Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 127 / Friday, June 30, 2000 / Notices 40707

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Paul H. Lohaus,

Director, Office of State and Tribal Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–16443 Filed 6–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

PRESIDIO TRUST

The Presidio of San Francisco,

California; Notice of Intent To Prepare

an Amendment to the July 1994 Final

General Management Plan Amendment

and an Associated Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: The Presidio Trust.

ACTION: Notice of intent to conduct

public scoping and to prepare a

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement.

SUMMARY: The Presidio Trust (Trust)

announces its intention to prepare an

amendment for Area B of The Presidio

of San Francisco (Area B) to the July

1994 Final General Management Plan

Amendment (GMPA) and an associated

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement (SEIS) that will be tiered off

the GMPA Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) pursuant to 40 CFR

1508.28. The Trust will hold two public

scoping meetings to determine the scope

of impact topics and alternatives to be

addressed in the SEIS.

DATES: The first of two scoping meetings

will be held on July 12, 2000, from 6 to

9 p.m., at the Log Cabin (Presidio

Building 1299), The Presidio of San

Francisco.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

After Congress designated The

Presidio of San Francisco (Presidio) for

closure as a military base in 1989, the

Presidio’s long-time occupant, the U.S.

Army, transferred jurisdiction of the

parcel to the National Park Service

(NPS) in 1994. As part of the transition,

the NPS in July 1994 completed and

issued the final GMPA for the Presidio

laying out a vision for its future use and

management.

In 1996, Congress established the

Trust pursuant to the Presidio Trust Act

(16 U.S.C. 460bb appendix) (Trust Act).

The Trust is a wholly-owned

government corporation whose

purposes are to preserve and enhance

the Presidio as a national park, and to

ensure that the Presidio becomes

financially self-sufficient by 2013 (i.e.,

generate sufficient revenue without any

federal appropriation to fund long-term

operating and maintenance costs and to

fund capital reserves for ongoing capital

expenditure needs).

The Trust assumed administrative

jurisdiction over Area B (approximately

80 percent of the Presidio) on July 1,

1998, and NPS retains jurisdiction of the

coastal areas (Area A). The Trust Act

directs the Trust to manage the property

under its administrative jurisdiction in

accordance with both the purposes of

the Act establishing the Golden Gate

National Recreation Area and with the

‘‘general objectives’’ of the GMPA. Since

assuming administrative jurisdiction

over Area B, the Trust has begun to

implement specific elements of the

GMPA, despite the fact that changed

conditions at times require the Trust to

reassess certain of the GMPA’s sitespecific plans and programs. Both NPS

and the public have expressed desire for

the Trust to better explain how it

intends to implement the GMPA

Presidio-wide in view of the need under

some circumstances to depart from the

site-specific proposals of the GMPA.

The Trust believes that the best means

to understand proposed departures from

the GMPA is to undertake additional

comprehensive programmatic planning

that updates the GMPA. In announcing

this undertaking, the Trust

acknowledges and wishes to respond to

the strong sentiment of the public

asking for clarification of the Trust’s

Presidio-wide approach to

circumstances that have changed since

NPS finalized the GMPA, before the

Trust was created.

By this notice, the Trust is

announcing its intent to begin a

planning effort for Area B that will be

conducted pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub.

L. 91–90 as amended) and its procedural

requirements. The planning will start

with the GMPA as a baseline and take

into account intervening events that

have altered the GMPA’s site-specific

assumptions, changed circumstances

and new opportunities that have arisen

since the GMPA was finalized, and the

new Trust mandates. The proposed

amendment is expected to identify an

updated vision for Area B, and the SEIS,

which will tier from the GMPA EIS, will

evaluate a range of development

alternatives for Area B.

Proposed Scoping Process and

Schedule

This notice of intent initiates the

scoping process for the proposed action.

Beginning July 12, 2000, the Trust will

provide opportunities to explain the

proposed GMPA amendment and to

solicit suggestions, recommendations

and comments to help refine the issues

and alternatives to be addressed in the

SEIS. Meetings with interested persons

and organizations will be held during

the scoping period. In addition, the

Trust will consult local, state and

federal agencies with interest in or

expertise with the area of investigation.

