[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6518-6519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3333]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM98-1-000]


Regulations Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public 
Notice

February 6, 2002.
    This constitutes notice, in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2201(h), of 
the receipt of exempt off-the-record communications.
    Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, September 22, 1999) requires Commission 
decisional employees, who make or receive an exempt or a prohibited 
off-the-record communication relevant to the merits of a contested on-
the-record proceeding, to deliver a copy of the communication, if 
written, or a summary of the substance of any oral communication, to 
the Secretary. In addition, on November 9, 2001, the Commission issued 
an Order, 97 FERC para. 61,182, Announcing the Establishment of State-
Federal Regional Panels to Address RTO Issues, Modifying the 
Application of Rule 2201 in the Captioned Dockets, and Clarifying Order 
No. 607, wherein the Commission declared that it would treat, as 
exempt, State-Federal regional panel discussions between the Commission 
staff and state agencies which are parties to certain proceedings 
listed below. The order requires that the meetings of the panels be 
transcribed and placed in the decisional record. The order reiterated 
the standard requirement that the OSEC publish notice of the exempt 
communications and noted that the parties then have an opportunity to

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respond to such communications. See 18 CFR 385.2201(g).
    On November 27, 2001, the State-Federal Midwest Panel discussion 
was held. On January 9, 2002, the State-Federal Northeast Panel 
discussion was held. Transcripts were prepared during both discussions 
and placed in the decisional record. Copies of these transcripts are on 
file with the Commission and are available for public inspections. The 
documents my be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the 
``RIMS'' link, select ``Docket#'' and follow the instructions (call 
202-208-2222 for assistance). The affected docket numbers are RT02-2-
000, RT01-1-000, RT01-2-003, RT01-10-000, RT01-13-000, RT01-15-000, 
RT01-34-000, RT01-35-000, RT01-44-000, RT01-67-000, RT01-74-000, RT01-
75-000, RT01-77-000, RT01-82-000, RT01-83-000, RT01-85-000, RT01-86-
000, RT01-87-000, RT01-88-000, RT01-89-000, RT01-90-000, RT01-92-000, 
RT01-93-000, RT01-94-000, RT01-95-000, RT01-96-000, RT01-98-000, RM99-
2-000, ER99-3144-000, EC99-80-000, RT01-99-000, RT01-100-000, RT02-1-
000, EL01-80-000, RT01-37-000, RT01-84-000, RT01-26-000, ER01-123-000, 
ER01-2995-000, ER01-2993-000, ER01-2999-000, ER01-2997-000, ER01-2992-
000, ER01-3000-000, RT01-101-000, EC01-146-000, ER00-3295-000, EC01-
137-000, EL01-116-000, ER02-108-000, RM98-1-002.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-3333 Filed 2-11-02; 8:45 am]
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