2938 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 12 / Wednesday, January 19, 2000 / Notices

The costs of the above referenced

storage service comprise the rates and

charges payable under ESNG’s Rate

Schedule CFSS. This tracking filing is

being made pursuant to Section 3 of

ESNG’s Rate Schedule CFSS.

ESNG states that copies of the filing

have been served upon its jurisdictional

customers and interested State

Commissions.

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, NE, Washington, DC

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 in accordance

with section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. 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).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP99–227–005]

High Island Offshore System, LLC;

Notice of Compliance Filing

January 12, 2000.

Take notice that on January 6, 2000,

High Island Offshore System, L.L.C.

(HIOS), tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume

No. 1, the following tariff sheets, with

an effective date of April 6, 1999:

First Revised Sheet No. 26

First Revised Sheet No. 201

HIOS states that such tariff sheets are

being submitted to comply with the

Office of Pipeline Regulation’s

December 14, 1999, Letter Order in this

proceeding.

Any person desiring to protect this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed as provided in section 154.210 of

the Commission’s Regulations. 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.

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).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1184 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–117–011]

K N Interstate Gas Transmission Co.;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

January 12, 2000.

Take notice that on January 7, 2000,

K N Interstate Gas Transmission Co.

(KNI) moved into effect certain rates and

revised tariff sheets to its FERC Gas

Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1–A,

Third Revised Volume No. 1–B, First

Revised Volume No. 1–C, and First

Revised Volume No. 1–D as follows:

The following tariff sheets to be

effective August 1, 1998:

Third Revised Volume No. 1–A

Fifth Sub Second Revised Sheet No. 4A

Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. 4B

Fifth Sub Second Revised Sheet No. 4C

Fifth Sub Fifth Revised Sheet No. 4D

Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. 4E

Third Revised Volume No. 1–B

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 68

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 69

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 70

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 71

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 79

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 80

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 81

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 82

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 85

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 86

First Revised Volume No. 1–C

Second Sub Tenth Revised Sheet No. 4

First Revised Volume No. 1–D

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 66

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 67

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 68

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 69

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 70

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 71

The following tariff sheets to be

effective January 1, 1999:

Third Revised Volume No. 1–A

Fourth Sub Sixth Revised Sheet No. 4D

First Revised Volume No. 1–C

Second Sub Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 4

The following tariff sheets to be

effective June 1, 1999:

Third Revised Volume No. 1–A

Third Sub Third Revised Sheet No. 4A

Third Sub Third Revised Sheet No. 4C

Third Sub Third Revised Sheet No. 4D

First Revised Volume No. 1–C

Third Sub Twelfth Revised Sheet No. 4

The following tariff sheets to be

effective July 1, 1999:

Third Revised Volume No. 1–A

Substitute Eighth Revised Sheet No. 4D

Third Revised Sheet No. 4E

Third Revised Volume No. 1–B

Third Revised Sheet No. 24

First Revised Volume No. 1–C

Sub Thirteenth Revised Sheet No. 4

First Revised Volume No. 1–D

Third Revised Sheet No. 21

The following tariff sheets to be

effective January 1, 2000:

Third Revised Volume No. 1–A

Second Sub Ninth Revised Sheet No. 4D

Substitute Tenth Revised Sheet No. 4D

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 4E

Second Revised Sheet No. 76

Original Sheet No. 76A

First Revised Volume No. 1–C

3rd Sub Fourteenth Revised Sheet No. 4

KNI states that such revised tariff

sheets reflect changes in rates and tariff

provisions pursuant to the

Commission’s Letter Order approving

KNI’s filed Offer of Settlement and

Stipulation and Agreement issued on

December 22, 1999, in this proceeding,

89 FERC ¶ 61,323 (1999).

KNI states that it has served copies of

this filing upon all jurisdictional

customers, interested State

Commissions, and other interested

parties, as well as all parties on the

restricted service list in Docket Nos.