The first scoping meeting to discuss

and take scoping comments will be

conducted in a workshop format and

will be held on Wednesday, July 12,

2000, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Log Cabin

in the Presidio. Using the GMPA and

projects currently underway or

completed as a baseline, the workshop

will focus on areas of opportunity for

change. The Trust will make available

information summarized from past

planning workshops and other public

outreach sessions and seek the public’s

input on topics including planning

principles, Presidio programs,

transportation, housing, visitor services

and land use for purposes of both

developing a reasonable range of

alternatives and identifying specific

impacts to be evaluated in the SEIS. At

a second scoping meeting the Trust will,

using the information from the July

meeting and other public input, offer a

range of conceptual programmatic

alternatives for public comment. The

date, time and location of the second

meeting will be announced in a variety

of media including publication in the

Trust’s monthly newsletter, the Presidio

Post, posting on the Trust’s web-site

(www.presidiotrust.gov) and

notification to those persons and

entities that may call or write requesting

notice of subsequent events concerning

the planning process.

To ensure that the full range of issues

and alternatives related to this proposed

action are identified and addressed, all

persons affected by or otherwise

interested in the updated plan for the

Presidio are invited to participate in

determining the scope and significance

of issues to be analyzed in the SEIS by

submitting written comments or by

attending one of the scoping meetings.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

concerning the content of the plan and

the scope of the SEIS should be sent to

John Pelka, NEPA Compliance

Coordinator, the Presidio Trust, 34

Graham Street, P.O. Box 29052, San

Francisco, CA 94129–0052. Fax: 415–

561–5315. E-mail:

jpelka@presidiotrust.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact John

Pelka, NEPA Compliance Coordinator,

the Presidio Trust, 34 Graham Street,

P.O. Box 29052, San Francisco, CA

94129–0052. Telephone: 415–561–5300.

40708 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 127 / Friday, June 30, 2000 / Notices

1See Northern State Power Company, HCAR No.

22334 (Dec. 23, 1981). Section 3(a)(2) of the Act

provides an exemption from registration to a

holding company that is ‘‘predominantly a publicutility company whose operations as such do not

extend beyond the State in which it is organized

and states contiguous thereto.’’

2The Commission issued a notice of the Merger

Application on March 13, 2000 (HCAR No. 27152).

3Under an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated

as of March 24, 1999 (‘‘Merger Agreement’’), NCE

will merge with and into NSP, and NCE’s utility

subsidiaries will become subsidiaries of NSP. As

part of the Merger, NSP is expected to transfer its

existing utility operations that are being conducted

directly by NSP at the parent company level to a

newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary (‘‘New

Dated: June 27, 2000.

Karen A. Cook,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 00–16715 Filed 6–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–4R–U

PRESIDIO TRUST

Notice of Receipt of and Availability for

Public Comment on an Application for

Wireless Telecommunications

Facilities Site; The Presidio of San

Francisco, California

AGENCY: The Presidio Trust.

ACTION: Public notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Presidio Trust’s receipt of and

availability for public comment on an

application from Nextel

Communications (‘‘Nextel’’) for a

wireless telecommunications facilities

site (the ‘‘Project’’) in The Presidio of

San Francisco. The proposed location of

the Project is directly above the north

entrance of the MacArthur Tunnel and

adjacent to Park Boulevard near

Amatury Loop, San Francisco,

California (the ‘‘Project Site’’).

The Project involves placing a Yagi

cellular antenna and a one-story

equipment cabinet at the Project Site.

The cellular antenna will be

approximately six inches by 30 inches

in size. The equipment cabinet will be

five feet wide by 13 feet long by six feet

tall and will sit on a ten-inch concrete

pad. The equipment cabinet will be

surrounded by a seven-foot high, black

plastic clad chain link fence. Some

grading of the area around the Project

Site will be required; additional

planting to camouflage the equipment

cabinet will be performed, altering the

historic ground cover and vegetation.

Both telecommunication connectivity

and electrical power for the Project will

be provided through new underground

cables connected to existing

infrastructure.

Comments: Comments on the

proposed Project must be sent to Devon

Danz, Presidio Trust, 34 Graham Street,

P.O. Box 29052, San Francisco, CA

94129–0052, and be received by August

4, 2000. A copy of Nextel’s application

is available upon request to the Presidio

Trust.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Devon Danz, Presidio Trust, 34 Graham

Street, P.O. Box 29052, San Francisco,

CA 94129–0052. Telephone: 415–561–

5300.

