Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 1 / Tuesday, January 2, 1996 / Notices 57

Meeting of the Military Health Care

Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Defense,

Military Health Care Advisory

Committee.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On December 20, 1995, the

Military Health Care Advisory

Committee announced the third meeting

of the committee (60 FR 65638). The

purpose of this notice is to announce a

change in the time for the scheduled

business sessions. Business sessions are

now scheduled between 8:30 a.m. and

12:15 p.m., Thursday, January 11, 1996,

and between 8:00 a.m. and 12 Noon on

Friday, January 12, 1996. All other

information remains the same.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Gary A. Christopherson, Senior

Advisor, or Commander Sid Rodgers,

Special Assistant to PDASD, Office of

the Assistant Secretary of Defense

(Health Affairs), 1200 Defense Pentagon,

Room 3E346, Washington, DC 20301–

1200; telephone (703) 697–2111.

Dated: December 27, 1995.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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Meeting of the Historical Records

Declassification Advisory Panel,

Department of Defense Historical

Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

forthcoming meeting of the Historical

Records Declassification Advisory

Panel. The purpose of this meeting is to

discuss recommendations to the

Department of Defense on topical areas

of interest that, from a historical

perspective, would be of the greatest

benefit if declassified. Four publish

sessions will be held in 1996. The OSD

Historian will chair these meetings.

DATE: February 23, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The National Archives

Building, The Archivist Reception

Room 105, 7th and Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20408.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Bell, Room 3C281, Office of the

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

(Intelligence and Security), Office of the

Assistant Secretary of Defense for

Command, Control, Communications,

and Intelligence, 6000 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–6000,

telephone (703) 695–2289/2686.

Dated: December 27, 1995.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Research

Energy Research Financial Assistance

Program Notice 96–07: Experimental

Program to Stimulate Competitive

Research (EPSCoR)

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy

(DOE).

ACTION: Notice inviting grant

applications.

SUMMARY: The Office of Basic Energy

Sciences (BES) of the Office of Energy

Research (ER), U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE), in keeping with its

energy-related mission to assist in

strengthening the Nation’s scientific

research enterprise through the support

of science, engineering, and

mathematics, announces its interest in

receiving applications from eligible

States for the support of the DOE/

EPSCoR Program. The purpose of the

DOE/EPSCoR Program is to enhance the

capabilities of designated States to

conduct nationally-competitive energyrelated research and to develop science

and engineering manpower in energyrelated areas to meet current and future

needs. Subject to availability of funds,

approximately $7 million will be

available for awards under the DOE/

EPSCoR Program in FY1996 for

collaborative research and manpower

development in energy-related science

and engineering disciplines.

DATES: Applications under this Notice

should be received by 4:30 p.m. Eastern

Standard Time, February 21, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Application materials are

available from Donna J. Prokop, DOE/

EPSCoR Program Manager, Office of

Basic Energy Sciences, ER–132, U.S.

Department of Energy, 19901

Germantown Road, Germantown,

Maryland 20874–1290. Telephone

requests for application materials may

be made by calling (301) 903–3426.

The completed formal applications

referencing Program Notice 96–07, must

be submitted to U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Research,

Grants and Contracts Division, ER–64,

19901 Germantown Road, Germantown,

Maryland 20874–1290, ATTN: Program

Notice 96–07. The above address also

must be used when submitting

applications by U.S. Postal Service

Express mail, any commercial mail

delivery service, or when hand carried

by the applicant.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donna J. Prokop, DOE/EPSCoR Program

Manager, Office of Basic Energy

Sciences, ER–132, U.S. Department of

Energy, 19901 Germantown Road,

Germantown, Maryland 20874–1290,

Telephone, (301) 903–3426—Fax. (301)

903–9513.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Senate report accompanying the FY

1996 Energy and Water Development

Appropriation Bill (S.Rep. No. 104–120,

104th Congress, 1st Sess., pg. 96)

recommended that $7 million be

committed to continuing the DOE/

EPSCoR Program. In accordance with 10

CFR 600.7(b)(1), and to continue to

enhance the competitiveness of states

and territories identified for

participation in the Experimental

Program to Stimulate Competitive

Research (EPSCoR) by the National

Science Foundation (NSF), DOE has

decided to continue to restrict eligibility

to the following states and territory:

Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,

Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska,

Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South

Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, West

Virginia, Wyoming, and the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Awards issued under this Notice will

provide renewal support for up to seven

of the Research Implementation Awards

begun under the DOE/EPSCoR initiative

in FY 1993 and FY 1994. Recipients of

Research Implementation Awards in

these fiscal years include: Alabama,

Maine, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana,

Nevada, and Puerto Rico. Renewal

awards will be issued for a one-year

period with up to a maximum award

amount of $1.0 million. In addition, as

a tangible measure of an applicant’s

commitment to the objectives of the

DOE/EPSCoR Program, cost-sharing on a

minimum one-to-one ratio is a

requirement of this program. Therefore,

each application submitted requesting

support from DOE under this Notice

must provide, from non-Federal funds,

an amount equal to or greater than the

amount awarded by DOE; i.e. for every

dollar provided by DOE, the recipient

must provide a dollar or more from nonFederal sources for the project.

General information about

development and submission of

applications, eligibility, limitations,

evaluation, and selection processes, and

other policies and procedures are

contained in the Application Guide for

the Office of Energy Research Financial

Assistance Program and in 10 CFR Part