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advances in materials, tools and

operations will be needed to maintain

the throughput of the current

infrastructure and expansion for future

system demands.

DATES: The solicitation will be available

on the DOE/NETL’s Internet address at

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

about November 9, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Crystal A. Sharp, Contract Specialist MS

IO7, U.S. Department of Energy,

National Energy Technology Laboratory,

P.O. Box 880, 3610 Collins Ferry Road,

Morgantown, WV 26507–0880, E-mail

Address: csharp@netl.doe.gov,

Telephone Number: 304–285–4442.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the National Gas

Infrastructure Reliability program is to

fund research which encourages and

promotes research and development

efforts resulting in the development of

technology which will place the

necessary tools and materials into the

hands of those who maintain and

enhance the integrity and operational

reliability of the Nation’s natural gas

transmission and distribution network.

DOE is requesting proposals which

support technology developments in the

areas of both natural gas transmission

and distribution infrastructure.

Specifically, proposals are requested

under the following topic areas:

1. The development of technology to

ensure the integrity and reliability of the

design, construction and operation of

the natural gas transmission

infrastructure;

2. The development of technology to

ensure the integrity and reliability of the

design, construction and operation of

the natural gas distribution

infrastructure; and

3. The development of technology

which may crosscut topics 1 and 2.

It is anticipated that there will be

multiple awards resulting from this

solicitation. DOE has determined that a

minimum cost share of 35% of the total

cost is required for this solicitation

research. At current planning levels,

and subject to the availability of funds,

DOE expects to provide up to

approximately $10,000,000 to support

work under this solicitation.

Prospective applicants who would

like to be notified as soon as the

solicitation is available should register

at http://www.netl.doe.gov/business.

Provide your E-mail address and click

on the ‘‘Oil and Gas’’ technology choice

located under the heading ‘‘Fossil

Energy.’’ Once you subscribe, you will

receive an announcement by E-mail that

the solicitation has been released to the

public.

Telephone requests, written requests,

E-mail requests, or facsimile requests for

a copy of the solicitation package will

not be accepted and/or honored.

Applications must be prepared and

submitted in accordance with the

instructions and forms contained in the

solicitation. The actual solicitation

document will allow for requests for

explanation and/or interpretation.

Issued in Morgantown, WV on November

2, 2000.

Randolph L. Kesling,

Director, Acquisition and Assistance Division.

[FR Doc. 00–28975 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Pantex

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), Pantex. The Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No.

92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that

public notice of these meetings be

announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Tuesday, November 28, 2000,

10:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Radisson Inn of Amarillo,

East Wing Ballroom, I–40 & Lakeside,

Amarillo, Texas 79108.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry

S. Johnson, Assistant Area Manager,

Department of Energy, Amarillo Area

Office, P.O. Box 30030, Amarillo, TX

79120; phone (806) 477–3125; fax (806)

477–5896 or e-mail

jjohnson@pantex.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:

10:00 Agenda Review/Approval of

Minutes

10:15 Co-Chair Comments

10:30 Task Force/Subcommittee Reports

11:00 Ex-Officio Reports

11:15 Updates—Occurrence Reports—

DOE

11:45 Break for Lunch

12:45 Presentation (to be announced)

2:00 Questions

2:20 Public Questions/Comments

2:30 Adjourn

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 Jerry Johnson’s office at the

address or telephone number listed

above. Requests must be received five

days prior to the meeting and every

reasonable provision will be made to

accommodate the request 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.

Minutes: Minutes of this meeting will

be available for public review and

copying at the Pantex Public Reading

Rooms located at the Amarillo College

Lynn Library and Learning Center, 2201

South Washington, Amarillo, TX phone

(806) 371–5400. Hours of operation are

from 7:45 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday

through Thursday; 7:45 a.m. to 5:00

p.m. on Friday; 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon

on Saturday; and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

on Sunday, except for Federal holidays.

Additionally, there is a Public Reading

Room located at the Carson County

Public Library, 401 Main Street,

Panhandle, TX phone (806) 537–3742.

Hours of operation are from 9:00 a.m. to

7:00 p.m. on Monday; 9:00 a.m. to 5:00

p.m. Tuesday through Friday; and

closed Saturday and Sunday as well as

Federal holidays. Minutes will also be

available by writing or calling Jerry S.

Johnson at the address or telephone

number listed above.

Issued at Washington, DC on November 7,

2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–28978 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel;

Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Hydrogen Technical

Advisory Panel. Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat.

770, as amended), requires that public

notice of these meetings be announced

in the Federal Register.

DATES: Tuesday, November 14, 2000,

8:30 a.m.–5:45 p.m.

Wednesday, November 15, 2000, 8:30

a.m.–12:30 p.m.

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ADDRESSES: Sunline Transit Authority,

32–505 Harry Oliver Trail, Thousand

Palms, California 92296. Telephone:

760–343–3456.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil

Rossmeissl, Designated Federal Officer,

Hydrogen Program Manager, EE–15,

Office of Power Technologies,

Department of Energy, Washington, DC

20585; Telephone: 202–586–8668.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Meeting

The major purpose of this meeting

will be to hold a discussion on Local,

State, and Federal Governments role in

supporting and encouraging the

transition to hydrogen energy systems.

