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included during the panel discussions. 

Any such items filed in advance of the 

Conference will then be available on the 

Commission’s e-Library. 

Post-Conference Comments 

After the conference, panel 

participants and all other interested 

persons may file additional comments 

on the issues discussed at the 

conference, or other matters relevant to 

this proceeding, by November 15, 2004. 

Comments should include a one-page, 

single spaced, position summary. 

Paper or Electronic Comments 

Comments may be filed in paper 

format or electronically. Those filing 

electronically do not need to make a 

paper filing. For paper filings, the 

original and 14 copies of such 

comments should be submitted to the 

Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, and 

should refer to Docket Nos. PL04–17–

000 and AD04–11–000. 

Documents filed electronically via the 

Internet can be prepared in a variety of 

formats, including MS Word, Portable 

Document Format, Real Text Format, or 

ASCII format, as listed on the 

Commission’s at http://www.ferc.gov, 

under the e-Filing link. The e-Filing link 

provides instructions for how to Login 

and complete an electronic filing. First 

time users will have to establish a user 

name and password. The Commission 

will send an automatic 

acknowledgement to the sender’s e-mail 

address upon receipt of comments. 

All comments will be placed in the 

Commission’s public files and will be 

available for inspection in the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room at 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426, during regular business hours. In 

addition, all comments may be viewed, 

printed, or downloaded remotely via the 

Internet through FERC’s home page 

using the eLibrary link. 

Off-the-Record Communications 

The purpose of this conference is to 

discuss generic issues and not contested 

cases pending before the Commission. If 

any comments raise specific issues 

concerning pending contested cases, 

those comments will be subject to the 

Commission’s Off-the-Record 

Communications rules located in 

subpart V of part 385 of the 

Commission’s regulations, including the 

public notice requirements and 

sanctions listed in sections 385.2201(h) 

and (i). 

Transcripts 

Transcripts of the conference will be 

available from Ace Reporting Company 

(202–347–3700) for a fee. The transcript 

also will be available on the 

Commission’s FERRIS system two 

weeks after the conference. 

Additionally, Capitol Connection offers 

the opportunity for remote listening and 

viewing of the conference. It is available 

for a fee, live or over the Internet, via 

C-Band Satellite. Persons interested in 

receiving the broadcast, or who need 

information on making arrangements 

should contact David Reininger or Julia 

Morelli at Capitol Connection (703–

993–3100) as soon as possible or visit 

the Capitol Connection Web site at 

http://www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu

and click on ‘‘FERC.’’

Additional Information 

For additional information, please 

contact Richard Foley at 202 502–8955 

or by e-mail at Richard.Foley@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

State of the Natural Gas Industry 

Conference; Agenda (as of October 13, 2004) 

9 a.m. Opening Remarks—Berne Mosley, 

Director, Division of Pipeline 

Certificates, Office of Energy Projects. 

9:10 a.m. Keynote Remarks—Commissioner 

Donald L. Mason, Public Utilities 

Commission of Ohio; Chairman of the 

Gas Committee, National Association of 

Regulatory Utility Commissioners; 

Committee(s) Chairman of the Interstate 

Oil and Gas Compact Commission. 

9:25 a.m. Session I—Comments on Staff 

Report and Storage Development Policy. 

Moderator—Berne Mosley. 

Richard Daniel, President, EnCana Gas 

Storage. 

Matt Morrow, President, ENSTOR. 

Ryan O’Neal, Vice President—

Development, Sempra Energy 

International. 

James F. Bowe, Jr., Dewey Ballantine LLP 

& Red Lake Gas Storage, L.P. 

Mark D. Cook, Principal, SGR Holdings, 

LLC. 

Donald J. Zinko, Vice President, Business 

Development Western Pipelines and 

EPNG Marketing, El Paso Corp. 

Carl Levander, Vice President, Marketing 

and Regulatory Strategy Columbia Gas 

Transmission Corporation. 

11:25 a.m. Break. 

