11162 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 47 / Tuesday, March 11, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board;

Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: Consistent with the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Public Law 92–463, 86

Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of the

following advisory committee meeting:

Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory

Board—Electric System Reliability Task

Force.

Dates and Times: Tuesday, March 25,

1997, 8:00 am—4:00 pm.

Place: The Madison Hotel, Dolley

Madison Ballroom, 15th and M Streets,

NW, Washington, D.C. 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board (AB–1), U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–1709

or (202) 586–6279 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The electric power industry is in the

midst of a complex transition to

competition, which will induce many

far-reaching changes in the structure of

the industry and the institutions which

regulate it. This transition raises many

reliability issues, as new entities emerge

in the power markets and as generation

becomes less integrated with

transmission.

Purpose of the Task Force: The

purpose of the Electric System

Reliability Task Force is to provide

advice and recommendations to the

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board

regarding the critical institutional,

technical, and policy issues that need to

be addressed in order to maintain the

reliability of the nation’s bulk electric

system in the context of a more

competitive industry.

Tentative Agenda

8:00–8:15 Opening Remarks &

Objectives; Philip Sharp, Chairman,

Electric System Reliability Task

Force;

8:15–9:15 Discussion: Assumptions

Regarding the Future Electricity

Industry

9:15–10:15 Discussion: Basic Concepts

and Operating Requirements for

Electric System Reliability

10:15–10:30 Break

10:30–11:45 Panel Discussion &

Roundtable: Policy and Institutional

Issues, Panelists: NERC, Power

Marketer, & DOE

11:45–12:00 Public Comment

12:00–1:15 Lunch

1:15–3:45 Panel Discussion &

Roundtable: Policy and Institutional

Issues (Continued), Panelists: NERC,

Power Marketer, & DOE

3:45–4:00 Scheduling of Next Meeting

4:00 Adjourn

This tentative agenda is subject to

change. The final agenda will be

available at the meeting.

Public Participation: The Chairman of

the Task Force is empowered to conduct

the meeting in a fashion that will, in the

Chairman’s judgment, facilitate the

orderly conduct of business. During its

meeting in Washington, D.C. the Task

Force welcomes public comment.

Members of the public will be heard in

the order in which they sign up at the

beginning of the meeting. The Task

Force will make every effort to hear the

views of all interested parties. Written

comments may be submitted to David

Cheney, Acting Executive Director,

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board,

AB–1, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585.

Minutes: The minutes and a transcript

of the meeting will be available for

public review and copying

approximately 30 days following the

meeting at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190 Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC, between 9:00 AM

and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday

except Federal holidays.

Issued at Washington, DC, on March 5,

1997.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–5995 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

changes and extension to Form NWPA–

830R A–G, ‘‘Standard Contract for

Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or

High-Level Radioactive Waste.’’

DATE: Written comments must be

submitted on or before May 12, 1997. If

you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

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intention to do so as soon as possible.

ADDRESS: Send comments to Kathy

Gibbard, Energy Information

Administration Survey Manager, EI–

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Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.

20585, (phone number (202) 426–1129;

e-mail address

KGIBBARD@EIA.DOE.GOV, and FAX

number (202)426–1280).

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Current Actions

III. Request for Comments

I. Background

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under the Federal Energy

Administration Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No.

93–275) and the Department of Energy

Organization Act (Pub. L. No. 95–91),

the Energy Information Administration

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data and information related to energy

resource reserves, production, demand,

and technology, and related economic

and statistical information relevant to

the adequacy of energy resources to

meet demands in the near and longer

term future for the Nation’s economic

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The Energy Information

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effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden (required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13)), conducts a presurvey

consultation program to provide the

general public and other Federal

agencies with an opportunity to

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continuing reporting forms. This

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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. No. 104–13, Title 44, U.S.C. Chapter

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