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whether the information will have

practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency?s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submissions of responses.

Background

The AmeriCorps National Referral

Card is submitted by potential

AmeriCorps members to the Corporation

for National Service for input into a

national recruitment referral database

and the information provided is

distributed to approved AmeriCorps

programs. The programs then contact

individuals who have completed the

form and ask them to formally apply for

AmeriCorps member positions.

Current Action

The Corporation seeks to revise the

current AmeriCorps National Referral

Card in order to determine:

(1) Citizenship or if applicant is a

lawful permanent resident alien of the

United States (a statutory requirement

for participation in AmeriCorps);

(2) Knowledge of foreign languages.

(The current card asks only about

Spanish language skills);

(3) If the individual is interested in

serving in a summer program; and

(4) The geographic area(s) in which

the individual would prefer to serve.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Agency: Corporation for National and

Community Service.

Title: AmeriCorps National Referral

Card.

OMB Number: 3045–0004.

Agency Number: None.

Affected Public: Individuals and

households.

Total Respondents: 100,000 (50,000

through the Corporation’s 1–800

number, and 50,000 through the

Corporation’s website).

Frequency: One response per

individual (optional collection).

Average Time Per Response: 3

minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,000

hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

None.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $42,900—(1–800 number

costs and $0.00 for the website).

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: May 19, 2000.

Noel V. McCaman,

Director of AmeriCorps Recruitment,

Corporation for National and Community

Service.

[FR Doc. 00–13082 Filed 5–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Availability of Government-Owned

Inventions for Licensing

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are assigned to the United States

Government as represented by the

Secretary of the Navy and are made

available for licensing by the

Department of the Navy.

Copies of patents cited are available

from the Commissioner of Patents and

Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231, for

$3.00 each. Requests for copies of

patents must include the patent number.

Copies of patent applications cited are

available from the National Technical

Information Service (NTIS), Springfield,

VA 22161 for $6.95 each ($10.95 outside

North American Continent). Requests

for copies of patent applications must

include the patent application serial

number. Claims are deleted from the

copies of patent applications sold to

avoid premature disclosure.

The following patents and patent

applications are available for licensing:

Patent 5,926,507: QUOTIENT CODING

MODEM; filed 8 July 1997; patented

20 July 1999.//

Patent 5,951,757: METHOD FOR

MAKING SILICON GERMANIUM

ALLOY AND ELECTRIC DEVICE

STRUCTURES; filed 6 May 1997;

patented 14 September 1999.//

Patent 5,960,732: LINE CHARGE

DEPLOYMENT APPARATUS; filed 19

December 1997; patented 5 October

1999.//

Patent 5,961,661: CERAMIC

STRUCTURE WITH BACKFILLED

CHANNELS; filed 16 September 1998;

patented 5 October 1999.//Patent

5,961,895: MULTI-STAGE-SYSTEM

FOR MICROBUBBLE PRODUCTION;

filed 19 June 1997; patented 5 October

1999.//

Patent 5,963,169: MULTIPLE TUBE

PLASMA ANTENNA; filed 29

September 1997; patented 5 October

1999.//Patent 5,963,591: SYSTEM

AND METHOD FOR STOCHASTIC

CHARACTERIZATION OF A SIGNAL

WITH FOUR EMBEDDED

ORTHOGONAL MEASUREMENT

DATA ITEMS; filed 13 September

1996; patented 5 October 1999.//

Patent 5,963,887: APPARATUS FOR

OPTIMIZING THE ROTATIONAL

SPEED OF COOLING FANS; filed 12

November 1996; patented 5 October

1999.//

Patent 5,964,018: BELT REPAIR

SYSTEM AND METHOD; filed 15

August 1997; patented 12 October

1999.//Patent 5,964,175:

CONFORMAL DETACHABLE

PLATFORM ARRAY; filed 25

September 1997; patented 12 October

1999.//

Patent 5,965,199: CORROSIONRESISTANT COATING PREPARED

BY THE THERMAL

DECOMPOSITION OF LITHIUM

PERMANGANATE; filed 29

September 1997; patented 12 October

1999.//Patent 5,965,268: CARBONBASED COMPOSITES DERIVED

FROM PHTHALONITRILE RESINS;

filed 26 June 1998; patented 12

October 1999.//

Patent 5,966,414: SYSTEM AND

METHOD FOR PROCESSING

SIGNALS TO DETERMINE THEIR

STOCHASTIC PROPERTIES; filed 28

March 1995; patented 12 October

1999.//Patent 5,966,858: BAFFLED

MUZZLE BRAKE AND SEAL

SYSTEM FOR SUBMERGED GUN

OPERATION; filed 23 March 1998;

