Department of the Interior
Bureau of Reclamation
AGENCY:
Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice of Proposed Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Eastern and Western Division, Project Use Power Rate Adjustment.
SUMMARY:
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is proposing a rate adjustment (proposed rate) for Project Use Power for the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program (P-SMBP), Eastern and Western Division. The proposed rate for Project Use Power is to recover all annual operating, maintenance, and replacement expenses. The analysis of the proposed Project Use Rate is included in a booklet available upon request. The proposed rate for Project Use Power will become effective April 1, 2001.
This notice provides the opportunity for public comment. After review of comments received, Reclamation will consider them, revise the rates if necessary, and recommend a proposed rate for approval to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation.
DATES:
The comment period will begin with publication of this notice in the Federal Register . To be assured consideration, please submit comments on or before January 17, 2001.
ADDRESSES:
Written comments should be sent to Jim L. Wedeward, GP-2020, Power O&M Administrator, Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 36900, Billings MT 59107-6900.
Our practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home address from public disclosure, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we would withhold a respondent's identity from public disclosure, as allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your ( printed page 79123) comment. We will make all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety.
All booklets, studies, comments, letters, memoranda, and other documents made or kept by Reclamation for the purpose of developing the proposed rate for Project Use Power will be made available for inspection and copying at the Great Plains Regional Office, located at 316 North 26th Street, Billings, Montana 59107-6900.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jim L. Wedeward (406) 247-7705, Internet: jwedeward@gp.usbr.gov.