38268 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 119 / Tuesday, June 20, 2000 / Notices

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

DOE Implementation Plan for

Recommendation 2000–1 of the

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

Board, Stabilization and Storage of

Nuclear Material

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Defense Nuclear

Facilities Safety Board published

Recommendation 2000–1, concerning

the stabilization and storage of nuclear

material, on January 26, 2000 (65 FR

4237). Under section 315(e) of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,

42 U.S.C. 2286d(e), the Department of

Energy must transmit an

implementation plan on

Recommendation 2000–1 to the Defense

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board after

acceptance of the Recommendation by

the Secretary. The Department’s

implementation plan was sent to the

Safety Board on June 8, 2000, and is

available for review in the Department

of Energy Public Reading Rooms.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, data,

views, or arguments concerning the

implementation plan to: Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

David Huizenga, Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Integration and

Disposition, Environmental

Management, Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on June 14,

2000.

Mark B. Whitaker, Jr.,

Departmental Representative to the Defense

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

The Secretary of Energy

June 8, 2000.

The Honorable John T. Conway,

Chairman, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

Board, 625 Indiana Avenue, NW, suite

700, Washington, DC. 20004.

Dear Mr. Chairman: Enclosed is Revision 3

of the Department’s Implementation Plan for

remediating the nuclear materials identified

in Recommendations 94–1 and 2000–1. This

revision describes the current status of, and

changes to, the Department’s plans for

stabilizing the nuclear materials, with

significant changes included for the Hanford

Spent Nuclear Fuel Project, Savannah River

Site, Rocky Flats Environmental Technology

Site, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

These plans and any changes to previous

commitments have been discussed with

members of your staff.

The enclosed plan includes discussion of

all of the actions taken to date to address the

urgent safety issues described in the original

Recommendation 94–1. It also sets forth the

Department’s plans and commitments for the

remaining stabilization activities called for in

Recommendation 2000–1. Accordingly, the

Department proposes closure of

Recommendation 94–1 as we continue to

track our stabilization activities under

Recommendation 2000–1.

The Department is currently working

closely with the Los Alamos National

Laboratory to establish a satisfactory path

forward for stabilization of its remaining 94–

1 legacy inventory. Los Alamos completed

stabilization of all of their high-risk vault

items in July 1998, and stabilization of the

remaining 17 priority items stored in

gloveboxes is being actively pursued. Five

interim commitments have been established

to monitor the preparation of an integrated

plan with milestones for the stabilization and

discard of those items and all remaining 94–

1 legacy material at Los Alamos. This plan

will be available by October 31, 2000.

The Department acknowledges that the

enclosed revision reflects significant delays

to some of our previously approved

stabilization commitments, particularly in

the area of stabilization activities at the

Savannah River Site. As I described in my

March 13, 2000, response to your

Recommendation 2000–1, these delays result

from a variety of interrelated factors that

include funding priorities as well as

technical and management issues. In

developing this plan revision, however, we

have been careful to order the activities with

the objective of achieving early risk

reduction. We recognize the importance of

these projects and will work to maximize our

efficiency and attain every possible schedule

acceleration.

We continue to closely track progress on

all stabilization commitments and are

pleased to be able to continue to show

measurable progress at several sites. Of note

is the completion of all remaining 94–1

activities at the Idaho National Engineering

and Environmental Laboratory. We will keep

you and your staff apprised of our progress

in meeting the commitments at the remaining

six sites. If you have any questions, please

contact me or have your staff contact Mr.

David Huizenga at (202) 586–5151.

Yours sincerely,

Bill Richardson.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Availability of Solicitation

AGENCY: Idaho Operations Office,

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

solicitation—Steel Visions of the future.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE), Idaho Operations Office,

is seeking applications for cost-shared

research and development of

technologies which will reduce energy

consumption, enhance economic

competitiveness, and reduce

environmental impacts of the Steel

Industry. The research is to address

research priorities identified by the

Steel Industry in Chapters 2, 3, and 4 of

the Steel Industry Technology

Roadmap.

