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and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214). All such motions or

protests should be filed on or before the

comment date. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection. This filing may also be

viewed on the Internet at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/ online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10056 Filed 4–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Change in Docketing and

Processing for Market-Based Rate

Quarterly Transaction Reports

April 18, 2000.

Take notice that effective immediately

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission will consider all Quarterly

Transaction Reports submitted by

electric utilities with market-based rate

authority to be informational in nature.

This determination will result in the

following listed modifications to the

processing of these filings.

The Secretary will no longer issue a

public notice of Quarterly Transaction

Reports. The reports will continue to be

available to the public through the

Commission’s Records Information

System (RIMS). To permit logical and

easy access to the filings in RIMS, rather

than being assigned new docket

numbers, these items will be assigned

the same docket number as the

underlying proceeding in which the

Commission granted the market-based

rate authority. To insure the proper

identification by docket number of each

filing, the filing party must prominently

identify on the filing the docket number

in which the Commission granted the

market-based rate authority.

This notice is issued for the

information and aid of all interested

jurisdictional companies, the public and

practitioners before the Commission as

an explanation of the modified handling

procedures for Quarterly Transaction

Reports submitted by electric utilities

with market-based rate authority. For

further information, contact John

Buckley at (202) 208–0275.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10110 Filed 4–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 671–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Ready for

Environmental Analysis and Soliciting

Comments, Recommendations, Terms

and Conditions, and

Recommendations

April 18, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelctric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Major License.

b. Project No.: 2017–011.

c. Date filed: February 26, 1997.

d. Applicant: Southern California

Edison Company.

e. Name of Project: Big Creek No. 4

Hydropower Project.

f. Location: On the San Joaquin River,

near the town of Auberry in Madera,

Tulare, and Fresno Counties. The

project would use lands of the Sierra

National Forest.

g. Filed Pursuant: Federal Power Act,

16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Wesley C.

Moody, Manager of Hydro Generation,

Southern California Edison Company,

2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, P.O. Box

800, Rosemead, CA 91770, (818) 302–

1564.

i. FERC Contact: John Ramer, E-mail

address, John.Ramer@ferc.fed.us, or

telephone (202) 219–2833.

j. Deadline Date: 60 days from the

date of issuance of this notice.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure require all intervenors

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on

each person whose name appears on the

official service list for the project.

Further, if an intervenor files comments

or documents with the Commission

relating to the merits of an issue that

may affect the responsibilities of a

particular resource agency, they must

also serve a copy of the document on

that resource agency.

k. Status of environmental analysis:

This application has been accepted for

filing and is ready for environmental

analysis at this time.

l. Description of the Project: The

proposed project would consist of: (1)

an existing 875-foot-long, 250-foot-high

concrete dam, impounding a 35,033-

acre-foot reservoir; (2) a combination

penstock/pressure tunnel about 11,770

feet long; (3) one powerhouse with a

total installed capacity of 98,882

kilowatts; (4) a 50-mile-long, 220-

kilovolt transmission line; (5) an

approximately 6.3-mile-long bypassed

reach; and (6) appurtenant facilities.

m. Locations of the application: A

copy of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference Room,

located at 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20246, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. The application may be

viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance). A copy is

also available for inspection and

reproduction at the address in item h.

above.

n. This notice consists of the

following standard paragraph: D10.

Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—The application is ready

for environmental analysis at this time,

and the Commission is requesting

comments, reply comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions.

The Commission directs, pursuant to

Section 4.34(b) of the Regulations (see

Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56

FR 23108, May 20, 1991) that all

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions and prescriptions concerning

the application be filed with the

Commission within 60 days from the

issuance date of this notice. All reply

comments must be filed with the

Commission within 105 days from the

date of this notice

Anyone may obtain an extension of

time for these deadlines from the

Commission only upon a showing of

good cause or extraordinary

circumstances in accordance with 18

CFR 385.2008.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘REPLY

COMMENTS,’’

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the

heading the name of the applicant and

the project number of the application to

which the filing responds; (3) furnish

the name, address, and telephone

number of the person submitting the

filing; and (4) otherwise comply with

the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001

through 385.2005. All comments,

recommendations, terms and conditions

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or prescriptions must set forth their

evidentiary basis and otherwise comply

with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b).

Agencies may obtain copies of the

application directly from the applicant.

Any of these documents must be filed

by providing the original and the

number of copies required by the

Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426. An additional

copy must be sent to Director, Division

of Environmental and Engineering

Review, Office of Energy Projects,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

at the above address. Each filing must be

accompanied by proof of service on all

persons listed on the service list

prepared by the Commission in this

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR

4.34(b) and 385.2010.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10098 Filed 4–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Intent To File Application for

a New License

April 18, 2000.

