[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69801-69802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29523]


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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY


Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Tennessee Valley Authority (Meeting No. 
1542).

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m. (CST), November 20, 2002, Mississippi State 
University, Hunter Henry Center, Barr Ave., Mississippi State, 
Mississippi.

STATUS: Open.

Agenda

    Approval of minutes of meeting held on September 10, 2002.

New Business

Budget and Financing

A1. Retention of Net Power Proceeds and Nonpower Proceeds and Payments 
to the U.S. Treasury.
A2. Approval of tax-equivalent payments for Fiscal Year 2002 and 
estimated payments in Fiscal Year 2003.

B--Purchase Awards

B1. Contract with Computer Associates International, Inc., for software 
and maintenance of proprietary software.

C--Energy

C1. Contract with ABB, Inc., for extra-high voltage transformers.
C2. Contract with Motion Industries, Inc., for bearings and power 
transmission equipment.
C3. Contract with ADVATECH LLC to design, manufacture, deliver, and 
install gas desulfurization process equipment.
C4. Contract with Ingram Barge Company for barging services to 
Cumberland Fossil Plant.
C5. Contract with Canal Barge Company, Inc., for barging services to 
Colblert Fossil Plant.
C6. Contracts with Law Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc., 
and S&ME, Inc., for geotechnical and environmental services at various 
TVA locations.

E--Real Property Transactions

E1. Grant of a permanent easement to the Town of Dandridge, Tennessee, 
for a water and sewer line expansion affecting approximately 3.5 acres 
of land on Douglas Reservoir in Jefferson County, Tennessee, Tract No. 
XTDR-35U.
E2. Modification of certain deed restrictions affecting approximately 
0.4 acre of former TVA land on Norris Reservoir in Union County, 
Tennessee, Tract No. XNR-232, S.2X.
E3. Grant of a permanent easement to Darlene Hester for a road access 
affecting approximately 0.3 acre of land on Little Bear Creek Reservoir 
in Franklin County, Alabama, Tract No. XTBCLR-3H.
E4. Grant of noncommercial, nonexclusive permanent easement to 
Riverbrook Shoreline Owners Association for construction and 
maintenance of recreational water-use facilities affecting 
approximately 4.7 acres of land on Fort Loudoun Reservoir in Blount 
County, Tennessee, Tract No. XTFL-132RE.
E5. Sale of a 30-year term commercial recreation easement to Corliss 
Smith (operator of Southlake RV Park) affecting approximately 11.2 
acres of land on Fort Loudoun Reservoir in Knox County, Tennessee, 
Tract No. XFL-131RE.

F--Other

F1. Approval to file condemnation cases to acquire transmission line 
easements and rights-of-way affecting Tract Nos. EPH-54, -55, -55A, -
56, -56B and -58, East Point-Hanceville Transmission Line, Cullman 
County, Alabama, and right to enter affecting Tract No. 2WCJR-1000TE, 
Waynesville-Clifton City Transmission Line, Wayne County, Tennessee.

Information Items

    1. Approval of an amendment to the Trust Agreement between the TVA 
Retirement System Board of Directors and Fidelity Management Trust 
Company to eliminate the annual participant recordkeeping fee.
    2. Approval of amendments to the Rules and Regulations of the TVA 
Retirement System and to the Provisions of the TVA Savings and Deferral 
Retirement Plan to provide System credit for certain lump-sum payments 
made to TVA employees in lieu of base wage or salary increases for FY 
2003, and to provide System compliance with qualified domestic 
relations orders.
    3. Approval of the TVA contribution rate to the TVA Retirement 
System for Fiscal Year 2003.
    4. Approval of the filing of condemnation cases to acquire tree 
removal rights affecting Tract Nos. EPH-61, 61A-CR, and easements and 
rights-of-way affecting Tract Nos. EPH-15, -48, -66, and -71, East 
Point-Hanceville Transmission Line, Cullman County, Alabama, and Tract 
Nos. SBFP-36, -38, -40A, -45 (86/189 interest, -55 (403/1176 interest), 
-63, -75, (\3/4\ interest), -76, -77C (107/108 interest), -85, and -86A 
(47/56 interest), Sebastopol Switching Station-Five Points, Scott 
County, Mississippi.
    5. Approval of the filing of condemnation cases to acquire

