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m. Individuals desiring to be included

on the Commission’s mailing list should

so indicate by writing to the Secretary

of the Commission.

Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone submit comments, a

protest, or a motion to intervene in

accordance with the requirements of

Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR

385.210, .211, .214. In determining the

appropriate action to take, the

Commission will consider all protests or

other comments filed, but only those

who file a motion to intervene in

accordance with the Commission’s

Rules may become a party to the

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or

motions to intervene must be received

on or before the specified comment date

for the particular application.

Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filing must bear in all

capital letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, OR

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. Any of the above-named

documents must be filed by providing

the original and the number of copies

provided by the Commission’s

regulations to: The Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

A copy of any motion to intervene must

also be served upon each representative

of the Applicant specified in the

particular application.

Agency Comments—Federal, state,

and local agencies are invited to file

comments on the described application.

A copy of the application may be

obtained by agencies directly from the

Applicant. If an agency does not file

comments within the time specified for

filing comments, it will be presumed to

have no comments. One copy of an

agency’s comments must also be sent to

the Applicant’s representatives.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–13109 Filed 5–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application for Transfers of

Licenses and Soliciting Comments,

Motions To Intervene, and Protests

May 19, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Application Type: Transfers of

Licenses.

b. Project Nos: 2343–041, 2516–018,

and 2517–004.

c. Date Filed: May 5, 2000.

d. Applicants: Potomac Edison

Company, PE Transferring Agent, L.L.C.

(to be formed), PE Genco (to be formed),

and Allegheny Energy Supply

Company, L.L.C.

e. Names and Locations of Projects:

The Millville Project is on the

Shenandoah River in Jefferson County,

West Virginia and the Dam No. 4 and

Dam No. 95. Hydro Stations are on the

Potomac River in Berkeley County, West

Virginia. The projects do not occupy

federal or tribal lands.

f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

g. Applicant Contacts: Mr. David C.

Benson, Allegheny Energy Supply, RR

12, Box 1000, Roseytown Road,

Greensburg, PA 15601, (724) 853–3790,

and Mr. John A. Whittaker, IV, Winston

& Strawn, 1400 L Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20005, (202) 371–5766.

h. FERC Contact: Any questions on

this notice should be addressed to James

Hunter at (202) 219–2839.

i. Deadline for filing comments and or

motions: June 14, 2000.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington DC 20426.

Please include the noted project

numbers on any comments or motions

filed.

j. Description of Proposal: Applicants

propose transfers of the licenses for

these three projects from Potomac

Edison Company to PE Transferring

Agency, L.L.C., a soon-to-be-formed

wholly-owned subsidiary of Potomac

Edison; then to a yet-to-be-formed-andnamed affiliate of Potomac Edison,

referred to as PE Genco; and finally to

Allegheny Energy Supply Company,

L.L.C. Transfer is being sought as part of

an intra-corporate reorganization of

Potomac Edison’s parent company,

Allegheny Energy, Inc.

The transfer application was filed

within five years of the expiration of the

licenses for Project Nos. 2516 and 2517.

In Hydroelectric Relicensing

Regulations Under the Federal Power

Act (54 Fed. Reg. 23,756; FERC Stat. and

Regs., Regs. Preambles 1986–1990

30,854 at p. 31,437), the Commission

declined to forbid all license transfers

during the last five years of an existing

license, and instead indicated that it

would scrutinize all such transfer

requests to determine if the transfer’s

primary purpose was to give the

transferee an advantage in relicensing

(id. at p. 31,438 n. 318).

k. Locations of the application: A

copy of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference Room,

located at 888 First Street, NE, Room

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. The application may be

viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (Call (202) 208–2222

for assistance). A copy is also available

for inspection and reproduction at the

addresses in item g above.

l. Individuals desiring to be included

on the Commission’s mailing list should

so indicate by writing to the Secretary of

the Commission.

Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title ‘‘Comments’’,

‘‘Recommendations for Terms and

Conditions’’, ‘‘Protest’’, or ‘‘Motion to

Intervene’’ as applicable, and the Project

Number of the particular application to

which the filing refers. Any of the

above-named documents must be filed

by providing the original and the

number of copies provided by the

Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any

motion to intervene must also be served

upon each representative of the

Applicant specified in the particular

application.

Agency Comments—Federal, state,

and local agencies are invited to file

comments on the described application.

A copy of the application may be

obtained by agencies directly from the

Applicant. If an agency does not file

comments within the time specified for

filing comments, it will be presumed to

have no comments. One copy of an

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1The final figure for the annual average PPI–FG

is published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in

mid-May of each year. This figure is publicly

available from the Division of Industrial Prices and

Price Indexes of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, at

(202) 606–7705, and is available in print in August

in Table 1 of the annual data supplement to the BLS

publication Producer Price Indexes. The PPI data

are also available via the Internet. The Internet

address is http://www.fedstats.gov. This site

contains data from a number of government

agencies; to obtain the BLS data, click on agencies,

then click on Bureau of Labor Statistics, then click

on data, Most Requested Series, scroll to Producer

Price Indexes-Commodities (Finished Goods), for

the latest available data.

2 [133.0–130.7]/130.7=0.017598–.01=0.007598.

