44470 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 162 / Thursday, August 21, 1997 / Notices

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 the protestants parties

to the proceeding. Copies of this filing

are on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–22215 Filed 8–20–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–647–000]

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership; Notice of Availability of an

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed 1998 Expansion Project

August 15, 1997.

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 Great Lakes Gas Transmission

Limited Partnership in the abovereferenced docket.

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.

The EA assesses the potential

environmental effects of the

construction and operation of the

proposed natural gas transmission

facilities including:

a. Three 36-inch-diameter loops

totaling about 71.5 miles of pipeline:

• Loop 1—about 22.0 miles long,

extending from the existing St. Vincent

Compressor Station at milepost (MP) 0.7

to MP 22.7 in Kittson County,

Minnesota;

• Loop 2—about 26.7 miles long,

extending from MP 132.5 to MP 159.2

in Clearwater, Beltrami, and Hubbard

Counties, Minnesota; and

• Loop 3—about 22.8 miles long,

extending from MP 283.5 to MP 306.3

in Carlton County, Minnesota and

Douglas County, Wisconsin.

b. Install two NEMA-rated 7,400

horsepower (hp) compressor unit

additions, one unit apiece and

appurtenant facilities at the existing St.

Vincent Compressor Station in Kittson

County, Minnesota and at the existing

Farwell Compressor Station in Clare

County, Michigan;

c. Replacement of an existing

aerodynamic assembly at the Thief

River Falls Compressor Station in

Marshall County, Minnesota; and

d. Construction of minor permanent

aboveground ancillary facilities;

• Three crossover assemblies at the

new loop ends at MPs 22.7, 159.2, and

306.3 in Kittson and Hubbard Counties,

Minnesota, and Douglas County,

Wisconsin, respectively;

• Expansion of five existing mainline

valve sites at MPs 0.7 and 16.3 in

Kittson County, Minnesota; MPs 150.0

and 283.5 in Beltrami and Carlton

Counties, Minnesota, respectively; and

MP 299.3 in Douglas County,

Wisconsin; and

• Removal of the existing end-of-loop

valve and crossover assembly at MP

132.5 in Clearwater County, Minnesota.

The purpose of the proposed facilities

would be to provide an additional firm

transportation service of 126,000

thousand cubic feet per day of gas

between Emerson, Minnesota, and St.

Clair, Michigan to serve its existing

shippers and to provide increased

system reliability and lower

maintenance costs.

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, N.E., Room 2A,

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208–1371.

Copies of the EA have been mailed to

Federal, State and local agencies, public

interest groups, 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: Lois Cashell, Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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

D.C. 20426;

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of the Environmental

Review and Compliance Branch, PR–

11.2

• Reference Docket No. CP96–647–

000; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before September 15, 1997.

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Actng Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–22205 Filed 8–20–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Cases Filed With the Office

of Hearings and Appeals

Week of July 21 Through July 25, 1997

During the Week of July 21 through

July 25, 1997, the appeals, applications,

petitions or other requests listed in this

Notice were filed with the Office of

Hearings and Appeals of the Department

of Energy.

Any person who will be aggrieved by

the DOE action sought in any of these

cases may file written comments on the

application within ten days of

publication of this Notice or the date of

receipt of actual notice, whichever

occurs first. All such comments shall be

filed with the Office of Hearings and

Appeals, Department of Energy,

Washington, DC 20585–0107.

Dated: August 14, 1997.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.
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LIST OF CASES RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

[Week of July 21 through July 25, 1997]

Date Name and location of applicant Case No. Type of submission

7/21/97 ....... Egan & Associates, P.C. Washington,

DC.

VFA–0318 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If Granted: The July 9, 1997

Freedom of Information Act Request Denial issued by the Office of Executive Secretariat would be rescinded, and Egan & Associates, P.C. would

receive access to all documentation submitted to or sent by any Department of Energy Headquarters office pertaining to Envirocare of Utah, Inc.,

or Waste Control Specialists LLC of Pasenda, Texas.

