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loan guarantees, long-term loans, and

investment and business development

grants to producers and exporters

located only in specified regions of

Norway to strengthen the economic base

and to increase employment in regions

with low levels of economic activity.

National Fishery Bank of Norway

Loans (NFB). The NFB provided loans

for the financing of fish farms from 1974

through 1987, including long-term loans

for investment in production equipment

and buildings.

Regional Capital Tax Incentive. The

aim of the Regional Capital Tax

Incentive is to encourage investment in

regions of Norway with a weak

industrial base and considerable

unemployment. Funds set aside by the

taxpayer under this program are

deducted from taxable income (at a

maximum amount of 15 percent), and

must then be invested in capital assets

for the use in the taxpayer’s own

business.

Reduced Payroll Taxes. This program

aims at encouraging employment of

persons living in underdeveloped

regions of Norway. Under the National

Insurance Act, employers are liable for

the payment of payroll taxes which are

based on a percentage of the wages paid

in the course of a year. However, since

1975, the amount of contributions have

been geographically differentiated

depending on the municipality in which

the employee resides.

Advance Depreciation of Business

Assets. This program encourages

investment in less-developed areas of

Norway by allowing companies located

in selected districts of the country to

claim a higher rate of depreciation in

the year in which capital assets are

acquired. Eligible companies,

depending on their location, are allowed

to take a first-year deduction of either 25

or 40 percent. After this initial

deduction, the producer is then allowed

to take the standard deduction on the

remainder of the depreciable value of

the asset.

Government Bank of Agriculture. The

Bank administers the Norwegian Fund

of Development in Agriculture which

was established to create supplemental

income and employment for farmers.

The Bank provides both long-term loans

and interest-free loans and grants to all

agricultural producers throughout

Norway, however, there are maximum

levels of assistance which differ by

region.

Final Results of Review

As a result of this review, the

Department finds that revocation of the

countervailing duty order would likely

lead to continuation or recurrence of a

countervailable subsidy at the rate listed

below:

Producer/exporter

Net

countervailable

subsidy

(percent)

All Producers/Exporters

from Norway ................ 2.27

This notice serves as the only

reminder to parties subject to

administrative protective order (‘‘APO’’)

of their responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 CFR 351.305 of the

Department’s regulations. Timely

notification of return/destruction of

APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and the terms of an APO is a

sanctionable violation.

This five-year (‘‘sunset’’) review and

notice are in accordance with sections

751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: January 28, 2000.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

Notice of Transmittal of Sequestration

Preview Report for Fiscal Year 2001 to

the Congress and the Office of

Management and Budget.

Pursuant to section 254(b) of the

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 904(b)),

the Congressional Budget Office hereby

reports that it has submitted its

Sequestration Preview Report for Fiscal

Year 2001 to the House of

Representatives, the Senate, and the

Office of Management and Budget

Dan L. Crippen,

Director, Congressional Budget Office.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.132A–1]

Centers for Independent Living; Notice

Inviting Applications for New Awards

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000

Purpose of Program: This program

provides support for planning,

conducting, administering, and

evaluating centers for independent

living (centers) that comply with the

standards and assurances in section 725

of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as

amended (Act), consistent with the State

plan for establishing a statewide

network of centers. Centers are

consumer-controlled, community-based,

cross-disability, nonresidential, private

nonprofit agencies that are designed and

operated within local communities by

individuals with disabilities and

provide an array of independent living

(IL) services.

Eligible Applicants: To be eligible to

apply, an applicant must—(a) be a

consumer-controlled, community-based,

cross-disability, nonresidential, private

nonprofit agency as defined in 34 CFR

364.4(b); (b) have the power and

authority to meet the requirements in 34

CFR 366.2(a)(1); (c) be able to plan,

conduct, administer, and evaluate a

center for independent living consistent

with the requirements of section 725(b)

and (c) of the Act and Subparts F and

G of 34 CFR part 366; and (d) either—

(1) not currently be receiving funds

under Part C of Chapter 1 of Title VII of

the Act; or (2) propose the expansion of

an existing center through the

establishment of a separate and

complete center (except that the

governing board of the existing center

may serve as the governing board of the

new center) in a different geographical

location. Eligibility under this

competition is limited to entities that

meet the requirements of 34 CFR 366.24

and propose to serve areas that are

unserved or underserved in the States

and territories listed under Available

Funds.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: March 31, 2000.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: May 30, 2000.

Applications Available: February 8,

2000.

Available Funds: $697,191 as

distributed in the following manner:

American Samoa ..................... $154,046

Arizona ..................................... 32,983

California ................................. 124,582

Guam ........................................ 58,162

Maryland .................................. 25,597

New York ................................. 77,043

N. Marianas .............................. 58,162

Ohio .......................................... 47,459

Texas ........................................ 119,157

Estimated Range of Awards: $25,597–

$154,046.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$77,466.

Estimated Number of Awards: 1 per

eligible State.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 60 months.

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Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education

Department General Administrative

Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75,

77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85, and 86; and (b) The

regulations for this program in 34 CFR parts

364 and 366.