Dated: June 26, 2000.

Karen A. Cook,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 00–16550 Filed 6–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–4R–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. 35–27191]

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as Amended

(‘‘Act’’)

June 23, 2000.

Notice is hereby given that the

following filing(s) has/have been made

with the Commission pursuant to

provisions of the Act and rules

promulgated under the act. All

interested persons are referred to the

application(s) and/or declaration(s) for

complete statements of the proposed

transaction(s) summarized below. The

application(s) and/or declaration(s) and

any amendment(s) is/are available for

public inspection through the

commission’s Branch of Public

Reference.

Interested persons wishing to

comment or request a hearing on the

application(s) and/or declaration(s)

should submit their views in writing by

July 18, 2000 to the Secretary, Securities

and Exchange Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20549–0609, and

serve a copy on the relevant applicant(s)

and/or declarant(s) at the address(es)

specified below. Proof of service (by

affidavit or, in the case of an attorney at

law, by certificate) should be filed with

the request. Any request for hearing

should identify specifically the issues of

facts or law that are disputed. A person

who so requests will be notified of any

hearing, if ordered, and will receive a

copy of any notice or order issued in the

matter. After July 18, 2000, the

application(s) and/or declaration(s), as

filed or as amended, may be granted

and/or permitted to become effective.

New Century Energies, Inc., et al. (70–

9635)

New Century Energies, Inc. (‘‘NCE’’),

a registered holding company under the

Act, 1225 17th Street, Denver, Colorado

80202–5533; NCE’s utility subsidiaries

Public Service Company of Colorado

(‘‘PSCo’’), 1225 17th Street, Denver,

Colorado 80202–5533, Southwestern

Public Service Company (‘‘SPS’’), Tyler

at Sixth, Amarillo, Texas 79101, and

Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power

Company (‘‘Cheyenne’’), 108 West 18th

Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003;

NCE’s nonutility subsidiaries New

Century Services, Inc., WestGas

Interstate, Inc., NC Enterprises, Inc.

(‘‘NC Enterprises’’), New Century

International, Inc., PS Colorado Credit

Corporation, Colorado Natural Fuels

LLC, Natural Station Equipment LLC,

P.S.R. Investments, Inc., Green and

Clear Lakes Company, 1480 Welton,

Inc., The Planergy Group, Inc., New

Century-Cadence, Inc., New Century

WYCO, Inc., and New Century O&M

Services, Inc., all located at 1225 17th

Street, Denver, Colorado 80202–5533;

NCE’s nonutility subsidiaries Utility

Engineering Corporation and Quixx

Corporation, both at 500 South Taylor,

Amarillo, Texas 79101, and e prime,

inc., 1099 18th Street, Denver, Colorado

80202; Northern States Power

Comopany (‘‘NSP’’), a public utility

company and a holding company

exempt from registration under section

3(a)(2) of the Act, 1 414 Nicollet Mall,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401; NSP’s

utility subsidiary Northern States Power

Company (‘‘NSP–W’’), 100 North

Barstow Street, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

54701; NSP’s nonutility subsidiaries

Energy Masters Itnernational, Inc., Seren

Innovations, Inc., Ultra Power

Technologies, Inc., Eloigne Company,

First Midwest Auto Park, Inc., United

Power and Land Company, Reddy

Kilowatt Corporation, NSP Financing I,

and Nuclear Management Company, all

located at 414 Nicollet Mall,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401; and

NSP’s nonutility subsidiaries Viking Gas

Transmission Company, 825 Rice Street,

St. Paul, Minnesota 55117, and NRG

Energy, Inc., 1221 Nicollet Mall,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403

(collectively, ‘‘Applicants’’), have filed

an application-declaration under

sections 6(a), 7, 9(a), 10, 12(b), 12(c), 32

and 33 of the Act and rules 43, 45, 46,

53 and 54 under the Act.

I. Background and Summary

NCE and NSP have previously filed

an application-declaration (‘‘Merger

Application’’) 2 seeking approvals

related to the proposed combination of

NCE and NSP (‘‘Merger’’). 3 The new