23016 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 88 / Monday, May 7, 2001 / Notices

II. Opportunity for Public Comment

A. Participation in Comment Process

Interested persons are invited to

participate in the comment process by

submitting written data, views, or

comments with respect to the subject set

forth in this notice. The Department

encourages the maximum level of public

participation possible in this process.

Individuals, coalitions, states or other

government entities, and others are

urged to submit written comments on

the possible recommendation of the

Yucca Mountain site.

B. Written Comment Procedures

The DOE invites the public to

comment on a possible site

recommendation for the Yucca

Mountain site. Written comments

should be identified on the outside of

the envelope, and on the comments

themselves, with the designation:

‘‘Possible Site Recommendation for

Yucca Mountain.’’ In the event any

person wishing to submit written

comments cannot provide them directly,

alternative arrangements can be made

by calling [(800) 967–3477]. All

comments received and other relevant

information will be considered by the

DOE before a decision is made on the

potential site recommendation. All

comments submitted will be available

for examination at the Yucca Mountain

Science Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR

1004.11, any person submitting

information or data that is believed to be

confidential, and which may be exempt

by law from public disclosure, should

submit one complete copy, as well as

two copies from which the information

considered confidential has been

deleted. The Department of Energy will

make its own determination of any such

claim and treat it accordingly.

Issued in Washington, DC on April 27,

2001.

Lake Barrett,

Acting Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive

Waste Management.

[FR Doc. 01–11383 Filed 5–4–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER01–1381–000]

AES Medina Valley Cogen, L.L.C.;

Notice of Issuance of Order

May 1, 2001.

AES Medina Valley Cogen, L.L.C.

(AES Medina) submitted for filing a rate

schedule under which AES Medina will

engage in wholesale electric power and

energy transactions at market-based

rates. AES Medina also requested

waiver of various Commission

regulations. In particular, AES Medina

requested that the Commission grant

blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34

of all future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liability by AES Medina.

On April 11, 2001, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under Part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by AES Medina should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214).

Absent a request to be heard in

opposition within this period, AES

Medina is authorized to issue securities

and assume obligations or liabilities as

a guarantor, indorser, surety, or

otherwise in respect of any security of

another person; provided that such

issuance or assumption is for some

lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the applicant, and

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of AES Medina’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is May 11,

2001.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. The Order may

also be viewed on the Internet at http:/

/www.ferc.fec.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–222 for assistance). Comments,

protests, and interventions 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.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–11343 Filed 5–4–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER01–1807–001]

Carolina Power & Light Company and

Florida Power Corporation; Notice of

Filing

May 1, 2001.

Take notice that on April 26, 2001,

Carolina Power & Light Company

(CP&L) and Florida Power Corporation

(FPC), tendered for filing revision to the

modification of the Open Access

Transmission Tariff (OATT) of CP&L

and FPC that was tendered for filing

April 16, 2001 in this docket. The

modification consists of a complete

copy of the OATT in the format required

by Order No. 614. The modification is

being made to comply with the

requirement of Order No. 614 that when

a tariff or rate schedule is revised, the

entire tariff or rate schedule must be

refiled in the format required by that

order. The filing also incorporates

amendments to the OATTs of CP&L and

FPC that the Commission accepted for

filing prior to the consummation of their

merger.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the public utility’s jurisdictional

customers, North Carolina Utilities

Commission and South Carolina Public

Service Commission.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest such filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214). All such motions and protests

should be filed on or before May 17,

2001. Protests will be considered by the

Commission to determine the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceedings. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on

file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection. This

filing may also be viewed on the

Internet at http:

//www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

Comments, protests and interventions

may be filed electronically via the

internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

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