Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 223 / Friday, November 19, 2004 / Notices 67713

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge 

Reservation

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EMSSAB), Oak Ridge 

Reservation. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register.

DATES: Wednesday, December 8, 2004, 6 

p.m.

ADDRESSES: DOE Information Center, 

475 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, 

TN.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat 

Halsey, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy, Oak Ridge 

Operations Office, PO Box 2001, EM–90, 

Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone (865) 576–

4025; Fax (865) 576–5333 or e-mail: 

halseypj@oro.doe.gov or check the Web 

site at http://www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/

ssab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Meeting: To provide an update on 

the Witherspoon site in South 

Knoxville. The Witherspoon 901 site 

served as a scrap metal recycling facility 

for 45 years. The site received scrap 

from the Atomic Energy Commission, a 

DOE predecessor agency, and other 

organizations. Contaminated surface 

water and soil have been found at the 

site. Primary contaminants include 

uranium, heavy metals, organics and 

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The 

site is now a Tennessee Department of 

Environmental and Conservation 

Superfund site. DOE is overseeing the 

site cleanup in accordance with a 

Memorandum of Understanding with 

the State of Tennessee. 

Tentative Agenda:

• Update on Witherspoon site in 

South Knoxville. Speaker—Jason Darby 

of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). 

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 Pat Halsey at the address or 

telephone number listed above. 

Requests must be received five days 

prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comment will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes of this meeting will 

be available for public review and 

copying at the Department of Energy’s 

Information Center at 475 Oak Ridge 

Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN between 8 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, or by writing to Pat Halsey, 

Department of Energy Oak Ridge 

Operations Office, PO Box 2001, EM–90, 

Oak Ridge, TN 37831, or by calling her 

at (865) 576–4025.

Issued in Washington, DC on November 16, 

2004. 

Rachel M. Samuel, 

Deputy Advisory Committee Management 

Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–25693 Filed 11–18–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PR05–1–000] 

Nicor Gas; Notice of Petition for Rate 

Approval 

November 15, 2004. 

Take notice that on October 5, 2004, 

Nicor Gas tendered for filing an 

application pursuant to sections 284.224 

and 284.123 to: (a) Establish a new 

facility-based priority interruptible 

service; and (b) revise Nicor Gas’

Operating Statement to make it more 

user-friendly, clarify several aspects of 

the rules governing interstate services 

provided by Nicor Gas, and expand the 

recourse rate options available to 

interstate shippers. 

Pursuant to section 284.123(b)(2)(ii), 

if the Commission does not act within 

150 days of the date of this filing, the 

rates will be deemed to be fair and 

equitable and not in excess of an 

amount which interstate pipelines 

would be permitted to charge for similar 

transportation service. The Commission 

may, prior to the expiration of the 150 

day period, extend the time for action or 

institute a proceeding to afford parties 

an opportunity for written comments 

and for the oral presentation of views, 

data, and arguments. 

Any person desiring to participate in 

this rate filing must file in accordance 

with Rules 211 and 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Protests will be considered by 

the Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, on 

or before the date as indicated below. 

Anyone filing an intervention or protest 

must serve a copy of that document on 

the Applicant. Anyone filing an 

intervention or protest on or before the 

intervention or protest date need not 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Intervention and Protest Date: 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time on December 6, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E4–3257 Filed 11–18–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP04–343–001 and CP04–343–

002] 

Paiute Pipeline Company; Notice of 

Amendments 

November 4, 2004. 

Take notice that on October 25, 2004, 

Paiute Pipeline Company (Paiute), PO 

Box 94197, Las Vegas, Nevada 89193, 

filed in Docket No. CP04–343–001, an 

amendment to its initial application for 

a certificate of public convenience and 

necessity filed in Docket No. CP04–343–

000. With this amendment, Paiute is 

proposing to acquire and operate LNG 

storage and associated pipeline facilities 

and to render LNG Storage service