35630 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 108 / Monday, June 5, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2866–008]

Metropolitan Water Reclamation

District of Greater Chicago; Notice of

Availability of Draft Environmental

Assessment

May 30, 2000.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Police Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission)

regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 CFR 47897), the Office of Energy

Projects has reviewed the application

for a new license for the Lockport

Hydroelectric Project, and has prepared

a Draft Environmental Assessment

(DEA). The project is located on the

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, in

Will County, Illinois.

The DEA contains the staff’s analysis

of the potential environmental impacts

of the project and concludes that

licensing the project, with appropriate

environmental measures, would not

constitute a major federal action that

would significantly affect the quality of

the human environment.

Copies of the DEA are available for

review in the Public Reference Room,

Room 2A, of the Commission’s offices at

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426. The DEA may also be reviewed

on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (please call (202) 208–

222 for assistance).

Any comments should be filed within

30 days from the date of this notice and

should be addressed to David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.

For further information, contact Hector

M. Perez, Project Coordinator, at (202)

219–2843.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–13919 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission.

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: May 30, 2000, 65 FR

34465.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF

MEETING: May 31, 2000, 10 a.m.

CHANGE IN THE MEETING: The following

Docket No. and Company has been

added as Item CAE–35 on the Agenda

scheduled for the May 31, 2000 meeting.

Item No.—Docket No. and Company

CAE–35

ER00–1969–000, New York

Independent System Operator, Inc.

EL00–57–000, Niagara Mohawk

Power Corporation v. New York

Independent System Operator, Inc.

EL00–60–000, Orion Power New York

GP, Inc. v. New York Independent

System Operator, Inc.

EL00–63–000, New York State

Electric & Gas Corporation v. New

York Independent System Operator,

Inc.

EL00–64–000, Rochester Gas and

Electric Corporation v. New York

Independent System Operator, Inc.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14109 Filed 6–1–00; 11:40 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration

2005 Resource Pool

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed power

allocations.

SUMMARY: The Western Area Power

Administration (Western), a Federal

power marketing administration of DOE,

published its 2004 Power Marketing

Plan (Marketing Plan) for the Sierra

Nevada Customer Service Region (Sierra

Nevada Region) in the Federal Register.

The Marketing Plan specifies terms and

conditions under which Western will

market power from the Central Valley

Project (CVP) and the Washoe Project

beginning January 1, 2005. The

Marketing Plan sets aside a portion of

the Sierra Nevada Region’s marketable

power resources to establish a 2005

Resource Pool for new power

allocations. Western published a Call for

2005 Resource Pool Applications and a

Notice of Extension to file applications

in the Federal Register. This notice sets

forth Western’s proposed allocations of

power from the 2005 Resource Pool.

DATES: Entities interested in

commenting on proposed allocations

must submit written comments to

Western’s Sierra Nevada Customer

Service Regional Office at the address

below. Western must receive written

comments by 4 p.m., PDT, on July 5,

2000. Entities are encouraged to handdeliver or use certified or electronic

mail for delivery of comments. Western

will accept comments received via

regular mail through the United States

Postal Service if postmarked at least 3

days before July 5, 2000, and received

no later than July 10, 2000. Western will

not consider comments that are received

after the prescribed date and time.

Western will publish a Notice of Final

2005 Resource Pool Allocations in the

Federal Register after evaluating all

comments.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to Howard Hirahara, Power

Marketing Manager, Western Area

Power Administration, Sierra Nevada

Customer Service Region, 114 Parkshore

Drive, Folsom, CA 95630–4710, or by

electronic mail to hirahara@wapa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Howard Hirahara, Power Marketing

Manager, (916) 353–4421, or by

electronic mail at hirahara@wapa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authorities

Pursuant to its authorities under the

Department of Energy Organization Act

(42 U.S.C. 7101–7352); the Reclamation

Act of June 17, 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat.

388) as amended and supplemented by

subsequent enactments, particularly

section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project

Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485(c)); and other

acts specifically applicable to the

projects involved, Western established

the Marketing Plan for sale of power by

the Sierra Nevada Region after 2004. On

June 25, 1999, Western published the

Marketing Plan in the Federal Register

(64 FR 34417). Pursuant to Western’s

authorities under the above acts and

applying the rules developed in the

Marketing Plan, with this notice,

Western sets forth and seeks comments

on its proposed allocations of power

from the 2005 Resource Pool.

Regulatory Procedural Requirements

Western addressed the regulatory

procedure requirements in its

rulemaking for the Marketing Plan (64

FR 34417). The proposed allocation of

power in this notice is an application of

the Marketing Plan and is not a separate

rulemaking.

Background

On October 19, 1999, Western

published the Call for 2005 Resource

Pool Applications in the Federal

Register (64 FR 56343). On December 9,

1999, Western published a Notice of

Extension in the Federal Register (64 FR

69018). The Call for 2005 Resource Pool