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p.m. until 2:30 p.m. Because this is a

teleconference meeting, facilities will be

provided so the public will have access

to the Committee’s deliberations. The

Committee will review and approve the

agenda for the March meeting of the

Board; review progress of Planning

Initiative; discuss priorities for 1997 and

1998 assessments, and plans for the

release of the 1996 math report.

Records are kept of all Board

proceedings and are available for public

inspection at the U.S. Department of

Education, National Assessment

Governing Board, Suite 825, 800 North

Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.,

from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Dated: January 25, 1996.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

[FR Doc. 96–1727 Filed 1–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket No. EA–98–A]

Application To Amend Electricity

Export Authorization; Western

Systems Power Pool

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: The Western Systems Power

Pool (WSPP) filed an application to

amend its authorization to export

electricity to Canada by adding the

names of ten new member companies to

the list of authorized exporters.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before February 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy (FE–

52), 1000 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, DC 20585–0350.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Mike Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

On September 2, 1994, in Order No.

EA–98, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

authorized 22 members of the Western

System Power Pool (WSPP) in order to

transmit electric energy from the United

States to Canada. Specifically, the Order

authorized each of the 22 entities to

individually export electric energy to

British Columbia Hydro and Power

Authority (BC Hydro), or other future

Canadian members of the WSPP, under

the terms and conditions of the WSPP’s

pooling agreement and service

schedules approved by the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

The order further authorized that the

electric energy be transmitted using the

international transmission facilities of

the Bonneville Power Administration.

On December 29, 1995, WSPP, on

behalf of the following member

companies, filed a request to amend

Order No. EA–98 by adding their names

to the list of authorized exporters in this

docket:

Coastal Electric Services Company

Englehard Power Marketing, Inc.

Enron Power Marketing

Entergy Power, Inc.

Equitable Power Services Company

Heartland Energy Services

Illinova Power Marketing, Inc.

Koch Power Services, Inc.

LG&E Power Marketing Inc.

Valero Power Services Company

By this joint application, each of the

participating Pool members seeks an

export authorization allowing them to

enter into transactions with BC Hydro

which involve the exportation of

electricity from the United States. All

such transactions would occur pursuant

to the terms and conditions of the

WSPP’s pooling agreement and service

schedules approved by the FERC.

Procedural Matters

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this application should file a

petition to intervene or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Rules

of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.211, 385.214).

Any such petitions and protests

should be filed with the DOE on or

before the date listed above. Additional

copies of such petitions to intervene or

protests also should be filed directly

with Michael E. Small, Wright &

Talisman, Suite 600, 1200 G Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20005–3802

Pursuant to 18 CFR 385.211, protests

and comments will be considered by the

DOE 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 petition to

intervene under 18 CFR 385.214.

Section 385.214 requires that a petition

to intervene must state, to the extent

known, the position taken by the

petitioner and the petitioner’s interest in

sufficient factual detail to demonstrate

either that the petitioner has a right to

participate because it is a State

Commission; that it has or represents an

interest which may be directly affected

by the outcome of the proceeding,

including any interest as a consumer,

customer, competitor, or a security

holder of a party to the proceeding; or

that the petitioner’s participation is in

the public interest.

A final decision will be made on this

application after a determination is

made by the DOE that the proposed

action will not impair the sufficiency of

electric supply within the United States

or will not impede or tend to impede

the coordination in the public interest of

facilities in accordance with section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

Before an export authorization may be

issued, the environmental impacts of

the proposed DOE action (i.e., granting

the export authorization, with any

conditions and limitations, or denying

it) must be evaluated pursuant to the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969.

Copies of this application will be

made available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying at the address

provided above.

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 22,

1996.

Anthony J. Como,

Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office

of Fuels Programs, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 96–1607 Filed 1–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Fernald

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice

is hereby given of the following

Advisory Committee meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),

Fernald.

DATES: Saturday, February 10, 1996:

8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

ADDRESS: The Joint Information Center,

6025 Dixie Highway, Route 4, Fairfield,

Ohio.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

S. Applegate, Chair of the Fernald

Citizens Task Force, P.O. Box 544, Ross,

Ohio 45061, or call the Fernald Citizens

Task Force office (513) 648–6478.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of

the Board is to make recommendations

to DOE and its regulators in the areas of

future use, cleanup levels, waste