Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 110 / Thursday, June 7, 2001 / Notices 30721

Dated: May 31, 2001.

Greg Woods,

Chief Operating Officer, Student Financial

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–14383 Filed 6–6–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA NO.: 84.033]

Student Financial Assistance; Federal

Work-Study Programs

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of the closing date for

filing the ‘‘Institutional Application and

Agreement for Participation in the

Work-Colleges Program.’’

SUMMARY: The Secretary gives notice to

institutions of higher education of the

deadline for an eligible institution to

apply for participation in the WorkColleges Program and to apply for

funding under that program for the

2001–2002 award year (July 1, 2001

through June 30, 2002) by submitting to

the Secretary an ‘‘Institutional

Application and Agreement for

Participation in the Work-Colleges

Program.’’

The Work-Colleges Program along

with the Federal Work-Study Program

and the Job Location and Development

Program are known collectively as the

Federal Work-Study programs. The

Work-Colleges Program is authorized by

part C of title IV of the Higher Education

Act of 1965, as amended (HEA).

DATES: To participate in the WorkColleges Program and to apply for funds

for that program for the 2001–2002

award year, an eligible institution must

mail or hand-deliver its ‘‘Institutional

Application and Agreement for

Participation in the Work-Colleges

Program’’ to the Department on or

before June 18, 2001.

Note: The Department will not accept the

form by facsimile transmission. The form

must be submitted to the Division of

Campus-Based Operations in the Schools

Channel at one of the addresses indicated in

this notice.

ADDRESSES:

Applications and Agreements Delivered

by Mail

An ‘‘Institutional Application and

Agreement for Participation in the

Work-Colleges Program’’ delivered by

mail must be addressed to Mr. Richard

Coppage, Division of Campus-Based

Operations, Schools Channel, WorkColleges Program, U.S. Department of

Education, Portals Building, Suite 600D,

400 Maryland Ave, SW., Washington,

DC 20202–4331. An applicant must

show proof of mailing consisting of one

of the following: (1) A legibly dated U.S.

Postal Service postmark; (2) a legible

mail receipt with the date of mailing

stamped by the U.S. Postal Service; (3)

a dated shipping label, invoice, or

receipt from a commercial carrier; or (4)

any other proof of mailing acceptable to

the Secretary of Education. An

institution is encouraged to use certified

or at least first class mail.

An institution should note that the

U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly

provide a dated postmark. Before

relying on this method, an institution

should check with its local post office.

If an ‘‘Institutional Application and

Agreement for Participation in the

Work-Colleges Program’’ is sent through

the U.S. Postal Service, the Secretary

does not accept either of the following

as proof of mailing: (1) a private metered

postmark, or (2) a mail receipt that is

not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.

Institutions that submit an

‘‘Institutional Application and

Agreement for Participation in the

Work-Colleges Program’’ after the

closing date of June 18, 2001, will not

be considered for participation or

funding under the Work-Colleges

Program for award year 2001–2002.

Applications and Agreements Delivered

by Hand

If an institution delivers its

‘‘Institutional Application and

Agreement for Participation in the

Work-Colleges Program’’ by hand, it

must deliver the institutional

application and agreement to Mr.

Richard Coppage, Division of CampusBased Operations, Schools Channel,

Work-Colleges Program, U.S.

Department of Education, Portals

Building, Suite 600D, 400 Maryland

Ave, SW., Washington DC 20202–4331.

Hand-delivered institutional

applications and agreements will be

accepted between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

(Eastern time) daily, except Saturdays,

Sundays, and Federal holidays. An

‘‘Institutional Application and

Agreement for Participation in the

Work-Colleges Program’’ for the 2001–

2002 award year that is delivered by

hand will not be accepted after 4:30

p.m. on June 18, 2001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Work-Colleges Program, the Secretary

allocates funds when available for that

program to eligible institutions. The

Secretary will not allocate funds under

the Work-Colleges Program for award

year 2001–2002 to any eligible

institution unless the institution files its

‘‘Institutional Application and

Agreement for Participation in the

Work-Colleges Program’’ by the closing

date.

To apply for participation and

funding under the Work-Colleges

Program, an institution must satisfy the

definition of ‘‘work-college’’ in section

448(e) of the HEA. The term ‘‘workcollege’’ under the HEA means an

eligible institution that (1) is a public or

private nonprofit institution with a

commitment to community service; (2)

has operated a comprehensive worklearning program for at least two years;

(3) requires all resident students to

participate in a comprehensive worklearning program and the provision of

services as an integral part of the

institution’s educational program and as

part of the institution’s educational

philosophy; and (4) provides students

participating in the comprehensive

work-learning program with the

opportunity to contribute to their

education and to the welfare of the

community as a whole.

Applicable Regulations

The following regulations apply to the

Work-Colleges Program:

(1) Student Assistance General

Provisions, 34 CFR part 668.

(2) General Provisions for the Federal

Perkins Loan Program, Federal WorkStudy Program, and Federal

Supplemental Educational Opportunity

Grant Program, 34 CFR part 673.

(3) Federal Work-Study Programs, 34

CFR part 675.

(4) Institutional Eligibility Under the

Higher Education Act of 1965, as

amended, 34 CFR part 600.

(5) New Restrictions on Lobbying, 34

CFR part 82.