Other topics included are: (1)

Reauthorization of the Hydrogen Future

Act, (2) California Air Resources Board

(CARB) regulating situation, (3) report

on the Las Vegas Blueprint Workshop,

(4) report on the BP Amoco Workshop

on Fuel Cell Vehicle Infrastructure, (5)

report on Vision 21.

Tuesday, November 14, 2000

8:30 a.m.: Introduction and Opening

Comments—D. Nahmias

8:40: HTAP Committee Reports:

—Coordination—H. Chum

—Scenario Planning— H. Wedda

—Fuel Choice—R. Nichols

9:10: State of California—Hydrogen

Activities—Today and Tomorrow

—Reauthorization of the Hydrogen Future

Act—H. Chum

—Keynote Address—K. Calvert (invited)

—California Air Resources Board—A.

Lloyd

—California Energy Commission—D. Rohy

10:10: Break

10:20: Programs and Coordination

Activities—Transportation:

—California Fuel Cell Partnership—J.

Wallace (invited)

—Las Vegas Blueprint Meeting Report—C.

Hammil

—Sunline Update—R. Cromwell

—BP Amoco Workshop Report—J. Rinker

12:00 p.m.: Lunch

1:00: DOE Program Report—S. Gronich

2:00: Systems Analysis Report—M. Mann

2:45: Vision 21: Perspectives and Prospects—

H. Chambers

3:45: Break

4:00: Public Comments (5 minutes maximum

per speaker) Audience

4:45: HTAP Deliberations

5:45: Adjourn

Wednesday, November 15, 2000

8:30 a.m.: HYFORUM Report:

—Conference Overview—D. Nahmias

—Hydrogen Across the Federal

Government—H. Chum

9:30: Hydrogen Safety Documentary—W.

Hoagland, S. Leach

10:00: Break

10:15: Aspen Clean Energy Roundtable—C.

Gregorie Padro

11:00: Public Comments

11:30: HTAP Deliberations

12:30 p.m.: Adjourn

Public Participation: This 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 Mr. Neil Rossmeissl’s office at

the address or telephone number listed

above. Requests must be received 5 days

prior to the meeting and reasonable

provision will be made to include the

presentations in the agenda. The

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 5 minutes to

present their comments. This notice is

being published less than 15 days before

the date of the meeting due to

programmatic issues that needed to be

resolved prior to publication.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

S.W. Washington, DC 20585 between

9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., Monday

through Friday, except Federal

Holidays. Minutes will also be available

by writing to Neil Rossmeissl,

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, or by calling

(202) 586–8668.

Issued at Washington, DC on November 6,

2000.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–28976 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

International Energy Agency Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Subject to timely enactment

of legislation to reinstate the antitrust

defense under section 252 of the Energy

Policy and Conservation Act, a meeting

of the Industry Advisory Board to the

International Energy Agency (IEA) will

be held on November 14, 2000, at the

headquarters of the IEA in Paris, France

in connection with a joint meeting of

the IEA’s Standing Group on Emergency

Questions and Standing Group on Oil

Markets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Samuel M. Bradley, Assistant General

Counsel for International and National

Security Programs, Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585, 202–586–

6738.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Subject to

timely enactment of legislation to

reinstate the antitrust defense under

section 252 of the Energy Policy and

Conservation Act (EPCA), the following

meeting notice is provided, in

accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(i)

of the EPCA (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(i)):

A meeting of the Industry Advisory

Board (IAB) to the International Energy

Agency (IEA) will be held at the

headquarters of the IEA, 9, rue de la

Fe ́de ́ration, Paris, France, on November

14, 2000, beginning at approximately 9

a.m. The purpose of this notice is to

permit attendance by representatives of

U.S. company members of the IAB at a

joint meeting of the IEA’s Standing

Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ)

and the Standing Group on Oil Markets

(SOM), which is scheduled to be held at

the IEA on November 14 beginning at

2:30 p.m., including a preparatory

encounter among company

representatives on November 14 from

approximately 9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.

The Agenda for the preparatory

encounter among company

representatives is to elicit views

regarding items on the SEQ/SOM’s

Agenda. The Agenda for the SEQ/SOM

meeting is under the control of the SEQ/

SOM. It is expected that the SEQ/SOM

will follow the following:

Agenda

1. Current Oil Market Situation

2. Market Psychology: A Trader’s

Perspective

3. Heating Oil Situation and Possible

Responses

—Report on Results of Special

Statistical Survey

—Discussion on Possible IEA

Response

4. Current Situation with Independent

Storage

As provided in section 252(c)(1)(A)(ii)

of the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(ii)), this

meeting is open only to representatives

of members of the IAB and their

counsel, representatives of members of

the SEQ, representatives of the

Departments of Energy, Justice, and

State, the Federal Trade Commission,

the General Accounting Office,

Committees of Congress, the IEA, and

the European Commission, and invitees

of the IAB, the SEQ, or the IEA.