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provide official services in a specified

area after determining that the applicant

is better able than any other applicant

to provide such official services.

GIPSA designated Quanta, main office

located in Selma, Texas, to provide

official services, under the Act on

November 7, 1995, to be effective on

January 1, 1996. The designation of

Quanta was scheduled to end on

December 30, 1996. However, Quanta

asked GIPSA to cancel its designation

effective January 1, 1996, due to

concerns regarding the demand for

service in the area. Accordingly, GIPSA

is announcing the cancellation of

Quanta s designation effective January

1, 1996.

Official services in South Texas will

continue to be provided by the GIPSA

Corpus Christi office, which can be

contacted at 512–888–3461.

AUTHORITY: Pub. L. 94–582, 90 Stat. 2867,

as amended, (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.)

Dated: December 18, 1995

Neil E. Porter

Director, Compliance Division

[FR Doc. 95–31269 Filed 12–26–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–F

ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW

BOARD

Notice of Formal Determinations

AGENCY: Assassination Records Review

Board.

SUMMARY: The Assassination Records

Review Board (Review Board) met in a

closed meeting on December 12 and 13,

1995, and made formal determinations

on the release of records under the

President John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act of

1992 (JFK Act). By issuing this notice,

the Review Board complies with the

section of the JFK Act that requires the

Review Board to publish the results of

its decisions on a document-bydocument basis in the Federal Register

within 14 days of the date of the

decision. This notice pertains to the

release of five records that were the

subjects of prior Review Board

determinations. A notice regarding new

Review Board formal determinations

will issue shortly.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: T.

Jeremy Gunn, General Counsel and

Associate Director for Research and

Analysis, Assassination Records Review

Board, Second Floor, 600 E Street NW.,

Washington, D.C. 20530, (202) 724–

0088, fax (202) 724–0457.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice complies with the requirements

of the President John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act of

1992, 44 U.S.C. 2107.9(c)(4)(A) (1992).

On July 17 and 18, 1995, the Review

Board made formal determinations

regarding, inter alia, five FBI records

that contained information provided by

a foreign government. See 60 FR 39928

(Aug. 4, 1995). (The record

identification numbers for the five

records are listed below.) The FBI

contested the Review Board’s decision

to release these records principally on

the ground that the records contain

information provided by the Swiss

Government under an understanding of

confidentiality. The Review Board

withdrew from Presidential

consideration its determinations

regarding these records on August 30,

1995, and approached the Swiss

Government through diplomatic

channels regarding the release of these

records. As a result of these efforts, the

Swiss Government advised the Review

Board that it does not now object to the

release of these five records, provided

that the names of Swiss citizens are

redacted. At the December 12–13

meeting, the Review Board voted to

release these records in full, except for

the names of Swiss citizens. The FBI

does not now object to the release of the

records as redacted.

These assassination records are

identified by the record identification

number assigned in the President John

F. Kennedy Assassination Records

Collection database maintained by the

National Archives. For each document,

the number of releases of previously

redacted information is noted as well as

the number of sustained postponements.

REVIEW BOARD DETERMINATIONS—FBI DOCUMENTS

Record No.

ARRB

releases

Sustained

postponementsStatus of document

Next

review

date

124–10023–10234 2 1 Postponed in Part .............................................................................................................................. 2017

124–10023–10235 2 1 Postponed in Part .............................................................................................................................. 2017

124–10023–10236 3 0 Open in Full ....................................................................................................................................... n/a

124–10023–10237 2 0 Open in Full ....................................................................................................................................... n/a

124–10023–10238 1 0 Open in Full ....................................................................................................................................... n/a

Dated: December 21, 1995.

David G. Marwell,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 95–31334 Filed 12–26–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6118–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection requests.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Group, invites comments on

the proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before January

26, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Wendy Taylor, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection

requests should be addressed to Patrick

J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, SW., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
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between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Director of the

Information Resources Group publishes

this notice containing proposed

information collection requests prior to

submission of these requests to OMB.

