10676 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 33 / Friday, February 16, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

[DE–PS36–01GO90000]

Financial Assistance Applications

Involving Research, Development, and

Demonstration; Hydrogen Technical

Analysis

AGENCY: Golden Field Office, Office of

Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of request for financial

assistance solicitation.

SUMMARY: The Hydrogen Program of the

DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy (EERE) is issuing a

Supplemental Announcement (06) to

the EERE Fiscal Year 2001 Broad Based

Solicitation for Submission of Financial

Assistance Applications Involving

Research, Development and

Demonstration, DE–PS36–01GO90000,

dated November 27, 2000. Under this

Supplemental Announcement 06, titled

‘‘Hydrogen Technical Analysis,’’ DOE is

seeking applications for technical

analysis in two specific areas that can

advance hydrogen production, storage,

and utilization technologies. Analysis is

requested in the areas of: (1)

Gasification of certain materials

followed by hydrogen production, and

(2) hydrogen infrastructure development

that may be enabled by the installation

of fuel cells in federal buildings and in

vehicles.

DATES: DOE expects to issue the

Supplemental Announcement on

February 07, 2001. The closing date of

the Supplemental Announcement is

March 21, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The Supplemental

Announcement will be posted on the

DOE Golden Field Office Home Page at

http://www.golden.doe.gov/

businessopportunities.html under

‘‘Solicitations’’.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth

H. Dwyer, Contracting Officer, at

Facsimile 303–275–4788 or e-mail

Beth_Dwyer@nrel.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE will

undertake this effort under provisions of

the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996, Public

Law 104–271.

DOE anticipates selecting up to three

Applications for negotiation toward an

award under this Supplemental

Announcement. Each award will be a

Cooperative Agreement with a term of

one or two calendar years (crossing up

to three fiscal years), depending on the

area of analysis, as described in the

Supplemental Announcement. A

minimum cost share of 20% of the total

project cost is required for an

Application to be considered for award

under this Supplemental

Announcement. Subject to availability,

the total DOE cost share contribution for

all awards is anticipated to be up to

$200,000 in Fiscal Year 2001, $400,000

in 2002, and $200,000 in 2003. For each

individual award, the maximum DOE

cost share contribution is anticipated to

be no more than $150,000 per calendar

year, or a total of $300,000.

All information regarding the

Supplemental Announcement will be

posted on the DOE Golden Field Office

Home page at the address identified in

the ADDRESSES section of this notice.

Issued in Golden, Colorado on January 31,

2001.

Matthew A. Barron,

Contracting Officer, Golden Field Office.

[FR Doc. 01–4003 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

Superconductivity Program for Electric

Power Systems

AGENCY: Golden Field Office, Office of

Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Supplemental Announcement

05 to the Fiscal Year 2001 Broad Based

Solicitation for Submission of Financial

Assistance Applications Involving

Research, Development and

Demonstration for the Office of Energy

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DE–

PS36–01GO90000.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy, pursuant to the DOE Financial

Assistance Rules, 10 CFR 600.8, is

announcing its intention to solicit

applications for the DOE

Superconductivity Partnership Initiative

(SPI) Program. The selected applicants

will receive financial assistance under a

cooperative agreement with DOE.

DATES: Supplemental Announcement 05

will be issued February 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of

Supplemental Announcement 05 once it

is issued, interested parties must access

the Golden Field Office Application,

Award and Solicitation page at http://

www.golden.doe.gov/

businessopportunities.html, click on

‘‘solicitations’’ and then locate

Supplemental Announcement 05. DOE

does not intend to issue written copies

of the Supplemental Announcement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, (EERE) is pursuing,

through the issuance of this

Supplemental Announcement, the

development of a wide range of electric

power and industrial equipment,

incorporating significant high

temperature superconductive (HTS)

components or sub-systems through its

Superconductivity Program. A

minimum cost share of 50% of the total

project cost is required for an

Application to be considered for award

under this Supplemental

Announcement. DOE intends that its

industry partners will be vertically

integrated teams composed of

equipment manufacturers, HTS wire

and coil suppliers, component

suppliers, and end users (primarily

utilities). Applicant teams may avail

themselves of the technical expertise

and capabilities of the DOE National

Laboratories via a Cooperative Research

and Development Agreement. A

laboratory could contribute specialized

capabilities, facilities, or equipment to

the project that would complement the

partnership’s needs. These teams would

carry out the multi-year technology

developmental efforts, consisting of

design, construction, installation and

testing phases. DOE anticipates that

awards will be made to teams for

projects ranging in size from hundreds

of thousands of dollars to several

million dollars per year and for project

periods of up to four years. Subject to

the availability of funds, it is anticipated

that the DOE funding share for these

efforts will be no more than $5.5 million

in the first year, and no more than $9

million for each of the following 3 years.

