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Southwestern’s rate adjustment

threshold, dated June 23, 1987, provides

that Southwestern’s Administrator may

defer a revenue decrease or increase in

the magnitude of two percent or less.

The Deputy Secretary of Energy has the

authority to extend rates, previously

confirmed and approved by FERC, on an

interim basis, pursuant to 10 CFR

903.22(h) and 903.23(a)(3). The

Administrator is proposing that the rate

adjustment be deferred and that the

current rate be extended for a one-year

period effective through September 30,

2001, in accordance with Department of

Energy (DOE) rate extension authority

and Southwestern’s rate adjustment

threshold.

DATES: Written comments are due on or

before July 26, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Forrest E. Reeves, Assistant

Administrator, Office of Corporate

Operations, Southwestern Power

Administration, Department of Energy,

P.O. Box 1619, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101,

(918) 595–6696, reeves@swpa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.

Department of Energy was created by an

Act of the U.S. Congress, Department of

Energy Organization Act, Pub. L. 95–91,

dated August 4, 1977, and

Southwestern’s power marketing

activities were transferred from the

Department of the Interior to the

Department of Energy, effective October

1, 1977.

Southestern markets power from 24

multiple-purpose reservoir projects with

power facilities constructed and

operated by the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers (Corps). These projects are

located in the States of Arkansas,

Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.

Southwestern’s marketing area includes

these states plus Kansas and Louisiana.

Southwestern’s Integrated System is

comprised of 22 of these projects

interconnected through Southwestern’s

transmission system and exchange

agreements with other utilities. The

other two projects (Sam Rayburn and

Robert Douglas Willis) are not

interconnected with Southwestern’s

Integrated System. Their power is

marketed under contracts through

which two customers purchase the

entire power output of each of the

projects at the dams.

Following DOE Order Number RA

6120.2, Southwestern’s Administrator

prepared a FY 2000 Current Power

Repayment Study (PRS) using the

existing Sam Rayburn Dam Project rate

schedule. The Current PRS shows the

cumulative amortization through FY

1999 at $12,795,065 on a total

investment of $25,845,371. The FY 2000

Revised PRS indicates the need for an

increase in annual revenues of $28,068,

or 1.3 percent.

Southwestern generally defers, as a

matter of practice, an indicated rate

adjustment that falls within

Southwestern’s plus-or-minus two

percent rate adjustment threshold. The

threshold was developed to minimize

Southwestern’s cost while still

maintaining adequate rates and is

consistent with cost recovery criteria

within DOE Order Number RA 6120.2

regarding rate adjustment plans. The

Sam Rayburn Dam Project’s FY 1999

(last year’s) PRS concluded that the

annual revenues needed to be increased

by 0.2 percent. At that time, it was

determined prudent to defer the

increase in accordance with the

established threshold and the current

rate schedule was continued for one

year. It once again seems prudent to

defer this potential rate adjustment in

accordance with Southwestern’s rate

adjustment threshold and re-evaluate

the ability of the existing rate to provide

sufficient revenues to satisfy costs

projected in the FY 2001 (next year’s)

PRS.

The current rate schedule for the Sam

Rayburn Dam Project was confirmed

and approved by the FERC on a final

basis on December 7, 1994, for a period

that ended September 30, 1998. In

accordance with 10 CFR 903.22(h) and

903.23(a)(3), the Deputy Secretary may

extend existing rates on an interim basis

beyond the period specified by the

FERC.

As a result of the benefits of reduced

Federal expense and rate stability

obtained by a rate adjustment deferral,

Southwestern’s Administrator is

proposing to extend the current Sam

Rayburn Dam Project Rate Schedule.

The schedule is to be effective for the

one-year period beginning October 1,

2000, and extending through September

30, 2001.

Opportunity is presented for

customers and interested parties to

receive copies of the study data for the

Sam Rayburn Dam Project. If you desire

a copy of the Power Repayment Study

data package for the Sam Rayburn Dam

Project, please submit your request to:

Mr. Forrest E. Reeves, Assistant

Administrator, Office of Corporate

Operations, P.O. Box 1619, Tulsa, OK

74101, call (918) 595–6696 or e-mail

reeves@swpa.gov.

Following review of the written

comments (absent any substantive

reasons to do otherwise), the

Administrator will submit the rate

extension proposal for the Sam Rayburn

Dam Project to the Deputy Secretary of

Energy for confirmation and approval.

Dated: June 14, 2000.

Michael A. Deihl,

Administrator.

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6721–9]

Underground Injection Control

Program; Hazardous Waste Disposal

Injection Restrictions; Petition for

Exemption—Class I Hazardous Waste

Injection; E. I. du Pont de Nemours &

Company, Inc.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Final Decision on

Injection Well No Migration Petition.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that an

exemption to the land disposal

restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous

and Solid Waste Amendments to the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act has been granted to E. I. du Pont de

Nemours & Company, Inc. (Dupont), for

five Class I injection wells located at

Dupont’s White Pigment and Mineral

Products DeLisle Plant in DeLisle,

Mississippi. As required by 40 CFR Part

148, the company has adequately

demonstrated to the satisfaction of the

Environmental Protection Agency by

petition and supporting documentation

that, to a reasonable degree of certainty,

there will be no migration of hazardous

constituents from the injection zone for

as long as the waste remains hazardous.

