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2310. Mr. Anderson can be reached at

703–588–5090 or by fax at 703–588–

8037.

Janet A. Long,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–13154 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5001–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Availability of Patent for Exclusive,

Partially Exclusive, or Non-Exclusive

License

AGENCY: U.S. Army Soldier and

Biological Chemical Command, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army

announces the general availability of

exclusive, partially exclusive, or

nonexclusive licenses under the

following patent listed in the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION paragraph.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Robert Rosenkrans at U.S. Army Soldier

and Biological Chemical Command,

Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760, phone

(508) 233–4928 or e-mail:

Robert.Rosenkrans@natick.army.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any

licenses granted shall comply with 35

U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR Part 404. The

following patent number, title, and issue

date is provided:

Patent Number: US 6,228,997 B1.

Title: Transesterification of Insoluble

Polysaccharides.

Issue Date: May 8, 2001.

Luz D. Ortiz,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–13158 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Logistics Agency

Membership of the Defense Logistics

Agency (DLA) Senior Executive

Service (SES) Performance Review

Board (PRB)

AGENCY: Defense Logistics Agency,

Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of membership—2001

DLA PRB.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

appointment of members to the Defense

Logistics Agency Senior Executive

Service (SES) Performance Review

Board (PRB). The publication of PRB

composition is required by 5 U.S.C.

4314(c)(4). The PRB provides fair and

impartial review of Senior Executive

Service performance appraisals and

makes recommendations to the Director,

Defense logistics Agency, with respect

to pay level adjustments and

performance awards, and other actions

related to management of the SES cadre.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Defense Logistics Agency,

8725 John J. Kingman Road, STE 2533,

Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060–6221.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Karon Webb, SES Program Manager,

HQC Human Resources Office, Defense

Logistics Agency, Department of

Defense, (703) 767–6427.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the

following are the names and titles of

DLA career executives appointed to

serve as members of the SES PRB.

Members will serve a 1-year term,

which begins on July 1, 2001.

PRB CHAIR:

Mr. Phillip Steely, Executive Director

MEMBERS:

Mr. Frank Lotts, Deputy Director,

Logistics Operations

Ms. Phyllis Campbell, Deputy

Commander, Defense Distribution

Center

Dr. Linda Furiga, Comptroller

RADM Raymond A. Archer III, SC, USN

Vice Director, Defense Logistics Agency

[FR Doc. 01–13155 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3620–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.132A]

Centers for Independent Living; Notice

Inviting Applications for New Awards

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001

Purpose of program: This program

provides support for planning,

conducting, administering, and

evaluating centers for independent

living (centers) that comply with the

standards and assurances in section 725

of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as

amended (Act), consistent with the State

plan for establishing a statewide

network of centers. Centers are

consumer-controlled, community-based,

cross-disability, nonresidential, private

nonprofit agencies that are designed and

operated within local communities by

individuals with disabilities and

provide an array of independent living

(IL) services.

Eligible Applicants: To be eligible to

apply, an applicant must—(a) be a

consumer-controlled, community-based,

cross-disability, nonresidential, private

nonprofit agency as defined in 34 CFR

364.4(b); (b) have the power and

authority to meet the requirements in 34

CFR 366.2(a)(1); (c) be able to plan,

conduct, administer, and evaluate a

center for independent living consistent

with the requirements of section 725(b)

and (c) of the Act and subparts F and

G of 34 CFR part 366; and (d) either—

(1) not currently be receiving funds

under Part C of Chapter 1 of Title VII of

the Act; or (2) propose the expansion of

an existing center through the

establishment of a separate and

complete center (except that the

governing board of the existing center

may serve as the governing board of the

new center) in a different geographical

location. Eligibility under this

competition is limited to entities

proposing to serve areas that are

unserved or underserved in the States

and territories listed under Available

Funds and Estimated Number of

Awards.

Applications Available: June 1, 2001.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: July 30, 2001.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: September 28, 2001.

Available Funds and Estimated

Number of Awards: $3,860,114 in

available funds and an estimated 52

awards, distributed in the following

manner:

Eligible entities Available

funds

Estimated

number of

awards

American

Samoa ........... $154,046 1

California ........... 719,404 18

Delaware ........... 105,236 1

Florida ............... 301,617 2

Illinois ................ 365,437 7

Iowa .................. 90,000 2

Kansas .............. 44,241 1

Kentucky ........... 100,000 3

Maryland ........... 176,443 1

Michigan ........... 333,373 3

New Hampshire 105,236 1

New Mexico ...... 23,847 3

New York .......... 400,000 2

North Carolina .. 133,257 1

Oregon .............. 40,000 1

South Carolina .. 130,172 1

South Dakota .... 95,000 1

Tennessee ........ 142,804 1

Texas ................ 400,000 2

Estimated Range of Awards: $7,949 to

$200,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$74,232.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 60 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department, General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

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

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

this program in 34 CFR parts 364 and

366.

