65888 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 213 / Thursday, November 2, 2000 / Notices

DATES: Submit comments on or before

November 28, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comment should be

addressed to David O’Neill at the Peace

Corps, 111 20th Street, NW., Attn: OMS,

Washington, DC 20526, or call 202–692–

1577, or email at

doneill@peacecorps.gov. Email

comments must be made in text and not

in attachments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David O’Neil at the Peace Corps, 1111

20th Street NW., Attn: OMS,

Washington, DC 20526, or call 202–692–

1577, or email at

doneill@peacecorps.gov. Email

comments must be made in text and not

in attachments.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 0420–0510.

Title: Health Status Review/Report of

Medical Exam.

Forms No: PC 1789/PC 1790.

Type of Review: Renewal, without

change, of a previously approved

collection that will expire November 30,

2000.

Respondents: Public.

Number of Respondents: None.

Needs and Uses: The PC 1789/PC

1790 usage is necessary to comply with

the Peace Corps Act (Section 5(e))

which states that applicants for

enrollment shall receive such health

examinations preparatory to their

services * * * as the President may

deem necessary or appropriate * * * to

provide the information needed for

clearance, and to serve as a reference for

any future Volunteer medical clearance,

and to serve as a reference for any future

Volunteer disability claim.

Issued in Washington, DC on October 24,

2000.

Doug Greene,

Chief, Information Officer and Associate

Director for Management.

[FR Doc. 00–28152 Filed 10–30–00; 1:56 pm]

BILLING CODE 6051–01–M

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

which provides opportunity for public

comment on new or revised data

collections, the Railroad Retirement

Board (RRB) will publish periodic

summaries of proposed data collections.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed information collection is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the agency, including

whether the information has practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s

estimate of the burden of the collection

of the information; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden related to

the collection of information on

respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Title and Purpose of Information

Collection

Self-Employment and Substantial

Service Questionnaire; OMB 3220–0138

Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement

Act (RRA) provides for payment of

annuities to qualified employees and

their spouses. In order to receive an age

and service annuity, Section 2(e)(3)

states that an applicant must stop all

railroad work and give up any rights to

return to such work. A disability

applicant must give up all railroad

work, but does not have to relinquish

rights to return to railroad work until he

or she attains full retirement age, or, if

earlier, a spouse annuity or

supplemental annuity becomes payable.

Under the 1988 amendments to the

RRA, an applicant is no longer required

to stop work for a ‘‘Last Pre-Retirement

Nonrailroad Employer’’ (LPE). LPE is

the last person, company or institution

with whom an employee or spouse

applicant was employed concurrently

with, or after, the applicant’s last

railroad employment and before their

annuity beginning date. However,

section 2(f)(6) of the RRA requires that

a portion of the employee’s Tier II

benefit and supplemental annuity be

deducted for earnings from a ‘‘LPE’’

employer.

The RRB utilizes Form AA–4, SelfEmployment and Substantial Service

Questionnaire to obtain information

needed to determine if the applicant’s

work is LPE, railroad service or selfemployment. If the work is selfemployment, the questionnaire

identifies any months in which the

applicant did not perform substantial

service. One response is requested of

each respondent. Completion is

voluntary. However, failure to complete

the forms could result in the

nonpayment of benefits.

The RRB proposes minor nonburden

impacting editorial and formatting

changes to Form AA–4. The completion

time for the AA–4 is estimated at

between 40 and 70 minutes. The RRB

estimates that approximately 1,500 AA–

4’s are completed annually.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request more information or to obtain a

copy of the information collection

justification, forms, and/or supporting

material, please call the RRB Clearance

Officer at (312) 751–3363. Comments

regarding the information collection

should be addressed to Ronald J.

Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844

North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois

60611–2092. Written comments should

be received within 60 days of this

notice.

Chuck Mierzwa,

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–28182 Filed 11–1–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7905–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. 35–27262]

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as Amended

(‘‘Act’’) October 26, 2000

Notice is hereby given that the

following filing(s) has/have been made

with the Commission pursuant to

provisions of the Act and rules

promulgated under the Act. All

interested persons are referred to the

application(s) and/or declaration(s) for

complete statements of the proposed

transaction(s) summarized below. The

application(s) and/or declaration(s) and

any amendment(s) is/are available for

public inspection through the

Commission’s Branch of Public

Reference.

Interested persons wishing to

comment or request a hearing on the

application(s) and/or declaration(s)

should submit their views in writing by

November 20, 2000, to the Secretary,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

Washington, DC 20549–0609, and serve

a copy on the relevant applicant(s) and/

or declarant(s) at the address(es)

specified below. Proof of service (by

affidavit or, in the case of an attorney at

law, by certificate) should be filed with

the request. Any request for hearing

should identify specifically the issues of

facts or law that are disputed. A person

who so requests will be notified of any

hearing, if ordered, and will receive a

copy of any notice or order issued in the

matter. After November 20, 2000, the

application(s) and/or declaration(s), as

filed or as amended, may be granted

and/or permitted to become effective.

AEP Credit, Inc. (70–7218)

AEP Credit, Inc. (‘‘Credit’’), 1616

Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Dallas, Texas

75202, a nonutility subsidiary company

of American Electric Power Company,

Inc. (‘‘AEP’’), 1 Riverside Plaza,

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Columbus, Ohio 43215, a registered

holding company, has file a posteffective amendment under sections

6(a), 7, 9(a), 10 and 12(b) of the Act and

rule 54 under the Act, to a previously

file application-declaration.

