Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 164 / Monday, August 25, 1997 / Notices 44965

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–3663–000]

Union Electric Development

Corporation; Notice of Filing

August 19, 1997.

Take notice that on August 7, 1997,

Union Electric Development

Corporation tendered for filing an

amendment in the above-referenced

docket.

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 285.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests 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. 97–22437 Filed 8–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–410–001]

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company; Notice of Compliance Filing

August 19, 1997.

Take notice that on August 15, 1997,

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company (Williston Basin), tendered for

filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Second Revised Volume No. 1, the

following tariff sheets, with an effective

date of August 1, 1997:

Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 202

Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. 232C

Original Sheet No. 232D

Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. 292

First Revised Sheet No. 292A

Williston Basin states that it is filing

the above tariff sheets in compliance

with the Commission’s July 31, 1997,

‘‘Order Accepting Tariff Sheets Subject

to Conditions’’ which ordered that

Williston Basin refile certain tariff

sheets to clarify that a prepayment on a

bid for capacity will be returned to the

Shipper if the bid is withdrawn prior to

the end of the bidding period.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed in accordance with 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 protestants parties to

the proceeding. Copies of this filing are

on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection in the

Public Reference Room.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–22445 Filed 8–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2000–010 New York]

Power Authority of the State of New

York; Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement and

Hold Public Scoping Meetings on

Project Relicensing

August 19, 1997.

Power Authority of the State of New

York (NYPA) is the licensee for the St.

Lawrence-FDR Power Project, which is

located on the St. Lawrence River in St.

Lawrence County, New York. The

license for the project expires October

31, 2003.

On June 3, 1996, NYPA filed a Notice

of Intent to seek a new license to

continue to operate and maintain its St.

Lawrence-FDR Project.

NYPA, the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission), the New

York State Department of

Environmental Conservation (DEC),

resource agencies, local governments,

non-governmental organizations

(NGOs), and many interested members

of the public have been conducting a

Cooperative Consultation Process (CCP)

to identify resource issues to be

addressed during the relicensing of the

project. The establishment of the CCP

Team and the commencement of the

Scoping Process for the relicensing were

announced in a Notice of Memorandum

of Understanding, Formation of

Cooperative Consultation Process Team,

and Initiation of Scoping Process

Associated with Relicensing the St.

Lawrence-FDR Power Project, issued

May 2, 1996, and published in the

Federal Register dated May 8, 1996,

Volume 61, No. 90, on page 20813.

Representatives of the Canadian

government, the International Joint

Commission, and Mohawk Nation

communities have also attended some of

the meetings. The Scoping Process will

assist the FERC and the DEC in

satisfying their requirements under the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (NEPA) and Section 401(a)(1) of

the Clean Water Act.

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement

The Commission and DEC staffs have

determined that relicensing the existing

project could constitute a major Federal

action significantly affecting the quality

of the human environment. Therefore,

the staffs intend to prepare an

environmental impact statement (EIS)

for the relicensing of the St. LawrenceFDR Project in accordance with NEPA.

The DEC is a cooperating agency and is

responsible for the issuance of a water

quality certificate under the Clean Water

Act.

The EIS will consider both site

specific and cumulative environmental

impacts of the proposed project and

reasonable alternatives, and will include

an economic and engineering analysis.

A draft EIS will be issued and

circulated for review by all interested

stakeholders and the public. All

comments filed on the draft EIS will be

analyzed by the Commission staff and

considered in a final EIS.

As part of the relicensing process, the

CCP Team has prepared a Scoping

Document I (SDI), which provides

information on the scoping process,

relicensing schedule, background

information, environmental issues, and

the proposed project and alternatives.

The issues contained in SDI are based

on agency and public comments at the

CCP and other meetings.

The purpose of this notice is to: (1)

advise all interested individuals,

organizations, and agencies as to the

proposed scope of the environmental

analysis, including cumulative effects,

and to seek additional information

pertinent to this analysis; (2) advise all

individuals, organizations, and agencies

of their opportunity for comment; and

(3) extend for 30 days the current 60-day

comment period, which closes August

25, 1997, on SDI.

Scoping Process

The staffs’ scoping objectives are to: