35336 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 107 / Friday, June 2, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–14–007]

Midwestern Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate

Filing

May 26, 2000.

Take notice that on May 18, 2000,

Midwestern Gas Transmission Company

(Midwestern), tendered for filing and

acceptance a copy of an executed firm

gas transportation service agreement

pursuant to Midwestern’s Rate Schedule

FT–A between Midwestern and Dynegy

Marketing and Trade (Dynegy) (Contract

No. 33395); and a copy of an April 18,

2000 Firm Transportation Negotiated

Rate Letter Agreement entered into by

Midwestern and Dynegy for Contract

No. 33395 (Letter Agreement). The filed

Contract No. 33395 and the Letter

Agreement reflect a negotiated rate

arrangement between Midwestern and

Dynegy (Negotiated Rate Arrangement).

Midwestern seeks a June 1, 2000

effective date for the Negotiated Rate

Arrangement.

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 on or before

June 1, 2000. 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.

[FR Doc. 00–13776 Filed 6–1–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–297–000]

Mississippi River Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Filing of Refund

Report

May 26, 2000.

Take notice that on May 23, 2000,

Mississippi River Transmission

Corporation (MRT) filed a refund report

allocating to MRT’s former firm sales

customers an Account No. 858 refund

amount MRT received from CMS

Trunkline Gas Co. and Trunkline LNG

Co., related the sale of these companies

to an unaffiliated entity, CMS, and

further related to the settlement in

Docket Nos. RP87–15–036, RP92–122, et

al.

MRT states that pursuant to 16.2 of

the General Terms and Conditions of

MRT’s Tariff and based on established

Account No. 191 and 858 allocations to

its former jurisdictional sales customers,

MRT is allocating to each customer its

pro-rata share of the $174,657 refund.

MRT states that a copy of this filing

is being mailed to each of MRT’s

customers and to the state commissions

of Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri.

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 385.214 or

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such motions or

protests must be filed on or before June

1, 2000. 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.

[FR Doc. 00–13777 Filed 6–1–00; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[ER–FRL–6607–8]

Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared May 15, 2000 Through May

19, 2000 pursuant to the Environmental

Review Process (ERP), under Section

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act as amended. Requests for

copies of EPA comments can be directed

to the Office of Federal Activities at

(202) 564–7167.

An explanation of the ratings assigned

to draft environmental impact

statements (EISs) was published in FR

dated April 14, 2000 (65 FR 20157).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–AFS–L65344–AK Rating

EC2, Emerald Bay Timber Sale,

Implementation, Ketchikan-Misty

Fiords Ranger District, Tongass National

Forest, U.S. Cost Guard Bridge Permit,

NPDES Permit, and COE Section 10 and

404 Permits, Cleveland Peninsula, AK.

Summary: EPA expressed concerns

about the lack of detailed information in

the Environment and Effects chapter,

the limited range of options covered in

alternatives and that the alternatives

were not completely developed and

analyzed in the EIS. EPA recommends

these issues be addressed in the final

EIS.

ERP No. D–AFS–L65346–ID Rating

EC2, Middle Fork Weiser River

Watershed Project, Implementation of

Vegetation Restoration, Landscape Fire

Pattern and Watershed Restoration

Objectives, Payette National Forest,

Council Ranger District, Adams County,

ID.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns with potential

impacts to water quality as well as the

need for additional information on

sediment delivery and other water

quality related data.

ERP No. D–IBR–K39055–CA Rating,

Salton Sea Restoration Project,

Implementation, COE Section 404

Permit, Riverside and Imperial

Counties, CA.

Summary: EPA concluded that the

DEIS is inadequate and should be

formally revised and reissued for public

comment as a Supplemental Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(SDEIS). On the basis of the potential

significant impacts involved, this

proposal could be a candidate for

referral to the Council on Environmental

Quality (CEQ). The basis for EPA’s