patented 19 October 1999.//

Patent 5,967,012: WASTE AEROSOL

CONTAINER PROCESSOR; filed 19

November 1996; patented 19 October

1999.//

Patent 5,969,072: SILYL AND SILOXYL

SUBSTITUTED CARBORANES WITH

UNSATURATED ORGANIC END

GROUPS; filed 27 February 1998;

patented 19 October 1999.//Patent

5,969,244: SWITCH ASSEMBLY FOR

WITHSTANDING SHOCK AND

VIBRATION; filed 13 April 1998;

patented 19 October 1999.//Patent

5,969,429: BREATHING APPARATUS

HAVING ELECTRICAL POWER

SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT WITH

TURBINE-GENERATOR ASSEMBLY;

filed 15 August 1997; patented 19

October 1999.//Patent 5,969,581:

OPTO-ELECTRONICALLY

CONTROLLED RF WAVEGUIDE; filed

28 May 1998; patented 19 October

1999.//Patent 5,969,608: MAGNETOVerDate 11<MAY>2000 13:56 May 23, 2000 Jkt 190000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24MYN1.SGM pfrm01 PsN: 24MYN1
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INDUCTIVE SEISMIC FENCE; filed 23

February 1998; patented 19 October

1999.//Patent 5,969,978: READ/

WRITE MEMORY ARCHITECTURE

EMPLOYING CLOSED RING

ELEMENTS; filed 30 September 1998;

patented 19 October 1999.//

Patent 5,970,779: SYSTEM AND

METHOD FOR CALIBRATING

ACCELEROMETER OVER

LOW(OCEAN WAVE) FREQUENCIES;

filed 15 September 1997; patented 26

October 1999.//Patent 5,970,899:

DIAGONAL HATCH SYSTEM FOR

SHIPS; filed 14 August 1997; patented

26 October 1999.//

Patent 5,972,136: LIQUID

PROPELLANT; filed 9 May 1997;

patented 26 October 1999.//Patent

5,972,714: ATMOSPHERIC OZONE

CONCENTRATION DETECTOR; filed

29 March 1996; patented 26 October

1999.//

Patent 5,973,051: MASS LOADED

COATING AND METHOD FOR

REDUCING THE RESONANT

FREQUENCY OF A CERAMIC DISC;

filed 27 September 1993; patented 26

October 1999.//Patent 5,973,653:

INLINE COAXIAL BALUN-FED

ULTRAWIDEBAND CORNU

FLAREDORN ANTENNA; filed 31

July 1997; patented 26 October 1999.

//Patent 5,973,824: AMPLIFICATION

BY MEANS OF DYSPROSIUM

DOPED LOW PHONON ENERGY

GLASS WAVEGUIDES; filed 29

August 1997; patented 26 October

1999.//Patent 5,973,994: SURFACE

LAUNCHED SONOBUOY; filed 20

April 1998; patented 26 October

1999.//

Patent 5,975,942: MECHANICAL

STRAIN RELIEF; filed 19 September

1997; patented 2 November 1999.//

Patent 5,976,444: NANOCHANNEL

GLASS REPLICA MEMBRANES; filed

24 September 1996; patented 2

November 1999.//

Patent 5,977,918: EXTENDIBLE

PLANAR PHASED ARRAY MAST;

filed 25 September 1997; patented 2

November 1999.//

Patent 5,978,646: METHOD AND

APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING A

LOFARGRAM IN A MULTIPATH

SONAR SYSTEM; filed 10 July 1997;

patented 2 November 1999.//Patent

5,978,647: METHOD AND

APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING

AUTOCORRELATION

COEFFICIENTS IN A MULTIPATH

SONAR SYSTEM; filed 10 July 1997;

patented 2 November 1999.//Patent

5,978,834: PLATFORM

INDEPENDENT COMPUTER

INTERFACE SOFTWARE

RESPONSIVE TO SCRIPTED

COMMANDS; filed 30 September

1997; patented 2 November 1999.//

Patent 5,980,853: AROMATIC

ACETYLENES AS CARBON

PRECURSORS; filed 8 October 1998;

patented 9 November 1999.//

Patent 5,981,297: BIOSENSOR USING

MAGNETICALLY-DETECTED LABEL;

filed 5 February 1997; patented 9

November 1999.//Patent 5,981,678:

