44660 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 163 / Friday, August 22, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. NJ97–14–000]

East Kentucky Power Cooperative;

Notice of Filing

August 18, 1997.

On July 15, 1997, East Kentucky

Power Cooperative (EKPC), a non-public

utility operating in central and eastern

Kentucky, submitted for filing an Open

Access Transmission Tariff and a

request for declaratory order which

would find that EKPC’s Transmission

Tariff meets the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission’s

(Commission’s) comparability standards

and is therefore an acceptable

reciprocity tariff pursuant to the

provisions of Order No. 888.

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

and protest should be filed on or before

August 29, 1997. 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. 97–22319 Filed 8–21–97; 8:45]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 1218]

Georgia Power Company; Notice of

Availability of Study Results and

Request for Additional Studies

August 18, 1997.

Georgia Power Company is currently

engaged in the process of obtaining from

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) a new

license for the Flint River Hydroelectric

Project (FERC No. 1218). The current

license for the project is due to expire

on September 30, 2001. The project is

located on the Flint River, near the City

of Albany, in Dougherty and Lee

Counties, Georgia. Under the

Commission’s regulations, an

application for license for the project

must be filed by September 30, 1999.

Georgia Power Company is managing

relicensing activities in cooperation

with a team of federal and state resource

agencies, conservation groups, and local

governments (the Consultation Team).

Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of

1992, and the Commission’s regulations,

Georgia Power Company intends to

prepare a Draft Environmental

Assessment (DEA) as part of the license

application, to be filed with the

Commission, for the project. A public

scoping meeting was held on September

12, 1995, to identify the scope of

environmental issues that should be

analyzed in the DEA.

Based on information contained in

Scoping Document I, and following

receipt of additional informational from

resource agencies and other interested

parties, Georgia Power Company

prepared and circulated Scoping

Document II. Study plans, designed to

address the environmental concerns

raised during the scoping process, were

subsequently prepared by Georgia

Power Company and their

environmental consultant. The study

plans were then finalized, and studies

were undertaken from late Spring 1996

through late Spring 1997. During the

field studies, Georgia Power Company

and their environmental consultant

worked closely with the participating

agencies to coordinate and refine the

studies. During the period from August

15, 1997 until October 14, 1997, these

study reports will be available for public

review in Georgia Power Company’s

public library at its offices at 333

Piedmont Avenue in Atlanta Georgia.

The study reports will also be available

in the Commission’s Public Reference

Room at 888 First Street, NE., in

Washington, DC. The public is invited

to review these documents and to file

comments on the adequacy of these

studies in addressing issues raised

during the scoping process. Comments

on these studies and requests for any

additional studies are due by October

14, 1997.

Because Section 4.32(b)(7) of the

Commission’s Regulations has been

previously waived, we are requesting

that if any resource agency, Indian tribe,

or person believes that an additional

scientific study should be conducted in

order to form an adequate factual basis

for a complete analysis of the project on

its merit, the resource agency, Indian

tribe, or person must file a request for

a study with the Secretary of the

Commission at 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426 by October 14,

1997, and serve a copy of the request on

Mr. Mike Phillips, Georgia Power

Company, Bin 20020, 333 Piedmont

Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30308.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–22318 Filed 8–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–697–000]

K N Interstate Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

August 18, 1997.

Take notice that on August 15, 1997,

K N Interstate Gas Transmission

Company (KNI), Post Office Box 281304,

Lakewood, Colorado 80228–8304, filed

a prior notice request with the

Commission in Docket No. CP97–697–

000 pursuant to Section 157.205 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization

to install and operate twelve new

delivery taps and appurtenant facilities

in Converse County, Wyoming, under

KNI’s blanket certificates issued in

Docket Nos. CP83–140–000, CP83–140–

001, and CP89–1043–000 pursuant to

Section 7 of the NGA, all as more fully

set forth in the request which is open to

the public for inspection.

KNI proposes to install and operate 12

delivery taps under a transportation

agreement with K N Energy, Inc. (K N

Energy). KNI states that it would install

one tap on an existing KNI lateral and

eleven taps on KNI’s recently

certificated Pony Express pipeline, in

order to relocate 12 taps on an existing

12-inch diameter transmission pipeline

being converted to unprocessed gas

service. KNI states that it would place

the Pony Express pipeline in service on

October 1, 1997, to serve K N Energy’s

direct retail sales customers. KNI states

that it would deliver up to 36 Mcf of

natural gas on a peak day and up to

5,507 Mcf of natural gas annually via

these 12 new delivery taps. KNI also

states that it would spend

approximately $30,000 to install all 12

delivery taps.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after the

Commission has issued this notice, file

pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the