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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board, Paducah. The Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86

Stat. 770) requires that public notice of

these meetings be announced in the

Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, October 19, 2000: 5:30

p.m.–9:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Paducah Information Age

Park Resource Center, 2000 McCracken

Boulevard, Paducah, Kentucky.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

D. Sheppard, Deputy Designated Federal

Officer, Department of Energy Paducah

Site Office, Post Office Box 1410, MS–

103, Paducah, Kentucky 42001, (270)

441–6804.

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 and waste

management activities.

Tentative Agenda:

5:30 p.m.—Informal Discussion

6:00 p.m.—Call to Order

6:10 p.m.—Approve Minutes

6:20 p.m.—Presentations, Board Response,

Public Comments

8:00 p.m.—Subcommittee Reports, Board

Response, Public Comments

8:30 p.m.—Administrative Issues

9:00 p.m.—Adjourn

Copies of the final agenda will be

available at the meeting.

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Committee either

before or after the meeting. Individuals

who wish to make oral statements

pertaining to agenda items should

contact John D. Sheppard at the address

or telephone number listed above.

Requests must be received 5 days prior

to the meeting and reasonable provision

will be made to include the presentation

in the agenda. The Designated Federal

Officer is empowered to conduct the

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate

the orderly conduct of business. Each

individual wishing to make public

comment will be provided a maximum

of 5 minutes to present their comments

as the first item of the meeting agenda.

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

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except Federal holidays. Minutes will

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Office, Post Office Box 1410, MS–103,

Paducah, Kentucky 42001 or by calling

him at (270) 441–6804.

Issued at Washington, DC on September

27, 2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

Bonneville Power Administration’s

Proposed Adjustment to the 1996

Unauthorized Increase Charge, Public

Hearing, and Opportunity for Public

Review and Comment

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed adjustment

to the 1996 unauthorized increase

charge. BPA File No: UAI–96R.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Northwest

Electric Power Planning and

Conservation Act (Northwest Power

Act) provides that Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA) must establish

and periodically review its rates so that

they are adequate to recover, in

accordance with sound business

principles, the costs associated with the

acquisition, conservation, and

transmission of electric power, and to

recover the Federal investment in the

Federal Columbia River Power System

(FCRPS) and other costs incurred by

BPA.

By this notice, BPA announces its

proposed adjustment to the 1996

Unauthorized Increase Charge. The

Unauthorized Increase Charge is a

penalty charge that applies to any

purchaser taking demand and/or energy

in excess of its contractual entitlement.

The 1996 Unauthorized Increase Charge

was set at a level intended to deter

customers who had their own

generation or a contract obligation to

supply power to their load from

exceeding their BPA contractual

entitlements to Federal power.

However, since 1996 a robust wholesale

market for power has developed which

has recently produced high and volatile

prices. These market changes render the

current level of the 1996 Unauthorized

Increase Charge for energy and demand

inadequate to deter customers from

taking demand and energy in excess of

the amount of Federal power to which

they are contractually entitled. This

action is to adjust the 1996

Unauthorized Increase Charge so that it

will operate as intended—as a penalty

charge, rather than as an attractive

alternative to purchasing power at

existing wholesale power market prices.

DATES: Proposed hearing dates are

supplied in Supplementary Information,

Section I.C. Close of public comments is

November 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be submitted to: Mr. Michael Hansen,

Public Involvement and Information

Specialist; Bonneville Power

Administration; P.O. Box 12999;

Portland, Oregon 97212.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Interested persons may also call (503)

230–4328 or call toll-free 1–800–622–

4519. Documents will be available for

public viewing after October 6, 2000, at

BPA’s Public Information Center, BPA

Headquarters Building, 1st Floor; 905

NE. 11th, Portland, Oregon, and will be

provided to parties at the prehearing

conference to be held on October 6,

2000, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Room 223,

911 NE. 11th, Portland, Oregon. The

documents will also be available on

BPA’s website at www.bpa.gov/power/

ratecase. Ms. Diane Cherry, Power Rates

Process Manager, is the official

responsible for the development of

BPA’s rates. Ms Cherry may be

contacted as indicated above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction and Procedural

Background

A. Relevant Statutory Provisions Governing

This Rate Proceeding

B. Procedure/Background

C. Proposed Schedule Concerning This

Rate Proceeding

Part II: Purpose and Scope of Hearing

A. The Circumstances Necessitating

Adjustment

B. Scope

C. NEPA Evaluation

Part III: Public Participation

A. Distinguishing Between ‘‘Participants’’

and ‘‘Parties’

