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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 48 / Monday, March 13, 2006 / Notices

Dated: March 8, 2006.

Henry L. Johnson,

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and

Secondary Education.

[FR Doc. E6–3523 Filed 3–10–06; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

International Energy Agency Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

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ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Industry Advisory Board

(IAB) to the International Energy

Agency (IEA) will meet on March 21,

2006, at the headquarters of the IEA in

Paris, France, in connection with a

meeting of the IEA’s Standing Group on

Emergency Questions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Samuel M. Bradley, Assistant General

Counsel for International and National

Security Programs, Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585, 202–586–

6738.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(i)

of the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(i)) (EPCA),

the following notice of meeting is

provided:

A meeting of the Industry Advisory

Board (IAB) to the International Energy

Agency (IEA) will be held at the

headquarters of the IEA, 9, rue de la

Fédération, Paris, France, on March 21,

2006, beginning at 8:30 a.m. The

purpose of this notice is to permit

attendance by representatives of U.S.

company members of the IAB at a

meeting of the IEA’s Standing Group on

Emergency Questions (SEQ), which is

scheduled to be held at the IEA on

March 21 beginning at 10:30 a.m.,

including a preparatory encounter

among company representatives from

approximately 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.

The agenda for the preparatory

encounter is a review of the agenda for

the SEQ meeting.

The agenda for the SEQ meeting is

under the control of the SEQ. It is

expected that the SEQ will adopt the

following agenda:

1. Adoption of the Agenda.

2. Approval of the Summary Record of

the 115th Meeting.

3. The IEA Collective Action Agreed on

September 2, 2005, in Response to

Disrupted Oil Supplies.

—Summary of the IEA Collective

Action of 2005.

—Evaluation of the IEA Collective

Action of 2005.

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4. Status of Compliance with IEP

Stockholding Commitments.

—Status of Replenishment Plans.

—Reports by Non-Complying Member

Countries.

5. Program of Work.

—The SEQ’s Responses to the

Governing Board Brainstorming

Process.

—Evaluation of Program of Work

2005.

—SEQ Activities Planned for 2006.

—First Steps in the SEQ Program of

Work for 2007–2008.

6. Emergency Response Review

Program.

—Emergency Response Review of

Hungary.

—Emergency Response Review of

Spain.

—Questionnaire Response of Turkey.

—Updated Emergency Response

Review Schedule.

—Plans for a Questionnaire on Oil

Storage Capacity.

7. Report on Current Activities of the

IAB.

8. Policy and Other Developments in

Member Countries.

—Belgium.

9. Other Emergency Response

Activities.

—Plans for First Meeting of SEQ

Working Group on IEA Emergency

Reserve Calculation Methodology.

10. Activities with Non-Member

Countries and International

Organizations.

—NMC Activities Related to

Emergency Preparedness.

—Chinese Translation of ‘‘Oil Supply

Security’’ Book.

—Draft Emergency Response

Questionnaire for Non-Member

Countries.

11. Documents for Information.

—Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA

Member Countries on January 1,

2006.

—Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA

Candidate Countries on January 1,

2006.

—Base Period Final Consumption:

1Q2005–4Q2005.

—Monthly Oil Statistics: December

2005.

—Update of Emergency Contacts List.

12. Other Business.

—Dates of Next SEQ Meetings

(tentative):

June 20–21, 2006.

November 16–17, 2006.

As provided in section 252(c)(1)(A)(ii)

of the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(ii)), the

meetings of the IAB are open to

representatives of members of the IAB

and their counsel; representatives of

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members of the IEA’s Standing Group

on Emergency Questions;

representatives of the Departments of

Energy, Justice, and State, the Federal

Trade Commission, the General

Accounting Office, Committees of

Congress, the IEA, and the European

Commission; and invitees of the IAB,

the SEQ, or the IEA.

Issued in Washington, DC, March 6, 2006.

Samuel M. Bradley,

Assistant General Counsel for International

and National Security Programs.

[FR Doc. 06–2324 Filed 3–10–06; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER06–441–000]

Decatur Energy Center, LLC; Notice of

Issuance of Order

March 6, 2006.

Decatur Energy Center, LLC (Decatur

Energy) filed an application for marketbased rate authority, with an

accompanying tariff. The proposed

market-based rate tariff provides for the

sales of energy, capacity and ancillary

services at market-based rates. Decatur

Energy also requested waiver of various

Commission regulations. In particular,

Decatur Energy requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liability by Decatur Energy.

On February 6, 2006, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Tariffs and Market

Development—West, granted the

request for blanket approval under part

34. The Director’s order also stated that

the Commission would publish a

separate notice in the Federal Register

establishing a period of time for the

filing of protests. Accordingly, any

person desiring to be heard or to protest

the blanket approval of issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability by

Decatur Energy should file a motion to

intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure. 18 CFR 385.211, 385.214

(2004).

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protest is March 17, 2006.

