60926 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 199 / Friday, October 13, 2000 / Notices

DC 20585. Ms. Borgstrom may be

contacted by calling (202) 586–4600 or

by leaving a message at (800) 472–2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Council on Environmental

Quality (Council) regulation for

implementing NEPA under emergency

circumstances (40 CFR 1506.11) and

DOE’s corresponding NEPA

implementing regulation (10 CFR

1021.343), DOE consulted with the

Council regarding alternative NEPA

compliance arrangements for emergency

actions having potentially significant

environmental impacts. As a result of

the consultations, DOE prepared this

SEA of impacts related to the emergency

fire suppression, soil erosion and flood

control actions by DOE starting in early

May 2000 at the time of the Cerro

Grande Fire and extending through

November 2000. A notice of emergency

DOE actions was published in the

Federal Register on June 21, 2000,

which included a brief description of

contemplated actions, and their

potential impacts, as both were

understood at that time. The Federal

Register notice also served as the Public

Notice and Statement of Findings

regarding DOE’s intention to take action

involving construction and other actions

within floodplains and wetlands

pursuant to DOE’s regulations for

Compliance with Floodplain/Wetlands

Environmental Review Requirements

(10 CFR Part 1022). DOE announced the

preparation of the SEA at regular public

and stakeholder meetings regarding the

status of DOE’s emergency actions being

taken. These status meetings were held

weekly in Los Alamos beginning on

June 30 and extending through August

11, 2000. The meetings are now being

held on a monthly basis, with the first

monthly meeting held on September 15,

2000.

DOE is providing copies of the SEA to

LANL stakeholders, including tribes and

members of the public who have

identified themselves as interested

parties. DOE has also made the SEA

publicly available through the Internet

and by placing it in DOE and LANL

reading rooms and local public libraries

in: Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Espan ̃ola, and

Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The actions covered in this SEA

encompass a wide range of activities,

including felling trees, igniting back

fires, applying fire-retardants, removing

and stabilizing contaminants, and

controlling erosion and storm water. In

general, DOE actions had localized or

limited individual adverse impacts and

were designed to protect life and

property from the effects of the fire and

subsequent soil erosion and surface

water runoff caused by seasonally heavy

rainfalls. In this respect, the actions had

a significant positive cumulative impact

at LANL and within the regions of

influence for most resources. However,

individual projects had some adverse

effects, such as loss of habitat for

wildlife, primarily resulting from soil

and vegetation removal. The SEA does

not include an analysis of the impacts

that resulted from the Cerro Grande Fire

itself. The fire impacts at LANL will be

captured in other reports, and

specifically, the Annual SWEIS

Yearbook will detail the cumulative

impacts of the wildfire.

Subsequent Document Preparation

Results of monitoring the mitigation

effectiveness and the environmental

effects of the emergency actions will be

made available to the public through an

annual mitigation tracking report. The

first annual tracking report will be

issued in January 2002 for the Fiscal

Year beginning October 1, 2000, and

ending on September 30, 2001. DOE

will consider any comments received on

the SEA and the subsequent documents

in pursuing adaptive mitigation

measures. Comments should be sent to

Ms. Withers as indicated in the

ADDRESSES section above.

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 5,

2000.

Henry Garson,

NEPA Compliance Officer, Defense Programs,

National Nuclear Security Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–26332 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–26–000]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

October 6, 2000.

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

El Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso)

tendered for filing to its FERC Gas

Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1–A,

the following tariff sheets, with an

effective date of November 3, 2000:

First Revised Sheet No. 309A

First Revised Sheet No. 445

El Paso states that the tariff sheets

delete El Paso’s pro forma Trading

Partner Agreement and implement the

use of the Gas Industry Standards

Board’s Model Trading Partner

Agreement.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. Protests will

be considered by the Commission in

determining 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 in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–26290 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–340–000]

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company;

Notice of Technical Conference

October 6, 2000.

On June 15, 2000, Koch Gateway

Pipeline Company (Kock Gateway) filed

in compliance with Order No. 637. A

technical conference to discuss the

various issues raised by Koch’s filing

was held on Wednesday, September 20,

2000.

Take notice that a second technical

conference to discuss the issue of

segmentation on Kock’s system will be

held Wednesday, October 25, 2000, at

9:00 am, in a room to be designated at

the offices of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

All interested persons and Staff are

permitted to attend.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–26289 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

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