[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 24, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 50011-50012] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-24370] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Meetings; Notice of Time and Agenda for Working Groups September 18, 1996. Filing and Reporting Requirement for Interstate Natural Gas Companies Rate Schedules and Tariffs--Docket No. RM95-3-000. Revisions to Uniform System of Accounts Forms, Statements, and Reporting Requirements for Natural Gas Companies--Docket No. RM95-4- 000 Take notice that the dates for the fourth meetings of the working groups established pursuant to the orders issued in Docket Nos. RM95-3- 000 and RM95-4-000 \1\ are as follows: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Filing and Reporting Requirements for Interstate Natural Gas Companies Rate Schedules and Tariffs, Order No. 582, 60 FR 52960 (October 11, 1995), 72 FERC para. 61,300 (1995); and, Revisions to Uniform System of Accounts Form, Statements, and Reporting Requirements for Natural Gas Companies, Order No. 581, 60 FR 53019 (October 11, 1995), 72 FERC para. 61,301 (1995). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The meeting for Working Group-Forms will begin at 9 a.m., Wednesday, October 9, 1996. The meeting for Working Group-Filings will begin at 9 a.m., Thursday, October 10, 1996. These meetings will take place in a room at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. All interested persons are invited to attend. Participation in the working groups is not limited to those who have already signed up. Any parties wishing to make a presentation at the meetings should contact Richard White, PHONE: (202) 208-0491, FAX: (202) 208-0017. The upcoming working group meetings are intended to be the last in the series of these meetings to complete work on the filing instructions for the FERC Form No. 2 and rate case filings. All outstanding issues will be discussed and resolved at these meetings. If no consensus is reached, the issue will be referred to the Commission for final resolution. In a notice issued August 15, 1996, the Commission announced the availability of the draft instructions for filing rate cases electronically. Comments were due August 31, 1996. Several comments have been received. To further the discussion process, copies of the comments are available on the Gas Pipeline Data (GPD) portion of the Commission's bulletin board. At the meeting or Working Group-Filings, participants should be prepared to discuss the issues raised in the comments. Take notice that the draft filing instructions for FERC Form No. 2 are being made available on the GPD portion of the Commission's bulletin board as they are completed. Anyone wishing to submit comments on the Form No. 2 instructions may do so by September 30, 1996. Such comments may be uploaded to the Commission's BBS or mailed to Richard A. White, Office of General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington D.C. 20426. Comments may also be e-mailed to [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected], or uploaded to the Gas Pipeline Data portion of the Commission's bulletin board. We encourage commenters to submit written comments also on a 3\1/2\'' diskette in Rich Text Format or ASCII so they can be posted on the Commission's bulletin board. It is preferable for comments uploaded to the Commission's BBS to be in ASCII format so files may be viewed on-line and easily converted to other software formats. The upload option, available under the Order No. 581/582 Working Group Menu, is designed to permit members of the public to upload a file to the Commission's bulletin board. To do so, select upload from the Working Group menu. You will be prompted for the File Mask. Enter the drive, directory, if applicable, and the filename. If more than one file is to be uploaded, enter the file mask using wildcard characters for the unique portion of the filename. For example: File Mask? C:\FERC\Form__11.txt, or File Mask? C:\*tst.wk1 to represent Altst.wk1, Bltst.wk1, etc. You will be prompted to enter a file description. A file description must accompany every file. The basic file description can be no more than 70 characters. After typing the description, select [send] to associate it with your file. Other menu features are explained under the Help option. The system will not allow you to upload a file with the same name as a file already on the bulletin board. It is preferable to incorporate your company [[Page 50012]] initials or some other unique identifier in the file name to distinguish your files from others' files. Files uploaded to the Commission's bulletin board will not be immediately available for download. The party uploading the file may, however, check the file list to ensure the file uploaded properly. This document is available for inspection or copying by accessing the Commission Issuance Posting System (CIPS). CIPS and GPD are part of the Commission's electronic bulletin board service providing access to documents issued by or available electronically from the Commission. CIPS and GPD are available at no charge to the user and may be accessed using a personal computer with a modem by dialing (202) 208-1397, if local, or 1-800-856-3920, if long distance. To access the Commission's bulletin board system, set your communications software to 19200, 14400, 12000, 9600, 7200, 4800, 2400, 1200, or 300 bps, full duplex, no parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bit. The full text of this document will be available on CIPS for 60 days from the date of issuance in ASCII and WordPerfect 5.1 format. The Commission's bulletin board system can also be accessed through the FedWorld system directly by modem or through the Internet. By modem: Dial (703) 321-3339 and logon to the FedWorld system. After logging on, type: /go FERC Through the Internet: Telnet to: fedworld.gov Select the option: [1] FedWorld Logon to the FedWorld system Type: /go FERC Or: Point your Web Browser to: http://www.fedworld.gov Scroll down the page to select FedWorld Telnet Site Select the option: [1] FedWorld Logon to the FedWorld system Type: /go FERC Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 96-24370 Filed 9-23-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M