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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. 00–10887 Filed 5–1–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EC00–81–000, et al.]

Midwest Generation, LLC, et al.;

Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation

Filings

April 25, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Midwest Generation, LLC

[Docket No. EC00–81–000]

Take notice that on April 20, 2000,

Midwest Generation, LLC (Applicant)

tendered for filing an application under

Section 203 of the Federal Power Act

(FPA) for approval of the transfer to a

business trust of transformers and

interconnection facilities (Facilities)

associated with 71 peaking generators in

Illinois that are to be financed pursuant

to a sale/leaseback arrangement.

Applicant will remain the owner and

operator of the Facilities for

jurisdictional purposes under the FPA.

Comment date: May 19, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. EME/CDL Trust

[Docket No. EG00–135–000]

Take notice that on April 21, 2000,

EME/CDL Trust filed with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission an

application for determination of exempt

wholesale generator status pursuant to

section 32(a)(1) of the Public Utility

Holding Company Act of 1935

(PUHCA). The applicant is a business

trust created pursuant to the laws of the

State of Delaware that will be engaged

directly and exclusively in holding title

to 71 combustion turbine units and

associated generation and transmission

equipment in Illinois, totaling

approximately 934 MW (summer rated).

The Facilities will be leased by

applicant to Edison Mission Energy, or

a subsidiary, which in turn will lease

the Facilities to Midwest Generation,

LLC, which will operate the Facilities as

an exempt wholesale generator.

Comment date: May 16, 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. Competitive Utility Services

Corporation

[Docket No. ER97–1932–013]

Take notice that on April 18, 2000

Competitive Utility Services Corp.

(CUSCO) tendered for filing with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

a Compliance Filing relating to the

above docket.

Comment date: May 9, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. California Independent System

Operator Corporation; California

Independent System Operator

Corporation

[Docket No. ER98–3760–005; Docket Nos.

EC96–19–053 and ER96–1663–056 (Not

Consolidated)]

Take notice that on April 20, 2000,

the California Independent System

Operator Corporation (ISO) tendered for

filing a Compliance filing in the abovecaptioned docket. The purpose of the

filing is to update the ISO Tariff sheets

from the Offer of Settlement accepted by

the Commission in this matter to reflect

subsequent ISO Tariff Amendments

approved by the Commission.

The ISO states that this filing has been

served on the parties on the restricted

service list adopted by the Commission

in this proceeding.

Comment date: May 11, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Central Maine Power Company

[Docket No. ER00–2023–001]

Take notice that on April 20, 2000,

Central Maine Power Company (CMP),

tendered for filing executed local

network operating agreements (LNOAs)

for the following customers:

(1) Sunday River Skiway; and

(2) United Technologies Corporation,

Pratt & Whitney Division, North

Berwick, Maine

On March 30, 2000, in the abovecaptioned proceeding, CMP filed

executed service agreements for local

network transmission service and

unexecuted LNOAs between CMP and

the above-listed Transmission

Customers. Since that filing, CMP has

negotiated with these Transmission

Customers and has reached an

agreement regarding the LNOAs. The

instant filing replaces the unexecuted

LNOAs for the above-listed

Transmission Customers with executed

LNOAs.

Copies of this filing have been served

upon the Maine Public Utilities

Commission and copies of this filing

(specific to the particular customer

only) have been sent to the customers

listed above.

Comment date: May 11, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Allegheny Energy Service

Corporation, on behalf of Allegheny

Energy Supply Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER00–2252–000]

Take notice that on April 20, 2000,

Allegheny Energy Service Corporation

on behalf of Allegheny Energy Supply

Company, LLC (Allegheny Energy

Supply) filed Supplement No. 38 to add

one (1) new Customer to the Market

Rate Tariff under which Allegheny

Energy Supply Company offers

generation services; and filed

Amendment No. 1 to Supplement No.

38 to incorporate a Netting Agreement

with Carolina Power & Light Company

into the tariff provisions.

Allegheny Energy Supply requests a

waiver of notice requirements to make

service available as of March 27, 2000

to Carolina Power & Light Company and

make the Netting Agreement effective as

of April 5, 2000.

Copies of the filing have been

provided to the Public Utilities

Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania

Public Utility Commission, the

Maryland Public Service Commission,

the Virginia State Corporation

Commission, the West Virginia Public

Service Commission, and all parties of

record.

