31092 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 119 / Wednesday, June 19, 1996 / Notices

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

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 August

19, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests for copies of the proposed

information collection requests should

be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., 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

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 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.

The Department of Education is

especially interested in public comment

addressing the following issues: (1) is

this collection necessary to the proper

functions of the Department, (2) will

this information be processed and used

in a timely manner, (3) is the estimate

of burden accurate, (4) how might the

Department enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected, and (5) how might the

Department minimize the burden of this

collection on the respondents, including

through the use of information

technology.

Dated: June 13, 1996.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Lender’s Participation

Questionnaire (LPQ).

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; State, local or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs

or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 100.

Burden Hours: 17.

Abstract: The Lender’s Participation

Questionnaire is submitted by lenders

who are eligible for reimbursement of

interest and special allowance, as well

as Federal Insured Student Loan (FISL)

claims payment, under the Federal

Family Education Loan Program. The

information will be used by ED to

update Lender Identification Numbers

(LIDs), lender names, addresses with 9

digit zip codes, and other pertinent

information.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Lender’s Interest and Special

Allowance Request.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; State, local or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs

or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 10,544.

Burden Hours: 102,804.

Abstract: The Lender’s Interest and

Special Allowance Request and Report

(ED Form 799) is used by approximately

9,000 lenders participating in the Title

IV, Part B loan programs. The ED Form

799 is used to pay interest and special

allowance to holders of the Part B loans;

and to capture quarterly data from a

lender’s loan portfolio for financial and

budgetary projections.

[FR Doc. 96–15507 Filed 6–18–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE DOCKET NO. EA–115]

Application to Export Electricity; Enron

Power Marketing, Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: Enron Power Marketing, Inc.,

(EPMI) has requested authorization to

export electric energy to Canada. EPMI

is a marketer of electric energy. It does

not own or control any electric

generation or transmission facilities.

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before July 19, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Electricity (FE–52), Office of Fuels

Programs, Fossil Energy, U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William H. Freeman (Program Office)

202–586–5883 or Michael T. Skinker

(Program Attorney) 202–586–6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)

(16 U.S.C. 824a(e)).

On June 3, 1996, EPMI filed an

application with the Office of Fossil

Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy

(DOE) for authorization to export

electric energy to Canada pursuant to

section 202(e) of the FPA. EPMI neither

owns nor controls any facilities for the

transmission or distribution of

electricity, nor does it have a franchised

retail service area. Rather, EPMI is a

power marketer authorized by the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(FERC) to engage in the wholesale sale

of electricity in interstate commerce at

negotiated rates pursuant to its filed rate

schedules.

In its application, EPMI proposes to

sell electric energy to Canadian entities

and specifically requests that the

proposed export authorization be issued

without a time limit. The electric energy

EPMI proposes to transmit to Canada

would be purchased from electric

utilities and Federal power marketing

agencies in the United States. EPMI

asserts that the energy to be exported to

Canada would be surplus to the energy

requirements of the selling utilities or

electric generators from which it is

purchased in the U.S. EPMI would

arrange for the exported energy to be

wheeled from the selling entities, over
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existing domestic transmission

facilities, and delivered to the foreign

purchaser over one or more of the

following international transmission

lines for which Presidential permits (PP)

have been previously issued:

Presidential permit holder Permit No. Voltage (kV) Location

Basin Electric Coop. ................................................................................................................... PP–64 ...... 230 Tioga, ND.

Bonneville Power Admin. ........................................................................................................... PP–10 ...... 2–500 Blaine, WA.

PP–36 ...... 230 Nelway, BC.

PP–46 ...... 230 Nelway, BC.

Citizens Utilities .......................................................................................................................... PP–66 ...... 120 Derby Line, VT.

Detroit Edison ............................................................................................................................. PP–36 ...... 345 St. Clair, MI.

PP–21 ...... 230 Marysville, MI.

.................. 230 Detroit, MI.

PP–58 ...... 345 St. Clair, MI.

Eastern Maine Electric Coop. .................................................................................................... PP–32 ...... 69 Calais, ME.

Joint Owners of Highgate ........................................................................................................... PP–82 ...... 345 Franklin, VT.

Maine Electric Power Co. ........................................................................................................... PP–43 ...... 345 Houlton, ME.

Maine Public Service .................................................................................................................. PP–12 ...... 69 Limestone, ME.

.................. 69 Ft. Fairfield, ME.

PP–29 ...... 138 Aroostock, ME.

.................. 2–69 Madawaska, ME.

Minnesota Power & Light ........................................................................................................... PP–78 ...... 115 Intnl. Falls, MN.

Minnkota Power .......................................................................................................................... PP–61 ...... 230 Roseau County, MN.

New York Power Authority ......................................................................................................... PP–30 ...... 230 Devil’s Hole, NY.

PP–74 ...... 2–345 Niagara Falls, NY.

PP–56 ...... 765 Fort Covington, NY.

PP–25 ...... 2–230 Massena, NY.

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp .................................................................................................... PP–31 ...... 230 Devil’s Hole, NY.

Northern States Power ............................................................................................................... PP–45 ...... 230 Red River, ND.

PP–63 ...... 500 Roseau County, MN.

Vermont Electric Trans. Co. ....................................................................................................... PP–76 ...... 450 DC Norton, VT.

Any determination by the DOE to

grant the request by EPMI for export

authorization would be conditioned on

EPMI obtaining access to all

transmission facilities necessary to

effectuate the export and on EPMI

complying with all reliability criteria,

standards, and guidelines of the North

American Electric Reliability Council

and Regional Councils.

Procedural Matters

Any persons desiring to be heard or

to protest this application should file a

petition to intervene or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Rules

of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of

such petitions and protests should be

filed with the DOE on or before the date

listed above. Additional copies are to be

filed directly with: Ms. Kathleen E.

Magruder, Enron Capital & Trade

Resources, 1400 Smith Street, Houston,

Texas 77251–1188 and Mr. David B.

Ward, Flood & Ward, 1000 Potomac

Street, N.W., Suite 402, Washington,

D.C. 20007.

A final decision will be made on this

application after the environmental

impacts have been evaluated pursuant

to the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (NEPA), and a

determination is made by the DOE that

the proposed action will not adversely

impact on the reliability of the U.S.

electric power supply system.

Copies of this application will be

made available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying at the address

provided above.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 12,

1996.

Anthony J. Como,

Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office

of Fuels Programs, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 96–15580 Filed 6–18–96; 8:45 am]

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Morgantown Energy Technology

Center; Partnering Opportunity

Announcement

AGENCY: U. S. Department of Energy

(DOE), Morgantown Energy Technology

Center.

ACTION: Notice of Partnering

Opportunity Announcement.

SUMMARY: The Morgantown Energy

Technology Center (METC) is offering

partnering opportunities with United

States companies in the area of sorbent

development/commercialization. Many

different vehicles for partnering may be

considered, including licensing and/or

Cooperative Research and Development

Agreements (CRADAs). CRADAs will

probably be limited to the area of

sorbent development/commercialization

for hot gas desulfurization. CRADAs

offer private sector participants the

opportunity to share in outcomes of

development activities and also offer the

option for protection of CRADAgenerated data. These agreements do

require the participant to share in the

cost and do not involve direct METC

funding of the participant’s activities.

METC desires to work with a partner

for the purpose of bringing a supported/

matrixed hot gas desulfurization sorbent

to large-scale commercialization. This

sorbent, designated as the TL sorbent,

has been prepared and tested at the

laboratory scale at METC. The TL

sorbent shows good sulfur capacity,

high sulfur removal efficiency, and

long-term physical durability. It requires

no activation or pretreatment step,

which is an improvement over

previously developed sorbents. A

provisional patent application has been

submitted for this METC-developed

sorbent. The overall objective of this

development effort has been to qualify

sorbents for demonstration in

commercial-scale projects, which are

demonstrating Integrated Gasification

Combined Cycle (IGCC) technologies.

The utility industry and METC agree

that IGCC technologies being

demonstrated under the Clean Coal

Technology program will play a

significant role in supplying electricity

during the next century. As the markets

for such technologies expand to replace

today’s older plants and to supply

demand for additional electricity, the

sales of cost-effective, hot gas sulfur

removal sorbents and related process

systems promise to be substantial. The