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and the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure, a hearing will be held

without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that approval for the

proposed application is required by the

public convenience and necessity. If a

motion for leave to intervene is timely

filed, or if the Commission on its own

motion believes that a formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for WNG to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–25032 Filed 9–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–4350–000, et al.]

The Washington Water Power

Company, et al.; Electric Rate and

Corporate Regulation Filings

September 16, 1997.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. The Washington Water Power

Company

[Docket No. ER97–4350–000]

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

The Washington Water Power Company

(WWP), tendered for filing with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

an executed Service Agreement for Firm

Point-To-Point Transmission Service

under WWP’s Open Access

Transmission Tariff—FERC Electric

Tariff, Volume No. 8. WWP requests the

Service Agreement be given an effective

date of October 1, 1997.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

2. SEMCO Energy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97–4352–000]

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

SEMCO Energy Services, Inc. (SEMCO),

tendered for filing, an application for

blanket authorizations and certain

waivers under various regulations of the

Commission, and for an order accepting

its FERC Electric Rate Schedule No. 1 to

be effective the earlier of October 27,

1997 or the date of a Commission order

granting approval of this Rate Schedule.

SEMCO intends to engage in electric

power and energy transactions as a

marketer and a broker. In transactions

where SEMCO purchases power,

including capacity and related services

from electric utilities, qualifying

facilities, and independent power

producers, and resells such power to

other purchasers, SEMCO will be

functioning as a marketer. In SEMCO’s

marketing transactions, SEMCO

proposes to charge rates mutually

agreed upon by the parties. In

transactions where SEMCO does not

take title to the electric power and/or

energy, SEMCO will be limited to the

role of a broker and will charge a fee for

its services. SEMCO is not in the

business of producing nor does it

contemplate acquiring title to any

electric power transmission facilities.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

3. Virginia Electric and Power

Company

[Docket No. ER97–4353–000]

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

Virginia Electric and Power Company

(Virginia Power), tendered for filing an

executed Service Agreement with

Amoco Energy Trading Corporation

which it had filed in unexecuted form

on July 24, 1997 in Docket No. ER97–

3851–000.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the Virginia State Corporation

Commission and the North Carolina

Utilities Commission.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

4. Louisville Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER97–4354–000]

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E), tendered for filing an executed

Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission

Service Agreement between LG&E and

The Energy Authority, Inc., under

LG&E’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

5. Interstate Power Company

[Docket No. ER97–4356–000]

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

Interstate Power Company (IPW),

tendered for filing a Transmission

Service Agreement between IPW and

Western Area Power Administration

(WAPA). Under the Transmission

Service Agreement, IPW will provide

non-firm point-to-point transmission

service to WAPA.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

6. Northern Indiana Public Service

Company

[Docket No. ER97–4357–000]

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company tendered for filing an

executed Standard Transmission

Service Agreement for Non-Firm Pointto-Point Transmission Service between

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company and Constellation Power

Source, Inc.

Under the Transmission Service

Agreement, Northern Indiana Public

Service Company will provide Point-toPoint Transmission Service to

Constellation Power Source, Inc.,

pursuant to the Transmission Service

Tariff filed by Northern Indiana Public

Service Company in Docket No. OA96–

47–000 and allowed to become effective

by the Commission. Northern Indiana

Public Service Company has requested

that the Service Agreement be allowed

to become effective as of July 27, 1997.

Copies of this filing have been sent to

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission and the Indiana Office of

Utility Consumer Counselor.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

7. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97–4358–000]

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

Entergy Services, Inc. (Entergy

Services), on behalf of Entergy

Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Gulf States, Inc.,

Entergy Louisiana, Inc., Entergy

Mississippi, Inc., and Entergy New

Orleans, Inc. (collectively, the Entergy

Operating Companies), tendered for

filing a Non-Firm Point-To-Point

Transmission Service Agreement

between Entergy Services, as agent for

the Entergy Operating Companies, and

The Energy Authority, Inc.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

8. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97–4359–000]

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

Entergy Services, Inc. (Entergy

Services), on behalf of Entergy

Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Gulf States, Inc.,

Entergy Louisiana, Inc., Entergy

Mississippi, Inc., and Entergy New

Orleans, Inc. (collectively, the Entergy

Operating Companies), tendered for

filing a Short-Term Firm Point-To-Point

Transmission Service Agreement
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between Entergy Services, as agent for

the Entergy Operating Companies, and

The Energy Authority, Inc.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

9. Wisconsin Power and Light Company

[Docket No. ER97–4360–000]

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

Wisconsin Power and Light Company

(WP&L), tendered for filing Form Of

Service Agreement for Non-Firm Pointto-Point Transmission Service

establishing Constellation Power

Source, Inc., as a point-to-point

transmission customer under the terms

of WP&L’s transmission tariff.

