On January 10, 1997, the State of Texas received federal approval of the Coastal Management Program (CMP) (62 Federal Register pp. 1439-1440). Under federal law, federal agency activities and actions affecting the Texas coastal zone must be consistent with the CMP goals and policies identified in 31 TAC Chapter 501. Requests for federal consistency review were received for the following projects(s) during the period of June 15, 2000, through June 22, 2000:

FEDERAL AGENCY ACTIONS:

Applicant: Terramar Bay Corporation; Location: The project is located on West Bay, Lots 1 through 19, Chiquita Street, Terramar Beach Subdivision, West Galveston Island, Galveston County, Texas. CCC Project No.: 00-0206-F1; Description of Proposed Action: The applicant proposes to dredge a 50-foot-wide channel 15 feet waterward of an existing concrete bulkhead. To compensate for impacts to shallow-water habitat, the applicant proposes to create 0.55 acres of wetlands and restore 0.96 acres of wetlands at two previously authorized on-site mitigation areas. Type of Application: U.S.A.C.E. permit application #17875(02) under §10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C.A. 403) and §404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. §§125-1387).

Applicant: Trans Texas Gas Corporation; Location: The project is located in wetlands in the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge approximately 4 to 4.5 miles south of the intersection of the refuge road and FM 1985 in Anahuac, Chambers County, Texas. CCC Project No.: 00-0207-F1; Description of Proposed Action: The applicant proposes to fill approximately 2.6 acres of wetlands to construct 2 well pads, each 300 feet by 300 feet, for the purpose of exploration and development of oil and gas. Well pads 8 and 9 will require filling of approximately 1.2 acres of wetlands, and well pad 10 will require filling of approximately 1.4 acres of wetlands, for a total of 2.6 acres of wetlands. Once production is established, well pads 8 and 9 will be reduced to 200 feet by 200 feet, and well pad 10 will be reduced to 100 feet by 100 feet. To compensate for unavoidable impacts, the applicant proposes to restore and manage 3.4 acres of wetlands habitat at the Oyster Bayou Moist Soil Unit by replacing water control structures and culverts, removing interior levees, restoring or constructing outside levees, and rehabilitating an existing pump to deliver water to the site. Type of Application: U.S.A.C.E. permit application #22031 under §404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. §§125-1387).

Applicant: Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Company; Location: The project is located on the Houston Ship Channel at the Jacintoport Slip at 16642 Jacintoport Boulevard in Harris County, Texas. CCC Project No.: 00-0208-F1; Description of Proposed Action: The applicant proposes to amend permit number 12339(16) to construct a new ship dock and a new barge dock, and to perform dredging in association with the new dock facilities. Approximately 310,000 cubic yards of material will be hydraulically dredged from the new docks. Type of Application: U.S.A.C.E. permit application #12339(17) under §10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C.A. 403).

Applicant: F. Keith Manuel; Location: The project is located in the West Bay portion of Galveston Bay at #12 Tiki Circle in the Tiki Island Subdivision in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. CCC Project No.: 00-0209-F1; Description of Proposed Action: The applicant is requesting after-the-fact authorization to retain a boathouse and dredged channel constructed prior to October 1999 without a permit. The boathouse is approximately 700 square feet, as projected over the water. The dredged area is approximately 1,130 square feet and extends from the applicant's boathouse to the adjacent channel. Approximately 125 cubic yards of material was mechanically excavated to a depth of approximately 6 feet below mean high tide and placed on the two adjacent lots on each side of the applicant's home, which are also owned by the applicant. Type of Application: U.S.A.C.E. permit application #21981 under §10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C.A. 403).

Applicant: Ben Nelson; Location: The project site is located in Trinity Bay east of Bodine Park and Hawkins Camp Road and adjacent to Old Dutchman Road on Smith Point in Chambers County, Texas. CCC Project No.: 00-0210-F1; Description of Proposed Action: The applicant proposes to excavate a boat harbor and dredge an entrance channel in Trinity Bay. Although the harbor will be constructed in a predominantly upland area, approximately 0.39 acres of wetlands will either be excavated or filled during the performance of the proposed work. As designated on the project plans, in Wetland No. 2, 0.0274 acres will be filled. In Wetland No. 1, 0.3620 acres will be excavated to construct the boat harbor. Approximately 30,000 cubic yards of material will be mechanically excavated and dredged during construction activities. Of the dredged material, approximately 11,000 cubic yards will be placed on adjacent upland areas and approximately 19,000 cubic yards will be placed in Dredged Material Placement Area No. 1. Type of Application: U.S.A.C.E. permit application #21922(Rev.) under §10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C.A. 403) and §404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. §§125-1387).

Applicant: U.S. Coast Guard and Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission; Location: The project site is located in Clear Creek, mile 1.0 on Texas State Route 146 at Kemah between Galveston and Harris counties, Texas. CCC Project No.: 00-0211-F1; Description of Proposed Action: The applicant proposes to construct a new fender system for the auxiliary channel, adjacent to and south of the main navigation channel. The existing fender system for the main navigation channel will remain in place, unchanged. Construction is in a floodplain with a 100-year flood stage elevation of 11.5 feet (3.5 meters) above Mean Sea Level (MSL). Low steel of the bridge is above this level throughout. Type of Application: U.S. Coast Guard No. CGD8-10-00 under §502 of the General Bridge Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C.A. §525).

Applicant: Corps - General Permit Number 16761(04) Modification; Location: The territorial sea in the Gulf of Mexico at locations in State Tracts, offshore from Chambers and Jefferson counties, Texas, and Cameron Parish, Louisiana, central to a point approximately 17 miles southwest of Sabine, Texas. CCC Project No.: 00-0212-F1; Description of Proposed Action: The applicant proposes to erect and maintain structure and appurtenances thereto, to be used in connection with the drilling of wells for the production of oil, gas, or other minerals. The installation of pipelines associated with the drilling structures by trenching, disking, and jetting methods is authorized. Type of Application: U.S.A.C.E. General Permit application #16761(04) under §10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C.A. 403) and §404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. §§125-1387).

FEDERAL AGENCY ACTIVITIES:

Applicant: Corps - Sabine-Neches Waterway, Adams and Cow Bayous; CCC Project No.: 00-0213-F2; Description of Proposed Activity: The applicant proposes to maintenance dredge the Sabine-Neches Waterway, and Adams and Cow bayous. No options for beneficial use of the dredged material currently being excavated from the channel have been identified. All placement areas to be used have been identified and described in an Environmental Impact Statement or Environmental Assessment issued prior to the acceptance of the CMP. The applicant has identified coastal natural resource areas (CNRAs) in the project area and determined that the project activities will not adversely impact these CNRAs.

Applicant: Corps - Little Bay Channel; CCC Project No.: 00-0214-F2; Description of Proposed Activity: The applicant proposes to maintenance dredge the Little Bay Channel. No options for beneficial use of the dredged material currently being excavated from the channel have been identified. All placement areas to be used have been identified and described in an Environmental Impact Statement or Environmental Assessment issued prior to the acceptance of the CMP. The applicant has identified coastal natural resource areas (CNRAs) in the project area and determined that the project activities will not adversely impact these CNRAs.

Applicant: Corps - Offatts Bayou Channel; CCC Project No.: 00-0215-F2; Description of Proposed Activity: The applicant proposes to maintenance dredge the Offatts Bayou Channel. Only one option for beneficial use of the dredged material currently being excavated from the channel has been identified, and it appears to be neither economically nor environmentally viable. All placement areas to be used have been identified and described in an Environmental Impact Statement or Environmental Assessment issued prior to the acceptance of the CMP. The applicant has identified coastal natural resource areas (CNRAs) in the project area and determined that the project activities will not adversely impact these CNRAs.

Applicant: Corps - Channel to Rockport; CCC Project No.: 00-0216-F2; Description of Proposed Activity: The applicant proposes to maintenance dredge the Channel to Rockport. No options for beneficial use of the dredged material currently being excavated from the channel have been identified. All placement areas to be used have been identified and described in an Environmental Impact Statement or Environmental Assessment issued prior to the acceptance of the CMP. The applicant has identified coastal natural resource areas (CNRAs) in the project area and determined that the project activities will not adversely impact these CNRAs.

Applicant: Corps - San Bernard River Channel; CCC Project No.: 00-0217-F2; Description of Proposed Activity: The applicant proposes to maintenance dredge the San Bernard River Channel. No options for beneficial use of the dredged material currently being excavated from the channel have been identified. All placement areas to be used have been identified and described in an Environmental Impact Statement or Environmental Assessment issued prior to the acceptance of the CMP. The applicant has identified coastal natural resource areas (CNRAs) in the project area and determined that the project activities will not adversely impact these CNRAs.

Applicant: Corps - Channel to Red Bluff; CCC Project No.: 00-0218-F2; Description of Proposed Activity: The applicant proposes to maintenance dredge the Channel to Red Bluff. Only one option for beneficial use of the dredged material currently being excavated from the channel has been identified, and it appears to be neither economically nor environmentally viable. All placement areas to be used have been identified and described in an Environmental Impact Statement or Environmental Assessment issued prior to the acceptance of the CMP. The applicant has identified coastal natural resource areas (CNRAs) in the project area and determined that the project activities will not adversely impact these CNRAs.

Applicant: U.S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service - Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Operations and Activities, Environmental Assessment ; CCC Project No.: 00-0219-F2; Description of Proposed Activity: The western and central portions of the northern Gulf of Mexico constitute one of the world's major oil and gas producing areas, and have proved a steady and reliable source of crude oil and natural gas for more than 50 years. The pace of exploration and development in the deepwater (water depths greater than 1,000 feet) Gulf of Mexico has accelerated rapidly in the last few years. In water depths exceeding 1,000 feet, the use of conventional, bottom-founded (fixed) platforms quickly becomes uneconomic. As new discoveries are made in progressively deeper water, technologies continue to evolve to meet technical, environmental, and economic needs of deepwater development.

The Minerals Management Service (MMS) is mandated to manage the development of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and natural gas resources, while also ensuring safe operations and protection of the human and natural environment. To meet these objectives, MMS is using the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process as a planning and management tool. This environmental assessment (EA) on deepwater oil and gas activities will assist in managing these activities and in assuring appropriate environmental reviews. A Notice of Availability and a summary of the findings of the EA will be published in the Federal Register .

