[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53377-53378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27217]


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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY


Sunshine Act Meeting

agency holding the meeting: Tennessee Valley Authority (Meeting No. 
1498).

time and date: 9 a.m. (CDT), October 15, 1997.

place: TVA Allen Fossil Plant Assembly Room, 2574 Plant Road, Memphis, 
Tennessee.

status: Open.

Agenda

    Approval of minutes of meeting held on September 8, 1997.
New Business
B--Purchase Awards
    B1. Increase in the amount of an existing Blanket Purchase Order 
with ABB Power T&D Company, Inc., from $7.99 million to $26 million.
    B2. Approval to enter into a contract with Allied Welding & Safety, 
LLC, for welding supplies and equipment for all TVA locations.
C--Energy
    C1. Approval to supplement engineering services contracts with 
Midpoint International Corporation (TV-95252V) and Martin-Williams 
International, Inc. (TV-95264V), to provide engineering services in a 
staff augmentation role for TVA Nuclear. The supplements will add a 
cumulative amount not to exceed $8.5 million and extend the term of the 
contracts to September 30, 2000.
    C2. Public auction sale of Cawood Branch Coal Lease, Red Bird Coal 
Reserves, Harlan and Leslie Counties, Kentucky (Tract No. XEKCR-39L) 
and delegation of authority to the Vice President, Fuel Supply and 
Engineering, or a designated representative, to administer, amend, or 
modify the terms of the lease.
E--Real Property Transactions
    E1. Grant of permanent easement to the State of Alabama for a 
bridge project, affecting approximately 1.15 acres of land on Bear 
Creek in Marion County, Alabama (Tract No. XTBCSF-1H).
    E2. Grant of permanent easement to the State of Tennessee for State 
Highway No. 306 improvement project,

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affecting 1.09 acres of land on Chickamauga Lake in Meigs County, 
Tennessee (Tract No. XTCR-192H).
    E3. Sale of noncommercial, nonexclusive permanent easements to 
Robert K. Tallent (Tract No. XTELR-197RE) and John T. Smolik (Tract No. 
XTELR-198RE) for construction and maintenance of recreational water-use 
facilities affecting 0.42 acre of land on Tellico Lake in Loudon 
County, Tennessee.
    E4. Grant of permanent easement to LaFollette Utilities for a 
powerline affecting approximately 5.02 acres of TVA land and former TVA 
land on Norris Lake in Campbell County, Tennessee (Tract No. XTNR-
110PR).
    E5. Sale of 40-year easement to Lighthouse Fuels, Inc., for 
industrial development, affecting approximately 37.5 acres of land on 
Pickwick Lake in Tishomingo County, Mississippi (Track No. XYECR-111E).
Unclassified
    F1. Approval to file condemnation cases in connection with the 
following power transmission lines: Alpha-Loughridge, Murray County, 
Georgia; Batesville-West Batesville, Panola County, Mississippi; 
Savannah-North Adamsville, Hardin County, Tennessee; and Widows Creek-
Fort Payne, Jackson County, Alabama.
Information Items
    1. Approval for calculation adjustments to distributor retail rate 
schedules related to the price increase which became effective October 
1, 1997.
    2. Approval of completion of final contract negotiations with 
Southern Company Services, Inc., and execution of reciprocal network 
transmission service agreements to serve each company's isolated native 
loads located within the other company's control area.
    3. Approval to abandon a portion of TVA's Chickamauga-Friendship 
transmission line right-of-way easement affecting 0.1 acre in Hamilton 
County, Tennessee (Tract No. 2CF-10).
    4. Amended and restated agreement among TVA, Southeastern Power 
Administration, and Tennessee Valley Public Power Association regarding 
power supply from the Corps of Engineers' Cumberland River projects.
    5. Approval to submit two proposals to the Department of Energy 
under which TVA would offer to provide DOE with irradiation services 
for the production of tritium.
    6. Reformation of a contract between TVA and the TVA Retirement 
System.
    7. Approval to amend the program for TVA contributions to the cost 
of medical coverage in TVA-sponsored medical plans for current and 
future retirees and to count all Federal civilian service prior to 
coming to TVA as creditable service for persons who retire from TVA 
after January 1, 1997.

    For more information: Please call TVA Public Relations at (423) 
632-6000, Knoxville, Tennessee. Information is also available at 
TVA's Washington Office (202) 898-2999.

    Dated: October 8, 1997.
Edward S. Christenbury,
General Counsel and Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-27217 Filed 10-9-97; 8:45 am]
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