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a pre-certification site visit of Freebird 

Gas Storage, L.L.C.’s (Freebird) planned 

Freebird Gas Storage Project. The 

project consists of about 4.28 miles of 

16-inch-diameter pipeline that would 

connect Freebird’s gas storage to the 

‘‘500 leg’’ of Tennessee Gas Pipeline 

Company in Lamar County, Alabama. 

We will view the proposed route and 

variations that are being considered for 

the planned pipeline and gas storage. 

Examination will be by automobile and 

on foot. Representatives of Freebird will 

be accompanying the OEP staff. 

All interested parties may attend. 

Those planning to attend must provide 

their own transportation. Those 

interested in attending should meet at 8 

a.m. (c.s.t.) in the parking lot/area of the 

Econolodge Hamilton, located at 2031 

Military Street South in Hamilton, 

Alabama. 

For additional information, please 

contact the Commission’s Office of 

External Affairs at 1–866–208–FERC.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E4–3834 Filed 12–27–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM98–1–000] 

Records Governing Off-the Record 

Communications; Public Notice 

December 20, 2004. 

This constitutes notice, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt 

of exempt and prohibited off-the-record 

communications. 

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, 

September 22, 1999) requires 

Commission decisional employees, who 

make or receive an exempt or prohibited 

off-the-record communication relevant 

to the merit’s of a contested on-therecord proceeding, to deliver a copy of 

the communication, if written, or a 

summary of the substance of any oral 

communication, to the Secretary. 

Prohibited communications will be 

included in a public, non-decisional file 

associated with, but not a part of, the 

decisional record of the proceeding. 

Unless the Commission determines that 

the prohibited communication and any 

responses thereto should become a part 

of the decisional record, the prohibited 

off-the-record communication will not 

be considered by the Commission in 

reaching its decision. Parties to a 

proceeding may seek the opportunity to 

respond to any facts or contentions 

made in a prohibited off-the-record 

communication, and may request that 

the Commission place the prohibited 

communication and responses thereto 

in the decisional record. The 

Commission will grant such a request 

only when it determines that fairness so 

requires. Any person identified below as 

having made a prohibited off-the-record 

communication shall serve the 

document on all parties listed on the 

official service list for the applicable 

proceeding in accordance with Rule 

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Exempt off-the-record 

communications will be included in the 

decisional record of the proceeding, 

unless the communication was with a 

cooperating agency as described by 40 

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 

385.2201(e)(1)(v). 

The following is a list of exempt 

communications recently received in 

the Office of the Secretary. The 

communications listed are grouped by 

docket numbers. These filings are 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

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

(FERRIS) link. Enter the docket number 

excluding the last three digits in the 

docket number field to access the 

document. For Assistance, please 

contact FERC, Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. 

Exempt:

Docket No. Date filed Presenter or

requester 

1. CP04–36–000 ........................................................................... 12–8–04 Hon. Edward M. Lambert, Jr. 

2. CP04–36–000 CP04–223–000 ................................................. 12–15–04 Hugh Thomas.1

3. CP04–223–000 ......................................................................... 12–15–04 Hugh Thomas.2

4. Project No. 2105–000 ............................................................... 12–15–04 Lorie Jaimes. 

5. Project No. 2114–000 ............................................................... 12–15–04 Roger D. Whitlam, Ph.D. 

1Workshop Summary—11–17–04 2Workshop Summary—12–07–04 

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7855–8] 

Environmental Laboratory Advisory 

Board (ELAB) Meeting Dates, and 

Agenda

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of teleconference 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency’s Environmental Laboratory 

Advisory Board (ELAB), as previously 

announced, will have teleconference 

meetings on January 19, 2005 at 1 p.m. 

ET; February 15, 2005 at 1 p.m. ET; 

March 16, 2005 at 1 p.m. ET; April 20, 

2005 at 1 p.m. ET; May 18, 2005 at 1 

p.m. ET; and June 15, 2005 at 1 p.m. ET 

to discuss the ideas and views presented 

at the previous ELAB meetings, as well 

as new business. Items to be discussed 

by ELAB over these coming meetings 

include: (1) What actions can be taken 

to expand the number of laboratories 

seeking accreditation under the National 

Environmental Laboratory Accreditation 

Conference (NELAC) program; (2) 

homeland security issues affecting the 

laboratory community; (3) ELAB 

support to the Agency’s Forum on 

Environmental Measurements (FEM); (4) 

what needs to be done to facilitate the 

implementation of the use of a 

performance approach in environmental 

monitoring; (5) increasing state 

participation in NELAC; and (6) followup on some of ELAB’s past 

recommendations and issues. In 

addition to these teleconference, ELAB 

will be hosting their next, public faceto-face meeting on February 2, 2005 at 

the Sheraton Society Hill in 

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 8:30–

11:30 a.m. ET. An Open Forum session 

for the public to present ideas to ELAB 

for consideration will also be hosted the 

evening prior to their face-to-face 

meeting on February 1, 2005, 30 

minutes following the close of the 

conference sessions being held that day. 

Written comments on laboratory 

accreditation issues and/or 

environmental monitoring issues are 

encouraged and should be sent to the 

ELAB Designated Federal Official, Ms. 

