[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 202 (Thursday, October 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 52917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26200]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. PL02-1-000]


Before Commissioners: Pat Wood, III, Chairman; William L. Massey, 
Linda Breathitt, and Nora Mead Brownell; Treatment of Previously Public 
Documents; Statement of Policy on Treatment of Previously Public 
Documents

Issued October 11, 2001.
    The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America have prompted 
the Commission to reconsider its treatment of certain documents that 
have previously been made available to the public through the 
Commission's Internet site, the Records and Information Management 
System (RIMS), and the Public Reference Room. For the time being, the 
Commission will no longer make available to the public through these 
means documents, such as oversized maps, that detail the specifications 
of energy facilities licensed or certificated under Part I of the 
Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a, et seq., and Section 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. 717f(c), respectively. Rather, anyone 
requesting such documents must follow the procedures set forth in 18 
CFR 388.108 (Requests for Commission records not available through the 
Public Reference Room (FOIA Requests)).
    The Commission does not know how long this process will stay in 
place, and directs staff to report on its impact on agency business in 
90 days. In the meantime, staff is also directed to make every effort 
to respond timely to legitimate requests for documents that have been 
made available to the public previously but that are no longer 
available through the means noted above.

    By the Commission.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-26200 Filed 10-17-01; 8:45 am]
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