The action addressed in this EA encompasses projected oil and gas exploration, development, and production operations in the deepwater areas of the Gulf of Mexico OCS during the 10-year period 1998-2007. The action also includes activities that support deepwater operations.

Pursuant to §306(d)(14) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.A. §§1451-1464), as amended, interested parties are invited to submit comments on whether a proposed action is or is not consistent with the Texas Coastal Management Program goals and policies and whether the action should be referred to the Coastal Coordination Council for review. Further information for the applications listed above may be obtained from Ms. Janet Fatheree, Council Secretary, Coastal Coordination Council, 1700 North Congress Avenue, Room 617, Austin, Texas 78701-1495, or janet.fatheree@glo.state.tx.us. Persons are encouraged to submit written comments as soon as possible within 30 days of publication of this notice. Comments should be sent to Ms. Fatheree at the above address or by fax at 512/475-0680.

TRD-200004487

Larry R. Soward

Chief Clerk, General Land Office

Coastal Coordination Council

Filed: June 28, 2000

The Texas Department of Human Services (TDHS) has requested a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations (7 Code of Federal Regulations 245.a.1) requiring school food authorities (SFAs) participating in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Programs to include the eligibility guidelines for reduced-price benefits with the Letter to Households (TDHS Forms # 1625 or 1626) that accompanies the Free and Reduced-price Meal Application. The SFAs will still complete the required public notice that includes the Income Standards for Determining Free and Reduced-Price Eligibility, and will be required to make the eligibility guidelines for reduced-price benefits available upon request.

If you need further information, contact Diane Bottoms by telephone at (512) 467-5850 or by E-mail at diane.bottoms@dhs.state.tx.us. Issued in Austin, Texas, on June 28, 2000.

TRD-200004489

Paul Leche

General Counsel, Legal Services

Texas Department of Human Services

Filed: June 28, 2000

The Commissioner of Insurance, or his designee, will consider approval of a rate filing request submitted by American International Insurance Company proposing to use rates that are outside the upper or lower limits of the flexibility band promulgated by the Commissioner of Insurance pursuant to TEX. INS. CODE ANN. art 5.101, 3(g). They are proposing for all classes, various flex percentages by territory and coverage ranging from +30% to +58% above the benchmark for Bodily Injury; +46% to +81% above the benchmark for Property Damage; +25% to +50% above the benchmark for Medical Payments; +55% to +87% above the benchmark for PIP; +20% to +34% above the benchmark for Comprehensive; +62% to +100% above the benchmark for Collision; and +30% above the benchmark for only UMBI/PD for all territories and classes in personal automobile.

Copies of the filing may be obtained by contacting Gifford Ensey, at the Texas Department of Insurance, Legal and Compliance, P.O. Box 149104, Austin, Texas 78714-9104, telephone (512) 475-1761.

This filing is subject to Department approval without a hearing unless a properly filed objection, pursuant to art. 5.101, 3(h), is made with the Chief Actuary for P&C, Mr. Phil Presley, at the Texas Department of Insurance, MC 105-5F, P.O. Box 149104, Austin, Texas 78701 within 30 days after publication of this notice.

TRD-200004466

Bernice Ross

Deputy Chief Clerk

Texas Department of Insurance

Filed: June 27, 2000

The following third party administrator (TPA) applications have been filed with the Texas Department of Insurance and are under consideration.

Application for admission to Texas of Uniprise, Inc., a foreign third party administrator. The home office is Wilmington, Delaware.

Application for admission to Texas of Alternative Benefit Management, Inc., a foreign third party administrator. The home office is Reno, Nevada.

Application for admission to Texas of Pinnacle Risk Management Services, Inc., a foreign third party administrator. The home office is Murray, Utah.

Any objections must be filed within 20 days after this notice was filed with the Secretary of State, addressed to the attention of Charles M. Waits, MC 107-5A, 333 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas 78714-9104.

TRD-200004465

Bernice Ross

Deputy Chief Clerk

Texas Department of Insurance

Filed: June 27, 2000

The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (TDMHMR) plans to submit a Medicaid state plan amendment with an effective date of September 1, 2000, to allow for the transfer of ICF/MR rate setting activities from TDMHMR to the Health and Human Services Commission. The amendment will also remove the requirement of the review of reimbursement rules and rates by the TDMHMR Board.

Copies of the state plan amendment (Transmittal No. 00-08, Amendment No. 573) will be available for review after September 30, 2000, by writing the Medicaid Office, Health and Human Services Commission, P.O. Box 13247, Austin, TX 78711.

TRD-200004495

Charles Cooper

Chairman, Texas MHMR Board

Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation

Filed: June 28, 2000

The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (TDMHMR) plans to submit a Medicaid state plan amendment with an effective date of September 1, 2000, to allow for the transfer of Institutions for Mental Diseases rate setting activities from TDMHMR to the Health and Human Services Commission.

Copies of the state plan amendment (Transmittal No. 00-11, Amendment No. 576) will be available for review after September 30, 2000, by writing the Medicaid Office, Health and Human Services Commission, P.O. Box 13247, Austin, TX 78711.

TRD-200004497

Charles Cooper

Chairman, Texas MHMR Board

Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation

Filed: June 28, 2000

The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (TDMHMR) plans to submit a Medicaid state plan amendment with an effective date of September 1, 2000, to allow for the transfer of Rehabilitative Services rate setting activities from TDMHMR to the Health and Human Services Commission.

Copies of the state plan amendment (Transmittal No. 00-10, Amendment No. 575) will be available for review after September 30, 2000, by writing the Medicaid Office, Health and Human Services Commission, P.O. Box 13247, Austin, TX 78711.

TRD-200004496

Charles Cooper

Chairman, Texas MHMR Board

Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation

Filed: June 28, 2000

The following notices were issued during the period of May 5, 2000 through June 19, 2000.

The following require the applicants to publish notice in the newspaper. The public comment period, requests for public meetings, or requests for a contested case hearing may be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk, Mail Code 105, P O Box 13087, Austin Texas 78711-3087, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE DATE OF NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.

BEST SEA-PACK OF TEXAS, INC. has applied for a renewal of an existing wastewater permit. The applicant has an existing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit No. TX0105261 and an existing Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) Permit No. 03116. The draft permit authorizes the discharge of process wastewater, sanitary wastewater, fish hatchery effluent and storm water at a daily average flow not to exceed 260,000 gallons per day via Outfall 001. The applicant operates a fish processing plant and aquaculture operation. The plant site is located on County Road 171 approximately 1.6 miles west of the intersection of County Roads 171 and 203, near the City of Danbury, Brazoria County, Texas.

CELL-U-FORM CORPORATION has applied for a renewal of TPDES Permit No. 13864-001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 84,000 gallons per day. The facility is located at 810 Farm-to-Market Road 521 approximately 3,400 feet southwest of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 521 and M.C. Hard Road, and approximately 16,700 feet northwest of the intersection of State Highway 288 and Smith Miller Road in Fort Bend County, Texas

CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY which operates the Eagle Pass Power Station, a hydroelectric power generation facility, has applied for a new permit, proposed Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. 04149, to authorize the discharge of non contact cooling and turbine leakage at a daily average flow not to exceed 250,000 gallons per day via Outfall 001. This application was submitted to the TNRCC on August 12, 1999. The facility is located between the Maverick County Canal and the Rio Grande at the end of Farm-to-Market Road 1907, approximately 1.75 miles southwest of the intersection of U.S. Highway 277 and Farm-to-Market Road 1907, Maverick County, Texas.

CHAMP'S WATER COMPANY has applied for a renewal of TNRCC Permit No. 12730-001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 15,400 gallons per day. The facility is located at 10717 County Meadow Lane, approximately 150 feet west of the intersection of Country Meadow lane and Huffsmith- Kohrville and 2.3 miles south-southeast of the City of Tomball in Harris County, Texas

CHAMPCO WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION has applied for a renewal of TNRCC Permit No. 11968-001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 52,000 gallons per day. The plant site is located approximately 1,200 feet west of Dry Creek and approximately 3,000 feet northwest of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 2978 and Hardin Store Road in the City of Magnolia in Montgomery County, Texas.

CITY OF COLLEGE STATION has applied for a renewal of TNRCC Permit No. 10024-001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 2,000,000 gallons per day. The draft permit authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at an annual average flow not to exceed 2,000,000 gallons per day. The facility is located immediately south of Rock Prairie Road, approximately 16,000 feet east-northeast of the intersection of State Highway 6 and Greens Prairie Road, and approximately 9,000 feet north of the Texas International Speedway in Brazos County, Texas.

COMAL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT has applied for a renewal of Permit No. 13812-002, which authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 6,800 gallons per day via low pressure drip irrigation of 1.65 acres of non public access land. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into waters in the State. The wastewater treatment facilities and disposal site are located approximately 5,000 feet west of the intersection of State Highway 46 and U.S. Highway 281, approximately 1,000 feet south of State Highway 46 in Comal County, Texas.

CONROE BAY CIVIC ASSOCIATION has applied for a renewal of TNRCC Permit No. 12582-001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 48,000 gallons per day. The facility is located approximately 5 miles northwest of the City of Willis and 450 feet north of Lake Conroe in Montgomery County, Texas

CITY OF COOLIDGE has applied for a renewal of TNRCC Permit No. 10496-001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 100,000 gallons per day. The facility is located approximately 4,500 feet northeast of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Roads 73 and 1951 in Limestone County, Texas

CITY OF DICKENS has applied for a renewal of Permit No. 11138-001, which authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 44,000 gallons per day via irrigation of 200 acres of privately owned farm land. The wastewater treatment facilities and disposal area are located approximately 3,200 feet south of U.S. Highway 82 and one mile east of State Highway 70 in Dickens County, Texas

CITY OF FLATONIA applied for a renewal of TNRCC Permit No. 10101-001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 250,000 gallons per day. The facility is located at 341 East I-10 Frontage Road approximately 500 feet north of Interstate Highway 10 and 1300 feet east of State Highway 95 on the north side of the City of Flatonia in Fayette County, Texas.

CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG has applied for a renewal of TNRCC Permit No. 10171-001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 2,500,000 gallons per day. The draft permit authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at an annual average flow not to exceed 2,500,000 gallons per day. The current permit also authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater via irrigation of 57 acres of plant site. The plant site is located approximately « mile southeast of the City of Fredericksburg and immediately east of U.S. Highway 290 in Gillespie County, Texas.

CITY OF GOLIAD has applied for a renewal of TNRCC Permit No. 10458-001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 350,000 gallons per day. The facility is located at 510 South Mt. Auburn Street, approximately 3,000 feet southwest of the intersection of U.S. Highway 59 and U.S. Highway 183/Alt 77 in the City of Goliad, in Goliad County, Texas.

CITY OF HOUSTON has applied for a renewal of TNRCC Permit No. 10495-136, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at an annual average flow not to exceed 5,000,000 gallons per day. This application was submitted to the TNRCC on October 13, 1999. The facility is located approximately 1.6 miles east-northeast of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 1959 and Interstate Highway 45, adjacent to the southeast corner of Ellington Air Field in Harris County, Texas.

JETT WELD, INC. has applied for a renewal of Permit No. 12430-001, which authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 1,500 gallons per day via evaporation. The wastewater treatment facilities and disposal area at 12118 Farm-to-Market Road 529 (Spencer Road), between Fairview Road and Wright Road, approximately 1.2 miles west of the intersection of U.S. Highway 290 and Farm-to-Market Road 529 in Harris County, Texas.

LAKE TRAILS PROPERTIES, INC. has applied for a new permit, proposed Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. 14162-001, to authorize the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 25,000 gallons per day. This application was submitted to the TNRCC on January 13, 2000. The facility is located approximately 1,600 feet north of the intersection of U.S. Highway 377 and County Road 102 (Coke Ct.) in Hood County, Texas

LOST CREEK MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT has applied for a renewal of Permit No. 11319-001, which authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 520,000 gallons per day via irrigation. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into waters in the State. This application was submitted to the TNRCC on August 23, 1999. The wastewater treatment facilities and disposal area are located at 6104 1/2 Turtle Point Road, approximately 800 feet east of the intersection of Lost Creek Boulevard and Turtle Point Road in the Lost Creek Subdivision in Travis County, Texas.

CITY OF LULING has applied for a renewal of TNRCC Permit No. 10582-001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 500,000 gallons per day. The facility is located approximately one-half (1/2) mile east of State Highway 80 and approximately one and one-half (1.5) miles south of the intersection of U.S. Highhway 90 and State Highway 80 in Caldwell County, Texas.

MATAGORDA WASTE DISPOSAL AND WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION has applied for a renewal of TNRCC Permit No. 10913-001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 70,000 gallons per day. The facility is located in Matagorda, on the northwest corner of the intersection of Matagorda and Barnard Street, approximately 0.5 mile southeast of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 2031 and State Highway 60 in the community of Matagorda County, Texas.

CITY OF MULESHOE has applied for a major amendment to Permit No. 10049-001, to authorize an increase in the daily average flow from 480,000 gallons per day to 580,000 gallons per day. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into waters in the State. The wastewater treatment facilities and disposal area are located approximately 1.5 miles south of the intersection of State Highway 214 and U.S. Highway 84 in Bailey County, Texas.

CITY OF NAZARETH has applied for a major amendment to Permit No. 10979-001, to authorize an increase in the daily average flow from 28,000 gallons per day to 50,000 gallons per day. The draft permit also authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater day via evaporation and surface irrigation of 47 acres of non-public access perennial pasture land. The current permit authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 28,000 gallons per day via evaporation and surface irrigation of adjacent farmland. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into waters in the State. This application was submitted to the TNRCC on August 26, 1999. The wastewater treatment facilities and disposal area are located approximately 2,400 feet north and 3,200 feet west of the intersection of State Highway 86 and Farm-to-Market Road 168, west of the City of Nazareth, in Castro County, Texas.

CITY OF PORT ARTHUR has applied for a major amendment to TNRCC Permit No. 10364-001 to remove effluent limitations and monitoring requirements for Aldrin, Copper, Cyanide, Lindane and Toxaphene. The current permit authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 9,200,000 gallons per day. The draft permit authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at an annual average flow not to exceed 9,200,000 gallons per day. The plant site is located approximately 0.2 mile east of the intersection of Proctor Street and Main Avenue, 3.3 miles northeast of the intersection of U.S. Highway 287/96/69 and State Highway 87 in Jefferson County, Texas.

RELIANT ENERGY INCORPORATED has applied to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) for a renewal of TNRCC Permit No. 01044, which authorizes the discharge of once through cooling water and previously monitored effluents (PME's) at a daily average flow not to exceed 380,000,000 gallons per day via Outfall 001; once through cooling water and previously monitored effluents (PME's) at a daily average flow not to exceed 190,000,000 gallons per day via Outfall 002; low volume wastewater on a flow variable basis via Outfall 003; low volume wastewater on a flow variable basis via Outfall 004; and metal cleaning wastes on an intermittent and flow variable basis via Outfall 104. Issuance of this Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) permit will replace the existing NPDES Permit No. TX0006432 issued on February 18, 1994, and TNRCC Permit No. 01044 issued on August 20, 1993. The applicant operates the Webster Electric Generating Station. The plant site is located on the northeast side of State Highway 3, approximately one mile southeast of the intersection of State Highway 3 and NASA Road 1 in the City of Webster, Harris County, Texas

CITY OF RIO HONDO has applied for a renewal of TNRCC Permit No. 10475-002, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 400,000 gallons per day. The facility is located approximately 500 feet east of the Arroyo Colorado and approximately 1 1/2 miles north of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 106 and Farm-to-Market Road 1846 in Cameron County, Texas.

CITY OF ROPESVILLE has applied for a renewal of Permit No. 11150-001, which authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 38,500 gallons per day via surface irrigation of 13 acres of pastureland which has public access. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into waters in the State. The wastewater treatment facilities and disposal area are located immediately east of U.S. Highway 62 and approximately one mile southwest of the intersection of State Highway 62 and Farm-to- Market Road 41 in the City of Ropesville in Hockley County, Texas.

CITY OF ROTAN has applied for a renewal of Permit No. 11256-001, which authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 152,000 gallons per day via 31 acres of pasture land, 24 acres of municipal golf course and 20 acres of the City of Rotan Cemetery. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into waters in the State. This application was submitted to the TNRCC on July 30, 1999. The wastewater treatment facilities and disposal area are located 1 mile southeast of the intersection of State Highway 70 and State Highway 92 (Snyder Road), southeast of the City of Rotan in Fisher County, Texas.

SB REALTY CORPORATION, nursing home, has applied for a renewal of Permit No. 13860-001, which authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 10,000 gallons per day via drip irrigation with a minimum absorptive field area of 69,400 square feet. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into waters in the State. The wastewater treatment facilities and disposal area are located at 11127 Circle Drive, approximately 1,200 feet northeast of the intersection of U.S. Highway 290 and Circle Drive, approximately 5.0 miles west of the intersection of U.S. Highway 290 and State Highway 71 in Travis County, Texas.

CITY OF SEGUIN has applied for a major amendment to TNRCC Permit No. 10277- 001 to authorize relocating the outfall from discharging into the Walnut Branch tributary to a discharge point approximately 1,500 feet down stream directly into the Guadalupe River. The current permit authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 4,900,000 gallons per day. The plant site is located at the intersection of East Klein Street and South Austin Street in the City of Seguin in Guadalupe County, Texas.

SIX FLAGS SPLASHTOWN, L.P. has applied for a renewal of TNRCC Permit No. 11886-001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 60,000 gallons per day. The facility is located approximately 1,400 feet east of Interstate Highway 45 and 3,000 feet south of Spring-Cypress Road near the City of Spring in Harris County, Texas.

SOUTHWEST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT has applied for a renewal of Permit No. 13827-001, which authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 12,750 gallons per day via subsurface drip irrigation of 2.23 acres of land. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into waters in the State. The wastewater treatment facilities and disposal site are located on the west side of Pearsall Road approximately 1,000 feet southwest of the intersection of State Highway 2536 (Pearsall Road) and Shepherd Road and south of Barker Lane in Bexar County, Texas.

SPRING CYPRESS WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION has applied for a renewal of TNRCC Permit No. 13711-001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 35,000 gallons per day. The facility is located at 1442 spring Cypress Road, approximately 600 feet northeast of the intersection of Interstate Highway 45 and Farm-to-Market Road 2920 (Spring Cypress Road) in Harris County, Texas.

TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT, LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND CAMPSITE PARK has applied for a major amendment to Permit No. 11165-001, to authorize an increase in the daily average flow from 38,000 gallons per day to 67,000 gallons per day with the addition of 25 acres of non-public access pasture primarily seeded with coastal bermuda for irrigation and to increase the final phase effluent limitation, based on a single grab, to 100 mg/l BOD5. The current permit authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 38,000 gallons per day via evaporation and percolation with an effluent limitation, based on a single grab, of 65 mg/l BOD5. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into waters in the State. This application was submitted to the TNRCC on August 16, 1999. The wastewater treatment facilities and disposal area are located adjacent to State Highway Park Road 25 approximately 3.5 miles southwest of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 1068 and State Loop 198 in San Patricio County, Texas.

TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT has applied for a renewal of Permit No. 12014-001, which authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 32,000 gallons per day via surface irrigation of 13 acres of pasture land. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into waters in the State. The wastewater treatment facilities and disposal area are located on the north side of Honey Creek approximately 6.8 miles northwest of the intersection of State Highway 46 and U.S. Highway 281 in Comal County, Texas.

CITY OF TOM BEAN has applied for a major amendment to TNRCC Permit No. 10057-001 to authorize an increase in the discharge of treated domestic wastewater from a daily average flow not to exceed 90,000 gallons per day to a daily average flow not to exceed 150,000 gallons per day. The facility is located approximately 0.5 mile southeast of the intersection of State Highway 11 and Farm-to-Market Road 2729 in Grayson County, Texas.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE has applied to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) for a new permit, Proposed Permit No. 14155-001, to authorize the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 3,300 gallons per day via evaporation on 0.66 acre of land. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into waters in the State. The wastewater treatment facilities and disposal area are located approximately 2,000 feet west of State Highway 681 and 7,500 feet north of the intersection of County Road 1925 and State Highway 681 in Hidalgo County, Texas.