Lara P. Autry, U.S. EPA (E243–05), 109 

T. W. Alexander Drive, Research 

Triangle Park, NC 27709, faxed to (919) 

541–4261, or e-mailed to 

autry.lara@epa.gov. Members of the 

public are invited to listen to the 

teleconference calls and attend the faceto-face meetings. Time permitting, the 

public will be allowed to comment on 

issues discussed during current and 

previous ELAB meetings. Those persons 

interested in attending should call Lara 

P. Autry at (919) 541–5544 to obtain 

teleconference information. The number 

of lines available for the 

teleconferences, however, are limited 

and will be distributed on a first come, 

first serve basis. Preference will be given 

to a group wishing to attend over a 

request from an individual.

Henry L. Longest, II, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Research and Development.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7855–7] 

EPA National Advisory Council for 

Environmental Policy and Technology; 

Notification of Public Advisory 

Committee Teleconference Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) .

ACTION: Notification of Public Advisory 

Committee Teleconference Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, notice is hereby given that the 

National Advisory Council for 

Environmental Policy and Technology 

(NACEPT) will meet in a public 

teleconference on January 13, 2005, 

from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 Eastern Time. 

The meeting will be hosted out of the 

main conference room, U.S. EPA, 655 

15th Street, NW., Suite 800, 

Washington, DC 20005. The meeting is 

open to the public, however, due to 

limited space, seating will be on a 

registration-only basis. For further 

information regarding the 

teleconference meeting, please contact 

the individual listed below. 

Background: NACEPT is a federal 

advisory committee under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, PL 92463. 

NACEPT provides advice and 

recommendations to the Administrator 

and other EPA officials on a broad range 

of domestic and international 

environmental policy issues. NACEPT 

consists of a representative cross-section 

of EPA’s partners and principle 

constituents who provide advice and 

recommendations on policy issues and 

serves as a sounding board for new 

strategies that the Agency is developing. 

Purpose of Meeting: A workgroup 

under the auspices of NACEPT has 

prepared a draft advice letter on the 

environmental indicators database. The 

purpose of this teleconference is for the 

NACEPT Council to review, discuss, 

and decide whether to approve the 

letter. 

Availability of Review Materials: If 

you wish to receive a copy of the draft 

advice letter developed by the NACEPT 

workgroup, please contact Ms. Altieri.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public wishing to gain access to 

the conference room on the day of the 

meeting must contact Ms. Sonia Altieri, 

Designated Federal Officer for NACEPT, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(1601E), Office of Cooperative 

Environmental Management, 655 15th 

Street, NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 

20005; telephone/voice mail at (202) 

233–0061 or via e-mail at 

altieri.sonia@epa.gov. The agenda will 

be available to the public upon request. 

If you wish to make oral comments or 

to submit written comments to the 

Council, please contact Ms. Altieri by 

January 7, 2005. 

General Information: Additional 

information concerning the National 

Advisory Council for Environmental 

Policy and Technology (NACEPT) can 

be found on our Web site (http://

www.epa.gov/ocem). 

Meeting Access: Individuals requiring 

special accommodation at this meeting, 

including wheelchair access to the 

conference room, should contact Ms. 

Altieri at least five business days prior 

to the meeting so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made.

Dated: December 16, 2004. 

Sonia Altieri, 

Designated Federal Officer.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 

PRESIDENT 

Office of Administration 

Notice of Meeting of the Commission 

on the Intelligence Capabilities of the 

United States Regarding Weapons of 

Mass Destruction

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Commission on the 

Intelligence Capabilities of the United 

States Regarding Weapons of Mass 

Destruction (‘‘Commission’’) will meet 

in closed session on Wednesday, 

January 12, 2005, and Thursday, January 

13, 2005, in its offices in Arlington, 

Virginia. 

Executive Order 13328 established the 

Commission for the purpose of assessing 

whether the Intelligence Community is 

sufficiently authorized, organized, 

equipped, trained, and resourced to 

identify and warn in a timely manner of, 

and to support the United States 

Government’s efforts to respond to, the 

development of Weapons of Mass 

Destruction, related means of delivery, 

and other related threats of the 21st 

Century. This meeting will consist of 

briefings and discussions involving 

classified matters of national security, 

including classified briefings from 

representatives of agencies within the 

Intelligence Community; Commission 

discussions based upon the content of 

classified intelligence documents the 

Commission has received from agencies 

within the Intelligence Community; and 

presentations concerning the United 

States’ intelligence capabilities that are 

based upon classified information. 

While the Commission does not 

concede that it is subject to the 

requirements of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 United States 

Code Appendix 2, it has been 

determined that the January 12–13 

meeting would fall within the scope of 

exceptions (c)(1) and (c)(9)(B) of the 

Sunshine Act, 5 United States Code, 

Sections 552b(c)(1) & (c)(9)(B), and thus 

could be closed to the public if FACA 

did apply to the Commission.

DATES: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 (9 

a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Thursday, January 

13, 2005. (9 a.m. to 2 p.m.).

ADDRESSES: Members of the public who 

wish to submit a written statement to 

the Commission are invited to do so by 

facsimile at (703) 414–1203, or by mail 

at the following address: Commission 

on the Intelligence Capabilities of the 

United States Regarding Weapons of 

Mass Destruction, Washington, DC, 

20503. Comments also may be sent to