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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has recommended that the White House nominate another westerner for an open seat on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has recommended that the White House nominate another westerner for an open seat on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Financier Carl Icahn and some Icahn entities have purchased nearly 5% of Kerr-McGee Corp. stock and said they intend to nominate two candidates to the board of directors at the company’s annual meeting, which is scheduled for May 10.

President Bush announced his intention to nominate Kathleen Burton Clarke to be director of the Bureau of Land Management at the Department of Interior. She has served as the executive director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources since 1998, and she was deputy director from 1993 to 1998. Clarke served in the office of Rep. James V. Hansen from 1987 to 1993, first as director of constituent services and then as executive director. A Utah native, she is a graduate of Utah State University.

President Bush yesterday announced his intention to nominateVicky A. Bailey, who served as FERC Commissioner for seven years,to be assistant secretary of energy for international and domesticpolicy. She departed the Commission last February to becomepresident of PSI Energy Inc., Indiana’s largest electric utilityand a subsidiary of Cinergy Corp. Bailey, a Republican, was firstnominated to FERC by President Clinton in 1993 to serve a termthatexpired in 1996 and then was renominated for a five-year term. Sheleft the Commission before her full term was up. An Indiana native,Bailey served on the Indiana Utility Commission from 1986 to 1993.