75272 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 232 / Friday, December 1, 2000 / Notices

applications to OPIC. Applications will

be reviewed by OPIC and DOE and

applicants that meet OPIC Requirements

and the Program’s Selection Criteria,

will be considered for the program.

Specific information on OPIC

Requirements and Program’s Selection

Criteria is available on the OPIC website

(http://www.opic.gov).

Dated: November 9, 2000.

Theresa Fariello,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of

International Energy Policy, Office of

International Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–30639 Filed 11–30–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board;

Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces an

open meeting of the Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board’s Laboratory Operations

Board (LOB). The Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Public Law 92–463, 86

Stat. 770), requires that agencies publish

these notices in the Federal Register to

allow for public participation.

NAME: Secretary of Energy Advisory

Board—Laboratory Operations Board.

DATES: Thursday, December 7, 2000,

8:30 a.m.–3:15 p.m., Eastern Standard

Time.

ADDRESSES: Hilton Washington Embassy

Row Hotel, 2015 Massachusetts Ave.,

NW., Washington, DC 20036

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Louise Wagner, Executive

Director, or Laurie Keaton, LOB Staff

Director, Office of Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board (AB–1), US Department

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–

7162 or (202) 586–6279 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Laboratory Operations

Board is to provide independent

external advice to the Secretary of

Energy Advisory Board regarding the

strategic direction of the Department’s

laboratories, the coordination of budget

and policy issues affecting laboratory

operations, and the reduction of

unnecessary and counterproductive

management burdens on the

laboratories. The Laboratory Operations

Board’s goal is to facilitate the

productive and cost-effective utilization

of the Department’s laboratory system

and the application of best business

practices.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, December 7, 2000

8:30 a.m.–9 a.m.—Co-Chairs Opening

Remarks

9 a.m.–9:45 a.m.—Budget and

Appropriations Update

9:45 a.m.–10 a.m.—Break

10 a.m.–11 a.m.—Presentation on

Hamre Commission: Study of the

Science and Security Functions of

the Department

11 a.m.–12 p.m.—Presentation on

Transition Planning at DOE

12 p.m.–1 p.m.—Lunch

1 p.m.–3 p.m.—LOB Work Plan—Status

Reports

—Implementation of Performance

Based Management at DOE

—LOB Retrospective

—Laboratory Profile Report Update

3 p.m.–3:15 p.m.—Public Comment

Period

3:15 p.m.—Adjourn

This tentative agenda is subject to

change.

Public Participation: In keeping with

procedures, members of the public are

welcome to monitor the business of the

Laboratory Operations Board and to

submit written comments or comment

during the scheduled public comment

period. The meeting will be conducted

in a fashion that will, in the Co-Chairs’

judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct

of business. During its open meeting,

the Laboratory Operations Board

welcomes public comment. Members of

the public will be heard in the order in

which they sign up at the beginning of

the meeting. The Board will make every

effort to hear the views of all interested

parties. You may submit written

comments to Mary Louise Wagner,

Executive Director, Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board, AB–1, US Department

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585. This notice

is being published less than 15 days

before the date of the meeting due to the

late resolution of programmatic issues.

Minutes: A copy of the minutes and

a transcript of the meeting will be made

available for public review and copying

approximately 30 days following the

meeting at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190 Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m.

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday

except Federal holidays. Further

information on the Laboratory

Operations Board is available at the

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board’s

web site, located at http://

www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

Issued at Washington, DC, on November

28, 2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

Bonneville Power Administration’s

Proposed Amendments to 2002

Wholesale Power Rate Adjustment

Proposal

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed amendments

to 2002 wholesale power rate

adjustment proposal: public hearing,

and opportunity for public review and

comment proposal BPA File No: WP–02.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Northwest

Electric Power Planning and

Conservation Act (Northwest Power

Act) provides that Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA) must establish

and periodically review its rates so that

they are adequate to recover, in

accordance with sound business

principles, the costs associated with the

acquisition, conservation, and

transmission of electric power, and to

recover the Federal investment in the

Federal Columbia River Power System

(FCRPS) and other costs incurred by

BPA. By this notice, BPA announces a

proposed amendment to the 2002 rate

proposal (BPA Docket WP–02),

consideration of which has been stayed

by Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC) in Docket No.

EF00–2012–000. The 2002 rates replace

the current 1996 rates, which expire on

October 1, 2001, at the same time that

most of BPA’s current power supply

contracts terminate.

DATES: Proposed hearing dates are

supplied in the Supplementary

Information Section I.C. below. Close of

public comments is February 14, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be submitted to: Mr. Michael Hansen,

Public Involvement and Information

Specialist, Bonneville Power

Administration, P.O. Box 12999,

Portland, Oregon 97212. Documents

will be available for public viewing after

December 12, 2000, at BPA’s Public

Information Center, BPA Headquarters

Building, 1st Floor; 905 NE. 11th,

Portland, Oregon, and will be provided

to parties at the prehearing conference

to be held on December 12, 2000, from

9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Room 223, 911 NE.