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each type of institution. The surveys

will be administered to a sample of 470

Learn and Serve grantee and subgrantee

organizations that received their initial

Learn and Serve grants in 1994–95.

The study will allow the Corporation

to assess the growth and

institutionalization of service-learning

in Learn and Serve grantee institutions,

to assess the degree to which servicelearning activities have been sustained

after the end of Learn and Serve

funding, and to assess the role of Learn

and Serve America grants in promoting

the growth and institutionalization of

service-learning in grantee institutions.

Findings from the study will help the

Corporation to develop more effective

strategies for supporting

institutionalization of service-learning

through its planning, grantmaking and

technical assistance activities.

There have been two changes since

the publication of the 60 day notice

(Federal Register, November 16, 2000

(Volume 65, Number 222), Pages 69288–

69290). The original plan called for the

survey to be administered through a

telephone interview. The current plan

calls for the survey to be distributed as

a paper-based, mail survey. The original

plan also included short and long

versions of each form. The current

submission includes a single version of

each form.

Dated: February 21, 2001.

Lance D. Potter,

Director, Office of Evaluation.

[FR Doc. 01–4712 Filed 2–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6050–$$–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA–233]

Application To Export Electric Energy;

Idaho Power Company

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: Idaho Power Company (IPC)

has applied for authority to transmit

electric energy from the United States to

Mexico pursuant to section 202(e) of the

Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before March 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Power Im/Ex (FE–27), Office of Fossil

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202–

287–5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven Mintz (Program Office) 202–586–

9506 or Michael Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)

(16 U.S.C. 824a(e)).

On February 12, 2001, the Office of

Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of

Energy (DOE) received an application

from IPC to transmit electric energy

from the United States to MexiCo IPC is

a wholly owned subsidiary of

IDACORP, Inc IPC is incorporated under

the laws of the State of Idaho and is

authorized to operate in Idaho, Oregon,

and Nevada. The electric energy IPC

proposes to export to Mexico would be

purchased from electric utilities,

Federal power marketing agencies,

cogeneration facilities, and exempt

wholesale generators within the United

States. In addition, IPC proposes to

export electric energy from power plants

that it owns only if that energy is

surplus to the needs of its native-load

customers.

IPC proposes to arrange for the

delivery of electric energy to Mexico

over the international transmission

facilities owned by San Diego Gas &

Electric Company, El Paso Electric

Company, Central Power and Light

Company, and Comision Federal de

Electricidad, the national electric utility

of Mexico. The construction of each of

the international transmission facilities

to be utilized by IPC, as more fully

described in the application, has

previously been authorized by a

Presidential permit issued pursuant to

Executive Order 10485, as amended.

Procedural Matters

Any person desiring to become a

party to this proceeding or to be heard

by filing comments or protests to this

application should file a petition to

intervene, comment or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the

FERC’s Rules of Practice and Procedures

(18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen

copies of each petition and protest

should be filed with the DOE on or

before the date listed above.

Comments on the IPC application to

export electric energy to Mexico should

be clearly marked with Docket EA–233.

Additional copies are to be filed directly

with James Thompson, Idaho Power

Company, 1221 West Idaho Street,

Boise, ID 83702 and Steven J. Ross,

Steptoe & Johnson LLP, 1330

Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington,

DC 20036.

A final decision will be made on this

application after the environmental

impacts have been evaluated pursuant

to the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (NEPA), and a

determination is made by the DOE that

the proposed action will not adversely

impact on the reliability of the U.S.

electric power supply system.

Copies of this application will be

made available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying at the address

provided above or by accessing the

Fossil Energy Home Page at http://

www.fe.doe.gov. Upon reaching the

Fossil Energy Home page, select

‘‘Regulatory Programs,’’ then

‘‘Electricity Regulation,’’ and then

‘‘Pending Proceedings’’ from the options

menus.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 21,

2001.

Anthony J. Como,

Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation,

Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex, Office of Coal

& Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 01–4735 Filed 2–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket No. PP–68–2]

Application to Amend Presidential

Permit San Diego Gas & Electric

Company

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Application.

SUMMARY: San Diego Gas & Electric

Company (SDG&E) has applied to

amend Presidential Permit PP–68

authorizing the construction, operation,

maintenance, and connection of a 230-

kV electric transmission line at the U.S.

international border with Mexico.

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before March 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Power Import and Export (FE–27),

Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0350.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Michael T. Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

construction, operation, maintenance,

and connection of facilities at the

international border of the United States

for the transmission of electric energy

between the United States and a foreign

country is prohibited in the absence of

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a Presidential permit issued pursuant to

Executive Order 10485, as amended by

Executive Order 12038.

On January 12, 1981, the Department

of Energy (DOE), in Presidential Permit

PP–68, authorized San Diego Gas &

Electric Company (SDG&E) to construct,

operate, maintain, and connect a

230,000-volt (230-kV) electric

transmission line from its Miguel

Substation, located approximately 10

miles north of the United States border

with Mexico, to Tijuana, Mexico, where

it interconnects with similar facilities at

the Comision Federal de Electricidad’s

Tijuana Substation. SDG&E is a

regulated public utility and a whollyowned subsidiary of Sempra Energy. On

November 8, 1982, in Docket PP–68–1,

DOE amended Presidential permit PP–

68 to permit SDG&E to add a second set

of conductors to the towers authorized

in the original Presidential permit.

