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Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat will be submitting to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

an extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Balance of Payments

Program Certificate.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before August 11, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Linfield, Office of Federal Acquisition

Policy, GSA (202) 501–1757.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

this burden estimate or any other aspect

of this collection of information,

including suggestions for reducing this

burden, to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB,

Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC

20503, and a copy to the General

Services Administration, FAR

Secretariat (MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW,

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Under the Balance of Payments

Program, unless specifically exempted

by statute or regulation, the Government

gives preferences to the acquisition of

domestic end products or services,

provided that the cost of the domestic

items is reasonable. The Balance of

Payments Program differs from the Buy

American Act in that it applies to

acquisitions for use outside the United

States.

The contracting officer uses the

information to identify which end

products or services are domestic, and

which are of foreign origin. In order to

be considered domestic, the cost of its

components mined, produced, or

manufactured in the United States must

exceed 50 percent of the cost of all its

components. Services are considered

domestic if 25 percent or less of their

total cost are attributable to performance

occurring outside the United States. The

contracting officer determines

reasonableness of cost by applying an

evaluation factor of 50 percent. If this

procedure results in a tie, the domestic

offer shall be considered successful.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average .167 hours per response,

including the time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information.

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows: Respondents,

1,243; responses per respondent, 5; total

annual responses, 6,215; preparation

hours per response, .167; and total

response burden hours, 1,038.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

justification from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0023, Balance of Payments

Program Certificate, in all

correspondence.

Dated: June 6, 1998.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 98–15711 Filed 6–11–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD.

ACTION: Notice to delete systems of

records.

SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary

proposes to delete three systems of

records notices from its inventory of

records systems subject to the Privacy

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

DATES: The deletions will be effective on

June 12, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to OSD

Privacy Act Coordinator, Records

Section, Directives and Records

Division, Washington Headquarter

Services, Correspondence and

Directives, 1155 Defense Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20301–1155.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

David Bosworth at (703) 695–0970 or

DSN 225–0970.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of the Secretary of Defense notices for

systems of records subject to the Privacy

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended,

have been published in the Federal

Register and are available from the

address above.

The proposed action is not within the

purview of subsection (r) of the Privacy

Act (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, which

would require the submission of a new

or altered system report.

Dated: June 8, 1998.

L. M. BYNUM,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

DELETIONS:

DWHS P09

SYSTEM NAME:

Computer Data Base (February 22,

1993, 58 FR 10227).

Reason: These records are covered

under the OPM Government-wide

system of records notice OPM/GOVT-1,

General Personnel Records.

DWHS P39

SYSTEM NAME:

Clerical Merit Promotion File

(February 22, 1993, 58 FR 10227).

Reason: Records are no longer needed

for perform an agency function. Records

have been destroyed.

DODDS 25

SYSTEM NAME:

DODDS Internal Review Office Project

File (February 22, 1993, 58 FR 10227).

Reason: These records are covered

under the DoD Inspector General system

of records CIG–16, entitled DoD Hotline

Program Case Files (February 22, 1993,

58 FR 10213).

[FR Doc. 98–15625 Filed 6–11–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive

Patent License; Concord Circuits

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

hereby gives notice of its intent to grant

to Concord Circuits, a revocable,

nonassignable, exclusive license in the

United States to practice the

Government owned invention described

in U.S. Patent No. 5,274,775 entitled

‘‘Process Control Apparatus for

Executing Program Instructions’’ in the

fields of digital and UNIX/Linex

applications.

DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the

grant of this license must file written

objections along with supporting

evidence, if any, not later than August

11, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be

filed with the Office of Naval Research,

ONR 00CC, Ballston Tower One, 800

North Quincy Street, Arlington, Virginia

22217–5660.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

R. J. Erickson, Staff Patent Attorney,

Office of Naval Research, ONR 00CC,

Ballston Tower One, 800 North Quincy

Street, Arlington, Virginia 22217–5660,

telephone (703) 696–4001.

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404)

Dated: June 2, 1998.

Lou Rae Langevin,

LT, JAGC, USN, Alternate Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–15612 Filed 6–11–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Golden Field Office; Notice of

Solicitation for Financial Assistance

Applications; National Industrial

Competitiveness Through Energy,

Environment and Economics (NICE3)

AGENCY: Golden Field Office, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for

financial assistance applications for the

national industrial competitiveness

through energy, environment and

economics (NICE 3), DE–PS36–

98GO10294.

