Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 81 /Tuesday, April 28, 1998 / Notices 23279

Session)

7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. (Individual

Subcommittee Meetings)

Tuesday, May 19, 1998: 8:30 a.m.–4:00

p.m.

ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at:

Savannah DeSoto Hilton, 15 East Liberty

Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gerri Flemming, Public Accountability

Specialist, Environmental Restoration

and Solid Waste Division, Department

of Energy Savannah River Operations

Office, P.O. Box A, Aiken, S.C. 29802

(803) 725–5374.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board

The purpose of the Board is to make

recommendations to DOE and its

regulators in the areas of environmental

restoration, waste management and

related activities.

Tentative Agenda

Monday, May 18, 1998

2:00 p.m. Nuclear materials

management subcommittee

4:30 p.m. Executive committee meeting

6:30 p.m. Public comment session (5-

minute rule)

7:00 p.m. Issues-based subcommittee

meetings

9:00 p.m. Adjourn

Tuesday, May 19, 1998

8:30 a.m.

Approval of minutes, agency updates

(∼15 minutes)

Public comment session (5-minute

rule) (∼10 minutes)

Nuclear materials management

subcommittee (∼2 hours)

—Update on processing needs

assessment

—Nuclear material management

integration plan

—Results of National Academy of

Sciences study on HEU Fuel

Proposal to amend bylaws (∼15

minutes)

Risk management & future use

subcommittee report (∼1 hour)

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

Public comment session (5-minute

rule) (∼10 minutes)

DOE national transportation program

(∼45 minutes)

Environmental remediation and waste

management subcommittee report

(∼1 hour 30 minutes)

Intersite workshop discussions (∼15

minutes)

Public comment session (5-minute

rule) (∼10 minutes)

4:00 p.m.

Adjourn

If necessary, time will be allotted after

public comments for items added to the

agenda, and administrative details. A

final agenda will be available at the

meeting Monday, May 18, 1998.

Public Participation

The meeting is open to the public.

Written statements may be filed with

the Committee either before or after the

meeting. Individuals who wish to make

oral statements pertaining to agenda

items should contact Gerri Flemming’s

office 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 in the agenda.

The Designated Federal Officer is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. Each individual

wishing to make public comment will

be provided a maximum of 5 minutes to

present their comments.

Minutes

The 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 p.m., Monday–Friday

except Federal holidays. Minutes will

also be available by writing to Gerri

Flemming, Department of Energy

Savannah River Operations Office, P.O.

Box A, Aiken, S.C. 29802, or by calling

her at (803) 725–5374.

Issued at Washington, DC on April 22,

1998

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–11215 Filed 4–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Hanford Site

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is

hereby given of the following Advisory

Committee meeting: Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Hanford Site

DATES: Thursday, June 4, 1998: 9:00

a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Friday, June 5, 1998:

8:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Tower Inn, 1515 George

Washington Way, Richland,

Washington, 1–800–635–3980.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail

McClure, Public Involvement Program

Manager, Department of Energy

Richland Operations Office, P.O. Box

550 (A7–75), Richland, WA, 99352; Ph:

(509) 373–5647; Fax: (509) 376–1563.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board

The purpose of the Board is to make

recommendations to DOE and its

regulators in the areas of environmental

restoration, waste management, and

related activities.

Tentative Agenda

The Board will receive information on

and discuss issues related to Tank

Waste Remediation System (TWRS)

Program Draft Recovery Plan for Interim

Stabilization and Readiness to Proceed

for TWRS Privatization; Intersite

Discussion Workshops; Paths to Closure

Strategy; and Spent Fuel Cost, Schedule

and Management Issues. The Board will

also receive updates on TWRS

Privatization, the Draft FY 2000

Integrated Priority List, and the FY 1999

Budget.

Public Participation

The meeting is open to the public.