POLYMER PRECURSOR

COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKED

POLYMERS, THERMOSETS AND

CERAMICS MADE WITH SILYL AND

SILOXYL SUBSTITUTED

CARBORANES WITH

UNSATURATED ORGANIC END

GROUPS; filed 27 February 1998;

patented 9 November 1999.//

Patent 5,982,420: AUTOTRACKING

DEVICE DESIGNATING A TARGET;

filed 21 January 1997; patented 9

November 1999.//

Patent 5,983,067: METHOD AND

APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING

CROSS-CORRELATION

COEFFICIENTS IN A MULTIPATH

SONAR SYSTEM; filed 10 July 1997;

patented 9 November 1999.//Patent

5,983,821: MULTILINE TOW CABLE

ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SWIVEL

AND SLIP RING; filed 12 August

1998; patented 16 November 1999.//

Patent 5,985,173: PHOSPHORS

HAVING A SEMICONDUCTOR HOST

SURROUNDED BY A SHELL; filed 18

November 1997; patented 16

November 1999.//Patent 5,985,523:

METHOD FOR IRRADIATING

PATTERNS IN OPTICAL

WAVEGUIDES CONTAINING

RADIATION SENSITIVE

CONSTITUENTS; filed 9 September

1996; patented 16 November 1999.//

Patent 5,986,032: LINEAR

METALLOCENE POLYMERS

CONTAINING ACETYLENIC AND

INORGANIC UNITS AND

THERMOSETS AND CERAMICS

THEREFROM; filed 14 March 1997;

patented 16 November 1999.//Patent

5,986,757: CORRECTION OF

SPECTRAL INTERFERENCES

ARISING FROM CN EMISSION IN

CONTINUOUS AIR MONITORING

USING INDUCTIVELY COUPLED

PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION

SPECTROSCOPY; filed 17 September

1997; patented 16 November 1999.//

Patent 5,986,784: ADAPTIVE

POLARIZATION DIVERSITY

DETECTION SCHEME FOR

COHERENT COMMUNICATIONS

AND INTERFEROMETRIC FIBER

SENSORS; filed 12 December 1994;

patented 16 November 1999.//

Patent 5,987,362: FINAL APPROACH

TRAJECTORY CONTROL WITH

FUZZY CONTROLLER; filed 6

October 1997; patented 16 November

1999.//Patent 5,987,397: NEURAL

NETWORK SYSTEM FOR

ESTIMATION OF HELICOPTER

GROSS WEIGHT AND CENTER OF

GRAVITY LOCATION; filed 13 March

1998; patented 23 November 1999.//

Patent 5,987,962: COPPER CRUSHER

GAUGE HOLDER; filed 15 September

1997; patented 23 November 1999.//

Patent 5,989,087: LIDAR DETECTION

USING SHADOW ENHANCEMENT;

filed 18 March 1998; patented 23

November 1999.//

Patent 5,990,679: METHOD USING

CORRECTIVE FACTORS FOR

DETERMINING A MAGNETIC

GRADIENT; filed 22 October 1997;

patented 23 November 1999.//Patent

5,990,829: SPINNING FOCAL PLANE

ARRAY CAMERA PARTICULARLY

SUITED FOR REAL TIME PATTERN

RECOGNITION; filed 3 July 1998;

patented 23 November 1999.//

Patent 5,991,036: TWO-DIMENSIONAL

OPTO-ELECTRONIC IMAGER FOR

MILLIMETER AND MICROWAVE

ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RADIATION;

filed 30 September 1997; patented 23

November 1999.//Patent 5,991,537:

VXI TEST EXECUTIVE; filed 16

September 1997; patented 23

November 1999.//Patent 5,991,815:

METHOD OF SUPPLYING MULTIPLE

LOADS FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES

OVER AN INTERCONNECTED

NETWORK OF DEFINED PATHS;

filed 19 June 1997; patented 23

November 1999.//Patent 5,991,829:

METHOD OF SENSING TARGET

STATUS IN A LOCAL AREA

NETWORK; filed 29 March 1994;

patented 23 November 1999.//

Patent 5,992,077: NOSE CONE AND

METHOD FOR ACOUSTICALLY

SHIELDING AN UNDERWATER

VEHICLE SONAR ARRAY; filed 18

March 1998; patented 30 November

1999.//Patent 5,992,226:

