65416 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 218 / Friday, November 12, 2004 / Notices 

Title II Requirements Payments; Court 

Case Update; Results from the HAVA 

College Poll Worker Program; Election 

Day Data Collection Update. The 

Commission will also receive 

presentations on EAC Election Day 

Activities and other items. Presentations 

will include: Election Day at the EAC 

Office; Election Day Reports from the 

Field; Election Day Summary; EAC Plan 

of Action for 2005.

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:

Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566–

3100.

DeForest B. Soaries, Jr. 

Chairman, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission.

[FR Doc. 04–25339 Filed 11–9–04; 3:50 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6820–YN–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA–298] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

ISO New England Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: ISO New England Inc. (ISO–

NE) has applied for authority to transmit 

electric energy from the United States to 

Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the 

Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before November 29, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed as follows: Office of Coal & 

Power Systems (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:

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program 

Attorney) 202–586–2793.

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 October 4, 2004, the Office of 

Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of 

Energy (DOE) received an application 

from ISO–NE to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Canada. ISO–

NE is the private, non-profit 

Independent System Operator for New 

England. ISO–NE administers the New 

England electricity markets and operates 

the bulk electric power system in the 

New England region. ISO–NE is 

responsible for protecting the short-term 

reliability of the New England control 

area, for administering competitive and 

efficient wholesale markets in New 

England, and for administering the New 

England Power Pool (NEPOOL) Open 

Access Transmission Tariff on behalf of 

the NEPOOL participants. 

In its role as control area operator, 

ISO–NE administers electricity 

transactions entered into by the 

NEPOOL participants and is responsible 

for scheduling transmission service over 

the bulk power transmission and 

generating facilities in New England. 

The electricity transactions 

administered by ISO–NE include 

electricity exports to Canadian entities. 

On March 24, 2004, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

issued an order granting Regional 

Transmission Organization (RTO) status 

to ISO–NE, subject to the fulfillment of 

certain requirements. In accordance 

with that order, ISO–NE will become 

the RTO for New England in the near 

future. In its application, ISO–NE states 

that commencement of its operations as 

the RTO will not have any substantive 

effect on the way it will administer 

electricity exports to Canada. In that 

regard, ISO–NE has requested that, if 

DOE grants its request in this 

proceeding, any order issued by DOE 

explicitly recognize the impending 

commencement of ISO–NE’s operations 

as an RTO and provide for the 

continuation of its export authority once 

that conversion to an RTO occurs. 

In its application ISO–NE requested 

that DOE expedite the processing of this 

application in order to have electricity 

export authority in place upon 

completion of the transition to the 

FERC-approved RTO. Accordingly, DOE 

has shortened the public comment 

period to 15 days. 

ISO–NE proposes to arrange for the 

delivery of electric energy to Canada 

over the existing international 

transmission facilities owned by Joint 

Owners of the Highgate Project, Maine 

Electric Power Company and Vermont 

Electric Transmission Company. The 

construction, operation, maintenance, 

and connection of each of the 

international transmission facilities to 

be utilized by ISO–NE, 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 DOE on or before 

the date listed above. 

Comments on the ISO–NE application 

to export electric energy to Canada 

should be clearly marked with Docket 

EA–298. Additional copies are to be 

filed directly with James H. Douglass, 

Senior Regulatory Counsel, ISO New 

England Inc., One Sullivan Road, 

Holyoke, MA 01040–2841 and Perry D. 

Robinson, Ballard Spahr Andrews & 

Ingersoll, LLP, 601 13th Street, NW., 

Suite 1000 South, Washington, DC 

20005. 

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, 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.de.gov. Upon reaching the Fossil 

Energy Home page, select ‘‘Electricity 

Regulation,’’ and then ‘‘Pending 

Proceedings’’ from the options menus.

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 8, 

2004. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, 

Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 04–25201 Filed 11–10–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket No. PP–85–3] 

Application To Transfer Presidential 

Permit; Boliden Westmin (Canada) 

Limited and Boliden Power Limited

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: Boliden Westmin (Canada) 

Limited (BWCL) and Boliden Power 

Limited (BPL) have jointly applied to 

transfer Presidential Permit PP–85–2 

from BWCL to BPL.

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before December 13, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed as follows: Office of Fossil 

Energy, FE–27, Forrestal Building, U.S. 

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Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Michael T. Skinker (Program 

Attorney) 202–586–2793.

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 

a Presidential permit issued pursuant to 

Executive Order (EO) 10485, as 

amended by EO 12038. Existing 

Presidential permits are not transferable 

or assignable. However, in the event of 

a proposed voluntary transfer of 

facilities, in accordance with the 

regulations at 10 CFR 205.323, the 

existing permit holder and the 

transferee are required to file a joint 

application with DOE that includes a 

statement of reasons for the transfer. 

On October 20, 2004, BWCL and BPL, 

both wholly-owned subsidiaries of 

Boliden AB, a Swedish Corporation, 

jointly filed an application with the 

Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the 

Department of Energy (DOE) to transfer 

from BWCL to BPL the international 

transmission facilities authorized by 

Presidential Permit PP–85–2. The 

permitted facilities ‘‘loop’’ into and out 

of Canada, through the State of Alaska, 

and do not interconnect with the 

electricity delivery system of Alaska. No 

physical change to authorized facilities 

is expected. The facilities proposed to 

be transferred are described as:

One 35,000-volt (35-kV) alternating current 

transmission line which crosses the U.S. 

international border from British Columbia, 

Canada, passes through the State of Alaska, 

and re-enters British Columbia at a second 

point on the U.S. international border.

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: W. S. Garton and 

Christopher Horte, Bull, Housser & 

Tupper, 3000–1055 West Georgia Street, 

Vancouver, BC, V6E 3R3, Canada. 

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 action (i.e., granting the 

Presidential permit, with any conditions 

and limitations, or denying the permit) 

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 Regulation’’

from the options menu, and then 

‘‘Pending Proceedings.’’

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 8, 

2004. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, 

Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 04–25200 Filed 11–10–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC04–574–001, FERC–574] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities, Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Submitted for OMB 

Review 

November 5, 2004.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

has submitted the information 

collection described below to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and reinstatement of this 

information collection requirement. Any 

interested person may file comments 

directly with OMB and should address 

a copy of those comments to the 

Commission as explained below. The 

Commission received no comments in 

response to an earlier Federal Register

notice of August 20, 2004 (69 FR 51649–

50), and has made this notification in its 

submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by December 10, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

collection of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Comments to 

OMB should be filed electronically, c/o 

Pamela_L._Beverly@omb.eop.gov and 

include the OMB Control No. as a point 

of reference. The Desk Officer may be 

reached by telephone at 202–395–4650. 

A copy of the comments should also be 

sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Office of the Executive 

Director, ED–30, Attention: Michael 

Miller, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. Comments may 

be filed either in paper format or 

electronically. Those persons filing 

electronically do not need to make a 

paper filing. For paper filings, 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 No. IC04–574–

001. 

Documents filed electronically via the 

Internet must be prepared in 

WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable 

Document Format, or ASCII format. To 

file the document, access the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov and click on ‘‘Make an Efiling,’’ and then follow the instructions 

for each screen. First time users will 

have to establish a user name and 

password. The Commission will send an 

automatic acknowledgment to the 

sender’s e-mail address upon receipt of 

comments. User assistance for electronic 

filings is available at 202–502–8258 or 

by e-mail to efiling@ferc.gov. Comments 

should not be submitted to the e-mail 

address. 

All comments are available for review 

at the Commission or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by 

telephone at (202) 502–8415, by fax at 

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at 

michael.miller@ferc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: