38528 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 21, 2000 / Notices

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken

Korkia, Board/Staff Coordinator, Rocky

Flats Citizens Advisory Board, 9035

North Wadsworth Parkway, Suite 2250,

Westminster, CO 80021; telephone (303)

420–7855; fax (303) 420–7579.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board

The purpose of the Board is to make

recommendations to DOE and its

regulators in the areas of environmental

restoration, waste management, and

related activities.

Tentative Agenda

1. Approval of 2001 Work Plan and

Budget

2. Comments on future site use

proposals and on the Rock Creek

Reserve Plan

3. Update on waste and nuclear

materials shipments

4. Other Board business may be

conducted as necessary

Public Participation

The meeting is open to the public.

Written statements may be filed with

the Board either before or after the

meeting. Individuals who wish to make

oral statements pertaining to agenda

items should contact Ken Korkia at the

address or telephone number listed

above. Requests must be received at

least five days prior to the meeting and

reasonable provision will be made to

include the presentation in the agenda.

The Deputy Designated Federal

Officer is empowered to conduct the

meting in a fashion that will facilitate

the orderly conduct of business. Each

individual wishing to make public

comment will be provided a maximum

of five minutes to present their

comments.

Minutes

The minutes of this meeting will be

available for public review and copying

at the Freedom of Information Public

Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585 between 9

am and 4 pm, Monday–Friday, except

Federal holidays.

Minutes will also be available at the

Public Reading Room located at the

Board’s office at 9035 North Wadsworth

Parkway, Suite 2250, Westminster, CO

80021; telephone (303) 420–7855. Hours

of operation for the Public Reading

Room are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday

through Friday. Minutes will also be

made available by writing or calling Deb

Thompson at the address or telephone

number listed above.

Issued at Washington, DC on June 16, 2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–15681 Filed 6–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board

Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board’s Panel on Emerging

Technologies for the Treatment of

Mixed Waste. The Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Public Law 92–463, 86

Stat. 770), requires that agencies publish

these notices in the Federal Register to

allow for public participation.

NAME: Secretary of Energy Advisory

Board—Panel on Emerging

Technologies for the Treatment of

Mixed Waste.

DATES: Thursday, June 22, 2000, 8:30

am–3 pm.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy,

Conference Room 1E–245, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585.

Note: Members of the public are requested

to contact the Office of the Secretary of

Energy Advisory Board at (202) 586–7092 in

advance of the meeting (if possible), to

expedite their entry to the Forrestal Building

on the day of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Betsy Mullins, Executive Director,

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board

(AB–1), U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–7092

or (202) 586–6279 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board’s Panel on Emerging

Technologies for the Treatment of

Mixed Waste is to provide independent

external advice and recommendations to

the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board

on emerging technologies for the

treatment of mixed waste which the

Department of Energy should pursue.

The Panel will focus on the

evaluation of emerging non-incineration

technologies for the treatment of lowlevel, alpha low-level and transuranic

wastes containing polychlorinated

biphenyls (PCBs) and other hazardous

constituents. Waste categories to be

addressed include inorganic

homogeneous solids, organic

homogeneous solids, and soils.

The Panel will also evaluate public

concerns concerning the incineration of

mixed wastes and whether the emerging

non-incineration technologies could be

implemented in a manner that would

allow the Department of Energy to

comply with all legal requirements,

including those contained in the

Settlement Agreement and Consent

Order signed by the State of Idaho,

Department of Energy, and the U.S.

Navy in October 1995.

Tentative Agenda

The agenda for the June 22 meeting

has not been finalized. However, the

meeting will include a series of briefings

and discussions on the treatment of

mixed wastes. Members of the public

wishing to comment on issues before

the Panel on Emerging Technologies for

the Treatment of Mixed Waste will have

an opportunity to address the Panel

during the afternoon period for public

comment. The final agenda will be

available at the meeting.

Public Participation

In keeping with procedures, members

of the public are welcome to observe the

business of the Panel on Emerging

Technologies for the Treatment of

Mixed Waste and submit written

comments or comment during the

scheduled public comment periods. The

Chairman of the Panel is empowered to

conduct the meeting in a fashion that

will, in the Chairman’s judgment,

facilitate the orderly conduct of

business. During its meeting in

Washington, DC, the Panel welcomes

public comment. Members of the public

will be heard in the order in which they

sign up at the beginning of the meeting.

The Panel will make every effort to hear

the views of all interested parties.

You may submit written comments to

Betsy Mullins, Executive Director,

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board,

AB–1, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585. This notice is

being published less than 15 days before

the date of the meeting due to the late

resolution of programmatic issues.

