31224 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 112 / Monday, June 11, 2001 / Notices

Issued in Washington, DC June 6, 2001

Paul J. Seligman,

Acting Director, Office of Worker Advocacy,

Office of Environment, Safety and Health.

[FR Doc. 01–14583 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

National Energy Policy;

Announcement of Public Meetings

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings and

request for comments.

SUMMARY: The recently-released

National Energy Policy (NEP)

recommended a review of current

funding and historic performance of the

Department of Energy’s Office of Energy

Efficiency and Renewable Energy

programs. To facilitate this review,

Department of Energy senior officials

will receive public comments on the

programs in seven regional meetings

during the month of June. Comments

should address: (1) The objectives of the

current energy efficiency and renewable

energy research, development,

demonstration and deployment

programs, (2) suggested potential

objectives for future programs, (3)

implementation of current and future

programs, and (4) whether these Federal

programs are achieving intended

objectives.

DATES: Written comments will be

accepted and must be submitted to the

Department of Energy no later than 5:00

p.m. EDT, June 29, 2001. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for

meeting dates.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to:

Ms. Bonny Overton, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, EE 3.1, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, or e-mail to

EERENEP.comments@ee.doe.gov. To

accommodate as many individuals as

possible, each speaker will be limited to

five minutes. In the event that time does

not permit all individuals who would

like to comment, several other options

are available to receive public input.

Forms will be available at each location

to provide hand-written comments.

Written comments will be accepted and

must be submitted to the Department of

Energy no later than 5 p.m. EDT, June

29, 2001. Written comments should be

no more than four single spaced pages,

using 12 pitch font and 1 inch margins.

All written comments will be included

in the proceedings of the seven public

meetings. The Department of Energy

also invites their federal partners to

submit written comments. Copies of the

National Energy Plan can be found on

the web at www.energy.gov. For further

information about EERE programs,

please visit www.EREN.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Jeffery, 202–586–9373.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following public meetings will be held

from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. From 9 a.m.–10

a.m., the Department will receive

comments from public officials only.

June 12—Atlanta, Georgia—Location: Main

Auditorium (Lower Level), Richard B.

Russell Federal Building and Courthouse,

75 Spring Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303

June 12—Chicago, Illinois—Location: James

Benton Parson Memorial Court Room

Dirksen Federal Building, Room 2525, 219

South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois

60604

June 19—Boston, Massachusetts—Location:

John A. Volpe National Transportation

Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall

Square, Cambridge, MA 02142–1093

June 19—Seattle, Washington—Location: Bell

Harbor International Conference Center

International Promenade room, Pier 66,

2211 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98121–

1604

June 21—Denver, Colorado—Location:

Adam’s Mark Hotel Denver, 1550 Court

Place Denver, Colorado 80202

June 21—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—

Location: Myerson Auditorium, 210 South

34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

June 26—Washington, D.C.—Location:

Washington Hilton and Towers, 1919

Connecticut Avenue, Washington, DC

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy—List of programs

Building Equipment and Materials

The mission of the Buildings

Equipment and Materials Program is to

advance affordable energy efficiency

improvements in building equipment

and materials through a targeted

program of industry cost-shared

research and regulatory options.

Commercial Buildings Integration

The mission of the Commercial

Buildings Integration Program is to

develop new whole-building

technologies and building design and

operation strategies that will reduce

overall energy needs and improve the

quality of building energy services,

including voluntary consensus building

energy codes and mandatory codes for

Federal buildings.

Community Energy Program

The Community Energy Program

provides technical assistance,

demonstrations, training, and education

to communities to accelerate the use of

innovative and cost-effective energy

technologies, strategies, and methods.

The program helps communities, towns,

and cities save energy, create jobs,

promote economic growth, and protect

the environment through improved

energy efficiency and less energy

intensive building design and operation.

Energy Star Program

Using the ENERGY STAR symbol as

the primary tool, identify and promote

high efficiency consumer products and

buildings; in partnership with EPA,

manufacturers, retailers, utilities, and

builders.

Residential Buildings Integration

In partnership with homebuilders,

industry, States, and communities, the

Residential Buildings Integration

Program improves the energy efficiency

in new and existing homes through

R&D, demonstrations, and regulatory

strategies.

State Energy Program

The State Energy Program (SEP)

mission is to support States’ effective,

flexible capacity to promote the use of

energy efficiency and renewable energy

strategies for meeting energy needs in

both the near and long-term future.

