1654 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 6 / Tuesday, January 9, 2001 / Notices

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Idaho. The Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public

notice of these meeting be announced in

the Federal Register.

DATES: 

Tuesday, January 23, 2001, 8:00 a.m.–

6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 24, 2001, 8:00

a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Public participation sessions will be

held on:

Tuesday, January 23, 2001, 12:15–12:30

p.m, 5:45–6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 24, 2001, 11:45–

12:00 noon, 3:45–4:00 p.m.

These times are subject to change as

the meeting progresses. Please check

with the meeting facilitator to confirm

these times.

ADDRESSES: Cavanaugh’s, 1350 Blue

Lakes Boulevard, Twin Falls, ID 83301,

208–734–5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Wendy Lowe, INEEL Cab Facilitator,

Jason Associates Corporation, 477

Shoup Avenue, Suite 205, Idaho Falls,

ID 83402, Phone (208) 522–1662 or visit

the Board’s Internet home page at

http://www.ida.net/users/cab.

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

disposition and cleanup priorities at the

INEEL.

Tentative Agenda: (Agenda topics

may change up to the day of the

meeting. Please contact Jason Associates

for the most current agenda or visit the

CAB’s Internet site at http://

www.ida.net/users/cab).

Presentations on the following:

• Spent nuclear fuel: What it is,

where and how it is stored, and the

schedule for transferring it to dry

storage

• Draft Closure Plan for the New

Waste Calcining Facility

• The Idaho Settlement Agreement,

what it requires, and how DOE is doing

in meeting its terms and conditions

• DOE–ID’s budget request for Fiscal

Year 2003

• The significance of being

designated as a lead laboratory

• Licensing and permitting for

facilities on the INEEL

• The Transuranic/Mixed Waste

Focus Area and its efforts to identify

alternatives to incineration

• How DOE sets shipping schedules

for off-site shipments of radioactive

materials

Briefings on the following:

• Final recommendations of the Blue

Ribbon Panel on alternatives to

incineration

• Final Nuclear Infrastructure

Programmatic Environmental Impact

Statement

Consideration of draft

recommendations on:

• Draft Closure Plan for High-Level

Waste Tanks 182 and 183

• Proposed Plan for Groundwater

Remediation at the Test Area North

• Institutional Plan for Fiscal years

2001–2005

Discussion of the following:

• Activities related to the Site

Specific Advisory Board Stewardship

Workshop

• Possibly cosponsoring a Site

Specific Advisory Board Seminar on

alternatives to incineration for treatment

of transuranic mixed waste

Public Participation: This meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Board facilitator

either before or after the meeting.

Individuals who wish to make oral

presentations pertaining to agenda items

should contact the Board Chair at the

address or telephone number listed

above. Request must be received five

days prior to the meeting and reasonable

provision will be made to include the

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy

Designated Federal Officer, Jerry

Bowman, Assistant Manager for

Laboratory Development, Idaho

Operations Office, U.S. Department of

Energy, is empowered to conduct the

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate

the orderly conduct of business. Every

individual wishing to make public

comment will be provided equal time to

present their comments. Additional

time may be made available for public

comment during the presentations.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585 between

9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday

through Friday except Federal holidays.

Minutes will also be available by

writing to Ms. Wendy Lowe, INEEL CAB

Facilitator, Jason Associates

Corporation, 477 Shoup Avenue, Suite

205, Idaho Falls, ID 83402 or by calling

(208) 522–1662.

Issued at Washington, DC on January 4,

2001.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–585 Filed 1–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Cancellation of Proposed

Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Cancellation of agency

information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request.

SUMMARY: This notice rescinds the

notice published in the Federal Register

of December 26, 2000, FR Doc. 00–

32857, on page 81516, soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

revision, and extension to the form RW–

859, ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data Survey.’’ A

revised Federal Register notice

soliciting comments will be published

in early May, 2001.

Dated: January 3, 2001.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and

Methods Group, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–589 Filed 1–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. IC01–719A–000, FERC–719A]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

January 3, 2001.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Request for Office of

Management and Budget Emergency

Processing of proposed information

collection and request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is

providing notice of its request to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for emergency processing of a

proposed collection of information in

connection with the California natural

gas markets, and is soliciting public

comment on that information collection.

DATES: The Commission and OMB must

receive comments on or before January

10, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: (1)

Michael Miller, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, CI–1, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.

Mr. Miller may be reached by telephone

at (202) 208–1415 and by e-mail at

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mike.miller@ferc.fed.us; and (2) Amy

Farrell, FERC Desk Officer, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Room 10202 NOEB, 725 17th Street NW,

Washington, DC 20503 20426. Ms.