SUMMARY: The Office of Industrial

Technologies of the Department of

Energy, Golden Field Office is funding

a State Grant Program entitled National

Industrial Competitiveness through

Energy, Environment and Economics

(NICE 3). The goals of the NICE 3

Program are to improve energy

efficiency, promote cleaner production,

and to improve competitiveness in

industry. The intent of the NICE 3

program is to fund innovative projects

that have completed the research and

development stage and are ready to

demonstrate a fully integrated

commercial unit. Some industrial

technologies that the NICE 3 program

has funded follow: SO3 Cleaning

Process in the Manufacture of

Semiconductors; Innovative Design of a

Brick Kiln Using Low Thermal Mass

Technology; Continuously Reform

Electroless Nickel Plating Solutions;

Fiber Loading for Paper Manufacture;

and HCl Acid Recovery System. For the

past eight years the NICE 3 program has

offered 88 grants (approximately $29.3

million) to fund innovative industrial

technologies. In 1998 the Department of

Energy offered $3.8 million in grants to

10 U.S. companies in 8 states and the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

DATES: DOE expects to issue the

solicitation on June 15, 1998.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the

solicitation, once issued, eligible parties

may write to the U.S. Department of

Energy Golden Field Office, Attention:

Jim Damm, Contract Specialist, 1617

Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado

80401. Facsimiles and electronic mail

are acceptable and can be transmitted

to(303) 275–4788 or

jimldamm@nrel.gov. Beginning June

15, 1998, applicants are encouraged to

obtain an electronic copy through the

Golden Field Office Home Page at http:/

/www.eren.doe.gov/golden/

solicitions.htm. Only written requests

for the solicitation will be honored.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim

Damm, Contract Specialist at 303–275–

4744 or Eric Hass at 303–275–4728.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Restricted Eligibility

Eligible applicants for purposes of

funding under the program include any

authorized agency of the 50 States, the

District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin

Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico, and any territory or possession of

the United States. For convenience, the

term State in this notice refers to all

eligible State agency applicants. Local

governments, State and private

universities, private non-profits, private

businesses and individuals, who are not

eligible as direct applicants, must work

with the appropriate State agencies in

developing projects and forming

participation arrangements. DOE

requires these types of cooperative

arrangements in support of program

goals. The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number assigned to this

program is 81.105. Cost sharing is

required by all participants. The Federal

Government will provide up to 50

percent of the funds for the project. The

remaining funds must be provided by

the eligible applicants and/or

cooperating project participants. Cost

sharing, by industry/State partners,

beyond the 50 percent required match is

desirable. In addition to direct financial

contributions, cost sharing can include

beneficial services or items, such as

manpower, equipment, consultants and

computer time that are allowable in

accordance with applicable cost

principles. The inclusion of industrial

partners is required for a proposal to be

considered responsive to the solicitation

to be eligible for grant consideration. A

State agency application signed by an

authorized State official is required for

a proposal to be responsive.

Availability of Funds in FY 1999

With this publication, DOE is

announcing the availability of up to $6

million in grant/cooperative agreement

funds for fiscal year 1999. The awards

will be made through a competitive

process. In response to the solicitation,

a State agency may include up to 10

percent, not to exceed $25,000 per

project, for State agency program

support. The Federal share of grants

including State agency program support

may range up to $425,000 with a

maximum of $400,000 for the industrial

partner. Projects may cover a period of

up to 3 years. DOE reserves the right to

fund, in whole or in part, any, all, or

none of the proposals submitted in

response to this notice.

Issued in Golden, Colorado, on June 5,

1998.

Dated: June 4, 1998.

John W. Meeker,

Chief, Procurement, GO.

[FR Doc. 98–15721 Filed 6–11–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–571–000]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

Application

June 8, 1998.

Take notice that on May 29, 1998, as

clarified on June 4, 1998, ANR Pipeline

Company (ANR), 500 Renaissance

Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, filed in

Docket No. CP98–571–000 an

abbreviated application pursuant to

Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and

Sections 157.7 and 157.18 of the

Commission’s Regulations to abandon a

firm natural gas transportation service

for Texas Gas Transmission Corporation

(Texas Gas) performed under ANR’s

Rate Schedule X–63, all as more fully

set forth in the application which is on

file with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

ANR states that the transportation

service was originally authorized by the

Commission in an order issued January

13, 1977 in Docket No. CP75–125–000,

and involved the transportation by ANR

on a firm basis of up to 196,640 Mcf per

day from West Cameron Area Block 167

in offshore Louisiana, to a point of

interconnection with Texas Gas’

pipeline facilities in Acadia Parish,

Louisiana and/or up to 100,000 Mcf per

day to an interconnection with Texas

Gas at Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

No facilities are proposed to be

abandoned, and ANR requests an

effective date of June 15, 1998 for the

abandonment authorization.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before June 29,