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burning plasma physics charge and the

other dealing with reviewing the theory

activities.

Tentative Agenda

Tuesday, February 27, 2001

• Office of Science Perspective

• OFES Perspective

• Report on the Fusion Materials

Program

• Report on the Workshop on Burning

Plasma

• Status Report on the Activities of

Burning Plasma Physics Subpanel

• Status Report on the Activities of

Theory Program Review Subpanel

Wednesday, February 28, 2001

• Plans for the Compact Stellarator

Program

• Report on NSF Physics Frontier

Centers

• Public Comments

• Adjourn

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. If you would like to

file a written statement with the

Committee, you may do so either before

or after the meeting. If you would like

to make oral statements regarding any of

the items on the agenda, you should

contact Albert L. Opdenaker at 301–

903–8584 (fax) or

albert.opdenaker@science.doe.gov (email). You must make your request for

an oral statement at least 5 business

days before the meeting. Reasonable

provision will be made to include the

scheduled oral statements on the

agenda. The Chairperson of the

Committee will conduct the meeting to

facilitate the orderly conduct of

business. Public comment will follow

the 10-minute rule.

Minutes: We will make the minutes of

this meeting available for public review

and copying within 30 days at the

Freedom of Information Public Reading

Room; IE–190; Forrestal Building; 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and

4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued at Washington, DC, on February 1,

2001.

Carol Anne Kennedy,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–3186 Filed 2–6–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science

High Energy Physics Advisory Panel

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the High Energy Physics

Advisory Panel (HEPAP). Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Public Law

92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that

public notice of these meetings be

announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Monday, March 26, 2001; 9:00

a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Tuesday, March

27, 2001; 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Gaithersburg Marriott

Washingtonian Center, 9751

Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg,

MD 20878.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glen

Crawford, Executive Secretary; High

Energy Physics Advisory Panel; U.S.

Department of Energy; 19901

Germantown Road; Germantown,

Maryland 20874–1290; Telephone: 301–

903–9458

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of

Meeting: To provide advice and

guidance on a continuing basis with

respect to the high energy physics

research program.

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will

include discussions of the following:

Monday, March 26, 2001, and Tuesday,

March 27, 2001

• Discussion of Department of Energy

High Energy Physics Programs

• Discussion of National Science

Foundation Elementary Particle

Physics Program

• Discussion of High Energy Physics

University Programs

• Reports on and Discussion of U.S.

Large Hadron Collider Activities

• Reports on and Discussions of Topics

of General Interest in High Energy

Physics

• Public Comment (10-minute rule)

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. If you would like to

file a written statement with the Panel,

you may do so either before or after the

meeting. If you would like to make oral

statements regarding any of these items

on the agenda, you should contact Glen

Crawford, 301–903–9458 or

Glen.Crawford@science.doe.gov (email). You must make your request for

an oral statement at least 5 business

days before the meeting. Reasonable

provision will be made to include the

scheduled oral statements on the

agenda. The Chairperson of the Panel

will conduct the meeting to facilitate the

orderly conduct of business. Public

comment will follow the 10-minute

rule.

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting

will be available for public review and

copying within 30 days at the Freedom

of Information Public Reading Room;

Room 1E–190; Forrestal Building; 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and

4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued at Washington, DC on February 1,

2001.

Carol Anne Kennedy,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–3184 Filed 2–6–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–70–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Application

February 1, 2001.

Take notice that Columbia Gas

Transmission Corporation (Columbia), a

Delaware Corporation, having its

principal place of business at 12801 Fair

Lakes Parkway, Fairfax, Virginia 22030–

0146, filed on January 23, 2001, an

abbreviated application pursuant to

sections 7(c) and 7(b) of the Natural Gas

Act (NGA), as amended, for a certificate

of public convenience and necessity to

perform certain facility enhancements.

Columbia states that it has agreed to

provide firm transportation service for

up to 140,000 Dth/d (40 MDth/d

annually and an additional 100MDth/d

from June 31 through August 31

annually) to Northeast Ohio Natural Gas

Corporation for redelivery to First

Energy Trading Services, Inc., both

wholly owned subsidiaries of First

Energy Corp., all as more fully described

in the application.

