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the date specified below. Please

carefully follow these instructions to

ensure that your comments are received

in time and properly recorded:

• Send two copies of your comments

to: David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First St., N.E., Room 1A, Washington,

DC 20426;

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of the Gas Group 1, PJ–

11.1;

• Reference Docket No. CP00–47–

000; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before July 3, 2000.

Comments will be considered by the

Commission but will not serve to make

the commentor a party to the preceding.

Any person seeking to become a party

to the proceeding must file a motion to

intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedures (18 CFR 385.214). Only

intervenors have the right to seek

rehearing of the Commission’s decision.

Affected landowners and parties with

environmental concerns may be granted

intervenor status upon showing good

cause by stating that they have a clear

and direct interest in this proceeding

which would not be adequately

represented by any other parties. You do

not need intervenor status to have your

comments considered.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from Mr.

Paul McKee of the Commission’s Office

of External Affairs at (202) 208–1088 or

on the FERC website (www.ferc.fed.us)

using the ‘‘RIMS’’ link to information in

this docket number. Click on the

‘‘RIMS’’ link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the

RIMS Menu, and follow the

instructions. For assistance with access

to RIMS, the RIMS helpline can be

reached at (202) 208–2222.

Similarly, the ‘‘CIPS’’ link on the

FERC Internet website provides access

to the texts of formal documents issued

by the Commission, such as orders,

notices, and rulemakings. From the

FERC Internet website, click on the

‘‘CIPS’’ link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the

CIPS menu, and follow the instructions.

For assistance with access to CIPS, the

CIPS helpline can be reached at (202)

208–2474.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14396 Filed 6–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP00–82–000]

Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.;

Notice of Availability of the

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed Pleasant Hill Pipeline Project

June 2, 2000.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) has prepared an

environmental assessment (EA) on the

natural gas pipeline facilities proposed

by Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.

(Williams) in the above-referenced

docket. The proposed project would

include the construction and operation

of approximately 1.5 miles of 24-inchdiameter pipeline; and 2,890-

horsepower (hp) of compression at an

existing compressor station; and the

conversion of the regulatory authority of

an 800–hp compressor unit at an

existing compressor station from

Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA) Section

311 to Natural Gas Act (NGA) Part 284

service.

The EA was prepared to satisfy the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act. The staff

concludes that approval of the proposed

project, with appropriate mitigating

measures, would not constitute a major

Federal action significantly affecting the

quality of the human environment.

Williams proposes to build new

pipeline and compression facilities to

expand the capacity of its system in

Kansas and Missouri. The new facilities

would enable Williams to transport an

additional 44,200 Dekatherms per day

(Dth/d) of natural gas in the winter and

an additional 88,200 Dth/d of natural

gas in the summer.

The EA assesses the potential

environmental effects of the

construction and operation of the

following proposed natural gas

transmission facilities:

• About 1.5 miles of 24-inch-diameter

pipeline from the Ottawa Compressor

Station to the Ottawa Crossover in

Franklin County, Kansas;

• Two upgraded compressor units:

from 1,350-hp each to 2,000-hp each at

the existing Peculiar Compressor Station

in Cass County, Missouri; and

• One 1,590-hp turbine compressor at

the Peculiar Compressor Station.

The EA has been placed in the public

files of the FERC. A limited number of

copies of the EA are available for

distribution and public inspection at:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

Public Reference and Files Maintenance

Branch, 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A,

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208–1371.

Copies of the EA have been mailed to

Federal, state and local agencies, public

interest groups, affected landowners,

interested individuals, newspapers, and

parties to this proceeding.

Any person wishing to comment on

the EA may do so. To ensure

consideration prior to a Commission

decision on the proposal, it is important

that we receive your comments before

the date specified below. Please

carefully follow these instructions to

ensure that your comments are received

in time and properly recorded:

• Send two copies of your comments

to: David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First St., N.E., Room 1A, Washington,

DC 20426;

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of the Gas/Hydro Group,

PJ–11.3;

Reference Docket No. CP00–082–000;

and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before July 1, 2000.

Comments will be considered by the

Commission but will not serve to make

the commentor a party to the

proceeding. Any person seeking to

become a party to the proceeding must

file a motion to intervene pursuant to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR

385.214).

The date for filing timely motions to

intervene in this proceeding has passed.

Therefore, parties now seeking to file

late interventions must show good

cause, as required by section

385.214(b)(3), why this time limitation

should be waived. Environmental issues

have been viewed as good cause for late

intervention. You do not need

intervenor status to have your

comments considered.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from Paul

McKee in the Commission’s Office of

External Affairs, at (202) 208–1088 or on

the FERC Internet website

(www.ferc.fed.us) using the ‘‘RIMS’’

link to information this docket number.

Click on the ‘‘RIMS’’ link, select

‘‘Docket #’’ from the RIMS Menu, and

follow the instructions. For assistance

with access to RIMS, the RIMS helpline

can be reached at (202) 208–2222.