Weatherization Assistance Program

The Weatherization Assistance

Program works to maximize the number

of low-income households receiving

cost-effective, energy efficient

improvements while ensuring the health

and safety of people served.

DUET

The Departmental Energy

Management Program is administered

by the Federal Energy Management

Program’s (FEMP) Departmental Utility

and Energy Team (DUET). DUET targets

FEMP services at DOE facilities to

improve energy and water efficiency,

promote renewable energy use, and

manage utility costs in DOE’s facilities

and operations.

FEMP

The Office of Federal Energy

Management Programs (FEMP) reduces

the cost and environmental impact of

the Federal government by advancing

energy efficiency and water

conservation, promoting the use of

renewable energy, and assisting federal

facilities in managing utility costs and

operations, including those of the

Department of Energy.

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Enabling Technologies

The Industries of the Future

(Crosscutting) Initiative works with IOF

industry partners and suppliers to

conduct cost-shared R&D on

technologies that have potential

applications across the nine vision

industries as well as provide the

immediate tools and technical

assistance industry needs to expedite

the implementation of energy-efficient,

clean manufacturing technologies.

Financial Assistance

The OIT Financial Assistance

Program helps independent inventors,

small businesses, and industry who may

lack the funds and/or know-how to

move promising energy-saving and

energy production technologies from the

research bench to the marketplace.

Industrial Technology Assistance

The Industries of the Future

(Crosscutting) Initiative works with IOF

industry partners and suppliers to

conduct cost-shared R&D on

technologies that have potential

applications across the nine vision

industries as well as provide the

immediate tools and technical

assistance industry needs to expedite

the implementation of energy-efficient,

clean manufacturing technologies.

Vision Industries

The Industries of the Future (IOF)

program develops and delivers

advanced technologies and best

practices to improve the energy

efficiency and environmental

performance of America’s most energyand waste-intensive industries. To

provide the best value and optimum use

of public investments, the IOF program

focuses on nine major U.S. industries

that account for roughly 75 percent of

industrial energy use and over 75

percent of manufacturing wastes

(aluminum, agriculture, chemicals,

forest products, glass, metal casting,

mining, steel, and petroleum).

BioPower

In partnership with industry, the

Biopower Program will assist the

development and utilization of

biopower technologies that are clean

and reliable, and competitive with

conventional power systems

Distributed Energy Resources

The Distributed Energy Resources

(DER) Program leads a national effort to

develop and integrate the ‘‘next

generation’’ of clean, efficient, reliable,

and affordable distributed energy

technologies; document the energy,

economic, and environmental benefits

of the expanded use of distributed

energy resources and widely

disseminate the findings; and

implement deployment strategies,

including national and international

standards, that address infrastructure,

energy delivery, institutional, and

regulatory needs.

Geothermal Energy

The Geothermal Technology

Development Program works in

partnership with U.S. industry to

establish geothermal energy as an

economically competitive contributor to

the U.S. energy supply, capable of

meeting a large portion of the Nation’s

heat and power needs.

High Temperature Superconductivity

The High Temperature

Superconductivity (HTS) R&D program

investigates the properties of crystalline

materials that become free of electrical

resistance at the temperature of liquid

nitrogen. The lack of electrical

resistance makes possible electrical

power systems, super-efficient

generators, transformers, and

transmission cables, that reduce energy

losses by half and allow equipment to

be half the size of present electrical

systems.

Hydrogen

The mission of the Hydrogen Program

is to support the research, development

and validation of hydrogen technologies

in production, storage and utilization.

These technologies will facilitate the

use of renewable energy resources,

improve electrical reliability using

distributed fuel cell power systems, and

reduce the Nation’s dependence on

imported fossil fuels in the electric

power generation and transportation

sectors.

Hydropower

The Hydropower Program improves

the technical, economic, and

environmental performance of the

Nation’s abundant, in-place hydropower

resources through collaborative research

and development with industry and

other Federal agencies.

International Programs

Provide diplomatic support to

catalyze markets, provide technical

assistance, and support U.S. Native

American Tribal community on a

‘‘government to government’’ basis.

Solar Technologies

The Office of Solar Energy

Technologies sponsors research and

development (R&D) that improves the

performance and reliability while

reducing the cost of solar technologies

that can harness the sun’s energy.

Wind Energy

The Program focuses on completing

the research, testing, and field

verification needed by U.S. industry to

fully develop advanced wind energy

technologies, and on coordinating with

partners and stakeholders to overcome

barriers to wind energy use.

