[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 33113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16218]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Procedural Change in Payment for Selected RIMS 
Documents

June 20, 1996.
    In an effort to serve the public better and expedite requests for 
doucments, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today announces a 
procedural change in payment for selected RIMS documents.
    Beginning July 1, 1996, the Commission will begin assessing a 
charge of 15 cents per page for all print requests of 11 or more pages 
from the Commission's electronic Records and Information Management 
System (RIMS) III. This procedural change is consistent with 18 CFR 
388.109(a)(4).
    A charge will be assessed on the number of pages requested from 
RIMS III, not the number of pages actually selected by the user after 
the pages have been printed. This change is being made to improve the 
level of service and reduce the delays and unnecessary burden caused by 
requests for documents and pages that are not required after they have 
been printed.
    Users now have the capability of viewing many documents and 
individual pages before they submit a print request. RIMS III allows 
users to view documents and print selected pages. Since 1994, images of 
selected documents have been available to users for viewing and 
printing at the FERC's Washington Headquarters. All current documents 
(11'' x 17'' and smaller) are now being scanned and are available to 
users at the Commission's Public Reference Room.
    This does not affect the pages printed from RIMS microfilm or 
aperture cards (RIMS II). (Aperture cards are still being made for 
pages larger than 11'' x 17''.) Requests for RIMS pages available only 
on, and printed from, microfilm and/or aperture cards will be handled 
and priced as they have been in the past, since documents cannot be 
viewed prior to being requested.
    Please contact the staff at the Front Desk (202) 208-1371 of the 
Public Reference Room for further information.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-16218 Filed 6-25-96; 8:45 am]
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