57806 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 187 / Tuesday, September 26, 2000 / Notices

What Agencies Will be Postponed for

Review until the May 2001 Meeting?

The agency listed below, which was

originally scheduled for review during

the Committee’s December 2000

meeting, will be postponed for review

until the Committee’s May 2001

meeting. Any third-party written

comments regarding these agencies that

were received by July 28, 2000, in

accordance with the Federal Register

notice published on June 13, 2000, will

become part of the official record and

will be considered by the Committee in

its deliberations at the May 2001

meeting. There will be another

opportunity to provide written

comments on this agency next winter; a

Federal Register notice requesting

comments on all agencies scheduled for

review at the May 2001 meeting will be

published in January 2001.

Nationally Recognized Accrediting

Agencies

Petition for Initial Recognition

1. Teacher Education Accreditation

Council (Requested scope of

recognition: the accreditation of

professional education programs in

institutions offering baccalaureate and

graduate degrees for the preparation of

teachers and other professional

personnel for elementary and secondary

schools)

Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2

A. Lee Fritschler,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. EC99–81–004 and MG00–6–

000]

Dominion Resources, Inc. and

Consolidated Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Filing

September 20, 2000.

Take notice that on September 1,

2000, Dominion Resources, Inc.

(Dominion) and Consolidated Natural

Gas Company (CNG) (together,

Applicants) filed a compliance filing in

compliance with (1) the Commission’s

May 17, 2000, ‘‘Order on Compliance

Filing’’ which imposed conditions on

the Commission’s approval of the

merger of Dominion and CNG, and (2)

the Commission’s related ‘‘Order on

Standards of Conduct’’ for Applicants,

which was also issued on May 17, 2000.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest such filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214). All such motions and protests

should be filed on or before October 2,

2000. Protests will be considered by the

Commission to determine the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceedings. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on

file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection. This

filing may also be viewed on the

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

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

assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP00–459–000]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Request for Blanket Authorization

September 20, 2000.

Take notice that on September 12,

2000, El Paso Natural Gas Company (El

Paso), a Delaware corporation, P.O. Box

1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in

CP00–459–000 a request pursuant to

Sections 157.205 and 157.216(b) of the

Commission’s (Commission)

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205 and 157.216(b)) and El

Paso’s blanket certificate authorization

granted in Docket No. CP82–435–000,

20 FERC ¶62,454 (1982), to abandon by

removal eight delivery points with

appurtenances and natural gas service

in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas as

more fully set forth in the request which

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection. The application

may be viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm. Call

(202) 208–2222 for assistance.

El Paso states that on March 24, 2000,

EPNG Pipeline Company (EPNGPC, a

wholly-owned subsidiary of El Paso)

acquired a 1,088 mile 30-inch O.D.

crude oil pipeline from Plains All

American Pipeline L.P. (All American).

It is then stated that on July 31, 2000,

El Paso filed in Docket No. CP00–422–

000 an application requesting

authorization for, among other things,

the acquisition from EPNGPC of

approximately 785 miles of a 30-inch

O.D. crude oil pipeline and the

conversion of that 785-mile segment to

a natural gas transportation pipeline and

to operate the facility in interstate

commerce.

It is stated that as part of the sale

agreement between EPNGPC and All

American, that All American would

retain, dismantle and remove ten crude

oil pumping station facilities along the

30-inch O.D. crude oil pipeline. It is

indicated that currently there are eight

El Paso delivery points that provide

natural gas service for fuel to operate

eight of the All American crude oil

pumping stations, and that El Paso

proposes to abandon by removal the

eight delivery points, appurtenances

and natural gas service thereof and will

remove and scrap equipment. El Paso

states that the proposed abandonment

will not result in or cause any

interruption, reduction or termination of

natural gas service presently rendered to

El Paso’s customers.

El Paso states that Robert T.

Tomlinson at 915–496–5959 may be

contacted for any further questions

regarding this project,

Any person or the Commission’s Staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205), a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefore,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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