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organizations, including institutions of

higher education, are eligible for

assistance under this program.

Supplementary Information: On

December 5, 1994, the Secretary

published in the Federal Register a

notice inviting applications for Training

Impartial Hearing Officers on Provisions

of the Rehabilitation Act (59 FR 62510).

Two applications were submitted, and

neither application was found

acceptable. The Secretary believes that,

by increasing the estimated award from

$145,000 to $200,000 per year for each

of three years in the project period,

improved applications will be

submitted. Also, unsuccessful

applicants from the December

competition have been provided with

peer review comments so that they may

strengthen their proposals.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: June 30, 1995.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: August 30, 1995.

Applications Available: May 19, 1995.

Available Funds: $200,000.

Estimated Range of Awards:

$190,000–$210,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$200,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 1.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,

85, and 86; and (b) the regulations for

this program in 34 CFR part 390.

Priority: The priority in the notice of

final priorities for this program, as

published December 5, 1994, in the

Federal Register (59 FR 62508), applies

to this competition. For the purpose of

this notice, the Secretary designates the

priority as absolute for FY 1995. Under

an absolute priority the Secretary funds

only applications that meet the priority

(34 CFR 75.105(c)(3)). A copy of the

applicable priority will be included in

the application package.

For Applications or Information

Contact: Beverly Steburg, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

3329, Switzer Building, Washington,

D.C. 20202–2649. Telephone: (202) 205–

9817. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

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; or on the Internet Gopher Server

at GOPHER.ED.GOV (under

Announcements, Bulletins, and Press

Releases). However, the official

application notice for a discretionary

grant competition is the notice

published in the Federal Register.

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 774.

Dated: May 11, 1995.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

[FR Doc. 95–12067 Filed 5–16–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Golden Field Office; Notice of Federal

Assistance Award to Utility

Photovoltaic Group

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Financial Assistance

Award in Response to an Unsolicited

Financial Assistance Application;

Initiating PV Commercialization

Through TEAM–UP, DE–FC36–

93CH10560.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE), pursuant to the DOE

Financial Assistance Rules, 10 CFR

600.7, is announcing its intention to

grant funding to the Utility PhotoVoltaic

Group, which represents interested

members of the power production

industry, to continue a multi-year

program entitled ‘‘Technology

Experience to Accelerated Markets in

Utility Photovoltaics (TEAM–UP)’’. The

objective of this joint effort between

DOE and the Utility PhotoVoltaic Group

(UPVG), as identified by Congress, is the

establishment of an accelerated market

for suppliers of photovoltaic systems

that encourages investments in larger

manufacturing facilities, thus reducing

photovoltaic unit costs through

economies of scale and creating even

broader market potential. The UPVG

organization will develop credible PV

technical and educational information

for utilities, assist utility purchases

through market buyer teams, encourage

a greater array of potential system

applications, and provide the

foundation and implementation of the

TEAM–UP program. The prime

objective of TEAM–UP is achieving a

sustainable, domestic PV market and

increased manufacturing capability

through this joint commercialization

effort by the year 2000.

ADDRESSES: Questions regarding this

announcement may be addressed to the

U.S. Department of Energy, Golden

Field Office, 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden,

Colorado 80401, Attention: John K.

Lewis, Contract Specialist. The

telephone number is 303–275–4739.

The Contracting Officer for this action is

John W. Meeker.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE has

evaluated, in accordance with the DOE

Federal Assistance Regulations, 10 CFR

section 600.14, the unsolicited proposal

entitled ‘‘Initiating PV

Commercialization Through TEAM–

UP’’ and recommends that the

unsolicited proposal be accepted for

support without further competition in

accordance with section 600.7 of the

Federal Assistance Regulations.

The program involves cost sharing

with industry, through the Utility

PhotoVoltaic Group (UPVG), for the

implementation of the multi-year, 50

MW hardware initiative known as

TEAM–UP. The proposed agreement

implements TEAM–UP, serving as the

mechanism for implementing smallscale industry funded PV applications

and grid-connected cost-shared

programs, as well as continuing

technology transfer and market

conditioning activities.

DOE, as directed by Congress, is

actively pursuing a program of solar

energy technology commercialization in

conjunction with an industrial partner

acting as the ‘‘funding entity’’. The

major program objective being the costeffective use of photovoltaics (PV) in

large-scale, grid-connected applications.

The UPVG, consisting of almost one

hundred utility members, directly

supports the DOE objectives by

continuing this multi-year program

intended to result in the achievement of

PV acceptance and use by electric

utilities, power producers, and their

customers. The proposed agreement

represents an ideal and totally unique

mechanism to encourage the use of PV

and maintain an industry driven

initiative for the implementation of

photovoltaics within the utility and

power production industry.

The multi-year program involves:

Outreach and technology transfer

activities to educate the utility industry;

market conditioning activities aimed at

building a foundation for PV purchase

commitments; implementation of gridconnected cost-shared projects through

competitive solicitation; and

development of the market

infrastructure to facilitate utility

purchases of small-scale photovoltaic

applications.

The six year program plan is presently

anticipated to cost approximately
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$140,000,000 with industry providing

70% funding and DOE contributing

30%. DOE Phase 3 funding is

anticipated as $7,021,000 or 48% of the

total $14,488,727 cost of implementing

up to 10 MW of grid-connected

photovoltaic applications and 2 MW of

small-scale photovoltaic applications.

This notice is published for public

comment at least fourteen calendar days

prior to making an award.

Issued in Golden, Colorado, on May 4,

1995.

John W. Meeker,

Chief, Procurement, GO.

[FR Doc. 95–12036 Filed 5–16–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

for Waste Management at the

Savannah River Site, Aiken, South

Carolina

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Revision to one alternative in

the Savannah River Site Waste

Management Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DOE/EIS–0217D).

SUMMARY: DOE issued the Savannah

River Site Waste Management Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

on January 20, 1995. The EIS evaluates

alternative approaches to and

environmental impacts of managing

wastes at the Savannah River Site (SRS).

The EIS examines alternatives for

managing five types of waste (liquid

high-level radioactive, low-level

radioactive, hazardous, mixed

(radioactive and hazardous combined),

and transuranic) during the next decade

and establishes a baseline for assessing

options for waste management beyond

that time. DOE extended the initial 45-

day public comment period to March

31, 1995, in response to a request from

the SRC’s Citizens Advisory Board.

Throughout the comment period, DOE

continued to consider many of the

issues addressed in the draft EIS. As a

result of these considerations, DOE has

decided to change the treatment of lowlevel waste proposed in the ‘‘moderate

treatment’’ alternative. The change

concerns the location of, but not the

technology used in, the treatment of

about 40% of the expected volume of

low-level waste at the SRS. This change

would reduce disposal vault capacity

requirements by providing: (1)

Immediate utilization of commercial

volume reduction capacity in lieu of

construction of an onsite compactor, (2)

more detailed and effective sorting, and

(3) offsite waste treatment during

maintenance periods of onsite treatment

facilities.

In the draft EIS, the ‘‘moderate

treatment’’ alternative included onsite

incineration, supercompaction, or direct

disposal of low-level waste. In the final

EIS, this alternative would include: (1)

Onsite incineration or direct disposal of

low-level waste, and (2)

supercompaction, size reduction (e.g.,

sorting, shredding, and melting), and

incineration at an offsite commercial

treatment facility. In the event of offsite

treatment, all residues would be

returned to the SRS for further treatment

or disposal.

DOE is modifying this alternative in

the final EIS because at present the

Department does not consider

construction of an onsite

supercompactor to be a reasonable

component of the ‘‘moderate treatment’’

alternative. As licensed offsite

supercompaction services are currently

available, it would not be cost effective

for DOE to build a supercompactor at

the SRS. The modified alternative

allows DOE to conserve space in its

existing disposal vaults and to defer the

costs of building additional vaults.

DOE intends to continue with the

present schedule for issuing the final

EIS because the impacts of the treatment

technologies that would be used were

already evaluated as onsite options in

the draft EIS. The impacts of

transportation to commercial treatment

facilities and these facilities’ capacity

will be evaluated in the final EIS. DOE

does not consider this change in the

‘‘moderate treatment’’ alternative to be

sufficiently significant to reissue the

draft EIS. Minor modifications will also

be made to each alternative to account

for updates to the waste volume

forecasts.

DOE would solicit proposals from

commercial facilities for reducing the

volume of low-level radioactive waste in

the future, and would require the

facilities to supply information that

DOE would use to prepare an additional

environmental review as required by

Title 10 Code of Federal Regulation

(CFR) § 1021.216.

ADDRESSES: DOE will accept comments

on the above modifications through June

12, 1995. Any comments on the revision

or requests for further information

should be directed to: A.B. Gould, Jr.,

NEPA Compliance Officer, U.S.

Department of Energy, Savannah River

Operations Office, P.O. Box 5031,

Aiken, South Carolina 29804–5031,

Attention ‘‘WMEIS’’, e-mail:

nepa@barms036.b-r.com, or by

telephone or facsimile through the

Information Line (800) 242–8269.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information on DOE’s National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

process, please contact: Ms. Carol

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA

Policy and Assistance (EH–42), U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585. Telephone:

(202) 586–4600 or leave a message at

(800) 472–2756.

Jill E. Lytle,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Waste

Management, Environmental Management.

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Draft Programmatic Environmental

Impact Statement for the Uranium Mill

Tailings Remedial Action Ground

Water Project

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

announces the availability of the draft

Programmatic Environmental Impact

Statement for the Uranium Mill Tailings

Remedial Action Ground Water Project.

The proposed action is to conduct the

Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action

Ground Water Project using appropriate

ground water compliance strategies at

the 24 uranium processing sites based

on a health and environmental riskbased framework that provides a

consistent and flexible approach. The

three other alternatives analyzed in the

programmatic environmental impact

statement are: No action, active

remediation to background levels at all

processing sites, and passive

remediation at all processing sites.

Separate site-specific National

Environmental Policy Act

documentation will be prepared to

address site-specific ground water

compliance activities.

DATES: The public comment period

extends through July 17, 1995. Written

comments should be postmarked by that

date to ensure consideration in

preparation of the final document.

Comments postmarked after that date

will be considered to the extent

practicable. Comments may also be

submitted orally or in writing at public

hearings to be held at the times, places,

and dates listed below.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the

draft programmatic environmental

impact statement should be directed to

Mr. Rich Sena, Acting Director,

Environmental Restoration Division,

Department of Energy, Suite 4000, 2155

Louisiana N.E., Albuquerque, New

Mexico 87110. Addresses of Department

of Energy Public Reading Rooms and

public libraries where the draft