DATES: The deadline for receipt of

applications is 3 p.m. MST on

September 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Applications should be

submitted to: Procurement Services

Division, U.S. DOE, Idaho Operations

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Office, Attention: Carol Van Lente [DE–

PS07–00ID13964], 850 Energy Drive,

MS 1221, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401–

1563.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carol Van Lente, Contract Specialist, at

vanlencl@id.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

statutory authority for this program is

the Federal Non-Nuclear Energy

Research & Development Act of 1974

(P.L. 93–577). Approximately

$5,000,000 to $10,000,000 in federal

funds is expected to be available to fund

the first year of selected research efforts.

DOE anticipates making two to five

cooperative agreement awards each with

a duration of five years or less.

Collaborations between industry,

university, and National Laboratory

participants are encouraged. The

solicitation is available in full text via

the Internet at the following address:

http://www.id.doe.gov/doeid/psd/procdiv.html.

Issued in Idaho Falls on June 13, 2000.

R.J. Hoyles,

Director, Procurement Services Division.

[FR Doc. 00–15475 Filed 6–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board;

Meeting Cancellation

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of meeting cancellation

until further notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

cancellation until further notice of the

open meeting of the Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board’s Laboratory Operations

Board (LOB).

NAME: Secretary of Energy Advisory

Board—Laboratory Operations Board.

DATES: The meeting scheduled for

Wednesday, June 21, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–

3:15 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time has

been cancelled until further notice.

ADDRESSES: Spallation Neutron Source

Project Building, Room 101A, 701

Scarboro Road, Oak Ridge National

Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

37831.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Betsy Mullins, Executive Director, or

Laurie Keaton, LOB Staff Director,

Office of Secretary of Energy Advisory

Board (AB–1), U.S. Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–

7162 or (202) 586–6279 (fax).

Issued at Washington, D.C., on June 14,

2000.

Carol A. Kennedy,

Acting Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–15474 Filed 6–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy

[FE Docket No. 00–27–NG, et al.]

Texaco Natural Gas Inc., et al.; Orders

Granting, Amending and Vacating

Authority To Import and Export Natural

Gas, Including Liquefied Natural Gas

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Orders.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy

(FE) of the Department of Energy gives

notice that during April 2000, it issued

Orders granting, amending, and vacating

authority to import and export natural

gas, including liquefied natural gas.

These Orders are summarized in the

attached appendix and may be found on

the FE web site at http://

www.fe.doe.gov, or on the electronic

bulletin board at (202) 586–7853. They

are also available for inspection and

copying in the Office of Natural Gas &

Petroleum Import & Export Activities,

Docket Room 3E–033, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–

9478. The docket room is open between

the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 8, 2000.

John W. Glynn,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import & Export

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

Appendix

ORDERS GRANTING, AMENDING AND VACATING IMPORT/EXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS

DOE/FE authority

Importer/exporter FE Docket No.

In Bcf

Comments

Order No. Date issued Import

volume

Export

volume

1588 ........ 05/01/00 Texaco Natural Gas Inc. 00–27–

NG.

120 .................... Import from Mexico beginning on May 3, 2000,

and extending through May 2, 2002.

1589 ........ 05/01/00 Northwest Natural Gas Company

00–28–NG.

150 150 Import and export from and to Canada beginning

on May 1, 2000, and extending through April 30,

2002.

1590 ........ 05/05/00 Cabot Energy Service Corporation 00–29–LNG.100 .................... Import LNG from various international sources

over a two-year term beginning on the date of

first delivery.

1591 ........ 05/10/00 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 00–26–NG ... 18 .................... Import from Canada beginning on July 1, 2000,

and extending through June 30, 2000.

1487–A .... 05/11/00 Sempra Energy Trading Corp.,

99–36–NG.

300 .................... Amendment to existing authority to allow the importation of liquefied natural gas from any international source through June 15, 2001.

1592 ........ 05/16/00 OGE Energy Resources, Inc.,

00–32–NG.

400 Import and export a combined total from and to

Canada over a two-year term beginning on the

date of first import or export delivery.

1593 ........ 05/16/00 Indeck-Yerkes Limited Partnership, 00–31–NG.18 .................... Import from Canada beginning on May 16, 2000,

and extending through May 15, 2002.

1409–A .... 05/16/00 Indeck-Yerkes Limited Partnership, 98–60–NG.Vacate blanket import authority.

1594 ........ 05/16/00 Indeck-Oswego Limited Partnership, 00–30–NG.18 .................... Import from Canada beginning on May 16, 2000,

and extending through May 15, 2002.