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easements and rights of way affecting Tract Nos. CRF-3A, -3AA, and -4, 
Chickamauga\Ridgedale-Oglethorp Loop Into Hawthorn Substation 
Transmission Line, Hamilton County, Tennessee; Tract No. SBFP-6, 
Sebastopol Switching Station-Five Point Transmission Line, Scott 
County, Mississippi; and right to enter affecting Tract Nos. MECGM-
1000TE, -1001TE, and -1002TE, Morgan Energy Center-General Motors 
Transmission Line, Limestone County, Alabama.
    6. Approval of the appointment of Bill Forsyth of Murphy, North 
Carolina, to be a member of the Regional Resource Stewardship Council.
    7. Approval of the sale of permanent and temporary construction 
easements for a water intake and discharge for water treatment 
facilities for Southeast Tissue Company, LLC, affecting approximately 
2.7 acres of land on Pickwick Reservoir in Colbert County, Alabama, 
Tract No. XPR-4641E.
    8. Approval of a public auction sale of the former Singleton 
Laboratory site consisting of approximately 3.4 acres of Fort Loudoun 
Reservoir land in Blount County, Tennessee, Tract No. XFL-133.
    9. Approval of negotiated pay adjustments for Fiscal Years 2003, 
2004, and 2005, covering TVA Police employees represented by the Law 
Enforcement Employees Association.
    10. Approval of negotiated pay adjustments for Fiscal Year 2003 for 
custodial employees represented by Local 544, Service Employees' 
International Union, AFL-CIO.
    11. Approval of negotiated adjustments to the pay plan for 
engineer, scientist, and technician employees represented by the 
Engineering Association, Inc., for Fiscal Years 2003, 2004, and 2005.
    12. Approval of a new classification and Market Pricing pay plan 
and pay adjustments for employees represented by the Office and 
Professional Employees International Union for Fiscal Year 2003.
    13. Approval of a contract with Bechtel Power Corporation for 
engineering services for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 1 recovery 
effort.
    14. Approval of a delegation of authority for the Executive Vice 
President, Transmission/Power Supply Group, to execute the Public Power 
Regional Transmission Grid Coordination Agreement.
    15. Approval of revised Dispersed Power Production Guidelines for 
TVA and distributors of TVA power.
    16. Approval of an extension of temporary authority to waive the 
Enhanced Growth Credit Program requirement that a facility must first 
be shut down for at least 12 months before becoming eligible for the 
program.
    17. Approval of a revision of the formula used to calculate credits 
under the Low Density Credit Program.
    18. Approval of a delegation of authority to the President and 
Chief Operating Officer, or a designee, to approve a Power Purchase 
Agreement for green power to be supplied from a wind-powered generation 
expansion project on Buffalo Mountain in support of TVA's Green Power 
Switch Program.
    19. Approval for the Senior Vice President of Procurement, or a 
designee, to enter into individual contracts and incremental changes of 
up to $30 million each for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 1 materials 
and services through Fiscal Year 2007, with the total dollar amount of 
contacts entered into in any fiscal year not to exceed &250 million.
    20. Approval of a grant of a 30-year term public recreation 
easement, with conditional option for renewals, to the City of 
Florence, Alabama, affecting approximately 27 acres of land on Pickwick 
Reservoir in Lauderdale County, Alabama, Tract N. XTWDNC-1RE.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please call TVA Media Relations at 
(865) 632-6000, Knoxville, Tennessee. Information is also available at 
TVA's Washington Office (202) 898-2999. People who plan to attend the 
meeting and have special needs should call (865) 632-6000. Anyone who 
wishes to comment on any of the agenda in writing may send their 
comments to: TVA Board of Directors, Board Agenda Comments, 400 West 
Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.

    Dated: November 13, 2002.
Maureen H. Dunn,
General Counsel and Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-29523 Filed 11-15-02; 3:33 pm]
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