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR

MEASURING INTERMOLECULAR

INTERACTIONS BY ATOMIC FORCE

MICROSCOPY; filed 8 May 1998;

patented 30 November 1999.//Patent

5,992,584: DASHPOT FOR POWER

CYLINDER; filed 26 March 1996;

patented 30 November 1999.//

Patent 5,994,610: METHOD OF

SUPPRESSING THERMITE

REACTIONS IN PLASMA ARC

WASTE DESTRUCTION SYSTEM;

filed 8 May 1998; patented 30

November 1999.//Patent 5,994,884:

BOOSTER CIRCUIT FOR FOLDBACK

CURRENT LIMITED POWER

SUPPLIES; filed 27 August 1998;

patented 30 November 1999.//

Patent 5,995,803: METHOD AND

APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING A

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MULTIPATH SONAR SYSTEM; filed

10 July 1997; patented 30 November

1999.//

Patent 5,996,401: LEAK TEST

ADAPTER SYSTEM; filed 27 August

1998; patented 7 December 1999.//

Patent 5,996,503: REUSABLE GASPOWERED HAND GRENADE; filed 27

April 1998; patented 7 December

1999.//Patent 5,996,525:

BELLMOUTH EXIT ANGLE

ADAPTER; filed 6 July 1998; patented

7 December 1999.//Patent 5,996,630:

SYSTEM FOR SUPPRESSING

CAVITATION IN A HYDRAULIC

COMPONENT; filed 18 March 1998;

patented 7 December 1999.//

Patent 5,997,138: DIVER’S FACE MASK

HAVING ASPHERIC, AFOCAL LENS

SYSTEM PROVIDING UNIT

MAGNIFICATION FOR USE AS A

WINDOW BETWEEN AIR AND

WATER; filed 20 July 1998; patented

7 December 1999.//

Patent 5,998,874: ULTRAHIGH

DENSITY CHARGE TRANSFER

DEVICE; filed 13 October 1994;

patented 7 December 1999.//

Patent 5,999,212: METHOD AND

APPARATUS FOR INFRARED

DETECTION OF A MOVING TARGET

IN THE PRESENCE OF SOLAR

CLUTTER; filed 31 July 1997;

patented 7 December 1999.//Patent

5,999,292: SAGNAC

INTERFEROMETER AMPLITUDE

MODULATOR BASED

DEMULTIPLEXER; filed 20 February

1998; patented 7 December 1999.//

Patent 5,999,893: CLASSIFICATION

SYSTEM AND METHOD USING

COMBINED INFORMATION

TESTING; filed 2 May 1997; patented

7 December 1999.//

Patent 6,000,851: ADJUSTABLE

ELECTRIC MOTOR BEARING

SYSTEM; filed 10 December 1997;

patented 14 December 1999.//

Patent 6,001,237: ELECTROCHEMICAL

FABRICATION OF CAPACITORS;

filed 2 December 1997; patented 14

December 1999.//Patent 6,001,587:

CHEMICALLY SPECIFIC

PATTERNING ON SOLID SURFACES

USING SURFACE IMMOBILIZED

ENZYMES; filed 8 April 1997;

patented 14 December 1999.//Patent

6,001,715: NON-THERMAL PROCESS

FOR ANNEALING CRYSTALLINE

MATERIALS; filed 26 June 1996;

patented 14 December 1999.//Patent

6,001,926: FIBER-REINFORCED

PHTHALONITRILE COMPOSITE

CURED WITH LOW-REACTIVITY

AROMATIC AMINE CURING AGENT;

filed 2 October 1997; patented 14

December 1999.//

Patent 6,002,649: TAPERED CYLINDER

ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER

WITH REVERSED TAPERED DRIVER;

filed 16 September 1997; patented 14

December 1999.//Patent 6,002,914:

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR

SIMULATING REVERBERATION IN

A MULTIPATH SONAR SYSTEM;

filed 10 July 1997; patented 14

December 1999.//

Patent 6,005,568: COMPUTER SYSTEM

PROVIDING PLATFORM

INDEPENDENT UNIVERSAL CLIENT

DEVICE; filed 30 September 1997;

patented 21 December 1999.//

Patent 6,006,145: METHOD AND

APPARATUS FOR DIRECTING A

PURSUING VEHICLE TO A TARGET

WITH INTELLIGENT EVASION

CAPABILITIES; filed 30 June 1997;

patented 21 December 1999.//

Patent 6,007,278: DEVICE FOR

MACHINING AN INTERIOR

SURFACE OF A TUBULAR OBJECT;

filed 5 September 1996; patented 28

December 1999.//Patent 6,007,926:

