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Contact Person: Michele C. HindiAlexander, PhD, Scientific Review

Administrator, Center for Scientific Review,

National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge

Drive, Room 4188, MSC 7848, Bethesda, MD

20892, 301–435–3554.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific

Review Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: March 7, 2001.

Time: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Bethesda, MD

20892 (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Victoria S. Levin, MSW,

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for

Scientific Review, National Institutes of

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3172,

MSC 7848, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

0912, levinv@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific

Review Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: March 7, 2001.

Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Bethesda, MD

20892 (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: John Bishop, PhD,

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for

Scientific Review, National Institutes of

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5180,

MSC 7844, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1250.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific

Review Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: March 7–9, 2001.

Time: 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: Copley Marriott, 110 Huntington

Avenue, Boston, MA 02116.

Contact Person: Marjam G. Behar, PhD,

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for

Scientific Review, National Institutes of

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4178,

MSC 7806, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1180.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine,

93.306; 93.333, Clinical Research, 93.333,

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844,

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National

Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: February 13, 2001.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory

Committee Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority

Part N, National Institutes of Health,

of the Statement of Organization,

Functions, and Delegations of Authority

for the Department of Health and

Human Services (40 FR 22859, May 27,

1975, as amended most recently at 65

FR 38848, June 22, 2000, and

redesignated from Part HN as Part N at

60 FR 56606, November 9, 1995) is

amended as set forth below to reflect the

establishment of the Office of the

Ombudsman/Center for Cooperative

Resolution within the Office of the

Director, NIH.

Section N–B, Organization and

Functions, under the heading Office of

the Director (NA, formerly HNA) is

amended by inserting immediately after

the paragraph for the Office of

Bioengineering and Bioimaging (HNAC)

the following:

Office of the Ombudsman/Center for

Cooperative Resolution (NAS, formerly

HNAS). (1) Provides overall leadership,

direction, and oversight on alternative

dispute resolution (ADR) policies,

programs, and activities at NIH; (2) acts

as the focal point for information and

activity relating to conflict management

and ADR; (3) advises the NIH Director

and staff on matters relating to dispute

resolution and conflict management,

generally, and to the specific

application of ADR throughout NIH; (4)

assists managers and employees in a

confidential, informal, impartial, and

independent way in resolving workrelated issues and disputes, including

receiving and inquiring into workplace

disputes brought to the Ombudsman by

any NIH staff member, initiating

independent inquiries, identifying and

analyzing systemic issues that foster

workplace disputes, and making

recommendations to the appropriate

responsible agency official(s) for

changes in policies and procedures; (5)

develops and implements ADR policies

and procedures and administers ADR

programs to facilitate the resolution of

workplace disputes; (6) develops and

provides conflict prevention services

including training and education; and

(7) works cooperatively and collaborates

with NIH components that administer

formal dispute resolution mechanisms.

Delegations of Authority Statement

All delegations and redelegations of

authority to offices and employees of

NIH that were in effect immediately

prior to the effective date of this

reorganization and are consistent with

this reorganization shall continue in

effect, pending further redelegation.

Dated: February 13, 2001.

Ruth L. Kirschstein,

Acting Director, National Institutes of Health.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–023–01–1310–MQ–026L–241A]

Call for Nominations for National

Petroleum Reserve—Alaska Research

and Monitoring Advisory Team

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to solicit public nominations for the

Bureau of Land Management’s National

Petroleum Reserve—Alaska (NPR–A)

Research and Monitoring Advisory

Team (RMT). The RMT will provide

advice and recommendations to the

BLM’s Northern Field Office Manager

on issues pertaining to the adequacy

and appropriateness of mitigative

stipulations established in the Northeast

NPR–A Integrated Activity Plan/

Environment Impact Statement, Record

of Decision (ROD), 1998.

The ROD directs the BLM to charter

the RMT in accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, which

requires that membership to the RMT be

designed to achieve balanced

representation of the various interests

relevant to surface resource protection

in the NPR–A. The Secretary of the

Interior will appoint representatives to

the RMT from federal, state and North

Slope Borough agencies; oil & gas or

related industry; nationally or regionally

recognized environmental or resource

conservation organizations;

academicians employed in natural

resource management or the natural

sciences; and the public at large.

Appointees will serve three-year terms.

Members will serve without salary, but

will be reimbursed travel expenses

according to government travel

regulations.

This notice is a call for nominations

from the nongovernment categories

listed above. One member will be

selected from each of four categories:

1—oil & gas or related industry;

2—nationally or regionally recognized

environmental or resource

conservation organizations;

3—academicians employed in natural

resource management or the natural

sciences; and

4—the public at large.

Individuals may nominate themselves

or others. Nominees will be evaluated

on their demonstrated professional or

personal qualifications and expertise,

such as in arctic biology and the

scientific process, relevant to the

functions and tasks to be performed by

the RMT. Nominees should have a

demonstrated commitment to

collaborative decisionmaking. All

nominations must be accompanied by

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letters of reference from represented

interests or organizations, and any other

information relevant to the nominee’s

qualifications.

Closing Date: Nominations must be

sent to Herb Brownell at the address

listed below, postmarked on or before

March 28, 2001.

Nomination Form: May be obtained

from BLM’s Northern Field Office

website at http://aurora.ak.blm.gov/npra

or by contacting Herb Brownell, Tel:

907–474–2333, 1–800–437–7021; or

email at Herb_Brownell@ak.blm.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Herb Brownell, Bureau of Land

Management, Northern Field Office,

1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, AK

99709–3844; tel: 907–474–2333.

