Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 207 / Wednesday, October 25, 2000 / Notices 63859

1AEP styled its request for a time extension as a

‘‘request for rehearing,’’ but the sole issue raised in

the pleading is its request for a time extension. 2Based on comments from the industry that a six

month lead time would be needed for compliance,

the August 1 Order prescribed an effective date 150

days after publication in the Federal Register, FERC

Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,106 at 31,712.

Supply), tendered for filing Service

Agreement No. 96 to add one (1) new

Customer to the Market Rate Tariff

under which Allegheny Energy Supply

offers generation services.

Allegheny Energy Supply requests a

waiver of notice requirements for an

effective date of September 11, 2000 for

Oglethorpe Power Corporation.

Copies of the filing have been

provided to the Public Utilities

Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania

Public Utility Commission, the

Maryland Public Service Commission,

the Virginia State Corporation

Commission, the West Virginia Public

Service Commission, and all parties of

record.

Comment date: November 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

30. Allegheny Energy Service

Corporation on behalf of Allegheny

Energy Supply Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER01–122–000]

Take notice that on October 12, 2000,

Allegheny Energy Service Corporation

on behalf of Allegheny Energy Supply

Company, LLC (Allegheny Energy

Supply), tendered for filing Service

Agreement No. 97 to add one (1) new

Customer to the Market Rate Tariff

under which Allegheny Energy Supply

offers generation services.

Allegheny Energy Supply requests a

waiver of notice requirements for an

effective date of September 11, 2000 for

Edison Mission Marketing & Trading,

Inc.

Copies of the filing have been

provided to the Public Utilities

Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania

Public Utility Commission, the

Maryland Public Service Commission,

the Virginia State Corporation

Commission, the West Virginia Public

Service Commission, and all parties of

record.

Comment date: November 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

31. Dynegy Inc., and Illinois Power

Company

[Docket No. ER01–123–000]

Take notice that on October 13, 2000,

Dynegy Inc. (Dynegy), tendered for

filing a letter providing notice of

withdrawal and requesting approval of

the withdrawal of the Illinois Power

Company from the Midwest

Independent System Operator, Inc.,

effective November 1, 2001.

Dynegy states that copies of this filing

were mailed to each person on the

official service list in this proceeding

and to affected state regulatory agencies.

Comment date: November 3, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

E. 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 or

protests should be filed on or before the

comment date. 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 proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of these filings 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). Beginning

November 1, 2000, comments and

protests may be filed electronically via

the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFE

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at

http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27335 Filed 10–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. RM95–9–014 and RM95–9–

015]

Open Access Same-Time Information

System and Standards of Conduct

Issued October 12, 2000.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Order Granting Time Extension

and Twelve Hour Transition Period.

SUMMARY: In this order, the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) grants a time extension,

until March 1, 2001, for compliance

with the OASIS Standards and

Communications Protocols Document,

Version 1.4, and allows a twelve hour

transition period, on February 28, 2001,

during which requests for service made

by telephone or facsimile will be

accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marvin Rosenberg (Technical

Information), Office of Economic

Policy, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208–

1283

Paul Robb (Technical Information),

Office of Electric Power Regulation,

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 219–

2702

Gary D. Cohen (Legal Information),

Office of the General Counsel, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, (202) 208–0321

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Before Commissioners: James J.

Hoecker, Chairman; William L. Massey,

Linda Breathitt, and Curt He ́bert, Jr. Order Granting Requests for Extension

of Time for Implementing OASIS

Standards and Communications

Protocols Document, Version 1.4

Introduction

As discussed below, we will grant

requests from the OASIS How Working

Group (How Group) and American

Electric Power Service Corporation

(AEP) 1 for a time extension, until March

1, 2001, for compliance with the OASIS

Standards and Communications

Protocols Document, Version 1.4 (S&CP

Document) and for a twelve hour

transition period, on February 28, 2001,

during which requests for service made

by telephone or facsimile will be

accepted.

Background

On August 1, 2000, in Open Access

Same-time Information System and

Standards of Conduct, 65 Fed. Reg.

48,990, 92 FERC ¶ 61,146, FERC Stats.

& Regs. ¶ 31,106 (2000) (August 1

Order), the Commission adopted a

revised S&CP Document (Version 1.4)

with an effective date of January 8,

2001.2 The How Group and AEP each

request that an extension, until March 1,

2001, be granted for compliance with

the revised S&CP Document so that the

implementation date will not coincide

with the Winter Peak period.

