource Center, 2000 McCracken

Boulevard, Paducah, Kentucky.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

D. Sheppard, Deputy Designated Federal

Officer, Department of Energy Paducah

Site Office, Post Office Box 1410, MS–

103, Paducah, Kentucky 42001, (270)

441–6804.

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 and waste

management activities.

Tentative Agenda:

5:30 p.m.—Informal Discussion

6:00 p.m.—Call to Order

6:10 p.m.—Approve Minutes

6:20 p.m.—Presentations, Board Response,

Public Comments

8:00 p.m.—Subcommittee Reports, Board

Response, Public Comments

8:30 p.m.—Administrative Issues

9:00 p.m.—Adjourn

Copies of the final agenda will be

available at the meeting.

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 John D. Sheppard at the address

or telephone number listed above.

Requests must be received 5 days prior

to the meeting and reasonable provision

will be made to include the presentation

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

as the first item of the meeting agenda.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585 between

9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday–Friday,

except Federal holidays. Minutes will

also be available at the Department of

Energy’s Environmental Information

Center and Reading Room at 175

Freedom Boulevard, Highway 60, Kevil,

Kentucky between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00

p.m. on Monday thru Friday or by

writing to John D. Sheppard,

Department of Energy Paducah Site

Office, Post Office Box 1410, MS–103,

Paducah, Kentucky 42001 or by calling

him at (270) 441–6804.

Issued at Washington, DC on September

27, 2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–25257 Filed 9–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

Bonneville Power Administration’s

Proposed Adjustment to the 1996

Unauthorized Increase Charge, Public

Hearing, and Opportunity for Public

Review and Comment

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed adjustment

to the 1996 unauthorized increase

charge. BPA File No: UAI–96R.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Northwest

Electric Power Planning and

Conservation Act (Northwest Power

Act) provides that Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA) must establish

and periodically review its rates so that

they are adequate to recover, in

accordance with sound business

principles, the costs associated with the

acquisition, conservation, and

transmission of electric power, and to

recover the Federal investment in the

Federal Columbia River Power System

(FCRPS) and other costs incurred by

BPA.

By this notice, BPA announces its

proposed adjustment to the 1996

Unauthorized Increase Charge. The

Unauthorized Increase Charge is a

penalty charge that applies to any

purchaser taking demand and/or energy

in excess of its contractual entitlement.

The 1996 Unauthorized Increase Charge

was set at a level intended to deter

customers who had their own

generation or a contract obligation to

supply power to their load from

exceeding their BPA contractual

entitlements to Federal power.

However, since 1996 a robust wholesale

market for power has developed which

has recently produced high and volatile

prices. These market changes render the

current level of the 1996 Unauthorized

Increase Charge for energy and demand

inadequate to deter customers from

taking demand and energy in excess of

the amount of Federal power to which

they are contractually entitled. This

action is to adjust the 1996

Unauthorized Increase Charge so that it

will operate as intended—as a penalty

charge, rather than as an attractive

alternative to purchasing power at

existing wholesale power market prices.

DATES: Proposed hearing dates are

supplied in Supplementary Information,

Section I.C. Close of public comments is

November 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be submitted to: Mr. Michael Hansen,

Public Involvement and Information

Specialist; Bonneville Power

Administration; P.O. Box 12999;

Portland, Oregon 97212.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Interested persons may also call (503)

230–4328 or call toll-free 1–800–622–

4519. Documents will be available for

public viewing after October 6, 2000, at

BPA’s Public Information Center, BPA

Headquarters Building, 1st Floor; 905

NE. 11th, Portland, Oregon, and will be

provided to parties at the prehearing

conference to be held on October 6,

2000, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Room 223,

911 NE. 11th, Portland, Oregon. The

documents will also be available on

BPA’s website at www.bpa.gov/power/

ratecase. Ms. Diane Cherry, Power Rates

Process Manager, is the official

responsible for the development of

BPA’s rates. Ms Cherry may be

contacted as indicated above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: