Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 128 / Tuesday, July 2, 1996 / Notices 34433

1996, and extending through September

30, 1997.

Opportunity is presented for

customers and interested parties to

receive copies of the study data for the

Integrated System. If you desire a copy

of the Repayment Study Data Package

for the Integrated System, please submit

your request to: Mr. George Grisaffe,

Assistant Administrator, Office of

Administration and Rates, PO Box 1619,

Tulsa, OK 74101, or call (918) 595–

6628.

Following review of the written

comments, the Administrator will

submit the rate extension proposal for

the Integrated System to the Deputy

Secretary of Energy for confirmation and

approval.

Issued in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this 21st day of

June, 1996.

Michael A. Deihl,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–16846 Filed 7–1–96; 8:45 am]

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Western Area Power Administration

Replacement Resources Methods

Report, Grand Canyon Protection Act

of 1992

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration (Western), DOE.

ACTION: Notice of availability, meetings,

and comments.

SUMMARY: Western has been engaged in

a process to identify economically and

technically feasible methods for

replacing power resources which will be

lost due to long-term, operational

constraints at Glen Canyon Dam. This

process will conclude with a report of

the findings to Congress as required by

the Grand Canyon Protection Act (GCP

Act) of 1992, Title XVIII of Pub. L. 102–

575. Section 1809 of the GCP Act

requires the Secretary of Energy to

consult with representatives of the

Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP)

power customers, environmental

organizations, and the Colorado River

Basin States and with the Secretary of

the Interior in this process. The

Secretary of Energy, acting through

Western, has the responsibility of

marketing power generated from Glen

Canyon Dam and other CRSP power

facilities, including power acquired by

Western to replace the power lost due

to operational changes at Glen Canyon

Dam.

Western published a notice initiating

the formal, public consultation process

in the Federal Register on August 8,

1994 (59 FR 40357). An October 7, 1994,

Federal Register notice (59 FR 51191)

by Western announced four regional

public consultation meetings. A 20-

page, Replacement Resources

Information Packet was prepared that

included Western’s proposed process to

complete the method identification

requirement of the GCP Act. On October

20, 1994, this information packet, along

with the text of the October Federal

Register notice, was mailed to

approximately 900 entities and

individuals on Western’s Replacement

Resources Process mailing list. In

November 1994, four regional public

involvement meetings were held in Salt

Lake City, Utah; Denver, Colorado;

Phoenix, Arizona; and Albuquerque,

New Mexico. Public comments were

received on the proposed process

through December 19, 1994, the

comment deadline. Newsletters that

provided updates on the status of

replacement resources activities were

prepared by Western in February and

October 1995. These newsletters were

distributed to Western’s mailing list. On

April 30, 1996, at Western’s CRSP

Customer Service Center’s Annual

Customer Meeting in Salt Lake City,

Western provided an update on

replacement resources activities to

CRSP power customers and to Bureau of

Reclamation (Reclamation)

representatives. This update included a

discussion by Western of earlier public

comment.

DATES: Western now announces the

availability of the Draft Replacement

Resources Methods Report (Draft

Methods Report). Western is also

seeking comments on the Draft

Replacement Resources Methods

Report. To be considered, comments

need to be received by September

3,1996. In addition, Western will hold

four public meetings to provide

information and to accept public

comment on the proposed methods

included in this report. Public

consultation meetings will be held:

July 23, 1996: Albuquerque, New

Mexico, Courtyard Marriott Hotel,

1920 Yale Boulevard, SE., 9 a.m. to

noon

July 24, 1996: Phoenix, Arizona,

Embassy Suites Hotel, 3210 NW.,

Grand Avenue, at 9 a.m. to noon

July 25, 1996: Denver, Colorado, Denver

West Marriott, 1717 Denver West

Boulevard, 9 a.m. to noon

July 29, 1996: Salt Lake City, Utah,

Doubletree Hotel, 215 South Temple,

8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Background

The Replacement Resources Methods

Report identifies economic and

technically feasible methods to replace

capacity made unavailable (‘‘or lost’’)

due to operational constraints. The

report also includes a ‘‘proof-ofconcept’’ analysis of five hypothetical

resource options with varying degrees of

complexity. The methods considered

are consistent with other Western

resource acquisition policies, such as

Western’s Principles of Integrated

Resource Planning (IRP) and its

Purchase Power Policy. The methods

would also be consistent with the

pending Salt Lake City Area/ Integrated

Projects (SLCA/IP) Contract

Amendment, the Records of Decision in

Western’s SLCA/IP Electric Power

Marketing Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) and Energy Planning

and Management Program,

Reclamation’s Glen Canyon Dam EIS,

pertinent Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission orders, and laws affecting

DOE, Western, and CRSP.

In the Draft Methods Report, Western

evaluates methods to replace capacity

made unavailable (‘‘or lost’’) due to

operational constraints using spot

market, seasonal (6 months), and midto long-term (1 year or more, up to the

end of the contract term) resource

acquisitions. Western would consult

with firm power customers periodically

about the amount and term of resource

acquisitions to be made on their behalf,

which Western could then acquire and

deliver to them. Greater public

involvement and more complex

evaluation procedures and acquisition

methods would be used for long-term

acquisitions rather than for seasonal

acquisitions, consistent with Western’s

Purchase Power Policy.

