[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43308-43309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16253]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2165-015--Alabama Black Warrior River Project]


Alabama Power Company; Notice of Proposed Restricted Service List 
for a Programmatic Agreement for Managing Properties Included in or 
Eligible for Inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places

June 21, 2002.
    Rule 2010 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's 
(Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure provides that, to 
eliminate unnecessary expense or improve administrative efficiency, the 
Secretary may establish a restricted service list for a particular 
phase or issue in a proceeding.\1\ The restricted service list should 
contain the names of persons on the service list who, in the judgment 
of the decisional authority establishing the list, are active 
participants with respect to the phase or issue in the proceeding for 
which the list is established.
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    \1\ 18 CFR Section 385.2010.
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    The Commission staff is consulting with the Alabama State Historic 
Preservation Officer (hereinafter, SHPO) and the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation (hereinafter, Council) pursuant to the Council's 
regulations, 36 CFR part 800, implementing Section 106 of the National 
Historic Preservation Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. Section 470 f), to 
prepare and execute a programmatic agreement for managing properties 
included in, or eligible for inclusion in, the National Register of 
Historic Places at Project No. 2165-015.
    The programmatic agreement, when executed by the Commission, the 
SHPO, and the Council, would satisfy the Commission's Section 106 
responsibilities for all individual undertakings carried out in 
accordance with the license until the license expires or is terminated 
(36 CFR 800.13[e]). The Commission's responsibilities pursuant to 
Section 106 for the Black Warrior River Project would be fulfilled 
through the programmatic agreement, which the Commission proposes to 
draft in consultation with certain parties listed below. The executed 
programmatic agreement would be incorporated into any Order issuing a 
license.
    Alabama Power Company, as licensee for Project No. 2165, and the 
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, 
Chickasaw Nation, Poarch Band of Creek Indians, U. S. Forest Service, 
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs have 
expressed an interest in this preceding and are invited to participate 
in consultations to develop the programmatic agreement.
    For purposes of commenting on the programmatic agreement, we 
propose to restrict the service list for the aforementioned projects as 
follows:

Dr. Laura Henley Dean, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, The 
Old Post Office Building, Suite 803, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20004
Amanda McBride, Alabama Historical Commission, 1500 Tower Building, 323 
Center Street, Little Rock, AR 72201
Christine Norris, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Jena Band of 
Choctaw Indians, P.O. Box 14, Jena, LA 71342
William Day, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Poarch Band of Creek 
Indians, 128 Olive St., Pineville, LA 71360
Rena Duncan, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Chickasaw Nation, 
P.O. Box 1548, Ada, OK 74820
Ken Carleton, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Mississippi Band of 
Choctaw Indians, P.O. Box 6257, Choctaw, MS 39350
Dr. James Kardatzke, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Region Office, 
711 Stewarts Ferry Pike, Nashville, TN 37214
Robert Pasquill, United States Forest Service, 2946 Chestnut St., 
Montgomery, AL 36107-3010
Elrand Denson, United States Forest Service, 2946 Chestnut St., 
Montgomery, AL 36107-3010
Michael Eubanks, United States Army Corp of Engineers, 109 Saint Joseph 
St., Mobile, AL 36628
Charles Gault, Esq., Office of Solicitor, 530 Gay St., Room 308, 
Knoxville, TN 37918
Kelly Schaeffer, 6225 Brandon Avenue, Suite 110, Springfield, VA 22150
Barry Lovett, Alabama Power Company, P.O. Box 2641, Birmingham, AL 
35291

    Any person on the official service list for the above-captioned 
proceeding may request inclusion on the restricted service list, or may 
request that a restricted service list not be established, by filing a 
motion to that effect within 15 days of this notice date. In a request 
for inclusion, please identify the reason(s) why there is an interest 
to be included. Also please identify any concerns about Historic 
Properties, including Traditional Cultural Properties. If Historic 
Properties are to

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be identified within the motion, please use a separate page, and label 
it NON-PUBLIC Information.
    An original and 8 copies of any such motion must be filed with 
Magalie Salas, the Secretary of the Commission (888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426) and must be served on each person whose name 
appears on the official service list. If no such motions are filed, the 
restricted service list will be effective at the end of the 15 day 
period. Otherwise, a further notice will be issued ruling on any motion 
or motions filed within the 15 day period.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-16253 Filed 6-26-02; 8:45 am]
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