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1 81 FERC ¶ 61,103 (1997).

2Copies of these documents can be obtained by

calling Frank Shrier of PacifiCorp at 503–813–6622

or Diana Macdonald of Cowlitz PUD at 360–577–

7578.

accepting Transwestern’s March 27,

2000 filing, subject to Transwestern’s

submitting within 15 days of such order,

tariff sheets consistent with the

requirements of Order No. 637; and (2)

to clarify its tariff provisions to allow a

releasing shipper to subject its

prearranged deal at maximum rates or

above maximum rates to further posting

and bidding if it desires.

Transwestern 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. 00–12862 Filed 5–22–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP96–129–011]

Trunkline Gas Company; Notice of

Compliance Filing

May 17, 2000.

Take notice that on May 11, 2000,

Trunkline Gas Company (Trunkline)

tendered for filing as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1,

the following pro forma tariff sheets:

Pro Forma Sheet No. 79

Trunkline states that the purpose of

this filing is to comply with the

Commission’s Opinion No. 441 and

Order on Initial Decision, 90 FERC

¶ 61,017 (2000) in the above referenced

proceeding. This filing reflects

Trunkline’s proposal to liberalize the

current directional limitations on its

TABS–1 transfer service.

Trunkline states that copies of this

filing are being served on all affected

customers, applicable state regulatory

agencies and parties to this proceeding.

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. 00–12860 Filed 5–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 935, Project No. 2071, Project

No. 2111, and Project No. 2213]

PacifiCorp; Public Utility District No. 1

of Cowlitz County; Notice of Scoping

Meetings and Tour of Projects

Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for

an Applicant Prepared Environmental

Assessment

May 17, 2000.

The Commission’s regulations allow

applicants the option of preparing their

own Environmental Assessment (EA) for

hydropower projects, and filing the EA

with their application as part of an

alternative licensing procedure. 1 On

April 1, 1999, the Commission approved

the use of an alternative licensing

procedure in the preparation of a new

license application for PacificCorp’s

Merwin, Yale, and Swift No. 1 Projects,

and Public Utility District No. 1 of

Cowlitz County’s (Cowlitz PUD) Swift

No. 2 Project; project numbers. 935,

2071, 2111, and 2213, respectively. The

Commission has also accelerated the

Merwin license expiration and is

delaying action on the Yale application

(filed May 5, 1999) so all four projects

can be relicensed at the same time.

The alternative procedures include

provisions for the distribution of an

initial information package (IIP), and for

the cooperative scoping of

environmental issues and needed

studies. PacifiCorp and Cowlitz PUD

(licensees) distributed the IIP on March,

8 2000. During the week of May 15,

1999, the licensees will distribute a

Scoping Document (SD1). 2 Two public

meetings will be held to discuss these

documents.

Scoping Meetings

The licensees will hold public

scoping meetings on June 21, 2000,

pursuant to the National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969. At the

scoping meetings, the licensees will: (1)

Briefly summarize the material

presented in the scoping document and

the environmental issues tentatively

identified in the scoping document for

analysis in the EA; (s) outline any

resources they believe would not

require a detailed analysis; (3) identify

reasonable alternatives to be addressed

in the EA; (4) solicit from the meeting

participants all available information,

especially quantitative data, on the

resources at issue; and (5) encourage

statements from experts and the public

on issues that should be analyzed in the

EA.

Although the licensees intent is to

prepare an EA, there is the possibility

that an Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS) will be required. Nevertheless, this

meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping

requirements, irrespective of whether an

EA or EIS is issued by the Commission.

The times and locations of the

scoping meetings are:

Daytime Scoping Meeting

June 21, 2000, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oak

Tree Restaurant, Woodland,

Washington.

Evening Scoping Meeting

June 21, 2000, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Oak

Tree Restaurant, Woodland,

Washington.

All interested individuals,

organizations, and agencies are invited

and encouraged to attend any or all of

the meetings to assist in identifying and

clarifying the scope of environmental

issues that should be analyzed in the

EA.

Project Tour

A public tour of the projects is

scheduled for June 22, 2000. The tour

will begin at the Merwin Project

headquarters in Ariel, Washington.

Those interested in the project tour

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should contact Frank Shrier at 503–813–

6622.

Scoping Meeting Procedures

The meetings will be conducted

according to the procedures used at

Commission scoping meetings in that

the meetings will be recorded. Because

these will be NEPA scoping meetings

under the ALP, the Commission does

not intend to conduct further NEPA

scoping meetings after the applications

and EA are filed with the Commission.

Instead, Commission staff will

participate in the meetings on June 21,

2000.

Both scoping meetings will be

recorded, and the transcripts will

become part of the formal record for this

project. Those who choose not to speak

during the scoping meetings may

instead submit written comments on the

project. Written comments should be

mailed or e-mailed to:

Frank Shrier, PacifiCorp, 825 NE

Multnomah, Suite 1500, Portland, OR

97232; frank.shrier@pacificorp.com

Diana MacDonald, Cowlitz County PUD,

Box No. 3007, 961 12th Avenue,

Longview, WA 98632;

dmacdonald@cowlitzpud.org

Commenting Deadline

All correspondence should be

postmarked no later than July 17, 2000.

Comments should show the following

caption on the first page: Scoping

Comments, Lewis River Projects, Project

Nos. 935, 2071, 2111, 2213.

For further information please contact

Vince Yearick of the Commission at

(202) 219–3073 or

vince.yearick@ferc.fed.us

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–12859 Filed 5–22–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application for Approval of

1997 Pacific Northwest Coordination

Agreement as a Headwater Benefits

Settlement Agreement, and Soliciting

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and

Protests

May 17, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Application Type: Coordination

Agreement as Headwater Benefits

Settlement Agreement.

b. Docket No: HB02–00–1.

c. Date Filed: February 2, 2000.

d. Applicant: Public Utility District

No. 1 of Chelan County, Washington on

its own; and eight other non-federal

parties to the agreement.

e. Name of Project: 1997 Pacific

Northwest Coordination Agreement

(PNCA).

f. Project Location: PNCA covers ten

non-federal hydropower projects

licensed by the Commission in

Flathead, and Sanders Counties in

Montana, Bonner County in Idaho,

Chelan, Douglas, and Pend Oreille

Counties in Washington, and Lane and

Clackamas Counties in Oregon.

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR

11.14(a)(1) and Rule 602 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure.

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Roger A.

Braden, General Manager, Public Utility

District No. 1 of the Chelan County, P.O.

Box 1231, Wenatchee, WA 99807–1231.

Tel: (509) 663–8121.

i. FERC Contact: Any questions on

this notice should be addressed to

Vedula Sarma at (202) 219–3273 or by

e-mail at vedula.sarma@ferc.fed.us.

j. Deadline for filing comments and/

or motions: June 23, 2000.

Please include the docket number

(HB02–00–1) on any comments or

motions filed.

k. Description of filing: The 1997

PNCA is intended to supersede and

replace the 1964 PNCA previously

approved by the Commission, for the

coordinated operation of a system

publicly and privately owned

hydroelectric generating plants and

related transmission facilities through

the year 2024. Section 12 of the 1997

PNCA, just like its predecessor,

provides a method to calculate

headwater benefits payments based

upon coordinated storage releases from

upstream reservoirs controlled by dams

in the United States. The payments

provided by section 13 are intended to

constitute full satisfaction of obligations

under section 10(f) of the Federal Power

Act.

l. Location 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. This filing may be

viewed on 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 g above.

m. 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,

888 First Street NE, Washington DC

20426.

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–12858 Filed 5–22–00; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6704–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Submission of EPA ICR No.

0574.11 to OMB

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).