B. Petitions for Intervention

C. Developing the Record

Part IV: Summary of the Proposal

PART I—INTRODUCTION AND

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Relevant Statutory Provisions

Governing This Rate Proceeding

Section 7 of the Northwest Power Act,

16 U.S.C. 839e, contains a number of

general directives that the BPA

Administrator must consider in

establishing rates for the sale of electric

energy and capacity. In particular,

section 7(a)(1), 16 U.S.C. 839e(a)(1),

provides in part that:

[S]uch rates shall be established and, as

appropriate, revised to recover, in accordance

with sound business principles, the costs

associated with the acquisition, conservation,

and transmission of electric power, including

the amortization of the Federal investment in

the Federal Columbia River Power System

(including irrigation costs required to be

repaid out of power revenues) over a

reasonable period of years and the other costs

and expenses incurred by the Administrator

pursuant to this Act and other provisions of

law.

Rates established by BPA are effective

on an interim or final basis when

approved by FERC. 16 U.S.C. 839e(a)(2).

In addition to the Northwest Power Act,

BPA ratemaking is governed by the

Bonneville Project Act, 16 U.S.C. 832 et

seq., the Federal Columbia River

Transmission System Act, 16 U.S.C. 838

et seq., and the Flood Control Act of

1944, 16 U.S.C. 825 et seq.

Section 7(i) of the Northwest Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 839e(i), requires that

BPA’s rates be set according to certain

procedures. These procedures include

issuance of a Federal Register notice

announcing the proposed rates; one or

more hearings; the opportunity to

submit written views, supporting

information, questions, or arguments;

and a decision by the Administrator

based on the record developed during

the hearing process. This proceeding

will be governed by BPA’s ‘‘Procedures

Governing Bonneville Power

Administration Rate Hearings,’’ 51 FR

7611 (March 5, 1986), which implement

and, in most instances, expand these

statutory requirements. Pursuant to Rule

1010.3(c) of the Procedures Governing

Bonneville Power Administration Rate

Hearings (BPA Procedures), this hearing

will be conducted under Rule 1010.10,

which governs Expedited Rate

Proceedings. The expedited procedures

will be used rather than the procedures

for General Rate Proceedings conducted

under Rule 1010.9. The procedures for

General Rate Proceedings are intended

for use when the Administrator

proposes to revise all, or substantially

all, of BPA’s wholesale power and

transmission rates.

The proposed adjustment of the 1996

Unauthorized Increase Charge (UAI) is a

change in the level of the penalty charge

which is added to other rates. The

adjustment includes a change in the

applicability of the UAI to existing 1996

rate schedules. It will be applicable to

any customer providing nonfederal

power to serve any portion of its

consumer’s load, but in the very limited

circumstance of the customer’s failure to

supply or exceedence of its right to take

power under its BPA contracts.

Therefore, the issues in this rate

proceeding will be fewer and of more

limited scope than the issues in a

proceeding to adjust all BPA rates. BPA

believes that the 90-day Expedited Rate

Proceeding will be adequate to develop

a full and complete record and to

receive public comment and argument

related to the proposed adjustment. If

more time is required, the Hearing

Officer may request under Rule

1010.10(b) of the BPA Procedures that

the BPA Administrator grant an

extension.

B. Procedure/Background

On July 17, 1995, BPA filed a notice

in the Federal Register proposing new

wholesale power and transmission rates

to be effective on October 1, 1996,

including the UAI. BPA’s initial rate

proposal was filed on July 10, 1995, and

was supported by written testimony and

studies. Parties to the proceeding filed

their rebuttal to BPA’s direct case and

their own direct testimony on

September 8, 1995. On December 8,

1995, litigants filed rebuttal to the

Parties’ direct cases. BPA also filed a

supplemental rate proposal on

December 8, 1995, which consisted of

written testimony and studies.

Parties filed their direct cases in

response to BPA’s supplemental rate

proposal on January 26, 1996.

Testimony responding to the Parties’

supplemental cases was filed on

February 12, 1996. Surrebuttal

testimony was filed by all Parties on

February 14, 1996. The Parties filed

their prehearing briefs on February 12,

1996. Cross-examination began on

February 20, 1996. Parties submitted

initial briefs on April 22, 1996. Oral

argument before the BPA Administrator

and Deputy Administrator was held on

April 30, 1996.

A Draft Record of Decision (ROD) was

published and distributed to parties on

May 14, 1996. Parties filed briefs on

exceptions on May 30, 1996. BPA

published its Final ROD on June 17,

1996.