Comment date: May 11, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Central Maine Power Company

[Docket No. ER00–2062–001]

Take notice that on April 20, 2000,

Central Maine Power Company (CMP)

tendered for filing unexecuted local

network operating agreements for the

following customers:

(1) Bath Iron Works Corp.; (2) Boralex

Athens Energy; (3) Boralex Stratton

Energy; (4) Brunswick Naval Air

Station; (5) Cascade Auburn Fiber; (6)

Champion International; (7) The Chinet

Company; (8) Dragon Products

Company; (9) Fairchild Semiconductor;

(10) Forster Inc.; (11) Guilford of Maine,

Inc.; (12) International Paper—Jay; (13)

International Paper—Masonite; (14)

Mead Paper; (15) National

Semiconductor; (16) Newark Group—

Gardiner Paperboard; (17) PH

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Chadbourne & Company; (18) Poland

Springs Bottling; (19) Portsmouth Naval

Shipyard—Kittery; (20) Portland Pipe

Line Corp. —Papoose Pond; (21)

Portland Pipe Line Corp.—Raymond;

(22) Portland Pipe Line Corp.—Tank

Farm; (23) Shermag Inc.; (24) SLC

Operating Co.; (25) Stone & Webster

Eng. Corp.—Maine Yankee; (26)

Sugarloaf Mountain Corp. (Quad 4); (27)

Sugarloaf Mountain Corp.; (28) Tree

Free Fiber Co., LLC, Receivership; and

(29) Wausau Papers—Otis.

Copies of this filing have been served

upon the Maine Public Utilities

Commission and copies of this filing

(specific to the particular customer

only) have been sent to the customers

listed above.

Comment date: May 11, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light

Company

[Docket No. ER00–2253–000]

Take notice that on April 20, 2000,

Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light

Company (FG&E) tendered for filing

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission or FERC) a

proposed addition to FG&E’s Open

Access Transmission Tariff, FERC

Electric Tariff, First Revised Volume No.

4. FG&E proposes to add SCHEDULE

9—Distribution Adder Under Open

Access Transmission Tariff, that would

authorize FG&E to propose a charge for

a wholesale transmission customer’s use

of its distribution facilities in the

provision of service under its tariff.

Such charges would be determined on

a case-by-case basis, subject to FERC

approval. Fitchburg Gas and Electric

Light Company also tendered for filing

a Service Agreement For Network

Integration Transmission Service and a

Network Operating Agreement under its

Open Access Transmission Tariff with

the Massachusetts Bay Transportation

Authority.

FG&E requests that the proposed tariff

page, Original Sheet No. 138A, Service

Agreement For Network Integration

Transmission Service, and Network

Operating Agreement be made effective

on July 1, 2000.

A copy of this filing has been sent to

all parties listed on the official service

list in Docket No. OAO97–6–000,

FG&E’s original Open Access docket, all

parties in Docket No. OA97–635–000,

and customers. This filing has also been

sent to the Massachusetts Department of

Telecommunications and Energy.

Comment date: May 11, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota)

[Docket No. ER00–2254–000]

Take notice that on April 20, 2000,

Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota) (NSP) tendered for filing a

Construction Agreement and an

Interconnection and Transmission

Capability Agreement between NSP and

Lakefield Junction, L.P.

NSP requests that the Commission

accept the Agreement effective March

21, 2000.

Comment date: May 11, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–2255–000]

Take notice that on April 20, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc., (Cinergy) as agent

for and on behalf of its affiliated

operating companies, The Cincinnati

Gas & Electric Company and PSI Energy,

Inc. (the Cinergy Operating Companies),

tendered for filing a confirmation letter

for a multi-year transaction whereby the

Cinergy Operating Companies will sell

capacity and associated energy to

Southern Indiana Gas and Electric

Company pursuant to the Cinergy

Operating Companies’ Power Sales

Tariff.

Copies of the filing have been served

upon Southern Indiana Gas and Electric

Company and the Indiana Utility

Regulatory Commission.

Comment date: May 11, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. TXU Electric Company

[Docket No. ER00–2256–000]

Take notice that on April 20, 2000,

TXU Electric Company (TXU Electric)

tendered for filing a revised tariff to

provide open-access, nondiscriminatory wholesale transmission

service to, from and over certain HVDC

Interconnections (Revised TFO Tariff) to

supersede TXU Electric’s current FERC

Electric Tariff, Fourth Revised Volume

No. 1 (Current TFO Tariff).

Copies of the filing were served on all

parties receiving service under TXU

Electric’s Current TFO Tariff, as well as

the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Comment date: May 11, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. TXU Electric Company

[Docket No. ER00–2257–000]

Take notice that on April 20, 2000,

TXU Electric Company (TXU Electric)

and TXU SESCO (jointly referred to

herein as TXU) tendered for filing a

revised tariff to provide open-access,

non-discriminatory wholesale

transmission service to Tex-La Electric

Cooperative of Texas, Inc. (Revised TexLa Tariff) to supersede TXU’s current

FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume

No. 2 (Current Tex-La Tariff).

Copies of the filing were served on

Tex-La Electric Cooperative of Texas,

Inc., as well as the Public Utility

Commission of Texas.

Comment date: May 11, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Richard J. Stegemeier

[Docket No. ID–3027–001]

Take notice that on April 19, 2000,

Richard J. Stegemeier tendered for filing

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) an

application pursuant to Section 305(b)

of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C.