WEST HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 15 has applied for a major amendment to TPDES Permit No. 12223-001 to authorize an increase in the discharge of treated domestic wastewater from a daily average flow not to exceed 350,000 gallons per day to a daily average flow not to exceed 600,000 gallons per day. The application also includes a request for a temporary variance to the existing water quality standards for Horsepen Creek in Addicks Reservoir. The variance would authorize a three-year period in which to conduct a water quality study of Horsepen Creek in Addicks Reservoir into which the treated domestic wastewater is discharged. The study would show whether a site-specific amendment to water quality standards is justified. Prior to the expiration of the three-year variance period, the Commission will consider the site-specific standards and determine whether to adopt the standards or require the existing water quality standards to remain in effect. The facility is located approximately 1.5 miles southeast of the intersection of U.S. Highway 290 and Telge Road in Harris County, Texas.

WEST TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY has applied to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) for a major amendment to TNRCC Permit No. 00963 to authorize the removal of biomonitoring requirements at Outfall 001 and to use an alternative test method for total residual chlorine analysis at Outfall 001. The current permit authorizes the discharge of condenser cooling water at a daily average flow not to exceed 253,800,000 gallons per day via Outfall 001 which will remain the same; low volume wastewater on an intermittent and flow variable basis via Outfall 002 which will remain the same; and stormwater on an intermittent and flow variable basis via Outfalls 003, 004, and 005 which will remain the same. Issuance of this Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) permit will replace the existing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit No. TX0001392 issued on June 14, 1991 and TNRCC Permit No. 00963. The applicant operates the Paint Creek Power Plant, a steam electric generating station. The applicant has also requested a temporary variance to the existing water quality standards for the water quality based criteria for aluminum for Lake Stamford, in Segment No. 1235 of the Brazos River Basin. The plant site is located approximately two miles south of the east end of FM Road 2082, on the northeast side of Lake Stamford, Haskell County, Texas.

WEST TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY has applied for a major amendment to TNRCC Permit No. 00997 to authorize: revision of an effluent limitation for daily maximum temperature from an instantaneous measurement to a flow weighted maximum daily temperature, removal of daily average and daily maximum flow rate limitations, revision of the laboratory test method required for the measurement of total residual chlorine applicable to discharges via Outfall 001; to provide a credit for the intake of total suspended solids in setting effluent limitations applicable to discharges via Outfall 002; and to delete authorization of storm water Outfalls 003 and 004. The current permit authorizes the discharge of once- through cooling water at a daily average flow not to exceed 57,000,000 gallons via Outfall 001, the discharge of low volume wastewater at a variable rate of discharge via Outfall 002, and the discharge of storm water runoff on an intermittent and flow variable basis via Outfalls 003 and 004. Issuance of this Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) permit will replace the existing NPDES Permit No. TX0001406 issued on July 13, 1983 and TNRCC Permit No. 00997 issued February 12, 1993. The applicant operates the Oak Creek Power Station. The plant site is located adjacent to Oak Creek Reservoir approximately ten miles north of the City of Bronte, Coke County, Texas.

WHITE OAK UTILITIES, INC. has applied for a new permit, proposed Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. 14133-001, to authorize the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 200,000 gallons per day. The facility is located approximately 450 feet north of Farm-to-Market Road 1488, approximately 1,100 feet east of the Montgomery/Waller County line in Montgomery County, Texas.

CITY OF WOODBRANCH VILLAGE has applied to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) for a renewal of TPDES Permit No. 11993-001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 133,000 gallons per day. The facility is located approximately 8,000 feet east of U.S. Highway 59 and 2.5 miles northeast of the intersection of State Highway 1485 and U.S. Highway 59, at the northwest corner of the intersection of Roman Forest Blvd. and Peach Creek in Montgomery County, Texas.

Written comments or requests for a public meeting may be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk, at the address provided in the information section above, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ISSUED DATE OF THIS NOTICE

GRAND LAKES MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 4 has applied for a minor amendment to authorize an increase of flow in the Interim II Phase from 0.20 million gallons per day (MGD) to 0.30 MGD. The existing permit authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 900,000 gallons per day. The facility is located approximately 1,100 feet west-northwest of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 1093 and Mason Road in Fort Bend County, Texas.

Written comments or requests for a public meeting may be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk, at the address provided in the information section above, WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE ISSUED DATE OF THIS NOTICE

THE TEXAS NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (TNRCC) has initiated a minor modification of the permit issued to CITY OF HOUSTON to authorize revision of the pretreatment language titled as "Contributing Industries And Pretreatment Requirements." The facility is located at 15600 Rock House Road, approximately 1.1 miles east-southeast of the intersection of Interstate Highway 45 and Farm-to-Market road 525 in Harris County, Texas.

TRD-200004481

LaDonna Castañuela

Chief Clerk

Texas Natural Resource Conservation Committee

Filed: June 27, 2000

SUN PIPE LINE COMPANY has applied to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) for a temporary water use permit to divert and use 79 acre-feet of water at a maximum diversion rate of 13.37 cfs (cubic feet per second) / 6000 gpm (gallons per minute) for industrial (hydrostatic testing of new tanks) purposes during a one year period from the Neches River, Neches River Basin. The requested water will be diverted from a point on the river approximately 2 miles NE of the intersection of SH 347 and SH 366, approximately 5 miles SE of Beaumont and 2 miles NE of Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas. Public notice of the application is being mailed to all of the water right holders downstream of the applicants diversion point on the Neches River. The temporary permit, if issued, will be junior in priority to all senior and superior water rights in the Neches River Basin.

Written public comments and requests for a public meeting should be submitted to the Office of Chief Clerk, at the address provided in the information section below, by July 10, 2000. A public meeting is intended for the taking of public comment, and is not a contested case hearing. A public meeting will be held if the Executive Director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application.

The TNRCC may grant a contested case hearing on this application if a written hearing request is filed by July 10, 2000. The Executive Director may approve the application unless a written request for a contested case hearing is filed. To request a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number, and fax number, if any; (2) applicant's name and permit number; (3) the statement "[I/we] request a contested case hearing;" (4) a brief and specific description of how you would be affected by the application in a way not common to the general public; and (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the proposed activity. You may also submit proposed conditions in the requested permit which would satisfy your concerns. Requests for a contested case hearing must be submitted in writing to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address provided in the information section below. If a hearing request is filed, the TNRCC will not issue the permit and will forward the application and hearing request to the TNRCC Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting.

The LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY, 3700 Lake Austin Blvd., Austin, Texas 78703 has applied to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) to amend Certificate of Adjudication No.14-5434, as amended. The certificate currently includes authorization for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) to maintain an overflow type structure (low water dam) and reservoir and temporarily impound therein not to exceed 86 acre-feet of water on the Colorado River in Colorado County, Texas and to divert and use not to exceed 133,000 acre-feet of water per annum from a specific point on the Colorado River at a maximum rate of 600 cfs (269,280 gpm) for irrigation of 32,000 acres of land within the "Garwood Service Area" in Colorado and Wharton Counties as well as for municipal and industrial purposes anywhere within Travis, Bastrop, Fayette, Colorado, Wharton, and Matagorda Counties, in the Colorado, Lavaca, Guadalupe, and Brazos River Basins, and the Colorado-Lavaca and Brazos-Colorado Coastal Basins, with a time priority of November 1, 1900. The applicant seeks to amend Certificate No. 14-5434, as amended, by adding two upstream diversion points, one on the Colorado River and the other from the perimeter of Cedar Creek Reservoir. These two points are included in LCRA's Certificate of Adjudication No. 14-5474, which allows diversion of water from the river to the reservoir for industrial (cooling) purposes at the Fayette Power Project. The requested diversion point on the river is on the east bank of the Colorado River in the J.M. Hensley Survey, Abstract No. 54, approximately 54 miles upstream from the diversion point now included in Certificate No. 14-5434, as amended. This diversion point is essentially at the confluence of Cedar Creek and the Colorado River. The other diversion point is from the perimeter of Cedar Creek Reservoir on Cedar Creek. No other changes are requested. Fees have been paid and a water conservation plan has been submitted. There are 2 water right holders with diversion points authorized from the Colorado River between the existing diversion point and the requested additional diversion points, in Colorado and Fayette Counties. These water right holders will receive copies of this notice per TAC §295.158 (c)(2)(D). The Executive Director of the TNRCC is recommending that any amendment granted for this application include a condition that it shall be junior in time priority to all of the water rights with diversion points on the Colorado River between the existing and proposed diversion points.

Written public comments and requests for a public meeting should be submitted to the Office of Chief Clerk, at the address provided in the information section below, by July 10, 2000. A public meeting is intended for the taking of public comment, and is not a contested case hearing. A public meeting will be held if the Executive Director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application.

The TNRCC may grant a contested case hearing on this application if a written hearing request is filed by July 10, 2000. The Executive Director can consider approval of the application unless a written request for a contested case hearing is filed by July 10, 2000. To request a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number, and fax number, if any; (2) applicant's name and permit number; (3) the statement "[I/we] request a contested case hearing;" (4) a brief and specific description of how you would be affected by the application in a way not common to the general public; and (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the proposed activity. You may also submit any proposed conditions to the requested amendment which would satisfy your concerns. Requests for a contested case hearing must be submitted in writing to the TNRCC Office of the Chief Clerk at the address provided in the information section below. If a hearing request is filed, the Executive Director will not issue the requested amendment and may forward the application and hearing request to the TNRCC Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting.

Written hearing requests, public comments or requests for a public meeting should be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk, MC 105, TNRCC, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087. For information concerning the hearing process, please contact the Public Interest Counsel, MC 103, the same address. For additional information, individual members of the general public may contact the Office of Public Assistance at 1 (800) 687-4040. General information regarding the TNRCC can be found at our web site at www.tnrcc.state.tx.us.