Absent a request to be heard in

opposition by the deadline above,

Decatur Energy is authorized to issue

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securities and assume obligations or

liabilities as a guarantor, indorser,

surety, or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issuance or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purposes of Decatur Energy, compatible

with the public interest, and is

reasonably necessary or appropriate for

such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of Decatur Energy’s issuances

of securities or assumptions of liability.

Copies of the full text of the Director’s

Order are available from the

Commission’s Public Reference Room,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426. The Order may also be viewed

on the Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary link.

Enter the docket number excluding the

last three digits in the docket number

filed to access the document.

Comments, protests, and interventions

may be filed electronically via the

Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s Web site under the

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The Commission

strongly encourages electronic filings.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–3488 Filed 3–10–06; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RM05–32–000]

Repeal of the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935 and Enactment

of the Public Utility Holding Company

Act of 2005; Notice of New ‘‘FC’’

Docket Prefix and Filing Guidelines for

Self-Certification Notices Under the

Public Utility Holding Company Act of

2005

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March 6, 2006.

By this Notice the Commission issues

guidelines on the procedures for

obtaining exempt wholesale generator

and foreign utility company status

under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA 2005)

and 18 CFR 366.7. The guidelines are

attached to this notice and will be

included in the set of guidelines for

filings under PUHCA 2005 that are

available on the Commission’s Web site

at http://www.ferc.gov/help/how-to.asp.

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wholesale generator status will receive a

new EG docket prefix, even if a prior EG

docket applied to the facility. Notices of

self-certification of foreign utility

company status will receive a docket

number with a newly created ‘‘FC’’

prefix.

Both the notices of self-certification of

exempt wholesale generator status and

notices of self-certification of foreign

utility company status should be

submitted using the Commission’s

electronic filing system accessible at the

FERC Online link on http://

www.ferc.gov.

For exempt wholesale generator

notices filed on or before September 30,

2006, the heading of the document

should refer to EG06–ll–000. For

foreign utility company notices filed on

or before that date, the heading should

include FC06–ll–000.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

Attachment

Filing Guidelines for Holding Company

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 2005 and 18 CFR Part

366

This document contains the

guidelines for the following filings

pursuant to the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 2005 and Commission

Order No. 667, issued December 8,

2005:

(1) FERC–65, Notification of Holding

Company Status (18 CFR 366.4(a)),

(2) FERC–65A, Exemption

Notification (18 CFR 366.4(b)),

(3) FERC–65B, Waiver Notification

(18 CFR 366.4(c)), and

(4) SEC Financing Authorization

Orders or Letters/Reports/Other

Submissions (18 CFR 366.6(b)),

(5) Notice of Self-Certification of

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status (18

CFR 366.7),

(6) Notice of Self-Certification of

Foreign Utility Company Status (18 CFR

366.7).

FERC–65, FERC–65A, and FERC–65–

B refer to FERC reporting designations

and do not represent actual forms.

FERC–65, Notification of Holding

Company Status (18 CFR 366.4(a))

Companies that are holding

companies as of February, 8, 2006, shall

notify the Commission of their status as

a holding company no later than 14

days after the Commission issues an

order on rehearing. Holding companies

formed after February 8, 2006, shall

notify the Commission of their status no

later than the later of 14 days after the

Commission issues an order on

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rehearing or 30 days after their

formation.

These notification filings should be

submitted using the Commission’s

eFiling system available at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp.

Do not include waiver or exemption

notifications with these filings. The

document you submit should include

HC06–1–000 in the caption or heading

of the document for any notification

filed on or before September 30, 2006.

During the eFiling submission process:

1. Select the filing type ‘‘Production

of Document.’’

2. On the Select Docket screen, enter

HC06–1 in the docket number search

block and select HC06–1–000 from the

results.

3. Before you browse, select, and

attach the file, make sure that the file

name is less than 25 characters and

contains no spaces or special characters.

4. On the Submission Description

screen, edit the description by replacing

‘‘Production of Document’’ with

‘‘Notification of Holding Company

Status.’’

If you are unable to file electronically,

you must submit an original and 14

paper copies of the filing to: Magalie R.

Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

It is not necessary to include a form

of notice for the Federal Register.

Please be advised that the United

States Postal Service scans all

documents addressed to the

Commission with a heat-treatment

process that may corrupt diskettes and

render filings unusable. You are

recommended to use express mail or

courier delivery services.

FERC–65A (Exemption Notification) (18

CFR 366.4(b))

FERC–65B (Waiver Notification) (18

CFR 366.4(c))

These filings must be submitted on

paper at this time. The document you

submit should include PH06–ll–000

in the caption or heading of the

document, for filings made on or before

September 30, 2006.

Submit an original and 14 copies of

all ‘‘PH’’ filings, with a form of notice

of the ‘‘PH’’ filing suitable for

publication in the Federal Register on a

31⁄2″ diskette, to: Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

Forms of notice for ‘‘PH’’ exemption

and waiver requests are available on the

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/not-form.asp.

Please be advised that the United

States Postal Service scans all

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