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Docket No. ER06–641, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER06–727, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER06–729, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
The meetings are open to the public.
For more information, contact Tony
Ingram, Office of Energy Markets and
Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission at (501) 614–4789 or
tony.ingram@ferc.gov.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RM98–1–000]
Records Governing Off-the Record
Communications; Public Notice
March 22, 2006.
This constitutes notice, in accordance
with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt
of prohibited and exempt off-the-record
communications.
Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,
September 22, 1999) requires
Commission decisional employees, who
make or receive a prohibited or exempt
off-the-record communication relevant
to the merits of a contested proceeding,
to deliver to the Secretary of the
Commission, a copy of the
communication, if written, or a
summary of the substance of any oral
communication.
Prohibited communications are
included in a public, non-decisional file
associated with, but not a part of, the
decisional record of the proceeding.
Unless the Commission determines that
the prohibited communication and any
responses thereto should become a part
of the decisional record, the prohibited
off-the-record communication will not
be considered by the Commission in
reaching its decision. Parties to a
proceeding may seek the opportunity to
respond to any facts or contentions
made in a prohibited off-the-record
communication, and may request that
the Commission place the prohibited
communication and responses thereto
in the decisional record. The
Commission will grant such a request
only when it determines that fairness so
requires. Any person identified below as
Date
received
Docket No.
Exempt:
1. CP03–33–002 .....................................................................................................................
2. CP04–36–000, CP04–41–000 ...........................................................................................
3.
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5.
6.
having made a prohibited off-the-record
communication shall serve the
document on all parties listed on the
official service list for the applicable
proceeding in accordance with Rule
2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.
Exempt off-the-record
communications are included in the
decisional record of the proceeding,
unless the communication was with a
cooperating agency as described by 40
CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR
385.2201(e)(1)(v).
The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently
received by the Secretary of the
Commission. The communications
listed are grouped by docket numbers in
ascending order. These filings are
available for review at the Commission
in the Public Reference Room or may be
viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary
link. Enter the docket number,
excluding the last three digits, in the
docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, please contact
FERC, Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at (866)208–3676, or for TTY,
contact (202)502–8659.
Presenter or requester
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2–24–06
CP05–420–000 ...................................................................................................................
CP06–12–000, CP06–13–000, CP06–14–000 ..................................................................
CP06–12–000 .....................................................................................................................
CP06–54–000 .....................................................................................................................
3–15–06
3–15–06
3–7–06
3–9–06
7. IS06–191–000 ....................................................................................................................
8. Project No. 459–128 ..........................................................................................................
9. Project No. 459–128 ..........................................................................................................
10. Project No. 459–128 ........................................................................................................
11. Project No. 459–128 ........................................................................................................
12. Project No. 1971–000 ......................................................................................................
13. Project No. 1971–079 ......................................................................................................
14. Project Nos. 2071–013, 2111–018, 2213–011 and 935–053 ..........................................
15. Project No. 2146–000 ......................................................................................................
16. Project No. 2197–000 ......................................................................................................
17. Project No. 2984–000 ......................................................................................................
3–7–06
3–6–06
3–10–06
3–6–06
3–15–06
3–9–06
3–15–06
3–14–06
3–10–06
3–10–06
3–7–06
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Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION
Notice of Meeting; Sunshine Act
Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission.
AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:
Tuesday, April 4, 2006,
10 a.m. Eastern Time.
DATE AND TIME:
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John R. Staffier.
Hon. Jack Reed.
Hon. Patrick J. Kennedy.
Hon. James R. Langevin.
Magdalene Manco.
J. D. Bjostad.
Paula Vassey.
Hon. Charles Schumer.
Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Hon. Timothy Bishop.
Hon. L. Scott Lingamfelter.
Hon. Wm. Lacy Clay.
Terry and Carol Welch.
Hon. James M. Talent.
Hon. James M. Talent.
Anthonie M.A. Holthuijzen.
Craig Jones.
Chris Maynard.
Spencer Bachus.
Hon. Elizabeth Dole.
Hon. Susan M. Collins.
Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.
Conference Room on the Ninth Floor of
the EEOC Office Building, 1801 ‘‘L’’
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20507.
PLACE:
STATUS:
The meeting will be open to the
public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
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Open Session:
1. Announcement of Notation Votes,
and
2. Systemic Task Force Report
Note: In accordance with the Sunshine Act,
the meeting will be open to public
observation of the Commission’s
deliberations and voting. (In addition to
publishing notices on EEOC Commission
meetings in the Federal Register, the
Commission also provides a recorded
announcement a full week in advance on
future Commission sessions.)
Please telephone (202) 663–7100
(voice) and (202) 663–4074 (TTY) at any
time for information on these meetings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen Llewellyn, Acting Executive
Officer on (202) 663–4070.
Dated: March 24, 2006.
Stephen Llewellyn,
Acting Executive Officer, Executive
Secretariat.
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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
RIN 3052–AC15
Statement on Regulatory Burden
AGENCY:
Farm Credit Administration
(FCA).
