30578 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 93 / Friday, May 12, 2000 / Notices

1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586–7092

or (202) 586–6279 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the NIF Task Force is to

provide independent external advice

and recommendations to the Secretary

of Energy Advisory Board on the

options to complete the National

Ignition Facility (NIF) Project; to

recommend the best technical course of

action; and to review and assess the

risks of successfully completing the NIF

Project. The NIF Task Force will focus

on the engineering and management

aspects of the proposed method for

accomplishing the assembly and

installation of the NIF laser system. The

Task Force’s review will cover the full

scope of assembly and installation and

the ability, within the proposed

approach, to achieve the cleanliness

requirements established for the

operation of the laser. The review will

also address: (1) The engineering

viability of the proposed assembly and

activation method; (2) the assembly and

installation cleanliness protocols; (3) the

management structure; and (4) the

adequacy of the cost estimating

methodology.

Tentative Agenda

The agenda for the May 17 meeting

has not been finalized. However, the

meeting will include a series of detailed

briefings and discussions on the cost

estimates conducted in support of the

NIF Rebaseline Plan. Members of the

Public wishing to comment on issues

before the NIF Laser System Task Force

will have an opportunity to address the

Task Force during the afternoon period

for public comment. The final agenda

will be available at the meeting.

Public Participation

In keeping with procedures, members

of the public are welcome to observe the

business of the NIF Task Force and

submit written comments or comment

during the scheduled public comment

periods. The Chairman of the Task

Force is empowered to conduct the

meeting in a fashion that will, in the

Chairman’s judgment, facilitate the

orderly conduct of business. During its

meeting in Livermore, California, the

Task Force 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 Task

Force 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, U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 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 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, D.C., between 9:00

A.M. and 4:00 P.M., 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 May 9, 2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–12115 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP99–507–000]

Amoco Energy Trading Corporation,

Amoco Production Company, and

Burlington Resources Oil & Gas

Company v. El Paso Natural Gas

Company; Notice of Informal

Settlement Conference

May 8, 2000.

Pursuant to the Commission’s order in

Amoco Energy Trading Corporation et al

v. El Paso Natural Gas Company, 89

FERC ¶ 61,165 (1999), Commission Staff

held a Technical Conference on March

9, 2000, to discuss El Paso’s February 9,

2000 proposal to change its current

allocation methods and all issues

related to the allocation of receipt and

delivery points on El Paso’s system.

At a subsequent technical conference,

the participants reached consensus to

attend an informal settlement

conference. The participants also agreed

that the Director of the Commission’s

Dispute Resolution Service (Director)

attend the conference to facilitate the

settlement negotiations. The parties also

agreed that a party could provide to the

Director, in advance of the informal

settlement conference, a statement of

the issues or business interests that they

believed needed to be considered.

Accordingly, the informal settlement

conference will begin with a discussion

regarding the settlement process,

followed by a discussion of the

statements provided to the Director.

The informal settlement conference

will be held on May 16, 2000, at the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

located at 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC. The conference will

begin at 10 a.m. in Room 3M–2A/2B.

All interested parties in the above

dockets are requested to attend the

informal settlement conference. If a

party has any questions with respect to

the conference, please call Richard

Miles, the Director of the Dispute

Resolution Service. His telephone

number is 1–877 FERC ADR (337–2237)

or 202–208–0702 and his e-mail address

is richard.miles@ferc.fed.us.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–11936 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–2117–000]

ANP Bellingham Energy Company;

Notice of Issuance of Order

May 8, 2000.

ANP Bellingham Energy Company

(ANP Bellingham) submitted for filling

a rate schedule under which ANP

Bellingham will engage in wholesale

electric power and energy transactions

as a marketer. ANP Bellingham also

requested waiver of various Commission

regulations. In particular, ANP

Bellingham requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liability by ANP Bellingham.

On May 4, 2000, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under Part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by ANP Bellingham should file

a motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, ANP Bellingham is

authorized to issue securities and

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assume obligations or liabilities as a

guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issuance or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of the

applicant, and compatible with the

public interest, and is reasonable

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of ANP Bellingham’s issuances

of securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is June 5,

2000.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426. The Order may

also be viewed on the Internet at http:/

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

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–11932 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–2118–000]

ANP Blackstone Energy Company;

Notice of Issuance of Order

May 9, 2000.

ANP Blackstone Energy Company

(ANP Blackstone) submitted for filing a

rate schedule under which ANP

Blackstone will engage in wholesale

electric power and energy transactions

as a marketer. ANP Blackstone also

requested waiver of various Commission

regulations. In particular, ANP

Blackstone requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liability by ANP Blackstone.

On May 4, 2000, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by ANP Blackstone should file

a motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, ANP Blackstone is

authorized to issue securities and

assume obligations or liabilities as a

guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issuance or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of the

applicant, and compatible with the

public interest, and is reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of ANP Blackstone’s issuances

of securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is June 5,

2000.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. The Order may

also be viewed on the Internet at http:/

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

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–11957 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–1831–000, et al.]

CinCap VII, LLC and CinCap VIII, LLC;

Notice of Issuance of Order

May 8, 2000.

CinCap VII, LLC (CinCap VII) and

CinCap VIII, LLC (CinCap VIII)

submitted for filing rate schedules

under which CinCap VII and CinCap

VIII will engage in wholesale electric

power and energy transactions as a

marketer. CinCap VII and CinCap VIII

also requested waiver of various

Commission regulations. In particular,

CinCap VII and CinCap VIII requested

that the Commission grant blanket

approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all

future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liability by CinCap VII

and CinCap VIII.

On May 4, 2000, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under Part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by CinCap VII or Cincap VIII

should file a motion to intervene or

protest with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, CinCap VII and CinCap VIII

are authorized to issue securities and

assume obligations or liabilities as a

guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issuance or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of the

applicants, and compatible with the

public interest, and is reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of CinCap VII’s or CinCap

VIII’s issuances of securities or

assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is June 5,

2000.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. The Order may

also be viewed on the Internet at http:/

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

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–11927 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. Nos. ER00–1782–000 and

ER00–1782–001]

Duke Energy Trenton, LLC; Notice of

Issuance of Order

May 8, 2000.

Duke Energy Trenton, LLC (Duke

Trenton) submitted for filing a rate