3 1+(0.007598)=1.007598.

agency’s comments must also be sent to

the Applicant’s representatives.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–13110 Filed 5–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RM93–11–000]

Revisions to Oil Pipeline Regulations

Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of

1992

May 19, 2000.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of annual change in the

Producer Price Index for Finished

Goods, minus one percent.

SUMMARY: The Commission is issuing

the index that oil pipelines must apply

to their July 1, 1999–June 30, 2000

index ceiling levels to compute their

index ceiling levels for the period July

1, 2000 through June 30, 2001, in

accordance with 18 CFR 342.3(d). This

index, which is the percent change

(expressed as a decimal) in the annual

average Producer Price Index for

Finished Goods from 1998 to 1999,

minus one percent, is 0.007598. Oil

pipelines must multiply their July 1,

1999–June 30, 2000 index ceiling levels

by 1.007598 to compute their index

ceiling levels for the period July 1, 2000

through June 30, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Ulevich, Office of Markets,

Tariffs, and Rates, Corporate

Applications, Group 2, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202)

208–0678.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

addition to publishing the full text of

this document in the Federal Register,

the Commission provides all interested

persons an opportunity to view and/or

print the contents of this document via

the Internet through FERC’s Home Page

(http://www./ferc./fed.us) and in FERC’s

Public Reference Room during normal

business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Eastern time) at 888 First Street, N.E.,

Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426.

From FERC’s Home Page on the

Internet, this information is available in

both the Commission Issuance Posting

System (CIPS) and the Records and

Information management System

(RIMS).

CIPS provides access to the texts of

formal documents issued by the

Commission since November 14, 1994.

CIPS can be accessed using the CIPS

link or the Energy Information Online

icon. The full text of this document is

available on CIPS in ASCII and

WordPerfect 8.0 format for viewing,

printing, and/or downloading.

RIMS contains images of documents

submitted to an issued by the

Commission after November 16, 1981.

Documents from November 1995 to the

present can be viewed and printed from

FERC’s Home page using the RIMS link

or the Energy Information Online icon.

Descriptions of documents back to

November 16, 1981, are also available

from RIMS-on-the-Web; requests for

copies of these and other older

documents should be submitted to the

Public Reference Room.

User assistance is available for RIMS,

CIPS, and the Website during normal

business hours from our Help line at

(202) 208–222 (E-Mail to

WebMaster@ferc.fed.us) or the Public

Reference at (202) 208–1371 (E-Mail to

public.reference room@ferc.fed.us).

During normal business hours,

documents can also be viewed and/or

printed in FERC’s Public Reference

Room where RIMS, CIPS, and the FERC

Website are available. User assistance is

also available.

The Commission’s regulations include

a methodology for oil pipelines to

change their rates through use of an

index system that establishes ceiling

levels for such rates. The index system

as set forth at 18 CFR 342.3 is based on

the annual change in the Producer Price

Index for Finished Goods (PPI–FG),

minus one percent. The regulations

provide that each year the Commission

will publish an index reflecting the final

change in the PPI–FG, minus one

percent, after the final PPI–FG is made

available by the Bureau of Labor

Statistics in May of each calendar year.

The annual average PPI–FG index

figure for 1998 was 130.7 and the

annual average PPI–FG index figure for

1999 was 133.0.1 Thus, the percent

change (expressed as a decimal) in the

annual average PPI–FG from 1998 to

1999, minus one percent is 0.007598.2

Oil pipelines must multiply their July 1,

1999–June 30, 2000 index ceiling levels

by 1.007598 3 to compute their index

ceiling levels for the period July 1, 2000,

through June 30, 2001, in accordance

with 18 CFR 342.3(d).

To obtain July 1, 1999–June 30, 2000

ceiling levels, pipelines must first

calculate their ceiling levels for the

January 1, 1995–June 30, 1995 index

period, by multiplying their December

31, 1994 rates by 1.002175. Pipelines

must then multiply those ceiling levels

by 0.996415 to obtain the July 1, 1995–

June 30, 1996 ceiling levels. Then

pipelines must multiply their July 1,

1995–June 30, 1996 ceiling levels by

1.009124 to obtain the July 1, 1996–June

30, 1997 ceiling levels, and multiply the

July 1, 1996–June 30, 1997 ceiling levels

by 1.016583 to obtain the July 1, 1997–

June 30, 1998 ceiling levels. Pipelines

then must multiply the July 1, 1997–

June 30, 1998 ceiling levels by 0.993808

to obtain the July 1, 1998–June 30, 1999

ceiling levels. Then, pipelines must

multiply the July 1, 1998–June 30, 1999

ceiling levels by 0.981654 to obtain the

July 1, 1999–June 30, 2000 ceiling

levels. Finally, pipelines must multiply

the July 1, 1999–June 30, 2000 ceiling

levels by 1.007698 to obtain the July 1,

2000–June 30, 2001 ceiling levels. See

Explorer Pipeline Company, 71 FERC ¶

61,416 at n.6 (1995) for an explanation

of how ceiling levels must be calculated.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–13115 Filed 5–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RM98–1–000]

Regulations Governing Off-the-Record

Communications; Public Notice

May 19, 2000.

This constitutes notice, in accordance

with 18 CFR 385.2201(h), 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 a

prohibited off-the-record

communication relevant to the merits of

a contested on-the-record proceeding,