Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 205 / Thursday, October 23, 1997 / Notices 55235

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–92–001]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation; Notice of Site Visit

October 17, 1997.

On October 28, 1997, beginning at

2:00 p.m., the Office of Pipeline

Regulation (OPR) staff will conduct a

site inspection of the onshore facilities

of Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation’s Mobile Bay Lateral

Extension and Expansion Project in

Mobile County, Alabama. The first

proposed facility to be visited will be

compressor station 83, near the city of

Citronelle. In the morning of the

following day we will see the Coden

area facilities.

All parties may attend. Those

planning to attend must provide their

own transportation and should meet the

staff at the JR Food Mart in Citronelle at

the intersection of Jefferies Highway

(Route 96) and US 45.

For further information, please

contact Paul McKee at (202) 208–1088.

Robert J. Cupina,

Deputy Director, Office of Pipeline

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–28041 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. TM98–1–126–001]

Tuscarora Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Compliance Filing

October 17, 1997.

Take notice that on October 15, 1997,

Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company

(Tuscarora) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume

No. 1, Sub First Revised Sheet No. 5, to

become effective October 1, 1997.

Tuscarora states that the filing is

being made in compliance with the

Commission’s Order dated September

29, 1997. Tuscarora asserts that the

purpose of this filing is to eliminate the

volumetric charge for capacity release

from the IT rate sheet.

Tuscarora states that copies of this

filing were mailed to all parties on the

service list, customers of Tuscarora and

interested state regulatory agencies.

Any person desiring to protest this

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 as provided in 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28109 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP90–1849–006]

The Washington Water Power

Company; Notice of Application To

Amend Order

October 17, 1997.

Take notice that on October 10, 1997,

The Washington Water Power Company

(Water Power), East 1411 Mission

Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99202,

filed in Docket No. CP90–1849–006, an

application under Section 7 of the

Natural Gas Act to amend its existing

certificate to allow for the continuation,

for a limited term, of the release of a

portion of its Jackson Prairie

Underground Storage Project

deliverability and capacity to Cascade

Natural Gas Corporation (Cascade), all

as more fully set forth in the application

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Water Power states that it first entered

into an Agreement dated July 23, 1990,

entitled ‘‘Release of Jackson Prairie

Storage Capacity’’ (Release Agreement)

which called for the release by Water

Power to Cascade of 150,000 therms per

day of firm deliverability, 55,328 therms

per day of best efforts deliverability, and

4,800,000 therms of seasonal capacity,

for a five-year term ending on April 30,

1995. Water Power further states that

the Commission issued an order on

November 23, 1990, providing the

necessary certificate and abandonment

authority to Water Power and Northwest

Pipeline Corporation, in order to

effectuate the original release to Cascade

(53 FERC ¶ 61,238).

Water Power explains that Water

Power and Cascade sought to continue

the release of the deliverability and

capacity for an additional limited term

expiring on April 30, 1998, with

pregranted abandonment (First

Amendment to the Release Agreement),

with the same terms and conditions as

were previously approved by the

Commission. On October 16, 1995, the

Commission issued an order in Docket

No. CP90–1849–003 (73 FERC ¶ 61,080)

amending the certificate to continue the

release for a limited term.

Water Power states that Water Power

and Cascade, by means of a Second

Amendment to the Release Agreement,

have elected to again continue the

release of the deliverability and capacity

for an additional three-year term

expiring on April 30, 2001, with

pregranted abandonment, with the same

terms and conditions as were previously

approved by the Commission. Water

Power further states that this

application simply seeks an amended

certificate authority to allow this threeyear extension to occur.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before

November 7, 1997, file with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426,

a motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)

and the Regulations under the NGA (18

CFR 157.10). All protests filed with the

Commission will be considered by it in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken but will not serve to make the

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

to a proceeding or to participate as a

party in any hearing therein must file a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the Commission’s Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas

Act 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 a grant of the

certificate 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
55236 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 205 / Thursday, October 23, 1997 / Notices

unnecessary for Water Power to appear

or be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28033 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. OA96–79–001]

Wisconsin Public Service Corporation;

Notice of Filing

October 17, 1997.

Take notice that on August 15, 1997

Wisconsin Public Service Corporation

tendered for filing revised indices of its

service agreements under its open

access transmission tariff pursuant to

the Commission’s order in Allegheny

Power System, Inc., 80 FERC ¶ 61,143

(1997).

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

October 27, 1997. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make the

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. 97–28048 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EC98–3–000, et al.]

