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documents must be filed by providing

the original and the number of copies

provided by the Commission’s

regulations to: The Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

A copy of any motion to intervene must

also be served upon each representative

of the Applicant specified in the

particular application.

Agency Comments—Federal, state,

and local agencies are invited to file

comments on the described application.

A copy of the application may be

obtained by agencies directly from the

Applicant. If an agency does not file

comments within the time specified for

filing comments, it will be presumed to

have no comments. One copy of any

agency’s comments must also be sent to

the Applicant’s representatives.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–11775 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application for Amendment

of License and Soliciting Comments,

Motions To Intervene, and Protests

May 5, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Application to

Convey 6.94 Acres of Project Land for

Housing Development.

b. Project No.: 516–319.

c. Date Filed: March 20, 2000.

d. Applicant: South Carolina Electric

& Gas Company.

e. Name of Project: Saluda.

f. Location: The project is located in

Saluda, Lexington, Newberry and

Richland Counties, SC.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant contact: Thomas G.

Eppink, Senior Attorney, South Carolina

Electric & Gas Company, Legal

Department-130, Columbia, SC 29218,

(803) 217–9448, or, Beth Trump, Real

Estate Coordinator, (803) 217–7912.

i. FERC contact: John K. Hannula,

(202) 219–0116.

j. Deadline for filing comments,

motions to intervene and protest: 30

days from the issuance date of this

notice

Please include the project number

(516–319) on any comments or motions

filed. 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.

k. Description of the Application:

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

requests Commission approval to sell

two adjacent parcels of project

fringeland totaling 6.94 acres to Bass

Harbor for residential development. The

parcels are located just east of Harmon’s

Bridge off County Road 44,

approximately 12 miles northeast of the

Town of Saluda, Saluda County, South

Carolina.

l. 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, Room

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. The application may be

viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (Call (202) 208–2222

for assistance). A copy is also available

for inspection and reproduction at the

addresses in item h above.

Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, OR

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. Any of the above-named

documents must be filed by providing

the original and the number of copies

provided by the Commission’s

regulations to: The Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

A copy of any motion to intervene must

also be served upon each representative

of the Applicant specified in the

particular application.

Agency Comments—Federal, state,

and local agencies are invited to file

comments on the described application.

A copy of the application may be

obtained by agencies directly from the

Applicant. If an agency does not file

comments within the time specified for

filing comments, it will be presumed to

have no comments. One copy of an

agency’s comments must also be sent to

the Applicant’s representatives.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–11776 Filed 5–10–00; 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

May 5, 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 5 Megawatts or Less.

b. Project No.: P–2721–013.

c. Date filed: September 28, 1998.

d. Applicant: Penobscot Hydro, LLC.

e. Names of Project: Howland Project.

f. Location: On the Piscataquis River,

near the Town of Howland, in

Penobscot County, Maine. This project

does not utilize any federal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 USC 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Scott Hall,

Director of Environmental Services,

Penobscot Hydro, LLC, P.O. Box 276,

Milford, ME 04461–0276, or call (207)

827–5364.

i. FERC Contact: ED Lee (202) at 219–

2808 or E-mail at Ed.Lee@FERC.fed.us.

j. Deadline for filing motions to

intervene and protest: 60 days from the

issuance date 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.

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l. Description of the Project: The

project consists of the following existing

facilities: (1) A dam, located about 500

feet upstream of the confluence with the

Penobscot River, and consisting of: a

114.5-foot-long concrete cutoff wall at

the north embankment, a 6-foot-long

non-overflow abutment, a 570-foot-long

and about 9-foot-high concrete overflow

spillway with 3-foot 9-inch-high

wooden flashboards, a 85-foot-long

gated spillway section with four 9-foot

by 9-foot steel roller flood gates, a 20-

foot-long non-overflow section

containing the exit for the Denil

fishway, and a 76-foot-long forebay

entrance deck; (2) a 108.5-foot-long,

28.5-foot-wide, and 18-foot-high

powerhouse integral with the dam; (3)

three turbine generator units, for a total

project installed capacity of 1,875

kilowatts (kW); (4) a 4-foot-wide

concrete Denil fishway with wooden

baffles, for upstream fish passage; (5)

downstream fish passage facilities

consisting of a 5-foot 9-inch-wide trash

sluice gate fitted with a 3-foot 6-inchdeep bellmouth weir, and powerhouse

trash racks with one-inch clear spacing;

(6) a 4.7-mile-long, 270-acre project

reservoir, with a normal reservoir

elevation of 148.2 feet (USGS datum);

(7) an outdoor substation connected by

a short transmission line to the Stanford

Substation in West Enfield; and (8)

appurtenant facilities. The applicant

estimates that the project average annual

generation would be 8,300 MWh.

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, Room

2A, Washington, D.C. 20246, or by

calling (202) 208–1371. This filing 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. Individuals desiring to be included

on the Commission’s mailing list should

so indicate by writing to the Secretary

of the Commission.

Protests or Motions to Intervene—

Anyone may submit a protest or a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the requirements of Rules of Practice

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210,

385.211, and 385.214. In determining

the appropriate action to take, the

Commission will consider all protests

filed, but only those who file a motion

to intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any protests or

motions to intervene must be received

on or before the specified deadline date

for the particular application.

Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—The application is not

ready for environmental analysis at this

time; therefore, the Commission is not

now requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions.

When the application is ready for

environmental analysis, the

Commission will issue a public notice

requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ (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

protesting or intervening; and (4)

otherwise comply with the requirements

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.

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, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 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. A copy of any

protest or motion to intervene must be

served upon each representative of the

applicant specified in the particular

application.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–11777 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RM98–1–000]

Regulations Governing Off-the-Record

Communications; Public Notice

May 5, 2000.

This constitutes notice, in accordance

with 18 CFR 385.220I(h), of the receipt

of exempt and prohibited off-the-record

communications.

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,

September 22, 1999) requires

Commission decisional employees, who

make or receive an exempt or a

prohibited off-the-record

communication relevant to the merits of

a contested on-the-record proceeding, to

deliver a copy of the communication, if

written, or a summary of the substance

of any oral communication, to the

Secretary.

Prohibited communications will be

included in a public, non-decisional file

associated with, but not part of, the

decisional record of the proceeding.

Unless the Commission determines that

the prohibited communication and any

responses thereto should become part of

the decisional record, the prohibited offthe-record communication will not be

considered by the Commission in

reaching its decision. Parties to a

proceeding may seek the opportunity to

respond to any facts or contentions

made in a prohibited off-the-record

communication, and may request that

the Commission place the prohibited

communication and responses thereto

in the decisional record. The

Commission will grant such requests

only when it determines that fairness so

requires.

Exempt off-the-record

communications will be included in the

decisional record of the proceeding,

unless the communication was with a

cooperating agency as described by 40

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR

385.2201(e)(1)(v).

The following is a list of exempt and

prohibited off-the-record

communications received in the Office

of the Secretary within the preceding 14

days. The documents may be viewed on

the Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

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

assistance).

Exempt:

1. CP99–392–000 ............................................................................................................................ 4–5–00 Ms. Grace Bunner.

2. CP99–17–000 and CP00–392–000 ............................................................................................. 1–21–00 John Wisniewski.

3. CP00–6–000 ................................................................................................................................ 3–23–00 Ken Huntington.

4. Project Nos. 10865 and 11495 ................................................................................................... 5–2–00 Herman Almojera.

5. Project No. 3090 ......................................................................................................................... 3–20–00 Michael J. Bartlett.

6. Project No. 3090 ......................................................................................................................... 4–11–00 Kenneth C. Carr.