Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 158 / Friday, August 15, 1997 / Notices 43729

Comment date: August 21, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

28. Vermont Electric Power Company,

Inc.

[Docket No. OA97–696–000]

Take notice that on July 14, 1997,

Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc.

(VELCO) tendered for filing a Local

Open Access Transmission Service

Tariff in compliance with the

Commission’s Order No. 888–A, FERC

Stats. & Regs. Preambles ¶ 31,048

(1997). VELCO requests an effective date

of July 14, 1997.

VELCO states that it has served a copy

of its compliance filing on each of the

Vermont distribution utilities served by

VELCO, intervenors in VELCO’s open

access transmission tariff proceedings in

Docket No. OA97–7–000 and ER97–

1930–000, the Vermont Department of

Public Service, the Vermont Public

Service Board and New Hampshire

Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Comment date: August 21, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

29. Florida Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER97–3798–000]

Take notice that on July 21, 1997,

Florida Power Corporation (Florida

Power), tendered for filing a service

agreement providing for non-firm pointto-point service to Morgan Stanley

Capital Group, Inc. (Morgan Stanley),

pursuant to its open access

Transmission Tariff. Florida Power

requests that the Commission waive its

notice of filing requirements and allow

the agreement to become effective on

July 22, 1997.

Comment date: August 21, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest said filing should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

the comment date. 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 proceeding.

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–21608 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 1494–119]

Grand River Dam Authority; Notice of

Availability of Final Environmental

Assessment

August 11, 1997.

A final environmental assessment

(EA) is available for public review. The

final EA analyzes the environmental

impacts of an application by Grand

River Dam Authority (licensee) to grant

a permit to Mr. Larry Herrelson of

Patricia Island Estates. The permit

would allow Mr. Herrelson to excavate

about 25,880 cubic yards of sediment

from 9 coves on project lands for future

recreational access. Patricia Island

Estates is a planned residential

community being developed in the

Patricia Island portion of Grand Lake,

Delaware County, near the town of

Grove, Oklahoma. The final EA finds

that the application to grant the permit

would not constitute a major federal

action significantly affecting the quality

of the human environment. The

Pensacola Project is on the Grand River,

in Craig, Delaware, Mayes, and Ottawa

Counties, Oklahoma.

The final EA was written by staff in

the Office of Hydropower Licensing,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Copies of the final EA can be obtained

by calling the Commission’s Public

Reference Room at (202) 208–1371.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–21615 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[ER–FRL–5483–3]

Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared July 21, 1997 Through July 25,

1997 pursuant to the Environmental

Review Process (ERP), under Section

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act as amended. Requests for

copies of EPA comments can be directed

to the Office of Federal Activities at

(202) 564–7167.

An explanation of the ratings assigned

to draft environmental impact

statements (EISs) was published in FR

dated April 4, 1997 (62 FR 16154).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–DOI–K40222–TT Rating

EO2, Palau Compact Road Construction,

Implementation, Funding, Republic of

Palau. Babeldaob Island, Trust Territory

of the Pacific Islands.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental objections due to

wetland and water quality impacts

associated with developing quarry or

coral dredge sites. EPA requested

additional information to demonstrate

compliance with the Clean Water Act

404(b)(1) Guidelines including

mitigation to compensate for the fill

placed in 21 acres of wetlands.

ERP No. D–NPS–E61038–TN Rating

LO, Stones River National Battlefield

General Management Plan and

Development Concept Plan,

Implementation, Ruthford County, TN.

Summary: EPA expressed lack of

objections for the proposed action.

ERP No. D–OSM–A01102–00 Rating

EC2, Valid Existing Rights—Proposed

Revisions to the Permanent Program

Regulations Implementing Section

522(E) of the Surface Mining Control

and Reclamation Act of 1977 and

Proposed Rulemaking Clarifying the

Applicability of Section 522(E) to

Subsidence from Underground Mining.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns with the air

quality analysis, potential adverse

impacts to water quality and mitigation

measures, adequate bonding, design and

reclamation issues, indirect and

cumulative impacts and environmental

justice and suggests these be addressed

in the final EIS.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–UAF–K11076–CA,

Airborne Laser (ABL) Phase Program

Definition and Risk Reduction Phase,

Proposed Locations: Home Base

Edwards Air Force Base; Diagnostic Test

Range-White Sands Missile Range, NM;

and Expanded Area Test Range-Western

Range (Vandenberg Air Force Base and

Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare Center

Weapons Division), CA and NM.

Summary: EPA previous concerns

have been addressed, therefore EPA had

no objection to the action as proposed.