[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 118 (Monday, June 21, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 33034-33035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15620]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
18 CFR Part 385
[Docket No. PL98-1-001]
Public Access to Information and Electronic Filing; Notice of
Availability of Staff Issue Papers for Technical Conference
June 15, 1999.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability of staff issue papers for technical
conference on electronic filing.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) notifies
interested persons that the Commission Staff is making staff issue
papers on major electronic filing issues available for the purpose of
facilitating discussion of these issues at the technical conference.
The recommendations in the issue papers are preliminary and are subject
to revision based on input from the conference and further analysis by
staff.
DATES: The conference will be held on Thursday, June 24, 1999,
beginning at 9:30 a.m. The Commission published notice of the
conference on May 26, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The technical conference will be held in the Commission
Meeting Room at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brooks Carter, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Room 42-29, Washington,
DC 20426, (202) 501-8145, FAX: (202) 208-2425, E-Mail:
brooks.carter@ferc.fed.us.
Wilbur Miller, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Room 91-17, Washington, DC 20426,
(202) 208-0953.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In addition to publishing the full text of
this document in the Federal Register, the Commission also provides all
interested persons an opportunity to inspect or copy the contents of
this document during normal business hours in the Public Reference Room
at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission Issuance Posting System (CIPS) provides access to
the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission. CIPS can be
accessed via Internet through FERC's Home Page (http://www.ferc.fed.us)
using the CIPS link or the Energy Information Online icon. The full
text of this document will be available on CIPS in ASCII and
WordPerfect 6.1 format. User assistance is available at 202-208-2474 or
by E-mail to CipsMaster@ferc.fed.us.
This document is also available through the Commission's Records
and Information Management System (RIMS), an electronic storage and
retrieval system of documents submitted to and issued by the Commission
after November 16, 1981. Documents from November 1995 to the present
can be viewed and printed. RIMS is available in the Public Reference
Room or remotely via Internet through FERC's Homepage using the RIMS
link or the Energy Information Online icon. User assistance is
available at 202-208-2222, or by E-mail to RimsMaster@ferc.fed.us.
Finally, the complete text on diskette in WordPerfect format may be
purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, RVJ International,
Inc. RVJ International, Inc., is located in the Public Reference Room
at 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426.
Take notice that the Commission Staff (Staff) is making available
staff issue papers for review in advance of the technical conference on
electronic filing. The issue papers are intended to facilitate
discussion at the conference of major issues pertaining to the
Commission's Electronic Filing Initiative (EFI). The conference will be
held on Thursday, June 24, 1999, and will commence at 9:30 a.m. in the
Commission Meeting Room of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. The conference is open to
all interested persons.
Staff is convening the conference to: discuss and resolve the
issues addressed in the issue papers; review and discuss a prototype
for electronic filing, including any desired features or enhancements;
discuss prototype testing; and address other electronic filing issues
of interest to those in attendance.
The issue papers included with this notice contain Staff's analyses
and preliminary recommendations for major electronic filing issues,
including:
(1) Filing Formats
(2) Citation
(3) Record Retention
(4) Official Filing Date
(5) Electronic Filing Authentication and Verification (Signatures)
(6) Document Content Standards (for Electronic Submissions)
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(7) Electronic Filing Phase 1 Profile
The recommendations are Staff recommendations and do not constitute
a proposal by the Commission. The recommendations are based in part on
an analysis of comments received in response to a request for comments
issued in Docket No. PL98-1-000 on May 13, 1998. Staff has created a
new link on the Commission's web site (www.ferc.fed.us) called
``Electronic Filing Initiative.'' Through this link, interested persons
can access all information pertinent to Docket No. PL98-1, including
comments and materials from a previous technical conference.
We urge persons planning to attend the conference to review the
materials in advance and be prepared to discuss them at the conference.
Staff will entertain requests to establish panels to facilitate
discussion of the issues, if attendees believe this will lead to a more
orderly discussion. If after reviewing the issues, you would like to
participate in a discussion, please contact, Brooks Carter via e-mail
(brooks.carter@ferc.fed.us), FAX (202-208-2425) or telephone (202-501-
8145).
Although this is an informal technical conference, a court reporter
will transcribe the proceedings and make a transcript available for
interested parties.
The Capital Connection offers all Open and special FERC meetings
live on the Internet as well as via telephone and satellite. For a
reasonable fee, you can receive these meetings in your office, at home
or anywhere in the world. To find out more about The Capitol
Connection's live Internet, phone bridge or satellite coverage, contact
David Reininger or Julia Morelli at (703) 933-3100 or visit Capitol
Connection's website at www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu). The Capitol
Connection also offers FERC Open Meetings through its Washington, D.C.
area television service.
In addition, National Narrowcast Network's Hearing-On-The-Line
service covers all FERC meetings live by telephone so that interested
persons can listen at their desks, from their homes, or from any phone,
without special equipment. Billing is based on time on-line. Call 202-
966-2211.
Anyone interested in purchasing videotapes of the meeting should
call VISCOM at (703) 715-7999).
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-15620 Filed 6-18-99; 8:45 am]
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