This final decision allows the

underground injection by Dupont, of the

specific restricted hazardous wastes

identified in the exemption, into five

Class I hazardous waste injection wells

(Plant Wells 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6) at the

DeLisle, Mississippi facility, until

December 31, 2020, unless EPA moves

to terminate the exemption under

provisions of 40 CFR 148.24. As

required by 40 CFR 148.22(b) and

124.10, a public notice was issued

February 29, 2000. A public hearing was

held March 30, 2000 at the DeLisle

Elementary School. The public

comment period closed on April 13,

2000. No comments were received at the

public hearing and the only comment

letter received prior to the close of the

comment period was from Dupont.

These comments were not of a

significant nature and EPA has

determined that its reasons for granting

the exemption as set forth in the

proposed decision remain valid. This

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decision constitutes final Agency action

and there is no Administrative appeal.

DATES: This action is effective as of May

5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the petition and

all pertinent information relating thereto

are on file at the following location:

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 4, Water Management Division,

Ground Water/Drinking Water Branch,

Ground Water & UIC Section, Atlanta,

GA 30303–8960.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew Bartlett, Chief Ground Water &

UIC Section, EPA Region 4, telephone

(404) 562–9478.

Dated: June 14, 2000.

A. Stanley Meiburg,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6725–1]

Meeting of the Mobile Sources

Technical Review Subcommittee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Act,

Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby

given that the Mobile Sources Technical

Review Subcommittee of the Clean Air

Act Advisory Committee will meet in a

regular quarterly session. This is an

open meeting. The theme will be

‘‘Modeling.’’ The meeting may include

presentations on the impact and

significance of such sources on air

quality and public health from several

perspectives, e.g., EPA, CARB and the

regulated industry, an update on EPA’s

computer model and a discussion of

regulatory initiatives. The preliminary

agenda for this meeting and draft

minutes from the previous one are

available from the Subcommittee’s

website at: http://transaq.ce.gatech.edu/

epatac

DATES: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 from

9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Registration begins

at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Holiday Inn Select Hotel Old Town

Alexandria, 480 King Street, Virginia, ,

22314. The facility is located 3 miles

from National Airport and 15 minutes

from downtown Washington. The

telephone number is (703) 549–6080.

Space for observers is available on a

first-come, first-served basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

technical information: Mr. John T.

White, Alternate Designated Federal

Officer, Certification and Compliance

Division, U.S. EPA 2000 Traverwood

Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, Ph: 734/

214–4353, FAX: 734/214–4821; email:

white.johnt@epa.gov

For logistical and administrative

information: Ms. Mary F. Green, FACA

Management Officer, U.S. EPA 2000

Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor,

Michigan, Ph: 734/214–4411, Fax: 734/

214–4053; email: green.mary@epa.gov.

For background on the Subcommittee:

http://transaq.ce.gatech.edu/epatac.

Individuals or organizations wishing

to provide comments to the

Subcommittee should submit them to

Mr. White at the address above by April

7. The Mobile Sources Technical

Review Subcommittee expects that

public statements presented at its

meetings will not be repetitive of

previously submitted oral or written

statements.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During

this meeting, the Subcommittee may

also hear progress reports from some of

its workgroups (including review and

approval of the recommendations of the

On-Board Diagnostics Workgroup prior

to their submission to the CAAAC) as

well as updates and announcements on

activities of general interest, e.g., status

of relevant EPA regulations, schedule

for the release of MOBILE6, and an

update on the reorganization of the

Office of Transportation and Air

Quality.

Dated: June 16, 2000.

Margo T. Oge,

Director, Office of Transportation and Air

Quality.

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Science Advisory Board; Emergency

Notification of Rescheduled Public

Advisory Committee Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that the Clean Air

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)

teleconference meeting scheduled for

Monday, June 26, 2000 from 11 a.m. to

12 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time has been

rescheduled to Wednesday, July 5, 2000.

The purpose of the teleconference

meeting is to review a report developed

by its Technical Subcommittee on Fine

Particle Monitoring. The meeting will be

coordinated through a conference call

connection in Room 6013 in the USEPA,

Ariel Rios Building North, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20460. Other than the change in

date, no other changes in the details of

the meeting have been made. Details are

contained in 65 FR 36691, June 9, 2000.

Dated: June 21, 2000.

A. Robert Flaak,

Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[Report No. AUC–00–34–B (Auction No. 34);

DA 00–1100]

Auction of Licenses for 800 MHz

Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR)

Service in the General Category Band

(851–854 MHz) and Upper Band (861–

865 MHz)

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document announces the

procedures and minimum opening bids

for the upcoming auction of licenses for

the 800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio

Service for General Category and Upper

Band Frequencies (‘‘Auction No. 34’’). It

also, announces that the beginning date

of Auction No. 34 will be moved

forward one week to August 16, 2000.

DATES: Auction No. 34 will begin

August 16, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Auctions and Industry Analysis

Division: M. Nicole Oden, Legal Branch

at (202) 418–0660; Nancy Gilbert or Bob

Reagle, Auctions Operations Branch at

(717) 338–2888 Commercial Wireless

Division: Bettye Woodward, Licensing

and Technical Analysis Branch at (202)

418–1345 Media Contact: Meribeth

McCarrick at (202) 418–0654.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of a public notice released

May 18, 2000. The complete text of the

public notice, including attachments, is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC Reference Center (Room CY–A257),

445 12th Street, SW, Washington, D.C.

20554. It may also be purchased from

the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc. (ITS, Inc.) 1231 20th Street, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20036, (202) 857–

3800. It is also available on the

Commission’s web site at http://

www.fcc.gov.