§ 825d(b), for authority to hold

interlocking positions.

Comment date: May 19, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Ohio Valley Electric Corporation

[Docket No. OA96–126–001]

Take notice that on April 19, 2000,

Ohio Valley Electric Corporation

tendered for filing with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission), a letter in compliance

with the Commission’s order in

Allegheny Power Service Co., et al., 90

FERC ¶ 61,224 (2000).

Comment date: May 25, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Duquesne Light Company

[Docket No. OA97–195–001]

Take notice that on April 19, 2000,

Duquesne Light Company tendered for

filing with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission), a

letter in compliance with the

Commission’s order in Allegheny Power

Service Co., et al., 90 FERC ¶ 61,224

(2000).

Comment date: May 25, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

E. 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 or

protests should be filed on or before the

comment date. Protests will be

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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. 00–10858 Filed 5–1–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 6375–006]

H.E.E.D. Co., Inc.; Notice of Availability

of Environmental Assessment

April 26, 2000.

In Accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission’s)

regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order 486,

52 FR 47897), the Commission’s Office

of Hydropower Licensing has reviewed

the revocation of the exemption for the

Slaughterhouse Gulch Project, No.

6375–006. The Slaughterhouse Gulch

Project is located on Slaughterhouse

Gulch Creek in Twin Falls County,

Idaho. The exemption is being revoked

for failure to operate the project or to

respond to requests to surrender the

exemption. A Final Environmental

Assessment (FEA) was prepared, and

the FEA finds that revoking the

exemption would not constitute a major

federal action significantly affecting the

quality of the human environment.

The FEA has been attached to and

made a part of an Order Revoking

Exemption from licensing, issued April

26, 2000, for the Slaughterhouse Gulch

Project (FERC No. 6375–006). The FEA

is available for inspection and

reproduction at the Commission’s

Public Reference and Information

Center, Room 2A, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. Copies of the

FEA also may be obtained by calling

(202) 208–1371, or by e-mail at

Public.ReferenceRoom@ferc.fed.us. The

FEA may also be viewed on the

Commission’s web site at http://

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

(202) 208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10888 Filed 5–1–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Tendered for

Filing With the Commission and

Soliciting Additional Study Requests

April 26, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the commission and is available for

public inspection:

a. Type of application: Exemption,

under 5 Megawatts or Less.

b. Project No.: 11838–000.

c. Date filed: April 10, 2000.

d. Applicant: Wynning Resources

Roanoak Limited Partnership.

e. Name of project: Roanoak

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Howard’s Fork of

the San Miguel River near the Town of

Telluride, Colorado, within the county

of San Miguel, Colorado. The project

will use some federal land administered

by the U.S. Forest Service.

g. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C., 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant contact: Mr. E. Lee

Wynne, Wynning Resources, Inc., 4710

Kannah Creek Road, Whitewater,

Colorado 81527, (970) 243–8284.

i. FERC contact: Timothy Looney

(202) 219–2854 or E-mail address at

timothy.looney@ferc.fed.us.

j. Deadline for filing additional study

requests: 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.

k. Status of environmental analysis:

This application is not ready for

environmental analysis at this time.

l. The proposed project consists of a

diversion weir, pipeline and power

house containing a turbine generating

unit with a total nameplate rating of

325-kilowatts, and appurtenant

facilities. The project would have an

annual generation of 2,000,000

kilowatthours.

m. 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.

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. With this notice we are initiating

consultation with the Colorado State

Historic Preservation Officer as required

by § 106, National Historic Preservation

Act, and the regulations of the Advisory

Council on Historic Preservation, 36

CFR 800.4.

o. Individuals desiring to be included

on the Commission’s mailing list should

so indicate by writing to the Secretary

of the Commission.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10861 Filed 5–1–00; 8:45 am]

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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.

ACTION:

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given,

pursuant to the Government in the

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of

the special meeting of the Farm Credit

Administration Board (Board).

DATE AND TIME: The special meeting of

the Board will be held at the offices of

the Farm Credit Administration in

McLean, Virginia, on May 3, 2000, from

9:00 a.m. until such time as the Board

concludes its business.

ADDRESSES: Farm Credit

Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive,

McLean, Virginia 22102–5090.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vivian L. Portis, Secretary to the Farm

Credit Administration Board, (703) 883–

4025, TDD (703) 883–4444.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parts of

this meeting of the Board will be open

to the public (limited space available),

and parts will be closed to the public.

In order to increase the accessibility to

Board meetings, persons requiring

assistance should make arrangements in

advance.

The matters to be considered at the

meeting are:

Open Session

A. Approval of Minutes

—April 13, 2000 (Open).

B. Report

—National Charter Application Process.

C. New Business

1. Regulations