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i. Deadline for filing comments and or

motions: June 11, 2001.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Comments, protests, and motions to

intervene may be filed electronically via

the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the

instructions on the Commission’s web

site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/

doorbell.htm.

Please include the noted project

numbers on any comments or motions

filed.

j. Description of Proposal: Nantahala

Power and Light Company (Nantahala),

the original licensee of these projects,

has merged into Duke Energy

Corporation (Duke) and no longer exists.

Duke now seeks after-the-fact approval

of the transfer of the licenses from

Nanatahala to Duke, as well as a name

change to Duke Power, a division of

Duke Energy Corporation, Nantahala

Area. (In response to a notice filed by

Duke on May 12, 2000, the Commission

inadvertently issued, on June 28, 2000,

an order changing the name of the

licensee to Nantahala Power and Light,

a division of Duke Energy Corporation.

See 91 FERC ¶ 62,235, which of course

lacked the prerequisite step of

Commission approval for transfer of the

project licenses to Duke.)

The transfer application was filed

within five years of the expiration of the

licenses all of these projects. In

Hydroelectric Relicensing Regulations

Under the Federal Power Act (54 Fed.

Reg. 23,756; FERC Stats. and Regs.,

Regs. Preambles 1986–1990 30,854 at p.

31,437), the Commission declined to

forbid all license transfers during the

last five years of an existing license, and

instead indicated that it would

scrutinize all such transfer requests to

determine if the transfer’s primary

purpose was to give the transferee an

advantage in relicensing (id. at p. 31438

n. 318).

The transfer application also contains

a separate request for the substitution of

Duke Power, a division of Duke Energy

Corporation, Nantahala Area for

Nantahala Power and Light, a division

of Duke Energy Corporation as the

applicant in the pending relicensing

application, filed on September 27,

1999, in Project No. 2694–002.

k. Locations of the application: A

copy of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference Room,

located at 888 First Street, NE, Room

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. The application may be

viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (Call (202) 208–2222

for assistance). A copy is also available

for inspection and reproduction at the

addresses in item g above.

1. Individuals desiring to be included

on the Commission’s mailing list should

so indicate by writing to the Secretary

of the Commission.

Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other commenters filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’,

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. An additional copy must be

sent to the Director, Division of

Hydropower Administration and

Compliance, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, at the above-mentioned

address. A copy of any motion to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the Applicant

specified in the particular application.

Agency Comments—Federal, state,

and local agencies are invited to file

comments on the described application.

A copy of the application may be

obtained by agencies directly from the

Applicant. If an agency does not file

comments within the time specified for

filing comments, it will be presumed to

have no comments. One copy of an

agency’s comments must also be sent to

the Applicant’s representatives.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–11777 Filed 5–9–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Transfer of License and

Soliciting Comments, Motions To

Intervene, and Protests

May 4, 2001.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Application Type: Transfer of

License.

b. Project No.: 8315–005.

c. Date Filed: April 2, 2001.

d. Applicant: International Paper

Company (Transferee).

e. Name of project: Sartell.

f. Location: On the Mississippi River

near Sartell, Stearns and Benton

Counties, Minnesota. The project does

not utilize federal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: William J.

Madden, Jr., Winston & Strawn, 1400 L

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005–

3502, (202) 371–5700; Michael

Chapman, Esq., International Paper

Company, 6400 Poplar Ave., Memphis,

TN 38197, (901) 763–5888.

i. FERC Contact: Regina Saizan, (202)

219–2673.

j. Deadline for filing comments or

motions: June 22, 2001.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washignton, DC 20426.

Comments, motions to intervene, and

protests may be filed electronically via

the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the

instructions on the Commission’s web

site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/

doorbell.htm.

Please include the Project Number

(8315–005) on any comments or

motions filed.

k. Description of Transfer: Champion

International Corporation (Champion/

Transferor), formerly a wholly-owned

subsidiary of International Paper

Company (IPC/Transferee), has merged

into IPC and no longer exists. IPC seeks

Commission approval to transfer the

license for the Sartell Project from

Champion to IPC.

l. Location of the Application: A copy

of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference Room,

located at 888 First Street, NE., Room

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. This filing may be

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viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (call (202) 208–222 for

assistance). A copy is also available for

inspection and reproduction at the

address in item h above.

m. Individuals desiring to be included

on the Commission’s mailing list should

so indicate by writing to the Secretary

of the Commission.

