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competitions. The Alcohol and Other

Drug Prevention Models on College

Campuses Grant Competition (CFDA

#84.184N) is one of the programs

included in the pilot project. If you are

an applicant under this program, you

may submit your application to us in

either electronic or paper format.

The pilot project involves the use of

the Electronic Grant Application System

(e-APPLICATION, formerly e-GAPS)

portion of the Grant Administration and

Payment System (GAPS). We request

your participation in this pilot project.

We shall continue to evaluate its

success and solicit suggestions for

improvement.

If you participate in this eAPPLICATION pilot, please note the

following:

• Your participation is voluntary.

• You will not receive any additional

point value or penalty because you

submit a grant application in electronic

or paper format.

• You can submit all documents

electronically, including the

Application for Federal Assistance (ED

424), Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all

necessary assurances and certifications.

• Fax a signed copy of the

Application for Federal Assistance (ED

424) after following these steps:

1. Print ED 424 from the -eAPPLICATION system.

2. Make sure that the institution’s

Authorizing Representative signs this

form.

3. Before faxing this form, submit

your electronic application via the -eAPPLICATION system. You will receive

an automatic acknowledgement, which

will include a PR/Award number (an

identifying number unique to your

application).

4. Place the PR/Award number in the

upper right haNd corner of ED 424.

5. Fax ED 424 to the Application

Control Center within three working

days of submitting your electronic

application. We will indicate a fax

number in e-APPLICATION at the time

of your submission.

• We may request that you give us

original signatures on all other forms at

a later date.

You may access the electronic grant

application for the Alcohol and Other

Drug Prevention Models on College

Campuses Grant Competition at:

http://e-grants.ed.gov

We have included additional

information about the e-APPLICATION

pilot project (see Parity Guidelines

between Paper and Electronic

Applications) in the application

package.

(A) If You Send Your Application by

Mail:

You must mail the original and two

copies of the application on or before

the deadline date to: U.S. Department of

Education, Application Control Center,

Attention: CFDA #84.184N,

Washington, DC 20202–4725.

You must show one of the following

as proof of mailing:

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service

postmark.

(2) A legible mail receipt with the

date of mailing stamped by the U.S.

Postal Service.

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or

receipt from a commercial carrier.

(4) Any other proof of mailing

acceptable to the Secretary.

If you mail an application through the

U.S. Postal Service, we do not accept

either of the following as proof of

mailing:

(1) A private metered postmark.

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by

the U.S. Postal Service.

(B) If You Deliver Your Application by

Hand:

You or your courier must hand

deliver the original and two copies of

the application by 4:30 p.m.

(Washington, DC time) on or before the

deadline date to: U.S. Department of

Education, Application Control Center,

Attention: CFDA #84.184N, Room 3633,

Regional Office Building 3, 7th and D

Streets, SW, Washington, DC.

The Application Control Center

accepts application deliveries daily

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

(Washington, DC time), except

Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal

holidays. The Center accepts

application deliveries through the D

Street entrance only. A person

delivering an application must show

identification to enter the building.

Notes: (1) The U.S. Postal Service does not

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before

relying on this method, you should check

with your local post office.

(2) If you send your application by mail or

deliver it by hand or by a courier service, the

Application Control Center will mail a Grant

Application Receipt Acknowledgment to

you. If you do not receive the notification of

application receipt within 15 days from the

date of mailing the application, you should

call the U.S. Department of Education

Application Control Center at (202) 708–

9493.

(3) You must indicate on the envelope

and—if not provided by the Department—in

Item 3 of the Application for Federal

Education Assistance (ED 424; revised

November 12, 1999) the CFDA number—and

suffice letter—of the competition under

which you are submitting your application.

(4) If you submit your application through

the Internet via the e-grants Web site, you

will receive an automatic acknowledgment

when we receive your application.

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 PDF, you must have Adobe

Acrobat Reader, which is available free

at either of the previous sites. If you

have questions about using 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 this 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.htm

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131.

Dated: October 12, 2000.

Michael Cohen,

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and

Secondary Education.

[FR Doc. 00–26592 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Arbitration Panel Decision Under the

Randolph-Sheppard Act

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of arbitration panel

decision under the Randolph-Sheppard

Act.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that on

January 10, 2000, an arbitration panel

rendered a decision in the matter of

Donald Schone and Ray Fitzpatrick v.

Illinois Office of Rehabilitation Services,

Department of Human Services (Docket

No. R-S/97–10). This panel was

convened by the U.S. Department of

Education pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 107d–

1(b) upon receipt of a complaint filed by

petitioners, Donald Schone and Ray

Fitzpatrick.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A

copy of the full text of the arbitration

panel decision may be obtained from

George F. Arsnow, U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,

room 3230, Mary E. Switzer Building,

Washington DC 20202–2738.

