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Commission on the Use of Offset in

Defense Trade, established by Public

Law 106–113. ‘‘Offsets’’ are conditions

that a foreign government often

negotiates with a U.S. company seeking

to export a major defense or commercial

system to its country (e.g., military or

commercial aircraft), under which the

country’s firms (a) participate in the

production of the system and/or its

subsystems, or (b) obtain other

technological or economic benefits from

the U.S. exporter. The purpose of the

meeting is to assess the effect of offsets

in both defense and commercial trade

on U.S. jobs, U.S. economic

competitiveness, and U.S. national

security. Due to the expedited set up of

this Commission, this posting is being

made is less than 15 days before the first

meeting date.

DATES: December 4, 2000, 9:30 a.m.—

12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Truman room of the White

House Conference Center, 726 Jackson

Place, N.W., across from the White

House on the other side of Pennsylvania

Avenue.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jangela Shumskas, phone 703/253–

0929, email jshumska@brtrc.com, fax

703/204–9447.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be open to members of the

public, who should register in advance

through the following web site: http://

www.offsets.brtrc.net. Although the

meeting schedule does not allow oral

presentations from the public, we

encourage written comments from the

public on the issues before the Council

and Commission. Please send comments

to Jangela Shumskas

(jshumska@brtrc.com, fax 703/204–

9447) prior to the meeting or within two

weeks following the meeting. The

meeting agenda will be posted on the

Council/Commission web site (http://

www.offsets.brtrc.net) during the week

of November 27.

Dated: November 22, 2000.

L.M. Bynum

Alternatie Federal Register Liasion Officer,

Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Revised Non-Foreign Overseas Per

Diem Rates

AGENCY: DoD, Per Diem, Travel and

Transportation Allowance Committee.

ACTION: Notice of revised non-foreign

overseas per diem rates.

SUMMARY: The Per Diem, Travel and

Transportation Allowance Committee is

publishing Civilian Personnel Per Diem

Bulletin Number 218. This bulletin lists

revisions in the per diem rates

prescribed for U.S. Government

employees for official travel in Alaska,

Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Northern

Mariana Islands and Possessions of the

United States. AEA changes announced

in Bulletin Number 194 remain in effect.

Bulletin Number 218 is being published

in the Federal Register to assure that

travelers are paid per diem at the most

current rates.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

document gives notice of revisions in

per diem rates prescribed by the Per

Diem Travel and Transportation

Allowance Committee for non-foreign

areas outside the continental United

States. It supersedes Civilian Personnel

Per Diem Bulletin Number 217.

Distribution of Civilian Personnel Per

Diem Bulletins by mail was

discontinued. Per Diem Bulletins

published periodically in the Federal

Register now constitute the only

notification of revisions in per diem

rates to agencies and establishments

outside the Department of Defense. For

more information or questions about per

diem rates, please contact your local

travel office. The text of the Bulletin

follows:

Dated: November 22, 2000.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer,

Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–3783–000]

AES Mohave, LLC; Notice of Issuance

of Order

November 24, 2000.

AES Mohave, LLC (AES Mohave)

submitted for filing a rate schedule

under which AES Mohave will engage

in wholesale electric power and energy

transactions at market-based rates. AES

Mohave also requested waiver of

various Commission regulations. In

particular, AES Mohave requested that

the Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liability by AES Mohave.

On November 15, 2000, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under Part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by AES Mohave 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).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, AES Mohave is authorized

to issue securities and assume

obligations or liabilities as a guarantor,

endorser, surety, or otherwise in respect

of any security of another person;

provided that such issuance or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of the

applicant, and compatible with the

public interest, and is reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of AES Mohave’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is

December 15, 2000.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426. The Order may

also be viewed on the Internet at

http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm

(call 202–208–2222 for assistance).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EC01–28–000]

Georgia Power Company; Notice of

Filing

November 24, 2000.

Take notice that on November 17,

2000, Georgia Power Company (Georgia

Power) tendered for filing with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

(Commission) an Application Pursuant

to Section 203 of the Federal Power Act

for Authorization to Exchange

Transmission Facilities.

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, N.E., Washington, D.C.

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

December 8, 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).

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–31–000]

Kern River Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Application

November 24, 2000.

On November 15, 2000, Kern River

Gas Transmission Company, (Kern

River), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City,

Utah 84158, filed in Docket No. CP01–

31–000 an application pursuant to

Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA)

and the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations for a certificate of public

convenience and necessity authorizing

Kern River to construct and operate

facilities required to expand its

transportation capacity from Wyoming

to California to serve 124,500 Mcf of

new firm, long-term capacity,

commencing May 1, 2002. Kern River

requests an up-front determination that

the project qualifies for rolled-in rate

treatment, and for approval of a pro

forma tariff provision establishing an

electric compressor fuel surcharge and

approval of its proposed accounting

treatment for certain expansion costs, all

as more fully set forth in the application

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection. The

filing may be viewed at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

Kern River proposes to install the

following facilities: (1) Three new

compressor stations, the Elberta

Compressor Station, in Utah County,

Utah, the Veyo Compressor Station in

Washington County, Utah and the

Daggett Compressor Station in San

Bernardino County, California; (2) an

additional compressor unit at the

existing Muddy Creek Compressor

Station in Lincoln County, Wyoming;

(3) restaging of the compressor at the

existing Fillmore Compressor in Millard

County, Utah; and (4) upgrades of the

existing Opal Meter Station in Lincoln

County, Wyoming and the Wheeler

Ridge Meter Station in Kern County,

California. It is indicated that the

proposed compression facilities will

add a total of 49,500 horsepower to the

Kern River system at a cost of

approximately $80 million.

Kern River states that the proposed

expansion facilities are designed to

accommodate the 124,500 dt per day of

commitments for new firm service from

Wyoming to California under four longterm (10 and 15-year) agreements

resulting from a recent open season. It

is stated that Kern River in the open