10980 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 21, 2001 / Proposed Rules

1Standards For Business Practices Of Interstate

Natural Gas Pipelines, Order No. 587–M, 65 FR

77285 (Dec. 11, 2000), 93 FERC ¶ 61,223 (November

30, 2000), III FERC Stats. & Regs. Regulations

Preambles ¶ 31,114 (Nov. 30, 2000).

2 65 FR 82961 (Dec. 29, 2000).

3Upon receipt of each E-Mail, a reply

acknowledgment will be sent to the sender’s E-Mail

address. If a sender does not receive a reply, the

sender should call to make sure his/her E-Mail was

received.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 15,

2001.

Patricia Grace Smith,

Associate Administrator for Commercial

Space Transportation.

[FR Doc. 01–4378 Filed 2–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

18 CFR Part 284

[Docket No. RM96–1–015]

Standards For Business Practices Of

Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines

February 14, 2001.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Energy.

ACTION: Notice of staff conference

organization.

SUMMARY: This document establishes the

organizational format for the staff

conference to be held on February 27,

2001 to discuss standards to permit

shippers to designate and rank the

contracts under which gas will flow on

a pipeline’s system.

DATES: The conference will be held

February 27, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Goldenberg, Office of the

General Counsel, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice Organizing Staff Conference

This notice provides the

organizational format for the February

27, 2001, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission staff conference to discuss

cross-contract ranking and confirmation

standards, as directed by the

Commission in Order No. 587–M.1 The

conference will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the

Commission’s offices, 888 First Street,

NE., Washington, DC. All interested

persons are invited to attend.

The December 21, 2000, Notice of

Conference 2 requested those interested

in making presentations or participating

in the discussions to indicate their

interest by January 16, 2001. Ten

requests to make presentations or

participate in discussions were

received. The conference will be

organized in the following format.

Members of the audience also will be

permitted to participate in the

discussions.

I. Introduction to Nomination and

Confirmation Practices and the Current

GISB Standards

Presentations:

Sylvia Munson, Co-Chairman of GISB

Confirmation and Cross-Contract

Ranking Subcommittee

James Buccigross, Chairman of GISB

Executive Committee

II. Presentations and Discussion on

Downstream Issues Related to CrossContract Ranking

Presentations:

Representative of Consolidated

Edison Co. of NY, Inc. and Orange

and Rockland Utilities, Inc.

Representative of the Interstate

Natural Gas Association of America

Michael E. Novak, National Fuel Gas

Distribution Corp.

Greg Lander, Principal, Skipping

Stone, Inc.

Discussion:

Mark A. Scheel, Manager Regulatory

Affairs, Dynegy, Inc.

Diane McVicker, Principal Analyst,

Salt River Project Representative of

Wisconsin Distributor Group

III. Presentations and Discussion on

Upstream Issues Related to CrossContract Ranking

Presentations:

Lauren Kaestner, Natural Gas Supply

Association

Representative of the Interstate

Natural Gas Association of America

Discussion:

Tommie Hartmann, Natural Gas

Supply Association

The Commission has the capability to

provide overhead projectors and to

display computer generated slide

presentations. Presenters must inform

Michael Goldenberg either by mail, or EMail at the addresses below if they

intend to use overheads.3 Presenters can

bring their presentations on their own

laptops which will be connected to the

Commission’s display system.

Presenters also can use a Commission

computer to display their presentation.

The Commission has the capability to

display presentations in the following

formats, MS Powerpoint 2000 and Corel

Presentations 8. Those wanting to use a

Commission computer must notify

Michael Goldenberg by February 21,

2001. In order to facilitate such

presentations, presenters are encouraged

to provide their files in advance by

sending an E-Mail, with the slide

presentation as an attachment, by

February 21, 2001, to Michael

Goldenberg, so that the presentation can

be tested on the Commission computer

and available at the conference. If

presentations are not provided in

advance, the presenter should bring the

presentation to the conference on a

diskette in one of the specified formats.