Western proposes to use a screening

tool and a production cost computer

model to evaluate future resource offers

from potential suppliers. The Draft

Methods Report details how these

evaluation tools are applied to evaluate

five hypothetical resource purchases.

These resource alternatives were

designed to illustrate the screening and

evaluation tool’s abilities to evaluate

and select from among many diverse

replacement resource options and to

consider transmission system

constraints and possible solutions. The

Draft Methods Report concludes that the

screening criteria and evaluation tools

developed will enable Western to

identify economically and technically

feasible replacement power resources in

the future.

Further Information

To provide written comments on the

Draft Replacement Resources Methods

Report, contact: Mr. Jeffrey McCoy,

Resource Analysis Team Lead, CRSP

Customer Service Center, Western Area
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Power Administration, PO Box 11606,

Salt Lake City, UT 84147–0606.

Environmental Compliance

Western will comply with the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 through an appropriate level of

environmental analysis of the impacts of

specific replacement resources when

such specific resources are being

considered for acquisition.

Determination Under Executive Order

12866

DOE has determined this is not a

significant regulatory action because it

does not meet the criteria of Executive

Order 12866, 58 FR 51735. Western has

an exemption from centralized

regulatory review under Executive

Order 12866; accordingly, no clearance

of this notice by the Office of

Management and Budget is required.

Issued at Washington, DC, June 24, 1996.

Joel K. Bladow,

Assistant Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–16847 Filed 7–1–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[FO Docket Nos. 91–171/91–301; DA No. 96–

941]

Emergency Alert System

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the GSA

final Rule on Federal Advisory

Committee Management, the Federal

Communications Commission (FCC)

announces the amending and renewing

of the advisory committee charter for

the Emergency Broadcast System

Advisory Committee. This amendment

restructures this committee to reflect

changes resulting from the new

Emergency Alert System (EAS), and

changes the name of the committee to

the National Advisory Committee

(NAC). The Advisory Committee is also

renewed for a term that runs from July

25, 1996 to July 25, 1998. At the same

time, the FCC terminates the National

Business and Industry Advisory

Council.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

EAS staff by phone at 202–418–1220, or

write the Office of the Emergency Alert

System, Room 736, Stop Code 1500B1,

Federal Communications Commission,

1919 M Street, NW, Washington, DC

20554.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The

purpose of the NAC is to assist the FCC

in overseeing the new Emergency Alert

System (EAS). The EAS recently

replaced the Emergency Broadcast

System as a means of alerting the public

about emergencies. The primary mission

of the NAC is to advise the Commission

on all matters concerning the EAS and

its implementation, including

emergency alerting policies,

technologies, plans, regulations, and

procedures at the national, state, and

local levels. The NAC also recommends

and develops training and education

regarding the EAS, and coordinates with

state and local officials to assist in

maintaining effective emergency

alerting programs. The NAC is necessary

and in the public interest because of the

close coordination and exchange of

information that is needed between the

Federal Government, industry and state

and local governments in implementing

and operating the new EAS. The NAC’s

membership consists of volunteer

government and industry personnel

selected by the Commission. Members

include representatives from

broadcasting, cable, satellite, MMDS,

other technologies, government agencies

involved in emergency

communications, State Emergency

Communications Committees (SECC),

and special audiences such as the

hearing impaired. Officers of the NAC

are elected for two year terms and

consist of a President, and

Subcommittee Chairs.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16816 Filed 7–1–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. Once the application has

been accepted for processing, it will also

be available for inspection at the offices

of the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act,

including whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company can ‘‘reasonably

be expected to produce benefits to the

public, such as greater convenience,

increased competition, or gains in

efficiency, that outweigh possible

adverse effects, such as undue

concentration of resources, decreased or

unfair competition, conflicts of

interests, or unsound banking practices’’

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Any request for

a hearing must be accompanied by a

statement of the reasons a written

presentation would not suffice in lieu of

a hearing, identifying specifically any

questions of fact that are in dispute,

summarizing the evidence that would

be presented at a hearing, and indicating

how the party commenting would be

aggrieved by approval of the proposal.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than July 26, 1996.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Christopher J. McCurdy, Senior

Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New

York, New York 10045:

1. Banponce Corporation, Hato Rey,

Puerto Rico; Popular International Bank,

Inc., Hato Rey, Puerto Rico; and

Banponce Financial Corp., Wilmington,

Delaware; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Combancorp,

Commerce, California; and thereby

indirectly acquire Commerce National

Bank, Commerce, California.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(James A. Bluemle, Vice President) 230

South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois

60690:

1. St. Joseph Capital Corporation,

South Bend, Indiana; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of St. Joseph

Capital Bank, Mishawaka, Indiana.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (James M. Lyon, Vice

President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480: