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addition, Congress expanded the 

Advisory Committee’s mission in the 

Higher Education Amendments of 1998 

to include several important areas: 

access, Title IV modernization, distance 

education, and early information and 

needs assessment. Specifically, the 

Advisory Committee is to review, 

monitor and evaluate the Department of 

Education’s progress in these areas and 

report recommended improvements to 

Congress and the Secretary. 

The Advisory Committee has 

scheduled this teleconference solely to 

conduct the election of officers. 

Space for the teleconference meeting 

is limited and you are encouraged to 

register early if you plan to attend. You 

may register by sending an e-mail to the 

following addresses: 

tracy.deanna.jones@ed.gov. Please 

include your name, title, affiliation, 

complete address (including Internet 

and e-mail, if available), and telephone 

and fax numbers. If you are unable to 

register electronically, you may fax your 

registration information to the Advisory 

Committee staff office at (202) 219–

3032. You may also contact the 

Advisory Committee staff directly at 

(202) 219–2099. The registration 

deadline is Monday, September 22, 

2008. 

Records are kept for Advisory 

Committee proceedings, and are 

available for inspection at the Office of 

the Advisory Committee on Student 

Financial Assistance, Capitol Place, 80 F 

Street, NW., Suite 413, Washington, DC 

from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. Information regarding the 

Advisory Committee is available on the 

Committee’s Web site, http:// 

www.ed.gov/ACSFA. 

Dated: September 4, 2008. 

William J. Goggin, 

Executive Director, Advisory Committee on 

Student Financial Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E8–21066 Filed 9–10–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Certification Notice—217] 

Office Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability; Notice of Filing of SelfCertification of Coal Capability Under 

the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use 

Act 

AGENCY: Office Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of filing. 

SUMMARY: On May 19, 2008, CPV 

Maryland, LLC, as owner and operator 

of a new base load electric powerplant, 

submitted a coal capability selfcertification to the Department of 

Energy (DOE) pursuant to section 201(d) 

of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel 

Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended, and 

DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61. 

Section 201(d) of FUA requires DOE to 

publish a notice of receipt of selfcertifications in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of coal capability 

self-certification filings are available for 

public inspection, upon request, in the 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code OE–20, Room 

8G–024, Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Russell at (202) 586–9624. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of 

FUA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et 

seq.), provides that no new base load 

electric powerplant may be constructed 

or operated without the capability to use 

coal or another alternate fuel as a 

primary energy source. 

Pursuant to FUA section 201(d), in 

order to meet the requirement of coal 

capability, the owner or operator of such 

a facility proposing to use natural gas or 

petroleum as its primary energy source 

shall certify to the Secretary of Energy 

(Secretary) prior to construction, or 

prior to operation as a base load electric 

powerplant, that such powerplant has 

the capability to use coal or another 

alternate fuel. Such certification 

establishes compliance with FUA 

section 201(a) as of the date it is filed 

with the Secretary. The Secretary is 

required to publish a notice in the 

Federal Register reciting that the 

certification has been filed. 

The following owner of a proposed 

new base load electric powerplant has 

filed a self-certification of coalcapability with DOE pursuant to FUA 

section 201(d) and in accordance with 

DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61: 

Owner: CPV Maryland, LLC. 

Capacity: 640 megawatts (MW). 

Plant Location: Waldorf, Maryland. 

In-Service Date: Between Summer 

2011 and Summer 2012. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 3, 

2008. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. E8–21058 Filed 9–10–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13276–000] 

Natural Currents Energy Services, 

LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

September 4, 2008. 

On August 11, 2008 and 

supplemented on August 12, 2008, 

Natural Currents Energy Services, LLC 

filed an application, pursuant to section 

4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing 

to study the feasibility of the 

Cuttyhunk/Elizabeth Islands Tidal 

Energy Project, located in the Atlantic 

Ocean and Canapitsit Channel in Dukes 

County, Massachusetts. The project uses 

no dam or impoundment. 

The proposed project would consist 

of: (1) 4 Tidal In-Stream Energy 

Conversion (TISEC) generating units, 

with a total installed capacity of 100- 

kilowatts, (2) underwater cable with a 

length between 250 meters to 2.5 

kilometers for site 1, and up to 10 

kilometers in length for site 2, and (3) 

appurtenant facilities. The project is 

estimated to have an annual generation 

of 350,000 kilowatt-hours, which would 

be sold to Cuttyhunk Island. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Roger Bason, 

Natural Currents Energy Services, LLC, 

24 Roxanne Boulevard, Highland, New 

York 12561, phone (845) 691–4008. 

FERC Contact: Kelly Houff (202) 502–

6393. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Comments, motions to intervene, 

notices of intent, and competing 

applications may be filed electronically 

via the Internet. See 18 CFR 

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 

on the Commission’s Web site under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. If unable to be filed 

electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and eight 

copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 

more information on how to submit 

these types of filings please go to the 

Commission’s Web site located at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/filing-comments.asp. 

More information about this project can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’

link of Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 

Enter the docket number (P–13276) in 


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