In addition, all presentations must be

officially filed with the Commission by

March 5, 2001 according to the

instructions given below regardless

whether an advance copy of the

presentation was provided by E-Mail.

As discussed below, the Commission

cannot currently accept Powerplant or

Presentation files electronically, but the

presentations can be filed electronically

if they are converted to one of the

accepted formats.

The conference will be transcribed, so

those not attending can review the

proceedings. Additional comments on

the issues raised by the conference can

be filed by March 29, 2001.

Presentations and after-conference

comments may be filed either in paper

format or electronically. Those filing

electronically do not need to make a

paper filing. For paper filings, the

original and 14 copies of such

comments should be submitted to the

Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington DC 20426 and

should refer to Docket No. RM96–1–015.

Presentations and comments filed via

the Internet must be prepared in

WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable

Document Format, or ASCII format. To

file the document, access the

Commission’s website at

www.ferc.fed.us and click on ‘‘Make An

E-Filing,’’ and then follow the

instructions for each screen. First time

users will have to establish a user name

and password. The Commission will

send an automatic acknowledgment to

the sender’s E-Mail address upon

receipt of comments.

User assistance for electronic filing is

available at 202–208–0258 or by E-Mail

to efiling@ferc.fed.us. Comments should

not be submitted to the E-Mail address.

All comments will be placed in the

Commission’s public files and will be

available for inspection in the

Commission’s Public Reference Room at

888 First Street, NE., Washington DC

20426, during regular business hours.

Additionally, all comments may be

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viewed, printed, or downloaded

remotely via the Internet through

FERC’s Homepage using the RIMS link.

User assistance for RIMS is available at

202–208–2222, or by E-Mail to

rimsmaster@ferc.fed.us.

The Capitol Connection offers all

Open and special FERC meetings live

over the Internet as well as via

telephone and satellite. For a reasonable

fee, you can receive these meetings in

your office, at home or anywhere in the

world. To find out more about The

Capitol Connection’s live Internet,

phone bridge, or satellite coverage,

contact David Reininger or Julia Morelli

at 703–993–3100 or visit the website

(www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu). The

Capitol Connection also offers FERC

Open Meetings through its Washington,

DC area television service.

In addition, National Narrowcast

Network’s Hearing-On-The-Line service

covers all FERC meetings live by

telephone so that interested persons can

listen at their desks, from their homes,

or from any phone, without special

equipment. Billing is based on time online. Call 202–966–2211.

Those interested in obtaining

transcripts of the conference need to

contact Ace Federal Reporters, at 202–

347–3700. Anyone interested in

purchasing videotapes of the meeting

should call VISCOM at 703–715–7999.

Questions about the conference

should be directed to: Michael

Goldenberg, Office of the General

Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426, 202–208–2294.

michael.goldenberg@ferc.fed.us

Linword A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–4207 Filed 2–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

26 CFR Parts 1 and 54

[REG–130477–00; REG–130481–00]

RIN 1545–AY69, 1545–AY70

Required Distributions From

Retirement Plans; Correction

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Correction to notice of proposed

rulemaking and notice of public

hearing.

SUMMARY: This document contains

corrections to a notice of proposed

rulemaking and notice of public hearing

REG–130477–00 and REG–130481–00

which were published in the Federal

Register on Wednesday, January 17,

2001 (66 FR 3928). These regulations

relate to required minimum

distributions from qualified plans,

individual retirement plans, deferred

compensation plans under section 457

and section 403(b) annuity contracts,

custodial accounts and retirement

income accounts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cathy A. Vohs, (202) 622–6090 (not a

toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The notice of proposed rulemaking

and notice of public hearing that is the

subject of these corrections is under

sections 401(a), 403(b), 408 and 4974 of

the Internal Revenue Code.

Need for Correction

As published REG–130477–00 and

REG–130481–00 contain errors which

may prove to be misleading and are in

need of clarification.