BPA filed its proposed rates,

including the UAI, with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

on July 26, 1996. On September 25,

1996, FERC granted interim approval of

the proposed rates effective October 1,

1996. On July 30, 1996, FERC issued an

order granting final confirmation and

approval of BPA’s rates.

C. Proposed Schedule Concerning This

Rate Proceeding

BPA will release its proposed 1996

Revisions on October 6, 2000, and

expects to publish a final Record of

Decision on December 29, 2000. The

following proposed schedule is

provided for informational purposes. A

final schedule will be established by the

Hearing Officer at the prehearing

conference.

Date Action

October 4 .......... Deadline for Petitions to Intervene.

October 6 .......... Prehearing Conference.

October 12 ........ Data Requests on BPA’s

Direct Case.

October 19 ........ Data Responses Due.

October 27 ........ Parties’ Direct Cases and

Rebuttal to BPA’s Direct

Case.

November 3 ...... Data Requests on Parties’

Direct Cases.

November 10 .... Data Responses Due.

November 17 .... Parties’ Rebuttal.

November 24 .... Cross-Examination.

December 1 ...... Initial Briefs.

December 15 .... Draft Record of Decision.

December 22 .... Briefs on Exceptions.

December 29 .... Final Record of Decision.

The procedural schedule established

for Docket No. UAI–96R will provide an

opportunity for interested persons to

review BPA’s proposed rates, to

participate in the rate hearing, and to

submit oral and written comments.

During the development of the final rate

proposal, BPA will evaluate all written

and oral comments received in the rate

proceeding. Consideration of comments

and more current data may result in the

final rate proposal differing from the

rates proposed in this Notice.

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Part II—Purpose and Scope of Hearing

The purpose and scope of the hearing

is to correct the 1996 UAI. BPA

proposes to adjust upward the level of

the charge to reflect wholesale power

market price volatility. Such an

adjustment will ensure that it operates

as intended as a penalty that deters BPA

customers from taking more Federal

power than allowed under the terms of

their BPA power purchase contracts.

Therefore, BPA proposes the use of a

market price index that will cause

adjustments to the 1996 UAI for energy

and demand to account for market price

volatility.

A. The Circumstances Necessitating

Adjustment

Since 1996, a robust wholesale power

market has developed in which the 1996

UAI simply does not perform as

intended. Recent experience in the

Northwest power market clearly

indicates that the 1996 UAI of 100 mills

for energy is no longer an effective

deterrent. For example, average daily

prices for firm Heavy Load Hours (HLH)

energy at Mid-Columbia exceeded 100

mills on 59 days from May 1, 2000 to

August 31, 2000. During this 4-month

period average daily HLH energy prices

exceeded 300 mills on 8 days. And the

highest daily HLH price recorded during

this period was 628 mills on June 27,

2000. This market price level has the

result of making the UAI charge an

attractive price rather than a deterrence,

contrary to its designed purpose. BPA’s

proposed adjustment to these charges

would give BPA the ability to assess

charges that reflect the volatility of the

market in periods in which the market

price for power exceeds the minimum

UAI for energy and demand. This

penalty rate would then continue to be

effective as a deterrence. Without this

modification, the UAI charge may be an

attractive alternative price to the market

price for some BPA customers. If this

happens, BPA may face power demands

far in excess of its planned system

capability. This could result in a

significant erosion of BPA’s financial

position and an inability to recover its

costs and repay the U.S. Treasury.

B. Scope

Pursuant to Rule 1010.3(f) of BPA’s

Procedures, the Administrator limits the

scope of this hearing to issues

respecting the 1996 UAI as described in

Section II hereof.

C. NEPA Evaluation

BPA has assessed the potential

environmental effects of its rate

proposal, as required by the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as

part of BPA’s Business Plan

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

The analysis includes an evaluation of

the environmental impacts of a range of

rate design alternatives for BPA’s power

services and an analysis of the

environmental impacts of the rate levels

resulting from the rates for such services

under the business structure

alternatives. BPA’s proposal to revise

the 1996 UAI falls within the range of

alternatives evaluated in the Final

Business Plan EIS. Comments on the

Business Plan EIS were received outside

the formal rate hearing process, but will

be included in the rate case record and

considered by the Administrator in

making a final decision establishing

BPA’s revisions to the 1996 rate

schedules. The Business Plan EIS was

completed in June 1995.