WP&L requests an effective date of

August 19, 1997, and accordingly, seeks

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirements. A copy of this filing has

been served upon the Public Service

Commission of Wisconsin.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

10. San Diego Gas & Electric Company

[Docket No. ER97–4361–000]

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

San Diego Gas & Electric Company

(SDG&E), tendered for filing a Notice of

Cancellation for Rate Schedule FERC

No. 123—Coordination Agreement

between San Diego Gas & Electric

Company and Eastex Power Marketing,

Inc., executed December 21, 1995.

SDG&E requests that this cancellation

become effective October 31, 1997.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

11. Rochester Gas and Electric

Corporation

[Docket No. ER97–4362–000]

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation

(RG&E [filed a Service Agreement

between RG&E and the Pennsylvania

Power & Light Company (Customer).

This Service Agreement specifies that

the Customer has agreed to the rates,

term and conditions of RG&E’s FERC

Electric Rate Schedule, Original Volume

No. 1 (Power Sales Tariff) accepted by

the Commission in Docket No. ER94–

1279–000, as amended by RG&E’s

December 31, 1996, filing in Docket No.

OA97–243–000 (pending).

RG&E requests waiver of the

Commission’s sixty (60) day notice

requirements and an effective date of

August 20, 1997 for the Pennsylvania

Power & Light Company Service

Agreement. RG&E has served copies of

the filing on the New York State Public

Service Commission and on the

Customer.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

12. Louisville Gas and Electric

Company

[Docket No. ER97–4363–000]

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

tendered for filing copies of service

agreements between Louisville Gas and

Electric Company and Electric

Clearinghouse, Inc., under Rate GSS.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

13. PowerCom Corporation

[Docket No. ER97–4364–000]

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

PowerCom Corporation (PC) petitioned

the Commission for acceptance of PC

Rate Schedule FERC No. 1; the granting

of certain blanket approvals, including

the authority to sell electricity at

market-based rates; and the waiver of

certain Commission Regulations.

PC intends to engage in wholesale

electric power and energy purchases

and sales as a marketer. PC is not in the

business of generating or transmitting

electric power.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

14. The Dayton Power and Light

Company

[Docket No. ER97–4365–000]

Take notice that on August 27, 1997,

The Dayton Power and Light Company

(Dayton) submitted service agreements

establishing Northeast Utilities Service

Company, Union Electric Company as a

customer under the terms of Dayton’s

Market-Based Sales Tariff.

Dayton requests an effective date of

one day subsequent to this filing for the

service agreements. Accordingly,

Dayton requests waiver of the

commission’s notice requirements.

Copies of the filing were served upon

Northeast Utilities Service Company,

Union Electric Company and the Public

Utilities Commission of Ohio.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

15. The Dayton Power and Light Co.

[Docket No. ER97–4366–000]

Take notice that on August 27, 1997,

The Dayton Power and Light Company

(Dayton) submitted service agreements

establishing Constellation Power

Source, Inc., NP Energy Inc., Public

Service Electric and Gas Company,

Southern Energy Trading and

Marketing, Inc., as customers under the

terms of Dayton’s Open Access

Transmission Tariff.

Dayton requests an effective date of

one day subsequent to this filing for the

service agreements. Accordingly,

Dayton requests waiver of the

commission’s notice requirements.

Copies of the filing were served upon

Constellation Power Source, Inc., NP

Energy Inc., Public Service Electric and

Gas Company, Southern Energy Trading

and Marketing, Inc., and the Public

Utilities Commission of Ohio.

Comment date: September 10, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

16. PacifiCorp

[Docket No. ER97–4367–000]

Take notice that on August 27, 1997,

PacifiCorp, tendered for filing in

accordance with 18 CFR Part 35 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations, a

Long-Term Firm Point-To-Point

Transmission Service Agreement

between Black Hills Power and Light

Company and PacifiCorp’s

Transmission Function under

PacifiCorp’s FERC Electric Tariff, First

Revised Volume No. 11.

Copies of this filing were supplied to

PacifiCorp’s Merchant Function, Black

Hills Power & Light Company, the

Washington Utilities and Transportation

Commission and the Public Utility

Commission of Oregon.

A Copy of this filing may be obtained

from PacifiCorp’s Regulatory

Administration Department’s Bulletin

Board System through, a personal

computer by calling (503) 464–6122

(9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit).