7/21/97 ....... Los Alamos Study Group, Santa Fe,

New Mexico.

VFA–0316 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If Granted: The June 16, 1997

Freedom of Information Act Request Denial issued by the Albuquerque

Field Office would be rescinded, and Los Alamos Study Group would receive access to lists of all Los Alamos National Laboratory’s contractors,

consultants, associates, and fellows for the calendar year l996 and the

amount paid to them.

7/21/97 ....... Ralph C. Elkins, Sugar Grove, Ohio .. VFA–0317 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If Granted: The June 27, 1997

Privacy Act Request Denial issued by the Office of Executive Secretariat

would be rescinded, and Ralph C. Elkins would receive access to all of

his records.

7/22/97 ....... Willard Oil Company, Inc.,

Spartanburg, SC.

VEE–0047 Exception to the Reporting Requirements. If Granted: Willard Oil Company,

Inc. would not be required to file Form EIA–782B ‘‘Resellers’/Retailers’

Monthly Petroleum Product Sales Report.’’

7/21/97 ....... William H. Payne, Albuquerque, NM .. VFA–0315 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If Granted: The June 23, 1997

Privacy Act Request Denial issued by the Office of Executive Secretariat

would be rescinded, and a privacy record would be amended.

7/24/97 ....... National Security Archive, Washington, DC.VFA–0319 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If Granted: The June 2, 1997,

Freedom of Information Act Request Denial issued by the Department of

Defense would be rescinded, and National Security Archive would receive

access to information withheld from ‘‘MIRV: A Brief History of Minuteman

and Multiple Re-entry Vehicles,’’ dated February 1976.

7/25/97 ....... Personnel Security Hearing ................ VSO–0167 Personnel Security Hearing. If Granted: An individual employed by the Department of Energy would receive a hearing under 10 C.F.R. part 710.

7/25/97 ....... Personnel Security Hearing ................ VSO–0168 Personnel Security Hearing. If Granted: An individual employed by the Department of Energy would receive a hearing under 10 C.F.R. part 710.

7/25/97 ....... Personnel Security Hearing ................ VSO–0169 Personnel Security Hearing. If Granted: An individual employed by the Department of Energy would receive a hearing under 10 C.F.R. part 710.

[FR Doc. 97–22188 Filed 8–20–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Cases Filed With the Office

of Hearings and Appeals

Week of July 28 through August 1, 1997

During the Week of July 28 through

August 1, 1997, the appeals,

applications, petitions or other requests

listed in this Notice were filed with the

Office of Hearings and Appeals of the

Department of Energy.

Any person who will be aggrieved by

the DOE action sought in any of these

cases may file written comments on the

application within ten days of

publication of this Notice or the date of

receipt of actual notice, whichever

occurs first. All such comments shall be

filed with the Office of Hearings and

Appeals, Department of Energy,

Washington, DC 20585–0107.

Dated: August 14, 1997.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

LIST OF CASES RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

[Week of July 28 Through August 1, 1997]

Date Name and location of applicant Case No. Type of Submission

7/29/97 ....... Citizen Action, Washington, DC ......... VFA–0320 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If Granted: Citizen Action would

receive a determination regarding its Freedom of Information Request

and access to certain DOE information.

7/30/97 ....... Curry Contracting Co., Inc., College

Park, Georgia.

VFA–0321 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If Granted: The June 30, 1997

Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by the Oak Ridge Operations Office would be rescinded, and Curry Contracting Co., Inc. would

receive access to (1) copies of OSHA Reports filed against the Department of Energy at the OSTI Building for the past three years; (2) copies

of reports on Curry Contracting Co., Inc.; and (3) copies of Award Fee/Incentive Fee contracts for the past three years.

7/30/97 ....... Vessels Gas Processing Co., Denver,

Colorado.

VFX–0012 Supplemental Order. If Granted: The volumetric factor in the Vessels Gas

Processing Co. Special refund proceeding will be changed from $0.0185

to $0.0261.