11852 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 49 / Thursday, March 13, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

[CFDA No.: 84.128U]

Special Projects and Demonstrations

for Providing Supported Employment

Services to Individuals With the Most

Severe Disabilities and Technical

Assistance Projects—National Scope

Project; Notice Extending the Closing

Date for Transmittal of Applications for

New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1997

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: The deadline date for

transmittal of applications is extended

from March 14, 1997, to April 11, 1997.

On January 31, 1996, the Secretary

published in the Federal Register (62

FR 4745) a notice inviting applications

for a cooperative agreement or grant for

new awards for fiscal year 1997 under

the program for Special Projects and

Demonstrations for Providing Supported

Employment Services to Individuals

with the Most Severe Disabilities and

Technical Assistance Projects—National

Scope Project.

The purpose of this notice is to extend

the deadline date for transmittal of

applications. This action is taken to

increase the amount of time applicants

have to prepare applications.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: June 10, 1997.

For Applications Contact: Joyce R.

Jones, U.S. Department of Education,

600 Independence Avenue, Room 3038,

Switzer Building, Washington, D.C.

20202–2740; or call the following

telephone number: (202) 205–8351.

For Further Information Contact:

Mary Jane Kane, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Room 3320, Switzer Building,

Washington, D.C. 20202–2740.

Telephone: (202) 205–8206. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8

p.m., Eastern time, Monday through

Friday.

Information about the Department’s

funding opportunities, including copies

of application notices for discretionary

grant competitions, can be viewed on

the Department’s electronic bulletin

board (ED Board), telephone (202) 260–

9950; on the Internet Gopher Server (at

gopher://gcs.ed.gov); or on the World

Wide Web (at http://gcs.ed.gov).

However, the official application notice

for a discretionary grant competition is

the notice published in the Federal

Register.

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 777a(c).

Dated: March 7, 1997.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

[FR Doc. 97–6267 Filed 3–12–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[FERC Form–580]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

March 10, 1997.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection and request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(a) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. 104–13), the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is

soliciting public comment on the

specific aspects of the information

collection described below.

DATES: Consideration will be given to

comments submitted on or before May

12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed

collection of information can be

obtained from and written comments

may be submitted to the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael

P. Miller, Information Services Division,

ED–12.4, 888 First Street N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael P. Miller may be reached by

telephone at (202) 208–1415, by fax at

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at

mmiller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

information collected under the

requirements of FERC Form 580,

‘‘Interrogatory on Fuel and Energy

Purchase Practices’’, Docket No. IN79–6,

(OMB No. 1902–0137) is used by the

Commission to implement the statutory

provisions of the Federal Power Act

(FPA). The FPA was amended by the

Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act

(Pub. L. 95–617) to require the

Commission to review ‘‘not less

frequently than every two (2) years

* * * of practices * * * to ensure

efficient use of resources (including

economical purchase and use of fuel

and electric energy) * * *’’ the purpose

of this collection of information is to

carry out this statutory mandate. The

information will also be used to: (1)

Evaluate fuel costs in individual rate

filings; (2) review fuel costs passed

through automatic fuel adjustment

clauses, as determined during periodic

compliance audits of utility books and

records; and (3) to initiate Commission

action under Section 205(f)(3) of the

FPA. The Commission’s regulations

require that a determination be made

that wholesale rates are just and

reasonable. To make this determination,

it is necessary to investigate and analyze

the different types of costs incurred in

providing electric service. One such

expense is fuel costs, which accounts

for nearly two-thirds of the electric

utility’s total operating costs.

To allay its concern that utilities lack

incentives to minimize fuel costs,

Congress directed the Commission to

review utility fuel and energy purchase

practices to insure that fuel costs are

reasonable. To properly assess the

effectiveness of utility fuel procurement

programs it is necessary to address a

wide range of issues that directly impact

fuel expenses.

The FERC Form 580 responses are

made part of an integrated data base to

examine issues raised in contested fuel

costs proceedings. Information in the

data base is used to make preliminary

evaluations of fuel costs in applications

for rate increases filed with the

Commission. In addition, when fuel

costs are contested in formal rate

proceedings, the data provide the basis

for more detailed analyses of the

utility’s fuel procurement practices.

Action: The Commission is requesting

a three-year extension of the current

expiration date, with some changes to

the existing collection of data. The form

is being modified to ask questions

concerning fuel tolling, fuel-by-wire,

and fuel conversion agreements.

Burden Statement: Public reporting

burden for this collection is estimated

as: