36682 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 112 / Friday, June 9, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–287–051]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

June 5, 2000.

Take notice that on June 1, 2000, El

Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso)

tendered for filing as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No.

1–A, the following tariff sheets to

become effective June 1, 2000:

Thirtieth Revised Sheet No. 30

Twenty-Fifth Revised Sheet No. 31

Seventh Revised Sheet No. 31A

El Paso states that the above tariff

sheets are being filed to implement two

negotiated rate contracts pursuant to the

Commission’s Statement of Policy on

Alternatives to Traditional Cost-ofService Ratemaking for Natural Gas

Pipelines and Regulation of Negotiated

Transportation Services of Natural Gas

Pipelines issued January 31, 1996 at

Docket Nos. RM95–6–000 and RM96–7–

000.

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 in accordance

with 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.

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).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14558 Filed 6–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–2333–000]

Horsehead Industries, Inc.; Notice of

Issuance of Order

June 5, 2000.

Horsehead Industries, Inc.

(Horsehead) submitted for filing a rate

schedule under which Horsehead will

engage in wholesale electric power and

energy transactions as a marketer.

Horsehead also requested waiver of

various Commission regulations. In

particular, Horsehead requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuance of securities and assumptions

of liability by Horsehead.

On May 31, 2000, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under Part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by Horsehead should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, Horsehead is authorized to

issue securities and assume obligations

or liabilities as a guarantor, indorser,

surety, or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issuance or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the applicant, and

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of Horsehead’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is June 30,

2000.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. The Order may

also be viewed on the Internet at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14629 Filed 6–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–157–004

Kern River Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

June 5, 2000.

Take notice that on May 31, 2000,

Kern River Gas Transmission Company

(Kern River) tendered for filing as part

of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised

Volume No. 1, First Revised Sheet No.

912, to be effective June 1, 2000.

Kern River states that the purpose of

this filing is to implement a negotiated

rate transaction between Kern River and

Nevada Power Company (Nevada

Power), and to reflect the revised

negotiated rate transaction between

Kern River and Sempra Energy Trading

Corporation (Sempra) in the Tariff, in

accordance with the Commission’s

Policy Statement on Alternatives to

Traditional Cost-of-Service Ratemaking

for Natural Gas Pipelines.

Kern River states that a copy of this

filing has been served upon its

customers and interested state

regulatory commissions.

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 in accordance

with 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.

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/