Discussion

Both AEP and the How Group point

out that the January 8, 2001 effective

date coincides with the Winter Peak

period. They suggest a March 1, 2001

effective date that would avoid the

Winter Peak period and that would be

preferable for accounting reasons. AEP

63860 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 207 / Wednesday, October 25, 2000 / Notices

3The How Group also informs us that the

transmission providers plan to display certain

information on their respective OASIS websites on

February 1, 2001, for informational purposes. We

have no objection to these postings being made.

states that: (1) The prompt publication

of the August 1 Order in the Federal

Register had the effect of advancing the

effective date of the revised S&CP

Document; (2) it would be preferable if

the effective date would coincide with

the end of a billing cycle; and (3)

scheduling customer and operator

training is more difficult at the end of

the calendar year. For these reasons,

AEP and the How Group each request

that the Commission adopt a March 1,

2001 effective date for implementation

of the revised OASIS S&CP Document.3

We find these concerns reasonable and

will grant the requested extension.

To allow a smooth transition, the How

Group also requests that the

Commission allow transmission

providers to shut down their OASIS

website operations for no more than

twelve hours prior to midnight, local

time, on February 28, 2001, and allow

them to conduct transactions by

telephone or facsimile as they transfer

from OASIS S&CP Document, Version

1.3, to Version 1.4.

The Commission orders:

(A) The requests of AEP and the How

Group for an extension, until March 1,

2001, for the industry to comply with

the OASIS S&CP Document (Version

1.4) is hereby granted.

(B) The How Group’s request on

behalf of the industry for a twelve hour

transition period on February 28, 2001,

is hereby granted, as discussed in the

body of this order.

By the Commission.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–26678 Filed 10–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 11730–000]

Black River Limited Partnership;

Notice of Availability of Draft

Environmental Assessment

October 19, 2000.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission)

regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 F.R. 47897), the Office of Energy

Projects has reviewed the application

for an original license for the existing

and operating Alverno Hydroelectric

Project, located on the Black River in

the townships of Aloha, Benton, and

Grant in Michigan (Cheboygan County)

and has prepared an Environmental

Assessment (EA) for the project.

Copies of the EA are available for

review in the Public Reference Branch,

Room 2–A, of the Commission’s offices

at 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426. The EA may also be viewed on

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

rims.htm. Please call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance.

Any comments should be filed within

30 days from the date of this notice and

should be addressed to David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Room 1–A, Washington, DC

20426. Please affix ‘‘Alverno

Hydroelectric Project No. 11730–000’’ to

the top page of all comments. For

further information, contact John

Costello at (202) 219–2914 or

john.costello@ferc.fed.us. Beginning

November 1, 2000, comments and

protests may be filed electronically via

the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the

instructions on the Commission’s web

site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/

doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27339 Filed 10–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6891–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Federal

Operating Permit Rules

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: Part 71 Federal Operating

Permit Rules, OMB Control Number

2060–0336, expiration date October 31,

2000. The ICR describes the nature of

the information collection and its

expected burden and cost; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data

collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before November 24, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1713.04 and OMB Control

No. 2060–0336, to the following

addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (Mail

Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460; and to

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer

for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

e-mail at

Farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR

No. 1713.04. For technical questions

about the ICR contact Scott Voorhees at

(919) 541–5348 or by e-mail at

voorhees.scott@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Part 71 Federal Operating

Permit Rules (OMB Control No. 2060–

0336; EPA ICR No. 1713.04) expiring

October 31, 2000. This is a request for

extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: The part 71 program is a

Federal operating permits program that

will be implemented for sources located

in Indian Country, Outer Continental

Shelf sources, and also in those areas

without acceptable part 70 programs.

Title V of the Clean Air Act imposes on

States the duty to develop, administer

and enforce operating permit programs

which comply with title V and requires

EPA to stand ready to issue Federal

operating permits when States fail to

perform this duty.

Pursuant to regulations promulgated

by EPA on February 19, 1999 (64 FR

8247) EPA has authority to establish

part 71 programs within Indian Country

and EPA began administering the

program in Indian country on March 22,

1999. Since many Indian tribes lack the

resources and capacity to develop

operating permit programs, EPA will

administer and enforce part 71 programs

in the areas that comprise Indian

Country in order to protect the air

quality of areas under tribal jurisdiction.

The EPA will also issue permits to

‘‘outer continental shelf’’ (OCS) sources

(sources located in offshore waters of

the United States) pursuant to the

requirements of section 328(a) of the

Act. The EPA will also establish a part

71 program for a State when interim

approval of a State program expires, if

corrective program provisions have not