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Comment date: October 23, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Florida Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER97–4703–000]

Take notice that on September 22,

1997, Florida Power Corporation

(Florida Power), tendered for filing a

service agreement between Tennessee

Valley Authority and Florida Power for

service under Florida Power’s MarketBased Wholesale Power Sales Tariff

(MR–1), FERC Electric Tariff, Original

Volume No 8. This Tariff was accepted

for filing by the Commission on June 26,

1997, in Docket No. ER97–2846–000.

The service agreement is proposed to be

effective September 9, 1997.

Comment date: October 23, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Rochester Gas and Electric

Corporation

[Docket No. ER97–4704–000]

Take notice that on September 22,

1997, Rochester Gas and Electric

Corporation (RG&E) filed a Service

Agreement between RG&E and the

Virginia Electric and Power 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

September 5, 1997, for the Virginia

Electric and Power 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: October 23, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Rochester Gas and Electric

Corporation

[Docket No. ER97–4705–000]

Take notice that on September 22,

1997, Rochester Gas and Electric

Corporation (RG&E) filed a Service

Agreement between RG&E and the New

Energy Ventures Inc.(Customer). This

Service Agreement specifies that the

Customer has agreed to the rates, terms

and conditions of the RG&E open access

transmission tariff filed on July 9, 1996

in Docket No. OA96–141–000.

RG&E requests waiver of the

Commission’s sixty (60) day notice

requirements and an effective date of

September 15, 1997, for the New Energy

Ventures Inc. Service Agreement. RG&E

has served copies of the filing on the

New York State Public Service

Commission and on the Customer.

Comment date: October 23, 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. 97–27588 Filed 10–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Amendment to License

October 10, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Application Type: Amendment to

License.

b. Project No: 2833–057.

c. Date Filed: September 3, 1997.

d. Applicant: Public Utility District

No. 1 of Lewis County.

e. Name of Project: Cowlitz Falls

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: The project is located on

the Cowlitz River just below its

confluence with the Cispus River in

Lewis County, Washington.

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR § 4.200.

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Gary Kalish,

Public Utility District No. 1 of Lewis

County, P.O. Box 330, Chehalis, WA

98532, (360) 740–2411.

i. FERC Contact: Steve Hocking (202)

219–2656.

j. Comment Date: December 5, 1997.

K. Description of Amendment: Public

Utility District No. 1 of Lewis County

(licensee) filed an application to amend

its approved fish and wildlife mitigation

plan for the Cowlitz Falls Hydroelectric

Project. The licensee requests

Commission approval of a land-swap

already approved by the Washington

Department of Fish and Wildlife. The

licensee proposes substituting land in

the newly designated Kiona Wildlife

Management Unit (80.6 acres) for land

in Wildlife Management Units No. 7 and

8 (37 acres total) that must be acquired

pursuant to its approved fish and

wildlife mitigation plan. The

application would amend the plan with

other minor changes as well.

This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

and D2.

B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

C1. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, OR

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. Any of the above-named

documents must be filed by providing

the original and the number of copies

provided by the Commission’s

regulations to: The Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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

20426. A copy of any motion to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the Applicant

specified in the particular application.

D2. Agency Comments—Federal,

state, and local agencies are invited to

file comments on the described

application. A copy of the application

may be obtained by agencies directly

from the Applicant. If an agency does

not file comments within the time

specified for filing comments, it will be

presumed to have no comments. One

copy of an agency’s comments must also
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be sent to the Applicant’s

representatives.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–27559 Filed 10–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[ER–FRL–5485–3]

Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 OR (202) 564–7153.

Weekly receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements Filed October 06,

1997 Through October 10, 1997

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 970390, Draft Supplement,

USA, MS, Camp Shelby Continued

Military Training Activities, Use of

National Forest Lands, Updated

Information, Final Site Selection

Authorization for Implementation of

the Proposed G.V. (Sonny)

Montgomery Ranges, Special Use

Permit, DeSoto National Forest,

Forrest, George and Perry Counties,

MS, Due: December 01, 1997, Contact:

Col. Parker Hills (601) 973–6349.

EIS No. 970391, Draft EIS, FHW, NY,

US–20/Broadway (Transit Road to

Lancaster East Village Line)

Reconstruction, Funding, COE

Section 10 and 404 Permit, in the

Villages of Depew and Lancaster, Erie

County, NY, Due: December 12, 1997,

Contact: Harold J. Brown) (518) 472–

3616.

EIS No. 970392, Final EIS, BOP, KY,

United States Penitentiary Martin

County, Construction and Operation,

Possible Sites, Bizwell and Honey

Branch Sites, located in Martin and

Johnson Counties, KY, Due:

November 17, 1997, Contact: David J.

Dorworth (202) 514–6470.

