Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 98 / Monday, May 21, 2012 / Notices 29997 

1 133 FERC ¶ 61,228 at P 1 (2010). 

2Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes the 

final figure in mid-May of each year. This figure is 

publicly available from the Division of Industrial 

Prices and Price Indexes of the BLS, at (202) 691– 

7705, and in print in August in Table 1 of the 

annual data supplement to the BLS publication 

Producer Price Indexes via the Internet at http:// 

www.bls.gov/ppi/home.htm. To obtain the BLS 

data, scroll down to ‘‘PPI Databases’’ and click on 

‘‘Top Picks’’ of the Commodity Data including 

stage-of-processing indexes (Producer Price Index— 

PPI). At the next screen, under the heading 

‘‘Producer Price Index/Commodity Data,’’ select the 

first box, ‘‘Finished goods—WPUSOP3000,’’ then 

scroll all the way to the bottom of this screen and 

click on Retrieve data. 

3 [190.5¥179.8]/179.8 = 0.059511 + .0265 = 

0.086011. 

4 1 + 0.086011 = 1.086011. 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Melyssa P. Noe at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ssab/ 

minutes.htm. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on May 16, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12219 Filed 5–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Portsmouth 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Portsmouth. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, June 7, 2012, 

6:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Ohio State University, 

Endeavor Center, 1862 Shyville Road, 

Piketon, Ohio 45661. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel 

Bradburne, Deputy Designated Federal 

Officer, Department of Energy 

Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office, Post 

Office Box 700, Piketon, Ohio 45661, 

(740) 897–3822, 

Joel.Bradburne@lex.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review 

of Agenda 

• Approval of May Minutes 

• Deputy Designated Federal Officer’s 

Comments 

• Liaisons’ Comments 

• Presentations: 

Æ Advanced Technologies and 

Planning Perspectives, Nate Ames, 

Director of Nuclear Fabrication 

Consortium, Edison Welding 

Institute 

Æ Process Gas Equipment Breakdown, 

Greg Simonton, DOE Federal 

Coordinator 

• Administrative Issues 

• Subcommittee Updates 

• Public Comments 

• Final Comments from the Board 

• Adjourn 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Portsmouth, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Joel 

Bradburne at least seven days in 

advance of the meeting at the phone 

number listed above. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Individuals 

who wish to make oral statements 

pertaining to agenda items should 

contact Joel Bradburne at the address or 

telephone number listed above. 

Requests must be received five days 

prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Joel Bradburne at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http://www.portsssab.energy.gov/. 

Dated: Issued at Washington, DC, on May 

15, 2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12253 Filed 5–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM93–11–000] 

Revisions to Oil Pipeline Regulations 

Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 

1992; Notice of Annual Change in the 

Producer Price Index for Finished 

Goods 

The Commission’s regulations include 

a methodology for oil pipelines to 

change their rates through use of an 

index system that establishes ceiling 

levels for such rates. The Commission 

bases the index system, found at 18 CFR 

342.3, on the annual change in the 

Producer Price Index for Finished 

Goods (PPI–FG), plus two point six five 

percent (PPI–FG+2.65). The 

Commission determined in an ‘‘Order 

Establishing Index For Oil Price Change 

Ceiling Levels’’ issued December 16, 

2010, that PPI–FG+2.65 is the 

appropriate oil pricing index factor for 

pipelines to use for the five-year period 

commencing July 1, 2011.1

The regulations provide that the 

Commission will publish annually, an 

index figure reflecting the final change 

in the PPI–FG, after the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics publishes the final PPI–FG in 

May of each calendar year. The annual 

average PPI–FG index figures were 

179.8 for 2010 and 190.5 for 2011.2

Thus, the percent change (expressed as 

a decimal) in the annual average PPI–FG 

from 2010 to 2011, plus 2.65 percent, is 

positive 0.086011.3 Oil pipelines must 

multiply their July 1, 2011, through June 

30, 2012, index ceiling levels by 

positive 1.086011 4 to compute their 

index ceiling levels for July 1, 2012, 

through June 30, 2013, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 342.3(d). For guidance in 

calculating the ceiling levels for each 12 

month period beginning January 1, 


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