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ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice is part of our most
recent initiative to reduce regulatory
burden for the Farm Credit System (FCS
or System). Many System institutions
responded to our May 2003 request for
comments by identifying regulations
that they considered burdensome,
ineffective, or duplicative. Since May
2003, FCA has adopted a number of
final rules addressing many of the
comments. We are publishing
contemporaneously a separate proposed
rule in the Federal Register to change or
remove several regulations. This notice
responds to the comments that address
regulations we are not changing at this
time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline R. Melvin, Associate Policy
Analyst, Office of Regulatory Policy,
Farm Credit Administration, McLean,
VA 22102–5090, (703) 883–4414, TTY
(703) 883–4434; or Howard Rubin,
Senior Attorney, Office of General
Counsel, Farm Credit Administration,
McLean, VA 22102–5090, (703) 883–
4020, TTY (703) 883–4020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On May 16, 2003, we published a
notice in the Federal Register inviting
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the public to comment on our
regulations and policies that may
duplicate other requirements, are not
effective in achieving stated objectives
or impose burdens that are greater than
the benefits received. See 68 FR 26551.
We took this action in our continuing
effort to improve the regulatory
environment so System institutions can
more effectively serve farmers, ranchers,
aquatic producers, their cooperatives,
and other rural residents. We received
19 comment letters, 16 of which were
from System institutions, one from the
Farm Credit Council, and one from
CoBank, ACB’s Northeast Regional
Council. One comment letter was from
an individual.
Since May 2003, we have published a
number of final rules that addressed
many of the comments, including those
related to: (1) Required effective interest
rate disclosures, (2) distressed loan
restructuring, (3) lending authorities
under title III of the 1971 Farm Credit
Act, as amended (Act), (4) liquidity
reserve requirements, and (5) risk
weighting. Additionally, the FCA has
provided additional guidance to System
institutions on a number of the issues
raised in the comments including a
Board adopted policy statement in June
2005, that provides the framework for
examination policies and a November
2004, Informational Memorandum that
clarified our 2002 E-Commerce rule.
To further our effort to reduce
regulatory burden we are publishing a
proposed rule contemporaneously with
this notice that proposes changes or
deletions to five regulations that were
identified by commenters as
unnecessary and burdensome.
The purpose of this notice is to
address comments raised about FCA
regulations that will not be changed in
connection with this project. A number
of the issues raised by commenters are
the subject of other regulatory projects
scheduled for consideration by the FCA
as set forth in FCA’s Semiannual
Regulatory Agenda published in the
Federal Register on October 31, 2005.
See 70 FR 65530.
However, in some cases, commenters
identified regulations that implement
statutory requirements or safety and
soundness measures that cannot be
changed or need significant further
evaluation before we can consider
whether changes are appropriate.
Moreover, some of the comments are the
same or similar to those we received
and considered (but did not implement)
over the past 10 years. Although we are
not recommending changes to these
regulations at this time, we may propose
changes in the future. Additionally,
some commenters appear to have
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misinterpreted our regulations and
therefore no revision of our rules is
needed in order to address the
commenters’ concerns. We have
attempted to clarify those regulations in
this notice. The following section
summarizes the comments we received
on regulations that we are not proposing
to change at this time.
II. Regulations That We Are Not
Proposing To Change at This Time
A. Employee Standards of Conduct
One commenter recommended that
we revise § 612.2150(j) and (k), which
limit when a System employee can act
as an agent or broker in the sale of real
estate or insurance. The commenter
suggested that System employees acting
as agents or brokers in the sale of real
estate or insurance should be able to do
so as long as such transactions do not
involve the directors, employees,
borrowers, or loan applicants of the
employing institution. The Agency
prohibits System employees who are
licensed real estate agents or brokers
from acting as agents or brokers for their
respective institutions in order to avoid
real and perceived conflicts of interest.
We continue to believe that this is an
important conflict-of-interest provision
and are not proposing a change at this
time.
B. Maximum 15-Year Amortization for
Production Credit Association (PCA)
Loans
One commenter suggested that we
eliminate the 15-year amortization
requirement for PCA loan terms and
remove the restriction that a PCA loan
may not be made for the purpose of
acquiring unimproved real estate.
Similar comments were raised during
the 1997 rulemaking that implemented
these provisions. Section 1.10(b) of the
Act states, ‘‘[l]oans, other than real
estate loans, and discounts made under
the provisions of this title shall be
repayable in not more than 7 years (15
years if made to producers or harvesters
of aquatic products).’’ This section
provides that FCA may, by regulation,
provide for up to a 10-year repayment
period. FCA has implemented this
provision in § 614.4040(a), which allows
PCAs to amortize loans for 15 years,
although the repayment period cannot
exceed 10 years. As we indicated in the
1997 final rule, these provisions are
consistent with the differing lending
authorities of PCAs and Federal Land
Credit Associations (FLCAs) and
recognize the importance of the Act’s
distinction between long-term real
estate lenders and short- and
intermediate-term lenders. In addition,
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Notice of Meeting; Sunshine Act
Agency Holding the Meeting: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Date and Time: Tuesday, April 4, 2006, 10 a.m. Eastern Time.
Place: Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Conference Room on the Ninth Floor of
the EEOC Office Building, 1801 ``L'' Street, NW., Washington, DC 20507.
Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
Matters to be Considered:
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Open Session:
1. Announcement of Notation Votes, and
2. Systemic Task Force Report
Note: In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting will be
open to public observation of the Commission's deliberations and
voting. (In addition to publishing notices on EEOC Commission
meetings in the Federal Register, the Commission also provides a
recorded announcement a full week in advance on future Commission
sessions.)
Please telephone (202) 663-7100 (voice) and (202) 663-4074 (TTY) at
any time for information on these meetings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Llewellyn, Acting Executive
Officer on (202) 663-4070.
Dated: March 24, 2006.
Stephen Llewellyn,
Acting Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 06-3019 Filed 3-24-06; 12:23 pm]
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