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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 five 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 9

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, except

Federal holidays. Minutes will also be

available at the Department of Energy’s

Environmental Information Center and

Reading Room at 175 Freedom

Boulevard, Highway 60, Kevil,

Kentucky between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on

Monday thru Friday or by writing to

John D. Sheppard, Department of Energy

Paducah Site Office, Post Office Box

1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky

42001 or by calling him at (270) 441–

6804.

Issued at Washington, DC on October 23,

2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–27539 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science; Fusion Energy

Sciences Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Fusion Energy Sciences

Advisory Committee. The Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public

notice of these meetings be announced

in the Federal Register.

DATES: Tuesday, November 14, 2000,

9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday,

November 15, 2000, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00

p.m.

ADDRESSES: Bethesda Ramada Hotel,

Embassy III, 8400 Wisconsin Avenue,

Bethesda, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Albert L. Opdenaker, Office of Fusion

Energy Sciences; U.S. Department of

Energy; 19901 Germantown Road;

Germantown, MD 20874–1290;

Telephone: 301–903–4927.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Meeting

The purpose of the meeting is to

complete work on the charge, dated

March 24, 2000, to review the draft

report prepared by the Integrated

Program Planning Activity (IPPA)

Working Group. In addition, the

Committee will receive and plan for

carrying out two new charges, one to

review the theory program and one to

address issues associated with burning

plasma physics.

Tentative Agenda

Tuesday, November 14, 2000

• Address by Dr. Dresselhaus

• Ethics Briefing for New Members

• FY 2001 Budget

• Status of Integrated Program Plan

(IPPA) Report

• IPP Brochure

• Discussion of Theory Program

Review Charge

• Public Comments

• Adjourn

Wednesday, November 15, 2000

• Discussion of Burning Plasma

Physics Charge

• Public Comments

• Adjourn

Public Participation

The meeting is open to the public. If

you would like to file a written

statement with the Committee, you may

do so either before or after the meeting.

If you would like to make oral

statements regarding any of the items on

the agenda, you should contact Albert L.

Opdenaker at 301–903–8584 (fax) or

albert.opdenaker@science.doe.gov (email). You must make your request for

an oral statement at least 5 business

days before the meeting. Reasonable

provision will be made to include the

scheduled oral statements on the

agenda. The Chairperson of the

Committee will conduct the meeting to

facilitate the orderly conduct of

business. Public comment will follow

the 10-minute rule.

Minutes

We will make the minutes of this

meeting available for public review and

copying within 30 days at the Freedom

of Information Public Reading Room;

IE–190; Forrestal Building; 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.;

Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and

4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued at Washington, D.C., on October 23,

2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–27540 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy; Coal Policy

Committee of the National Coal

Council

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Coal Policy Committee of

the National Coal Council. Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires notice of

these meetings be announced in the

Federal Register.

DATES: Wednesday, November 8, 2000,

1–3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Crowne Plaza Hotel,

McPherson Square Room, 14th & K

Streets, NW., Washington, DC

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Margie D. Biggerstaff, U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy,

Washington, DC 20585. Phone: 202/

586–3867.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Committee

The purpose of the Coal Policy

Committee of the National Coal Council

is to provide advice, information, and

recommendations to the Secretary of

Energy on matters relating to coal and

coal industry issues. The purpose of this

meeting is to discuss Federal and State

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1From Beverly, the proposed pipeline will

proceed offshore through Beverly Harbor, Salem

Sound, Massachusetts Bay, Boston Harbor, Quincy

Bay, and Hingham Bay. The last 0.5 mile of pipeline

will proceed onshore to the interconnection with

the existing Algonquin facilities.

2Algonquin’s existing agreement with Sithe

under Rate Schedule AFT–CL for 70,000 Dth per

day of firm service that was approved in Docket No.

CP00–34–000 will be converted to an agreement

under Rate Schedule AFT–1 for service in this

proceeding. The path of this service will be from

the interconnection of Algonquin’s I and Q system’s

to Sithe’s Fore River generating station in

Weymouth.

3See, 88 FERC ¶ 61,227 (1999), clarification 90

FERC ¶ 61,128 (2000), further clarification 92 FERC

¶ 61,094 (2000).

developments affecting coal and studies

the Council might undertake.

Tentative Agenda

• Call to order by Mr. Malcolm

Thomas, Chairman, Coal Policy

Committee.

• Discussion of current Federal and

State developments affecting coal.

• Discussion of possible new studies

to be undertaken by the National Coal

Council.

• Discussion of other business

properly brought before the Coal Policy

Committee.

• Public comment—10 minute rule.