Telephone: (202) 205–9317. If you use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) you may call the TDD number at

(202) 205–8298.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternate

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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 PDF you must have Adobe

Acrobat Reader, which is available free

at either of the previous sites. If you

have questions about using 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 this 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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Randolph-Sheppard Act (20

U.S.C. 107d-2(c)) (the Act), the Secretary

publishes in the Federal Register a

synopsis of each arbitration panel

decision affecting the administration of

vending facilities on Federal and other

property.

Background

This dispute concerns the alleged

improper denial of the vendors’ request

to be transferred to another facility by

the Illinois Office of Rehabilitation

Services, Department of Human

Services, the State licensing agency

(SLA).

A summary of the facts is as follows:

In 1990, complainants Mr. Donald

Schone and Mr. Ray Fitzpatrick signed

separate operating agreements with the

SLA to manage vending facilities #405

and #406 at the Old Post Office

Building, 433 West Van Buren Street,

Chicago, Illinois. In approximately

1992, the SLA was informed by the

United States Postal Service that this

location was to be closed and a New

Post Office was to be constructed across

the street at 433 West Harrison.

Complainants contended that they

should not be required to bid on other

locations, but rather that the SLA

should transfer them to the New Post

Office at 433 West Harrison Street to

operate the two vending facilities

available at that location.

The complainants requested and

received a State fair hearing concerning

their complaint regarding the SLA’s

transfer and promotion policies. The

Hearing Officer ruled that the SLA was

not required to transfer Mr. Schone and

Mr. Fitzpatrick to the New Post Office

vending facilities without the bidding

process. On April 22, 1997, the SLA

adopted the Hearing Officer’s ruling as

final agency action. It was this decision

that the complainants sought to have

reviewed by a Federal arbitration panel.

An arbitration hearing on this matter

was held on June 17, 1999.

Arbitration Panel Decision

The central issue before the

arbitration panel was whether the SLA

was required by the Act (20 U.S.C. 107

et seq.), the implementing regulations

(34 CFR part 395), and applicable State

rules and regulations to transfer Mr.

Donald Schone and Mr. Ray Fitzpatrick

to the vending facilities in the New Post

Office at 433 West Harrison Street

without bidding or other procedures

after the closing of the Old Post Office

at 433 West Van Buren Street.

The majority of the panel found that

the complainants’ rights and entitlement

flowed from the terms of their vendor

operating agreements, which were very

specific and limited. Those agreements

provided rights to the operation of

vending facilities located at the Old Post

Office, 433 West Van Buren Street. The

panel further determined that, for

reasons unrelated to the actions of the

SLA, the United States Postal Service

closed this Federal property. Therefore,

the majority of the panel ruled that the

operating agreements signed by the

complainants to operate vending

facilities at the Old Post Office, 433

West Van Buren Street, did not give

them transfer rights to the New Post

Office vending facilities at 433 West

Harrison.

Based upon the evidence presented,

the majority of the panel rejected

complainants’ reliance upon the fact

that a new permit had not been obtained

by the SLA for the New Post Office

location. The panel reasoned that the

vendor operating agreements signed by

the complainants in 1990 were not tied

to a specific permit that would

somehow give Mr. Schone and Mr.

Fitzpatrick transfer rights to the New

Post Office. Instead, the panel

concluded that the 1990 agreements

were tied to a specific location, the Old

Post Office at 433 West Van Buren,

which no longer existed.

One panel member dissented.

The views and opinions expressed by

the panel do not necessarily represent

the views and opinions of the U.S.

Department of Education.

Dated: October 6, 2000.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

[FR Doc. 00–26413 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Hanford;

Notice of Open Meeting

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), Hanford. 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, November 2, 2000, 9

a.m.–5 p.m., Friday, November 3, 2000,

8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Double Tree Inn, 2525

North 20th Avenue, Pasco, WA (509)

547–0701.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail

McClure, Public Involvement Program

Manager, Department of Energy

Richland Operations Office, P.O. Box

550 (A7–75), Richland, WA, 99352;

Phone: (509) 373–5647; Fax: (509) 376–

1563.

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, November 2, 2000

1. Tri-Party Agreement (TPA):

Regulating for Success

a. Discussion of the TPA in the

context of the following programs:

Spent Fuel Tanks, Waste

Management and Environmental

Restoration

b. For each program, there will be a

discussion related to: 1) FY 2000

TPA Accomplishments; 2)

Identification of important

milestones in the next five years;

and 3) Identification of potential

schedule impacts

c. Discussion of recent modifications

to the Tanks Interim Stabilization

Consent Decree

d. Proposed Changes to M–45; Single

Shell Tank Waste Retrieval Actions;

Associated Leak Detection;

Monitoring and Mitigation; and