RP98–117, et al.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed as provided in section 154.210 of

the Commission’s Regulations. Protests

will be considered by the Commission

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1Order No. 596, Regulations for the Licensing of

Hydroelectric Projects, 81 FERC ¶ 61,103 (1997).

in determining the appropriate action to

be taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceedings.

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).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1183 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–151–001]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

January 12, 2000.

Take notice that on January 6, 2000,

Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern), tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised

Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets

proposed to be effective January 29,

2000:

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 292

Second Revised Sheet No. 299A

Northern states that the purpose of

this filing is to correct the superseding

tariff sheet reference. No changes have

been made to Northern’s tariff

provisions.

Northern further states that copies of

the filing have been mailed to each of

its customers and interested State

Commissions.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed as provided in Section 154.210 of

the Commission’s Regulations. 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.

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).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1185 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2114–WA]

Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant

County; Notice of Public Utility District

No. 2 of Grant County’s Request to

Use Alternative Procedures in Filing a

License Application

January 12, 2000.

On December 15, 1999, the existing

licensee, Public Utility District No. 2 of

Grant County (Grant PUD), filed a

request pursuant to use the

Commission’s alternative procedures in

submitting an application for a new

license for the existing Priest Rapids

Hydroelectric Project No. 2114. The

1,994-megawatt hydroelectric project

includes two dams, Priest Rapids Dam

and Wanapum Dam, and two

powerhouses. The project is located on

the Columbia River, in the center of the

state of Washington. Grant PUD has

demonstrated that it has made an effort

to contact resource agencies, Indian

tribes, nongovernmental organizations

(NGOs), and others affected by the

proposal, and that a consensus likely

exists that the use of the alternative

procedures is appropriate in this case.

Grant PUD has also submitted a

communications protocol that was

developed in consultation with

interested entities.

The purpose of this notice is to invite

comments on Grant PUD’s request to

use the alternative procedures, pursuant

to section 4.34(i) of the Commission’s

regulations.1 Additional notices seeking

comments on the specific project

proposal, interventions and protests,

and recommended terms and conditions

will be issued at a later date.

The alternative procedure being

requested here combines the prefiling

consultation process with the

environmental review process, allowing

the applicant to complete and file an

Environmental Assessment (EA) in lieu

of Exhibit E of the license application.

This differs from the traditional process,

in which the applicant consults with

agencies, Indian tribes, and NGOs

during preparation of the application for

the license and before filing it, but the

Commission staff performs the

environmental review after the

application is filed. The alternative

procedures are intended to improve the

licensing process by combining the

prefiling consultation and

environmental review processes into a

single process, to facilitate greater

application, and to improve

communication and cooperation among

the participants.

Alternative Licensing Process and

Priest Rapids Schedule

Grant PUD has submitted a proposed

schedule for the process that leads to

the filing of a new license application

by October, 2003. Public scoping

meetings to determine the scope of

environmental analysis that will be

completed to support the Commission’s

licensing decision would be held in the

spring of 2000. Studies of

environmental issues and alternatives

developed during scoping would be

conducted through 2002 (if needed),

with a draft application and draft

applicant-prepared environmental

assessment (APEA) to be issued for

comment in early 2003.

Comments

Interested parties have 30 days from

the date of this notice to file with the

Commission, any comments on Grant

PUD’s proposal to use the alternative

licensing procedures to file an

application for the Priest Rapids

Hydroelectric Project. The comments

must be filed by providing an original

and 8 copies as required by the

Commission’s regulations to: Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, Office

of the Secretary, Dockets—Room 1A,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426.

All comment filings must bear the

heading ‘‘Comments on the Alternative

Procedures,’’ and include the project

name and number (Priest Rapids

Hydroelectric Project No. 2114).

For further information on this

process, please contact Charles Hall of

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission at 202–219–2852 or E-mail

charles.hall@ferc.fed.us.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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