2936 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 12 / Wednesday, January 19, 2000 / Notices

(AB–1), US Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–7092

or (202) 586–6279 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board (The Board) is to

provide the Secretary of Energy with

essential independent advice and

recommendations on issues of national

importance. The Board and its

subcommittees provide timely,

balanced, and authoritative advice to

the Secretary of Energy on the

Department?s management reforms,

research, development, and technology

activities, energy and national security

responsibilities, environmental cleanup

activities, and economic issues relating

to energy. During the open

teleconference meeting the Board will

discuss the interim findings and

recommendations of the National

Ignition Facility (NIF) Laser System

Task Force. The NIF Laser System Task

Force, a subcommittee of the Secretary

of Energy Advisory Board, was formed

to provide independent external advice

and recommendations to the Board on

the options to complete the National

Ignition Facility Project; to recommend

the best technical course of action; and

to review and assess the risks of

successfully completing the NIF Project.

On January 20, the Board will conduct

a teleconference to discuss the findings

and recommendations contained in the

interim report of the NIF Laser System

Task Force. The interim report of the

NIF Task Force will address the

engineering and management aspects of

the proposed method for accomplishing

the assembly and installation of the NIF

laser system.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, January 20, 2000.

1:30 pm–1:40 pm—Welcome & Opening

Remarks—Mr. Andrew Athy,

Chairman of the Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board

1:40 pm–2 pm—Overview of the

National Ignition Facility Laser

System Task Force’s Interim Findings

and Recommendations—Dr. John

McTague, NIF Task Force Chairman

2:00 pm–2:30 pm—Public Comment

Period

2:30 pm–3 pm—Board Review &

Comment and Action—Mr. Andrew

Athy, Chairman of the Secretary of

Energy Advisory Board

3 pm—Adjourn

This tentative agenda is subject to

change.

Public Participation: In keeping with

procedures, members of the public are

welcome to observe the business of the

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board and

submit written comments or comment

during the scheduled public comment

period. The Chairman of the Board is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will, in the Chairman’s

judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct

of business. During its open

teleconference meeting, the Board

welcomes public comment. Members of

the public will be heard in the order in

which they sign up at the beginning of

the meeting. The Board will make every

effort to hear the views of all interested

parties. You may submit written

comments to Betsy Mullins, Executive

Director, Secretary of Energy Advisory

Board, AB–1, US Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585. This notice is

being published less than 15 days before

the date of the meeting due to the late

resolution of programmatic issues.

Minutes: A copy of the minutes and

a transcript of the open teleconference

meeting will be made available for

public review and copying

approximately 30 days following the

meeting at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190 Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC, between 9 am and

4 pm, Monday through Friday except

Federal holidays. Further information

on the Secretary of Energy Advisory

Board and its subcommittees may be

found at the Board’s web site, located at

http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

Issued at Washington, DC, on January 13,

2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–1242 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP–241–001]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

Application

January 12, 2000.

Take notice that on January 10, 2000,

ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 500

Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan

48243, filed in Docket No. CP–241–001

an Amendment to Application for a

certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity pursuant to Section 7(c) of the

Natural Gas Act and Section 385.215 of

the Commission’s regulations. By the

amendment, ANR seeks to modify its

original certificate application to seek

authorization to construct and operate

the facilities described therein in two

phases. In Phase I, ANR proposes to

install, by November 1, 2000, the two

proposed 10,000 HP Compressor units

at the Woodstock Compressor Station,

which would provide a total of 109

Mdth per day of additional system

capacity. In Phase II, ANR proposes that

the remaining facilities for which ANR

sought certification in its Application be

constructed at a later time, all as more

fully set forth in the application which

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection. This filing may be

viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

ANR states the amendment is

necessary because several events have

occurred since the Application was filed

which necessitate its request for phasing

the construction of the these facilities.

First, ANR states that the Application

assumed that prior to the certification of

the facilities in this docket, the

Commission would have certificated

ANR’s SupplyLink project in Docket No.

CP97–397–000. ANR states that,

however, the SupplyLink facilities have

not yet been certificated. Also, ANR

states, since the time the Application

was filed, one shipper has informed

ANR that it will not need deliveries of

gas until November 2001, and another

has terminated its precedent agreement.

As a result, there will be three shippers

with total requirements of 59 Mdth per

day on November 1, 2000, and a fourth

who will require an additional 25 Mdth

per day on November 1, 2001.