EIS No. 970393, Final EIS, IBR, ND,

Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge,

Implementation, Water Management

Capability to Mitigate for Past, Present

and Future Impacts of Jamestown

Reservoir, Stutsman and Foster

Counties, ND, Due: November 17,

1997, Contact: Greg Hiemenz (701)

250–4242 Ext. 361.

EIS No. 970394, Draft EIS, AFS, CA,

Liberty Forest Health Improvement

Project, Implementation, Tahoe

National Forests, Sierraville Ranger

District, Sierra and Nevada Counties,

CA, Due: December 01, 1997, Contact:

Phil Horning (916) 478–6210.

EIS No. 970395, Final EIS, NPS, AZ,

Organ Pipe Cactus National

Monument General Management Plan

and Development Concept Plan

Implementation, Portion of the

Sonoran Desert, Pima County, AZ,

Due: November 17, 1997, Contact:

Dan Olson (415) 744–3968.

EIS No. 970396, Final EIS, COE, MD,

WV, Jennings Randolph Lake 1997

Master Plan Update and Integrated

Programmatic EIS—Use and

Development of Natural and

Constructed Resource, Garrett County,

MD and Mineral County, WV, Due:

November 18, 1997, Contact: Ms.

Heather Wells (410) 962–5174.

EIS No. 970397, Final EIS, AFS, NH,

Waterville Valley Ski Resort Project,

Development of Snowmaking Water

Impoundments Project, Special-UsePermits, Dredge and Fill Permit and

COE Section 404 Permit, White

Mountain National Forest,

Pemigewasset Ranger District, Town

of Waterville Valley, Grafton County,

NH, Due: November 17, 1997,

Contact: Beth LeClair (802) 767–4261.

EIS No. 970398, Final Supplement,

EPA, TX, South Hallsville Surface

Lignite No. 1 Mine Expansion,

Referred to Herein as South Marshall

Project Area, (Previously Known as

Henry W. Pirkey Power Plant and

South Hallsville No. 1 Mine Project),

Updated Information NPDES and COE

Section 404 Permits, Sabine River,

Harrison County, TX, Due: November

17, 1997, Contact: Joe Swick (214)

665–7456.

EIS No. 970399, Final EIS, AFS, UT,

High Uintas Wilderness Forest Plan

Amendment, Implementation, Ashley

and Wasatch-Cache National Forests,

Duchesne and Summit Counties, UT,

Due: November 17, 1997, Contact:

Laura Jo West (801) 789–1181.

EIS No. 970400, Draft EIS, COE, CA,

South Sacramento County Streams

Investigation, Proposed to Increase

Flood Protection, Non-Federal

Sponsor, Sacramento Waste Water

Treatment Plant and along portions of

Morrison, Elder, Unionhouse and

Florin Creeks, Sacramento County,

CA, Due: December 01, 1997, Contact:

Jane Rinck (916) 557–6715.

Dated: October 14, 1997.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate Director, NEPA Compliance

Division, Office of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 97–27627 Filed 10–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[ER–FRL–5485–4]

Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared September 15, 1997 through

September 20, 1997 pursuant to the

Environmental Review Process (ERP),

under Section 309 of the Clean Air Act

and Section 102(2)(c) of the National

Environmental Policy Act as amended.

Requests for copies of EPA comments

can be directed to the Office of Federal

Activities at (202) 564–7167.

An explanation of the ratings assigned

to draft environmental impact

statements (EISs) was published in FR

dated April 11, 1997 (62 FR 16154).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–AFS–J65276–CO Rating

EC2, Dome Peak Timber Sale, Timber

Harvesting and Road Construction,

White River National Forest, Eagle

Ranger District, Glenwood Spring, Eagle

and Garfield Counties, CO.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerned about

potential sedimentation and water

quality impacts. EPA requested data

clarifying potential for impacts and

information related to helicopter

yarding and wildlife impacts.

ERP No. D–AFS–K65272–CA Rating

EC2, Chico Genetic Resource Center for

Pest Management Program,

Implementation, Mendocino National

Forest, Willow, Butte County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concern about data gaps

in the DEIS’s analysis of water quality

impacts.

ERP No. D–AFS–K65273–AZ Rating

LO, Grand Canyon/Tusayan Growth

Area Improvements, General

Management Plan (GMP), Special-UsePermit, Approvals and Licenses

Issuance, Coconino County, AZ.

Summary: EPA expressed a lack of

objections and commended the Forest

Service for its excellent analysis of

issues related to the expansion of

lodging and related services.

ERP No. D-BLM-K67045-NV Rating

EC2, Florida Canyon Mine Expansion

Project and Comprehensive Reclamation

Plan, Construction and Operation of

New Facilities and Expansion of

Existing Gold Mining Operations in

Imlay Mining District, Plan-of-Operation

Approval and Right-of-Way Permit

Issuance, Pershing County, NV.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns because the

Proposed Alternative would disturb 143