57024 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 184 / Thursday, September 23, 2004 / Notices 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/

index.html.

Dated: September 20, 2004. 

Sally L. Stroup, 

Assistant Secretary, for Postsecondary 

Education.

[FR Doc. E4–2358 Filed 9–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Notice

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting 

agenda.

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, September 30, 

2004, 10 a.m.–12 Noon.

PLACE: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 1225 New York Ave., NW., 

Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005, 

(Metro Stop: Metro Center).

AGENDA: The Commission will receive 

updates on the following: Title II 

Requirements Payments, HAVA College 

Program; proceedings at the Technical 

Guidelines Development Committee 

Subcommittee meetings at the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology. 

The Commission will also receive 

presentations from panel participants in 

a discussion regarding the 

administration of provisional ballots.

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:

Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566–

3100.

DeForest B. Soaries, Jr., 

Chairman, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission.

[FR Doc. 04–21538 Filed 9–21–04; 3:37 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board Chairs 

Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EMSSAB) Chairs. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 

92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of these meetings be 

announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, October 7, 2004, 8:30 

a.m.–5 p.m., Friday, October 8, 2004, 

8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Red Lion Hanford House, 

802 George Washington Way, Richland, 

WA 99352, Phone: (509) 946–7611.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay 

Vivari, Program Management Specialist 

(EM30.1), Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–5143.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Board: The purpose of the EMSSAB 

is to make recommendations to DOE in 

the areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

Thursday, October 7, 2004:

8:30 a.m.—Welcome; introductions; 

meeting expectations (Waisley; 

Lowe, Mabie). 

8:45 a.m.—Round Robin 1: Top Three 

Issues for Each Site-Specific 

Advisory Board. 

10 a.m.—Break. 

10:15 a.m.—Round Robin 2: SiteSpecific Advisory Boards’

Organizational Challenges. 

11:30 a.m.—Potential National 

Stakeholders Workshop. 

11:45 a.m.—Public comment period. 

Noon—Lunch. 

1 p.m.—Hanford’s Role in the 

Department of Energy’s Complex 

and How Stakeholders Influence 

That Role. 

1:45 p.m.—Round Robin 3: Current 

Developments Related to 

Interdependencies Among 

Department of Energy Sites for 

Waste Disposition. 

2:30 p.m.—Break. 

2:45 p.m.—Hanford Panel: 

Perspectives on Shipping and 

Receiving Waste at Hanford. 

3:45 p.m.—Facilitated discussion—

Vulnerabilities of the Current Waste 

Disposition Plan and Ramification 

for All Intersite Transfers. 

4:30 p.m.—Public comment period. 

4:45 p.m.—Next steps.

Friday, October 8, 2004:

8:30 a.m.—Opening. 

8:45 a.m.—Department of Energy 

headquarters organizational 

changes, fiscal year 2005 budget, 

and the outlook for fiscal year 2006/

Waisley. 

9:15 a.m.—Potential National 

Stakeholders Workshop 

(continued). 

9:45 a.m.—Break. 

10 a.m.—Panel discussion—Ongoing 

Transition from Environmental 

Management to Legacy Management 

at Rocky Flats and Fernald. 

10:30 a.m.—Facilitated discussion. 

11:30 a.m.—Public comment period. 

11:45 a.m.—Meeting wrap-up.

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Committee either 

before or after the meeting. Individuals 

who wish to make oral statements 

pertaining to agenda items should 

contact Jay Vivari at the address above 

or by telephone at (202) 586–5143. 

Requests must be received five days 

prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Each individual 

wishing to make public comment will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments at the end of 

the meeting. 

Minutes: Minutes of this meeting will 

be available for public review and 

copying at the Freedom of Information 

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585 between 9 

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday–Friday except 

Federal holidays. Minutes will also be 

available by calling Jay Vivari at (202) 

586–5143.

Issued at Washington, DC on September 

16, 2004. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Advisory Committee Management 

Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–21384 Filed 9–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. ER04–582–000, ER04–582–

001, ER04–582–002, and ER04–582–003] 

Hartford Steam Company; Notice of 

Issuance of Order 

September 16, 2004. 

Hartford Steam Company (Hartford) 

filed an application for market-based 

rate authority, with an accompanying 

rate schedule. The proposed rate 

schedule provides for wholesale sales of 

energy, capacity, and ancillary services 

at market-based rates. Hartford also 

requested waiver of various Commission 

regulations. In particular, Hartford 

requested that the Commission grant 

blanket approval under 18 CFR part 34 

of all future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability by Hartford. 

On September 10, 2004, pursuant to 

delegated authority, the Director, 

Division of Tariffs and Market 

Development—South, granted the