• Adjournment.

Public Participation

The meeting is open to the public.

The Chairperson of the Committee will

conduct the meeting to facilitate the

orderly conduct of business. If you

would like to file a written statement

with the Committee, you may do so

either before or after the meeting. If you

would like to make oral statements

regarding any of the items on the

agenda, you should contact Margie D.

Biggerstaff at the address or telephone

number listed above. You must make

your request for an oral statement at

least five business days prior to the

meeting, and reasonable provisions will

be made to include the presentation on

the agenda. Public comment will follow

the 10 minute rule. This notice is being

published less than 15 days before the

date of the meeting due to programmatic

issues that had to be resolved prior to

publication.

Transcripts

The transcript will be available for

public review and copying within 30

days at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m.

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on October 23,

2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–27538 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–5–000]

Algonquin Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Application

October 20, 2000.

Take notice that on October 10, 2000,

Algonquin Gas Transmission Company

(Algonquin), 5400 Westheimer Court,

P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251–

1642, filed in Docket No. CP01–5–000

an application pursuant to the

provisions of section 7 of the Natural

Gas Act for a certificate of public

convenience and necessity to construct

and operate pipeline facilities for the

transportation of natural gas, to

establish initial incremental rates for

service, and to authorize the leasing of

capacity on the proposed facilities and

on Algonquin’s existing system 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.fed.us/online/rims.htm

(call 202–208–2222 for assistance).

Specifically, Algonquin seeks to

construct and operate: (1)

Approximately 29.4 miles of 24-inch

pipeline from an interconnection near

Beverly, Massachusetts with the

proposed facilities of Maritime &

Northeast Pipeline L.L.C. to an

interconnection with Algonquin’s

existing I–9 lateral in Weymouth,

Massachusetts; 1 (2) a 5.4 mile 16-inch

lateral from milepost 16.3 of the 29.4-

mile proposed pipeline to the

wastewater treatment plant owned by

the Massachusetts Water Resources

Authority (MWRA) on Deer Island (Deer

Island Lateral); (3) a meter station on the

Deer Island Lateral; and (4) other

appurtenant facilities. Algonquin states

that the proposed facilities will be

capable of delivering approximately

230,500 dekatherms (Dth) per day on a

year-round basis at an estimated cost of

$159 million. Algonquin proposes to

place the facilities in service on

November 1, 2002.

Algonquin has executed: (1)

Precedent agreements with Sithe Power

Marketing L.P. (Sithe, 140,000 Dth per

day), Southern Energy Kendall L.L.C.

(35,000 Dth per day), Southern

Connecticut Gas Company (20,000 Dth

per day), and Providence Gas Company

(500 Dth per day); a letter of a agreement

with MWRA (25,000 Dth per day); and

a lease agreement with Texas Eastern

Transmission Corporation (80,000 Dth

per day). The firm service under these

various agreements totals 300,500 Dth

per day. Of this total, 220,500 Dth per

day will transported through the

proposed facilities.2 Algonquin will

render this firm transportation service

subject to its existing Rate Schedule

AFT–1. In addition to the currently

effective rates under Rate Schedule

AFR–1, Algonquin proposes to establish

an incremental reservation surcharge of

$1.8607 per Dth for those agreements

that specify primary firm delivery

points and/or primary firm receipt

points between (and including) Beverly

and Weymouth. The surcharge is based

on the cost of the facilities (exclusive of

the Deer Island Lateral) plus the cost of

the Fore River lateral facilities approved

in Docket No. CP00–34–000. In

addition, Algonquin proposes to

establish an initial incremental recourse

rate for service on the Deer Island

Lateral of $10.4366 per Dth that is based

solely on the cost of the Deer Island

Lateral.

Algonquin seeks authorization to

lease 80,000 Dth per day of capacity

from Beverly to the existing

interconnection between Algonquin and

Texas Eastern in Lambertville, New

Jersey for a term of 20 years. The fixed

monthly lease payment under the Lease

Agreement is $559,360. In addition,

Texas Eastern will pay a volumetric

charge equal to the maximum

commodity charge applicable to Rate

Schedule AFT–1 per dekatherm

delivered at Lambertville. Algonquin

states that the monthly lease payment is

less than maximum recourse rate and

thus meets Commission standards for

lease payments.

Algonquin states that the revenues

from the proposed incremental charges

will allow the construction of the

proposed facilities without any

subsidization from existing customers,

therefore satisfying the Certificate Policy

Statement’s (Policy Statement)

threshold requirement.3 Algonquin

avers that it has made significant efforts

to minimize any adverse impacts in

accordance with the Policy Statement.