Farrell may be reached by telephone at

(202) 395–7318 or by fax at (202) 395–

7285.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Morton, Office of the General

Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission. Ms. Morton may be

reached by telephone at (202) 208–0642

and by e-mail at

mary.morton@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Natural Gas Act directs the Commission

to ensure just and reasonable rates for

transportation and wholesale sales of

natural gas. See 15 USC 717c(a). To

enable the Commission to fulfill this

duty, the Natural Gas Act also

authorizes the Commission to conduct

investigations of, and collect

information from public utilities. See 15

USC 717g, 717i, and 717m.

On December 7, 2000, San Diego Gas

& Electric Company (SDG&E), which

provides natural gas and electricity to

1.2 million customers in San Diego

County, filed a complaint with the

Commission. See San Diego Gas &

Electric Company, Docket No. RP01–

180–000. SDG&E is asking the

Commission to take certain steps on an

emergency basis to remedy what SDG&E

describes as the lack of workable

competition in the California natural gas

market. The Commission published

notice of the complaint in the Federal

Register and set a deadline of December

13, 2000, for comments. Numerous

parties have filed comments.

In response to SDG&E’s complaint,

the Commission must determine if rates

for transportation and wholesale sales of

natural gas in California are just and

reasonable, and, if they are not, which

remedies are appropriate. The

information provided so far by SDG&E

and the intervening parties is not

adequate to make these determinations.

Therefore, the Commission is requesting

additional information from the major

natural gas marketers in California.

These requests are subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act, which

requires OMB to review certain federal

reporting requirements. 44 USC 3507.

Prices for natural gas in California have

suddenly risen to levels significantly

higher than those in other parts of the

country. These price increases come at

the start of a winter predicted to be

much colder than average, in

combination with an ongoing electricity

emergency in California. Therefore, the

Commission has requested emergency

processing of this proposed information

collection.

The Commission will refer to the

reports being requested as ‘‘California

Natural Gas Marketers’ Reports.’’

Respondents would provide a one-timeonly Report no later than January 16,

2001. The Reports would contain the

following information for each gas sales

transaction made at or into the

California market during the months of

November and December, 2000.

The contract’s identification number;

The date the contract was entered

into;

The identity of the buyer;

The volumes sold and/or transported;

The contract price;

The term of the contract;

The transportation component versus

the gas commodity component;

The interstate pipeline that provided

transportation; and

The maximum Part 284 transportation

rate applicable to the contract. For

contracts with a price equal to or greater

than $15 per Dth, respondents would

also provide:

A copy of the contract;

A copy of each associated upstream

contract for transportation or gas

purchase; and

The point where the respondent took

title to the gas.

Fifteen marketers would be subject to

this reporting requirement. The

Commission estimates that it would take

each respondent no more than 24 hours

to generate the Report. Therefore, the

total number of hours it would take to

comply with the reporting requirement

would be 360. The Commission

estimates a cost of $50 per hour, based

on salaries for professional and clerical

staff, as well as direct and indirect

overhead costs. Therefore, costs for each

respondent would be $1,200, and total

costs to comply with this request would

be $18,000.

The Commission has submitted this

reporting requirement to OMB for

approval. OMB’s regulations describe

the process that federal agencies must

follow in order to obtain OMB approval

of reporting requirement. See 5 CFR part

1320. The standards for emergency

processing of information collections

appear at 5 CFR 1320.13. If OMB

approves a reporting requirement, then

it will assign an information collection

control number to that requirement. If a

request for information subject to OMB

review has not been given a valid

control number, then the recipient is not

required to respond.

OMB requires federal agencies

seeking approval of reporting

requirements to allow the public an

opportunity to comment on the

proposed reporting requirement. 5 CFR

1320.5(a)(1)(iv). Therefore, the

Commission is soliciting comment on:

(1) Whether the collection of the

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the Commission’s

estimate of the burden of the collection

of this information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (3) The quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) How to minimize

the burden of the collection of this

information on respondents, including

the use of appropriate automated

electronic, mechanical, or other forms of

information technology.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–518 Filed 1–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP99–301–012]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

January 3, 2001.

Take notice that on December 21,

2000, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR)

tendered for filing, as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No.

1, the following tariff sheets proposed to

become effective December 1, 2000:

First Revised Sheet No. 14O

First Revised Sheet No. 14P

ANR is filing the attached tariff sheets

to reflect a change in the delivery point

underlying the negotiated rate contracts

with Reliant Energy Services (Reliant)

and Dynegy Marketing & Trade (Dynegy)

which were previously accepted by

Commission’s Letter Order issued

September 27, 2000. ANR requests that

the Commission grant ANR any waivers

of the Commission’s regulations which

are necessary in order to make these

tariff sheets effective as of December 1,

2000. A copy of this filing is being

mailed to the affected shippers and to

each of ANR’s FERC Gas Tariff, Second

Revised Volume No. 1 and Original

Volume No. 2 customers, and interested

State Commissions.

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, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions