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of the Chief Information Officer, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection requests as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before

December 19, 2000.

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.

The Department of Education is

especially interested in public comment

addressing the following issues: (1) Is

this collection necessary to the proper

functions of the Department; (2) will

this information be processed and used

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate

of burden accurate; (4) how might the

Department enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected; and (5) how might the

Department minimize the burden of this

collection on the respondents, including

through the use of information

technology.

Dated: October 16, 2000.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: New collection.

Title: Reading Excellence Act (REA)

State-District-School Study (KA).

Frequency: Semi-Annually; Annually.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs (primary).

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 2,788

Burden Hours: 8,592.

Abstract: REA provides competitive

reading and literacy grants to state

education agencies to help highproverty schools and those in Title I

improvement status to: (1) Teach every

child to read by the end of the third

grade; (2) provide children in early

childhood with the readiness skills and

support they need to learn to read once

they enter school; (3) expand the

number of high-quality family literacy

programs; (4) provide early intervention

to children who are at risk of being

identified for special education

inappropriately; and (5) base

instruction, including tutoring, on

scientifically-based reading research.

The first cohort of 17 states was funded

in the summer of 1999. The REA StateDistrict-School Study fulfills the states’

performance reporting requirements.

In addition, the study will: (1) Collect

and analyze demographic and

descriptive information on REA states,

districts and schools in order to provide

a contextual backdrop and sampling for

two national evaluations—the School

and Classroom Implementation and

Impact (SCII) study and the Children’s

Reading Gains (Gains) study; (2)

compare eligible but not funded with

funded districts and schools; (3)

augment the agency’s REA monitoring

within each State Education Agency

(SEA), Local Education Agency (LEA),

and school; (4) track performance over

time; (5) inform the states’ development

of indicators of program quality; and (6)

provide data for the National Institute

for Literacy’s effort to disseminate

information on effective subgrantee

projects.

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.

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.210A]

The Native Hawaiian Gifted and

Talented Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for

new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2001.

Purpose of Program: To support a

program for gifted and talented

education that is designed to (1) address

the special needs of Native Hawaiian

elementary and secondary school

students who are gifted and talented

students; and (2) provide those support

services to families of such students that

are needed to enable such students to

benefit from the program.

Eligible Applicants: 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.

Applications Available: October 20,

2000.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: December 4, 2000.

Estimated Available Funds: $1.5

million to $2.1 million.

Note: The amount of funds, if any,

available under this competition is

conditioned upon FY 2001 funds being

appropriated for these purposes.

Estimated Range of Awards: $750,000

to $2.1 million.

Estimated Number of Awards: 1

Note: These estimates are projections for

the guidance of potential applicants. The

Department is not bound by any estimates in

this notice.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Applicable Regulations: The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

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

86, 97, 98, and 99.

Selection Criteria: The Secretary will

use the following selection criteria in 34

CFR 75.210 to evaluate applications

under this competition. (The specific

selection criteria and factors that will be

used in evaluating applications are

detailed in the application package.)

The maximum score for all of the

selection criteria is 100 points.

The maximum points for each

criterion is as follows:

(a) Significance—15 points.

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(b) Quality of Project Design—35

points.

(c) Quality of Project Personnel—10

points.

(d) Adequacy of Resources—5 points.

(e) Quality of Management Plan—15

points.

(f) Quality of Project Evaluation—20

points.

For Applications and Information

Contact: Mrs. Lynn Thomas, Telephone:

(202) 260-1541, U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW,

FOB6, Room 3C124, Mail Stop 6140,

Washington, DC 20202. The e-mail

address for

Mrs. Thomas is: lynn_thomas@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.

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

above.

Individuals with disabilities may also

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternate format on request to the

contact person listed above. However,

the Department is not able to reproduce

in an alternate format the standard

forms included in the application

package.

Electronic Access To This Document

You may view this document, as well

as 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 preceding sites. If you

have questions about using PDF, call the

U.S. Government Printing Office, 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

Program Authority: 20 USC 7907.

Dated: October 19, 2000.

Michael Cohen,

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and

Secondary Education.

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge

Reservation

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) Oak Ridge. The

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that

public notice of these meeting be

announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Wednesday, November 8, 2000

6:00 p.m.—9:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Garden Plaza Hotel 215

South Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dave Adler, Federal Coordinator,

Department of Energy Oak Ridge

Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM–

90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone (865)

576–4094; Fax (865) 576–9121 or e-mail:

adlerdg@oro.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. A presentation on the

‘‘Revitalization of the Oak Ridge

National Laboratory’’ will be

provided by Mr. Tim Myrick of UTBatelle.

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 Dave Adler at the address or

telephone number listed above.

Requests must be received 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 at the end of

the meeting.

Minutes: Minutes of this meeting will

be available for public review and

copying at the Department of Energy’s

Information Resource Center at 105

Broadway, Oak Ridge, TN between 7:30

a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through

Friday, or by writing to Dave Adler,

Department of Energy Oak Ridge

Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM–

90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, or by calling

him at (865) 576–4094.

Issued at Washington, DC on October 17,

2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–26994 Filed 10–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–3457–000]

Badger Generating Company, LLC;

Notice of Issuance of Order

October 17, 2000.

Badger Generating Company, LLC

(Badger) submitted for filing a rate

schedule under which Badger will

engage in wholesale electric power and

energy transactions at market-basked

rates. Badger also requested waiver of

various Commission regulations. In

particular, Badger requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liability by Badger.

On October 10, 2000, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under Part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by Badger should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, Badger is authorized to

issue securities and assume obligations

or liabilities as a guarantor, indorser,

surety, or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issuance or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the applicant, and

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued