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• identifying, recruiting, and

providing services to families that are

the most in need of family literacy

services, as indicated by a low level of

income, a low level of adult literacy or

English language proficiency of the

eligible parent or parents, and other

need-related indicators;

• providing high-quality, intensive

instructional programs that promote

adult literacy (adult basic or secondary

education or English language training)

and empower parents to support the

educational growth of their children

(parenting education and interactive

literacy-based activities between parents

and their children), developmentally

appropriate early childhood educational

services, and preparation of children for

success in regular school programs;

• providing home-based instructional

services to participating parents and

children;

• operating on a year-round basis,

including providing both instructional

and enrichment services during the

summer months;

• using instructional programs based

on scientifically based reading research

for children and adults to the extent that

research is available;

• encouraging participating families

to attend regularly and to remain in the

program a sufficient time to meet their

program goals; and

• providing for an independent

evaluation of the project to be used for

program improvement.

Note: Applicants should refer to the

application package for a specific description

of all of the required program elements.

Staff qualifications: All instructional

staff in new Even Start projects (and all

new staff in existing Even Start projects)

whose salaries are paid in whole or part

with Federal Even Start funds must

have obtained an associate’s, bachelor’s,

or graduate degree in a field related to

early childhood education, elementary

or secondary school education, or adult

education, and, if applicable, meet State

qualifications for that respective field.

For continuing Even Start projects that

are applying for a second or third

project period, the majority of

instructional staff must meet these

qualifications by December 2004 (in

addition to new instructional staff

meeting the qualifications immediately).

Instructional staff include any staff who

are hired to provide instructional

services in any of the four core

instructional components (early

childhood education, adult basic or

secondary education, parenting

education, and interactive activities

between parents and their children).

In addition, by December 2004, all

individuals who are responsible for

administering Even Start family literacy

projects and who are paid in whole or

part with Federal Even Start funds must

have received training in the operation

of family literacy programs, and all

paraprofessionals who provide support

for the instructional components of an

Even Start program and who are paid in

whole or part with Federal Even Start

funds must have a high school diploma

or its recognized equivalent. (Section

1205(5), ESEA.)

Eligible participants: In general,

eligible participants are families with

children and their parents who meet the

following qualifications specified in

section 1206(a) of the ESEA:

(1) The parent or parents must be

eligible for participation in adult

education and literacy activities under

the Adult Education and Family

Literacy Act, be within the State’s

compulsory school attendance age range

(in which case a local educational

agency must provide or ensure the

availability of the basic education

component), or be attending secondary

school; and

(2) The child or children must be

younger than eight years of age.

National and Local Evaluations: The

Department conducts a national

evaluation of Even Start family literacy

projects as required by section 1209 of

the ESEA. Although the current national

evaluation is ending in summer of 2001,

a new national evaluation is scheduled

to begin in fall 2002. The new national

evaluation is planned to be based upon

data collected from a sample of Even

Start family literacy projects.

Every Even Start project must conduct

an independent local evaluation for

program improvement. (Section

1205(15), ESEA.) The application

package includes additional information

about this local evaluation, and about

performance objectives and indicators

that the Department encourages

applicants to use when developing their

proposed programs.

FOR APPLICATIONS AND FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Sligh, U.S.

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202–

6132. Telephone: (202) 260–0999, or via

Internet: Doris.Sligh@ed.gov

The application package also is

available on the Department’s Web site

at: www.ed.gov/GrantApps/#84.258.

If you use a telecommunications

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call

the Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. Individuals

with disabilities may obtain this

document in an alternative format (e.g.,

Braille, large print, audiotape, or

computer diskette) on request to the

contact person listed.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternative format by contacting

that person. However, the Department is

not able to reproduce in an alternative

format the standard forms included in

the application package.

Electronic Access to this Document

You may view this document, as well

as all other Department of Education

documents published in the Federal

Register, in text or Adobe Portable

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet

at the following site: www.ed.gov/

legislation/fedregister.

To use PDF, you must have Adobe

Acrobat Reader, which is available free

at the previous site. If you have

questions about using PDF, call the U.S.

Government Printing Office (GPO), toll

free, at 1–888–293–6498; or in the

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.access.gpo/gov/nara/

index.html.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C.

6362(a)(1)(C).

Dated: May 3, 2001.

Thomas M. Corwin,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Elementary and Secondary Education.

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Hanford

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Hanford. The Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public

notice of these meetings be announced

in the Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, June 7, 2001, 9 a.m.–

5 p.m., Friday, June 8, 2001, 8:30 a.m.–

4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: West Coast hotel (formerly

Cavanaugh’s) 1101 North Columbia

Center Boulevard Kennewick, WA (509–

783–0611)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail

McClure, Public Involvement Program

Manager, Department of Energy

Richland Operations Office, P.O. Box

550 (A7–75), Richland, WA, 99352;

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Phone: (509) 373–5647; Fax: (509) 376–

1563.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of

the Board: The purpose of the Board is

to make recommendations to DOE and

its regulators in the areas of

environmental restoration, waste

management, and related activities.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, June 7, 2001

• Update on current baselines and

budgets (FY2002, FY2003)—Draft advise

may be introduced

• Status of the Richland Operations

Office

• Status of the Office of River

Protection

• Introduction of Draft Advice on

Principles for Existing Hanford

Clean-up Contracts

• Adoption of Hanford Advisory

Board Guidance on Roles

Responsibilities and Expectations

• Tri-Party Agreement Community

Relations Plan—Process and timeline

for revising the document (Advice may

be proposed.)

• Environmental Assessment on LowLevel Burial Ground Trench Expansion

• Explore opportunities for ways the

Board could assist DOE in examining

the framework on how clean-up is done.

Friday, June 8, 2001

• Refinement and adoption of draft

advice

• Issue Manager Updates

• Spent Fuel

• Hanford Draft Stewardship Plan

• B-Reactor

• Tank Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement

• Groundwater Roadmap Roundtable

• Site-Specific Advisory Board Letter

to the Secretary

• Offsite-Waste

• Identification of Agenda Topics for

September Board Meeting

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Board either

before or after the meeting. Individuals

who wish to make oral statements

pertaining to agenda items should

contact Gail McClure’s office at the

address or telephone number listed

above. Requests must be received five

days prior to the meeting and reasonable

provision will be made to include the

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy

Designated Federal Officer is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. Each individual

wishing to make public comment will

be provided equal time to present their

comments.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585 between 9

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday–Friday, except

Federal holidays. Minutes will also be

available by writing to Gail McClure,

Department of Energy Richland

Operation Office, P.O. Box 550,

Richland, WA 99352, or by calling her

at (509) 373–5647.

Issued at Washington, DC on May 4, 2001.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER01–1302–000]

American Ref-Fuel Company of

Niagara, L.P.; Notice of Issuance of

Order

May 3, 2001.

American Ref-Fuel Company of

Niagara, L.P. (American Reg-Fuel)

submitted for filing a rate schedule

under which American Ref-Fuel will

engage in wholesale electric power and

energy transactions at market-based

rates. American Ref-Fuel also requested

waiver of various Commission

regulations. In particular, American RefFuel also requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liability

by American Ref-Fuel.

On April 12, 2001, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by American Ref-Fuel should

file a motion to intervene or protest with

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, in accordance

with Rules 211 and 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214).

Absent a request to be heard in

opposition within this period, American

Ref-Fuel is authorized to issue securities

and assume obligations or liabilities as

a guarantor, indorser, surety, or

otherwise in respect of any security of

another person; provided that such

issuance or assumption is for some

lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the applicant, and

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of American Ref-Fuel’s

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is May 14,

2001.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. The Order may

also be viewed on the Internet at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

Comments, protests, and interventions

may be filed electronically via the

internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–11659 Filed 5–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER01–1071–000 and ER01–

1071–001]

Badger Windpower, LLC; Notice of

Issuance of Order

May 3, 2001.

Badger Windpower, LLC (Badger)

submitted for filing a rate schedule

under which Badger will engage in

wholesale electric power and energy

transactions at market-based rates.

Badger also requested waiver of various

Commission regulations. In particular,

Badger requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

Part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liability

by Badger.

On April 12, 2001, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,