In this connection, Columbia requests

NGA section 7(c) and 7(b) authorization

for the following:

• Increase the MAOP of its entire

Line L–2542 from 400 psig to 630 psig

and a portion of its Line V from 500 psig

to 550 psig and to operate the pipelines

at the higher pressures. The location of

this portion of the project is Wayne,

Lucas, and Holmes Counties, Ohio.

• Construct two 4,500 hp electric

driven compressor units, a building and

appurtenances at its existing Wellington

Compressor Station located in Lorain

County, Ohio.

• Abandon by replacement seven

existing compressor units with a

combined horsepower of 4,320, four

existing gas coolers, an existing building

and appurtenances at Wellington

Compressor Station.

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There are two ways to become

involved in the Commission’s review of

this project. First, any person wishing to

obtain legal status by becoming a party

to the proceedings for this project

should, on or before February 22, 2001

file with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426, a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of the Commission’s Rules

of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations

under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A

person obtaining party status will be

placed on the service list maintained by

the Secretary of the Commission and

will receive copies of all documents

filed by the applicant and by all other

parties. A party must submit 14 copies

of filings made with the Commission

and must mail a copy to the applicant

and to every other party in the

proceeding. Only parties to the

proceeding can ask for court review of

Commission orders in the proceeding.

However, a person does not have to

intervene in order to have comments

considered. The second way to

participate is by filing with the

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as

possible, an original and two copies of

comments in support of or in opposition

to this project. The Commission will

consider these comments in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but the filing of a comment alone

will not serve to make the filer a party

to the proceeding. The Commission’s

rules require that persons filing

comments in opposition to the project

provide copies of their protests only to

the party or parties directly involved in

the protest.

Persons who wish to comment only

on the environmental review of this

project should submit an original and

two copies of their comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Environmental commenters will be

placed on the Commission’s

environmental mailing list, will receive

copies of the environmental documents,

and will be notified of meetings

associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Environmental commenters will not be

required to serve copies of filed

documents on all other parties.

However, the non-party commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission (except for the mailing of

environmental documents issued by the

Commission) and will not have the right

to seek court review of the

Commission’s final order.

The Commission may issue a

preliminary determination on nonenvironmental issues prior to the

completion of its review of the

environmental aspects of the project.

This preliminary determination

typically considers such issues as the

need for the project and its economic

effect on existing customers of the

applicant, on other pipelines in the area,

and on landowners and communities.

For example, the Commission considers

the extent to which the applicant may

need to exercise eminent domain to

obtain rights-of-way for the proposed

project and balances that against the

non-environmental benefits to be

provided by the project. Therefore, if a

person has comments on community

and landowner impacts from this

proposal, it is important either to file

comments or to intervene as early in the

process as possible.

Comments and protests may be filed

electronically via the internet in lieu of

paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)

and the instructions on the

Commission’s web site at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

If the Commission decides to set the

application for a formal hearing before

an Administrative Law Judge, the

Commission will issue another notice

describing that process. At the end of

the Commission’s review process, a

final Commission order approving or

denying a certificate will be issued.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for Applicant to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3153 Filed 2–6–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–215–000]

El Paso Natural Gas Company: Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

February 1, 2001.

Take notice that on January 29, 2001,

El Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso)

tendered for filing to become part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised

Volume No. 1–A, the following tariff

sheet, with an effective date of March 1,

2001:

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 118

El Paso states that the tariff sheet is

being filed to transfer the Billing

Determinants associated with Cyprus

Miami Mining Corporation and Cyprus

Christmas Mine Corporation to Phelps

Dodge Corporation. The tendered tariff

sheet is proposed to become effective

March 1, 2001.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.24 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. 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 proceedings.

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 in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). Comments and protests may

be filed electronically via the internet in

lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at http:/

/www/ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3146 Filed 2–6–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. GT01–9–000]

Kern River Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff and Filing

of Non-Conforming Amendment to

Service Agreement

February 1, 2001.

Take notice that on January 26, 2001,

Kern River Gas Transmission Company

(Kern River) tendered for filing and

acceptance a non-conforming

amendment to a service agreement. Kern

River also tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised

Volume No. 1, the following tariff

sheets, to be effective February 26, 2001:

Sheet Nos. 427–489 (reserved)

First Revised Sheet No. 490

Kern River states that the purpose of

this filing is to submit a transportation

service agreement amendment between

Union Pacific Resources Company and