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Federal Register/Vol. 70, No. 229/Wednesday, November 30, 2005/Notices 71815 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000; Revision to List of Covered 

Facilities 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of revision of listing of 

covered facilities. 

SUMMARY: Periodically, the Department 

of Energy ("Department" or "DOE") 

publishes a list of facilities covered 

under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000 ("Act"), Title 36 of 

Public Law 106-398 (66 FR 4003; 66 FR 

31218). This notice revises the previous 

lists because it has been found that 

some designated atomic weapons 

employers should not have been so 

designated. Previous lists were 

published on August 23, 2004, July 21, 

2003, December 27, 2002, June 11, 2001 

and January 17, 2001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael A. Montopoli, MD, MPH, 

Acting Director, Office of Health 

Services (EH-54) 202-586-6178. 

ADDRESSES: The Department welcomes 

comments on this list. Comments 

should be addressed to: Michael A. 

Montopoli, MD, MPH, Acting Director, 

Office of Health Services (EH-54), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose 

The Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000 ("Act"), Title 36 of Public Law 

106-398, establishes a program to 

provide compensation to certain 

employees who developed illnesses as a 

result of their employment with the 

Department of Energy, its predecessor 

agencies and certain of its contractors 

and subcontractors. Section 3621 

defines an atomic weapons employer 

(AWE) as an entity, other than the 

United States, that (A) processed or 

produced, for use by the United States, 

material that emitted radiation and was 

used in the production of an atomic 

weapon, excluding uranium mining and 

milling; and (Bl is designated by the 

Secretary of Energy as an atomic 

weapons employer for purposes of the 

compensation program. Section 3621 

goes on to define an atomic weapons 

employer facility as a facility, owned by 

an atomic weapons employer, that is or 

was used to process or produce, for use 

by the United States, material that 

emitted radiation and was used in the 

production of an atomic weapon, 

excluding uranium mining or milling. 

It has recently come to the attention 

of the Department that a number of 

entities previously designated as AWE's 

failed the basic definitional test for an 

A WE because the designated entities 

were agencies of the United States 

Government. Since the definition of an 

A WE specifically excludes the United 

States, these previously-made 

designations are invalid. To make it 

clear that these entities are not covered 

under the Act, this notice formally 

removes the following entities from the 

list. 

• Frankford Arsenal, previously 

designated as an A WE in Philadelphia, 

Pennsy 1 vania • National Bureau of Standards, Van 

Ness Street, previously designated as an 

A WE in the District of Columbia • Seneca Army Depot, previously 

designated as an A WE in Romulus, New 

York 

• Picatinny Arsenal, previously 

designated as an AWE in Dover, New 

Jersey 

Issued in Washington, DC, November 23, 

2005. 

Steven V. Cary, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Office 

of Environment, Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E5-6706 Filed 11-29-05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450--01-P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP06-104-000] 

Colorado Interstate Gas Company; 

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC 

Gas Tariff 

November 23, 2005. 

Take notice that on November 21, 

2005, Colorado Interstate Gas Company 

(CIG) tendered for filing as part of its 

FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume 

No. 1, one firm transportation service 

agreement (FTSA) and the following 

tariff sheets to become effective 

December 22, 2005: 

Thirteenth Revised Sheet No. 1. 

First Revised Sheet No. 380J. 

CIG states that the FTSA is being 

submitted for the Commission's review 

and acceptance and has been listed on 

Sheet No. 1 as a non-conforming 

agreement. Further, CIG is revising 

Sheet No. 380J to add an additional fuel 

exemption route to the Tariff. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission's Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). 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 proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed in accordance 

with the provisions of section 154.210 

of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 

154.210). Anyone filing an intervention 

or protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. Anyone 

filing an intervention or protest on or 

before the intervention or protest date 

need not serve motions to intervene or 

protests on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

"eFiling" link at http:/lwww.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http:/lwww.ferc.gov, using the 

"eLibrary" link and is available for 

review in the Commission's Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an "eSubscription" link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502-8659. 

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E5-6695 Filed 11-29-05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717--01-P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP06-102-000] 

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice 

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas 

Tariff 

November 23, 2005. 

Take notice that on November 18, 

2005, El Paso Natural Gas Company 

(EPNG) tendered for filing as part of its 

FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised 

Volume No. 1-A, the following tariff