[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 236 (Wednesday, December 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 67877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32708]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RM98-17-000]


Landowner Notification, Residential Area Designation and 
Environmental Filing Requirements; Notice Organizing Staff Conference

December 3, 1998.
    This notice provides the organizational format for the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission staff conference to be held on December 9, 
1998. The purpose of this conference is to enable interested parties to 
discuss with staff, as well as each other, issues relating to the 
Commission's landowner notification policies and its environmental 
designation of residential areas.
    On October 16, 1998, notice of the technical conference was 
published in the Federal Register.\1\ The notice requested those who 
were intereted in making presentations at the conference to submit a 
request for time. Ten parties indicated an interest in participating at 
the conference.
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    \1\ 63 FR 55715.
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    The conference will begin with opening remarks by Commission staff 
and Commissioner Linda Breathitt. The opening remarks will be followed 
by the presentations. Each presentation will be limited to ten minutes. 
After the first five presentations, time will be allowed for questions 
to be asked of the presenters by the staff and those in the audience. 
There will then be a break followed by the remaining presentations and 
another discussion session.
    The order of presentation will be:

Representative from Central Maine Power Company; Mary Hanna, Citizens 
Advocates for Pipeline Safety; Steven Horton, Duke Energy Pipelines; 
Joan Dreskin, INGAA; Anne Marie Mueser, GASP Coalition.
Suzanne Ryan or Sheila Bergeron, Newton Citizens Committee; Dave 
Sinclair, Enron Gas Pipeline Group; Gordon Busy, Ohio-Pa. Landowners 
Association; Representative from Pipeline Contractors Association; 
Floyd Ball, Transcontinental Gas Pipe line Company

    We anticipate that presentations will be completed prior to lunch. 
If necessary, we will reconvene after lunch to continue discussion and 
take comments from the audience.
    An overhead projector will be made available at the conference. If 
those making presentations require additional audiovisual services, 
they should contact John Leiss at (202) 208-1106 by December 7, 1998.
    The conference will begin at 9:00 a.m. at the Commission's offices, 
888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC in the Commission Meeting Room. 
The Capitol Connection patrons in the Washington, DC area will receive 
notices regarding the broadcast of the conference. It also will be 
available, for a fee, live over the Internet, via C-Band Satellite, and 
via telephone conferencing. Persons interested in receiving the 
broadcast, or who need further information, should contact Shirley Al-
Jarani of Julia Morelli at the Capitol Connection (703-993-3100) as 
soon as possible or visit the Capitol Connection web site at http://
www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu and click on ``FERC.''
    Questions about the conference should be directed to: John S. 
Leiss, Office of Pipeline Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-
1106.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-32708 Filed12-8-98; 8:45 am]
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