To serve these customers, ANR

proposes to install, as Phase I of this

project, the two proposed 10,000 HP

Compressor units at the Woodstock

Compressor Station. According to ANR,

installation of these compressors will

provide a total of 109 Mdth per day.

ANR states that this capacity will permit

it to serve November 1, 2000 shippers,

and will allow it to meet its obligations

to provide the additional 25 Mdth per

day which one of the shippers will need

on November 1, 2001. ANR states that

the remainder of the capacity will afford

ANR flexibility to meet near term

demands for additional capacity into

Wisconsin. However, with the phasing

approval requested herein, ANR

believes that certification of the

remaining Phase II facilities can, at this

juncture, be deferred pending further

Commission action on the SupplyLink

facilities.

ANR Pipeline Company has

authorized the individual listed below

to be its contact person for information

regarding this application: Richard W.

Porter, Assistant Vice President, ANR

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Pipeline Company, 500 Renaissance

Center, Detroit Michigan 48243, Tel.

313–496–2473, Fax. 313–496–5141, Email: richard.porter@coastalcorp.com.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

Application should on or before

February 2, 2000, file with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

a motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)

and the Regulations under the Natural

Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All protests

filed with the Commission will be

considered by it in determining the

appropriate action to be taken but will

not serve to make the protestants parties

to the proceeding. The Commission’s

rules require that protestors provide

copies of their protests to the party or

parties directly involved. Any person

wishing to become a party to a

proceeding or to participate as a party

in any hearing therein must file a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the Commission’s Rules.

A person obtaining intervenor status

will be placed on the service list

maintained by the Secretary of the

Commission and will receive copies of

all documents issued by the

Commission, filed by the applicant or

filed by other intervernors. An

intervenor can file for rehearing of any

Commission order and can petition for

court review of any such order.

However, an intervenor must submit

copies of comments or any other filing

it makes with the Commission to every

other intervenor in the proceeding, as

well as 14 copies with the Commission.

A person does not have to intervene,

however, in order to have comments

considered. A person, instead, may

submit two copies of comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Commenters will be placed on the

Commission’s environmental mailing

list, will receive copies of

environmental documents and will be

able to participate in meetings

associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Commenters will not be required to

serve copies of filed documents on all

other parties. However, commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission and will not have the right

to seek rehearing or appeal the

Commission’s final order to a federal

court.

The Commission will consider all

comments and concerns equally,

whether filed by commenters or those

requesting intevenor status.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas

Act and the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, a hearing will

be held without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, or

if the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that permission and

approval for the proposed certificate are

required by the public convenience and

necessity. If a motion for leave to

intervene is timely filed, or if the

Commission on its motion believes that

a formal hearing is required, further

notice of such hearing will be duly

given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for ANR to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1177 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–161–000]

Colorado Interstate Gas Company;

Notice of Tariff Filing

January 12, 2000.

Take notice that on January 7, 2000,

Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG),

tendered for filing to become part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume

No. 1, Sixth Revised Sheet No. 176, to

be effective February 7, 2000.

CIG states that it provides swing

service pursuant to Rate Schedule SS–

1. In implementing this Rate Schedule,

CIG has discovered an oversight. CIG

states that as currently structured, the

commodity rate for the swing service

applies only to daily gas quantities

allocated to a shipper’s swing contract

that exceed 5% of the daily total

scheduled quantities at the pertinent

delivery point. To provide more

flexibility to shippers, CIG asks the

Commission for permission to expand

the safe harbor so that the commodity

rate applies only to daily swing

quantities that exceed the greater of 100

Dth or 5% of the daily total scheduled

quantities at the pertinent delivery

point.

CIG states that this revision will

ensure that the swing service

commodity rate is not imposed on small

gas quantities. CIG states that to ensure

that shippers get the immediate benefit

of this expanded flexibility, it has

posted a notice on its electronic bulletin

board on November 5, 1999 that waives

the pertinent provision of Rate Schedule

SS–1 to implement the broader ‘‘greater

of’’ standard.

CIG further states that copies of this

compliance filing have been served on

CIG’s jurisdictional customers and

public bodies.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. 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 proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1187 Filed 1–18–00;8:45am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–160–000]

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

January 7, 2000.

Take notice that on January 5, 2000,

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company

(ESNG) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised

Volume No. 1, certain revised tariff

sheets in the above captioned docket

bear a proposed effective date of

February 1, 2000.

ESNG states that the purpose of this

instant filing is to track rate changes

attributable to a storage service

purchased from Columbia Gas

Transmission Corporation (Columbia)

under its Rate Schedules FSS and SST.