Black Hills Corporation, et al.; Electric

Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

October 16, 1997.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Black Hills Corporation

[Docket No. EC98–3–000]

Take notice that on October 9, 1997,

Black Hills Corporation, which operates

its electric utility under the assumed

name of Black Hills Power and Light

Company (BHC), pursuant to Section

203(a) of the Federal Power Act, 16

U.S.C. 824b, tendered for filing an

application for an order authorizing

BHC (I) to sell an undivided interest in

the Yellow Creek-to-Osage 230 kV

Addition (approximately 43.18 miles of

230 kV electric transmission line

located in Lawrence County, South

Dakota, referred to herein as the 230 kV

Addition) to Basin Electric Power

Cooperative (BEPC), a rural electric

generation and transmission

cooperative; and (ii) to sell an

undivided interest in the Spearfish-toYellow Creek 69 kV Underbuild

(approximately 5.7 miles of 69 kV

electric transmission line underbuild

located in Lawrence County, South

Dakota, referred to herein as the 69 kV

Underbuild) to Black Hills Electric

Cooperative, Inc. (BHEC), and Butte

Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (BEC),

both rural electric distribution

cooperatives. The 230 kV Addition and

the 69 kV Underbuild are new additions

to BHC’s 230 kV and 69 kV transmission

systems which are used by BHC, BEPC,

BHEC and BEC to serve their respective

customers in the transmission area

consisting of the Black Hills area of

western South Dakota, the northeastern

area of Wyoming and a small area in

southeastern Montana.

BHC has requested that further notice

be waived and the application be

expedited.

Comment date: October 29, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Louisville Gas and Electric Company,

LG&E Energy Marketing Inc., and

Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket Nos. EC98–2–000 and ER98–111–

000]

Take notice that on October 9, 1997,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E) and LG&E Energy Marketing Inc.

(LEM), on behalf of themselves and their

non-utility parent holding company,

LG&E Energy Corp. (LEC), and Kentucky

Utilities Company (KU), on behalf of

itself and its non-utility parent holding

company, KU Energy Corporation (KEC)

(LG&E, LEM and KU, being hereinafter

referred to collectively as the

Applicants), tendered for filing pursuant

to Section 203 of the Federal Power Act

(the FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824b, Part 33 of the

Commission’s Regulations, 18 CFR Part

33, and 18 CFR 2.26, an Application for

an order approving the proposed merger

of LG&E’s non-utility holding company

parent, LEC, with KU’s non-utility

holding company parent, KEC, and any

consequent transfer of control over KU,

LG&E, and LEM resulting from such

merger.

Applicants state that pursuant to an

Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as

of May 20, 1997, KEC will merge into

LEC, with LEC surviving the merger and

KEC ceasing to exist. After

consummation of the merger, KU will

become, and LG&E and LEM will

remain, wholly-owned subsidiaries of

LEC. The merger will result in no sale,

assignment, pledge, or transfer of

LG&E’s or LEM’s public utility assets or

franchises. Subject to Commission

approval, at the time of the merger KU

and LG&E will enter into: (1) A Power

Supply System Agreement pursuant to

which they will jointly dispatch their

power supply resources, jointly plan for

new generation, and establish the terms

for intercompany exchanges of capacity

and energy, and (2) a Transmission

Coordination Agreement pursuant to

which they will plan and operate their

combined transmission facilities as a

single integrated system. Simultaneous

with this filing, the Applicants also filed

with the Commission, pursuant to

Section 205 of the FPA, a single system

Open Access Transmission Tariff.

The Applicants state that they have

submitted the information required by

Part 33 of the Commission’s

Regulations, and by the Commission’s

Merger Policy Statement (Inquiry

Concerning the Commission’s Merger

Policy Under the Federal Power Act;

Policy Statement, Order No. 592, 61 FR

68,595 (1996), to be codified at 18 CFR

2.26), in support of the Application. The

Applicants also represent that, as

required by 18 CFR 33.6, copies of the

Application and related testimony and

exhibits have been served on each of the

wholesale sales and firm transmission

customers of LG&E and KU, and on the

Kentucky Public Service Commission,

the Virginia State Corporation

Commission, and the Tennessee

Regulatory Authority.

Comment date: December 8, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration

Partners, L.P.

[Docket No. EG98–3–000]

On October 8, 1997, Brooklyn Navy

Yard Cogeneration Partners, L.P., 366

Madison Avenue, Suite 1103, New

York, New York 10017, filed with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

an application for determination of

exempt wholesale generator status

pursuant to section 32(a)(1) of the

Public Utility Holding Company Act of

1935, as amended by section 711 of the

Energy Policy Act of 1992.