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of your grant application. If you do not 

receive this notification within 15 

business days from the application 

deadline date, you should call the U.S. 

Department of Education Application 

Control Center at (202) 245–6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from 34 CFR 

75.210 of EDGAR and are listed in the 

application package. 

2. Review and Selection Process: 

Additional factors we consider in 

selecting an application for an award are 

applications that demonstrate a trilateral, innovative North American 

approach to training and education. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

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 your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA), the following performance 

measures are used by the Department to 

assess the performance of the FIPSE 

program: 

(1) The percentage of FIPSE grantees 

reporting project dissemination to 

others; and 

(2) The percentage of FIPSE projects 

reporting institutionalization on their 

home campuses. 

If funded, you will be asked to collect 

and report data on these measures in 

your project’s annual performance 

report (EDGAR, 34 CFR 75.590). 

Applicants are also advised to consider 

these two measures in conceptualizing 

the design, implementation, and 

evaluation of the proposed project 

because of their importance in the 

application review process. Collection 

of data on these measures should be part 

of the project evaluation plan, along 

with any measures of progress on goals 

and objectives that are specific to your 

project. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank Frankfort, Fund for the 

Improvement of Postsecondary 

Education, Program for North American 

Mobility in Higher Education, 1990 K 

Street, NW., room 6154, Washington, 

DC 20006–8544. Telephone: (202) 502–

7513. 

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: February 5, 2008. 

Diane Auer Jones, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. E8–2372 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, intends to 

extend for three years, an information 

collection request with the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the extended collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before April 8, 2008. 

If you anticipate difficulty in submitting 

comments within that period, contact 

the person listed below as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to Richard Langston by fax at 202–

287–1345 or by e-mail to 

richard.langston@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Richard Langston at 202–

287–1339 or by fax at 202–287–1345 or 

by e-mail at 

richard.langston@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1910–4100; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Department of 

Energy Procurement Package; (3) Type 

of Review: Renewal; (4) Purpose: The 

procurement information is used by the 


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Department’s program, financial and 

procurement personnel to evaluate 

proposals and administer contracts. 

These collections are used to exercise 

management oversight and control of 

the Department’s management 

contractors operating the Department’s 

major facilities and other contractors 

furnishing goods and services; (5) 

Respondents: 7,539; (6) Estimated 

Number of Burden Hours: 896,209. 

Statutory Authority: Section 644 of 

the Department of Energy Organization 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 7254, and section 205(c) 

of the Federal Property and 

Administrative Services Act, 40 U.S.C. 

486(c). 

Issued in Washington, DC on February 1, 

2008. 

Edward R. Simpson, 

Director, Office of Procurement and 

Assistance Management. 

[FR Doc. E8–2341 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration 

2007 Supplemental Wholesale Power 

Rate Adjustment Proceeding, Public 

Hearings, and Opportunities for Public 

Review and Comment 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (BPA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Wholesale 

Power Rates (Notice). BPA File No.: 

WP–07. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Northwest 

Electric Power Planning and 

Conservation Act (Northwest Power 

Act) provides that BPA must establish 

and periodically review and revise its 

rates so they are adequate to recover, in 

accordance with sound business 

principles, the costs associated with the 

acquisition, conservation and 

transmission of electric power, and to 

recover the Federal investment in the 

Federal Columbia River Power System 

(FCRPS) and other costs incurred by 

BPA. BPA is reopening its WP–07 

wholesale power rate proceeding, which 

established power rates for Fiscal Years 

(FY) 2007–2009, in order to respond to 

recent decisions from the United States 

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 

(Ninth Circuit or Court) and to revise 

rates for FY 2009. 

This 2007 Supplemental Wholesale 

Power Rate Adjustment Proceeding 

(WP–07 Supplemental Proceeding) 

responds to the Court’s remand of BPA’s 

WP–02 power rates for FY 2002–2006. 

This proceeding also responds to a 

separate Court decision that found 

BPA’s 2000 Residential Exchange 

Program (REP) Settlement Agreements 

(REP Settlement Agreements) contrary 

to law. In response, BPA proposes to 

determine the amounts of REP 

settlement costs improperly included in 

FY 2002–2008 power rates, recover 

those amounts from investor owned 

utility customers (IOUs) over time and 

return improperly included amounts to 

preference customers. The WP–07 

Supplemental Proceeding also includes 

proposed revisions to BPA’s Section 

7(b)(2) Legal Interpretation and Section 

7(b)(2) Implementation Methodology. 

