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2Pursuant to section 16.24(a) of the Commission’s

regulations, an existing licensee for a water power

project that informs the Commission that it does not

intend to file an application for a new license, may

not file an application for a new license.

Commission accepts the withdrawal of

the NOI.

The original license for Project No.

184 was issued effective December 1,

1980, and expired February 23, 2002.

The project is located on the South Fork

American River, in El Dorado, Alpine,

and Amador Counties, California. The

principal project works consist of: (a)

Lake Aloha and dam; (b) Echo Lake,

dam, and conduit; (c) Caples Lake and

the main and auxiliary dams; (d) Silver

Lake and dam; (e) El Dorado Diversion

dam and fish ladder; (f) El Dorado

Canal; (g) El Dorado Forebay and dam;

(h) El Dorado penstock and powerhouse

with an installed capacity of 21

megawatts; and (i) appurtenant

facilities.

Because PG&E has withdrawn the

NOI, the Commission hereby solicits

license applications for the El Dorado

Project. Pursuant to section 16.9 of the

Commission’s regulations, applications

for a license (except from the existing

licensee which is prohibited from

filing) 2 must be filed with the

Commission at least 24 months before

the existing license expires. Thus,

applications for license for the El

Dorado Project must be filed by

February 23, 2000.

Pursuant to Section 16.19 of the

Commission’s regulations, the licensee

is required to make available certain

information described in Section 16.7 of

the regulations. Such information is

available from the licensee at 245

Market Street, San Francisco, California

94105.

Questions concerning this notice

should be directed to Surender Yepuri

at (202) 219–2847.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–4202–000]

Total Energy, Inc.; Notice of Issuance

of Order

October 8, 1997.

Total Energy, Inc. (Total) submitted

for filing a rate schedule under which

Total will engage in wholesale electric

power and energy transactions as a

marketer. Total also requested Waiver of

various Commission regulations. In

particular, Total requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liability by Total.

On September 26, 1997, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Rate Applications, Office of

Electric Power Regulation, granted

requests for blanket approval under Part

34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by Total 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 385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, Total is authorized to issue

securities and assume obligations or

liabilities as a guarantor, indorser,

surety, or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issuance or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the applicant, and

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of Total’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is October

27, 1997. Copies of the full text of the

order are available from the

Commission’s Public Reference Branch,

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

20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. ER97–3663–000 and ER97–

3664–000]

Union Electric Development

Corporation and Union Electric

Company; Notice of Issuance of Order

October 7, 1997.

Union Electric Development

Corporation (Union Electric

Development) is a subsidiary and power

marketing affiliate of Union Electric

Company. Union Electric Development

filed an application for authorization to

engage in the sale of capacity and

energy for resale at market-based rates,

and for certain waivers and

authorizations. In particular, Union

Electric Development requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liabilities by Union Electric

Development. On September 25, 1997,

the Commission issued an Order

Conditionally Accepting for Filing

Proposed Market-Based Rates (Order), in

the above-docketed proceeding.

The Commission’s September 25,

1997 Order granted the request for

blanket approval under Part 34, subject

to the conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (D), (E), and (G):

(D) Within 30 days of the date of

issuance of this order, any person

desiring to be heard or to protest the

Commission’s liabilities by Union

Electric Development 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 385.214.

(E) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (D) above, Union Electric

Development is hereby authorized to

issue securities and assume obligations

and liabilities as guarantor, endorser,

surety, or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issue or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purpose of Union Electric Development,

compatible with the public interest, and

reasonably necessary or appropriate for

such purposes.

(G) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

Union Electric Development’s issuances
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of securities or assumptions of liabilities

* * *.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is October

27, 1997.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary,

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. ER97–2460–000, ER97–2462–

000, and ER97–2463–000]

Unitil Power Corporation, Unitil

Resources, Inc., and Fitchburg Gas

and Electric Light Company; Notice of

Issuance of Order

October 7, 1997.

