Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 108 / Friday, June 5, 1998 / Proposed Rules 30675

1 Gas Pipeline Facilities and Services on the Outer

Continental Shelf—Issues related to the

Commission’s Jurisdiction Under the Natural Gas

Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Land’s Act

(Policy Statement), 74 FERC ¶ 61,222 (Feb. 26,

1996).

retained in hard-copy for the required

time period.

Issued in Washington, DC on may 29, 1998

by the Commission.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–14805 Filed 6–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

17 CFR Part 10

Rules of Practice; Proposed

Amendments

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

SUMMARY: On April 3, 1998, the

Commission published in the Federal

Register a notice requesting comments

on proposed amendments to its Rules of

Practice, which govern most

adjudicatory proceedings brought under

the Commodity Exchange Act, as

amended, except for reparations actions.

The original comment period expires on

June 2, 1998. 63 FR 16453 (April 3,

1998). In a letter dated May 28, 1998,

the Committee on Commodities and

Futures Law of the New York State Bar

Association requested an extension of

the comment period. To assure that an

adequate opportunity is provided for the

submission of meaningful comments,

the Commission has determined to

extend the comment period by an

additional thirty (30) days.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed

amendments should be sent to Jean A.

Webb, Secretary, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Center, 1155 21st Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20581. Comments may

be sent by electronic mail to

secretary@cftc.gov. Reference should be

made to ‘‘Proposed Amendments to the

Rules of Practice.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen Mihans, Office of Chief

Counsel, Division of Enforcement, at

(202) 418–5399 or David Merrill, Office

of Chief Counsel, at (202) 5120,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC

20581.

Issued at Washington, DC, on this 1st day

of June, 1998, by the Commodity Futures

Trading Commission.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–14961 Filed 6–2–98; 2:33 pm]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

18 CFR Ch. I

[Docket No. RM98–8–000]

Alternative Methods for Regulating

Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities and

Services on the Outer Continental

Shelf; June 1, 1998

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of inquiry.

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission is initiating an

inquiry into alternatives to the

Commission’s recent methods of

exercising its jurisdiction over natural

gas pipeline facilities and services on

the Outer Continental Shelf.

The goal of the notice of inquiry is to

generate public comment that will assist

the Commission in exploring possible

alternatives to the application of the

existing ‘‘primary function’’ test to

offshore pipeline facilities—as well as

possible complimentary and/or

alternative modes of regulation under

the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

The notice of inquiry invites all

interested persons to participate in the

inquiry and to submit answers to several

specific questions.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before July 16, 1998; an

original and 14 copies should be filed.

ADDRESSES: All comments should refer

to Docket No. RM98–8–000 and should

be addressed to: Office of the Secretary,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Wolfe, Office of the General

Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208–2098.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

addition to publishing the full text of

this document in the Federal Register,

the Commission also provides all

interested persons an opportunity to

inspect or copy the contents of this

document during normal business hours

in the Public Reference Room at 888

First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington,

DC 20426.

The Commission Issuance Posting

System (CIPS) provides access to the

texts of formal documents issued by the

Commission. CIPS can be accessed via

Internet through FERC’s Homepage

(http://www.ferc.fed.us) using the CIPS

Link or the Energy Information Online

icon. The full text of this document will

be available on CIPS in ASCII and

WordPerfect 6.1 format. CIPS is also

available through the Commission’s

electronic bulletin board service at no

charge to the user and may be accessed

using a personal computer with a

modem by dialing 202–208–1397, if

dialing locally, or 1–800–856–3920, if

dialing long distance. To access CIPS,

set your communications software to

19200, 14400, 12000, 9600, 7200, 4800,

2400, or 1200 bps, full duplex, no

parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit. User

assistance is available at 202–208–2474

or by E-mail to

CipsMaster@FERC.fed.us.

This document is also available

through the Commission’s Records and

Information Management System

(RIMS), an electronic storage and

retrieval system of documents submitted

to and issued by the Commission after

November 16, 1981. Documents from

November 1995 to the present can be

viewed and printed. RIMS is available

in the Public Reference Room or

remotely via Internet through FERC’s

Homepage using the RIMS link or the

Energy Information Online icon. User

assistance is available at 202–208–2222,

or by E-mail to

RimsMaster@FERC.fed.us.

Finally, the complete text on diskette

in WordPerfect format may be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

contractor, La Dorn System Corporation.

La Dorn Systems Corporation is located

in the Public Reference Room at 888

First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

I. Introduction

In 1995, in response to heightened

interest in Outer Continental Shelf

(OCS) exploration and development, the

Commission undertook a review of its

OCS gathering policy through a notice

of inquiry in Docket No. RM96–5–000.

On February 28, 1996, the Commission

issued a statement of policy respecting

pipeline facilities on the OCS.1 The

policy statement concluded that

facilities located in deep water (a depth

of 200 meters or more) would be