Dated: February 13, 2001.

Robert W. Schneider,

Manager, Northern Field Office.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–070–99–5101–00; J–608; UTU–77149,

UTU–77164, UTU–78301, FERC Doc. No.

CP00–68–000]

San Juan County, NM; La Plata,

Montezuma, Dolores, and San Miguel

Counties, CO; and San Juan, Grand,

Emery, Carbon, Sanpete, Utah, Juab

and Salt Lake Counties, UT; Draft EIS

for a Refined Petroleum Products

Pipeline, Natural Gas Pipelines and

Utility Corridor Analysis and Plan

Amendments

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Draft

Environmental Impact Statement.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) of 1969, a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

has been prepared by the Bureau of

Land Management (BLM), Utah State

Office. The DEIS was prepared to

analyze the impacts of proposed

transportation of refined petroleum

products and natural gas through

pipelines located on public lands

administered by BLM, National Forest

System lands and State and private

lands in northwest New Mexico,

southwest Colorado, and southeast to

north-central Utah. In addition, the draft

EIS analyzes utility corridors across the

Manti-LaSal and Uinta National Forests

which may or may not expand the

existing designated corridors and/or

identify other corridors. This analysis

may result in Forest Plan amendments

to the Manti-LaSal and Uinta National

Forest Land and Resource Management

Plans. The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC) and United States

Forest Service, Manti-LaSal, San Juan

and Uinta National Forests, are

Cooperating Agencies in accordance

with Title 40, Code of Federal

Regulations, Section 1501.6. Public

reading copies of the DEIS will be

available for review at the following

locations:

• Salt Lake City, Utah—209 East 500

South

• West Valley City, Utah—2880 West

3650 South

• Payson, Utah—439 West Utah Ave

• Nephi, Utah—22 East 100 North

• Price, Utah—159 East Main

• Moab, Utah—Grand Co. Library, 25

South 100 East

• Durango, Colorado—Durango

Public Library, 1188 Second Avenue

• Dolores, Colorado—Dolores Public

Library, PO Box 847, Dolores, CO

• Farmington, New Mexico—

Farmington Public Library, 100 West

Broadway.

In addition, a limited number of

copies of the document will be available

at the following BLM and Forest Service

Offices:

• Bureau of Land Management, Utah

State Office, 324 South State, Salt Lake

City, Utah

• Uinta National Forest, 88 West 100

North, Provo, Utah

• Filmore Field Office, 35 East 500

North, Filmore, Utah

• Bureau of Land Management, Price

Field Office, 125 South, 600 West, Price,

Utah

• Manti La-Sal National Forest, 599

West Price River Drive, Price, Utah

• Bureau of Land Management, Moab

Field Office, 82 East Dogwood Road,

Moab, Utah

• Bureau of Land Management,

Monticello Field Office, 435 North Main

Street, Monticello, Utah

• Bureau of Land Management,

Durango Field Office, 15 Burnett Court,

Durango, Colorado

• San Juan National Forest, 100 North

Sixth Street, Dolores, Colorado

• Bureau of Land Management,

Farmington Field Office, 1235 La Plata

Highway.

DATES: Written comments must be post

marked on or before April 16, 2001, or

45 days after date of publication in the

Federal Register, whichever is later.

Public meetings will be held at the

following locations and dates:

• March 14, 2001, West Valley City,

Family Fitness Center, Community

Room A, 5415 West, 3100 South, West

Valley City, Utah

• March 19, 2001, Senior Citizens

Center, 450 East, 100 North, Moab, Utah

• March 20, 2001, Double Tree Inn,

501 Camino Del Rio, Durango, Colorado,

and Anasazi Heritage Center, 27501

Highway 184, Delores, Colorado

• March 22, 2001, Farmington Civic

Center, (Room B) 200 West Arrington,

Farmington, New Mexico

• March 27, 2001, Juab County High

School, 802 North 650 East, Nephi, Utah

• March 28, 2001, Payson City Hall,

439 West Utah Ave, Payson, Utah

• March 29, 2001, Association of

Governments and Small Business

Development Center, 375 South Carbon

Ave., Price, Utah

All meetings will begin at 7:00 pm.

BLM reserves the right to limit

presentations based on public

attendance. Only written comments will

be made part of the official record.

Written comments may be submitted at

the meetings or may be mailed to the

address below prior to the end of the

comment period.

Comments, including names and

street addresses of respondents will be

available for public review at the BLM

Utah State Office and will be subject to

disclosure under the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA). They may be

published as part of the final EIS and

other related documents. Individual

respondents may request

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold

your name or street address from public

review and disclosure under the FOIA,

you must state this prominently at the

beginning of your written comment.

Such requests will be honored to the

extent allowed by law. All submissions

from organizations or businesses, will

be made available for public inspection

in their entirety.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to LaVerne Steah, Project

Manager, Bureau of Land Management,

Utah State Office, P.O. Box 45155, Salt

Lake City, UT 84145–0155 or at the

project website: QWK–EIS.ORG. Copies

of the DEIS can be obtained through the

project web site, or by written request to

the above address (hard copy or CD). An

executive summary including maps will

be mailed to all individuals and

organizations on the project mailing list.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Please contact

Ms. LaVerne Steah at the above address

or phone: (801) 539–4114 or e-mail:

LaVerne_steah@ut.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Three

proponents (Williams Pipeline

Company, Questar Pipeline Company

and Kerne River Gas Transmission

Company) filed right-of-way