Minutes

A copy of the minutes and a transcript

of the meeting will be made available

for public review and copying

approximately 30 days following the

meeting at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190 Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC, between 9 am

and 4 pm, Monday through Friday

except Federal holidays. Further

information on the Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board and its subcommittees

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may be found at the Board’s web site,

located at http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

Issued at Washington, DC, on June 16,

2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–15680 Filed 6–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[IC00–580–000, FERC Form–580]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

June 15, 2000.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection and request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. 104–13), the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is

soliciting public comment on the

specific aspects of the information

collection described below.

DATES: Consideration will be given to

comments submitted on or before

August 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed

collection of information can be

obtained from and written comments

may be submitted to the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael

P. Miller, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, CI–1, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by

telephone at (202) 208–1415, by fax at

(202) 208–2425, and by e-mail at

mike.miller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

information collected under the

requirements for FERC Form 580,

‘‘Interrogatory on Fuel and Energy

Purchase Practices,’’ Docket No. IN79–6,

(OMB No. 1902–0137) is used by the

Commission to implement the statutory

provisions of section 205(f) of the

Federal Power Act (FPA), as added by

the Public Utility Regulatory Policies

Act (PURPA) (Pub. L. 95–617). These

provisions require that ‘‘not less

frequently than every 2 years * * * the

Commission shall review, with respect

to each public utility, practices under

automatic adjustment clauses of such

utility to ensure efficient use of

resources (including economical

purchase and use of fuel and electric

energy) under such clauses.’’

FERC Form 580 is collected on

diskette and in hard copy. The Form

580 information is used by Commission

staff to: (1) Evaluate fuel costs in

individual rate proceedings; (2) review

fuel costs passed through automatic fuel

adjustment clauses, as determined

during periodic compliance audits of

utility books and records; (3) initiate

Commission action under section

205(f)(3) of the FPA to order a public

utility to modify the terms and

provisions of any automatic adjustment

clause or to cease any practice in

connection with the clause; and (4)

determine whether wholesale rates are

just and reasonable, as required under

FPA Section 205(a).

Action: The Commission is requesting

a three-year extension of the current

expiration date. The current Form 580

can be found on the Commission’s web

site at: http://www.ferc.fed.us/electric/

f580/form580.htm.

Burden Statement: Public reporting

burden for this collection is estimated

as:

Number

of respondents

(1)

Annual

number of

responses

per respondent

(2)

Average

burden

hours per

response

(3)

Total annual burden

(in

hours)

(1) × (2)

× (3)

129 1 .5 64 4.128

1The FERC Form 580 is collected once

every two years.

The reduction in average burden

hours per response has been reduced

from 93.5 to 64 hours. This is a direct

result of a lower percentage of

jurisdictional utilities having fuel

adjustment clauses and thus having to

file the complete Form 580

interrogatory. Only those utilities with

fuel adjustment clauses are required to

file the full interrogatory. Utilities

without fuel adjustment clauses are

required to file an abbreviated form. The

estimated total cost to respondents is

$221,374 (4,128 hours divided by 2,080

hours per year per full time employee

multiplied by $111,545 per year per

average employee equals $221,374). The

average cost per respondent is estimated

to be $1,716.

The reporting burden includes the

total time, effort, or financial resources

expended to generate, maintain, retain,

disclose, or provide the information

including: (1) Reviewing instructions;

(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and

utilizing technology and systems for the

purposes of collecting, validating,

verifying, processing, maintaining,

disclosing and providing information;

(3) adjusting the existing ways to

comply with any previously applicable

instructions and requirements; (4)

training personnel to respond to a

collection of information; (5) searching

data sources; (6) completing and

reviewing the collection of information;

and (7) transmitting, or otherwise

disclosing the information.

The estimate of cost for respondents

is based upon salaries for professional

and clerical support, as well as direct

and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs

include all costs directly attributable to

providing this information, such as

administrative costs and the cost for

information technology. Indirect or

overhead costs are costs incurred by an

organization in support of its mission.

These costs apply to activities which

benefit the whole organization rather

than any one particular function or

activity.

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the Commission,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; (2) 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; (3)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) ways to 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 submission of

responses).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–15565 Filed 6–20–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. ER98–3760–005; EC96–19–

053; ER96–1663–056]

California Independent System

Operator Corporation; Notice of Filing

June 15, 2000.

Take notice that on May 26, 2000, the

California Independent System Operator

Corporation (ISO), tendered for filing an

Answer in the above-referenced dockets.

The Answer includes ISO Tariff sheets

correcting several errors in the Tariff

sheets submitted by the ISO as part of