Take notice that the following notice

of intent has been filed with the

Commission and is available for public

inspection:

a. Type of filing: Notice of Intent to

File an Application for New License.

b. Project No.: 2130.

c. Date filed: July 28, 1999.

d. Submitted By: Pacific Gas and

Electric company, current licensee.

e. Name of Project: Spring GapStanislaus.

f. Location: On the South and Middle

Forks of the Stanislaus River in

Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties,

California.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 15 of the

Federal Power Act, 18 CFR 16.6.

h. Pursuant to Section 16.19 of the

Commission’s regulations, the licensee

is required to make available the

information described in Section 16.7 of

the regulations. Such information is

available from the licensee at 245

Market Street, San Francisco, California

94105. Interested parties can contact

Richard Doble on (415) 973–4480.

i. FERC Contact: He ́ctor M. Pe ́rez,

(202) 219–2843,

Hector.perez@ferc.fed.us.

j. Expiration Date of Current License:

December 31, 2004.

k. The project consists of the Spring

Gap Powerhouse with an installed

capacity of 7,500 kVA and the

Stanislaus Powerhouse with an installed

capacity of 91,000 kVA.

l. The licensee states its unequivocal

intent to submit an application for a

new license for Project No. 2130.

Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.9(b)(1) each

application for a new license and any

competing license applications must be

filed with the Commission at least 24

months prior to the expiration of the

existing license. All applications for

license for this project must be filed by

December 31, 2002.

m. A copy of the notice of intent is

available for inspection and

reproduction at the Commission’s

Public Reference Room, located at 888

First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington,

D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 208–

1371. The notice may be viewed on

http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm

(call (202) 208–222 for assistance). A

copy is also available for inspection and

reproduction at the address in item h

above.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10099 Filed 4–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Accepted for

Filing and Soliciting Motions To

Intervene and Protests

April 18, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: New Major

License.

b. Project Nos.: 2576–022 and 2597–

019.

c. Date filed: August 31, 1999.

d. Applicant: Connecticut Light and

Power Company.

e. Names of Projects: Falls Village

Project and Housatonic Project.

f. Location: Falls Village, Bulls Bridge,

Rocky River (Pumped Storage),

Shepaug, and Stevenson developments

are located on the Housatonic River,

76.2 miles, 52.9 miles, 44.1 miles, 30.0

miles and 19.3 miles, respectively, from

its mouth at Milford Point,

Massachusetts. The project is in the

western portion of Connecticut in the

counties of Fairfield, New Haven and

Litchfield. Approximately 74 acres of

federal land are within project

boundaries.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: William J.

Nadeau, Vice President, The

Connecticut Light and Power Company,

Post Office Box 270, Hartford,

Connecticut 0641–0270, (860) 665–

5315.

i. FERC Contact: James T. Griffin, by

email at james.griffin@ferc.fed.us or by

telephone at (202) 219–2799.

j. Deadline for filing motions to

intervene and protest: 60 days from the

issuance of this notice.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure require all intervenors

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on

each person whose name appears on the

official service list for the project.

Further, if an intervenor files comments

or documents with the Commission

relating to the merits of an issue that

may affect the responsibilities of a

particular resource agency, they must

also serve a copy of the document on

that resource agency.

k. Status of environmental analysis:

This application is not ready for

environmental analysis at this time.

l. Description of the project:

1. The Falls Village Development

consists of the following existing

facilities: (1) A 300-foot-long, 14-foothigh concrete gravity dam with two

spillways having a combined overflow

length of approximately 280 feet, and a

crest at elevation 631.5 feet National

Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD); (2) an

impoundment 3.8 miles long containing

1,135 acre-feet when at elevation 633.2

feet NGVD; (3) a dam-integral

powerhouse with a total installed

capacity of 9.0 megawatts (MW)

producing approximately 39,894

megawatt hours (MwH) annually; and

(4) a switch yard connected to the

project via a 69 kilovolt (kV)

interconnected transmission line.

2. The Bulls Bridge Development

consists of the following existing

facilities: (1) A 203-foot-long, 24-foothigh stone and concrete gravity dam

with a dam crest of 354 feet NGVD; (2)

a two-mile-long power canal; (3) a 156-

foot-long, 17-foot-high rock fill gravity

weir dam; (4) a 2.25 mile-long reservoir

with an 1,800 acre-feet storage capacity,

a surface area, which, at a normal

elevation of 354 feet NGVD, occupies

approximately 120 acres; (5) a

powerhouse with a capacity of 7.2 MW,