On February 8, 2001, SDG&E filed an

application with the Office of Fossil

Energy (FE) of DOE to again amend the

existing Presidential permit to authorize

it to make certain changes to the

existing transmission line to provide for

the connection of the 510-megawatt

(MW) Otay Mesa merchant powerplant

being developed 1.5 miles north of the

border. To interconnect the new

powerplant to the existing PP–68

international transmission facilities,

SDG&E proposes to construct a 5-acre

switchyard within the fenced boundary

of the powerplant and to construct

approximately 0.1 miles of new 230kV

transmission line to interconnect with

the 230-kV Miguel-Tijuana transmission

line.

SDG&E also proposes to reconductor

that portion of the existing transmission

line from the new 5-acre switchyard,

north to the Miguel Substation, a

distance of approximately 8.5 miles.

SDG&E proposes to bundle each circuit

by adding a second set of conductors to

each phase (i.e., 12 total conductors

versus 6 that currently exist). The 1.5

mile portion of SDG&E’s Miguel-Tijuana

international transmission line south of

the Otay Mesa powerplant will remain

unchanged.

Since the restructuring of the electric

power industry began, resulting in the

introduction of different types of

competitive entities into the

marketplace, DOE has consistently

expressed its policy that cross-border

trade in electric energy should be

subject to the same principles of

comparable open access and nondiscrimination that apply to

transmission in interstate commerce.

DOE has stated that policy in export

authorizations granted to entities

requesting authority to export over

international transmission facilities.

Specifically, DOE expects transmitting

utilities owning border facilities

constructed pursuant to Presidential

permits to provide access across the

border in accordance with the

principles of comparable open access

and non-discrimination contained in the

FPA and articulated in Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission Order No. 888,

as amended (Promoting Wholesale

Competition Through Open Access

Non-Discriminatory Transmission

Services by Public Utilities). In

furtherance of this policy, DOE intends

to condition any Presidential permit

issued in this proceeding on compliance

with these open access principles.

Procedural Matters

Any person desiring to become a

party to this proceeding or to be heard

by filing comments or protests to this

application should file a petition to

intervene, comment or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the

FERC’s Rules of Practice and Procedures

(18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen

copies of each petition and protest

should be filed with the DOE on or

before the date listed above.

Additional copies of such petitions to

intervene or protests also should be

filed directly with: James F. Walsh,

Sempra Energy, 101 Ash Street, HQ11B,

San Diego, CA 92124 and Pat Fleming,

Sempra Energy, 101 Ash Street, HQ14A,

San Diego, CA 92124.

Before a Presidential permit may be

issued or amended, the DOE must

determine that the proposed action will

not adversely impact on the reliability

of the U.S. electric power supply

system. In addition, DOE must consider

the environmental impacts of the

proposed actions pursuant to the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969. DOE also must obtain the

concurrence of the Secretary of State

and the Secretary of Defense before

taking final action on a Presidential

permit application.

Copies of this application will be

made available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying at the address

provided above. In addition, the

application may be reviewed or

downloaded from the Fossil Energy

Home Page at: http://www.fe.doe.gov.

Upon reaching the Fossil Energy Home

page, select ‘‘Electricity’’ from the

option’s menu, and then ‘‘Pending

Proceedings.’’

Issued in Washington, DC., on February 21,

2001.

Anthony J. Como,

Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation,

Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex, Office of Coal

& Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 01–4732 Filed 2–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and

Technology; Small Modular Nuclear

Power Units

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of public interest.

SUMMARY: The United States Department

of Energy plans to undertake a study to

determine the feasibility of and issues

associated with the deployment of small

modular nuclear reactors for preparation

of a report to Congress by May 2001.

This report is being prepared as directed

by the Senate Committee on

Appropriations (S.R. Report no. 106–

395, at 107(2000)) on the Energy and

Water Development Appropriations Act,

2001 (Public Law 106–377). The

Committee report specifically states the

following:

The committee is aware of recent

improvements in reactor design that make

feasible small modular reactors with

attractive characteristics for remote

communities that otherwise must rely on

shipments of relatively expensive and

sometimes environmentally undesirable fuels

for their electric power. To be acceptable,

such a reactor would have to be inherently

safe, be relatively cost effective, have

intrinsic design features which would deter

sabotage or efforts to divert nuclear materials,

have infrequent refuelings, and be largely

factory constructed and deliverable to remote

sites. The Committee recommendation

provides $1,000,000 for the Department to

undertake a study to determine the feasibility

of and issues associated with the deployment

of such small reactors and provide a report

to Congress by May 2001.

This notice hereby announces the

Department’s interest in receiving

information from the nuclear technology

community on small modular power

unit concepts that should be considered

in the study. Such concepts must

generally meet the criteria previously

mentioned and may be entirely, or

almost entirely, factory fabricated for

transport to remote communities such

as islands and should be no larger than

50 megawatts-electric (MWe).

DATES: Concept information must be

submitted by 4:30 p.m., edt, March 15,

2001, to be accepted for review and to

permit timely consideration for

inclusion within the report.