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Comment date: June 13, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

18. Northeast Utilities Service Company

[Docket No. ER96–1868–000]

Take notice that on May 17, 1996,

Northeast Utilities Service Company

(NUSCO) on behalf of Public Service

Company of New Hampshire (PSNH),

tendered for filing with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission a rate

schedule in connection with a two-year

program initiated by the New

Hampshire Public Utilities Commission

(NHPUC), known as the New Hampshire

Retail Competition Pilot Program (Pilot

Program). The rate schedule would be

applicable to transmission service for

the Pilot Program transactions of retail

customers of PSNH wholesale

requirements customers.

NUSCO requests an effective date for

the rate schedule of May 28, 1996, or

such other later date that is consistent

with Section 11 of a Joint

Recommendation between PSNH and

the Staff of the NHPUC. NUSCO

requests that the Commission waive the

60-day notice requirement in Section

205 of the Federal Power Act as

necessary to permit this rate schedule to

be placed into effect on such date.

Comment date: June 13, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

19. New England Power Company

[Docket No. ER96–1869–000]

Take notice that on May 20, 1996,

New England Power Company (NEP)

filed a Service Agreement with Freedom

Energy Company, LLC under NEP’s

FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume

No. 5.

Comment date: June 13, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

20. Southern Company Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96–1870–000]

Take notice that on May 20, 1996,

Southern Company Services, Inc., solely

as administrative agent for Alabama

Power Company, tendered for filing a

Transmission Service Delivery Point

Agreement dated March 15, 1996,

reflecting the addition of a delivery

point to Tallapoosa River Electric

Cooperative. This delivery point will be

served under the terms and conditions

of the Agreement for Transmission

Service to Distribution Cooperative

Member of Alabama Electric

Cooperative, Inc., dated August 28, 1980

(designated FERC Rate Schedule No.

147). the parties request an effective

date of July 20, 1994, for the addition of

the delivery point to Tallapoosa River

Electric Cooperative.

Comment date: June 13, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest said filing 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 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

the comment date. 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 motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14197 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[DA 96–751]

Pioneer’s Preference Requests

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Commission’s Office of

Engineering and Technology has

announced a filing deadline for

submission of amendments to pending

pioneer’s preference requests. This

announcement follows approval by the

Office of Management and Budget of a

new information collection pertaining to

the pioneer’s preference program. The

intended effect of this action is to bring

pending pioneer’s preference requests

into compliance with new rules adopted

in 1995.

DATES: Amendments are due by June 21,

1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rodney Small, (202) 418–2452, Office of

Engineering and Technology, Federal

Communications Commission,

Washington, DC 20554.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

May 14, 1996.

Filing Deadline Announced for

Submission of Amendments to Pending

Pioneer’s Preference Requests

In the Memorandum Opinion and

Order (Order) in ET Docket No. 93–266,

FCC 95–493, 61 FR 4916 (February 9,

1996), the Commission stated that,

subsequent to approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) of a

new information collection pertaining to

the pioneer’s preference program, the

Chief, Office of Engineering and

Technology would announce a date for

the submission of amendments to

pending pioneer’s preference requests

that have not reached the Tentative

Decision Stage, and publish that date in

the Federal Register; see para. 14 of

Order. OMB has approved this new

information collection and has assigned

it OMB control number 3060–0446.

Accordingly, this Public Notice

establishes the filing deadline as June

21, 1996.

By that date, a party that has a

pending pioneer’s preference request in

a proceeding that has not reached the

Tentative Decision Stage and that has

not previously filed an amended request

pertaining to the new requirements

adopted in the Second Report and Order

and Third Report and Order in Docket

93–266 (see, respectively, FCC 95–80,

60 FR 13396 (March 13, 1995); and FCC

95–218, 60 FR 32116 (June 20, 1995))

must submit an amended request.

Specifically, such a party must submit

a statement that a new allocation of

spectrum is necessary for its innovation

to be implemented. Further, if the party

relied on experimental results to

demonstrate the technical feasibility of

its innovation, it must submit a

summary of those experimental results.

Additionally, for parties filing pioneer’s

preference requests after September 1,

1994, such parties must submit a

showing demonstrating that the

Commission’s public rulemaking

process would inhibit the party from

capturing the economic rewards of its

innovation unless it is granted a

pioneer’s preference license; i.e., the

party must show that it may lose its

intellectual property protection because

of the Commission’s public process; that

the damage to its intellectual property

would likely be more significant than in

other contexts, such as the patent

process; and that the guarantee of a

license would be a significant factor in

its ability to capture the rewards from

its innovation.

