Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 228 / Monday, November 27, 2000 / Notices 70713

The notice may be viewed on http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

(202) 208–2222 for assistance). A copy

is also available for inspection and

reproduction at the address in item k

above.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30085 Filed 11–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6908–6]

Contractor Access to Confidential

Business Information Under the Clean

Air Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency has

authorized the following contractor to

access information that has been, or will

be, submitted to the EPA under section

114 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as

amended: Alpha Gamma Technologies,

Inc., 900 Ridgefield Drive, Suite 350,

Raleigh, NC 27609, contract number

68D00282.

Some of this information may be

claimed to be confidential business

information (CBI) by the submitter.

DATES: Access to confidential data

submitted to EPA will occur no sooner

than ten days after issuance of this

notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Roberto Morales, Document Control

Officer, Office of Air Quality Planning

and Standards (MD–11), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711, (919) 541–0880.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA

is issuing this notice to inform all

submitters of information under section

114 of the CAA that the EPA may

provide the above mentioned contractor

access to these materials on a need-toknow basis. This contractor will provide

technical support to the Office of Air

Quality Planning and Standards

(OAQPS) in developing Federal Air

Pollution Control Regulations.

In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h),

the EPA has determined that the above

contractor requires access to CBI

submitted to the EPA under sections

112 and 114 of the CAA in order to

perform work satisfactorily under the

above noted contract. The contractor’s

personnel will be given access to

information submitted under section

114 of the CAA. The contractor’s

personnel will be required to sign

nondisclosure agreements and will

receive training on appropriate security

procedures before they are permitted

access to CBI.

Clearance for access to CAA CBI is

scheduled to expire on September 30,

2003 under contract 68D00282.

Dated: November 20, 2000.

Bob Perciasepe,

Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

[FR Doc. 00–30112 Filed 11–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6908–2]

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex

in Education Programs or Activities

Receiving Federal Financial

Assistance

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of programs and

activities receiving financial assistance

from the Environmental Protection

Agency that are covered by Title IX of

the Education Amendments of 1972, as

amended.

SUMMARY: In accordance with subpart F

of the final common rule for the

enforcement of Title IX of the Education

Amendments of 1972, as amended, 20

U.S.C. 1681, et seq. (‘‘Title IX’’) this

notice lists those programs and

activities that receive financial

assistance from the U.S. EPA and are

covered by Title IX. Title IX prohibits

recipients of Federal financial assistance

from discriminating on the basis of sex

in education programs or activities.

Subpart F requires each Federal agency

that awards Federal financial assistance

to publish in the Federal Register a

notice of the programs covered by the

Title IX regulations within sixty (60)

days after the effective date (September

29, 2000) of the final common rule. The

final common rule for the enforcement

of Title IX was published in the Federal

Register by twenty (20) Federal

agencies, including the EPA, on August

30, 2000, (65 FR 52857–52895).

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments

concerning this notice to U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Office of Civil Rights, Mail Code 1201A,

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann

E. Goode, Director, Office of Civil

Rights, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Mail Code 1201A, 1200

Pennsylvania, Ave., NW, Washington,

D.C. 20460. Telephone: (202) 564–7272

(voice), (202) 501–1822 (TDD).

Facsimile: (202) 501–1836.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title IX

prohibits recipients of Federal financial

assistance from discriminating on the

basis of sex in educational programs or

activities. Specifically, the statute states

that ‘‘[n]o person in the United States

shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded

from participation in, be denied the

benefits of, or be subjected to

discrimination under any education

program or activity receiving Federal

financial assistance,’’ with specific

exceptions for various entities,

programs, and activities. 20 U.S.C.

1681(a). This statute was modeled after

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,

42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq., which prohibits

discrimination on the basis of race,

color, and national origin in all

programs or activities that receive

Federal financial assistance. The goal of

Title IX is to ensure that Federal funds

are not utilized for and do not support

sex-based discrimination, and that

individuals have equal opportunities,

without regard to sex, to pursue, engage

or participate in, and benefit from

academic, extracurricular, research,

occupational training, employment, or

other educational programs or activities.

For example (and without limitation),

subject to exceptions described in these

Title IX regulations, Title IX prohibits a

recipient from discriminating on the

basis of sex in: student admissions,

scholarship awards and tuition

assistance, recruitment of students and

employees, the provision of courses and

other academic offerings, the provision

of and participation in athletics and

extracurricular activities, and all aspects

of employment, including, but not

limited to, selection, hiring,

compensation, benefits, job assignments

and classification, promotions,

demotions, tenure, training, transfers,

leave, layoffs, and termination. Of

course, Title IX prohibits discrimination

on the basis of sex in the operation of,

and the provision or denial of benefits

by, education programs conducted by

noneducational institutions, including,

but not limited to, prisons, museums,

job training institutes, and for profit and

nonprofit organizations.