(6) Governmentwide Debarment and

Suspension (Nonprocurement) and

Governmentwide Requirements for

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants), 34 CFR

part 85.

(7) Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Prevention, 34 CFR part 86.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Richard Coppage, Division of CampusBased Operations, Schools Channel,

Work-Colleges Program, U.S.

Department of Education, Portals

Building, Suite 600D, 400 Maryland

Ave, SW., Washington DC Telephone

(202) 708–4694. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) 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 in

the preceding paragraph.

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Program Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2756b.

Dated: May 31, 2001.

Greg Woods,

Chief Operating Officer, Office of Student

Financial Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–14384 Filed 6–6–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. IC01–720–000; FERC–720]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

June 1, 2001.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Request for Office of

Management and Budget emergency

processing of proposed information

collection and request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is

providing notice of request to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

emergency processing of a proposed

collection of information in connection

with the New York electricity markets,

and is soliciting public comment on that

information collection.

DATES: Comments are requested on or

before June 8, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments: (1)

Michael Miller, Officer of the Chief

Information Officer, CI–1, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First, NE, Washington, DC 20426. Mr.

Miller may be reached by telephone at

(202) 208–1415 and by e-mail at

mike.miller@ferc.fed.us; and (2) Amy

Farrell, FERC Desk Officer, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Room 10202 NEOB, 725 17th Street NW,

Washington, DC 20503. Ms. Farrell may

be reached by telephone at (202) 395–

7318 or by fax at (202) 395–7285.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Connie Caldwell, Office of the General

Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, (202) 208–2027.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Power Act directs the

Commission to ensure just and

reasonable rates for transmission and

wholesale sales of electricity in

interstate commerce. See 16 U.S.C.

824e(a). To enable the Commission to

fulfill this duty the Federal Power Act

also authorizes the Commission to

conduct investigations of, and collect

information from, public utilities. See

16 U.S.C. 825, 825c, 825f, and 825j.

Commission staff has reason to

believe that the New York electricity

market may experience prices at very

high levels during the summer season.

Several recent surveys and reports cite

New York as an area likely to

experience high electricity prices as we

move into the summer. For example, a

study published in May, 2001, by

Xenergy entitled ‘‘Wholesale Market

Structure,’’ found that ‘‘fundamental

supply/demand factors * * * are the

greatest contributor to high prices and

other market problems’’ in New York.

The North American Electric Reliability

Council’s ‘‘Summer Assessment for

2001’’ cites New York as an area that

should be closely watched over the next

few months. See http://www.nerc.com.

In March, 2001, the NYISO issued a

report titled, ‘‘Power Alert: New York’s

Energy Crossroads,’’ which reported the

possibility of an impending electricity

crisis in New York due to a growing

imbalance in the supply and demand of

electricity. This report may be found at

http://www.nyiso.com. The Wall Street

Journal has reported that ‘‘New York

City already displays some of the early

warning signs observed in California in

the spring of 2000. The city’s grid

operator estimates that this summer

demand could outstrip supply by as

much as 9%, raising the specter of

blackouts.’’ See Wall Street Journal,

April 26, 2001.

If demand does in fact exceed supply

this summer, forced and scheduled

outages by electric generators in New

York, particularly in the New York City

and Long Island areas, may contribute to

or be the sole cause of the high prices

that are bound to accompany a supply/

demand imbalance. In addition to

causing higher prices, the outages limit

the availability of electric power, and

may lead to the necessity for blackouts

to preserve transmission and

distribution systems. If increased

summer demand is not matched by

generation supply in New York, these

problems are likely to occur.

Commission staff believes that it is in

the public interest to monitor generation

outages in New York to assess their

causes, particularly during the summer

cooling season when electricity demand

is at its highest. Commission staff

proposes to do so by requesting that

selected generators in the state of New

York electronically provide to the

Commission information on total or

partial generation unit outages within

24 hours of their occurrence, whether

scheduled, forced or otherwise.

Specifically, Commission staff will be

requesting information only from

generators that own, operate, or control

in New York an individual generation

unit with a generating capacity of 30

MW or more or generation units

aggregating capacity of 50 MW or more.

For the purposes of this data

collection, Commission staff considers

an outage partial if it reduces the

available output of a generation unit

below its nameplate rated capacity or

below the New York Independent

System Operator’s (NYISO’s)

Dependable Maximum Net Capability

(DMNC) for the unit. The Commission

staff will treat information provided by

the generators as non-public pursuant to

the provisions of 18 CFR 1b.9.

Commission staff will be requesting

that the information be provided

through a template that will be mailed

to the generators and that can be

accessed from the FERC website at

http://www.ferc.gov/. The Commission

staff is requesting that the generators

send the outage information to an

electronic address,

ny.outages@ferc.fed.us. To further assist

monitoring efforts, Commission staff

will be requesting that generators

provide the information on the template

for all outages that are current as of the

date they receive the letter containing

the template. Although Commission

staff will be requesting information from

municipalities concerning their

generation units in New York,

Commission staff is requesting such

data on a voluntary basis and is not

questioning the jurisdictional status of

those entities.

Because Commission staff is

requesting information from a large

number of generators (over 100)

concerning future outages, the data

collection is subject to the Paperwork

Reduction Act, which requires OMB to