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assistance with access to CIPS, the CIPS

helpline can be reached at (202) 208–

2474.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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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

June 2, 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, to

deliver a copy of the communication, if

written, or a 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 it 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 documents may be viewed on

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

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

assistance).

Exempt:

1. Project No. 696 ...................................................................................................................................... 5–24–00 Thomas H. Nelson.

2. CP00–59–001 ......................................................................................................................................... 5–5–00 Curtis B. James.

3. CP00–232–000 ....................................................................................................................................... 5–23–00 Charles de la Rock.

4. Project No. 2551 .................................................................................................................................... 5–4–00 Frank M. Simms.

5. CP99–392–000 ....................................................................................................................................... 4–25–00 Don L. Klima.

6. CP00–6–000 ........................................................................................................................................... 5–30–00 Ken Huntington.

Prohibited:

1. ER00–1262–001 ..................................................................................................................................... 5–31–00 Lydia B. Vollmer.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6713–4]

Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle

Emissions Budgets in Submitted State

Implementation Plans for

Transportation Conformity Purposes;

Pennsylvania; Revised Attainment and

ROP Plans for the PhiladelphiaWilmington-Trenton Ozone

Nonattainment Area

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy status.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that the

revised motor vehicle emissions budgets

(budgets) contained in the revised

attainment plan for the PhiladelphiaWilmington-Trenton Ozone

Nonattainment Area and in the revised

Rate of Progress Plans (ROP) for the

Pennsylvania portion of the area

submitted by the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania as a State Implementation

Plan (SIP) revision are adequate for

transportation conformity purposes. The

Commonwealth submitted the revised

plans to EPA on February 25, 2000. The

plans consist of the 2005 attainment

demonstration for the PhiladelphiaWilmington-Trenton Ozone

Nonattainment Area and the 1999, 2002,

and 2005 ROP plans for the

Pennsylvania portion of the

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton

Ozone Nonattainment Area. EPA has

found the budgets for the PhiladelphiaWilmington-Trenton Ozone

Nonattainment Area in the revised

attainment and ROP plans submitted by

the Pennsylvania Department of

Environmental Protection (DEP) on

February 25, 2000 adequate for

transportation conformity purposes.

DATES: The findings that the budgets are

adequate were made in a letter dated

May 31, 2000 from EPA Region III to the

Pennsylvania Department of

Environmental Protection and are

effective on June 23, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Budney, U.S. EPA, Region III,

1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA

19103 at (215) 814–2184 or by e-mail at:

Budney.Larry @epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Throughout this document the terms

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. The

word ‘‘budgets’’ refers to the motor

vehicle emission budgets for volatile

organic compounds (VOCs) and

nitrogen oxides (NOX). The words

‘‘revised SIP’’ in this document refers to

the revised attainment plan for the

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton

Ozone Nonattainment Area and the

revised ROP plans for the Pennsylvania

portion of the area submitted to EPA by

the Pennsylvania DEP on February 25,

2000. The revised SIP includes the

revised attainment demonstration for

the one-hour National Ambient Air

Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone for

the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton

Ozone Nonattainment Area and the

revised ROP plans (1999, 2002 and

2005) for the Pennsylvania portion of

the area. The Pennsylvania portion of

the nonattainment area consists of

Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester,

Montgomery, and Bucks Counties.

On March 2, 1999, the D.C. Circuit

Court ruled that the budgets contained

in submitted SIPs cannot be used for

transportation conformity

determinations until EPA has

affirmatively found them adequate.

By a transmittal letter dated February

25, 2000, PADEP submitted its revised

SIP for the Philadelphia-WilmingtonTrenton Ozone Nonattainment Area. On

March 13, 2000, we posted the