Written statements may be filed with

the Committee either before or after the

meeting. Individuals who wish to make

oral statements pertaining to agenda

items should contact Gail McClure’s

office 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 in the agenda.

The Designated Federal Official is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. Each individual

wishing to make public comment will

be provided a maximum of 5 minutes to

present their comments near the

beginning of the meeting.

Minutes

The 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 p.m., Monday–Friday,

except Federal holidays. Minutes will

also be available by writing to Gail

McClure, Department of Energy

Richland Operations Office, P.O. Box

550, Richland, WA 99352, or by calling

him at (509) 376–9628.
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Issued at Washington, DC on April 22,

1998.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–11216 Filed 4–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

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 (Pub. L. 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, May 12,

1998, 8:30 AM–4:00 PM.

ADDRESSES: The Madison Hotel, Dolley

Madison Ballroom, 15th and M Street,

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, D.C. 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

Tuesday, May 12, 1998

8:30–8:45 AM Opening Remarks &

Objectives—Philip Sharp, ESR Task

Force Chairman

8:45–10:00 AM Working Session:

Discussion of Draft Position Paper

on Technical Issues in

Transmission Reliability—

Facilitated by Philip Sharp

10:00–10:30 AM Working Session:

Discussion of International Lessons

Learned—Facilitated by Matthew

Holden

10:30–10:45 AM Break

10:45–11:45 AM Working Session:

Discussion of a Draft Position Paper

on State/Regional Reliability

Issues—Facilitated by Ralph

Cavanagh

11:45–12:00 PM Working Session:

Planning for the Final Report—

Facilitated by Philip Sharp

12:00–1:00 PM Lunch

1:00–2:15 PM Working Session:

Discussion of a Draft Position Paper

on Incentives for Transmission

Enhancement—Facilitated by Susan

Tierney

2:15–3:30 PM Working Session:

Discussion of Draft Position Paper

on Ancillary Services and BulkPower Reliability—Facilitated by

Philip Sharp

3:30–4:00 PM Public Comment Period

4:00 PM 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 Skila Harris,

Executive Director, Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board, AB–1, U.S. Department

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, D.C. 20585. This

notice is being published less than 15

days before the date of the meeting due

to programmatic issues that had to be

resolved prior to publication.

Minutes

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, D.C., between 9:00 AM and

4:00 PM, Monday through Friday except

Federal holidays. Information on the

Electric System Reliability Task Force

and the Task Force’s interim report may

be found at the Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board’s web site, located at

http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

Issued at Washington, D.C., on April 23,

1998.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–11217 Filed 4–27–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–353–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

April 22, 1998.

Take notice that on April 15, 1998,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue

S.E., Charleston, West Virginia 25314–

1599, filed in Docket No. CP98–353–000

a request pursuant to Sections 157.205

and 157.211 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, 157.211) for

authorization to construct and operate a

new delivery point in Maryland, under

Columbia’s blanket certificate issued in

Docket No. CP83–76–000 pursuant to

Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as

more fully set forth in the request that

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

Columbia proposes to construct and

operate a new point of delivery to

Washington Gas Light Company (WGL)

on Columbia’s pipeline number WG in

Poolesville Township, Montgomery

County, Maryland. The interconnecting

facilities will consist of installing a 4-

inch tap, 3-inch meter, electronic

measurement and approximately 250

feet of 4-inch pipeline. Transportation

service will be firm service provided

under Columbia’s Rate Schedule Storage

Service Transportation (SST). The

estimated natural gas quantities to be

delivered is 3,500 Dth/day and

1,277,500 Dth/annually. Columbia states

that the point of delivery has been

requested by WGL to serve both

residential and commercial customers.

WGL has not requested an increase in

its firm entitlement in conjunction with

this request. The estimated cost is

$176,074 which includes ‘‘gross up’’ for

income tax purposes and WGL will

reimburse Columbia 100% of the actual

total cost of construction.

Columbia states that the new point of

delivery will have no effect on its peak