34434 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 125 / Thursday, June 28, 2001 / Notices

Monday thru Friday or by writing to Pat

J. Halsey, Department of Energy

Paducah Site Office, Post Office Box

1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky

42001 or by calling her at (270) 441–

6802.

Issued at Washington, DC on June 22, 2001.

Belinda Hood,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–16261 Filed 6–27–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Savannah

River

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River. The

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that

public notice of these meetings be

announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Monday, July 23, 2001—6:30

p.m.–9 p.m.; Tuesday, July 24, 2001—

8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Holiday Inn-Coliseum at

University of South Carolina, 630

Assemble Street, Columbia, South

Carolina 29201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gerri Flemming, Science Technology &

Management Division, Department of

Energy, Savannah River Operations

Office, P.O. Box A, Aiken, SC 29802;

Phone: (803) 725–5374.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of

the Board is to make recommendations

to the Department of Energy and its

regulators in the areas of environmental

restoration, waste management, and

related activities.

Tentative Agenda:

Monday, July 23, 2001

6:30 p.m.–7 p.m.—Public comment

session

7 p.m.–9 p.m—Issues-based committee

meetings

9 p.m.—Adjourn

Tuesday, July 24, 2001

8:30–9:15 a.m.—Approval of minutes;

Agency updates; Public comment

session; Facilitator update

9:15–10:15 a.m.—Nuclear Materials

Committee Report

10:15–11:15 a.m.—Environmental

Remediation Committee

11:15–12:15 a.m.—Education

Committee; Public Comments

12:15 p.m.—Lunch Break

1–2:45 p.m.—Waste Management

Committee Report

2:45–4:15 p.m.—Strategic & Long-Term

Issues Committee

4:15–4:30 p.m.—Administrative

Committee Report; Public

Comments

4:30 p.m.—Adjourn

If needed, 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, July 23, 2001.

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Board either

before or after the meeting. Individuals

who wish to make the oral statements

pertaining to agenda items should

contact Gerri Flemming’s office at the

address or telephone listed above.

Requests must be received five days

prior to the meeting and reasonable

provision will be made to include the

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy

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 equal time 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

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays.

Minutes will also be available by

writing to Gerri Flemming, Department

of Energy Savannah River Operations

Office, PO Box A, Aiken, SC 29802, or

by calling her at (803) 725–5374.

Issued at Washington, DC on June 22, 2001.

Belinda Hood,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–16263 Filed 6–27–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee

Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference

meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces an

open teleconference meeting of the

Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee

(WAAC).

The Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770),

requires that notice of this meeting be

published in the Federal Register to

allow for public participation. The

purpose of the meeting is to provide the

Committee and public participants with

a status update on the implementation

of the Energy Employees Occupational

Illness Compensation Program Act of

2000. The program is scheduled to be

launched on July 31, 2001.

Representatives from the four agencies

involved in this program (Department of

Energy, Department of Labor,

Department of Health and Human

Services, and Department of Justice)

will summarize progress in their

respective programs, and provide details

on plans for the program rollout on July

31.

DATES: Friday, July 20, 2001, 1 –5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Participants may call the

Office of Worker Advocacy at (202) 586–

2407 to reserve a teleconference line

and receive a call-in number. Public

participation is welcomed. However, the

number of teleconference lines is

limited and will be made available on

a first-come, first-serve basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy

Keating, Executive Administrator,

Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee,

U.S. Department of Energy, EH–8, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, Telephone

Number 202–586–7551, E-mail:

judy.keating@eh.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Meeting: To provide

advice to the Director of the Office of

Worker Advocacy of the Department of

Energy on plans, priorities, and

strategies for assisting workers who

have been diagnosed with work-related

illnesses.

Tentative Agenda:

Welcome and Introduction

Opening Remarks

Status of Implementation of Energy

Employees Occupational Illness

Compensation Act

Public Comment

Next Steps/Path Forward

Public Participation: This

teleconference meeting is open to the

public on a first-come, first-serve basis

because of the extremely limited

number of telephone lines. Written

statements may be filed with the

committee before or after the meeting.

Members of the public who wish to

make oral statements pertaining to

agenda items should contact Judy

Keating at the address or telephone

listed above. Requests to make oral

statements must be made and received

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five days prior to the meeting;

reasonable provision will be made to

include the statement in the agenda.

The Chair of the committee is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. For those who may

not be able to participate due to the

limited phone lines, please note that

there will be a follow up public meeting

of the Worker Advocacy Advisory

Committee in Denver, Colorado at the

end of August. Details of that meeting

are still being worked out.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Freedom of Information

Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m.

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on June 22,

2001.

Belinda Hood,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–16262 Filed 6–27–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–387–000]

Algonquin Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Application

June 22, 2001.

