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Management Final EIS (DOE/EIS–0279, 

2000). The onsite impacts identified for 

those sites would not be changed by the 

extension of the Acceptance Policy. 

Transportation impacts from INEEL and 

SRS to the geologic repository as 

analyzed in the Final EIS for a Geologic 

Repository for the Disposal of Spent 

Nuclear Fuel and High-level Radioactive 

Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye, County, 

Nevada, (DOE/EIS–250, 2002) are also 

unchanged by the extension. 

Decision 

DOE has decided to extend the FRR 

SNF Acceptance Policy for an 

additional 10 years beyond its current 

expiration, until May 12, 2016, for 

irradiation of eligible fuel, and until 

May 12, 2019, for fuel acceptance. DOE 

has also decided to include the 

Australian RRR as a reactor eligible to 

participate in the acceptance program. 

For the small amount of RRR fuel that 

would be added to 1996 estimates, DOE 

will continue limitations on shipment 

cask curie activity and will ensure that 

the upper limit estimate for the source 

term assumed in the FRR SNF EIS 

accident analysis will not be exceeded. 

DOE’s decision furthers the 

nonproliferation objectives of the 

United States. The extension of the 

Acceptance Policy is expected to 

provide sufficient time for reactors to 

complete their planned shipments, to 

complete development, testing, 

qualification and fabrication of new 

LEU fuels which could be used by the 

RRR and other reactors, and to provide 

time for reactors to convert to the new 

LEU fuels or make alternative fuel 

management arrangements.

Issued in Washington, DC on November 22, 

2004. 

Linton F. Brooks, 

Under Secretary and Administrator, National 

Nuclear Security Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–26470 Filed 11–30–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EMSSAB), Paducah. 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: Thursday, January 20, 2005—

5:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 111 Memorial Drive, 

Barkley Centre, Paducah, Kentucky 

42001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William E. Murphie, Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer (DDFO), Department of 

Energy Portsmouth/Paducah Project 

Office, 1017 Majestic Drive, Suite 200, 

Lexington, Kentucky 40513, (859) 219–

4001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE in the areas of environmental 

restoration, waste management and 

related activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

5:30 p.m. Informal Discussion 

6 p.m. Call to Order 

Introduction 

Review of Agenda 

Approval of November Minutes 

6:05 p.m. DDFO’s Comments 

6:25 p.m. Federal Coordinator 

Comments 

6:30 p.m. Ex-Officio Comments 

6:40 p.m. Public Comments and 

Questions 

7:50 p.m. Task Forces/Presentations 

• Waste Disposition Task Force 

—Burial Ground Operable Unit 

• Water Quality Task Force 

• Long Range Strategy/Stewardship 

Task Force 

—Annual Report 

—Site Management Plan Update 

• Waste Community Outreach Task 

Force 

7 p.m. Public Comments and 

Questions 

8 p.m. Break 

8:15 p.m. Administrative Issues 

• Review of Work Plan 

• Review of Next Agenda 

8:20 p.m. Review of Action Items 

8:25 p.m. Subcommittee Reports 

• Executive Committee 

8:40 p.m. Final Comments 

9:30 p.m. Adjourn

Copies of the final agenda will be 

available at the meeting. 

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 David Dollins at the address 

listed below or by telephone at (270) 

441–6819. 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 comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments as the first 

item of the meeting agenda. 

Minutes: The 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 at the Department of Energy’s 

Environmental Information Center and 

Reading Room at 115 Memorial Drive, 

Barkley Centre, Paducah, Kentucky 

between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., on Monday 

thru Friday or by writing to David 

Dollins, Department of Energy, Paducah 

Site Office, Post Office Box 1410, MS–

103, Paducah, Kentucky 42001 or by 

calling him at (270) 441–6819.

Issued at Washington, DC, on November 

24, 2004. 

Rachel M. Samuel, 

Deputy Advisory Committee Management 

Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–26469 Filed 11–30–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP05–18–000] 

Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Proceeding 

November 23, 2004. 

Take notice that on November 18, 

2004, in an order issued in Docket Nos. 

RP04–97–001, et al., the Commission 

established a separate proceeding to 

conduct an inquiry in response to 

assertions by Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans), 

100 Allegany Center, Pittsburgh, PA 

15275, that a significant portion of its 

storage facilities’ cushion gas has been 

lost due to migration of that gas. The 

proceeding in Docket No. CP05–18–000, 

initiated by the Commission pursuant to 

its authority under section 5, 7, 8 and 

16 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), will 

explore material issues regarding 

Equitrans’ loss of the cushion gas, as 

described in more detail herein. 

In the rate proceeding in Docket Nos. 

RP04–97–001, et al., Equitrans 

explained its intention to buy and inject 

into storage approximately 9,600,000 

Dth of cushion gas to replace lost 

cushion gas. Equitrans proposed in the 

rate proceeding to reflect the projected 

purchase cost of this cushion gas of 

approximately $49.1 million in its rates.