[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 49663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24306]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

September 24, 2001.
    The Office of Energy Projects has rescheduled its 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 Friday, 
October 26, 2001.\1\ 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.
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    \1\ Please note that this meeting was originally scheduled for 
September 20, 2001, at the FERC Headquarters in Washington, DC, but 
was postponed.
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    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 can 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 open discussion time will focus on ideas people 
have for implementing the options and also experiences people have had 
with them.
    The meeting will be held in the FERC Headquarters at 888 1st St., 
NE., Washington, DC. The meeting is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. and 
finish at 12 noon.
    If you plan to attend, please email our team by October 22, 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. 01-24306 Filed 9-27-01; 8:45 am]
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