Part III—Public Participation

A. Distinguishing Between

‘‘Participants’’ and ‘‘Parties’’

BPA distinguishes between

‘‘participants in’’ and ‘‘parties to’’ the

hearings. Apart from the formal hearing

process, BPA will receive comments,

views, opinions, and information from

‘‘participants,’’ who are defined in the

BPA Procedures as persons who may

submit comments without being subject

to the duties of, or having the privileges

of, parties. Participants’ written and oral

comments will be made part of the

official record and considered by the

Administrator. Participants are not

entitled to participate in the prehearing

conference; may not cross examine

parties’ witnesses, seek discovery, or

serve or be served with documents; and

are not subject to the same procedural

requirements as parties.

Written comments by participants

will be included in the record if they are

submitted on or before November 15,

2000. Participants’ written views,

supporting information, questions, and

arguments should be submitted to the

address noted above. The second

category of interest is that of a ‘‘party’’

as defined in Rules 1010.2 and 1010.4

of the BPA Procedures. 51 FR 7611

(1986). Parties may participate in any

aspect of the hearing process.

B. Petitions for Intervention

Persons wishing to become a party to

BPA’s rate proceeding must notify BPA

in writing of their interest. Petitioners

may designate no more than two

representatives upon whom service of

documents will be made. Petitions to

intervene shall state the name and

address of the person requesting party

status and the person’s interest in the

hearing.

Petitions to intervene as parties in the

rate proceeding are due to the Hearing

Officer by October 4, 2000. The

petitions should be directed to:

Kimberly J. Maki, Hearing Clerk—LP–7,

Bonneville Power Administration, 905

NE. 11th Ave., P.O. Box 12999 Portland,

Oregon 97232.

Petitioners must explain their

interests in sufficient detail to permit

the Hearing Officer to determine

whether they have a relevant interest in

the hearing. Pursuant to Rule 1010.1(d)

of BPA’s Procedures, BPA waives the

requirement in Rule 1010.4(d) that an

opposition to an intervention petition be

filed and served 24 hours before the

prehearing conference. Any opposition

to an intervention petition may instead

be made at the prehearing conference.

Any party, including BPA, may oppose

a petition for intervention. Persons who

have been denied party status in any

past BPA rate proceeding shall continue

to be denied party status unless they

establish a significant change of

circumstances. All timely applications

will be ruled on by the Hearing Officer.

Late interventions are strongly

disfavored. Opposition to an untimely

petition to intervene shall be filed and

received by BPA within two days after

service of the petition.

C. Developing the Record

Cross-examination will be scheduled

by the Hearing Officer as necessary

following completion of the filing of all

parties’ and BPA’s direct cases, rebuttal

testimony, and discovery. Parties will

have the opportunity to file initial briefs

at the close of any cross-examination.

After the close of the hearings, and

following submission of initial briefs,

BPA will issue a Draft ROD that states

the Administrator’s tentative

decision(s). Parties may file briefs on

exceptions, or when all parties have

previously agreed, oral argument may be

substituted for briefs on exceptions.

When oral argument has been scheduled

in lieu of briefs on exceptions, the

argument will be transcribed and made

part of the record. The record will

include, among other things, the

transcripts of any hearings, written

material submitted by the participants,

and evidence accepted into the record

by the Hearing Officer. The Hearing

Officer then will review the record,

supplement it if necessary, and certify

the record to the Administrator for

decision.

The Administrator will develop the

final adjusted 1996 UAI based on the

entire record. The basis for the final

adjustment will be expressed in the

Administrator’s Final ROD. The

Administrator will serve copies of the

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ROD on all parties and will file the final

proposed rate adjustment, together with

the record, with FERC for confirmation

and approval. See generally, 18 CFR

Part 300.

Part IV—Summary of the Proposal

BPA proposes to adjust the 1996 UAI

to reflect changes in the market rate for

power by adoption of a market-index

basis for the charge. The UAI is

intended as a penalty rate to deter a

customer from taking more Federal

power than it is entitled to purchase

from BPA under its contracts. The

charge will apply to all customers

supplying power from generation

resources or power purchases from the

market. The modification will prevent

the charge, now a fixed charge, from

becoming an attractive price alternative

when the market price is higher.

Below is the revised 1996

Unauthorized Increase Charge.

Delete Section II.R of the GRSPs in the

1996 Wholesale Power and

Transmission Rate Schedules, and

replace with the following:

1. Charge for Unauthorized Increase in

Demand

The amount of Measured Demand

during a billing hour that exceeds the

amount of demand the purchaser is

contractually entitled to take during that

hour shall be billed at the greater of:

a. Three (3) times the applicable

monthly demand charge;

b. The sum of hourly California ISO

Spinning Reserve Capacity prices for all

HLHs in the month, at path NW1 (COB);

or

c. The sum of hourly California ISO

Spinning Reserve Capacity prices for all

HLHs in the month, at path NW3

Nevada-Oregon Border (NOB).

