38824 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 121 / Thursday, June 22, 2000 / Notices

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426.

Please include the Project Number

(11128–012) on any comments or

motions filed.

k. Description of Filing: Odell

Hydroelectric Company (Odell) applied

to surrender the Brooklyn Project

license. Odell states that, due to the

deregulated electric utility market, it has

been unable to get an electric rate that

supports the economics of the project.

Odell maintains that the dam and areas

within the project boundary have been

unchanged by licensing because no

actual construction has been completed

as part of the project.

l. Locations of the Application: A

copy of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference Room,

located at 888 First Street, NE., Room

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. The application may be

viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm. Call (202) 208–2222

for assistance. A copy is also available

for inspection and reproduction at the

address in item h above.

m. Individuals desiring to be included

on the Commission’s mailing list should

so indicate by writing to the Secretary

of the Commission.

Protests or Motions to Intervene—

Anyone may submit a protest or a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the requirements of Rules of Practice

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210,

385.211, and 385.214. In determining

the appropriate action to take, the

Commission will consider all protests

filed, but only those who file a motion

to intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any protests or

motions to intervene must be received

on or before the specified deadline date

for the particular application.

Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. Any of the above-named

documents must be filed by providing

the original and the number of copies

provided by the Commission’s

regulations to: The Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

A copy of any motion to intervene must

also be served upon each representative

of the Applicant specified in the

particular application.

Agency Comments—Federal, state,

and local agencies are invited to file

comments on the described application.

A copy of the application may be

obtained by agencies directly from the

Applicant. If an agency does not file

comments within the time specified for

filing comments, it will be presumed to

have no comments. One copy of an

agency’s comments must also be sent to

the Applicant’s representatives.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–15738 Filed 6–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice Regarding Electronic

Publication of Notices

June 16, 2000.

Take notice that effective June 21,

2000, the Commission will begin

making notices public electronically on

a continuous basis on the Commission’s

Issuance Posting System (CIPS).

Currently the Office of the Secretary,

regularly posts copies of notices daily at

10 a.m., 3 p.m., and 4:30 p.m. on

bulletin boards outside of the Public

Reference Room.

Since the Commission has

implemented an electronic document

handling system for notices, the

Commission now has the capability of

making notices public electronically on

CIPS on a continuous basis throughout

the work day. In the past, notices were

not added to CIPS until after the paper

copy was posted on a bulletin board.

In order to provide notices to the

public in a more timely manner,

effective June 21, 2000, notices will be

added to CIPS on a continuous basis

throughout the day instead of awaiting

the paper posting hours. The Secretary

will continue to post paper copies of

notices at 10:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m., 4:30

p.m., and when necessary after 5 p.m.

This announcement applies only to

notice and not to any other Commission

issuances.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–15785 Filed 6–21–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RM98–1–000]

Regulations Governing Off-the-Record

Communications; Public Notice

June 16, 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 in

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

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

assistance).

Exempt

1. CP00–65–000; 5/26/00; Clifford G.

Day.

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2. P–8282; 6/08/00; Rafael Montag.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–15735 Filed 6–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[IL201; FRL–6720–3]

Adequacy Status of Chicago, IL

Submitted Ozone Rate of Progress

Plan Budget for Transportation

Conformity Purposes

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy.

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is

notifying the public that in a letter dated

May 23, 2000, EPA found that the motor

vehicle emissions budget in the

Chicago, Illinois ozone nine percent rate

of progress plan and supplemental

information, submitted on December 18,

1997, December 17, 1999, January 14,

2000, and January 21, 2000, is adequate

for conformity purposes. On March 2,

1999, the D.C. Circuit Court ruled that

submitted State Implementation Plans

(SIPs) cannot be used for conformity

determinations until EPA has

affirmatively found them adequate. As a

result of our finding, Chicago can use

the motor vehicle emissions budget for

volatile organic compounds for the year

1999 from the submitted ozone nine

percent rate of progress plan for future

conformity determinations. This budget

is effective July 7, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

finding and the response to comments

already received will be available at

EPA’s conformity website: http://

www.epa.gov/oms/traq, (once there,

click on the ‘‘Conformity’’ button, then

look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP

Submissions for Conformity’’).