TRD-200004482

LaDonna Castañuela

Chief Clerk

Texas Natural Resource Conservation Committee

Filed: June 27, 2000

Texas Parks and Wildlife is requesting Section 6 proposals for fiscal year 2001. Section 6 grants are federal aid funds administered through the Endangered Species Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Projects must concern a species (or a suite of species) that is federally listed as threatened or endangered or that is a species of concern for listing

The amount of funding available for individual projects varies; however, most projects average $10,000 to $20,000 per year and are 1-5 years in length (private consultant contracts are limited to less than $10,000 per year). Section 6 funds are made available on 3:1 matching basis (federal:state). Texas Parks and Wildlife requires its contractors to provide the 25% match. The match may be in the form of salaries, in-kind services, etc., and may exceed 25%. Texas Parks and Wildlife may circulate proposals received (without author's name if requested) for peer review. Texas Parks and Wildlife staff may then work with the proposal author to modify the project to both parties' satisfaction

Proposal Guidelines. The proposal should provide the following information: 1) Need. State the problem that needs to be solved wholly or in part by this research. Include a brief discussion of the literature review relative to the problem. 2) Objective. State precisely the intended outputs from the effort, indicating the quality and the time of accomplishment. 3) Expected Results or Benefits. Describe how the results will be used and how their use will resolve the need described. 4) Approach. Describe how the research will be carried out. Include the methods(s) to be employed and the schedule to be followed. If the work (or major portion of the work) will be performed under an agreement with a third party, such as a university, identify the performer. Also, include the name of the principle investigator. 5) Location. Identify where the work will be done. If the research involves field work, provide the location of the field work in addition to the location of the research facility. 6) Estimated Cost. Provide the estimated cost, by year, for completion of the objective.

Deadline for receipt of proposals is 11 July, 2000. Proposals should be sent to Gareth Rowell, Section 6 Coordinator, Wildlife Diversity Program, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 3000 IH 35, South, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78704 (512) 912-7011.

TRD-200004420

Gene McCarty

Chief of Staff

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Filed: June 23, 2000

Notice is given to the public of the filing with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission) of an application on June 14 and 19, 2000, for approval of special amortization pursuant to §53.056, of the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated (Vernon 1998 & Supp. 2000) (PURA). A summary of the application follows.

Docket Title and Number: Application of Alenco Communications, Inc. for Approval of Special Amortization for Digital Central Office Equipment for the Carlton and Alexander Exchanges Pursuant to P.U.C. Substantive Rule §26.206(g). Docket Number 22673.

The Application: Alenco Communications, Inc. (Alenco) filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas an application for approval of a two-year special amortization, effective January 1, 2000, of digital switching equipment for its Carlton and Alexander exchange. Alenco's total amortization consists of $334,946, or a two-year annual expense of $167,474. On June 19, 2000, Alenco revised its filing to include replacement of equipment capable of providing DSL and CALEA in addition to SS7.

Persons who wish to intervene in the proceeding or comment upon the action sought should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326, or call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120 or (888) 782-8477. Hearing- and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136 or use Relay Texas (toll-free) 1-800-735-2989.

TRD-200004449

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 26, 2000

Notice is given to the public of the filing with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission) of an application for sale, transfer, or merger on June 21, 2000, pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated §14.101 (Vernon 1998).

Docket Style and Number: Application for Sale, Transfer, or Merger of Kimble Electric Cooperative, Inc. Docket Number 22697.

The Application: Kimble Electric Cooperative, Inc. (KEC) seeks approval of the sale of KEC, its assets and liabilities, and the transfer of KEC's certificate of convenience and necessity to Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Inc. (PEC). KEC states that all customers of KEC will be charged different rates than they were charged before the transaction. KEC asserts that each KEC rate class will be rolled into a PEC rate class consisting of a rate that is, on that date, no higher than that of the previously corresponding KEC rate class.

Persons who wish to intervene in the proceeding or comment upon the action sought should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326, or call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120 or (888) 782-8477. Hearing- and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136 or use Relay Texas (toll-free) 1-800-735-2989.

TRD-200004478

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 27, 2000

Notice is given to the public of the filing with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission) of an application on May 10, 2000, for a service provider certificate of operating authority (SPCOA), pursuant to §§54.151-54.156 of the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA). A summary of the application follows.

Docket Title and Number: Application of State Pre-Pay TeleCom, Inc. for a Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority, Docket Number 22518 before the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Applicant intends to provide local, prepaid, telecommunications, including, but not limited to, tone dialing, custom calling, Caller ID, toll restriction, prepaid long distance, bill number screening, and 9-1-1 and E9-1-1 services.

Applicant's requested SPCOA geographic area includes the entire state of Texas.

Persons who wish to comment upon the action sought should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas, 78711-3326, or call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120 no later than July 12, 2000. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephone (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136.

TRD-200004364

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 21, 2000

Notice is given to the public of the filing with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission) of an application on June 20, 2000, for a service provider certificate of operating authority (SPCOA), pursuant to §§54.151 - 54.156 of the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA). A summary of the application follows.

Docket Title and Number: Application of GTC Telecom for a Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority, Docket Number 22695 before the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Applicant intends to provide local exchange services, switched local exchange services, non- switched local services, Centrex and/or Centrex-like services, Digital Subscriber Line, ISDN, frame-relay, and other high capacity line services.

Applicant's requested SPCOA geographic area includes the area of Texas currently served by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, GTE Southwest, Inc., United Telephone Company of Texas, Inc., and Central Telephone Company of Texas, Inc., doing business as Sprint.

Persons who wish to comment upon the action sought should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326, or call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120 no later than July 12, 2000. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephone (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136.

TRD-200004375

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 22, 2000

Notice is given to the public of the filing with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission) of an application on June 22, 2000, for a service provider certificate of operating authority (SPCOA), pursuant to §§54.151 - 54.156 of the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA). A summary of the application follows.

Docket Title and Number: Application of PNG Telecommunications, Inc., doing business as PowerNet Global Communications for a Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority, Docket Number 22705 before the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Applicant intends to provide plain old telephone service, Digital Subscriber Line, ISDN, T1- Private Line, Switch 56 KBPS, Frame Relay, Fractional T1, and long distance services.

Applicant's requested SPCOA geographic area includes the area of Texas currently served by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and GTE Southwest, Inc.

Persons who wish to comment upon the action sought should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas at P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326, or call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120 no later than July 12, 2000. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephone (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136.

TRD-200004450

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 26, 2000

Notice is given to the public of the filing with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission) of an application on June 2, 2000, for good cause waiver of the requirement to provide annual reports detailing customer inquiries regarding ISDN service, pertaining to P.U.C. Substantive Rule §26.142, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).

Docket Title and Number: Application of Big Bend Telephone Company, Inc. for Waiver of the Requirement to Provide Annual Reports Detailing Customer Inquiries Regarding ISDN Service. Docket Number 22617.

The Application: Big Bend Telephone Company, Inc. (Big Bend or the Applicant) seeks a good cause waiver of the annual reporting requirement established in Docket Number 16833, regarding Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) service. In Docket Number 16833, the Applicant was granted limited exemption from the ISDN requirements contained in P.U.C. Substantive Rule §26.142. As part of its order, the commission required Big Bend to document customer inquiries regarding ISDN service and to prepare reports detailing customer inquiries regarding ISDN service received over 12 month periods (reporting period), and to file such reports with the commission annually, not later than the 10th day of the month following the end of the preceding reporting period. The reports shall be filed in West Texas Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. et al., ISDN Reporting Requirements, Project Number 17305. Big Bend is requesting at this time a waiver to the requirement to file annual reports due to the cost to the Applicant and the meaningfulness of the information included in the reports.

Persons who wish to comment upon the action sought should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas by mail at P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas, 78711-3326 or call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All comments should reference Docket Number 22617.

TRD-200004376

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 22, 2000

Notice is given to the public of the filing with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission) of an application on June 15, 2000, to amend a certificated service area boundary in Starr County pursuant to §§14.001, 37.051, 37.054, 37.056, and 37.057 of the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated (Vernon 1998 & Supp. 2000) (PURA). A summary of the application follows.

Docket Style and Number: Application of Medina Electric Cooperative, Inc. (MEC) and Central Power and Light Company (CPL) to Amend Certificated Service Area Boundaries Within Starr County. Docket Number 22677.

The Application: CPL is in agreement with this service area exception provided that this service will not constitute any boundary change in CPL's single-certificated area and that MEC agrees not to serve any other customers in CPL's single-certificated area from this line extension. Copies of the application and additional associated maps are available for reviewing at the MEC office at 2308 18th Street, Hondo, Texas. Persons with questions about this project should contact Larry Oefinger, MEC at (830) 741-4384.

Persons who wish to comment upon the action sought should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas, 78711-3326, or call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120 or (888) 782-8477. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephone (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136 or use Relay Texas (toll-free) 1-800-735-2989. The deadline for intervention in the proceeding will be established. The commission should receive a letter requesting intervention.

TRD-200004363

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 21, 2000

On June 14, 2000, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and Fort Bend Long Distance doing business as Fort Bend Communications, collectively referred to as applicants, filed a joint application for approval of amendment to an existing interconnection agreement under §252(i) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law Number 104-104, 110 Statute 56, (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 and 47 United States Code) (FTA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated, Chapters 52 and 60 (Vernon 1998) (PURA). The joint application has been designated Docket Number 22674. The joint application and the underlying interconnection agreement are available for public inspection at the commission's offices in Austin, Texas.

The commission must act to approve the interconnection agreement within 35 days after it is submitted by the parties.

The commission finds that additional public comment should be allowed before the commission issues a final decision approving or rejecting the amendment to the interconnection agreement. Any interested person may file written comments on the joint application by filing ten copies of the comments with the commission's filing clerk. Additionally, a copy of the comments should be served on each of the applicants. The comments should specifically refer to Docket Number 22674. As a part of the comments, an interested person may request that a public hearing be conducted. The comments, including any request for public hearing, shall be filed by July 17, 2000, and shall include:

1) a detailed statement of the person's interests in the agreement, including a description of how approval of the agreement may adversely affect those interests;

2) specific allegations that the agreement, or some portion thereof:

a) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier that is not a party to the agreement; or

b) is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or

c) is not consistent with other requirements of state law; and

3) the specific facts upon which the allegations are based.

After reviewing any comments, the commission will issue a notice of approval, denial, or determine whether to conduct further proceedings concerning the joint application. The commission shall have the authority given to a presiding officer pursuant to P.U.C. Procedural Rule §22.202. The commission may identify issues raised by the joint application and comments and establish a schedule for addressing those issues, including the submission of evidence by the applicants, if necessary, and briefing and oral argument. The commission may conduct a public hearing. Interested persons who file comments are not entitled to participate as intervenors in the public hearing.

