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transportation capacity and the costs the

facilities that create such capacity will

be allocated between its existing and

new customers. The specific rates for

new and existing customers proposed in

the Rate Settlement are listed as an

appendix to the Rate Settlement (Exhibit

U of Cove Point’s application), and in

Exhibit P of Cove Point’s application.

The Rate Settlement also allows for

inclusion of the costs of for certain

pipeline line enhancements listed as an

appendix to the Rate Settlement,

including the planned construction of

an interconnection with

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Cove Point’s application also includes

a pro forma copy of the revised FERC

Gas Tariff under which Cove Point will

provide firm and interruptible LNG

tanker services on an open access basis

and the continuance of its LNG peaking

and transportation services. The

proposed pro forma tariff includes new

rate schedules for firm and interruptible

LNG tanker discharging services, minor

conforming changes to the rate

schedules of existing services, changes

to the General Terms and Conditions

and conforming changes to pro forma

service agreements. Changes to Cove

Point’s currently effective tariff sheets

are reflected in the redlined version of

the proposed tariff which is included in

Exhibit P of Cove Point’s application.

In addition, Cove Point seeks

authorization to construct, site, and

modify the import facilities at the

terminal in Calvert County, Maryland

under Section 3(a) of the NGA, and Part

153 of the Commission’s regulations, 18

CFR Part 153.

Cove Point requests that the

Commission issue a final order granting

the requested certificates, approvals and

authorizations by July 25, 2001. Cove

Point states that this proposed schedule

will enable it to refurbish and reactivate

the above listed LNG facilities by April

1, 2002, and to construct and place in

service the proposed fifth LNG storage

tank at the terminal by September 1,

2003.

There are three 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 27, 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 its 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.

A third way to participate is to file

initial and/or reply comments about the

Rate Settlement under Rule 602 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.602). However,

in this case, because of the commonality

of Cove Point’s requests in the above

referenced dockets, the prescribed time

for such initial and reply comments

under Section 385.602(f)(2) is hereby set

such that initial comments on the Rate

Settlement must be filed with the

Secretary on or before February 27,

2001, and reply comments must be filed

with the Secretary on or before March

14, 2001. The date of March 14, 2001,

should coincide with the date by which

any appropriate answers to motions to

intervene or other motions must be filed

in accordance with the requirements of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.213).

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 the certificate and

authorization, and accepting or rejecting

the Rate Settlement will be issued.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3349 Filed 2–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EG01–39–000]

Duke Energy McClain, L.L.C.; Notice of

Amendment of Application for

Commission Determination of Exempt

Wholesale Generator Status

February 5, 2001.

Take notice that on January 18, 2001,

Duke Energy McClain, LLC (Duke

McClain), tendered for filing an

amendment with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission to its

Application for Commission

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Determinations of Exempt Wholesale

Generator Status which was filed on

December 1, 2000, in the abovereferenced docket.

Duke McClain requests that the

reference to ‘‘gas storage’’ activities be

stricken from its Application. Duke

McClain has also requested expedited

consideration of its Application as

modified.

Any person desiring to be heard

concerning the application for exempt

wholesale generator status should file a

motion to intervene or comments with

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, in accordance

with Rules 211 and 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214). The Commission will limit its

consideration of comments to those that

concern the adequacy or accuracy of the

application. All such motions and

comments should be filed on or before

February 15, 2001, and must be served

on the applicant. 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 or on the

internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (please call (202) 208–

2222 for assistance).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3339 Filed 2–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–140287; FRL–6769–6]

Access to Confidential Business

Information by Chemical Abstract

Services

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has authorized its

contractor Chemical Abstract Services

(CAS) of Columbus, Ohio access to

information which has been submitted

to EPA under sections 5 and 8 of the

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

Some of the information may be claimed

or determined to be confidential

business information (CBI).

DATES: Access to the confidential data

submitted to EPA under sections 5 and

8 of TSCA occurred as a result of an

approved waiver dated September 29,

2000, which requested granting CAS

immediate access to sections 5 and 8 of

TSCA CBI. This waiver was necessary to

allow CAS to provide technical

assistance in developing and operating

the TSCA Chemical Substance

Inventory.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information contact: Barbara A.

Cunningham, Acting Director,

Environmental Assistance Division

(7408), Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics, Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460; telephone

number: (202) 554–1404; e-mail address:

TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

Does this Notice Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. This action may, however, be

of interest to ‘‘those persons who are or

may be required to conduct testing of

chemical substances under the Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA).’’ Since

other entities may also be interested, the

Agency has not attempted to describe all

the specific entities that may be affected

by this action. If you have any questions

regarding the applicability of this action

to a particular entity, consult the

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

II. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document or Other Related Documents?

You may obtain electronic copies of

this document, and certain other related

documents that might be available

electronically, from the EPA Internet

Home Page at http://www.epa.gov/. To

access this document, on the Home Page

select ‘‘Laws and Regulations,’’

‘‘Regulations and Proposed Rules,’’ and

then look up the entry for this document

under the ‘‘Federal Register—

Environmental Documents.’’ You can

also go directly to the Federal Register

listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

III. What Action is the Agency Taking?

Under contract number 68–W–00–

127, contractor CAS, of 2540 Olentangy

River Road, P.O. Box 3012, Columbus,

OH, will assist the Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) by

providing technical assistance in

developing and operating the TSCA

Chemical Substance Inventory.

In accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j),

EPA has determined that under EPA

contract number 68–W–00–127, CAS

will require access to CBI submitted to

EPA under sections 5 and 8 of TSCA to

perform successfully the duties

specified under the contract.

CAS personnel will be given access to

information submitted to EPA under

sections 5 and 8 of TSCA. Some of the

information may be claimed or

determined to be CBI.

EPA is issuing this notice to inform

all submitters of information under

sections 5 and 8 of TSCA that EPA may

provide CAS access to these CBI

materials on a need-to-know basis only.

All access to TSCA CBI under this

contract will take place at EPA

Headquarters and at CAS’ site located at

2540 Olentangy River Road, Columbus,

OH.

CAS will be authorized access to

TSCA CBI at EPA Headquarters and at

CAS’ site located at 2540 Olentangy

River Road, Columbus, OH, in

accordance with the EPA TSCA

Confidential Business Information

Security Manual.

Clearance for access to TSCA CBI

under this contract may continue until

September 30, 2005.

CAS personnel will be required to

sign nondisclosure agreements and will

be briefed on appropriate security

procedures before they are permitted

access to TSCA CBI.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Access to

confidential business information.

Dated: January 31, 2001.

Deborah A. Williams,

Acting Director, Information Management

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics.

[FR Doc. 01–3383 Filed 2–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[ER–FRL–6615–4]

Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared pursuant to the Environmental

Review Process (ERP), under Section

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act as amended. Requests for

copies of EPA comments can be directed

to the Office of Federal Activities at

(202) 564–7167. An explanation of the

ratings assigned to draft environmental

impact statements (EISs) was published

in FR dated April 14, 2000 (65 FR

20157).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–BOP–F80001–ID Rating

EC2, Terre Haute United States

Penitentiary (USP), Proposal to