For Applications Contact: Education

Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box

1398, Jessup, MD 20794–1398. Telephone

(toll free): 1–877–433–7827. FAX: (301) 470–

1244. If you use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free):

1–877–576–7734. You may also contact ED

Pubs via its Web site (http://www.ed.gov/

pubs/edpubs.html) or its E-mail address

(edpubs@inet.ed.gov). If you request an

application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify

this competition as follows: CFDA number

84.132A–1.

Individuals with disabilities may obtain a

copy of the application package in an

alternate format by contacting the Grants and

Contracts Services Team, U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room

3317, Switzer Building, Washington, DC

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 205–8351. If

you use a telecommunications device for the

deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–

877–8339. However, the Department is not

able to reproduce in an alternate format the

standard forms included in the application

package.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jackie Maddox, U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,

room 3316, Switzer Building,

Washington, DC 20202–2741.

Telephone: (202) 401–3088. 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 alternate

format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to

the contact person listed in the

preceding paragraph.

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

at either of the following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm

http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use to PDF you must have the Adobe

Acrobat Reader Program with Search,

which is available free at either of the

previous sites. If you have questions

about using the PDF, call the U.S.

Government Printing Office (GPO), toll

free, at 1–888–293–6498; or in the

Washington, DC, area at (202) 512–1530.

Note: The official version of a document is

the document published in the Federal

Register. Free Internet access to the official

edition of the Federal Register and the Code

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO

Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/

index.html

Program Authority:

29 U.S.C. 796f, 796f–1, 796f–4, and

796f–5.

Dated: February 1, 2000.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Availability of Financial

Assistance Solicitation

AGENCY: National Energy Technology

Laboratory (NETL), U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

financial assistance solicitation.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

intent to issue Financial Assistance

Solicitation DE–PS26–00NT40777

entitled ‘‘High Pressure Combustion

Kinetics’’. The Department of Energy

announces that it intends to conduct a

competitive Program Solicitation and

award financial assistance (cooperative

agreements) to U.S. universities, private

energy equipment researchers,

developers or manufacturers. Teaming

among organizations with expertise in

energy systems development,

computational modeling, and

experimental research is highly

encouraged. The program seeks to

obtain reaction kinetic data of high

pressure (12–33 atmospheres) and high

temperature (1600–3000 °F) combustion

systems, which operate in reaction

environments ranging from substoichiometric to oxygen enhanced, to

serve as a basis for development of

advanced combustion power systems.

Applications will be subjected to review

by a DOE technical panel, and awards

will be made to a limited number of

applicants based on a scientific

engineering evaluation of the responses

received to determine the relative merit

of the approach taken in response to this

offering by the DOE, and funding

availability.

DATES: The solicitation will be available

on the DOE/NETL’s Internet address at

http://www.netl.doe.gov/business on or

about February 15, 2000. The closing

date for submission of applications will

be April 3, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donna J. Jaskolka, MS 921–107, U.S.

Department of Energy, National Energy

Technology Laboratory, Acquisition and

Assistance Division, P.O. Box 10940,

Pittsburgh PA 15236–0940, Telephone:

(412) 386–6106, FAX: (412) 386–6137,

E-mail: jaskolka@netl.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Solicitation: DE–PS26–

00NT40777, ‘‘High Pressure Combustion

Kinetics’’.

Objectives: The overall objective of

Financial Assistance Solicitation No.

DE–PS26–00NT40777 is to obtain

quantitative kinetic expressions

required for flow simulation, design and

operation of high pressure (12–33 atm),

high temperature (1600–3000 °F)

combustion systems, which operate in

reaction environments ranging from

sub-stoichiometic to oxygen enhanced,

to serve as a basis for development of

advanced combustion power systems.

Eligibility: Eligibility for participation

in this Program Solicitation is

unrestricted. The solicitation will

contain a complete description of the

technical evaluation factors and relative

importance of each factor.

Areas of Interest: Each proposal

(application) submitted in response to

DE–PS26–00NT40777 must focus on

one of the following distinct areas of

interest: (1) Suspension fired

combustion systems including

pulverized coal and cyclone fired

combustion systems, or (2) Fluidized

bed combustion systems including

bubbling, circulating, and transport

fluidization combustion systems. If an

offeror is interested in conducting

research in more than one area, the

offeror must submit a separate proposal

for each item.

The proposers (applicants) who do

the best job of focusing and integrating

the combustion kinetics experimental

program to extend and/or develop

computational combustion systems

models that can be used for evaluation

and design of Vision 21 combustion

systems will have the highest potential

for acceptance. The proposals that

include schematics and narrative

descriptions of coal fueled energy plants

(power and/or transportation fuels and/

or chemical) that include combustion

systems that have a high potential to

meet the Vision 21 goals referenced

above based on extension of the state of

the art or based on new novel systems

approaches are sought. The

experimental work proposed must be a

product for the extension or

development of a specific (proposer

defined) design model to characterize

combustion systems defined in the areas

of interest described below.

Awards: DOE anticipates issuing

financial assistance (cooperative

agreements) for each project selected.

DOE reserves the right to support or not