Persons with questions about this project or who wish to comment on the joint application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. You may call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All correspondence should refer to Docket Number 22674.

TRD-200004370

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 22, 2000

On June 16, 2000, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and Web Fire Communications, Inc., collectively referred to as applicants, filed a joint application for approval of amendment to an existing interconnection agreement under §252(i) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law Number 104-104, 110 Statute 56, (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 and 47 United States Code) (FTA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated, Chapters 52 and 60 (Vernon 1998) (PURA). The joint application has been designated Docket Number 22681. The joint application and the underlying interconnection agreement are available for public inspection at the commission's offices in Austin, Texas.

The commission must act to approve the interconnection agreement within 35 days after it is submitted by the parties.

The commission finds that additional public comment should be allowed before the commission issues a final decision approving or rejecting the amendment to the interconnection agreement. Any interested person may file written comments on the joint application by filing ten copies of the comments with the commission's filing clerk. Additionally, a copy of the comments should be served on each of the applicants. The comments should specifically refer to Docket Number 22681. As a part of the comments, an interested person may request that a public hearing be conducted. The comments, including any request for public hearing, shall be filed by July 17, 2000, and shall include:

1) a detailed statement of the person's interests in the agreement, including a description of how approval of the agreement may adversely affect those interests;

2) specific allegations that the agreement, or some portion thereof:

a) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier that is not a party to the agreement; or

b) is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or

c) is not consistent with other requirements of state law; and

3) the specific facts upon which the allegations are based.

After reviewing any comments, the commission will issue a notice of approval, denial, or determine whether to conduct further proceedings concerning the joint application. The commission shall have the authority given to a presiding officer pursuant to P.U.C. Procedural Rule §22.202. The commission may identify issues raised by the joint application and comments and establish a schedule for addressing those issues, including the submission of evidence by the applicants, if necessary, and briefing and oral argument. The commission may conduct a public hearing. Interested persons who file comments are not entitled to participate as intervenors in the public hearing.

Persons with questions about this project or who wish to comment on the joint application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. You may call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All correspondence should refer to Docket Number 22681.

TRD-200004373

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 22, 2000

On June 16, 2000, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and E-Z Fon Services, Inc., collectively referred to as applicants, filed a joint application for approval of amendment to an existing interconnection agreement under §252(i) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law Number 104-104, 110 Statute 56, (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 and 47 United States Code) (FTA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated, Chapters 52 and 60 (Vernon 1998) (PURA). The joint application has been designated Docket Number 22685. The joint application and the underlying interconnection agreement are available for public inspection at the commission's offices in Austin, Texas.

The commission must act to approve the interconnection agreement within 35 days after it is submitted by the parties.

The commission finds that additional public comment should be allowed before the commission issues a final decision approving or rejecting the amendment to the interconnection agreement. Any interested person may file written comments on the joint application by filing ten copies of the comments with the commission's filing clerk. Additionally, a copy of the comments should be served on each of the applicants. The comments should specifically refer to Docket Number 22685. As a part of the comments, an interested person may request that a public hearing be conducted. The comments, including any request for public hearing, shall be filed by July 17, 2000, and shall include:

1) a detailed statement of the person's interests in the agreement, including a description of how approval of the agreement may adversely affect those interests;

2) specific allegations that the agreement, or some portion thereof:

a) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier that is not a party to the agreement; or

b) is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or

c) is not consistent with other requirements of state law; and

3) the specific facts upon which the allegations are based.

After reviewing any comments, the commission will issue a notice of approval, denial, or determine whether to conduct further proceedings concerning the joint application. The commission shall have the authority given to a presiding officer pursuant to P.U.C. Procedural Rule §22.202. The commission may identify issues raised by the joint application and comments and establish a schedule for addressing those issues, including the submission of evidence by the applicants, if necessary, and briefing and oral argument. The commission may conduct a public hearing. Interested persons who file comments are not entitled to participate as intervenors in the public hearing.

Persons with questions about this project or who wish to comment on the joint application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P. O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. You may call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All correspondence should refer to Docket Number 22685.

TRD-200004468

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 27, 2000

On June 22, 2000, DSLnet Communications, LLC and GTE Southwest, Inc., collectively referred to as applicants, filed a joint application for approval of amendment to an existing interconnection agreement under §252(i) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law Number 104-104, 110 Statute 56, (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 and 47 United States Code) (FTA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated, Chapters 52 and 60 (Vernon 1998) (PURA). The joint application has been designated Docket Number 22700. The joint application and the underlying interconnection agreement are available for public inspection at the commission's offices in Austin, Texas.

The commission must act to approve the interconnection agreement within 35 days after it is submitted by the parties.

The commission finds that additional public comment should be allowed before the commission issues a final decision approving or rejecting the amendment to the interconnection agreement. Any interested person may file written comments on the joint application by filing ten copies of the comments with the commission's filing clerk. Additionally, a copy of the comments should be served on each of the applicants. The comments should specifically refer to Docket Number 22700. As a part of the comments, an interested person may request that a public hearing be conducted. The comments, including any request for public hearing, shall be filed by July 19, 2000, and shall include:

1) a detailed statement of the person's interests in the agreement, including a description of how approval of the agreement may adversely affect those interests;

2) specific allegations that the agreement, or some portion thereof:

a) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier that is not a party to the agreement; or

b) is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or

c) is not consistent with other requirements of state law; and

3) the specific facts upon which the allegations are based.

After reviewing any comments, the commission will issue a notice of approval, denial, or determine whether to conduct further proceedings concerning the joint application. The commission shall have the authority given to a presiding officer pursuant to P.U.C. Procedural Rule §22.202. The commission may identify issues raised by the joint application and comments and establish a schedule for addressing those issues, including the submission of evidence by the applicants, if necessary, and briefing and oral argument. The commission may conduct a public hearing. Interested persons who file comments are not entitled to participate as intervenors in the public hearing.

Persons with questions about this project or who wish to comment on the joint application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P. O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. You may call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All correspondence should refer to Docket Number 22700.

TRD-200004469

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 27, 2000

On June 22, 2000, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and CCCTX, Inc. doing business as Connect! collectively referred to as applicants, filed a joint application for approval of amendment to an existing interconnection agreement under §252(i) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law Number 104-104, 110 Statute 56, (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 and 47 United States Code) (FTA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated, Chapters 52 and 60 (Vernon 1998) (PURA). The joint application has been designated Docket Number 22702. The joint application and the underlying interconnection agreement are available for public inspection at the commission's offices in Austin, Texas.

The commission must act to approve the interconnection agreement within 35 days after it is submitted by the parties.

The commission finds that additional public comment should be allowed before the commission issues a final decision approving or rejecting the amendment to the interconnection agreement. Any interested person may file written comments on the joint application by filing ten copies of the comments with the commission's filing clerk. Additionally, a copy of the comments should be served on each of the applicants. The comments should specifically refer to Docket Number 22702. As a part of the comments, an interested person may request that a public hearing be conducted. The comments, including any request for public hearing, shall be filed by July 19, 2000, and shall include:

1) a detailed statement of the person's interests in the agreement, including a description of how approval of the agreement may adversely affect those interests;

2) specific allegations that the agreement, or some portion thereof:

a) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier that is not a party to the agreement; or

b) is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or

c) is not consistent with other requirements of state law; and

3) the specific facts upon which the allegations are based.

After reviewing any comments, the commission will issue a notice of approval, denial, or determine whether to conduct further proceedings concerning the joint application. The commission shall have the authority given to a presiding officer pursuant to P.U.C. Procedural Rule §22.202. The commission may identify issues raised by the joint application and comments and establish a schedule for addressing those issues, including the submission of evidence by the applicants, if necessary, and briefing and oral argument. The commission may conduct a public hearing. Interested persons who file comments are not entitled to participate as intervenors in the public hearing.

Persons with questions about this project or who wish to comment on the joint application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P. O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. You may call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All correspondence should refer to Docket Number 22702.

TRD-200004471

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 27, 2000

On June 23, 2000, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and Tempest Communications Company, LLC, collectively referred to as applicants, filed a joint application for approval of amendment to an existing interconnection agreement under §252(i) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law Number 104-104, 110 Statute 56, (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 and 47 United States Code) (FTA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated, Chapters 52 and 60 (Vernon 1998) (PURA). The joint application has been designated Docket Number 22707. The joint application and the underlying interconnection agreement are available for public inspection at the commission's offices in Austin, Texas.

The commission must act to approve the interconnection agreement within 35 days after it is submitted by the parties.

The commission finds that additional public comment should be allowed before the commission issues a final decision approving or rejecting the amendment to the interconnection agreement. Any interested person may file written comments on the joint application by filing ten copies of the comments with the commission's filing clerk. Additionally, a copy of the comments should be served on each of the applicants. The comments should specifically refer to Docket Number 22707. As a part of the comments, an interested person may request that a public hearing be conducted. The comments, including any request for public hearing, shall be filed by July 19, 2000, and shall include:

1) a detailed statement of the person's interests in the agreement, including a description of how approval of the agreement may adversely affect those interests;

2) specific allegations that the agreement, or some portion thereof:

a) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier that is not a party to the agreement; or

b) is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or

c) is not consistent with other requirements of state law; and

3) the specific facts upon which the allegations are based.

After reviewing any comments, the commission will issue a notice of approval, denial, or determine whether to conduct further proceedings concerning the joint application. The commission shall have the authority given to a presiding officer pursuant to P.U.C. Procedural Rule §22.202. The commission may identify issues raised by the joint application and comments and establish a schedule for addressing those issues, including the submission of evidence by the applicants, if necessary, and briefing and oral argument. The commission may conduct a public hearing. Interested persons who file comments are not entitled to participate as intervenors in the public hearing.

Persons with questions about this project or who wish to comment on the joint application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P. O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. You may call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All correspondence should refer to Docket Number 22707.

