24462 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 81 / Wednesday, April 26, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–250–000]

Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas

Transmission LLC; Notice of Request

for Waiver

April 20, 2000.

Take notice that on April 14, 2000,

Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas

Transmission LLC (KM Interstate) filed

a request for a one-time waiver of

certain notice and timing requirements

of Section 18 of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Volume No. I–B, relating to the Right of

First Refusal process with respect to two

contracts with KN Energy, a division of

Kinder Morgan, Inc. that expire on May

31, 2000.

KM Interstate requests that it be

allowed (1) to use an iterative bidding

process limited to two rounds, if

necessary, (2) to shorten the required

time frame between the end of the

bidding process and contract expiration

from 45 days to the number of days in

the period between the end of the

bidding process and May 30, 2000, and

(3) to shorten the required time frame

for the execution and tendering of a

service agreement by the original

shipper, it necessary, from 15 days to a

period to expire no later than May 30,

2000.

KM Interstate states that copies of the

filing have been served upon mainline

transportation and storage shippers and

affected state regulatory bodies.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed on or before

April 24, 2000. 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 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 in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10339 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–2046–000]

Montana Power Company; Notice of

Filing

April 20, 2000.

Take notice that on March 3, 2000,

Montana Power Company tendered for

filing a certificate of concurrence in the

above-referenced docket.

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 1,

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).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10340 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2216–000]

New York Power Authority; Notice of

Public Information Meetings

April 20, 2000.

Citizens, civic organizations, and

local governments continue to

demonstrate an overwhelming interest

in how they can participate effectively

in the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission) relicensing

process for the New York Power

Authority’s (NYPA) Robert Moses

Niagara Project No. 2216. NYPA’s

current license for this project expires in

August 2007. Consequently,

Commission staff will continue to hold

public information meetings in the

project area to familiarize the public

with the Commission’s hydropower

relicensing process. The next two such

meetings will be held as indicated

below.

While there will be an opportunity for

questions and answers about the

Commission staff’s presentation,

questions and discussions on the merits

of the Robert Moses Niagara Project are

discouraged.

Interested persons are invited to

attend either or both sessions scheduled

as follows:

Thursday, May 4, 2000, 1 to 3 p.m., Earl

W. Brydges Library, 1425 Main Street,

Auditorium, Niagara Falls, NY 14301,

(716) 286–4894

Thursday, May 4, 2000, 6:30 to 9 p.m.,

Niagara County Community College,

Building E, Room E142, 3111

Saunders Settlement Road, Sanborn,

NY 14132, (716) 614–6222

Please direct any questions regarding

these meetings to Patti Leppert-Slack,

Commission staff, at (202) 219–2767, or

e-mail patricia.leppertslack@ferc.fed.us.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10336 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP00–138–000]

Northwest Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Application

April 20, 2000.

Take notice that on March 27, 2000

Northwest Natural Gas Company (NW

Natural), 220 N.W. Second Avenue,

Portland, Oregon 97209, filed in Docket

No. CP00–138–000 an application

pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas

Act and Section 284.224 of the

Commission’s Regulations for the

issuance of a blanket certificate of

public convenience and necessity

authorizing NW Natural as a Hinshaw

natural gas company to provide FERC

jurisdictional storage and related

transportation services in interstate

commerce and approval of market-based

rates, all as more fully set forth in the

application on file with the Commission

and open to pubic inspection.

NW Natural, an Oregon corporation,

states that it is an interstate gas

distribution company serving retail

customers via separate facilities located

in the States of Oregon and Washington.

NW Natural states that it is a public

utility under statutes of Oregon and

Washington and is subject to the

jurisdiction of the Public Utility

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Commission of Oregon and the

Washington Utilities and Transportation

Commission.

NW Natural proposes to offer,

pursuant to the blanket certificate, firm

and interruptible storage and related

transportation services, to be effective in

the summer of 2000. Additionally, NW

Natural requests, pursuant of Sections

284.122 and 284.123 of the

Commission’s regulations, approval of

market-based rates. NW Natural asserts

that its application includes a Market

Power Analysis which demonstrates

that market-based rates for NW Natural’s

services are fair and equitable.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before May 11,

2000, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426, a

motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 of 385.211)

and the Regulations under the Natural

Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All protests

filed with the Commission will be

considered by it in determining the

appropriate action to be taken but will

not serve to make the protestants parties

to the proceeding. Any person wishing

to become a party to a proceeding or to

participate as a party in any hearing

therein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission by

Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act

and the Commission’s Rules, a hearing

will be held without further notice

before the Commission on its designee

on this application if no motion to

intervene in filed within the time

required herein, if the Commission on

its own review of the matter finds that

a grant of the certificate is required by

the public convenience and necessity. If

a motion for leave to intervene is timely

filed, or if the Commission on its own

motion believes that a formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for NW Natural to appear

or to be represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10329 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–2147–000]

PowerGasSmart.com, Inc.; Notice of

Filing

April 20, 2000.

Take notice that on April 3, 2000,

PowerGasSmart.com, Inc. filed a name

change with their quarterly report for

the quarter ending March 31, 2000. The

quarterly report was noticed on April

10, 2000, but the name change was not.

The legal name change was as

follows:

Old: Wilson Power & Gas Smart, Inc.

New: PowerGasSmart.com, Inc.

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, N.E., 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 1, 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. 00–10333 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP00–190–000]

Reliant Energy Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

April 20, 2000.

Take notice that on April 18, 2000,

Reliant Energy Gas Transmission

Company (REGT), 1111 Louisiana

Street, Houston, Texas 77210, filed a

request with the Commission in Docket

No. CP00–190–000, pursuant to

Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization

to construct, own and operate delivery

tap facilities to a new customer located

in Arkansas, authorized in blanket

certificates issued in Docket Nos. CP82–

384–000 and CP82–384–001, all as more

fully set forth in the request on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection. This filing may be viewed

on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

REGT proposes to construct, own and

operate a two-inch delivery tap, fourinch meter station, and electronic flow

control equipment which would

provide firm deliveries to Acme Brick

Company, a new customer, located on

REGT’s Line B in Johnson County,

Arkansas. REGT reports that these

transportation deliveries would

constitute a by-pass of Arkansas

Western Gas Company, a local

distribution company.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after the

Commission has issued this notice, file

pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

NGA (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the

request. If no protest is filed within the

allowed time, the proposed activity

shall be deemed to be authorized

effective the day after the time allowed

for filing a protest. If a protest is filed

and not withdrawn within 30 days after

the time allowed for filing a protest, the

instant request shall be treated as an

application for authorization pursuant

to Section 7 of the NGA.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10331 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–249–000]

Transwestern Pipeline Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

April 20, 2000.

Take notice that on April 14, 2000,

Transwestern Pipeline Company

(Transwestern) tendered for filing to

become part of Transwestern’s FERC

Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No.

1, the following tariff sheets, proposed

to become effective on May 15, 2000:

Sixteenth Revised Sheet No. 48