[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41449-41450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16930]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-185-A]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Morgan Stanley Capital 
Group Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. (Morgan Stanley) has applied 
for renewal of its authority to transmit electric energy from the 
United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power 
Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene must be submitted on 
or before August 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex (FE-27), Office of 
Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20585-0350 (FAX 202-287-5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Xavier Puslowski (Program Office) 202-
586-4708 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-2793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 21, 1998, the Office of Fossil 
Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) authorized Morgan Stanley 
to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power 
marketer using the international electric transmission facilities owned 
and operated by Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power 
Administration, Citizens Utilities, Detroit Edison, Eastern Maine 
Electric Cooperative, Joint Owners of the Highgate Project, Maine 
Electric Power Company, Maine Public Service Company, Company, 
Minnesota Power, Inc., Minnkota Power, New York Power Authority, 
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Northern States Power, and Vermont Electric 
Transmission Company. That two-year authorization will expire on August 
21, 2000. On June 21, 2000, Morgan Stanley filed an application with FE 
for renewal of this export authority, requested that the Order be 
issued for an additional five-year term, and also requested that the 
international transmission facilities of Long Sault be added to the 
list of authorized export points.

Procedural Matters

    Any person desiring to become a party to this proceeding or to be 
heard by filing comments or protests to this application should file a 
petition to intervene, comment or protest at the address provided above 
in accordance with Secs. 385.211 or 385.214 of the

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FERC's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 
Fifteen copies of each petition and protest should be filed with the 
DOE on or before the date listed above.
    Comments on the Morgan Stanley request to export to Canada should 
be clearly marked with Docket EA-185-A. Additional copies are to be 
filed directly with William H. Penniman, Esq., Danel E. Frank, Esq. 
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, 1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20004-2415 and William F. McCoy, Esq., Principal and 
Counsel, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 1221 Avenue of the 
Americas, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10020.
    DOE notes that the circumstances described in this application are 
virtually identical to those for which export authority had previously 
been granted in FE Order EA-185. Consequently, DOE believes that it has 
adequately satisfied its responsibilities under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 through the documentation of a 
categorical exclusion in the FE Docket EA-185 proceeding.
    Copies of this application will be made available, upon request, 
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above or by 
accessing the Fossil Energy Home Page at http://www.fe.doe.gov. Upon 
reaching the Fossil Energy Home page, select ``Regulatory Programs,'' 
then ``Electricity Regulation,'' and then ``Pending Proceedings'' from 
the options menus.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on June 28, 2000.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/
Ex, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 00-16930 Filed 7-3-00; 8:45 am]
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