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was selected as the lead state agency for

program development. The IDNR has

worked with local and state agencies

and organizations to identify priorities

for Indiana’s coastal region. The LMCP

describes how Indiana can meet those

regional priorities through its existing

management authorities without the

creation of any new laws. The IDNR will

facilitate public review of the proposed

plan to fully develop the LMCP.

ADDRESSES: Requests for the above

described documents and all comments

should be made to:

Laurie Rounds, Program Manager, Lake

Michigan Coastal Program, 402 W.

Washington Street, Room W264,

Indianapolis, IN 46204, tel 317/233–

0132, e-mail: coastal@dnr.state.in.us.

Diana Olinger, Assistant Regional

Manager, Great Lakes Region, Coastal

Programs Division, Office of Ocean

and Coastal Resource Management,

1305 East-West Highway (N/ORM3),

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, tel.

301/713–3155, ext 149, e-mail:

diana.olinger@noaa.gov.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419

Coastal Zone Management Program

Administration

Dated: June 5, 2001.

Ted I. Lillestolen,

Deputy Assistant Administrator or Ocean

Services and Coastal Zone Management,

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, Department of Commerce.

[FR Doc. 01–14546 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.209A]

The Native Hawaiian Family-Based

Education Centers Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for

new awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001.

Purpose of Program: To expand the

operation, throughout the Hawaiian

Islands, of Family-Based Education

Centers that include: (1) Parent-infant

programs for prenatal through threeyear-olds; (2) preschool programs for

four- and five-year-olds; (3) continued

research and development; and (4) a

long-term follow-up and assessment

program, which may include

educational support services for Native

Hawaiian language immersion programs

or transition to English speaking

programs.

Eligible Applicants: Native Hawaiian

educational organizations or

educational entities with experience in

developing or operating Native

Hawaiian programs or programs of

instruction conducted in the Native

Hawaiian language.

Applications Available: June 11, 2001.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: July 26, 2001.

Estimated Available Funds: $2.5

million.

Estimated Range of Awards: $500,000

to $1.0 million.

Estimated Number of Awards: 5.

Note: These estimates are projections for

the guidance of potential applicants. The

Department is not bound by any estimates in

this notice.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Applicable Regulations: The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

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

86, 97, 98, and 99.

Selection Criteria: The Secretary will

use the following selection criteria in 34

CFR 75.210 to evaluate applications

under this competition. (The specific

selection criteria and factors that will be

used in evaluating applications are

detailed in the application package.)

The maximum score for all of the

selection criteria is 100 points. The

maximum points for each criterion is as

follows:

(a) Significance—15 points.

(b) Quality of Project Design—35 points.

(c) Quality of Project Personnel—10

points.

(d) Adequacy of Resources—5 points.

(e) Quality of Management Plan—15

points.

(f) Quality of Project Evaluation—20

points.

For Applications and Information

Contact: Mrs. Lynn Thomas, (202) 260–

1541, U.S. Department of Education,

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., FOB6,

Room 3C124, Mail Stop 6140,

Washington, DC 20202. The e-mail

address for Mrs. Thomas is:

lynn.thomas@ed.gov.

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.

Individuals with disabilities may also

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternative format on request to

the contact person listed above.

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 other Department of Education

documents published in the Federal

Register, in text or 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, 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. 7907.

Dated: June 5, 2001.

Thomas M. Corwin,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Elementary and Secondary Education.

[FR Doc. 01–14766 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education—School Improvement

Programs—Native Hawaiian

Curriculum Development, Teacher

Training and Recruitment Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Priorities for

Fiscal Year (FY) 2001.

SUMMARY: The Secretary proposes

absolute priorities for the FY 2001 grant

competition under the Native Hawaiian

Curriculum Development, Teacher

Training and Recruitment Program.

After funding continuation awards, the

Secretary would (a) set aside an

estimated $500,000 of FY 2001 funds to

award new grants to support activities

in the area of Native Hawaiian language

revitalization; and (b) use the remaining

FY 2001 funds available under the

program (approximately $900,000) to

award new grants to support activities

in one or more of the following areas:

(1) Aquaculture, (2) prisoner education

initiatives, (3) waste management, (4)

computer literacy, (5) Big Island

astronomy, and (6) indigenous health

programs.

DATES: We must receive your comments

on or before July 11, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about

the proposed priorities to Lynn Thomas,

Office of Elementary and Secondary