24946 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 83 / Friday, April 28, 2000 / Notices

SUMMARY: The New Jersey Turnpike

Authority of New Brunswick, New

Jersey has submitted an application for

a Department of the Army permit to

discharge fill material permanently

impacting approximately 12 acres of

waters of the United States including

wetlands, and to temporarily fill other

waters, to facilitate the construction of

a limited-access toll roadway known as

New Jersey Route 92. The discharge of

fill material into waters of the United

States requires a Department of the

Army Permit pursuant to section 404 of

the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344).

The Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS) process will assist the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers (USACE) in

determining whether to issue or deny a

permit for the project under that

authority. This action is taking place in

accordance with the USACE procedures

for implementing the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 33

CFR Parts 230 and 325.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

James W. Haggerty, Chief, Eastern

Permits Section, New York District, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, 26 Federal

Plaza, Room 1937, New York, New York

10278–0090, e-mail

James.W.Haggerty@usace.army.mil

Telephone (212) 264–3912

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Project Description

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority

has submitted an application for a

Department of the Army permit to

discharge fill material permanently

impacting approximately 12 acres of

waters of the United States including

wetlands, and to temporarily fill other

waters, to facilitate the construction of

a limited-access toll roadway known as

New Jersey Route 92. The proposed

roadway corridor is within the Devils

Brook and Shallow Brook watersheds in

the Townships of South Brunswick,

Monroe and Plainsboro, Middlesex

County, New Jersey. The applicant has

submitted a wetlands mitigation plan

with the application, proposing creation

of approximately 57 acres of wetlands

from existing uplands and proposing

preservation activities. In total,

approximately 260 acres of mostly

forested wetlands, owned by the

applicant adjacent to the proposed

roadway corridor, would be created

and/or preserved.

On February 7, 2000, USACE

completed an analysis of the Need to

Prepare an EIS. This analysis was

prepared under the Corps of Engineers

and Council on Environmental Quality

regulations for implementing NEPA.

The analysis was prepared utilizing

information made available through the

public interest process until that date,

including the issuance of a public notice

and the conduct of a public hearing in

Plainsboro, New Jersey on March 29,

1999. The analysis concluded that

USACE will require the preparation of

an EIS to process the application.

2. Reasonable Alernatives

In addition to the no action

alternative, reasonable alternatives to be

considered include the following:

a. Preferred Alternative of New Jersey

Turnpike Authority

b. Alternatives to construction as

proposed

c. Alternate construction techniques

3. EIS Scoping

As part of the EIS scoping process,

comments on the proposed scope of the

EIS will be accepted until 45 days after

the publication of this Notice of Intent

in the Federal Register. All comments

should be addressed to the contact

person indicated above. In addition to

receiving written comments, the USACE

will receive oral comments during a

public scoping meeting to be scheduled

for the latter part of the scoping period.

Notice of the public scoping meeting

will be made through mailings and/or

the New York District’s website. (http:/

/www.nan.usace.army.mil)

4. Public Participation in the EIS

Process

The EIS process will provide

opportunities for full participation by

interested federal, state, and local

agencies, as well as other interested

organizations and the general public.

All interested parties are encouraged to

submit their names and addresses to the

contact person indicated above for

inclusion on the list for distribution of

the draft and final EIS and any related

public notices.

5. Federal Agency Participation in the

EIS Process

Federal agencies with an interest in

this EIS effort are requested to

participate as cooperating agencies

pursuant to 40 CFR part 1501.6. All

interested federal agencies are requested

to submit a letter of intent to Joseph J.

Seebode, Chief, Regulatory Branch, New

York District, U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers.

Joseph J. Seebode,

Chief, Regulatory Branch.

[FR Doc. 00–10633 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–06–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–1975–000]

American Energy Savings, Inc.; Notice

of Issuance of Order

April 24, 2000.

American Energy Savings, Inc.

(American Energy) submitted for filing a

rate schedule under which American

Energy will engage in wholesale electric

power and energy transactions as a

marketer. American Energy also

requested waiver of various Commission

regulations. In particular, American

Energy requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liability

by American Energy.

