40032 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 130 / Friday, July 6, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Methane Hydrate 

Advisory Committee. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that notice of 

these meetings be announced in the 

Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 

8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. (CDT)— 

Registration, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

(CDT)—Meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Marriott Houston Airport, 

18700 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, 

Houston, Texas 77032. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lou 

Capitanio, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Oil and Natural Gas, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone: (202) 

586–5098. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Committee: The 

purpose of the Methane Hydrate 

Advisory Committee is to provide 

advice on potential applications of 

methane hydrate to the Secretary of 

Energy, and assist in developing 

recommendations and priorities for the 

Department of Energy’s Methane 

Hydrate Research and Development 

Program. 

Tentative Agenda: The agenda will 

include: Welcome and Introduction by 

the Designated Federal Officer; 

Welcome by the Chair of the Committee; 

Committee Business; Update on 

Prudhoe Bay Testing; FY 2012 Methane 

Hydrate Program Activities; Update on 

International Activity; Methane Hydrate 

Program Budget Requests; Methane 

Hydrate Program Strategic Direction 

Discussion; Advisory Committee 

Discussion; and Public Comments, if 

any. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The Designated 

Federal Officer and the Chair of the 

Committee will conduct the meeting to 

facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. If you would like to file a 

written statement with the Committee, 

you may do so either before or after the 

meeting. If you would like to make oral 

statements regarding any of the items on 

the agenda, you should contact Lou 

Capitanio at the phone number listed 

above. You must make your request for 

an oral statement at least five business 

days prior to the meeting, and 

reasonable provisions will be made to 

include the presentation on the agenda. 

Public comment will follow the threeminute rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days at the following 

Web site: http://www.fe.doe.gov/

programs/oilgas/hydrates/Methane_

Hydrates_Advisory_Committee.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on June 29, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16550 Filed 7–5–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL12–79–000] 

Alison Haverty v. PotomacAppalachian Transmission Highline, 

LLC; Notice of Complaint and 

Expedited Answer Period 

Take notice that on June 27, 2012, 

pursuant to section 206 of the Federal 

Power Act and Rule 206 of the Rules of 

Practice and Procedure of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission); 18 CFR 385.206, Alison 

Haverty (Complainant) filed a formal 

complaint against Potomac-Appalachian 

Transmission Highline, LLC 

(Respondent), alleging that the 

Respondent has informed the 

Complainant that she may not 

participate in a meeting on the 

Respondent’s Annual Transmission 

Revenue Requirement, despite having 

an interest in the outcome of the 

proceedings. In order to expedite the 

proceedings, answers and protests are 

due July 5, 2012. 

The Complainant certifies that copies 

of the complaint were served on the 

contacts for the Respondent as listed on 

the Commission’s list of Corporate 

Officials. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this 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, as 

appropriate. The Respondent’s answer 

and all interventions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the comment date. 

The Respondent’s answer, motions to 

intervene, and protests must be served 

on the Complainants. 

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 email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

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

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on July 5, 2012. 

Dated: June 29, 2012. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16561 Filed 7–5–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL12–76–000] 

Maine Public Service Company; Notice 

of Initiation of Proceeding and Refund 

Effective Date 

On June 28, 2012, the Commission 

issued an order that initiated a 

proceeding in Docket No. EL12–76–000, 

pursuant to section 206 of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824e (2006), 

to determine the justness and 

reasonableness of the proposed formula 

rate by Maine Public Service Company. 

Maine Public Service Company, 139 

FERC ¶ 61,262 (2012). 

The refund effective date in Docket 

No. EL12–76–000, established pursuant 

to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Dated: June 29, 2012. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16562 Filed 7–5–12; 8:45 am] 

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