Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 84 / Tuesday, May 1, 2001 / Notices 21749

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Chicago Operations Office; Notice of

Financial Assistance Solicitation

Availability

AGENCY: Chicago Operations Office,

DOE.

ACTION: Notice of financial assistance

solicitation availability.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy is

announcing its intent to invite

applications from small businesses and

institutions of higher education and

development for the Cooperative

Automotive Research for Advanced

Technologies (CARAT) Program. This

annual solicitation seeks innovative

research and development in the

following seven (7) topic areas: TOPIC

1—Alternative (Non-Lithium) Insertion

Electrode Battery Technology; TOPIC

2—Non-Carbon Anodes for Lithium-ion

Batteries; TOPIC 3—Fuel Cells for

Auxiliary and Portable Power; TOPIC

4—Homogeneous-Charge CompressionIgnition (HCCI) Enabling Technology;

TOPIC 5—Cost-Effective, HighEfficiency Porous Media Heat Transfer;

TOPIC 6—Cost-Effective, HighEfficiency Materials for Thermoelectric

Devices; and TOPIC 7—Cost-Effective,

High-Efficiency Integrated Systems

Approach to Auxiliary Electric Motors.

DATES: The complete solicitation

document will be available on or about

April 27, 2001. The deadline for the

submission of applications will be

identified in the solicitation.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the solicitation,

when issued, can be obtained from the

DOE Chicago Operations Office,

Acquisition and Assistance Home Page

at http://www.ch.doe.gov/business/

ACQ.htm under the heading ‘‘current

solicitations’’, Solicitation No. DE–

SC02–01EE50657.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Earlette Robinson, 630/252–2667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Preapplications will be due

approximately two-weeks after on the

release of the solicitation. Please note

that users will not be alerted when the

solicitation is issued on the Internet.

Issued in Argonne, Illinois on April 20,

2001.

John D. Greenwood,

Assistant Manager for Acquisition and

Assistance.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. IC00–580–001, FERC Form 580]

Information Collection Submitted for

Review and Request for Comments

April 25, 2001.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of submission of review

by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

has submitted the information

collection listed in this notice to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review under the provisions

of section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).

Any interested person may file

comments on the collection of

information directly with OMB and

should address a copy of those

comments to the Commission, as

explained below. The Commission

received comments from two entities in

response to an earlier Federal Register

notice of June 21, 2000 (65 FR 38529)

and has replied to these comments in its

submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments regarding this

collection of information are best

assured of having their full effect if

received on or before May 31, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Desk Officer,

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC

20503. A copy of the comments should

also be sent to the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, Attention:

Mr. Michael Miller, 888 First Street,

NE., Washington, DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by

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

(202) 208–2425, and by e-mail to

mike.miller@ferc.fed.us

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description

The energy information collection

submitted to OMB for review contains:

1. Collection of Information: FERC

Form No. 580, ‘‘Interrogatory on Fuel

and Energy Purchase Practices, Docket

No. IN79–6’’.

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

3. Control No.: 1902–0137.

The Commission is now requesting

that OMB approve a three year

extension of these mandatory

information collection requirements.

4. Necessity of Collection of

Information: Submission of the

information is necessary to enable the

Commission to carry out its

responsibilities in implementing 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

information is used to:

(1) Review as mandated by statute,

fuel purchase and cost recovery

practices to insure efficient use of

resources, including economical

purchase and use of fuel and electric

energy, under fuel adjustment clauses

on file with the Commission; (2)

evaluate fuel costs in individual rate

filings; (3) to supplement periodic

utility audits; and (4) to monitor

changes and trends in the electric

wholesale market. The information has

also been used by the Energy

Information Administration under a

Congressional mandate to study various

aspects of coal, oil, and gas

transportation rates. Electric market

participants and the public are using the

information to assess the marketplace

during its transition to a fully

competitive regime.

5. Respondent Description: The

respondent universe currently

comprises approximately 119

respondents.

6. Estimated Burden: 3,808 total

burden hours, 119 respondents, 59.5

responses annually (119 responses every

two years), 64 hours per response

(average).

7. Estimated Cost Burden to

Respondent: 3,808 hours ÷ 2,080 hours

per year × $117,041 = $214,275.

Statutory Authority: Sections 205(f) of the

Federal Power Act, as amended by Section

208 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies

Act. (49 Stat. 851; 16 U.S.C. 824d).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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