Correction of Publication

Accordingly, the publication of the

notice of proposed rulemaking and

notice of public hearing (REG–130477–

00 and REG–130481–00), which are the

subject of FR Doc. 01–304, is corrected

as follows:

1. On page 3930, column 1, in the

preamble under the paragraph heading

‘‘Overview’’, first full paragraph in the

column, first bullet statement, line ten,

the language ‘‘beginning date sbull no

longer need’’ is corrected to read

‘‘beginning date, no longer need’’.

2. On page 3930, column 2, in the

preamble under the paragraph heading

‘‘The Uniform Distribution Period’’, first

paragraph, line 17, the language

‘‘§ 1.401(a)–5 of the new proposed’’ is

corrected to read ‘‘§ 1.401(a)(9)–5 of the

new proposed’’.

3. On page 3933, column 1, in the

preamble under the paragraph heading

‘‘IRA Reporting of Required Minimum

Distributions’’ first paragraph, line four,

the language ‘‘IRAs, IRA trustees

determining the’’ is corrected to read

‘‘IRAs, IRA trustees, custodians, and

issuers determining the’’.

4. On page 3933, column 1, in the

preamble under the paragraph heading

‘‘IRA Reporting of Required Minimum

Distributions’’ first paragraph, line 13,

the language ‘‘require the trustee of each

IRA to report’’ is corrected to read

‘‘require the trustee, custodian, or issuer

of each IRA to report’’.

5. On page 3934, column 1, in the

preamble under the paragraph heading

‘‘Amendment of Qualified Plans’’, first

paragraph following the introductory

text, lines 2 and 3, the language ‘‘Plan

made in calendar years beginning on or

after January 1, 2000

(ALTERNATIVELY,’’ is corrected to

read ‘‘Plan made for calendar years

beginning on or after January 1, 2001

(ALTERNATIVELY’’.

6. On page 3934, column 1, in the

preamble under the heading

‘‘Amendment of Qualified Plans’’, first

paragraph following the introductory

text, line 16, the language ‘‘section

401(a)(9) or such other date specified’’

is corrected to read ‘‘section 401(a)(9) or

such other date as may be specified’’.

7. On page 3934, column 2, in the

preamble under the paragraph heading

‘‘Special Analyses’’ lines 5 thru 13, the

language ‘‘regulatory assessment is not

required. It also has been determined

that section 553(b) of the Administrative

Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 5) does

not apply to these regulations, and

because the regulation does not impose

a collection of information on small

entities, the Regulatory Flexibility Act

(5 U.S.C. chapter 6) does not apply.

Pursuant to’’ is corrected to read

‘‘regulatory assessment is not required.

It is hereby certified that these

regulations will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. This

certification is based on the fact that,

when determining the minimum

required distribution in cases where a

plan participant wishes to designate a

trust as beneficiary of the participant’s

benefit, the reporting burden is

primarily on the plan participant, or

trustee of the trust named as beneficiary,

to supply information rather than on the

entity maintaining the retirement plan

and the fact that the number of

participants per plan to whom the

burden applies is insignificant. The

recordkeeping burden with respect to

section 403(b) contracts under which

the pre-1987 account balance must be

maintained applies only to issuers and

custodians of those contracts, which

generally are not small entities.

Accordingly, a Regulatory Flexibility

Analysis is not required. Pursuant to’’.

§ 1.401(a)(9)–2 [Corrected]

8. On page 3936, column 2,

§ 1.401(a)(9)–2, paragraph (a) of A–6,

line 7 from the bottom of the paragraph,

the language ‘‘and § 1.401(a)(9)–4, and

not section’’ is corrected to read ‘‘and

§ 1.401(a)(9)–3, and not section’’.

§ 1.409(a)(9)–5 [Corrected]

9. On page 3941, column 2,

§ 1.401(a)(9)–5, paragraph (a) of A–6,

line 7, the language ‘‘must be computed