[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 223 (Monday, November 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57963-57964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28789]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM00-12-000]


Electronic Filing of Documents; Notice of Additional Qualified 
Documents for Electronic Filing

November 9, 2001.
    Take notice that beginning November 13, 2001, the Commission will 
accept additional types of documents for filing via the Internet in 
lieu of paper copies.
    Order No. 619,\1\ authorized the Secretary of the Commission to 
issue and amend a list of qualified documents that, at the filer's 
option, may be submitted via the Internet without also filing paper 
copies.\2\ The Commission defined the initial set of qualified 
documents and issued electronic filing instructions in a notice issued 
October 6, 2000.\3\ That notice identified the initial set of qualified 
documents, including:

    \1\ III FERC Stats. & Regs., Regulations Preambles para. 31,107.
    \2\ 18 CFR 385.2003(c)(2), 65 FR 57088.
    \3\ ``Notice of Qualified Documents for Electronic Filing'', 
Docket No. RM00-12-000, issued October 6, 2000.
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1. Comments on applications and other filings
2. Comments on technical conferences
3. Comments filed in connection with environmental documents (Notices, 
Environmental Assessments, and Environmental Impact Statements) \4\
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    \4\ 18 CFR 380.10(a).
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4. Protests \5\ and responses to certain protests.\6\
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    \5\ 18 CFR 385.211 and 18 CFR 343.3 (see also 18 CFR 4.5, 4.13, 
4.23, 35.8(a), 154,210(a), 157.10, and 157.205(e)).
    \6\ 18 CFR 343.3(b).
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5. Reply comments.

    By notice issued March 8, 2001,\7\ the Secretary expanded the 
initial list of qualified documents to include the following:

    \7\ 94 FERC para.61,239.
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1. Comments in response to Notices of Proposed Rulemakings \8\
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    \8\ 18 CFR 385.1903 and 18 CFR 380.10(b).
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2. Motion/Notice of Intervention \9\
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    \9\ 18 CFR 385.214, 385.1306 (See also 18 CFR 35.8(a), 
154.210(a) and (b), 157.210, 157.106, 343.2(a), and 380.10).
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3. Motion/Notice of Intervention Out-of-Time \10\
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    \10\ 18 CFR 385.214(b)(3).
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4. Withdrawal of Intervention \11\
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    \11\ 18 CFR 385.216.
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5. Reply Comments and Responses to Motions to Intervene

    The Secretary also confirmed that responses to Notices of Inquiry 
were qualified documents for filing via the Internet.

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    Beginning November 13, 2001, the following additional filings may, 
at the filer's option, be submitted via the Internet in lieu of paper 
copies:

1. Settlement Comments \12\
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    \12\ 18 CFR 385.602(f).
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2. Request for Rehearing or Appeal \13\
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    \13\ 18 CFR 385.713 and 18 CFR 385.715.
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3. Motions \14\
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    \14\ 18 CFR 385.212
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4. Answer/Response to a Pleading or Motion \15\
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    \15\ 18 CFR 385.213.
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5. Motion to Compel Production \16\
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    \16\ 18 CFR 385.410(b).
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6. Objection to Motion to Compel Production
7. Production of Documents \17\
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    \17\ 18 CFR 385.406.
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8. Request for Hearing
9. Response to a Complaint \18\
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    \18\ 18 CFR 385.206(f).
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    The public should take note that there are statutory deadlines for 
filing requests for rehearing. Be advised that the Commission cannot 
waive these deadlines.
    The public should also take note that ``comments'' on filings 
include mandatory and recommended terms and conditions or prescriptions 
on a hydropower application for exemption or license.
    The Commission is not yet accepting complaints via the Internet. 
This document must be filed in the traditional manner with the required 
number of paper copies.
    Qualified documents may be combined and submitted in the same 
document (electronic file). For example, a motion to intervene may also 
include comments and/or a protest in the same document and be eligible 
for filing via the Internet.
    Non-qualified documents may not be included in an electronic 
submission with other qualified documents. For example a complaint (not 
a qualified document) combined with a Motion to Intervene is not 
eligible for electronic submission via the Internet.
    We are revising the User Guide to reflect the additions to the 
qualified documents list. The guide contain the instructions for 
electronic submission and provides more detail on the types of 
documents eligible for electronic filing. The User Guide is accessible 
via the E-Filing link at www.ferc.gov.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-28789 Filed 11-16-01; 8:45 am]
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