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country or countries (10 points); and (6) 

The guidance and supervision of the 

dissertation advisor or committee at all 

stages of the project, including guidance 

in developing the project, 

understanding research conditions 

abroad, and acquainting the applicant 

with research in the field (10 points). 

Qualifications of the applicant (40 

points): In determining the 

qualifications of the applicant, the 

Secretary considers (1) The overall 

strength of the applicant’s graduate 

academic record (10 points); (2) The 

extent to which the applicant’s 

academic record demonstrates strength 

in area studies relevant to the proposed 

project (10 points); (3) The applicant’s 

proficiency in one or more of the 

languages (other than English and the 

applicant’s native language) of the 

country or countries of research, and the 

specific measures to be taken to 

overcome any anticipated language 

barriers (15 points); and (4) The 

applicant’s ability to conduct research 

in a foreign cultural context, as 

evidenced by the applicant’s references 

or previous overseas experience, or both 

(5 points). 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If a student 

application is successful, we notify the 

IHE’s U.S. Representative and U.S. 

Senators and send the IHE a Grant 

Award Notice (GAN). We may notify the 

IHE informally, also. 

If a student application is not 

evaluated or not selected for funding, 

we notify the IHE. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section in this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section in 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates its approved 

application as part of its binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of the project 

period, the IHE must submit a final 

performance report, including the final 

reports of all of the IHE’s fellows, and 

financial information, as directed by the 

Secretary. The IHE and fellows are 

required to use the electronic reporting 

system International Resource 

Information System (IRIS) to complete 

the final report. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993, the objective for The 

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation 

Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship 

Program is to provide grants to colleges 

and universities to fund individual 

doctoral students to conduct research in 

other countries in modern foreign 

languages and area studies for periods of 

6 to 12 months. 

The Department will use the 

following DDRA measures to evaluate 

its success in meeting this objective: 

Performance Measure 1: The average 

language competency score of FulbrightHays Doctoral Dissertation Research 

Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship recipients at 

the end of their period of research 

minus their average score at the 

beginning of the period. 

Performance Measure 2: Percentage of 

projects judged successful by program 

officers, based on information provided 

in annual performance reports. 

Efficiency measure: Cost per fellow 

increasing language competency by at 

least one level in one (or all three) area. 

The information provided by grantees 

in their performance report submitted 

via IRIS will be the source of data for 

this measure. Reporting screens for 

institutions and fellows may be viewed 

at: http://www.ieps-iris.org/iris/pdfs/ 

DDRA_fellow.pdf and http://www.iepsiris.org/iris/pdfs/DDRA_director.pdf. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Wilson, International Education 

Programs Service, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6000, Washington, DC 20006–8521. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7700 or by e-mail: 

amy.wilson@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Alternative Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an alternative format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

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 (GPO), 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.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: September 19, 2008. 

Cheryl A. Oldham, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. E8–22421 Filed 9–23–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration 

Availability of the Bonneville 

Purchasing Instructions (BPI) and 

Bonneville Financial Assistance 

Instructions (BFAI) 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (BPA), DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability. 

SUMMARY: Copies of the Bonneville 

Purchasing Instructions (BPI), which 

contain the policy and establish the 

procedures that BPA uses in the 

solicitation, award, and administration 

of its purchases of goods and services, 

including construction, are available in 

printed form for $30, or without charge 

at the following Internet address: 

http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/business/ 

bpi. Copies of the Bonneville Financial 

Assistance Instructions (BFAI), which 

contain the policy and establish the 

procedures that BPA uses in the 

solicitation, award, and administration 

of financial assistance instruments 

(principally grants and cooperative 

agreements), are available in printed 

form for $15 each, or available without 

charge at the following Internet address: 

http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/business/ 

bfai. 

ADDRESSES: Unbound copies of the BPI 

or BFAI may be obtained by sending a 

check for the proper amount to the Head 

of the Contracting Activity, Routing 

DGP–7, Bonneville Power 

Administration, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, Oregon 97208–3621. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Manager, Communications, 1–800–622– 

4519. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA was 

established in 1937 as a Federal Power 

Marketing Agency in the Pacific 

Northwest. BPA operations are financed 

from power revenues rather than annual 

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operations are conducted under 16 

U.S.C. 832 et seq. and related statutes. 

Pursuant to these special authorities, the 

BPI is promulgated as a statement of 

purchasing policy and as a body of 

interpretative regulations governing the 

conduct of BPA purchasing activities. It 

is significantly different from the 

Federal Acquisition Regulation, and 

reflects BPA’s private sector approach to 

purchasing the goods and services that 

it requires. BPA’s financial assistance 

operations are conducted under 16 

U.S.C. 839 et seq. and 16 U.S.C. 839 et 

seq. The BFAI express BPA’s financial 

assistance policy. The BFAI also 

comprise BPA’s rules governing 

implementation of the principles 

provided in the following OMB 

circulars: 

A–21 Cost Principles for Educational 

Institutions. 

A–87 Cost Principles for State, Local 

and Indian Tribal Governments. 

A–102 Grants and Cooperative 

Agreements with State and Local 

Governments. 

A–110 Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Agreements with Institutions of Higher 

Education, Hospitals and Other NonProfit Organizations. 

A–122 Cost Principles for Non-Profit 

Organizations. 

A–133 Audits of States, Local 

Governments and Non-Profit 

Organizations. 

BPA’s solicitations and contracts 

include notice of applicability and 

availability of the BPI and the BFAI, as 

appropriate, for the information of 

offerors on particular purchases or 

financial assistance transactions. 

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on September 

15, 2008. 

Damian J. Kelly, 

Manager, Purchasing/Property Governance. 

[FR Doc. E8–22357 Filed 9–23–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP08–34–001] 

Atmos Pipeline and Storage, LLC; 

Notice of Application 

September 17, 2008. 

Take notice that on September 10, 

2008, Atmos Pipeline and Storage, LLC 

(Atmos), 5420 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, 

Texas 75240, filed in Docket No. CP08– 

34–001, a petition for Exemption of 

Temporary Acts and Operations from 

Certificate Requirements, pursuant to 

Rule 207(a)(5) of the Commission’s 

Rules of Practice and Procedure, and 

section 7(c)(1)(B) of the Natural Gas Act, 

seeking approval of an exemption from 

certificate requirements to perform 

temporary activities in order to: (1) 

Conduct a 3D seismic survey; and (2) 

drill two brine disposal test wells in 

order to test brine disposal capabilities 

of the underlying Sparta and Wilcox 

sand formations to further assess the 

optimal manner in which to develop an 

underground natural gas storage facility 

in the vicinity of Fort Necessity, 

Franklin Parish, Louisiana, all as more 

fully set forth in the application which 

is on file with the Commission and open 

to public inspection. The filing may also 

be viewed on the Web at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to 

Counsel for Atmos Pipeline and Storage, 

LLC, James H. Jeffries IV, Moore & Van 

Allen PLLC, 100 North Tryon Street, 

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202–4003, 

or via telephone at (704) 331–1079, 

facsimile number (704) 339–5879, or 

e-mail jimjeffries@mvalaw.com. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

14 copies of filings made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commenters will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commenters will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commenters 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

Comments, protests and interventions 

may be filed electronically via the 

Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 

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

on the Commission’s Web site under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

Comment Date: October 14, 2008. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–22287 Filed 9–23–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER08–1509–000] 

Burgess Capital LLC; Supplemental 

Notice that Initial Market-Based Rate 

Filing Includes Request for Blanket 

Section 204 Authorization 

September 17, 2008. 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of Burgess 

Capital LLC’s application for marketbased rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate schedule, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

Part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 


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