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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,

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the deliver a copy of the

communication, if written, or summary

of the substance of any oral

communication, to the Secretary.

Prohibited communications will be

included in a public, non-decisional file

associated with, but not part of, the

decisional record of the proceeding.

Unless the Commission determines that

the prohibited communication and any

responses thereto should become part of

the decisional record, the prohibited offthe-record communication will not be

considered by the Commission in

reaching its decision. Parties to a

proceeding may seek the opportunity to

respond to any facts or contentions

made in a prohibited off-the-record

communication, and may request that

the Commission place the prohibited

communication and responses thereto

in the decisional record. The

Commission will grant such requests

only when in determines that fairness so

requires.

Exempt off-the-record

communications will be included in the

decisional record of the proceeding,

unless the communication was with a

cooperating agency as described by 40

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR

385.2201(e)(1)(v).

The following is a list of exempt and

prohibited off-the-record

communications received in the Office

of the Secretary within the preceding 14

days. The document may be viewed on

the Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

Exempt

1. Project Nos. 2687, 2699, 2019 .......................................................................................................... 5–10–00 Frank Winchell.

2. CP00–14–000 ..................................................................................................................................... 5–1–00 Kim Jessen.

3. CP00–14–000 ..................................................................................................................................... 4–18–00 Janet Rowe.

4. CP00–14–000 ..................................................................................................................................... 4–11–00 Sneed Collard.

5. CP00–14–000 ..................................................................................................................................... 4–11–00 Sneed Collard.

6. CP00–36–000 ..................................................................................................................................... 5–1–00 Anne E. Haaker.

7. CP98–143–000 ................................................................................................................................... 4–20–00 Clyde N. Thompson.

8. Project Nos. 11563, 2019 and 2699 .................................................................................................. 5–10–00 Chuck Whatford.

19. Project No. 2197–038 .......................................................................................... 5–12–00 Steve Kartalia, FERC.

10. Project No. 2055–006 ....................................................................................................................... 5–15–00 Dianne Rodman, FERC.

11. CP00–14–000 ................................................................................................................................... 5–2–00 Bill Sendelbach.

12. CP00–14–000 ................................................................................................................................... 5–8–00 Joe Peterson.

13. CP00–14–000 ................................................................................................................................... 5–11–00 Joe Peterson.

14. CP00–14–000 ................................................................................................................................... 5–11–00 Todd Mattson.

15. CP00–14–000 ................................................................................................................................... 5–11–00 Todd Mattson.

16. CP00–14–000 ................................................................................................................................... 4–24–00 James J. Slack.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–13104 Filed 5–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

May 19, 2000.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collections pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. An agency may not

conduct or sponsor and a person is not

required to respond to a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid control number. For

further information contact Shoko B.

Hair, Federal Communications

Commission, (202) 418–1379.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060–0715.

Expiration Date: 06/30/2001.

Title: Implementation of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996:

Telecommunications Carriers’ Use of

Customer Proprietary Network

Information and Other Customer

Information—CC Docket 96–115.

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 6832

respondents; 90.28 hours per response

(avg). 616,817 total annual burden hours

(for all collections under this control

number).

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden:

$229,520,000.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

One-time requirement; Recordkeeping;

Third party disclosure. Description: In

the Order on Reconsideration in CC

Docket No. 96–115 (released 9/3/99), the

Commission reconsidered the previous

CPNI Order, addressed petitions for

forbearance from the requirements, and

established rules to implement section

222. Among other things, carriers are

permitted to use CPNI, without

customer approval, under certain

conditions. (Number of respondents:

4832; hours per response 39 hours; total

annual burden: 188,448 hours). Carriers

must obtain express customer approval

to use CPNI to market service outside

the customer’s existing service

relationship. (Number of respondents:

4832; hours per response: 30 minutes;

total annual burden 2416 hours).

Carriers must provide a one-time

notification of customer’s CPNI rights

prior to any solicitation for approval.

(Number of respondents: 4832; hours

per response: 78 hours; total annual

burden: 376,896 hours). Pursuant to this

one-time notification requirement, these

carriers must maintain a record of such

notifications for a period of at least one

year. (Number of respondents: 4832;

hours per response: 30 minutes; total

annual burden 2416 hours).

Telecommunications carriers must

establish a supervisory review process

regarding carrier compliance with the

rules in Part 64 for outbound marketing

situations. (Number of respondents:

4832; hours per response: 15 minutes;

total annual burden: 1208 hours). All

telecommunications carriers must

obtain on an annual basis a certification

signed by a current officer attesting that

he or she has personal knowledge that

the carrier is in compliance with the

Commission’s rules and to create an

accompanying statement explaining

how the carriers are implementing the

rules and safeguards. (Number of

respondents: 4832; hours per response:

1 hour; total annual burden: 4832

hours). LECs must disclose aggregate

customer information to others upon

request, when they use or disclose the

aggregate customer information for

marketing service to which the customer

does not subscribe. (Number of

respondents: 1400; hours per response:

1 hours; total annual burden: 1400

hours). Section 22(c)(2) requires carriers