1638 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 6 / Tuesday, January 9, 2001 / Notices

non-profit organizations for the

provision of technical assistance and

training to rural communities for the

purpose of improving passenger

transportation services or facilities.

Public bodies are not eligible for

passenger transportation RBEG grants.

Refer to section 310B(c)(2) (7 U.S.C.

1932) of the CONACT and 7 CFR part

1942, subpart G for the information

collection requirements of the RBEG

program.

Fiscal Year 2001 Preapplications

Submission

Each preapplication received in a

Rural Development State Office will be

reviewed to determine if this

preapplication is consistent with the

eligible purposes contained in 7 U.S.C.

310B(c)(2) of the CONACT. Each

selection priority criterion outlined in 7

CFR part 1942, subpart G, section

1942.305(b)(3), must be addressed in the

preapplication. Failure to address any of

the criteria will result in a zero-point

score for that criterion and will impact

the overall evaluation of the

preapplication. Copies of 7 CFR part

1942, subpart G, will be provided to any

interested applicant making a request to

a Rural Development State Office listed

in this notice. All projects to receive

technical assistance through these

passenger transportation grant funds are

to be identified when the

preapplications are submitted to the

Rural Development State Office.

Multiple project preapplications must

identify each individual project,

indicate the amount of funding

requested for each individual project,

and address the criteria as stated above

for each individual project. For

multiple-project preapplications, the

average of the individual project scores

will be the score for that preapplication.

All eligible preapplications, along

with tentative scoring sheets and the

Rural Development State Director’s

recommendation, will be referred to the

National Office no later than April 13,

2001, for final scoring and selection for

award.

The National Office will score

preapplications based on the grant

selection criteria and weights contained

in 7 CFR part 1942, subpart G, and

Administrator’s points, and will select a

grantee subject to the grantee’s

satisfactory submission of a formal

application and related materials in the

manner and time frame established by

RBS in accordance with 7 CFR part

1942, subpart G. It is anticipated that

the grantees will be selected by June 1,

2001. All applicants will be notified by

RBS of the Agency decision on the

award.

The information collection

requirements within this Notice are

covered under OMB No. 0570–0022 and

7 CFR part 1942, subpart G.

Dated: December 22, 2000.

Judith A. Canales,

Acting Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service.

[FR Doc. 01–605 Filed 1–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Arkansas Electric Cooperative

Corporation; Notice of Finding of No

Significant Impact

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of finding of no

significant impact.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has

made a finding of no significant impact

(FONSI) with respect to a request from

Arkansas Electric Cooperative

Corporation for financing assistance

from the RUS to finance the

construction of a 153 megawatt (MW)

combustion turbine electric generating

plant in southwest Arkansas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob

Quigel, Environmental Protection

Specialist, Engineering and

Environmental Staff, RUS, Stop 1571,

1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20250–1571, telephone

(202) 720–0468, e-mail at

bquigel@rus.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

project will consist of a single 153 MW

gas-fired, simple-cycle combustion

turbine generating unit. Other on-site

facilities include a 90-foot exhaust

stack, step-up and auxiliary

transformers, motor control centers, bus

ductwork, an electric substation, and

control, maintenance, and operations

buildings. The project also includes 4

miles of 115 kV transmission line that

will tie the station to the existing

transmission grid. The transmission line

will be built to 161 kV specifications in

anticipation that additional

transmission line capacity may be

needed in the future.

The facility is designed to

accommodate conversion of the unit to

combined cycle operation, but will be

initially operated as a simple cycle unit.

The site has been sized to accommodate

additional simple or combined cycle

units that may be added in the future.

Copies of the FONSI are available

from RUS at the address provided

herein or form Curtis Warner, Arkansas

Electric Cooperative Corporation, P.O.

Box 194208, Little Rock, Arkansas

72219–4208. Telephone (501) 570–2462.

Dated: January 3, 2001.

Blaine D. Stockton,

Assistant Administrator, Electric Program,

Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 01–556 Filed 1–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–827]

Certain Cased Pencils From the

People’s Republic of China;

Preliminary Results and Rescission in

Part of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results

and rescission in part of antidumping

duty administrative review of certain

cased pencils from the People’s

Republic of China.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(‘‘the Department’’) has preliminarily

determined that sales by the respondent

in this review covering the period

December 1, 1998 through November

30, 1999, have been made below normal

value (‘‘NV’’). In addition, we are

preliminarily rescinding this review

with respect to Three Star Stationery

Industry Co., Ltd. If these preliminary

results are adopted in our final results

of review, we will instruct the U.S.

Customs Service (‘‘Customs’’) to assess

antidumping duties on all appropriate

entries. Furthermore, we have reached a

final determination to rescind the

review with respect to Laizhou City

Guangming Pencil-Making Lead Co.,

Ltd.

The Department invites interested

parties to comment on these preliminary

results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Stolz or Howard Smith, AD/CVD

Enforcement, Office 4, Group II, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482–4474, and 482–

5193, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as