99-28196. Regional Transmission Organizations; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Regional Transmission Organizations Rulemaking

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 208 (Thursday, October 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 58050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28196]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RM99-2-000]


Regional Transmission Organizations; Notice of Availability of 
the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Regional Transmission 
Organizations Rulemaking

October 22, 1999.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the 
proposed rulemaking on Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs). The 
EA was prepared to further the policies and goals of the National 
Environmental Policy Act.
    The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC. A limited 
number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public 
inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference 
and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, 
Washington, DC 20426, [phone].
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Please carefully 
follow these instructions to ensure that your comments are received in 
time and properly recorded:
     Send two copies of your comments to: Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE, Room 1A, Washington, 
DC 20426; Label one copy of the comments for the attention of Jim 
Turnure, Room 64-09.
     Reference Docket No. RM99-2-000.
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before November 22, 1999.
    Comments will be considered by the Commission but will not serve to 
make the commenter a party to the proceeding. Any person seeking to 
become a party to the proceeding must file a motion to intervene 
pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).
    The date for filing timely motions to intervene in this proceeding 
has passed. Therefore, parties now seeking to file late interventions 
must show good cause, as required by section 385.214(b)(3), why this 
time limitation should be waived. Environmental issues have been viewed 
as good cause for late intervention. You do not need intervenor status 
to have your comments considered.
    Additional information about the proposed project is available from 
James Apperson of the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (202) 
208-0004 or on the FERC Internet website (www.ferc.fed.us) using the 
``RIMS'' link to information in this docket number. Click on the 
``RIMS'' link, select ``Docket #'' from the RIMS Menu, and follow the 
instructions. The RIMS helpline can be reached at [phone].
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-28196 Filed 10-27-99; 8:45 am]
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