11:45 a.m. Session II—Concept of a Program 

for Creating More Uncommitted Reserve 

Storage and Pipeline Capacity. 

Moderator—Berne Mosley. 

James F. Wilson, Principal, LECG, LLC. 

John M. Hopper, President and CEO, 

Falcon Gas Storage Company. 

Jay Dickerson, Vice President, Tennessee 

Gas Pipeline. 

Timothy J. Oaks, Manager Federal 

Regulatory Affairs, UGI Utilities, Inc. 

Craig Chancellor, Director, National Fuels 

Regulatory, Calpine Corp. 

12:45 p.m. Session III—Changing Roles of 

Industry Segments and How That Affects 

Commodity Price Volatility. Moderator—

Berne Mosley. 

Scott R. Smith, Sr. Vice President & 

Partner, Lukens Energy Group. 

Mr. Greg Rizzo, Group Vice President, 

Duke Energy Gas Transmission. 

Thomas L. Price, Vice President Marketing, 

Colorado Interstate Gas. 

Representative of NiSource Distribution 

Companies. 

1:45 p.m. Open Forum—Moderator—Berne 

Mosley. 

2:30 p.m. Closing Remarks—Berne Mosley.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7829–6] 

Subject to Availability of Funding 

Solicitation Notice; Environmental 

Information Exchange Network Grant 

Program; Fiscal Year 2005

SUMMARY: The United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

is now soliciting applications for the FY 

2005 Environmental Information 

Exchange Network Grant Program. The 

Exchange Network is a nationwide 

information systems network that 

facilitates the electronic reporting and 

exchange of environmental data among 

EPA and its state, tribal, and territorial 

partners. The Exchange Network will 

make it easier for EPA and its partners 

to obtain the timely and accurate 

information they need when making 

decisions concerning the natural 

environment and related human health 

issues. 

Subject to the availability of funding, 

the FY 2005 Exchange Network Grant 

Program will provide funding to states, 

territories, tribes, and tribal consortia to 

develop the information management 

and technology (IM/IT) capabilities they 

need to participate in the Exchange 

Network. This financial assistance 

program supports the development of 

Exchange Network infrastructure; 

common data standards and formats; 

and various data flows, including 

exchanges of geospatial data. 

The FY 2005 Exchange Network Grant 

Program will provide the following 

categories of assistance: 

• Readiness Category—supports the 

development of IM/IT capabilities 

needed to participate in the Exchange 

Network; provides up to $75,000 per 

tribal entity and up to $150,000 per 

state/territorial entity; 

• Implementation Category—supports 

the development of Exchange Network 

data flows, data standards, eXtensible 

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Markup Language (XML) schema, and 

Web services; provides up to $150,000 

per tribal entity and up to $300,000 per 

state/territorial entity; and 

• Challenge Category—supports the 

planning and development of 

collaborative, innovative projects that 

demonstrate the value of the Exchange 

Network; provides up to $300,000 per 

tribal entity and up to $750,000 per 

state/territorial entity. 

Applications must be submitted to 

EPA by January 15, 2005. Provided 

funding is available, EPA expects to 

notify applicants of its funding 

recommendations in May 2005 and 

issue the awards in August/September 

2005.

DATES: Applications must be submitted 

to EPA in hard copy by January 15, 

2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

a copy of the full solicitation notice and 

application instructions, see the 

Exchange Network Grant Program Web 

site at http://www.epa.gov/Networkg.

(This Web site address is case sensitive.) 

For further information about the grant 

program, please contact Rebecca Moser, 

Exchange Network Grant Program 

Manager, Office of Information 

Collection, Office of Environmental 

Information, U.S. EPA, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Mail Code 

2823–T, Washington, DC 20460; phone, 

(202) 566–1679; e-mail, 

moser.rebecca@epa.gov.

Dated: October 15, 2004. 

Mark A. Luttner, 

Director, Office of Information Collection, 

Office of Environmental Information, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency.

