68130 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 220 / Tuesday, November 14, 2000 / Notices

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Dated: November 9, 2000.

John T. Conway,

Chairman.

[FR Doc. 00–29228 Filed 11–9–00; 12:47 pm]

BILLING CODE 3670–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.116M]

Fund for the Improvement of

Postsecondary Education—Special

Focus Competition (Invitational

Priority: Institutional Cooperation and

Student Mobility in Postsecondary

Education Between the United States

and Brazil); Notice Inviting Application

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)

2001.

Purpose of Program: To provide

grants or enter into cooperative

agreements to improve postsecondary

education opportunities by focusing on

problem areas or improvement

approaches in postsecondary education.

Eligible Applicants: Institutions of

higher education or combinations of

institutions and other public and private

nonprofit institutions and agencies.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: March 30, 2001.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: May 29, 2001.

Applications Available: November 17,

2000.

Available Funds: $300,000 for FY

2001. The estimated amount of funds

available for awards is based on the

Administration’s request for this

program for FY 2001. The actual level

of funding, if any, is contingent upon

final congressional action.

Estimated Range of Awards: $25,000–

$30,000 for FY 2001; $190,000–

$210,000 for four-year duration of grant.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$30,000 for FY 2001; $200,000 for fouryear duration of grant.

Estimated Number of Awards: 10.

Note: The Department is not bound by

any estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 48 months.

Applicable Regulations: The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 85,

86, 97, 98, and 99.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

program is a Special Focus Competition

to support projects addressing a

particular problem area or improvement

approach in postsecondary education.

The competition also includes an

invitational priority to encourage

proposals designed to support the

formation of educational consortia of

American and Brazilian institutions to

encourage cooperation in the

coordination of curricula, the exchange

of students and the opening of

educational opportunities between the

United States and Brazil. The

invitational priority is issued in

cooperation with Brazil. Brazilian

institutions participating in any

consortium proposal responding to the

invitational priority may apply,

respectively, to the Coordination of

Improvement of Personnel of Superior

Level (CAPES), Brazilian Ministry of

Education for additional funding under

a separate but parallel Brazilian

competition.

Priority

Invitational Priority

We are particularly interested in

applications that meet the following

invitational priority. However, an

application that meets this invitational

priority does not receive a competitive

or absolute preference over other

applications (34 CFR 75.105(c)(1)).

Invitational Priority: Projects that

support consortia of institutions of

higher education that promote

institutional cooperation and student

mobility between the United States and

Brazil.

Methods for Applying Selection Criteria

The Secretary gives equal weight to

the listed criteria. Within each of the

criteria, the Secretary gives equal weight

to each of the factors.

Selection Criteria: In evaluating

applications for grants under this

program competition, the Secretary uses

the following selection criteria chosen

from those listed in 34 CFR 75.210.

(1) The significance of the proposed

project, as determined by—

(a) The extent to which the proposed

project involves the development or

demonstration of promising new

strategies that build on, or are

alternatives to, existing strategies;

(b) The likely utility of the products

(such as information, materials,

processes, or techniques) that will result

from the proposed project, including the

potential for their being used in a

variety of other settings; and

(c) The importance or magnitude of

the results or outcomes likely to be

attained by the proposed project,

especially improvements in teaching

and student achievement.

(2) The quality of the design of the

proposed project, as determined by—

(a) The extent to which the goals,

objectives, and outcomes to be achieved

by the proposed project are clearly

specified and measurable; and

(b) The extent to which the design of

the proposed project is appropriate to,

and will successfully address, the needs

of the target population or other

identified needs.

(3) The adequacy of resources, as

determined by—

(a) The extent to which the costs are

reasonable in relation to the objectives,

design, and potential significance of the

proposed project;

(b) The potential for continued

support of the project after FIPSE/

CAPES funding ends, including, as

appropriate, the demonstrated

commitment of appropriate entities to

such support; and

(c) The relevance and demonstrated

commitment of each partner in the

proposed project to the implementation

and success of the project.

(4) The quality of the project

personnel, as determined by—

(a) The qualifications, including

training and experience, of key project

personnel; and

(b) The extent to which the applicant

encourages applications for employment

from persons who are members of

groups that have traditionally been

underrepresented based on race, color,

national origin, gender, age, or

disability.

For Applications Contact: U.S.