Awards under this Supplemental

Announcement will be cost-shared

cooperative agreements between DOE

and the prime of the industry-led team.

Supplemental Announcement 05 will

include complete information on the

program including technical aspects,

funding, application preparation

instructions, application evaluation

criteria, and other factors that will be

considered when selecting applications

for funding. No pre-application

conference is planned.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James McDermott, Contract Specialist,

at 303–275–4732, e-mail

jim_mcdermott@nrel.gov. Responses to

questions will be made by amendment

to the Supplemental Announcement

and will be posted on the DOE Golden

Field Office Home Page listed above.

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 33 / Friday, February 16, 2001 / Notices 10677

Issued in Golden, Colorado on February 5,

2001.

Jerry Zimmer,

Director, Office of Acquisition and Financial

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–4001 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. IC00–547–001, FERC–547]

Information Collection Submitted for

Review and Request for Comments

February 12, 2001.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission for review

of the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) and request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

has submitted the energy information

collection listed in this notice to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review under the provisions

of Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).

Any interested person may file

comments on the collection of

information directly with OMB and

should address a copy of those

comments to the Commission as

explained below. The Commission did

not receive comments in response to an

earlier Federal Register notice of

September 5, 2001 (65 FR 53708–09)

and has made a notation in this

submission.

DATES: Comments regarding this

collection are best assured of having

their full effect if received on or before

March 19, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission Desk Officer,

725 17th Street, NW., Washington DC

20503. A copy of the comments should

also be sent to Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, Attention:

Mr. Michael Miller, CI–1, 888 First

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Mr.

Miller may be reached by telephone at

(202) 208–1415, by fax at (202) 208–

2425, and by e-mail at

mike.miller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description

The energy information collection

submitted to OMB for review contains:

1. Collection of Information: FERC–

547 ‘‘Gas Pipeline Rates: Refund Report

Requirements.’’

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

3. Control No.: 1902–0084. The

Commission is requesting reinstatement,

without change, of the previously

approved data collection for which

approval expired July 31, 2000, and a

three-year approval of the collection of

data. This is a mandatory information

collection requirement.

4. Necessity of Collection of

Information: Submission of the

information is necessary to enable the

Commission to carry out its

responsibilities in implementing

provisions of Section 4, 5, and 16 of the

Natural Gas Act (NGA). Refund Reports

are required to carry out the refund

obligation policy in Section 4(e) of the

NGA. Refunds are created due to the

difference between pipeline rates

collected and subject to refund and firm

rates set by the Commission. The

refunds are flowed through by the

following means: (a) Pursuant to

settlement agreements, and (b) legal

requirements. The Commission uses the

data to insure the pass-through to gas

consumers of refunds that are required

to correct rates charged by pipelines.

The data provided by the respondents

are used to monitor the progress that is

being made to make those refunds and

to assure that refunds are being made in

compliance with the Commission’s

regulatory functions. The Commission is

committed to insuring that refunds

owed by pipelines, to their customers

are made as expeditiously as possible,

in order to hasten their ultimate passthrough to residential customers and

other end-users. The data required to be

filed for the refund report is specified by

18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

154.501.

(5) Respondent Description: The

respondent universe currently

comprises approximately 75 natural gas

pipeline companies.

6. Estimated Burden: 5,625 total

burden hours, 75 respondents, 75

responses annually, 1 hour per

response.

Authority: Sections 4, 5 and 16 of the NGA

(15 U.S.C. 717–717w).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER01–791–000]

Allegheny Energy Supply Conemaugh,

LLC; Notice of Issuance of Order

February 12, 2001.

Allegheny Energy Supply

Conemaugh, LLC (Allegheny

Conemaugh) submitted for filing a rate

schedule under which Allegheny

Conemaugh will engage in wholesale

electric power and energy transactions

at market-based rates. Allegheny

Conemaugh also requested waiver of

various Commission regulations. In

particular, Allegheny Conemaugh

requested that the Commission grant

blanket approval under 18 CFR part 34

of all future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liability by Allegheny

Conemaugh.

On February 1, 2001, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under Part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by Allegheny Conemaugh

should file a motion to intervene or

protest with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, Allegheny Conemaugh is

authorized to issue securities and

assume obligations or liabilities as a

guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issuance or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of the

applicant, and compatible with the

public interest, and is reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of Allegheny Conemaugh’s

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is March

5, 2001.