19246 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 74 / Friday, April 17, 1998 / Notices

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat 770), notice

is hereby given of a meeting of the

National Coal Council.

DATE AND TIME: Friday, May 8, 1998, 8:30

AM.

PLACE: Phoenix Park Hotel, 520 North

Capitol Street, NW, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Margie D. Biggerstaff, U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy (FE–

5), Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–

3867.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Council: To provide

advice, information, recommendations

to the Secretary of Energy on matters

relating to coal and coal industry issues.

Tentative Agenda

—Call to order and opening remarks by

Clifford Miercort, Chairman of the

National Coal Council

—Remarks by the Honorable Federico

Pen ́ a, Secretary of Energy (invited).

—Remarks by the Honorable Frank H.

Murkowski, Chairman of the Senate

Energy Committee (invited).

—Remarks by Congressman Michael G.

Oxley (invited).

—Remarks by the Honorable James

Hoecker, Chairman of the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission

(invited).

—Remarks by Fred L. Smith, Jr.,

President of the Competitive

Enterprise Institute, on ‘‘Climate

Change Policy and its Implications’’

(invited).

—Administrative reports.

—Remarks of outgoing Chairman,

Clifford R. Miercort.

—Report of the Nominating Committee

and election of new officers.

—Remarks of incoming chairman.

—Public comment—10-minute rule.

—Adjournment.

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. The Chairman of the

Council is empowered to conduct the

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate

the orderly conduct of business. Any

member of the public who wishes to file

a written statement with the Council

will be permitted to do so, either before

or after the meeting. Members of the

public who wish to make oral

statements pertaining to agenda items

should contact Margie D. Biggerstaff at

the address or telephone number listed

above. Requests must be received at

least five days prior to the meeting and

reasonable provisions will be made to

include the presentation on the agenda.

Transcripts: Available for public

review and copying at the Public

Reading Room, Room 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Washington, D.C., between 9:00

AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays.

Issued at Washington, DC on April 14,

1998.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–10236 Filed 4–16–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Electric and Magnetic Fields

Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770),

notice is hereby given of a meeting of

the National Electric and Magnetic

Fields Advisory Committee.

DATES: Thursday, May 7, 1998: 9:00

a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Friday, May 8, 1998:

9:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Westin City Center, 1400 M

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Imre Gyuk, EMF Program Manager, EE–

14, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–1482.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Committee: The

National Electric and Magnetic Fields

Advisory Committee (NEMFAC) advises

the Department of Energy and the

National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences on the design and

implementation of a five-year, national

electric and magnetic fields (EMF)

research and public information

dissemination (RAPID) program. The

Secretary of Energy, pursuant to Section

2118 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992,

P.L. No.102–486, has overall

responsibility for establishing the

national program which includes health

effects research, development of

technologies to assess and manage

exposures, and dissemination of

information.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, May 7, 1998

9:00 a.m.—Welcome and opening remarks

9:15 a.m.—Summary of FY98 non-Federal

contributions

9:30 a.m.—Completion of grant research

10:15 a.m.—Discussion

10:45 a.m.—Break

11:00 a.m.—Report on epidemiology

symposium

12:00 noon—Lunch

1:30 p.m.—Report on in vivo symposium

2:30 p.m.—Break

2:45 p.m.—Report on engineering

symposium

3:30 p.m.—Expectations for the working

group

4:00 p.m.—Discussion

5:00 p.m.—Adjourn

Friday, May 8, 1998

9:00 a.m.—Reports to National Academy of

Sciences

9:30 a.m—Format of final report

10:15 a.m.—Break

10:30 a.m.—Future of EMF research

11:15 a.m.—Future of EMF public

communication

12:00 a.m.—Discussion

12:30 p.m.—Open time for public comments

1:30 p.m.—Adjourn

A 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. Members of

the public who wish to make oral

statements pertaining to agenda items

should contact Dr. Gyuk 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

on the agenda. Depending on the

number of requests, comments may be

limited to five minutes. The Designated

Federal Officer is empowered to

conduct the meeting in a fashion that

will facilitate the orderly conduct of

business.

Transcript and Minutes: A transcript

and 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

9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Copies of the minutes will also be

available by request.

Issued at Washington, DC, on April 14,

1998.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–10237 Filed 4–16–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket No. 98–19–NG]

Office of Fossil Energy; Husky Gas

Marketing Inc., Order Granting LongTerm Authorization to Import Natural

Gas from Canada

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Order.
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1 81 FERC ¶ 61,103 (1997).

