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reasonable provision will be made to

accommodate the request in the agenda.

The Deputy Designated Federal Official

is empowered to conduct the meeting in

a fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. Each individual

wishing to make public comment will

be provided a maximum of 5 minutes to

present their comments.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Pantex Public Reading

Rooms located at the Amarillo College

Lynn Library and Learning Center, 2201

South Washington, Amarillo, TX phone

(806) 371–5400. Hours of operation are

from 7:45 am to 10:00 p.m. Monday

through Thursday; 7:45 am to 5:00 p.m.

on Friday; 8:30 am to 12:00 noon on

Saturday; and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on

Sunday, except for Federal holidays.

Additionally, there is a Public Reading

Room located at the Carson County

Public Library, 401 Main Street,

Panhandle, TX phone (806) 537–3742.

Hours of operation are from 9:00 am to

7:00 pm on Monday; 9:00 am to 5:00

p.m. Tuesday through Friday; and

closed Saturday and Sunday as well as

Federal Holidays. Minutes will also be

available by writing or calling Jerry S.

Johnson at the address or telephone

number listed above.

Issued at Washington, DC on May 31, 2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–14326 Filed 6–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–237–001]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

June 1, 2000.

Take notice that on May 26, 2000,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised

Volume No. 1, the following revised

tariff sheets with a proposed effective

date of May 1, 2000:

Substitute Fifth Revised Sheet No. 280

Substitute Seventh Revised Sheet No. 281

Substitute Fourth Revised Sheet No. 283

Columbia states that on March 31,

2000, it filed tariff sheets in Docket No.

RP00–237 to revise its tariff to comply

with the Commission’s changes in its

Order No. 637 to the right-of-first-refusal

(ROFR) afforded certain firm shippers in

18 CFR 284.221(d)(2)(ii). In Order No.

637, the Commission revised the ROFR

to limit its applicability. Columbia

revised General Terms and Conditions

(GTC) Section 4, which contains the

procedures for the awarding the existing

firm capacity and the exercise of the

ROFR of Columbia, to reflect these

changes. On April 26, 2000, the

Commission accepted the filed tariff

sheets to be effective May 1, 2000,

subject to Columbia making certain

revisions within 30 days. The instant

filing is being made to comply with the

April 26 Order.

Columbia states that copies of its

filing and have been mailed to all firm

customers, interruptible customers, and

affected 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).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14234 Filed 6–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–21–005]

Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

June 1, 2000.

Take notice that on May 26, 2000,

Dominion Transmission, Inc.

(Dominion), formerly CNG

Transmission Corporation, tendered for

filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Second Revised Volume No. 1, tariff

sheets with a proposed listed on

Appendix A to the filing, with an

effective date of July 1, 2000.

Dominion states that the purpose of

this filing is to implement two new rate

schedules, Rate Schedules Delivery

Point Operator (DPO) and City Gate

Swing Customer (CSC). Rate Schedule

DPO is designed primarily to allow

operators of citygate interconnections

with Dominion to offer no-notice service

to marketers serving retail markets

behind the citygate. Rate Schedule CSC,

a companion service to Rate Schedule

DPO, is designed for marketers behind

the citygate where, under certain terms

and conditions, such marketers can

receive no-notice service from

Dominion.

The Commission in its March 31,

2000 Order accepted Dominion’s

proposed Rate Schedule DPO and CSC

with the exception of the Dominion’s

proposed hourly flow restrictions and

certain penalty proposals. In that Order,

the Commission ordered Dominion to

refile revised tariff sheets consistent

with the Commission’s March 31, 2000

order.

Dominion states that the revised tariff

sheets fully comply with the Order’s

requirements to remove the proposed

hourly flow restrictions from Rate

Schedules FT, IT and MCS and the

other changes required by the

Commission in the Order. Dominion

also states that it has incorporated

minor corrections and clarified tariff

language in order to satisfy customers

that have filed for rehearing of the

March 31, 2000, order or otherwise

commented on Dominion’s April 17,

2000, compliance filing, including tariff

changes that would give Dominion

additional responsibility to enforce

contract overrun provisions with its

CSC customers. To that end, Dominion

has requested a limited waiver of

Section 154.203(b) of the Commission’s

regulations, 18 CFR 154.203(b).

Dominion indicated that it plans to

file its motion to move these tariff sheets

into effect on or before June 30, 2000,

provided that these tariff sheets are

accepted for filing by the Commission

and are allowed to become effective as

proposed.

Dominion states that copies of its

filing have been served upon

Dominion’s 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, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protest 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

36128 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 110 / Wednesday, June 7, 2000 / Notices

1Horizon and Natural’s application were filed

with the Commission under Section 7 of the Natural

Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission’s

regulations.

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).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14233 Filed 6–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP00–129–000; Docket No.