Persons that previously intervened in 

BPA’s WP–07 Wholesale Power Rate 

Adjustment Proceeding automatically 

continue their party status in the WP–

07 Supplemental Proceeding. Other 

persons wishing to become a formal 

party to the proceeding must file a 

petition to intervene, notifying BPA in 

writing of their intention to do so in 

conformance with the requirements 

stated in this Notice. 

DATES: Petitions to intervene must be 

received no later than 5 p.m., Pacific 

Standard Time, on February 18, 2008. 

Non-party participants may make 

written comments between February 8, 

2008, and May 5, 2008. Comments must 

be received by 5 p.m., Pacific Daylight 

Savings Time, on May 5, 2008, in order 

to be considered in the Supplemental 

Record of Decision (Supplemental 

ROD). (See Part III (A) for more 

information.) 

ADDRESSES: Petitions to intervene 

should be directed to Robert Welsh, 

Hearing Clerk, LP–7, Bonneville Power 

Administration, 905 NE 11th Avenue, 

Portland, OR 97232 or by e-mail to: 

wp07rate@bpa.gov. In addition, a copy 

of the petition must be served 

concurrently on BPA’s General Counsel 

and directed to Kurt R. Casad, LP–7, 

Office of General Counsel, Bonneville 

Power Administration, 905 NE 11th 

Avenue, Portland, OR 97232 or by email to: krcasad@bpa.gov. See Part III 

(A) for more information.) Written 

comments by non-party participants 

must be received by 5 p.m. Pacific 

Daylight Savings Time, on May 5, 2008, 

in order to be considered in the 

Supplemental Record of Decision 

(Supplemental ROD). Written comments 

may be made as follows: In person at the 

field hearings (see schedule and 

locations in Part I of this Notice), online 

at BPA’s Web site: http://www.bpa.gov/ 

comment, or by mail to: BPA Public 

Affairs, DKE–7, P.O. Box 14428, 

Portland, OR 97293–4428. Please 

identify written or electronic comments 

as ‘‘WP–07 Supplemental Proceeding.’’

The Supplemental ROD will consider 

and address the comments received. 

The WP–07 Supplemental Proceeding 

will begin with a prehearing conference 

at 9 a.m., Pacific Standard Time, on 

February 19, 2008, held in the BPA 

Rates Hearing Room, 2nd Floor, 911 NE 

11th Avenue, Portland, OR. Due to 

increased security requirements, 

attendees should allow additional time 

to enter the building and complete the 

required screening process. Photo 

identification will be required for entry. 

BPA will release its 2007 Supplemental 

Wholesale Power Rate Proposal (WP–07 

Supplemental Proposal) and supporting 

documents at the prehearing conference. 

Compact discs (CDs) containing the 

WP–07 Supplemental Proposal will be 

provided to the parties at the prehearing 

conference. The WP–07 Supplemental 

Proposal will also be available on BPA’s 

Web site at http://www.bpa.gov/ 

corporate/ratecase. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ms. Heidi Helwig, Public Affairs 

Specialist, Public Affairs Office, DKE–

7, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR 97208. 

Interested persons may also call 503–

230–3458 or 1–800–622–4519 (tollfree) 

Ms. Leslie M. Dimitman, Paralegal 

Specialist, Office of General Counsel, 

LP–7, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR 

97208. Interested persons may also 

call Ms. Dimitman at (503) 230–5515, 

or the general BPA toll-free numbers 

1–800–282–3713 (answered Monday 

through Friday 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or 

1–866–879–2303 (answered by 

voicemail) 

Information also may be obtained 

from: 

Mr. Raymond D. Bliven, Power Rates 

Manager—PFR–6, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, OR 97208 

Ms. Suzanne B. Cooper, Power Policy 

and Rates Manager—PF–6, P.O. Box 

3621, Portland, OR 97208 

Ms. Elizabeth Evans, Policy Analysis 

Manager—PFB–6, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, OR 97208 

Mr. Garry Thompson, Manager, Eastern 

Power Business Area; Mr. Ken 

Hustad, Senior Customer Account 

Executive; Ms. Carol Hustad, 

Customer Account Executive; Mr. 

Michael Normandeau, Customer 

Account Executive, Eastern Power 

Business Area—PSE, 707 W. Main, 

Suite 500, Spokane, WA 99201 

Mr. Scott Coe, Manager, Western Power 

Business Area; Mr. Charles Forman, 

Customer Account Executive; Ms. 

Claire Hobson, Customer Account 

Executive; Ms. Tina Ko, Customer 

Account Executive; Ms. Theresa 

Rockwood, Customer Account 


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