On April 21, 2000, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by American Energy should file

a motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, American Energy is

authorized to issue securities and

assume obligations or liabilities as a

guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issuance or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of the

applicant, and compatible with the

public interest, and is reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of American Energy’s

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is May 22,

2000.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE.,

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 83 / Friday, April 28, 2000 / Notices 24947

Washington, DC 20426. The Order 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. 00–10560 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–1874–001]

New England Power Pool; Notice of

Filing

April 24, 2000.

Take notice that on April 6, 2000, the

New England Power Pool Participants

Committee filed an amendment to its

filing dated March 13, 2000 in the

above-referenced docket.

The NEPOOL Participants Committee

states that copies of this filing have been

sent to the New England state governors

and regulatory commissions and the

Participants in the New England Power

Pool.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest such filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214). All such motions and protests

should be filed on or before May 4,

2000. Protests will be considered by the

Commission to determine the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceedings. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing 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. 00–10562 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. RP97–369–000 and RP98–39–

000]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Informal Settlement Conference

April 24, 2000.

On March 13 and 28, 2000, the Kansas

Corporation Commission (KCC)

sponsored two informal settlement

conferences for the purpose of initiating

settlement discussions potentially

leading to a resolution of all the Kansas

ad valorem proceedings. During the

March 28 conference, the participants

agreed that settlement negotiations

among all interested parties should be

pursued separately for each pipeline

involved with the Kansas ad valorem

tax refund issues.

The participants interested in the

Northern Natural Gas Company docket

also reached a consensus that the

informal settlement conference agreed

upon should be noticed by the Secretary

of the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) and that the

Commission’s settlement regulations

apply to the informal settlement

process. The participants also agreed

that, as with the previous two

settlement conferences, the Director of

the Commission’s Dispute Resolution

Service and the KCC attend the

conference and facilitate the settlement

negotiations.

The informal settlement conference

will be held on May 9, 2000, at the

Wyndham Garden Hotel located at 7000

West 108th, Overland Park, Kansas. The

conference will begin at 9:00 a.m. To

insure that the facilities are adequately

sized all parties that plan to attend the

settlement conference are requested to

contact Sharon Solon by phone at (402)

398–7015 or via e-mail at

sharon.solon@enron.com or

mary.kay.miller@enron.com no later

than May 3, 2000.

All interested parties in the above

dockets are requested to attend the

informal settlement conference. If a

party has any questions respecting the

conference, please call Richard Miles,

the Director of the Dispute Resolution

Service. His telephone number is 1 877

FERC ADR (337–2237) or 202–208–0702

and his e-mail address is

richard.miles@ferc.fed.us.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10561 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EC00–79–000, et al.]

PG&E Energy Services Corporation, et

al.; Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

April 20, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. PG&E Energy Services Corporation/

Enron Energy Services Operations, Inc.

[Docket No. EC00–79–000]

Take notice that on April 17, 2000,

PG&E Energy Services Corporation

(PG&E ES) and Enron Energy Services

Operations, Inc. (EESO) tendered for

filing pursuant to Section 203 of the

Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824b

(1994), and part 33 of the Commission’s

regulations, 18 CFR part 33, an

Application requesting that the

Commission approve the transaction by

which EESO will acquire PG&E ES and

its jurisdictional facilities.

Comment date: May 17, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. PPL Brunner Island, LLC

[Docket No. EG00–39–000]

Take notice that on April 18, 2000,

PPL Brunner Island, LLC (PPL Brunner

Island) filed with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission a copy of the

Pennsylvania Public Utility

Commission’s April 13, 2000 Order

finding that the granting of exempt

wholesale generator status to PPL

Brunner Island: (1) Will benefit

consumers; (2) is in the public interest;

and (3) does not violate state law.

Comment date: May 11, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice. The

Commission will limit its consideration

of comments to those that concern the

adequacy or accuracy of the application.

3. PPL Holtwood, LLC

[Docket No. EG00–40–000]

Take notice that on April 18, 2000,

PPL Holtwood, LLC (PPL Holtwood)

filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission a copy of the Pennsylvania

Public Utility Commission’s April 13,

2000 Order finding that the granting of

exempt wholesale generator status to

PPL Holtwood: (1) Will benefit

consumers; (2) is in the public interest;

and (3) does not violate state law.

Comment date: May 11, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E