PHASE STABILIZATION OF

ZIRCONIA; filed 30 January 1997;

patented 28 December 1999.//

Patent 6,008,641: METHOD USING

CORRECTIVE FACTORS FOR

ALIGNING A MAGNETIC

GRADIOMETER; filed 22 October

1997; patented 28 December 1999.//

Patent 6,009,045: ADVANCED

VERTICAL ARRAY BEAMFORMER;

filed 13 August 1998; patented 28

December 1999.//Patent 6,009,185:

NEURAL NETWORK BASED

CONTACT STATE ESTIMATOR; filed

7 May 1996; patented 28 December

1999.//

Patent application 09/111,370:

CLASSIFICATION OF IMAGES

USING A DICTIONARY OF

COMPRESSED TIME-FREQUENCY

ATOMS; filed 30 June 1998.//

Patent application 09/287,170: FLOW

RELEASE ELASTOMERIC EJECTION

SYSTEM; filed 2 April 1999.//

Patent application 09/332,407:

PRECISION HINGE MOUNTING

STOPS; filed 14 June 1999.//Patent

application 09/337,222: FLEXIBLE

CABLE PROVIDING EMI SHIELDING;

filed 7 June 1999.//Patent application

09/379,210: SYSTEM AND METHOD

FOR DETECTION OF WHITE NOISE

IN SPARSE DATA SETS; filed 20

August 1999.//

Patent application 09/435,832:

OPTICAL FILTERS BASED ON

UNIFORM ARRAYS OF METALLIC

WAVEGUIDES; filed 8 November

1999.//

Patent application 09/448,765:

INTEGRATED OBJECT-ORIENTED

FRAMEWORK FOR MULTIPLE

DATA TYPES; filed 24 November

1999.//

Patent application 09/450,439:

PRODUCTION OF HOLLOW METAL

MICROCYLINDERS FROM LIPIDS;

filed 30 November 1999.//Patent

application 09/451,718: ZEUS++

CODE TOOL, A METHOD FOR

IMPLEMENTING SAME, AND

STORAGE MEDIUM STORING

COMPUTER READABLE

INSTRUCTIONS FOR

INSTANTIATING THE ZEUS++CODE

TOOL; filed 1 December 1999.//Patent

application 09/457,007: A

TECHNIQUE FOR ESTIMATING THE

POSE OF SURFACE SHAPES USING

TRIPOD OPERATORS; filed 8

December 1999.//Patent application

09/457,521: METHOD AND DESIGN

FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF SINGLE

EVENT UPSET FAILURES IN

DIGITAL CIRCUITS MADE FROM

GAAS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS;

filed 9 December 1999.//

Patent application 09/464,090:

PENTACENE DERIVATIVES AS RED

EMITTERS IN ORGANIC LIGHT

EMITTING DEVICES; filed 16

December 1999.//

Patent application 09/476,332:

AUTONOMOUS SURVEY SYSTEM

(AUTO SURVEY); filed 3 January

2000.//Patent application 09/477,147:

ENERGY ABSORBING

COUNTERMASS ASSEMBLY; filed 5

January 2000.//Patent application 09/

477,149: ROCKET MOTOR WITH

DESENSITIZER INJECTOR; filed 4

January 2000.//Patent application 09/

477,941: CHEMICAL AND

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE

DECONTAMINATING SOLUTION

USING BLEACH ACTIVATORS; filed

5 January 2000.//

Patent application 09/480,422: DUAL

ADJUSTING OVERRIDE PRECISION

SWITCH ACTIVATOR; filed 10

January 2000.//Patent application 09/

480,535: PARTICLE SIZING

TECHNIQUE; filed 10 January 2000./

/Patent application 09/504,396: AIR

SUPPLY SYSTEM PARTICULARLY

SUITED TO REMOVE

CONTAMINANTS CREATED BY

CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL OR

RADIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; filed

15 February 2000.//

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

John G. Wynn, Associate Counsel,

Intellectual Property, Office of Naval

Research (Code 00CC), Arlington, VA

22217–5660, telephone (703) 696–4004.

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207; 37 CFR Part

404)

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 101 / Wednesday, May 24, 2000 / Notices 33529

1Sections 7(a)(2) and 7(i)(6) of the Northwest

Power Act, 16 USC §§ 839e(a)(2) and 839e(i)(6)

(1994).

2 18 C.F.R. Part 300 (1999).

3See United States Department of Energy—

Bonneville Power Administration, 80 FERC

¶ 61,118 (1997).

4Sections 7(a)(2) and 7 (i)(6), 16 U.S.C.

