[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 18, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 30804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15405]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 37

[Docket No. RM95-9-000]


Open Access Same-Time Information System

June 11, 1996.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy.

ACTION: Final rule; cancellation of technical conference and provision 
for filing of comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) had 
previously announced that it would hold a technical conference on June 
17, 1996 \1\ following the submission of an additional report from the 
How Group correcting any deficiencies in the standards and protocols 
document issued with the final rule in this proceeding. This notice 
cancels the technical conference and allows comments on the report 
filed with the Commission on June 7, 1996.

    \1\ See, Open Access Same-time Information System and Standards 
of Conduct, Order No. 889, FERC Stats. & Regs. para. 31,037, 61 FR 
21737 (May 10, 1996).

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DATES: Comments on the report must be received by July 8, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be filed with the Office of the Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marvin Rosenberg (Technical Information), Office of Economic Policy, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426, (202) 208-1283
William Booth (Technical Information), Office of Electric Power 
Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, (202) 208-0849
Gary D. Cohen (Legal Information), Electric Rates and Corporate 
Regulation, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, (202) 208-
0321

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In addition to publishing the full text of 
this document in the Federal Register, the Commission also provides all 
interested persons an opportunity to inspect or copy the contents of 
this document during normal business hours in the Public Reference Room 
at 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.
    The Commission Issuance Posting System (CIPS), an electronic 
bulletin board service, provides access to the text of formal documents 
issued by the Commission. CIPS is available at no charge to the user 
and may be accessed using a personal computer with a modem at (202) 
208-1397 if dialing locally, or 1-800-856-3920 if dialing long 
distance. CIPS may also be accessed through the Fed world system (by 
modem or Internet). To access CIPS, set your communications software to 
19200, 14400, 12000, 9600, 7200, 4800, 2400, or 1200 bps. full duplex, 
no parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit. The full text of this document 
will be available on CIPS in ASCII and Wordperfect 5.1 format. The 
complete text on diskette in WordPerfect format may also be purchased 
from the Commission's copy contractor, La Dorn Systems Corporation, 
also located in Room 3104, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 
20426.
    The Commission previously announced that it would hold a technical 
conference on June 17, 1996 to discuss any remaining issues in this 
proceeding. The Commission scheduled the technical conference to follow 
the submission of an additional report from the How Group correcting 
any deficiencies in the standards and protocols document (Standards and 
Protocols) that accompanied the OASIS Final Rule. The How Group 
submitted the requested report to the Commission on June 7, 1996.
    After a review of this report, the Commission has concluded that 
the technical conference scheduled for June 17, 1996 is unnecessary and 
is hereby cancelled.
    The June 7, 1996 report is available for inspection and copying in 
the Commission's Public Reference Room and is accessible through the 
Commission Issuance Posting System. Interested persons may submit 
comments on this report on or before July 8, 1996.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-15405 Filed 6-17-96; 8:45 am]
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