TRD-200004474

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 27, 2000

The staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission) is establishing a standard protective order for parties to use when submitting information to register pursuant to §25.109, Registration of Power Generation Companies and Self-Generators, or pursuant to §25.111, Registration of Aggregators. The standard protective order would also be used for parties submitting information in the course of applying for certification as a retail electric provider (REP) pursuant to rules being drafted in Project Number 21082, Certification of Retail Electric Providers and Registration of Power Generation Companies and Aggregators; Forms , and proposed as §25.107, Certification of Retail Electric Providers (REPS).

The commission requests interested persons file comments addressing proposed changes to the draft standard protective order. The draft standard protective order is based on the protective order adopted in Docket Number 22344, Generic Issues Associated with Applications for Approval of Unbundled Cost of Service Rate Pursuant to PURA §39.201 and P.U.C. Subst. R. §25.344 . The draft will be available in Central Records under Project Number 21082, and from the commission's Web site, on Friday, July 7, 2000.

Sixteen copies of comments may be filed with the commission's Filing Clerk, Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711- 3326 until July 24, 2000. All comments should reference Project Number 21082.

Questions concerning Project Number 21082 may be referred to Jan Bargen, Office of Policy Development, (512) 936-7255. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136.

TRD-200004467

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 27, 2000

On June 15, 2000, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and 360 Communications of Nevada Limited Partnership, collectively referred to as applicants, filed a joint application for approval of interconnection agreement under §252(i) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law Number 104-104, 110 Statute 56, (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 and 47 United States Code) (FTA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated, Chapters 52 and 60 (Vernon 1998) (PURA). The joint application has been designated Docket Number 22676. The joint application and the underlying interconnection agreement are available for public inspection at the commission's offices in Austin, Texas.

The commission must act to approve the interconnection agreement within 35 days after it is submitted by the parties.

The commission finds that additional public comment should be allowed before the commission issues a final decision approving or rejecting the interconnection agreement. Any interested person may file written comments on the joint application by filing ten copies of the comments with the commission's filing clerk. Additionally, a copy of the comments should be served on each of the applicants. The comments should specifically refer to Docket Number 22676. As a part of the comments, an interested person may request that a public hearing be conducted. The comments, including any request for public hearing, shall be filed by July 17, 2000, and shall include:

1) a detailed statement of the person's interests in the agreement, including a description of how approval of the agreement may adversely affect those interests;

2) specific allegations that the agreement, or some portion thereof:

a) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier that is not a party to the agreement; or

b) is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or

c) is not consistent with other requirements of state law; and

3) the specific facts upon which the allegations are based.

After reviewing any comments, the commission will issue a notice of approval, denial, or determine whether to conduct further proceedings concerning the joint application. The commission shall have the authority given to a presiding officer pursuant to P.U.C. Procedural Rule §22.202. The commission may identify issues raised by the joint application and comments and establish a schedule for addressing those issues, including the submission of evidence by the applicants, if necessary, and briefing and oral argument. The commission may conduct a public hearing. Interested persons who file comments are not entitled to participate as intervenors in the public hearing.

Persons with questions about this project or who wish to comment on the joint application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. You may call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All correspondence should refer to Docket Number 22676.

TRD-200004371

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 22, 2000

On June 16, 2000, Brazos Telephone Cooperative, Inc. and State Discount Telephone, LLC, collectively referred to as applicants, filed a joint application for approval of interconnection agreement under §252(i) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law Number 104-104, 110 Statute 56, (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 and 47 United States Code) (FTA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated, Chapters 52 and 60 (Vernon 1998) (PURA). The joint application has been designated Docket Number 22679. The joint application and the underlying interconnection agreement are available for public inspection at the commission's offices in Austin, Texas.

The commission must act to approve the interconnection agreement within 35 days after it is submitted by the parties.

The commission finds that additional public comment should be allowed before the commission issues a final decision approving or rejecting the interconnection agreement. Any interested person may file written comments on the joint application by filing ten copies of the comments with the commission's filing clerk. Additionally, a copy of the comments should be served on each of the applicants. The comments should specifically refer to Docket Number 22679. As a part of the comments, an interested person may request that a public hearing be conducted. The comments, including any request for public hearing, shall be filed by July 17, 2000, and shall include:

1) a detailed statement of the person's interests in the agreement, including a description of how approval of the agreement may adversely affect those interests;

2) specific allegations that the agreement, or some portion thereof:

a) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier that is not a party to the agreement; or

b) is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or

c) is not consistent with other requirements of state law; and

3) the specific facts upon which the allegations are based.

After reviewing any comments, the commission will issue a notice of approval, denial, or determine whether to conduct further proceedings concerning the joint application. The commission shall have the authority given to a presiding officer pursuant to P.U.C. Procedural Rule §22.202. The commission may identify issues raised by the joint application and comments and establish a schedule for addressing those issues, including the submission of evidence by the applicants, if necessary, and briefing and oral argument. The commission may conduct a public hearing. Interested persons who file comments are not entitled to participate as intervenors in the public hearing.

Persons with questions about this project or who wish to comment on the joint application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. You may call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All correspondence should refer to Docket Number 22679.

TRD-200004372

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 22, 2000

On June 16, 2000, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and USA Quick Phone, Inc., collectively referred to as applicants, filed a joint application for approval of interconnection agreement under §252(i) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law Number 104-104, 110 Statute 56, (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 and 47 United States Code) (FTA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated, Chapters 52 and 60 (Vernon 1998) (PURA). The joint application has been designated Docket Number 22683. The joint application and the underlying interconnection agreement are available for public inspection at the commission's offices in Austin, Texas.

The commission must act to approve the interconnection agreement within 35 days after it is submitted by the parties.

The commission finds that additional public comment should be allowed before the commission issues a final decision approving or rejecting the interconnection agreement. Any interested person may file written comments on the joint application by filing ten copies of the comments with the commission's filing clerk. Additionally, a copy of the comments should be served on each of the applicants. The comments should specifically refer to Docket Number 22683. As a part of the comments, an interested person may request that a public hearing be conducted. The comments, including any request for public hearing, shall be filed by July 17, 2000, and shall include:

1) a detailed statement of the person's interests in the agreement, including a description of how approval of the agreement may adversely affect those interests;

2) specific allegations that the agreement, or some portion thereof:

a) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier that is not a party to the agreement; or

b) is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or

c) is not consistent with other requirements of state law; and

3) the specific facts upon which the allegations are based.

After reviewing any comments, the commission will issue a notice of approval, denial, or determine whether to conduct further proceedings concerning the joint application. The commission shall have the authority given to a presiding officer pursuant to P.U.C. Procedural Rule §22.202. The commission may identify issues raised by the joint application and comments and establish a schedule for addressing those issues, including the submission of evidence by the applicants, if necessary, and briefing and oral argument. The commission may conduct a public hearing. Interested persons who file comments are not entitled to participate as intervenors in the public hearing.

Persons with questions about this project or who wish to comment on the joint application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. You may call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All correspondence should refer to Docket Number 22683.

TRD-200004374

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 22, 2000

On June 22, 2000, Net-Tel Corporation and GTE Southwest, Inc., collectively referred to as applicants, filed a joint application for approval of an interim interconnection agreement under §252(i) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law Number 104-104, 110 Statute 56, (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 and 47 United States Code) (FTA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated, Chapters 52 and 60 (Vernon 1998) (PURA). The joint application has been designated Docket Number 22701. The joint application and the underlying interim interconnection agreement are available for public inspection at the commission's offices in Austin, Texas.

The commission must act to approve the interim interconnection agreement within 35 days after it is submitted by the parties.

The commission finds that additional public comment should be allowed before the commission issues a final decision approving or rejecting the interim interconnection agreement. Any interested person may file written comments on the joint application by filing ten copies of the comments with the commission's filing clerk. Additionally, a copy of the comments should be served on each of the applicants. The comments should specifically refer to Docket Number 22701. As a part of the comments, an interested person may request that a public hearing be conducted. The comments, including any request for public hearing, shall be filed by July 19, 2000, and shall include:

1) a detailed statement of the person's interests in the agreement, including a description of how approval of the agreement may adversely affect those interests;

2) specific allegations that the agreement, or some portion thereof:

a) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier that is not a party to the agreement; or

b) is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or

c) is not consistent with other requirements of state law; and

3) the specific facts upon which the allegations are based.

After reviewing any comments, the commission will issue a notice of approval, denial, or determine whether to conduct further proceedings concerning the joint application. The commission shall have the authority given to a presiding officer pursuant to P.U.C. Procedural Rule §22.202. The commission may identify issues raised by the joint application and comments and establish a schedule for addressing those issues, including the submission of evidence by the applicants, if necessary, and briefing and oral argument. The commission may conduct a public hearing. Interested persons who file comments are not entitled to participate as intervenors in the public hearing.

Persons with questions about this project or who wish to comment on the joint application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P. O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. You may call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All correspondence should refer to Docket Number 22701.

TRD-200004470

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 27, 2000

On June 22, 2000, Omniplex Communications Corporation and GTE Southwest, Inc., collectively referred to as applicants, filed a joint application for approval of interconnection agreement under §252(i) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law Number 104-104, 110 Statute 56, (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 and 47 United States Code) (FTA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated, Chapters 52 and 60 (Vernon 1998) (PURA). The joint application has been designated Docket Number 22703. The joint application and the underlying interconnection agreement are available for public inspection at the commission's offices in Austin, Texas.

The commission must act to approve the interconnection agreement within 35 days after it is submitted by the parties.

The commission finds that additional public comment should be allowed before the commission issues a final decision approving or rejecting the interconnection agreement. Any interested person may file written comments on the joint application by filing ten copies of the comments with the commission's filing clerk. Additionally, a copy of the comments should be served on each of the applicants. The comments should specifically refer to Docket Number 22703. As a part of the comments, an interested person may request that a public hearing be conducted. The comments, including any request for public hearing, shall be filed by July 19, 2000, and shall include:

1) a detailed statement of the person's interests in the agreement, including a description of how approval of the agreement may adversely affect those interests;

2) specific allegations that the agreement, or some portion thereof:

a) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier that is not a party to the agreement; or

b) is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or

c) is not consistent with other requirements of state law; and

3) the specific facts upon which the allegations are based.

After reviewing any comments, the commission will issue a notice of approval, denial, or determine whether to conduct further proceedings concerning the joint application. The commission shall have the authority given to a presiding officer pursuant to P.U.C. Procedural Rule §22.202. The commission may identify issues raised by the joint application and comments and establish a schedule for addressing those issues, including the submission of evidence by the applicants, if necessary, and briefing and oral argument. The commission may conduct a public hearing. Interested persons who file comments are not entitled to participate as intervenors in the public hearing.