Priority:

Competitive Preference Priority: This

competition focuses on projects

designed to meet the competitive

preference priority in the notice of final

competitive preference for this program,

published in the Federal Register on

November 22, 2000 (65 FR 70408).

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), up to 10

points may be earned based on the

extent to which an application includes

effective strategies for employing and

advancing in employment qualified

individuals with disabilities as project

employees in projects awarded in this

competition. In determining the

effectiveness of those strategies, we will

consider the applicant’s prior success,

as described in the application, in

employing and advancing in

employment qualified individuals with

disabilities. Therefore, within this

competitive preference, applicants can

be awarded up to a total of 10 points in

addition to those awarded under the

selection criteria in 34 CFR 366.27, for

a total possible score of 110 points.

For Applications Contact: Education

Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box

1398, Jessup, MD 20794–1398.

Telephone (toll free): 1–877–433–7827.

Fax: (301) 470–1244. If you use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD), you may call (toll free): 1–877–

576–7734.

You may also contact ED Pubs via its

Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/

edpubs.html; Or you may contact ED

Pubs at its e-mail address:

edpubs@inet.ed.gov

If you request an application from ED

Pubs, be sure to identify this

competition as follows: CFDA number

84.132A.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,

large print, audiotape, or computer

diskette) by contacting the Grants and

Contracts Services Team, U.S.

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., room 3317, Switzer

Building, Washington, DC 20202–2550.

Telephone: (202) 205–8351. If you use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD), you may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. However, the

Department is not able to reproduce in

an alternative format the standard forms

included in the application package.

For Further Information Contact:

James Billy, U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,

room 3326, Switzer Building,

Washington, DC 20202–2741.

Telephone: (202) 205–9362. 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 a copy of this notice in an

alternative format on request to the

contact person listed in the preceding

paragraph.

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 this 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: 29 U.S.C. 796f, 796f–

1, 796f–4, and 796f–5.

Dated: May 18, 2001.

Francis V. Corrigan,

Deputy Director, National Institute on

Disability and Rehabilitation Research.

[FR Doc. 01–13102 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management Advisory

Board; Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Alternative Technologies

to Incineration Committee (ATIC) of the

Environmental Management Advisory

Board (EMAB). The EMAB is a Federal

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) entity.

DATES: Wednesday, June 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue SW., (Room 1E–258),

Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James T. Melillo, Executive Director of

the Environmental Management

Advisory Board, (EM–10), 1000

Independence Avenue SW., (Room 5B–

161), Washington, DC 20585. The

telephone number is 202–586–4400.

The Internet address is

james.melillo@em.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Board is to provide the

Assistant Secretary for Environmental

Management (EM) with advice and

recommendations on issues confronting

the Environmental Management

Advisory Program from the perspective

of affected groups, as well as state, local,

and tribal governments. The Board will

contribute to the effective operation of

the Environmental Management

Advisory Program by providing

individual citizens and representatives

of interested groups an opportunity to

present their views on issues facing EM

and by helping to secure consensus

recommendations on those issues. The

ATIC will examine emerging candidate

technologies identified by the

Department for treatment for disposal of

mixed transuranic (TRU) and low-level

wastes previously scheduled for

incineration at the Idaho National

Engineering and Environmental

Laboratory (INEEL). The Department is

identifying these technologies through

implementation of its technology

Research Development Deployment &

Demonstration (RDD&D) plan. The ATIC

will facilitate stakeholder comment and

communications on issues related to

emerging alternative technologies to

incineration for the treatment of mixed

TRU and low-level wastes.

Preliminary Agenda

Wednesday, June 13, 2001

8:30 a.m.—Welcome and Introductions

—Introductory Comments

—Background and History, The Blue

Ribbon Panel

—The ATIC Action Plan

—Overview of EM–50 R&D Effort

—The Stakeholder Forum

—Organizational Discussions

—Public Comment Period

4:00 p.m.—Adjournment

Public Participation

This meeting is open to the public. If

you would like to file a written

statement with the Committee you may

do so either before or after the meeting.

If you would like to make an oral

statement regarding any of the items on

the agenda, please contact Mr. Melillo at

the address or telephone number listed

above, or call the Environmental

Management Advisory Board office at

202–586–4400, and we will reserve time

for you on the agenda. You may also

register to speak at the meeting on June

13, 2001, or ask to speak during the

public comment period. Those who call

in and or register in advance will be

given the opportunity to speak first.