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measurement facilities to provide SCPC

with its transportation demand in Aiken

County, South Carolina.

Southern states that there are also

non-jurisdictional facilities related to

the Phase I Facilities. It is stated that

Southern will construct facilities to

enable delivery of gas to the Goat Rock

Plant located in Lee County, Alabama.

It is indicated that the Goat Rock Plant

is a non-jurisdictional power plant to be

constructed, owned and operated by one

of the electric utility affiliates of SCS.

Southern states that an affiliate of SCS

also will construct and own a new meter

station and approximately 5.07 miles of

20-inch connecting pipeline located

between the Goat Rock Tap and the new

meter station, with Southern operating

the connecting pipe and meter station.

Southern also states that SCPC will

construct, own, and operate

approximately 2.5 miles of 16-inch

connecting pipeline.

Phase II: (1) approximately 10.39

miles of 30-inch South Main 3rd Loop

Line extending Loop in Clarke and

Lauderdale Counties, Mississippi; (2)

approximately 10.54 miles of 30-inch

South Main 3rd Loop Line extending

Loop 2 in Sumter County, Alabama; (3)

approximately 8.06 miles of 30-inch

South Main 3rd Loop Line in Autauga

County, Alabama; (4) approximately 5.0

miles of 30-inch South Main 4th Loop

Line extending Loop 5 in Tallapoosa

and Macon Counties, Alabama; (5)

install a Solar Taurus 70 (ISO-rated at

10,310 horsepower) turbine-driven

centrifugal compressor at Selma

Compressor Station in Dallas County,

Alabama; and (6) interconnection

facilities to deliver 98 Mmcfd at the

Autaugaville Plant in Autauga County,

Alabama.

Southern indicates that there are also

certain non-jurisdictional facilities

related to the Phase II Facilities.

Southern states that it will construct

facilities to enable delivery of gas to the

Autaugaville Plant located in Autauga

County, Alabama. It is stated that the

Autaugaville Plant is a nonjurisdictional power plant to be

constructed, owned and operated by one

of the electric utility affiliates of SCS. It

is also stated that an affiliate of SCS also

will construct and own a new meter

station and approximately 11.2 miles of

20-inch pipeline located between the

Autaugaville Tap and the new meter

station. Southern states that it will

operate the connecting pipe and meter

station.

Southern states that the total cost of

the facilities (Phases I and II) is

estimated to be $147.3 million, to be

financed initially through short term

financing, available cash from

operations or a combination of both, and

ultimately through permanent

financing. Southern requests that the

Commission approve a

predetermination of roll-in for the

expansion in its next rate proceeding,

citing both financial benefits to existing

customers and system-wide operational

benefits.

Southern is requesting that the

Commission issue a Preliminary

Determination on Non-environmental

issues by December 1, 2000, with final

approval on all issues by May 1, 2001.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make protest with reference to said

application should on or before May 30,

2000, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, 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 385.211 or 385.214)

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. The Commission’s

rules require that protestors provide

copies of their protests to the party or

parties directly involved. 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.

A person obtaining intervenor status

will be placed on the service list

maintained by the Commission and will

receive copies of all documents filed by

the Applicant and by every one of the

intervenors. Any intervenor can file for

rehearing of any Commission order and

can petition for court review of any such

order. However, an intervenor must

submit copies of comments or any other

filing it makes with the Commission to

every other intervenor in the

proceeding, as well as 14 copies with

the Commission.

A person does not have to intervene,

however, in order to have comments

considered. A person, instead, may

submit two copies of comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Commenters will be placed on the

Commission’s environmental mailing

list, will receive copies of

environmental documents and will be

able to participate in meetings

associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Commenters will not be required to

serve copies of filed documents on all

other parties. However, commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission and will not have the right

to seek rehearing or appeal the

Commission’s final order to a federal

court.

The Commission will consider all

comments and concerns equally,

whether filed by commenters or those

requesting intervenor status.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

jurisdiction conferred upon the

Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the

NGA and the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, a hearing will

be held without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

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 Southern to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP00–226–000]

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

May 9, 2000.