[FR Doc. 04–23582 Filed 10–20–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7829–3] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of an Upcoming Meeting of 

the Advisory Council on Clean Air 

Compliance Analysis

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference of the Advisory 

Council on Clean Air Compliance 

Analysis (Council) to finalize a draft 

advisory letter prepared by its Health 

Effects Subcommittee (HES) on the 

cessation lag issue, i.e., the time lag 

between reductions in air pollution and 

reductions in human health effects.

DATES: The public teleconference of the 

Council will be held on November 1, 

2004, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (eastern 

time).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain the call-in number and access 

code or who wish to obtain further 

information regarding the Council and 

its subcommittees may contact Dr. Holly 

Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer, 

at telephone/voice mail: (202) 343–9867 

or via e-mail at: 

stallworth.holly@epa.gov. General 

information about the SAB may be 

found on the SAB Web site at: http://

www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background: The Council and its 

subcommittees provide EPA’s Office of 

Air and Radiation (OAR) with advice on 

the data, methods and analyses 

conducted by OAR for implementing its 

programs under the Clean Air Act. 

Additional background on the Council 

and its advice was provided in 68 FR 

7531–7534. 

In its March 2004 Advisory report, 

posted at http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/

council_adv_04002.pdf, the Council 

HES provided advice on the health 

science aspects of EPA’s analytic 

blueprint for its second prospective 

analysis. EPA’s OAR and Office of 

Policy, Economics and Innovation 

recently requested that the Council 

clarify its particular advice in this 

March 2004 report pertaining to 

cessation lags, i.e., the time delay 

between reductions in air pollution and 

reductions in adverse health effects. On 

September 21, 2004, the HES addressed 

the Agency’s questions in a public 

teleconference, noticed in 69 FR 54783–

54784. The agenda and background 

documents related to the September 21, 

2004, teleconference on the cessation 

lag issue are posted at: http://

www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/council_hes_

background_info_092104.pdf.

Subsequent to this teleconference, the 

HES drafted an advisory letter 

summarizing its conclusions. The 

chartered Council will finalize this draft 

advisory letter on the November 1, 2004, 

teleconference. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

HES draft advisory letter and a meeting 

agenda will be posted on the SAB Web 

site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab prior to 

the teleconference. 

Procedures for Providing Public 

Comments: It is the policy of the EPA 

SAB to accept written public comments 

of any length, and to accommodate oral 

public comments whenever possible. 

The SAB Staff Office expects that public 

statements presented at the Council 

meeting will not be repetitive of 

previously submitted oral or written 

statements. Oral Comments: In general, 

each individual or group requesting an 

oral presentation at a face-to-face 

meeting will be limited to a total time 

of ten minutes (unless otherwise 

indicated). Interested parties should 

contact the DFO in writing (e-mail, fax 

or mail—see contact information above) 

by close of business October 25, 2004, 

in order to be placed on the public 

speaker list for the meeting. Written 

Comments: Although the SAB Staff 

Office accepts written comments until 

the date of the meeting (unless 

otherwise stated), written comments 

should be received in the SAB Staff 

Office at least seven business days prior 

to the meeting date so that the 

comments may be made available to the 

panel for their consideration. Comments 

should be supplied to the DFO at the 

address/contact information noted 

above in the following formats: one hard 

copy with original signature, and one 

electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable 

file format: Adobe Acrobat, 

WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files in 

IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format).

Dated: October 15, 2004. 

Vanessa T. Vu, 

Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[E–DOCKET ID No. ORD–2004–0003; FRL–

7829–7] 

Draft Proposed Sampling Program To 

Determine Extent of World Trade 

Center Impacts to the Indoor 

Environment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of external 

review draft and public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of the External Review Draft 

entitled, Draft Proposed Sampling 

Program to Determine Extent of World 

Trade Center Impacts to the Indoor 

Environment (EPA/600/R–04/169A), 

and a 30-day public comment period. 

The document was prepared by the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

Office of Research and Development 

and EPA’s Region 2 office in New York 

City. EPA will consider the public