Each proposed information collection,

grouped by office, contains the

following: (1) Type of review requested,

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary

of the collection; (4) Description of the

need for, and proposed use of, the

information; (5) Respondents and

frequency of collection; and (6)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. OMB invites public comment at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

Dated:

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Federal Direct Consolidation

Loan Program Application Document.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:

Responses: 3,428,000.

Burden Hours: 1,484,200.

Abstract: These forms are the means

by which a borrower applies for/

promise to repay a Federal Direct

Consolidation Loan and a lender verifies

an eligible loan to be consolidated.

Type of Review: New.

Title: Repayment Plan Selection.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Affected Public: Individual or

households.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 525,000.

Burden Hours: 173, 250.

Abstract: Borrowers in the William D.

Ford Federal Direct Program will use

this form to choose a repayment plan for

their loan(s).

[FR Doc. 95–31092 Filed 12–26–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

Federal Energy Management and

Planning Programs; Energy Savings

Performance Contract Model

Solicitations

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

gives notice of changes proposed for its

energy savings performance contract

model solicitations. The proposed

approach will make it substantially

simpler and easier for the Federal

Government to procure and administer

energy savings performance contracts.

These changes provide the flexibility to

purchase energy savings through

guaranteed equipment performance or

energy savings calculated through

measured consumption data.

DATES: Comments should be received no

later than January 26, 1996.

ADDRESSES: All written comments are to

be submitted to: U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Federal Energy

Management Programs, EE–92, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20595–0121. Fax and email comments will be accepted at (202)

586–3000 and tanya.sadler@hq.doe.gov,

respectively.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tanya Sadler, EE–92, U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of Federal Energy

Management Programs, EE–92, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202) 586–

7755.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

10, 1995 (60 FR 18326), the Department

of Energy (Department or DOE)

published its notice of final rulemaking

for energy savings performance

contracts required by section 801 of the

National Energy Conservation Policy

Act (42 U.S.C. 8287). The preamble to

the rule referenced model solicitations

which provide uniform formats and

standardized contract provisions

recommended for Federal agency use in

energy savings performance contracts.

DOE uses these model solicitations in

training workshops for agency technical

and procurement professionals.

The Department’s objective is to

simplify the model solicitations. The

overall goal is to streamline the energy

savings performance contracting process

and implement more projects. In order

to accomplish these objectives, DOE

recommends that the Government buy

energy savings through guaranteed

equipment performance. The contractor

will guarantee the performance of the

installed equipment; however, Federal

agencies will also have the option to

verify actual energy savings in order to

determine contractor performance as

provided by Federal Measurement and

Verification Protocols. DOE has been

leading an effort in close cooperation

with industry to develop a national

consensus industry protocol to improve

consistency, reliability, and

performance of energy efficiency

installations. These Protocols will be

available through the Department’s

Federal Energy Management Program

Help Desk at 1–800–566–2877 in

January 1996.

The model solicitations will place a

new emphasis on measuring equipment

performance or actual energy savings.

The proposed changes include:

Baselines. The initial baseline

condition is the reference from which

the contractor’s performance will be

verified throughout the life of the

project. Adjustments for changes in

usage (e.g., occupancy, weather, etc.)

generally will not be made during the

payback term, when equipment

performance is guaranteed.

Guaranteed Savings. Guaranteed

savings is redefined to mean: (1) Cost

savings based on guaranteed

performance of energy conservation

equipment and stipulated factors (e.g.,

hours of operation); or (2) actual cost

savings which equal the measured cost

of operation (pre-energy conservation

measure installation) minus the

measured cost of operation (post-energy

conservation measure installation with

baseline adjustments as required).

Payments. Payments to the contractor

will be based on the Government’s

acceptance of equipment installation

and continuation of the guaranteed

equipment performance as specified in

the contract (e.g., contractor continued

compliance with measurement and

verification and operations and

maintenance plans).

Technical/Price Proposal Evaluation

Criteria. The technical proposal may be

weighted substantially more than the

price proposal. Five technical factors

should generally be considered in

evaluating technical proposals:

Past Performance

Energy Conservation Measure

Description and Savings

Management Approach