45238 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 165 / Tuesday, August 26, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. EA–153 and EA–154]

Applications To Export Electric Energy

to Canada; Citizens Power Sales and

Plum Street Energy Marketing, Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Applications.

SUMMARY: Citizens Power Sales (CP

Sales) and Plum Street Energy

Marketing, Inc. (PSEM), power

marketers, have submitted applications

to export electric energy 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 September 25, 1997.

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:

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)

(16 U.S.C. § 824a(e)).

The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the

Department of Energy (DOE) has

received applications from the following

companies for authorization to export

electric energy, as power marketers, to

Canada, pursuant to section 202(e) of

the FPA:

Applicant Application date

Docket

No.

Citizens Power Sales 8/15/97 EA–153

Plum Street Energy

Marketing, Inc. ....... 8/15/97 EA–154

These power marketing companies do

not own or control any facilities for the

generation or transmission of electricity,

nor do they have franchised service

areas. Each power marketer proposes to

transmit to Canada electric energy

purchased from electric utilities and

other suppliers within the U.S.

The applicants would arrange for the

exported energy to be transmitted to

Canada over the international

transmission facilities owned by Basin

Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville

Power Administration, Citizens

Utilities, Detroit Edison Company,

Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative,

Joint Owners of the Highgate Project,

Maine Electric Power Company, Maine

Public Service Company, Minnesota

Power and Light Company, Minnkota

Power Cooperative, New York Power

Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power

Corporation, Northern States Power, and

Vermont Electric Transmission

Company. Each of the transmission

facilities, as more fully described in

these applications, has previously been

authorized by a Presidential permit

issued pursuant to Executive Order

10485, as amended.

PROCEDURAL MATTERS: Any persons

desiring to become a party to these

proceedings or to be heard by filing

comments or protests to these

applications should file a petition to

intervene, comment or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the

FERC’s Rules of Practice and Procedures

(18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen

copies of such petitions and protests

should be filed with the DOE on or

before the date listed above. Comments

on CP Sales request to export to Canada

should be clearly marked with Docket

EA–153. Additional copies are to be

filed directly with Joseph C. Bell and

Jolanta Sterbenz, Hogan & Hartson, 555

Thirteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC

20004–1109 AND William Roberts, Vice

President Utility Contracting, Citizens

Power Sales, 160 Federal Street, Boston,

MA 02110. Comments on PSEM’s

request to export to Canada should be

clearly marked with Docket EA–154.

Additional copies are to be filed directly

with: Matthew J. Picardi, General

Counsel and Secretary, Plum Street

Energy Marketing, Inc., 507 Plum Street,

Syracuse, NY 13204 AND Scott P.

Klurfeld, Swidler & Berlin Chartered,

3000 K Street, NW, Suite 300,

Washington, DC 20007.

A final decision will be made on these

applications after the environmental

impacts have been evaluated pursuant

to the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, and a determination is

made by the DOE that the proposed

actions will not adversely impact on the

reliability of the U.S. electric power

supply system.

Copies of these applications will be made

available, upon request, for public inspection

and copying at the address provided above.

Issued in Washington, DC on August 20,

1997.

Anthony J. Como,

Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office

of Coal & Power Im/Ex, Office of Coal &

Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 97–22626 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Department

of Energy, Los Alamos National

Laboratory

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is

hereby given of the following Advisory

Committee meeting: Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Los Alamos National

Laboratory.

DATES: Thursday, August 28, 1997: 6:30

p.m.–9:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

(public comment session).

ADDRESS: Northern New Mexico

Community College Conference Room,

The Joseph Montoya Building,

Espan ̃ ola, New Mexico.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Carmen M. Rodriquez, Community

Involvement and Outreach Office, Los

Alamos National Laboratory, Los

Alamos, New Mexico 87544, ph: (505)

665–6770, fax: (505) 667–9710, e-mail:

carmenr@lanl.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of

the Advisory Board is to make

recommendations to DOE and its

regulators in the areas of environmental

restoration, waste management, and

related activities.

Tentative Agenda: Thursday, August

28, 1997.

6:30 p.m. Call to Order and Welcome.

7:00 p.m. Public Comment.

7:30 p.m. Old Business—Current Status

of the Board.

8:15 p.m. New Business—Budget for the

Board.

9:30 p.m. Adjourn.

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Committee either

before or after the meeting. Individuals

who wish to make oral statements

pertaining to agenda items should

contact Ms. Carmen M. Rodriquez, at

(505) 665-6770. Requests must be

received 5 days prior to the meeting and

reasonable provision will be made to

include the presentation in the agenda.

The Designated Federal Official is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. This notice is being

published less than 15 days in advance

of the meeting due to programmatic

issues that needed to be resolved.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and