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy of

the Department of Energy gives notice

that it issued DOE/FE Order No. 1373

on April 7, 1997, granting Husky Gas

Marketing Inc. long-term authorization

to import up to 21,881 Mcf per day of

natural gas from Canada. The term

extends from the date of authorization

until August 1, 2003. This gas will be

sold to San Diego Gas & Electric

Company (SDG&E). SDG&E is a public

utility which provides electric, gas, and

steam service to customers in San Diego

and Orange counties, California. The

natural gas will be imported near

Eastport, Idaho, under a supply

arrangement with Husky Oil Operations

Ltd.

This order is available for inspection

and copying in the Office of Natural Gas

& Petroleum Import and Export

Activities, Fossil Energy, Room 3E–042,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585–

0350, (202) 586–9478. The docket room

is open between the hours of 8:00 a.m.

and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C., April 13, 1998.

John W. Glynn,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and Export

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 98–10238 Filed 4–16–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2016, WA]

City of Tacoma, Washington; Notice of

Scoping Meeting Pursuant to the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 for an Applicant Prepared

Environmental Assessment and a Site

Visit

April 13, 1998.

The Commission’s regulations allow

applicants to prepare their own

Environmental Assessment (EA) for

hydropower projects and file it with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) along with their license

application as part of the applicantprepared EA (APEA) process.1 On

February 24, 1998, the Commission

approved the use of the APEA process

in the preparation of license application

for Tacoma Public Utilities’ (Tacoma)

Cowlitz Hydroelectric Project, No. 2016.

Tacoma will hold three public

meetings, pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of

1969, to identify the scope of

environmental issues that should be

analyzed in the EA. At the scoping

meetings, Tacoma will: (1) Summarize

the environmental issues tentatively

identified for analysis in the EA; (2)

outline any resources they believe

would not require a detailed analysis;

(3) identify reasonable alternatives to be

addressed in the EA; (4) solicit from the

meeting participants all available

information, especially quantitative

data, on the resources at issue; and (5)

encourage statements from experts and

the public on issues that should be

analyzed in the EA.

Although Tacoma’s intent is to

prepare an EA, there is the possibility

that an Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS) will be required. Nevertheless, this

meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping

requirements, irrespective of whether an

EA or EIS is issued by the Commission.

Scoping Meetings

The times and locations of the

scoping meeting are:

Agency Scoping Meeting

May 5, 1998—1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, US

Fish and Wildlife Service Office,

510 Desmond Drive, Sawyer Hall,

Lacey, WA

Public Scoping Meetings

May 6, 1998—7:00 pm to 10:00 pm,

Lewis County, Courthouse Annex,

345 W. Main St., Room 1, Chehalis,

WA

May 7, 1998—7:00 pm to 10:00 pm,

Mossyrock High School

Gymnasium, Mossyrock, WA

All interested individuals,

organizations, and agencies are invited

and encouraged to attend any or all of

the meetings to assist in identifying and

clarifying the scope of environmental

issues that should be analyzed in the

EA.

To help focus discussions, Tacoma

prepared and distributed a scoping

document on April 3, 1998. Copies of

the Scoping Document can be obtained

by calling Joan Nichol, Harza

Engineering Company, at (425) 602–

4000. Copies of the document will also

be available at the scoping meetings.

Site Visit

Tocoma has also scheduled a site visit

to the Cowlitz River Project on

Thursday, May 7, 1998, if sufficient

interest exists. Those wishing to attend

the site visit must notify Toby Freeman,

Tacoma City Light at (253) 502–8862 by

April 24, 1998. Also contact Toby for

information on the meeting time and

place.

Meeting Procedures

The meetings will be conducted

according to the procedures used at

Commission scoping meetings. Because

this meeting will be a NEPA scoping

meeting under the APEA process, the

Commission does not intend to conduct

a NEPA scoping meeting after the

application and draft EA are filed with

the Commission. Instead, Commission

staff will attend the meetings on May 5,

6, and 7, 1998.

All the scoping meetings will be

recorded by a stenographer or tape

recorder, and will become part of the

formal record of the proceedings for this

project.

Those who choose not to speak during

the scoping meetings may instead

submit written comments on the project.

Written comments should be mailed to:

Joan Nichol, Harza Engineering

Company, 2353 130th Avenue N.E.,

Bellevue, WA 98005, by June 8, 1998.

All correspondence should show the

following caption on the first page:

Scoping Comments, Cowlitz River

Hydroelectric Project (2016).

For further information please contact

Joan Nichol at (425) 602–4000 or David

Turner of the Commission at (202) 219–

2844.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–10192 Filed 4–16–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Filed With the

Commission and Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement

April 13, 1998.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Proposal To

Amend Minimum Flow Releases.

b. Project No: 77–110.

c. Date Filed: March 31, 1998.

d. Licensee: Pacific Gas and Electric

Company.

e. Name of Project: Potter Valley

Project.

f. Location: Eel River and East Fork

Russian River, in Lake and Mendocino

Counties, California.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Licensee Contact: Mr. Terry

Morford, Manager—Hydro Generation,

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, P.O.