§§ 839e(a)(2) and 839e(i)(6) (1994).

5SoCal Edison cites to the Cross-Examination

Testimony of Gary Bolden, Tr. at 146, lines 6–11.

Dated: May 12, 2000.

J. L. Roth,

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–12998 Filed 5–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP99–355–002]

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company;

Notice of Filing

May 18, 2000.

Take notice that on May 1, 2000,

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

(BGE), and Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation (Columbia) separately filed

reports to comply with a Commission

order issued July 29, 1999, in Docket

No. RP99–355–000. The filings report

on the parties’ efforts to develop an

unbundling program with BGE that does

not require waiver of the Commission’s

shipper must have title policy.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed as provided in 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.

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. 00–13011 Filed 5–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EF00–2011–000]

United States Department of Energy—

Bonneville Power Administration;

Order Approving Rates on an Interim

Basis and Providing Opportunity for

Additional Comments

Issued May 19, 2000.

In this order, we approve the

Bonneville Power Administration’s

(Bonneville) proposed rates on an

interim basis, pending our full review

for final approval. We also provide for

an additional period of time for the

parties to file comments.

Background

On March 21, 2000, the Bonneville

Power Administration (Bonneville) filed

a request for interim and final approval

of an adjustment of its Firm Power

Products and Services rate schedule

(FPS–96R) in accordance with the

Pacific Northwest Electric Power

Planning and Conservation Act

(Northwest Power Act) 1 and Subpart B

of Part 300 of the Commission’s

regulations.2 FPS–96R was previously

approved by the Commission for a tenyear period through September 30,

2006.3 The filing incorporates into FPS–

96R seasonally and diurnally adjusted

rates for the capacity without energy

product; the rates were inadvertently

omitted when the rate schedule was

originally adopted. Bonneville contends

that the purpose of this filing is to allow

Bonneville to recover the costs that are

incurred by Bonneville offering this

product, as the inadvertent omission

could distort the revenue requirements

already adopted by the Commission.

Bonneville states that no other aspect of

FPS–96R is being adjusted, and it

otherwise continues in full force and

effect through September 30, 2006.

In accordance with the statutory

procedure, 4 Bonneville seeks interim

approval of its rates, effective May 1,

2000, pending Commission

consideration of whether to approve the

rates on a final basis. Bonneville

requests approval of the modification of

the FPS–96R rate for the period

beginning May 1, 2000, through

September 30, 2006.

Notice of Filing and Interventions

Notice of Bonneville’s filing was

published in the Federal Register, 65

Fed. Reg. 19,370 (2000), with comments,

protests, or motions to intervene due on

or before April 20, 2000.

Goldendale Aluminum Company,

Northwest Aluminum Company,

Reynolds Metals Company, Kaiser

Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, and

Elf Atochem, North America (the

Aluminum Companies) jointly filed a

timely motion to intervene, raising no

substantive issues.

Southern California Edison Company

(SoCal Edison) filed a timely motion to

intervene and protest. SoCal Edison

requests that Bonneville’s filing be

rejected and that interim approval of the

rate be denied. SoCal Edison argues that

there is no evidence supporting the

filing and that Bonneville has failed to

comply with the applicable provisions

of the Northwest Power Act. SoCal

Edison further opposes Bonneville’s

request for waiver of the filing

requirements and the 60-day prior

notice requirement of the Commission’s

regulations. In the alternative, SoCal

Edison requests that the Commission

deny Bonneville interim approval of the

proposed rate, suspend the proposed

rate and set this matter for an

evidentiary hearing.

SoCal Edison disputes both the

procedure by which Bonneville

developed the rate and the procedures

it has followed in this processing. SoCal

Edison states that the methodology used

by Bonneville in developing the

proposed rate is inconsistent with

Bonneville’s general obligations to set

rates having regard to the recovery of

the cost of generation and transmission,

to encourage the most widespread use of

Bonneville power, and to set rates at the

lowest possible rates to consumers.

SoCal Edison asserts that the proposed

rate is not based upon the actual costs

of generation and transmission incurred

by Bonneville. Instead, SoCal Edison

asserts, Bonneville has proposed a rate

supposedly based upon the market even

though, by the testimony of its own

witness, no market exists.5 SoCal Edison

argues that Bonneville’s methodology

used in developing this market rate is

not supported by credible data or

analyses and is inconsistent with the

methodology used in developing either

market-based rates or cost-based rates in

both the 1996 general rate proceeding

and the general rate proceeding that