Unitil Resources, Inc. (URI) is a power

marketing affiliate of Unitil Power

Corporation, Fitchburg Gas & Electric

Light Company, Concord Electric

Company, and Exeter & Hampton

Electric Company. URI is a whollyowned subsidiary of Unitil Corporation,

a registered public utility holding

company. URI filed an application for

authorization to engage in the sale of

capacity and energy for resale at marketbased rates, and for certain waivers and

authorizations. In particular, URI

requested that the Commission grant

blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34

of all future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liabilities by URI. On

September 25, 1997, the Commission

issued an Order Conditionally

Accepting for Filing Proposed MarketBased Rates (Order), in the abovedocketed proceeding.

The Commission’s September 25,

1997 Order granted the request for

blanket approval under Part 34, subject

to the conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (D), (E), and (G):

(D) Within 30 days of the date of

issuance of this order, any person

desiring to be heard or to protest the

Commission’s blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liabilities by URI 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 385.214.

(E) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (D) above, URI is hereby

authorized to issue securities and

assume obligations or liabilities as

guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of URI,

compatible with the public interest, and

reasonably necessary or appropriate for

such purposes.

(G) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

URI’s issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities * * *.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protest, as set forth above, is October

27, 1997.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2609]

International Paper Company and

Curtis/Palmer Hydroelectric Company,

L.P.; Notice of Availability of Draft

Application and Preliminary Draft

Environmental Assessment (DEA)

October 7, 1997.

International Paper Company and

Curtis/Palmer Hydroelectric Company

L.P. are currently engaged in the process

of obtaining from the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (the

Commission) a new operating license

for the Curtis/Palmer Falls

Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2609.

The project is located on the Hudson

River in the Village of Corinth and the

Towns of Corinth, Lake Luzerne and

Hadley, in Saratoga and Warren

Counties, New York. The current license

for the project expires on April 30, 2000.

Under the Commission’s regulations, an

application for license for the project

must be filed by April 30, 1998.

International Paper Company is

managing relicensing activities on

behalf of both applicants in cooperation

with a team of state and federal resource

agencies, conservation groups and local

governments (the Cooperative Team).

Pursuant to the Commission’s

regulations and the Energy Policy Act of

1992, Curtis/Palmer Hydroelectric

Company L.P. and International Paper

Company have prepared a Draft

Application for a new license, and a

preliminary Draft Environmental

Assessment (DEA) to be included as part

of the license application to be filed

with the Commission for the project.

The Draft Application and preliminary

DEA are available for public review in

the Public Reference Room at the

Commission’s offices at 888 First Street

NE, Washington, DC 20426 and at the

Town Office, 600 Palmer Avenue,

Corinth, NY. A copy may also be

requested from the applicants.

In accordance with Section 16.8(c)(5)

of the Commission’s regulations and the

February 6, 1997 letter from the Director

of the Commission’s Office of

Hydropower Licensing, any resource

agency, Indian tribe, or persons are

requested to provide comments on the

Draft Application and the preliminary

DEA, and any preliminary

recommendations, terms and conditions

or prescriptions by January 2, 1998.

Comments, preliminary

recommendation, terms and conditions,

or prescriptions must be filed with Mr.

Robert McK. Hunziker, International

Paper Company, Two Manhattanville

Road, Purchase, NY 10577, with copies

to Mr. Richard Takacs, Rm 6H–06,

Mailstop HL–11, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street

NE, Washington, DC 20426, and Mr.

Andrew Sims, Kleinschmidt Associates,

75 Main Street, Pittsfield, ME 04967.

Also available for public review at the

same locations are three supplemental

study reports prepared in 1997 in

response to a request for additional

information made by the United States

Fish and Wildlife Service.

Any questions regarding this notice or

the availability of documents should be

directed to Mr. Takacs at (202) 219–

2840, Mr. Hunziker at (914) 397–1540,

or Mr. Sims at (207) 487–3328.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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