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start of the Auction indicating that they 

want to be considered as a PLUS–LLR 

and list the State(s) they will service, 

and (3) commit to making PLUS loans 

to all eligible new parent borrowers in 

the State(s) they have indicated until the 

dependent student graduates or is no 

longer attending an institution in that 

State. The Secretary will not identify the 

PLUS–LLR for a State until after the 

Auction is completed and only if 

needed. A prequalified lender that 

requests to be a PLUS–LLR may still 

participate as a regular eligible lender in 

the Auction. 

The Secretary is authorized to set a 

SAP payable to a PLUS–LLR for a State. 

That SAP will be kept confidential, both 

before and after the announcement of 

the winning bidders. To determine the 

SAP payment to a PLUS–LLR the 

Secretary will take into account the 

lowest bid that was submitted in the 

auction for the State and the lowest bid 

that was submitted in a similar State in 

terms of PLUS dollar volume and 

number of loans. 

Additional Auction Program 

Information 

All eligible Federal PLUS Program 

loans originated under the Auction 

Program will be insured by a guaranty 

agency with which the lender currently 

has an agreement against losses. The 

insurance on default claims on these 

loans will be in an amount equal to 99 

percent of the unpaid principal and 

interest due on the loan. 

The Secretary will not collect a loan 

fee with respect to eligible Federal 

PLUS Program loans originated under 

this program. 

If the parent borrower with FFEL 

PLUS loans made under the Auction 

Program requests to consolidate those 

loans, the FFEL Program eligible lender 

who made those loans may consolidate 

the borrower’s Federal PLUS Program 

loans made under this program into one 

loan under certain conditions, as 

described in section 499(L)(i)–(iii) of the 

HEA. Similarly, an eligible lender with 

a winning bid may consolidate a Federal 

Direct PLUS Program loan or a loan 

made to the parent borrower under 

section 428B of the HEA under 

conditions described in section 

499(L)(iv)(I) and (II) of the HEA. For 

Federal Direct PLUS Program loans, the 

Auction Program eligible lender must 

agree within 10 days to match the terms 

and conditions available under the 

Federal Direct Consolidation Loan 

Program. 

The SAP paid to Auction Program 

eligible lenders on FFEL Program 

Consolidation loans is the lesser of the 

weighted average of the SAP on the 

loans consolidated (excluding Federal 

Direct PLUS Program loans) or the 

average of the bond equivalent rates of 

the quotes of the 3-month average 

commercial paper rate plus 1.59 

percent. 

An Auction Program lender who 

consolidates a PLUS Program loan 

under this program is not required to 

pay the interest payment rebate fee on 

the Consolidation loan under Section 

428C(f) of the HEA. 

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all other documents of this Department 

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Washington, DC area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education to 

perform the functions of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

Dated: February 25, 2009. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E9–4447 Filed 3–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP09–66–000; CP09–67–000] 

Northwest Pipeline GP, Parachute 

Pipeline LLC; Notice of Application 

February 24, 2009. 

Take notice that on February 12, 2009, 

Northwest Pipeline GP (Northwest), 295 

Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 

84108, filed an application in Docket 

No. CP09–66–000, pursuant to section 

7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 

of the Commission’s regulations, 

requesting permission and approval to 

abandon its certificate authority to 

operate the Parachute Lateral and 

associated facilities. Take further notice 

that on this same date, Parachute 

Pipeline LLC, One Williams Center, 

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74172, filed an 

application in Docket No. CP09–67–000, 

pursuant to Rule 207 of the 

Commission’s regulations, requesting a 

declaratory order disclaiming 

jurisdiction and declaring certain 

facilities (The facilities Northwest 

proposes to abandon in Docket No. 

CP09–66–000) and services to be 

exempt from regulation under the 

Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set 

forth in the application which is on file 

with the Commission and open to 

public inspection. The filing may also 

be viewed on the Web at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application, Docket No. CP09–66–000, 

should be directed to Lynn Dahlberg, 

Manager, Certificates and Tariffs, 

Northwest Pipeline GP, PO Box 58900 

Salt Lake City, Utah 84158, telephone: 

(801) 584–6851, Fax: (801) 584–7764, email: lynn.dahlberg@williams.com. 

Any questions regarding this 

application, Docket No. CP09–67–000, 

should be directed to Mari Ramsey, 

Senior Counsel, The Williams 

Companies, Inc., One Williams Center 

47th floor, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74172, 

telephone: (918) 573–2611, Fax: (918) 

573–4503. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: Complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

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There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

14 copies of filings made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 

electronically should submit an original 

and 14 copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: March 17, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–4419 Filed 3–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL03–37–011] 

New England Power Company; Notice 

of Filing 

February 24, 2009. 

Take notice that on February 17, 2009, 

the New England Power Company 

submitted a compliance filing in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

Order on Remand dated January 15, 

2009. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on March 10, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–4420 Filed 3–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RC09–3–000] 

North American Electric Reliability 

Corporation; Northeast Power 

Coordinating Council, Inc.; Notice of 

Filing 

February 24, 2009. 

Take notice that on February 20, 2009, 

the North American Electric Reliability 

Corporation and the Northeast Power 

Coordinating Council, Inc. (NPCC) filed 

a comprehensive list of Bulk Electric 

System facilities with the United States 

portion of the NPCC Region and 

responses to the set of questions and 

data requests, pursuant to the 

Commission’s December 18 Order, 

North American Electric Reliability 

Corporation and Northeast Power 

Coordinating Council, Inc., 125 FERC 

¶ 61,295 (2008) and January 15, 2009 

Order, North American Electric 

Reliability Corporation and Northeast 

Power Coordinating Council, Inc., 

Notice of Extension of Time (Jan. 15, 

2009). 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

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