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene: Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

o. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents: Any filings must bear in all

capital letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. A copy of any motion to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the Applicant

specified in the particular application.

p. Agency Comments: Federal, State,

and local agencies are invited to file

comments on the described application.

A copy of the application may be

obtained by agencies directly from the

Applicant. If an agency does not file

comments within the time specified for

filing comments, it will be presumed to

have no comments. One copy of an

agency’s comments must also be sent to

the Applicant’s representatives.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–11778 Filed 5–9–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RM98–1–000]

Regulations Governing Off-the-Record

Communications; Public Notice

May 4, 2001.

This constitutes notice, in accordance

with 18 CFR 385.2201(h), of the receipt

of exempt and prohibited off-the-record

communications.

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,

September 22, 1999) requires

Commission decisional employees, who

make or receive an exempt or a

prohibited off-the-record

communication relevant to the merits of

a contested on-the-record proceeding, to

deliver a copy of the communication, if

written, or a summary of the substance

of any oral communication, to the

Secretary.

Prohibited communications will be

included in a public, non-decisional file

associated with, but not part of, the

decisional record of the proceeding.

Unless the Commission determines that

the prohibited communication and any

responses thereto should become part of

the decisional record, the prohibited offthe-record communication will not be

considered by the Commission in

reaching its decision. Parties to a

proceeding may seek the opportunity to

respond to any facts or contentions

made in a prohibited off-the-record

communication, and may request that

the Commission place the prohibited

communication and responses thereto

in the decisional record. The

Commission will grant such requests

only when it determines that fairness so

requires. Any person identified below as

having made a prohibited off-the-record

communication should serve the

document on all parties listed on the

official service list for the applicable

proceeding in accordance with Rule

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.

Exempt off-the-record

communications will be included in the

decisional record of the proceeding,

unless the communication was with a

cooperating agency as described by 40

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR

385.2201(e)(1)(v).

The following is a list of exempt and

prohibited off-the-record

communications received in the Office

of the Secretary within the preceding 14

days. The documents may be viewed on

the Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

Exempt

1. CP04–49–000, 04–23–01, Bobbye

Biller

2. Project Nos. 10865 and 11495, 04–23–

01, Steven W. Reneaud

3. Project No. 18, 04–23–01, Scott

Larrando

4. Project No. 2899–000, 04–23–01,

Scott Lorrando

5. CP01–49–000, 04–24–01, Douglas

Sipe

6. Project No. 1494, 04–25–01, Joanne

Mallet-Eakin

7. CP00–6–000, 04–25–01, James J.

Slack

8. Project No. 2042, 04–25–01, Frank

Winchell

9. Project No. 2042, 04–24–01, Tim

Bachelder

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–11774 Filed 5–9–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6977–1]

Notice of Agency Information

Collection Activities for Superfund

Cooperative Agreements and State

Contracts

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency is planning to submit the

following continuing Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Cooperative Agreements and State

Contracts for Superfund Response

Actions (OMB Control No. 2010–0020;

EPA ICR No. 1487.06) expiring

September 30, 2001. Before submitting

the ICR to OMB for review and

approval, EPA is soliciting comments on

specific aspects of the proposed

information collection as described

below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Kirby

Biggs, Office of Emergency and

Remedial Response, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Mail Code 5204G,

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460, (703) 308–8506,

e-mail: Biggs.Kirby@epa.gov

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kirby Biggs, at the address and

telephone number listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected

entities: Entities potentially affected are

those States, Federally recognized

Indian tribes, and political subdivisions

that apply to EPA for financial

assistance under a Superfund

cooperative agreement or a Superfund

State Contract.

Title: Cooperative Agreements and

Superfund Contracts for Superfund

Response Actions (OMB Control No.