CP00–132–000]

Horizon Pipeline Company, L.L.C. and

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America; Notice of Intent To Prepare

an Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed Horizon Project and Request

for Comments on Environmental

Issues

June 1, 2000.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

the Horizon Project involving

construction and operation of facilities

by Horizon Pipeline Company, L.L.C.

(Horizon) and Natural Gas Pipeline

Company of America (Natural) in Cook,

DuPage, Kane, McHenry, and Will

counties, Illinois.1 These facilities

would consist of approximately 71

miles of various diameter pipeline, a

new compressor station, modification to

an existing compressor station, meter

stations, taps, and values. This EA will

be used by the Commission in its

decision-making process to determine

whether the project is in the public

convenience and necessity.

If you are a landowner receiving this

notice, you may be contacted by a

pipeline company representative about

the acquisition of an easement to

construct, operate, and maintain the

proposed facilities. The pipeline

company would seek to negotiate a

mutually acceptable agreement.

However, if the project is approved by

the Commission, that approval conveys

with it the right of eminent domain.

Therefore, if easement negotiations fail

to produce an agreement, the pipeline

company could initiate condemnation

proceedings in accordance with state

law.

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need

To Know?’’ was attached to the project

notice the applicants provided to

landowners. This fact sheet addresses a

number of typically asked questions,

including the use of eminent domain

and how to participate in the

Commission’s proceedings. It is

available for viewing on the FERC

Internet website (www.ferc.fed.us).

Summary of the Proposed Project

[Docket No. CP00–129–000]

Horizon does not currently own any

pipeline facilities and is not engaged in

any natural gas transportation

operations. Upon approval of the subject

applications, Horizon would become a

new interstate pipeline company subject

to Commission jurisdiction under the

Natural Gas Act. Horizon proposes to

provide 380 thousand dekatherms per

day (Mdth/d) of gas transportation

service to customers in northern Illinois.

The Horizon Project would consist of 71

miles of pipeline from near Joliet,

Illinois to near McHenry, Illinois.

Approximately 29 miles would be new

construction with the remaining 42

miles consisting of leased capacity along

an existing Natural pipeline.

Specifically, Horizon proposes to

acquire, construct, and operate:

• 29 miles of new 36-inch-diameter

pipeline in DuPage, Cook, Kane, and

McHenry Counties, Illinois;

• Miscellaneous meter stations, taps,

and values along the new 36-inchdiameter pipeline;

• 380 MDth/d of leased capacity

along 42 miles of existing Natural

pipeline in Will and DuPage Counties,

Illinois; and

• 8,900 horsepower new compressor

station adjacent to Natural’s Compressor

Station 113 in Will County, Illinois.

[Docket No. CP00–132–000]

Natural proposes to abandon 42 miles

of leased capacity on its existing system

to Horizon. The leased capacity would

run from Natural’s Gulf Cost mainline

interconnect with Alliance Pipeline L.P.

to an interconnect with the proposed

Horizon pipeline. The capacity lease

would require Natural to construct new

facilities and to rearrange existing

facilities. Specifically, Natural proposes

to:

• Abandon by lease 380 MDth/d of

capacity to Horizon;

• Increase the total horsepower of its

existing Compressor Station 113 by

3,690 horsepower;

• Modify the Streamwood Meter

Station; and

• Construct taps at the interconnects

with the new Horizon pipeline in

DuPage and McHenry Counties, Illinois.

The locations of all proposed facilities

are shown in appendix 1.

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction of the proposed facilities

would require about 424 acres of land.

Following construction, approximately

139 acres would be maintained as new

pipeline right-of-way and about 7 acres

would be maintained as new

aboveground facility sites. The

remaining 278 acres of land would be

restored and allowed to prevent to the

former use.

The EA Process

The National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) requires that Commission to

take into account the environmental

impacts that could result from an action

whenever it considers the issuance of a

Certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity. NEPA also requires us to

discover and address concerns the

public may have about proposals. We

call this ‘‘scoping’’. The main goal of the

scoping process is to focus the analysis

in the EA on the important

environmental issues. By this Notice of

Intent, the Commission requests public

comments on the scope of the issues it

will address in the EA. All comments

received are considered during the

preparation of the EA. State and local

government representatives are

encouraged to notify their constituents

of this proposed action and encourage

them to comment on their areas of

concern.

The EA will discuss impacts that

could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project under these general

headings:

• Geology and soils;

• Water resources, fisheries, and

wetlands;

• Vegetation and wildlife;

• Endangered and threatened species;

• Land use;

• Cultural Resources;

• Air quality and noise; and

• Public safety.

We will also evaluate possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and make

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during the

scoping process, the EA may be

published and mailed to Federal, state,

and local agencies, public interest

groups, interested individuals, affected