Patricia Morris, Environmental

Scientist, Regulation Development

Section (AR–18J), Air Programs Branch,

Air and Radiation Division, United

States Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604,

(312) 353–8656,

morris.patricia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Throughout this document, whenever

‘‘we’’, ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean

EPA. Today’s notice is simply an

announcement of a finding that we have

already made. EPA Region 5 sent a letter

to the Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency on May 23, 2000, stating that

the motor vehicle emissions budget in

the Chicago, Illinois submitted ozone

nine percent rate of progress plan for

1999 is adequate. This finding will also

be announced on EPA’s conformity

website: http://www.epa.gov/oms/traq,

(once there, click on the ‘‘Conformity’’

button, then look for ‘‘Adequacy Review

of SIP Submissions for Conformity’’).

Transportation conformity is required

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act.

EPA’s conformity rule requires that

transportation plans, programs, and

projects conform to state air quality

implementation plans and establishes

the criteria and procedures for

determining whether or not they do.

Conformity to a SIP means that

transportation activities will not

produce new air quality violations,

worsen existing violations, or delay

timely attainment of the national

ambient air quality standards.

The criteria by which we determine

whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emission

budgets are adequate for conformity

purposes are outlined in 40 CFR

93.118(e)(4). Please note that an

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s

completeness review, and it also should

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a

budget adequate, the SIP could later be

disapproved.

We’ve described our process for

determining the adequacy of submitted

SIP budgets in guidance (May 14, 1999

memorandum titled ‘‘Conformity

Guidance on Implementation of March

2, 1999 Conformity Court Decision’’).

We followed this guidance in making

our adequacy determination.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Dated: June 12, 2000.

David A. Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

[FR Doc. 00–15717 Filed 6–21–00; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–140285; FRL–6591–6]

Access to Confidential Business

Information by Logistics Management

Institute

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has authorized its

contractor Logistics Management

Institute (LMI) of McLean, Virginia

access to information which has been

submitted to EPA under sections 4, 5, 8,

and 12 of the Toxic Substances Control

Act (TSCA). Some of the information

may be claimed or determined to be

confidential business information (CBI).

DATES: Access to the confidential data

submitted to EPA under TSCA section

12(b), occurred as a result of an

approved waiver dated April 6, 2000,

which requested granting LMI

immediate access to this Section of

TSCA CBI. This waiver was necessary to

allow LMI to repair a database

containing 12(b) export notices.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara A. Cunningham, Acting

Director, Environmental Assistance

Division (7408), Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental

Protection Agency, Rm. E–545, 401 M

St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, (202)

554–1404, TDD: (202) 554–0551; e-mail:

TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Notice Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. This action may, however, be

of interest to ‘‘those persons who are or

may be required to conduct testing of

chemical substances under the Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA).’’ Since

other entities may also be interested, the

Agency has not attempted to describe all

the specific entities that may be affected

by this action. If you have any questions

regarding the applicability of this action

to a particular entity, consult the person

listed under ‘‘FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.’’

II. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document or Other Related Documents?

Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document, and

certain other related documents that

might be available electronically, from

the EPA Internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/. To access this

document, on the Home Page select

‘‘Laws and Regulations’’ and then look

up the entry for this document under

the ‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Register listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

III. What Action is the Agency Taking?

Under contract number GS–35F–

4041G, contractor LMI of 2000

Corporate Ridge Road, Mclean, VA, will

assist the Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics (OPPTS) by providing

compatible and integrated databases

that have the quality, accessibility,

availability and maintainability for the

workflow applications developed to

support OPPT processes.