By order dated December 13, 1996

(HCAR No. 26627), Credit was

authorized, through December 31, 2000,

to factor the accounts receivable of

associate and nonassociate utilities

companies, provided that the average

amount of nonassociate utility

receivables for the proceeding 12 month

period outstanding as of the end of any

calendar month would be less than the

average amount of receivables acquired

from associate companies outstanding

as of the end of each calendar month

during the preceding 12 month period

(‘‘50% Restriction’’).

Credit now seeks to extend its

authority to factor the accounts

receivable of associate and nonassociate

utility company through September 30,

2005, subject to the 50% Restriction.

Unitil Corporation (70–9633)

Unitil Corporation (‘‘Unitil’’), a

registered holding company, and its

public utility subsidiary companies,

Concord Electric Company, Exeter &

Hampton Electric Company, Fitchburg

Gas and Electric Light Company

(‘‘Fitchburg’’) and Unitil Power

Corporation (collectively,

‘‘Subsidiaries’’), all located at 6 Liberty

Lane West, Hampton, New Hampshire

03842–1720, have filed a post-effective

amendment under sections 6(a), 7, 9(a)

and 10 of the Act and rules 43 and 54

under the Act to an applicationdeclaration previously filed under the

Act.

By orders dated June 30, 1997 and

June 9, 2000 (HCAR Nos. 26737 and

27182) (‘‘Orders’’), among other things,

Unitil was authorized to issue and sell

short-term notes (‘‘Notes’’) to banks in

an aggregate outstanding amount not

exceeding $25 million (‘‘Short-Term

Debt Limitation’’) and to operate, and

lend funds to members of, the Unitil

system money pool (‘‘Money Pool’’),

through June 30, 2003. The Orders

provided that Unitil’s short-term debt

would bear interest at the lending

bank’s base, prime or money market rate

and mature not more than nine months

from issuance.

Unitil now proposes to increase the

Short-Term Debt Limitation from $25

million to $35 million, through June 30,

2003. The Notes will be issued under

the same terms and conditions as

provided by the Orders. The proceeds

may be used to fund the Money Pool;

however, Fitchburg is not requesting

increased authority to effect Money Pool

borrowings.

For the Commission by the Division of

Investment Management, pursuant to

delegated authority.

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–28138 Filed 11–1–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3461]

Bureau of Educational and Cultural

Affairs; English Language Fellow

Program

NOTICE: Request for proposals.

SUMMARY: The Office of English

Language Programs of the Bureau of

Educational and Cultural Affairs

announces an open competition for the

2001 English Language Fellow Program.

The program consists of English

Language Fellows, who are recent

TEFL/TESL M.A. graduates (within the

last five years), and senior English

Language Fellows, who are experienced

English as a foreign language teacher

trainers.

Public and private non-profit

organizations meeting the provisions

described in IRS regulation 26 CFR

1.501[c] may submit proposals to

administer and manage the English

Language Fellow Program, which is

designed to provide universities,

binational centers, teacher-training

colleges, ministries of education and

other educational language institutions

worldwide with professionally trained

American expertise in English as a

Foreign Language (EFL).

The goal of this program is to promote

the teaching of English to facilitate

democratic institution building and to

encourage participation in the global

economy. An introduction to American

English, methodology and materials

opens the door for advanced study in

the U.S., and to develop and promote

mutual understanding.

Program Information

The Bureau of Educational and

Cultural Affairs is soliciting proposals

from U.S. non-profit educational

institutions/organizations to manage

and administer the 2001 English

Language Fellow Programs. English

Language Fellows must be U.S. citizens.

The programs are for an eleven-month

period beginning with academic year

2001–2002. One-year extensions will be

granted only under exceptional

circumstances, and require agreement of

the Bureau, U.S. Embassy, host

institution, and the fellow.

The English Language Fellows are not

employees of the Bureau or the grantee

organization. Selection of countries

which will receive English Language

Fellows will be made by the Bureau.

The programs have placed over 250

English language professionals

worldwide in the past five years,

promoting English Teaching as a

response to the dramatic increase in the

demand for English caused by political

and/or economic changes.

The program is open to English

language professionals at two different

levels:

A. The English Language Fellows are

recent TEFL/TESL M.A. graduates

(within the last five years) who provide

expertise to institutions selected by U.S.

Embassies abroad while gaining

international teaching experience. The

fellows serve as full-time teachers of

English as a Foreign Language (EFL).

They may teach up to 20 hours of

English a week in the host program. In

addition, they may be asked to work in

materials and test development or

teacher-training activities. They should

not be assigned administrative duties.

The sum of all duties should not exceed

40 hours per week.

B. The senior English Language

Fellows are experienced EFL trainers

who have a M.A. or higher degree in

TEFL/TESL or a closely related field

and have overseas teacher training

experience. The senior fellows serve as

full-time teacher trainers of English as a

foreign language as well as serving in

program-related activities such as: (1)

Teaching English for Specific Purposes

(ESP) in a variety of professional fields

such as business, law and economics;

(2) designing and developing EFL

curricula and materials; (3) conducting

program evaluation and design; (4)

testing; and (5) organizing and hosting

country-wide workshops and

conferences.

The grant period should begin on/

about January 15, 2001 and extend

through September 30, 2002.

The grantee organization is

responsible for the management and

administrative aspects of the program,

which include the following:

—Recruitment, selection and placement of

approximately 24 English Language

Fellows and approximately 36 senior

English Language Fellows in all areas of

the world at universities, binational

centers, teacher-training colleges,

ministries of education and other

educational language institutions;

—Pre-departure orientations;

—Mid-year senior English Language Fellow

conference (optional);