Take notice that on April 27, 2000,

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company (Williston Basin), 1250 West

Century Avenue, Bismarck, North

Dakota 58501, filed in Docket No. CP00–

226–000 a request pursuant to sections

157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR

157.205 and 157.211) under the Natural

Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to

construct and operate delivery point

facilities for service to MI Drilling

Fluids, LLC (MI Drilling) an industrial

end-user in Big Horn County, Wyoming

under blanket certificate issued in

Docket Nos. CP82–487–000, et al

pursuant to section 7 of the NGA, all as

more fully set forth in the application

which is on file with the Commission

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and open to public inspection. This

filing may be viewed on the web at

http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

Williston Basin requests authorization

to construct and operate delivery point

facilities to serve MI Drilling Fluids.

LLC (MI Drilling). It is stated that

Williston Basin will use the facilities to

transport gas daily on a firm basis

pursuant to the terms of Williston

Basin’s FTS rate schedule for delivery to

MI Drilling. Williston Basin estimates

the cost of the facilities at $32,100.

Williston Basin states that the proposed

facility will have no significant effect on

peak day and there is sufficient capacity

to render the proposed service without

disadvantage to its other existing

customers.

Any questions regarding the

application may be directed to Keith A.

Tiggelaar, Manager of Regulatory

Affairs, at Williston Basin Interstate

Pipeline Company, P.O. Box 5601,

Bismarck, North Dakota 58506–5601.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

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

time allowed therefor, 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.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–12081 Filed 5–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EC00–67–000, et al.]

Louisville Gas and Electric Company,

et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

May 5, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Louisville Gas and Electric Company

and Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket No. EC00–67–000]

Take notice that on April 28, 2000,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

submitted Form U–1 filed on April 26,

2000 with the Securities and Exchange

Commission, pursuant to the

commitment made in the Section 203

application previously filed in the above

docket.

Comment date: May 23, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Midwest Generation, LLC

[Docket No. EC00–81–000]

Take notice that on May 4, 2000,

Midwest Generation, LLC (Applicant),

filed an amendment to its application

that was filed in this docket on April 20,

2000. The application sought

Commission approval for the transfer of

transformers and interconnection

facilities associated with 71 peaking

generators being financed pursuant to a

sale/leaseback arrangement.

In its application, Applicant advised

the Commission that, after Applicant

transfers certain jurisdictional facilities

to a proposed Lessor, the Lessor will

simultaneously lease the facilities to

Applicant’s parent company, Edison

Mission Energy, or to another subsidiary

of Edison Mission Energy, which will

then sublease the facilities back to

Applicant. The parties no longer intend

to include a lessee/sublessor in the

arrangements. Instead, the Lessor will

lease back the facilities directly to

Applicant.

Comment date: May 22, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Wisconsin Public Service

Corporation and Upper Peninsula

Power Company

[Docket No. EC00–84–000]

Take notice that on April 28, 2000,

Wisconsin Public Service Corporation

(WPSC) and Upper Peninsula Power

Corporation (UPPCo) (collectively, the

Applicants) on April 28, 2000, tendered

for filing an application pursuant to

Section 203 of the Federal Power Act,

16 U.S.C. 824b, to transfer operational

control over substantial portions of their

transmission facilities to the Midwest

Independent Transmission System

Operator, Inc. (Midwest ISO). The

Applicants intend to become members

of the Midwest ISO on June 30, 2000

and have asked for an order authorizing

this transfer prior to the date.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the Applicants’ transmission service

customers, the members of the Midwest

ISO and the state regulatory

commissions of Indiana, Illinois,

Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and

Wisconsin.

Comment date: May 30, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Atlantic City Electric Company

[Docket No. ER97–3189–027]

Take notice that on May 1, 2000,

Atlantic City Electric 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: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Pacific Gas and Electric Company

[Docket Nos. OA96–28–004, and OA97–619–

001]

Take notice that on May 1, 2000,

Pacific Gas and Electric 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: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Central Maine Power Company

[Docket Nos. OA96–124–001 and OA97–266–

001]

Take notice that on May 1, 2000

Central Maine Power Company tendered

for filing with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission), a

report in compliance with the

Commission’s order in Allegheny Power

Service Co., et al., 90 FERC ¶ 61,224

(2000).

Comment date: June 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Allegheny Energy Service

Corporation, on Behalf of Monongahela

Power Company, The Potomac Edison

Company, and West Penn Power

Company, d/b/a Allegheny Power

[Docket Nos. OA97–122–001 and OA97–712–

001]

Take notice that on April 27, 2000,

Allegheny Energy Service Corporation,

on behalf of Monongahela Power

Company, The Potomac Edison

Company, and West Penn Power

Company, d/b/a Allegheny Power

tendered for filing with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission), a report in compliance

with the Commission’s order in