Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 244 / Tuesday, December 21, 2004 / Notices 76459

[FR Doc. 04–27867 Filed 12–20–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Department of Energy’s Fleet 

Alternative Fueled Vehicle Acquisition

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

Department of Energy’s Annual Report 

on its alternative fueled vehicle 

acquisitions for Fiscal Year 2003. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Energy Policy Act of 1992 and Executive 

Order 13149, this notice announces the 

availability of the Fiscal Year 2003 

report which summarizes the U.S. 

Department of Energy’s (DOE) 

compliance with the annual alternative 

fueled vehicle (AFV) acquisition 

requirement for its vehicle fleet. 

Additionally, this report includes data 

concerning DOE’s efforts to reduce 

petroleum consumption.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Office of 

FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies, 

EE–2G, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Shabnam Fardanesh on (202) 586–7011 

or shabnam.fardanesh@ee.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 

13211–13219) (EPAct), as amended, and 

Executive Order (E.O.) 13149 (65 FR 

24607, April 2000) require Federal fleets 

to make 75 percent of their new covered 

vehicle acquisitions AFVs, beginning in 

fiscal year 1999. In fiscal year 2003, 

DOE earned 650 AFV acquisition 

credits, exceeding the 465 credits (i.e., 

75 percent of the 620 covered light-duty 

vehicles acquired in fiscal year 2003) 

required to meet the 75 percent EPAct 

requirement. These 650 AFV credits 

generated in fiscal year 2003 represent 

105 percent of covered acquisitions and 

140 percent compliance with the 75 

percent requirement. DOE was able to 

earn AFV acquisition credits in excess 

of the 75 percent requirement and even 

in excess of its actual vehicle 

acquisitions because E.O. 13149 allows 

agencies to earn extra EPAct credits for 

the use of zero emission and dedicated 

AFVs, and through the use of biodiesel 

fuel. DOE also exceeded its AFV 

acquisition requirements in fiscal years 

1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002, and expects 

a similar high level of compliance for 

fiscal years 2004 and 2005. 

In addition to emphasizing 

compliance with EPAct, E.O. 13149 

requires the Federal Government to 

exercise leadership in reducing 

petroleum consumption by 20 percent 

by fiscal year 2005 in comparison to a 

fiscal year 1999 baseline, through fleet 

fuel efficiency improvements and the 

use of alternative fuels and AFVs. 

DOE’s vehicle fleet consumed six 

percent less petroleum in fiscal year 

2003 than in the fiscal year 1999 

baseline. DOE fleets used alternative 

fuels 30 percent of the time in its AFVs 

in fiscal year 2003, and achieved an 

increase of three miles per gallon in its 

new light-duty (non-AFV) vehicle 

acquisitions. 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 13218, DOE and 

other covered agencies are required to 

submit to Congress annual reports on 

their AFV acquisitions. These reports 

must also be placed on a publicly 

available Web site and a notice of their 

availability, including the Web site 

address, must be published in the 

Federal Register. 

The DOE report for fiscal year 2003 

may be accessed on the DOE Vehicle 

Technology Federal Fleet Web site at 

http://www.eere.energy.gov/

vehiclesandfuels/epact/federal.

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

10, 2004. 

David K. Garman, 

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 04–27865 Filed 12–20–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Retulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP00–445–008] 

Alliance Pipeline L.P.; Notice of Tariff 

Filing 

December 14, 2004. 

Take notice that on November 30, 

2004, Alliance Pipeline L.P. (Alliance) 

tendered for filing as part of its FERC 

Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, 

Second Revised Sheet No. 10, proposed 

to become effective January 1, 2005. 

Alliance states that copies of its filing 

have been mailed to all customers, state 

commissions, and other interested 

parties. 

Any person desiring to protest this 

filing must file in accordance with Rule 

211 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Protests to this filing 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. 

Such protests must be filed in 

accordance with the provisions of 

Section 154.210 of the Commission’s 

regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone 

filing a protest must serve a copy of that 

document on all the parties to the 

proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests 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 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.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E4–3755 Filed 12–20–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP05–121–000] 

Colorado Interstate Gas Company; 

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC 

Gas Tariff 

December 14, 2004. 

Take notice that on December 9, 2004, 

Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG) 

tendered for filing as part of its FERC 

Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume No 1, 

the following tariff sheets to become 

effective January 10, 2005:

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 323; First Revised 

Sheet No. 323A; Fourth Revised Sheet No. 

324.

CIG states that these tariff sheets add 

several additional exemptions to the 

system-wide gas quality standards. 

CIG states that copies of its filing have 

been sent to all firm customers, 

interruptible customers, and affected 

state commissions.