Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 104 / Monday, June 1, 1998 / Notices 29721

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Interagency Coordinating

Council Meeting (FICC)

AGENCY: Federal Interagency

Coordinating Council, Education.

ACTION: Notice of a Public Meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice describes the

schedule and agenda of a forthcoming

meeting of the Federal Interagency

Coordinating Council, and invites

people to participate. Notice of this

meeting is required under section 685(c)

of the Individuals with Disabilities

Education Act and is intended to notify

the general public of their opportunity

to attend the meeting. The meeting will

be accessible to individuals with

disabilities.

DATES: Thursday, June 25, 1998 from

1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Clark Room of the Holiday

Inn Capitol, 550 C Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Libby Doggett or Kim Lawrence, U.S.

Department of Education, 330 C Street,

SW, Room 3080, Switzer Building,

Washington, DC 20202–2644.

Telephone: (202) 205–8428 or (202)

205–5507. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call (202) 205–9754.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Interagency Coordinating

Council (FICC) is established under

section 685 of the Individuals with

Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C.

1484a). The Council is established to:

(1) minimize duplication across Federal,

State and local agencies of programs and

activities relating to early intervention

services for infants and toddlers with

disabilities and their families and

preschool services for children with

disabilities; (2) ensure effective

coordination of Federal early

intervention and preschool programs,

including Federal technical assistance

and support activities; and (3) identify

gaps in Federal agency programs and

services and barriers to Federal

interagency cooperation. To meet these

purposes, the FICC seeks to: (1) identify

areas of conflict, overlap, and omissions

in interagency policies related to the

provision of services to infants,

toddlers, and preschoolers with

disabilities; (2) develop and implement

joint policy interpretations on issues

related to infants, toddlers, and

preschoolers that cut across Federal

agencies, including modifications of

regulations to eliminate barriers to

interagency programs and activities; and

(3) coordinate the provision of technical

assistance and dissemination of best

practice information. The FICC is

chaired by the Assistant Secretary for

Special Education and Rehabilitative

Services.

At this meeting the FICC will consider

and possibly take action on the

following: selection of priorities for the

next few years, a vision and mission

statement, a set of operating policies

and procedures, and a strategic plan that

will guide the FICC work for the next

three years, ways to resolve conflicts

between Medicaid and private

insurance in the provision of early

intervention services, and

implementation of changes in payment

by Champus/Tricare for early

intervention services. Reports from the

FICC committees (Finance, Legislative,

Integrated Services, Communication,

Family Empowerment and Executive)

will be heard and acted upon as

necessary.

The meeting of the FICC is open to the

public and will be physically accessible.

Anyone requiring accommodations such

as an interpreter, materials in Braille,

large print, or cassette please call Kim

Lawrence at (202) 205–8428 ten days in

advance of the meeting.

Summary minutes of the FICC

meetings will be maintained and

available for public inspection at the

U.S. Department of Education, 330 C

Street, SW, Room 3080, Switzer

Building, Washington, DC 20202–2644,

from the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,

weekdays, except Federal Holidays.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

[FR Doc. 98–14415 Filed 5–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Solicitation for Applications,

Building a Sustainable Future Program

Grants for Empowerment Zones and

Enterprise Communities

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Denver

Regional Support Office.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation DE–PS48–

98R800658.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy’s

(DOE’s) Building a Sustainable Future

grant program is designed to promote

sustainable development projects in the

72 urban and 33 rural communities

designated as Federal Empowerment

Zones or Enterprise Communities (EZ/

EC’s). On December 21, 1994, the

Clinton Administration announced the

EZ/EC program to assist distressed

communities. In applying for EZ/EC

designation, communities had to

address four key principles: (1)

economic opportunity, (2) sustainable

community development, (3)

community-based partnerships, and (4)

strategic vision for change. The Building

a Sustainable Future grants have been

set up to help EZ/EC’s more effectively

incorporate sustainable development

into their activities.

DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy will consider

proposals from interested EZ/EC’s to

help fund capacity building projects and

sustainable community development

activities. Funding can be used for

activities that encourage the use of

energy efficient technologies such as

design charrettes, industrial ecology

training, visioning exercises, energy

efficient land-use planning techniques,

and economic studies of the benefits of

energy efficiency on jobs and the

environment. This grant program will be

administered by the Denver Regional

Support Office and its Center of

Excellence for Sustainable

Development.

DATES: DOE expects to issue the

solicitation on May 25, 1998.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the

solicitation (DE–PS48–98R800658),

eligible parties may (1) see the DOE

Golden Field Office website http://

www.eren.doe.gov/golden/

solicitations.html, (2) write to the U.S.

Department of Energy, Denver Regional

Support Office, 1617 Cole Boulevard,

MS 1721, Golden, CO 80401 or (3) fax

a request to Ken Snyder at (303) 275–

4830. Telephone requests for the

solicitation will not be granted.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

project or activity must be conducted in

one of the 105 currently designated

Federal Empowerment Zones or

Enterprise Communities. Any non-profit

or non-federal public organization

(501(c)(3) non-profit or State, City,

County or Town office) can apply.

Organizations/offices can sub-contract

with non-profit or for-profit

organizations for specific services. If the

applicant does not represent the main

authorized Empowerment Zone or

Enterprise Community implementing

office, a letter of support from that office

is needed as part of the application

process. Cost-sharing is not required.

Applications will be considered for

projects and/or activities up to $50,000

per project. Subject to the availability of

funds, DOE anticipates that

approximately $250,000 will be made

available this fiscal year to provide

between 7 to 10 small grants ($10,000 to

$50,000 in size). Additional

requirements will be described in the
29722 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 104 / Monday, June 1, 1998 / Notices

1See 80 FERC ¶ 61,264 (1997); order denying

rehearing issued January 28, 1998, 82 FERC ¶

61,058 (1998).

2Public Service Company of Colorado v. FERC,

91 F.3d 1478 (D.C. 1996), cert. denied, Nos. 96–954

and 96–1230 (65 U.S.L.W. 3751 and 3754, May 12,

1997).

solicitation. Applications must be

received by 5:00 pm on Tuesday, June

30, 1998. Applications should be mailed

to the Department of Energy; Denver

Regional Support Office; 1617 Cole

Boulevard—Building MS 1721; Golden,

CO; 80401. Please submit 4 copies of

your proposal, bound by staple without

any special binders or covers. Project

selections should be announced by

August 1, 1998.

Issued in Golden, Colorado on May 22,

1998.

John W. Meeker,

Chief, Procurement, GO.

[FR Doc. 98–14402 Filed 5–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. GP98–32–000]

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation;

Notice of Complaint and Motion for

Remand

May 26, 1998.

Take notice that, on May 4, 1998,

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

(Anadarko) filed: (1) a complaint against

PanEnergy Pipe Line Company

(PanEnergy), Panhandle Eastern Pipe

Line Company (Panhandle), PanEnergy

Corporation (PanEnergy Corp), and

Panhandle Eastern Corporation

(Panhandle Corp) [collectively:

Panhandle Parties], pursuant to an

Order of the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas (U.S.

District Court) staying Anadarko

Petroleum Corp. v. PanEnergy Pipe Line

Company, Civil Action No. H–97–1705

(March 19, 1998), that referred the

issues in that proceeding to the

Commission for the exercise of its

regulatory jurisdiction; and (2) a motion

that the Commission either determine

the issues or remand the issues back to

the U.S. District Court for resolution.

Anadarko’s complaint and motion for

remand is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Anadarko explains that, at one time,

Panhandle owned certain natural gas

leases that included producing

properties, that Panhandle created a

producer affiliate who acquired certain

leases from Panhandle and made sales

from Kansas production to Panhandle,

and that Panhandle’s producer affiliate

recovered Kansas ad valorem taxes from

Panhandle. Anadarko further explains

that it was created by Panhandle’s

producer affiliate, on or about August 1,

1985, as a new pipeline affiliated

producer, that properties (including

Kansas gas leases) were transferred to

Anadarko, and that Anadarko was spunoff and became an independent

producing company on October 1, 1986.

Anadarko contends that Panhandle

and its producer affiliate were

Anadarko’s predecessors-in-interest

and, as such, are liable for any Kansas

ad valorem tax refunds, and interest,

required by the Commission’s

September 10, 1997 order, in Docket No.

RP97–369–000 et al,1 on remand from

the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.2 That

order required First Sellers to refund

Kansas ad valorem tax reimbursements

to the appropriate pipelines, with

interest, for the period from 1983 to

1988. Anadarko contends that the

Panhandle Parties agreed to indemnify

Anadarko from any liability associated

with the possible refund of Kansas ad

valorem taxes, both before and after the

transfer to Anadarko, as part of the

consideration for the transfer price.

Thus, Anadarko contends that all

Kansas ad valorem tax refund liabilities

arising from production after October 4,

1983, and associated with the working

interests of Anadarko, should be paid by

Panhandle or one of its affiliates, not by

Anadarko. Anadarko further contends

that (a) the Commission may either

adjudicate Anadarko’s complaint, or

decide not to exercise its primary

regulatory jurisdiction, and (b) if the

Commission decides not to exercise its

regulatory jurisdiction, it may (after

making the necessary findings that

Anadarko’s allegations are cognizable in

court, remand this matter back to the

court, by final order.

Anadarko states that it filed its

complaint in the above-referenced

proceeding before the U.S. District

Court, seeking (a) judgment (against the

Panhandle Parties) that the Panhandle

Parties assumed all of the obligations of

Anadarko and the Panhandle Parties for

refunds, plus interest, claimed on

natural gas sold in Kansas, and (b)

recovery of the refunds that Anadarko

has already paid to Panhandle Parties as

a result of the Commission’s September

10 order, based on tax bills rendered

after June 22, 1988. Anadarko states that

the U.S. District Court, in its Order

staying the Anadarko case, stated that it

shall retain jurisdiction pending

resolution of the issues by the FERC and

the exhaustion of any appeals from the

FERC’s decision.

Any person desiring to comment on

or make any protest with respect to

Anadarko’s complaint should on or

before June 25, 1998, file with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.,

20426, a motion to intervene or protest

in accordance with the requirements of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211).

All protests filed with the Commission

will be considered by it in determining

the appropriate action to be taken, but

will not serve to make the protestants

parties to the proceeding. Any person

wishing to become a party to the

proceeding, or to participate as a party

in any hearing therein, must file a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the Commission’s Rules. Answers to the

complaint should also be filed on or

before June 25, 1998.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–14353 Filed 5–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 1417–001, Project No. 1835–

013]

Central Nebraska Public Power and

Irrigation District; Nebraska Public

Power District; Notice of Settlement

Offer

May 26, 1998.

On May 15, 1998, the Central

Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation

District, Nebraska Public Power District,

U.S. Department of the Interior, State of

Wyoming, State of Colorado, Sierra

Club, Nebraska Wildlife Federation,

American Rivers, National Audubon

Society, and Platte River Whooping

Crane Critical Habitat Maintenance

Trust filed an offer of settlement for the

Kingsley Dam Project (FERC No. 1417)

and the North Platte/Keystone Diversion

Project (FERC No. 1835) per Rule 602 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.

Comments on the proposed settlement

may be filed with Commission no later

than June 4, 1998, and replies no later

than June 15, 1998. Copies of comments

and replies by parties and intervenors

must be served on all other parties and

intervenors. Under Rule 602(f)(3), a

failure to file comments constitutes a