2. Charge for Unauthorized Increase in

Energy

The amount of Measured Energy

during a diurnal period of a billing

month, day, or hour that exceeds the

amount of energy the purchaser is

contractually entitled to take during that

period shall be billed the greater of:

a. One hundred (100) mills/kWh; or

b. For the month in question, the

greater of:

(1) The highest diurnal DJ Mid-C

Index price for firm power; or

(2) The highest hourly ISO California

Supplemental Energy price (NP15).

The DJ Mid-C Index definitions for

HLH’s (or peak) and LLH’s (or off-peak)

will be adjusted, as necessary, to be

consistent with (comport with) BPA’s

definitions for HLH and LLH periods.

In the event that either the ISO

California Supplemental Energy price

index or the DJ Mid-C Index expires, the

index will be replaced for purposes of

the Unauthorized Increase Charge for

energy by:

(1) The highest price experienced for

the month at the CalPX, NW1 (COB);

(2) The highest price experienced for

the month at the CalPX, NW3 (NOB).

Add the following to Section II.A.6.1,

Section II.B.6.1, Section II.C.3.1, and

Section II.E.7.1 of the 1996 Priority Firm

Rate Schedule; Section II.A.5.1, Section

II.B.6.1, and Section II.D.7.1 of the 1996

New Resource Firm Power Rate

Schedule; and Section II.C.7.1 of the

1996 Industrial Firm Power Rate

Schedule:

Rate adjustment Section

Unauthorized Increase Charge ....... II.R

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on September

19, 2000.

Judith A. Johansen,

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP00–468–000]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Application

September 26, 2000.

Take notice that on September 21,

2000, El Paso Natural Gas Company (El

Paso), whose mailing address is Post

Office Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978,

filed an application at Docket No. CP00–

468–000, pursuant to Section 7(b) of the

Natural Gas Act (NGA), for permission

and approval to abandon by removal or

in place, existing pipeline facilities and

for a certificate of public convenience

and necessity to relocate pipeline

facilities, all in Maricopa County,

Arizona, all as more fully set forth in the

application which is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection. This filing may be viewed

on the web at http://www.ferc.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222).

El Paso states that its existing 103⁄4-

inch Tucson-Phoenix Line (Line 1007)

and Tucson-Phoenix Loop Line (Line

1008) traverse land that is currently

under development by Tait

Development, Inc. (Tait). It is indicated

that Tait has advised El Paso that this

development will involve, among other

things, the construction of multi-story

office buildings, roads, and parking lot

facilities, all of which will encroach

upon El Paso’s easement and/or

pipeline. It is then stated that, in

recognition of the concerns present with

an active natural gas pipeline in

operation in the immediate construction

area, the developer has requested El

Paso to relocate the segment of pipe

away from the construction area, and

will grant El Paso a new easement

adjacent to a road being constructed

around the subdivision. El Paso states it

has agreed to the developer’s proposal,

and proposes authorization to relocate

its pipeline.

El Paso states that, normally, this

project could easily be accomplished

under its Part 157 blanket certificate as

a miscellaneous rearrangement under

Section 157.208 of the Commission’s

Regulations. However, it is stated that

Line 1007 was recently determined by

the Arizona State Historical

Preservation Office (SHPO) to be eligible

for historic designation under Section

106 of the National Historic

Preservation Act, and consequently, El

Paso cannot obtain the necessary ‘‘noeffect’’ determination required from the

SHPO to permit this activity to be

performed under the Commission’s Part

157, Subpart F regulations.

El Paso now seeks case specific

authorization for the project because the

historical designation given Line No.

1007 also requires that, as part of the

Commission’s processing of the

application, that a Programmatic

Agreement (PA) be developed. El Paso

indicates that the PA is the

environmental document designed to

specifically address the protocol for any

project disturbing this facility, together

with agreed upon documentation,

photographs, and studies to record the

historical aspects of the facility. El Paso

also indicates that, based on the

circumstances surrounding the project,

it seeks expedited processing of the

application, with the use of a

memorandum of agreement (MOA)

rather than a PA and for the issuance of

an order approving the project prior to

October 15, 2000. El Paso estimates total

project costs of $175,122, to be

reimbursed 50 percent by the developer.

Any questions regarding this

application should be directed to Mr.

A.W. Clark at (915) 496–2600.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make protest with reference to said

application should on or before October

6, 2000, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a

motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 or 385.214)

and the regulations under the Natural