Department of Education Publications

Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup,

MD 20794–1398. Telephone (toll free):

1–877–433–7827, fax 301–470–1244, email: edpubs@inet.ed.gov

You may also contact EDPubs at its

website: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/

edpubs.html.

If you request an application from

EDPubs, be sure to identify the USBrazil Competition as CFDA number

84.116M.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Copies of the application materials may

also be obtained from the Fund for the

Improvement of Postsecondary

Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 8th

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20006–8544,

telephone 202–502–7500. For additional

program information call Cindy Fisher

at the FIPSE office (202–502–7500)

between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.,

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

You may also request application

guidelines by submitting the name of

the competition (US-Brazil) and your

name and postal address to

fipse@ed.gov (e-mail). Applications are

also available on the FIPSE website at

the following site: http://www.ed.gov/

offices/OPE/FIPSE/Brazil/

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

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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

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternative format, also, by

contacting that person. 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 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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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.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1138–1138d.

Dated: November 7, 2000.

A. Lee Fritschler,

Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 00–29087 Filed 11–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4001–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy

[FE Docket Nos. 91–51–NG, 00–65–NG, 00–

68–NG, 00–64–NG, 00–73–NG, 00–63–NG,

00–66–NG, 99–89–NG, 99–96–LNG, 00–69–

LNG, 99–22–NG, 99–12–NG, 00–72–NG, 00–

78–NG, 00–75–NG, 00–71–NG, 00–81–NG]

Fina Natural Gas Company, et al.;

Orders Granting and Amending

Authority To Import and Export Natural

Gas

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of orders.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy

(FE) of the Department of Energy gives

notice that during October 2000, it

issued Orders granting and amending

authority to import and export natural

gas. These Orders are summarized in the

attached appendix and may be found on

the FE website at http://

www.fe.doe.gov, or on the electronic

bulletin board at (202) 586–7853. They

are also available for inspection and

copying in the Office of Natural Gas &

Petroleum Import & Export Activities,

Docket Room 3E–033, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585, (202)

586–9478. The docket room is open

between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on November

7, 2000.

John W. Glynn,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum, Import & Export

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

Appendix—Orders Granting and Transferring Import/Export Authorizations

Order

No.

Date

issued

Importer/Exporter

FE Docket No.

Import

volume

Export

volume Comments

563–A .... 10/02/00 Fina Natural Gas Company, 91–51–NG ...... .................... .................... Amendment to blanket import and export

authority to include the import of LNG

from any international source.

1627 ...... 10/02/00 Pioneer Natural Resources Canada Inc.,

00–65–NG.

76.8 Bcf .................... Import from Canada, beginning on October

30, 2000, and extending through October

29, 2002.

1628 ...... 10/05/00 Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, 00–68–NG 300 Bcf Import and export combined total, including

LNG, from and to Canada, beginning on

November 1, 2000, and extending

through October 31, 2002.

1629 ...... 10/05/00 Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., a Division of

MDU Resources Group, Inc., 00–64–NG.

10 Bcf .................... Import from Canada, beginning on December 1, 2000, and extending through November 30, 2002.

1630 ...... 10/16/00 Numac Energy (U.S.) Inc., 00–73–NG ......... 50 Bcf .................... Import from Canada, beginning on October

15, 2000, and extending through October

14, 2002.

1631 ...... 10/18/00 WPS Energy Services, Inc., 00–63–NG ....... 25 Bcf 5 Bcf Import and export from and to Canada beginning on November 1, 2000, and extending through October 31, 2002.

1632 ...... 10/18/00 Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation,

00–66–NG.

30 Bcf .................... Import from Canada beginning on December 1, 2000, and extending through November 30, 2002.

1540–A .. 10/19/00 BP Energy Company (Formerly Amoco Energy Trading Corp.), 99–89–NG..................... .................... Name change.

1542–A .. 10/19/00 BP Energy Company (Formerly Amoco Energy Trading Corp.), 99–96–LNG..................... .................... Name change.

1633 ...... 10/19/00 Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C.,

00–69–LNG.

200 Bcf Import and export an aggregate from and to

Canada and Mexico, including LNG, and

import LNG from other countries beginning on October 31, 2000, and extending

through October 30, 2002.

1474–B .. 10/24/00 Cascade Natural Gas Corporation, 99–22–

NG.

.................... .................... Amendment extending long-term authority

for one year.