Take notice that on June 15, 2001,

Algonquin Gas Transmission Company

(Algonquin), P.O. Box 1642, Houston,

Texas 77251–1642, filed in Docket No.

CP01–387–000 an application pursuant

to the provisions of Section 7 of the

Natural Gas Act for a certificate of

public convenience and necessity to

construct and operate facilities and to

authorize the leasing of capacity on

Algonquin’s system all as more fully set

forth in the application which is on file

with the Commission and open to

public inspection. This filing may be

viewed on the web at http://

www.rimsweb1.ferc.fed.us/

rims.?rp2∼intro (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

Specifically, Algonquin proposes to:

(1) Retest and upgrade its C–1 and C–

1 L pipelines in New Haven County,

Connecticut from their current

maximum allowable operating pressure

(MAOP) of 750 psig to an MAOP of 814

psig; (2) expose, inspect and repair, as

necessary, two 25-foot segments of pipe

on the C–1 pipeline in New Haven

County, Connecticut; (3) construct a

new 10,310 horsepower compressor

station in Cheshire, Connecticut near

the beginning of the C–1 and C–1 L

pipelines; and (4) remove two tool

launchers from an existing aboveground

facility in New Haven, Connecticut and

relocated them to the proposed

compressor station in Cheshire,

Connecticut. Algonquin states that the

estimated cost of the facilities is

approximately $32.3 million. Algonquin

proposes to place the facilities in service

on November 1, 2003.

Algonquin also seeks authorization to

lease 285,000 Dth per day of capacity to

Islander East Pipeline Company, L.L.C.

(Islander East) from Cheshire,

Connecticut (the intersection of the

Algonquin mainline and its C-system) to

a proposed interconnection between

Algonquin and Islander East near North

Haven, Connecticut for a primary term

of 20 years. The fixed monthly lease

payment under the lease agreement is

$334,135. In addition, Islander East will

pay a monthly operating and

maintenance charge of $32,307.

Algonquin states that the monthly lease

payment is less than what Islander East

would pay if it had contracted for firm

service on Algonquin and thus meets

Commission standards for lease

payments.

Algonquin states that this project, in

conjunction with the Islander East

proposal in Docket No. CP01–384–000,

et al., will allow markets in the Long

Island and New York City area as well

as future markets in Connecticut to

access eastern Canadian offshore gas

production. Algonquin also indicates

that the lease agreement will eliminate

Islander East’s need to construct

duplicative facilities in Connecticut,

reducing the potential environmental

impact of the Islander East project.

Further, Algonquin asserts that this

project will provide its shippers with

direct access to the Long Island and

New York City markets and enhance the

operating efficiency and reliability of its

system with additional compression and

increased system pressures. Algonquin

states that its proposal is consistent with

the Commission’s statement of policy on

certification of new interstate natural

gas pipeline facilities.

Any questions regarding the

application should be directed to

Richard J. Kruse, Senior Vice President,

Industry Initiatives, Pricing &

Regulatory Affairs, Algonquin Gas

Transmission Company, P.O. Box 1642,

Houston, Texas 77251–1642 at 713–

627–5368 or by facsimile at 713–627–

4027.

There are two ways to become

involved in the Commission’s review of

this project. First, any person wishing to

obtain legal status by becoming a party

to the proceedings for this project

should, on or before July 13, 2001, file

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of the Commission’s Rules

of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations

under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A

person obtaining party status will be

placed on the service list maintained by

the Secretary of the Commission and

will receive copies of all documents

filed by the applicant and by all other

parties. A party must submit 14 copies

of filings made with the Commission

and must mail a copy to the applicant

and to every other party in the

proceeding. Only parties to the

proceeding can ask for court review of

Commission orders in the proceeding.

However, a person does not have to

intervene in order to have comments

considered. The second way to

participate is by filing with the

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as

possible, an original and two copies of

comments in support of or in opposition

to this project. The Commission will

consider these comments in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but the filing of a comment alone

will not serve to make the filer a party

to the proceeding. The Commission’s

rules require that persons filing

comments in opposition to the project

provide copies of their protests only to

the party or parties directly involved in

the protest.

Persons who wish to comment only

on the environmental review of this

project should submit an original and

two copies of their comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Environmental commenters will be

placed on the Commission’s

environmental mailing list, will receive

copies of the environmental documents,

and will be notified of meetings

associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Environmental commenters will not be

required to serve copies of filed

documents on all other parties.

However, the non-party commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission (except for the mailing of

environmental documents issued by the

Commission) and will not have the right

to seek court review of the

Commission’s final order.

The Commission may issue a

preliminary determination on nonenvironmental issues prior to the

completion of its review of the