Persons with questions about this project or who wish to comment on the joint application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P. O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. You may call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All correspondence should refer to Docket Number 22703.

TRD-200004472

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 27, 2000

On June 22, 2000, Communications Systems Development, Inc. doing business as Metromedia Fiber Network Services Texas, Inc. and GTE Southwest, Inc., collectively referred to as applicants, filed a joint application for approval of interconnection agreement under §252(i) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law Number 104-104, 110 Statute 56, (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 and 47 United States Code) (FTA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated, Chapters 52 and 60 (Vernon 1998) (PURA). The joint application has been designated Docket Number 22704. The joint application and the underlying interconnection agreement are available for public inspection at the commission's offices in Austin, Texas.

The commission must act to approve the interconnection agreement within 35 days after it is submitted by the parties.

The commission finds that additional public comment should be allowed before the commission issues a final decision approving or rejecting the interconnection agreement. Any interested person may file written comments on the joint application by filing ten copies of the comments with the commission's filing clerk. Additionally, a copy of the comments should be served on each of the applicants. The comments should specifically refer to Docket Number 22704. As a part of the comments, an interested person may request that a public hearing be conducted. The comments, including any request for public hearing, shall be filed by July 19, 2000, and shall include:

1) a detailed statement of the person's interests in the agreement, including a description of how approval of the agreement may adversely affect those interests;

2) specific allegations that the agreement, or some portion thereof:

a) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier that is not a party to the agreement; or

b) is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or

c) is not consistent with other requirements of state law; and

3) the specific facts upon which the allegations are based.

After reviewing any comments, the commission will issue a notice of approval, denial, or determine whether to conduct further proceedings concerning the joint application. The commission shall have the authority given to a presiding officer pursuant to P.U.C. Procedural Rule §22.202. The commission may identify issues raised by the joint application and comments and establish a schedule for addressing those issues, including the submission of evidence by the applicants, if necessary, and briefing and oral argument. The commission may conduct a public hearing. Interested persons who file comments are not entitled to participate as intervenors in the public hearing.

Persons with questions about this project or who wish to comment on the joint application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P. O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. You may call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All correspondence should refer to Docket Number 22704.

TRD-200004473

Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 27, 2000

On June 23, 2000, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and Texas UM, Inc. (Urban Media) collectively referred to as applicants, filed a joint application for approval of interconnection agreement under §252(i) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law Number 104-104, 110 Statute 56, (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 and 47 United States Code) (FTA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated, Chapters 52 and 60 (Vernon 1998) (PURA). The joint application has been designated Docket Number 22708. The joint application and the underlying interconnection agreement are available for public inspection at the commission's offices in Austin, Texas.

The commission must act to approve the interconnection agreement within 35 days after it is submitted by the parties.

The commission finds that additional public comment should be allowed before the commission issues a final decision approving or rejecting the interconnection agreement. Any interested person may file written comments on the joint application by filing ten copies of the comments with the commission's filing clerk. Additionally, a copy of the comments should be served on each of the applicants. The comments should specifically refer to Docket Number 22708. As a part of the comments, an interested person may request that a public hearing be conducted. The comments, including any request for public hearing, shall be filed by July 19, 2000, and shall include:

1) a detailed statement of the person's interests in the agreement, including a description of how approval of the agreement may adversely affect those interests;

2) specific allegations that the agreement, or some portion thereof:

a) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier that is not a party to the agreement; or

b) is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or

c) is not consistent with other requirements of state law; and

3) the specific facts upon which the allegations are based.

After reviewing any comments, the commission will issue a notice of approval, denial, or determine whether to conduct further proceedings concerning the joint application. The commission shall have the authority given to a presiding officer pursuant to P.U.C. Procedural Rule §22.202. The commission may identify issues raised by the joint application and comments and establish a schedule for addressing those issues, including the submission of evidence by the applicants, if necessary, and briefing and oral argument. The commission may conduct a public hearing. Interested persons who file comments are not entitled to participate as intervenors in the public hearing.

Persons with questions about this project or who wish to comment on the joint application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P. O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. You may call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All correspondence should refer to Docket Number 22708.

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Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 27, 2000

On June 23, 2000, U.S. West Interprise America, Inc. and GTE Southwest, Inc., collectively referred to as applicants, filed a joint application for approval of an interim interconnection agreement under Section 252(i) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law Number 104-104, 110 Statute 56, (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 and 47 United States Code) (FTA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated, Chapters 52 and 60 (Vernon 1998) (PURA). The joint application has been designated Docket Number 22711. The joint application and the underlying interim interconnection agreement are available for public inspection at the commission's offices in Austin, Texas.

The commission must act to approve the interim interconnection agreement within 35 days after it is submitted by the parties.

The commission finds that additional public comment should be allowed before the commission issues a final decision approving or rejecting the interim interconnection agreement. Any interested person may file written comments on the joint application by filing ten copies of the comments with the commission's filing clerk. Additionally, a copy of the comments should be served on each of the applicants. The comments should specifically refer to Docket Number 22711. As a part of the comments, an interested person may request that a public hearing be conducted. The comments, including any request for public hearing, shall be filed by July 19, 2000, and shall include:

1) a detailed statement of the person's interests in the agreement, including a description of how approval of the agreement may adversely affect those interests;

2) specific allegations that the agreement, or some portion thereof:

a) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier that is not a party to the agreement; or

b) is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or

c) is not consistent with other requirements of state law; and

3) the specific facts upon which the allegations are based.

After reviewing any comments, the commission will issue a notice of approval, denial, or determine whether to conduct further proceedings concerning the joint application. The commission shall have the authority given to a presiding officer pursuant to P.U.C. Procedural Rule §22.202. The commission may identify issues raised by the joint application and comments and establish a schedule for addressing those issues, including the submission of evidence by the applicants, if necessary, and briefing and oral argument. The commission may conduct a public hearing. Interested persons who file comments are not entitled to participate as intervenors in the public hearing.

Persons with questions about this project or who wish to comment on the joint application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P. O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. You may call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All correspondence should refer to Docket Number 22711.

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Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 27, 2000

On June 23, 2000, Optel (Texas) Telecom, Inc. DIP and GTE Southwest, Inc., collectively referred to as applicants, filed a joint application for approval of an interim interconnection agreement under §252(i) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law Number 104-104, 110 Statute 56, (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 and 47 United States Code) (FTA) and the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated, Chapters 52 and 60 (Vernon 1998) (PURA). The joint application has been designated Docket Number 22712. The joint application and the underlying interim interconnection agreement are available for public inspection at the commission's offices in Austin, Texas.

The commission must act to approve the interim interconnection agreement within 35 days after it is submitted by the parties.

The commission finds that additional public comment should be allowed before the commission issues a final decision approving or rejecting the interim interconnection agreement. Any interested person may file written comments on the joint application by filing ten copies of the comments with the commission's filing clerk. Additionally, a copy of the comments should be served on each of the applicants. The comments should specifically refer to Docket Number 22712. As a part of the comments, an interested person may request that a public hearing be conducted. The comments, including any request for public hearing, shall be filed by July 19, 2000, and shall include:

1) a detailed statement of the person's interests in the agreement, including a description of how approval of the agreement may adversely affect those interests;

2) specific allegations that the agreement, or some portion thereof:

a) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier that is not a party to the agreement; or

b) is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or

c) is not consistent with other requirements of state law; and

3) the specific facts upon which the allegations are based.

After reviewing any comments, the commission will issue a notice of approval, denial, or determine whether to conduct further proceedings concerning the joint application. The commission shall have the authority given to a presiding officer pursuant to P.U.C. Procedural Rule §22.202. The commission may identify issues raised by the joint application and comments and establish a schedule for addressing those issues, including the submission of evidence by the applicants, if necessary, and briefing and oral argument. The commission may conduct a public hearing. Interested persons who file comments are not entitled to participate as intervenors in the public hearing.

Persons with questions about this project or who wish to comment on the joint application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue, P. O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. You may call the commission's Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. All correspondence should refer to Docket Number 22712.

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Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 27, 2000

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission) will hold several workshops regarding the implementation of a customer education program for electric choice (SB 7, PURA §39.902). All workshops will be held at the commission offices located on the 7th floor of the William B. Travis Building, 1701 North Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas, 78701 on the following days:

Tuesday, July 25, 2000, at 1:00 p.m. in Commissioners' Hearing Room

Tuesday, August 22, 2000, at 1:00 p.m. in Commissioners' Hearing Room

Tuesday, September 12, 2000, at 1:00 p.m. in Commissioners' Hearing Room

Tuesday, October 10, 2000, at 1:00 p.m. in Commissioners' Hearing Room

Tuesday, November 14, 2000, at 1:00 p.m. in Commissioners' Hearing Room

Tuesday, December 12, 2000, at 1:00 p.m. in Commissioners' Hearing Room

Project Number 21251, Implementation of Senate Bill 7 Provisions Regarding Customer Education For Electric Choice (SB7, PURA §39.902) , has been established for these proceedings. The purpose of these workshops is to solicit input from interested parties that will assist in implementing the provisions of Senate Bill 7, Act of May 21, 1999, 76th Legislature, Regular Session, Chapter 405, 1999 Texas Session Law Service 2543, 2596 (Vernon) (codified as Public Utility Regulatory Act, Texas Utilities Code Annotated (PURA) §39.902, Customer Education ). These provisions require the commission to: (1) develop and implement a neutral and non-promotional education program to inform customers, including low-income and non-English speaking customers, about changes in electric service resulting from the opening of the retail electric market; (2) not duplicate efforts of retail electric providers and other private entities or target areas served by municipalities or electric cooperatives; and (3) report on the status of the educational program to the electric utility restructuring legislative oversight committee on or before December 1, 2001.

Timelines, agendas, and additional information on this project shall be filed in Central Records and available for view on the commission's Web site prior to each meeting. Questions concerning the workshop or this notice should be referred to Robert Bartels, Office of Customer Protection, (512) 936-7118. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136.

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Rhonda Dempsey

Rules Coordinator

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Filed: June 21, 2000