2372 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 10 / Thursday, January 15, 1998 / Notices

‘‘seek the active participation by

regional, State, and local agencies and

instrumentalities and the private sector

through public hearings in cities and

rural communities and other

appropriate means to insure that the

views and proposals of all segments of

the economy are taken into account in

the formulation and review of such

proposed Plan.’’

The hearings are expected to facilitate

public input on a broad range of energy

issues with major regional, national and

international impacts including:

• Reducing vulnerability of the U.S.

economy to disruptions in energy

supplies;

• Producing and using energy in

efficient and environmentally

responsible ways, including strategies

for meeting U.S. greenhouse gas

emission reductions proposed in

December 1997 at Kyoto, Japan;

• Promoting international

cooperation in energy use and supply to

further U.S. economic, environmental,

and security goals; and

• Maintaining a diverse set of energy

options, particularly for the longer-term,

to ensure adequate, clean energy at

reasonable costs.

Participants wishing to speak at the

hearings must register on-site. The

speaker registry will open one-half hour

before each hearing and will close onehalf hour after the hearing begins. In

addition, a website has been identified

both to accept comments and to

distribute information on the Strategy as

it is developed.

Issued in Washington D.C. on January 9,

1998.

Robert W. Gee,

Assistant Secretary for Policy and

International Affairs, U.S. Department of

Energy.

[FR Doc. 98–1058 Filed 1–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Arms Control and

Nonproliferation Policy

Proposed Subsequent Arrangement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Subsequent arrangement.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 131 of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

(42 U.S.C. 2160), notice is hereby given

of a proposed ‘‘subsequent

arrangement’’ under the Agreement for

Cooperation Between the Government of

the United States of America and the

Government of Switzerland Concerning

Civil Uses of Atomic Energy as amended

and the Agreement for Cooperation in

the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy

Between the Government of the United

States of America and the European

Atomic Energy Community

(EURATOM).

The subsequent arrangement to be

carried out under the above-mentioned

agreements involves approval of the

following: RTD/EU(SD)–1 for the

retransfer of irradiated graphite, fuel

spheres, composed of 32,570.88 grams

of enriched uranium, containing

5,459.10 grams of the isotope U–235

(enriched to 16.76 percent) from

Switzerland to Germany. The fuel has

been irradiated in research experiments

at the PROTEUS critical experiment

facility in Switzerland and will be

returned to Forschungszentrum, Julich,

Germany for storage. The material was

transferred from Germany to

Switzerland in 1990, under RTD/

SD(EU)–59.

In accordance with Section 131 of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,

it has been determined that this

subsequent arrangement will not be

inimical to the common defense and

security.

This subsequent arrangement will

take effect no sooner than fifteen days

after the date of publication of this

notice.

Dated: January 9, 1998.

For the Department of Energy.

Cherie P. Fitzgerald,

Director, International Policy and Analysis

Division Office of Arms Control and

Nonproliferation.

[FR Doc. 98–1057 Filed 1–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2612]

Central Maine Power Company; Notice

of Authorization for Continued Project

Operation

January 9, 1998.

On December 28, 1995, Central Maine

Power Company, licensee for the

Flagstaff Project No. 2612, filed an

application for a new or subsequent

license pursuant to the Federal Power

Act (FPA) and the Commission’s

regulations thereunder. Project No. 2612

is located on the Dead River in Franklin

and Somerset Counties, Maine.

The license for Project No. 2612 was

issued for a period ending December 31,

1997. Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16

U.S.C. 808(a)(1), require’s the

Commission, at the expiration of a

license term, to issue from year to year

an annual license to the then licensee

under the terms and conditions of the

prior license until a new license is

issued, or the project is otherwise

disposed of as provided in Section 15 or

any other applicable section of the FPA.

If the project’s prior license waived the

applicability of Section 15 of the FPA,

then, based on Section 9(b) of the

Administration Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.

558(c), and as set forth at 18 CFR

16.21(a), if the licensee of such project

has filed an application for a subsequent

license, the licensee may continue to

operate the project in accordance with

the terms and conditions of the license

after the minor or minor part license

expires, until the Commission acts on

its application. If the licensee of such a

project has not filed an application for

a subsequent license, then it may be

required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b),

to continue project operations until the

Commission issues someone else a

license for the project or otherwise

orders disposition of the project.

If the project is subject to Section 15

of the FPA, notice is hereby given that

an annual license for Project No. 2612

is issued to Central Maine Power

Company for a period effective January

1, 1998, through December 31, 1998, or

until the issuance of a new license for

the project or other disposition under

the FPA, whichever comes first. If

issuance of a new license (or other

disposition) does not take place on or

before January 1, 1999, notice is hereby

given that, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c),

an annual license under section 15(a)(1)

of the FPA is renewed automatically

without further order or notice by the

Commission, unless then Commission

orders otherwise.

If the project is not subject to section

15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given

that Central Maine Power Company is

authorized to continue operation of the

Flagstaff Project No. 2612 until such

time as the Commission acts on its

application for subsequent license.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–986 Filed 1–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M