Failure by any party with a pending

pioneer’s preference request in a
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proceeding that has not reached the

Tentative Decision Stage to amend its

request by June 21, 1996, will result in

the dismissal of the request by the Chief,

Office of Engineering and Technology.

For additional information, contact

Rodney Small, (202) 418–2452; email

rsmall@fcc.gov.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14139 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, June 11, 1996

at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: 999 E Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C.

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to

the public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:

Compliance matters pursuant to 2 U.S.C.

437g.

Audits conducted pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437g,

438(b), and Title 26, U.S.C.

Matters concerning participation in civil

actions or proceedings or arbitration

Internal personnel rules and procedures or

matters affecting a particular employee

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, June 13, 1996

at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: 999 E Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. (Ninth Floor.)

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the

public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:

Correction and Approval of Minutes

Advisory Opinion 1996–18: Vincent J. Bollon

on behalf of the International Association

of Fire Fighters

Advisory Opinion 1996–20: The Honorable

Frank D. Lucas

Advisory Opinion 1996–21: E. Clark

Richardson on behalf of the Business

Council of Alabama

Administrative Matters

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:

Mr. Ron Harris, Press Officer,

Telephone: (202) 219–4155.

Delores Hardy,

Administrative Assistant.

[FR Doc. 96–14461 Filed 6–4–96; 3:00 pm]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1112–DR]

Illinois; Amendment to Notice of a

Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Illinois, (FEMA–1112–DR), dated May 6,

1996, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 23, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pauline C. Campbell, Response and

Recovery Directorate, Federal

Emergency Management Agency,

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3606.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Illinois, is hereby amended to include

the following areas among those areas

determined to have been adversely

affected by the catastrophe declared a

major disaster by the President in his

declaration of May 6, 1996:

Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper,

Perry, Richland and Saline Counties for

Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation.

Lawrence County for Public Assistance and

Hazard Mitigation (already designated for

Individual Assistance.)

Wabash County for Individual Assistance,

Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation.

Gallatin County for Individual Assistance

only.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

Dennis H. Kwiatkowski,

Deputy Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 96–14298 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

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[FEMA–1114–DR]

Maine; Major Disaster and Related

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the

Presidential declaration of a major

disaster for the State of Maine (FEMA–

1114–DR), dated May 20, 1996, and

related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 20, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pauline C. Campbell, Response and

Recovery Directorate, Federal

Emergency Management Agency,

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3606.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that, in a letter dated May

20, 1996, the President declared a major

disaster under the authority of the

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

5121 et seq.), as follows:

I have determined that the damage in

certain areas of the State of Maine, resulting

from severe storms, mudslides, inland and

coastal flooding on April 16–17, 1996, is of

sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant

a major disaster declaration under the Robert

T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act (‘‘the Stafford Act’’). I,

therefore, declare that such a major disaster

exists in the State of Maine.

In order to provide Federal assistance, you

are hereby authorized to allocate from funds

available for these purposes, such amounts as

you find necessary for Federal disaster

assistance and administrative expenses.

You are authorized to provide Public

Assistance and Hazard Mitigation in the

designated areas. Individual Assistance may

be provided at a later date, if requested and

warranted. Consistent with the requirement

that Federal assistance be supplemental, any

Federal funds provided under the Stafford

Act for Public Assistance or Hazard

Mitigation will be limited to 75 percent of the

total eligible costs.

The time period prescribed for the

implementation of section 310(a),

Priority to Certain Applications for

Public Facility and Public Housing

Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for

a period not to exceed six months after

the date of this declaration.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to the authority vested in the Director of

the Federal Emergency Management

Agency under Executive Order 12148, I

hereby appoint Alma Armstrong of the

Federal Emergency Management Agency

to act as the Federal Coordinating

Officer for this declared disaster.

I do hereby determine the following

areas of the State of Maine to have been

affected adversely by this declared

major disaster:

Androscoggin, Cumberland, Knox, Oxford,

and York Counties for Public Assistance

and Hazard Mitigation.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

James L. Witt,

Director.

[FR Doc. 96–14299 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

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[FEMA–1115–DR]

West Virginia; Major Disaster and

Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the

Presidential declaration of a major