Similarly, the ‘‘CIPS’’ link on the FERC

Internet website provides access to the

texts of formal documents issued by the

Commission, such as orders, notices,

and rulemakings. From the FERC

Internet website, click on the ‘‘CIPS’’

link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the CIPS

menu, and follow the instructions. For

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assistance with access to CIPS, the CIPS

helpline can be reached at (202) 208–

2474.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14397 Filed 6–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RM98–1–000]

Regulations Governing Off-the-Record

Communications; Public Notice

June 2, 2000.

This constitutes notice, in accordance

with 18 CFR 385.2201(h), of the receipt

of exempt and prohibited off-the-record

communications.

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,

September 22, 1999) requires

Commission decisional employees, who

make or receive an exempt or a

prohibited off-the-record

communication relevant to the merits of

a contested on-the-record proceeding, to

deliver a copy of the communication, if

written, or a summary of the substance

of any oral communication, to the

Secretary.

Prohibited communications will be

included in a public, non-decisional file

associated with, but not part of, the

decisional record of the proceeding.

Unless the Commission determines that

the prohibited communication and any

responses thereto should become part of

the decisional record, the prohibited offthe-record communication will not be

considered by the Commission in

reaching its decision. Parties to a

proceeding may seek the opportunity to

respond to any facts or contentions

made in a prohibited off-the-record

communication, and may request that

the Commission place the prohibited

communication and responses thereto

in the decisional record. The

Commission will grant such requests

only when it determines that fairness so

requires.

Exempt off-the-record

communications will be included in the

decisional record of the proceeding,

unless the communication was with a

cooperating agency as described by 40

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR

385.2201(e)(1)(v).

The following is a list of exempt and

prohibited off-the-record

communications received in the Office

of the Secretary within the preceding 14

days. The documents may be viewed on

the Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us

/online/rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

Exempt:

1. Project No. 696 ...................................................................................................................................... 5–24–00 Thomas H. Nelson.

2. CP00–59–001 ......................................................................................................................................... 5–5–00 Curtis B. James.

3. CP00–232–000 ....................................................................................................................................... 5–23–00 Charles de la Rock.

4. Project No. 2551 .................................................................................................................................... 5–4–00 Frank M. Simms.

5. CP99–392–000 ....................................................................................................................................... 4–25–00 Don L. Klima.

6. CP00–6–000 ........................................................................................................................................... 5–30–00 Ken Huntington.

Prohibited:

1. ER00–1262–001 ..................................................................................................................................... 5–31–00 Lydia B. Vollmer.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14395 Filed 6–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6713–4]

Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle

Emissions Budgets in Submitted State

Implementation Plans for

Transportation Conformity Purposes;

Pennsylvania; Revised Attainment and

ROP Plans for the PhiladelphiaWilmington-Trenton Ozone

Nonattainment Area

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy status.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that the

revised motor vehicle emissions budgets

(budgets) contained in the revised

attainment plan for the PhiladelphiaWilmington-Trenton Ozone

Nonattainment Area and in the revised

Rate of Progress Plans (ROP) for the

Pennsylvania portion of the area

submitted by the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania as a State Implementation

Plan (SIP) revision are adequate for

transportation conformity purposes. The

Commonwealth submitted the revised

plans to EPA on February 25, 2000. The

plans consist of the 2005 attainment

demonstration for the PhiladelphiaWilmington-Trenton Ozone

Nonattainment Area and the 1999, 2002,

and 2005 ROP plans for the

Pennsylvania portion of the

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton

Ozone Nonattainment Area. EPA has

found the budgets for the PhiladelphiaWilmington-Trenton Ozone

Nonattainment Area in the revised

attainment and ROP plans submitted by

the Pennsylvania Department of

Environmental Protection (DEP) on

February 25, 2000 adequate for

transportation conformity purposes.

DATES: The findings that the budgets are

adequate were made in a letter dated

May 31, 2000 from EPA Region III to the

Pennsylvania Department of

Environmental Protection and are

effective on June 23, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Budney, U.S. EPA, Region III,

1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA

19103 at (215) 814–2184 or by e-mail at:

Budney.Larry @epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Throughout this document the terms

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. The

word ‘‘budgets’’ refers to the motor

vehicle emission budgets for volatile

organic compounds (VOCs) and

nitrogen oxides (NOX). The words

‘‘revised SIP’’ in this document refers to

the revised attainment plan for the

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton

Ozone Nonattainment Area and the

revised ROP plans for the Pennsylvania

portion of the area submitted to EPA by

the Pennsylvania DEP on February 25,

2000. The revised SIP includes the

revised attainment demonstration for

the one-hour National Ambient Air

Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone for

the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton

Ozone Nonattainment Area and the

revised ROP plans (1999, 2002 and

2005) for the Pennsylvania portion of

the area. The Pennsylvania portion of

the nonattainment area consists of

Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester,

Montgomery, and Bucks Counties.

On March 2, 1999, the D.C. Circuit

Court ruled that the budgets contained

in submitted SIPs cannot be used for

transportation conformity

determinations until EPA has

affirmatively found them adequate.

By a transmittal letter dated February

25, 2000, PADEP submitted its revised

SIP for the Philadelphia-WilmingtonTrenton Ozone Nonattainment Area. On

March 13, 2000, we posted the