Advanced Combustion Engine R&D

The Advanced Combustion Engine R&

D program develops technologies that

will significantly improve the fuel

efficiency of conventional piston

engines while cost-effectively meeting

projected emissions regulations.

Biofuels

The Biofuels Program funds research,

development, and demonstration of

technology to enable and support the

expansion of an indigenous, integrated

biomass-based industry that will reduce

reliance on imported fuels; promote

rural economic development; and

provide for productive utilization of

agricultural residues and municipal

solid wastes.

Electric Vehicles R&D

The Electric Vehicles R& D program

develops and validates advanced

electric vehicle battery technologies that

will enable full-range electric vehicles

and facilitate their commercial viability.

Fuel Cell R&D

The Fuel Cell R& D Program develops

highly-efficient, low and zero emission,

cost-competitive vehicle fuel cell power

system technologies that operate on

conventional and alternative fuels.

Fuels Utilization R&D

The Fuels Utilization R&D Program,

along with partners in the energy and

transportation industries, pursues R&D

that will provide transportation vehicles

with fuel options that are cost

competitive, achieve high fuel economy,

and deliver low emissions.

Heavy Vehicle Systems R&D

The Heavy Vehicle Systems R&D

Program sets performance targets for

components and subsystems in the

context of the heavy vehicle as an

integrated system, and validates

achievements of vehicle-level OTT

objectives.

Hybrid Systems R&D

The Hybrid Systems R&D program

develops advanced propulsion and

ancillary system components and tests

and validates them in a vehicle context.

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Materials Technologies

The Materials Technologies Program

supports the development of the costeffective materials and materials

manufacturing processes necessary to

successfully commercialize the next

generation of fuel-efficient, lowemission transportation vehicles.

Transportation Technology Assistance

The Transportation Technology

Assistance Program accelerates the

adoption and use of alternative-fuel and

advanced-technology vehicles to help

meet national energy and environmental

goals.

Issued in Washington, DC on June 5, 2001.

John Sullivan,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of

Planning, Budget and Management, Office

of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 01–14584 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. GT01–25–000]

ANR Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of

Service Agreement

June 5, 2001.

Take notice that on May 30, 2001,

ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) filed a

service agreement entered into between

ANR and Allerton Gas Company

(Allerton) under Rate Schedule FTS–1

(the Agreement).

ANR requests that the Commission

find that the Agreement does not

contain any material deviations from

ANR’s Form of Service Agreement, and

that the Agreement need not be filed

pursuant to section 154.112(b) of the

Commission’s regulations.

Alternatively, ANR requests that if the

Commission finds that theAgreement

contains a material deviation from

ANR’s Form of Service Agreement, ANR

requests that the Commission approve

the Agreement and accept Tenth

Revised Sheet No. 2, Fourth Revised

Sheet No. 190 and Original Sheet No.

191 of ANR’s Second Revised Volume

No. 1 Tariff that reference the

Agreement as a non-conforming

agreement. ANR requests an effective

date of June 1, 2001 for the Agreement.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed on or before

June 12, 2001. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining 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 in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web 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 on the Commission’s web

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

doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14557 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. RT01–85–000, RT01–83–000,

RT01–82–000, and RT01–92–000]

California Independent System

Operator Corporation, Pacific Gas and

Electric Company, San Diego Gas &

Electric Company, Southern California

Edison Company; Notice of Filing

June 4, 2001.

Take notice that on June 1, 2001, the

California Independent System Operator

Corporation (ISO), Southern California

Edison Company (SoCal Edison), and

San Diego Gas & Electric Company

(SDG&E), jointly, and Pacific Gas and

Electric Company (PG&E), individually,

tendered filings in compliance with the

Commission’s April 26, 2001 Order in

Docket Nos. EL00–95–012, et al. San

Diego Gas & Electric Company, et al., 95

FERC ¶ 61,115 (2001), reh’g pending.

The April 26 Order required the ISO,

SoCal Edison, SDG&E, and PG&E to file

a proposal for a regional transmission

organization (RTO).

The ISO, SoCal Edison, SDG&E, and

PG&E state that the filings have been

served on all parties on the official

service list maintained by the Secretary

for above-captioned dockets.

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 June 19,

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

on the Commission’s web site at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14559 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EL01–83–000]

CE Generation, L.L.C.; Notice of Filing

June 4, 2001.

Take notice that on May 25, 2001, CE

Generation, L.L.C. tendered for filing a

Petition for Enforcement Action and/or

Declaratory Order and Motion to

Consolidate.

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 June 25,

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