[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48129-48130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23201]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Sixth Interstate Natural Gas Facility-Planning Seminar; 
Presentation of Staff's Findings

September 7, 2001.
    The Office of Energy Projects will hold the sixth in a series of 
public meetings for the purpose of exploring and enhancing strategies 
for constructive public participation in the earliest stages of natural 
gas facility planning. This seminar will be held in Washington, DC at 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday, September 20, 
2001. The seminar will focus on the staff's report entitled: ``Ideas 
For Better Stakeholder Involvement In The Interstate Natural Gas 
Pipeline Planning Pre-Filing Process'' and provide an opportunity for 
an open discussion of the report.
    We are inviting all attendees from our previous seminars and any 
other interested persons; natural gas companies; Federal, state and 
local agencies; landowners and non-governmental organizations with an 
interest in searching for improved ways to do business to join us. We 
will specifically discuss the findings in staff's report and the 
overall facility planning process, not the merits of any pending or 
planned pipeline projects.
    The staff report is being provided, along with this notice, to each 
participant in our past seminars. The report can also be downloaded 
from the FERC web-site at www.ferc.gov or requested by e-mail at: gas 
[email protected].
    At the seminar, the staff of the Commission's Office of Energy 
Projects will give a presentation on the findings in the staff report. 
These were compiled from our first five seminars in Albany, New York; 
Chicago, Illinois; Tampa, Florida; Seattle, Washington; and Portsmouth, 
New Hampshire. We will discuss each set of action options stakeholders 
can use as tools to improve their involvement in the pre-filing 
planning process.
    The meeting will be held in the FERC Headquarters at 888 1st St., 
NE., Washington, DC. The meeting is

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scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. and finish at 12 noon.
    If you plan to attend, please email our team by September 17, 2001 
at [email protected]. Or, you can respond via facsimile to Pennie 
Lewis-Partee at 202-208-0353. Please include in the response the names, 
addresses, and telephone numbers of all attendees from your 
organization. We will send an acknowledgment of your request.
    If you have any questions, you may contact any of the staff listed 
below:

Richard Hoffmann, 202/208-0066
Lauren O'Donnell, 202/208-0325
Jeff Shenot, 202/219-2178
Howard Wheeler, 202/208-2299

J. Mark Robinson,
Director, Office of Energy Projects.
[FR Doc. 01-23201 Filed 9-17-01; 8:45 am]
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