[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 45 (Thursday, March 8, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 10433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4117]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 358

[Docket No. RM07-1-000]


Standards of Conduct for Transmission Providers; Notice of 
Extension of Time

February 28, 2007.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On February 28, 2007, the Commission issued a notice of 
proposed rulemaking proposing permanent regulations regarding the 
standards of conduct consistent with the decision of the United States 
Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia in National Fuel Gas 
Supply Corporation v. FERC, 468 F.3d 831 (2006), regarding natural gas 
pipelines. The Commission is extending the comment period on the Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking at the request of the American Gas Association, 
the American Public Power Association, the Edison Electric Institute, 
the Electric Power Supply Association, the Interstate Natural Gas 
Association of America, the Large Public Power Council and the Natural 
Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before March 30, 2007. Reply 
comments must be filed on or before April 30, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
Eric Ciccoretti, Office of Enforcement, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Telephone: 
(202) 502-8493, E-mail: [email protected].
Deme Anas, Office of Enforcement, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Telephone: (202) 502-8178, 
E-mail: [email protected].
Stuart Fischer, Office of Enforcement, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Telephone: 
(202) 502-8517, E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Notice Extending Comment and Reply Comment Period

    On February 27, 2007, the American Gas Association, the American 
Public Power Association, the Edison Electric Institute, the Electric 
Power Supply Association, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of 
America, the Large Public Power Council, and the National Rural 
Electric Cooperative Association, filed jointly for an extension of 
time to file comments and reply comments in response to the 
Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued January 18, 2007 in 
the above-captioned proceeding. Standards of Conduct for Transmission 
Providers, 118 FERC ] 61,031, 72 FR 3958 (Jan. 29, 2007), FERC Stats. & 
Regs. ] 32,611 (2007).
    Upon consideration, the date for filing comments in this proceeding 
is extended to and including March 30, 2007 and the date for filing 
reply comments is extended to and including April 30, 2007.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-4117 Filed 3-7-07; 8:45 am]
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