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

17. Duquesne Light Company

[Docket No. ER97–4368–000]

Take notice that on August 27, 1997,

Duquesne Light Company (DLC) filed a

Service Agreement dated August 22,

1997 with Strategic Energy Ltd. under

DLC’s Open Access Transmission Tariff

(Tariff). The Service Agreement adds

Strategic Energy Ltd., as a customer

under the Tariff. DLC requests an

effective date of August 22, 1997 for the

Service Agreement.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

18. Duquesne Light Company

[Docket No. ER97–4369–000]

Take notice that on August 27, 1997,

Duquesne Light Company (DLC) filed a

Service Agreement dated August 13,
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1997 with Constellation Power Source,

Inc., under DLC’s Open Access

Transmission Tariff (Tariff). The Service

Agreement adds Constellation Power

Source, Inc. as a customer under the

Tariff. DLC requests an effective date of

August 22, 1997 for the Service

Agreement.

Comment date: September 30, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

19. Southern Company Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97–4370–000]

Take notice that on August 27, 1997,

Southern Company Services, Inc.

(SCSI), acting on behalf of Alabama

Power Company, Georgia Power

Company, Gulf Power Company,

Mississippi Power Company and

Savannah Electric and Power Company

(collectively referred to as Southern

Companies) filed one (1) service

agreement under Southern Companies’

Market-Based Rate Power Sales Tariff

(FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume

No. 4) with the following entity:

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia.

SCSI states that the service agreement

will enable Southern Companies to

engage in short-term market-based rate

transactions with this entity.

Comment date: September 30, 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–25063 Filed 9–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 3131–032]

S.R. Hydropower of Brockway Mills;

Notice of Availability of Draft

Environmental Assessment

September 16, 1997.

An environmental assessment (EA) is

available for public review. The EA is

for an application for surrender of

license. The EA reviews alternative for

surrender and decommissioning the

project. The EA finds approval of the

application, with staff

recommendations, would not constitute

a major federal action significantly

affecting the quality of the human

environment. The Project is located on

the Williams River, Windham County,

Vermont.

The EA was written by staff in the

Office of Hydropower Licensing,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Copies of the EA can be viewed in the

Reference and Information Center,

Room 2A, of the Commission’s Offices

at 888 First Street, N.E., Washington,

D.C. 20426.

Please submit any comment within 45

days from the date of this notice. Any

comments, conclusions, or

recommendations that draw upon

studies, reports, or other working papers

of substance should be supported by

appropriate documentation.

Comments should be addressed to

Lois D. Cashell, Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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

20426. Please affix Project No. 3131–032

to all comments. For further

information, please contact the project

manager, Mr. Robert Grieve, at (202)

219–2655.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–25034 Filed 9–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Notice of Issuance of Decisions and

Orders; Week of August 11 through

August 15, 1997

During the week of August 11 through

August 15, 1997, the decisions and

orders summarized below were issued

with respect to appeals, applications,

petitions, or other requests filed with

the Office of Hearings and Appeals of

the Department of Energy. The

following summary also contains a list

of submissions that were dismissed by

the Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Copies of the full text of these

decisions and orders are available in the

Public Reference Room of the Office of

Hearings and Appeals, Room 1E–234,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585–

0107, Monday through Friday, between

the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.,

except federal holidays. They are also

available in Energy Management:

Federal Energy Guidelines, a

commercially published loose leaf

reporter system. Some decisions and

orders are available on the Office of

Hearings and Appeals World Wide Web

site at http://www.oha.doe.gov.

Dated: September 12, 1997.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Decision List No. 46; Week of August 11

through August 15, 1997

Appeals

David R. Berg, 8/14/97 VFA–0306

David R. Berg filed an Appeal from a

determination issued to him on May 28,

1997, by the Human Resources Office

(HR) of the Department of Energy (DOE),

in response to a request for information

filed under both the Privacy Act and the

FOIA. In his Appeal, Mr. Berg

contended that HR did not adequately

explain the basis upon which the

responsive documents were withheld

under the Privacy Act and that HR

improperly relied upon FOIA

Exemptions 5, 6 and 7. The DOE found

HR’s determination insufficiently

informative and short of what is legally

required. The DOE remanded Mr. Berg’s

Appeal to HR to either release to Mr.

Berg all of the documents responsive to

his request or issue a new determination

adequately supporting the withholding

of the documents. Consequently, the

Appeal filed by Mr. Berg was granted in

part and denied in part.

W.L. McCUllough 8/12/97 VFA–0314

W.L. McCullough (Appellant) filed an

Appeal of a Determination issued to him

by the Department of Energy (DOE) in

response to a request under the Freedom

of Information Act (FOIA). In the

request, the Appellant asked for

documents concerning a grant awarded

by DOE. In its Determination, the Oak

Ridge Operations Office (DOE/ORO)

released one document but stated that

no other documents could be located in

the possession of DOE. The Appellant

challenged the adequacy of DOE/ORO’s

search. The Office of Hearings and

Appeals (OHA) found that DOE/ORO

had conducted an adequate search of