53328 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 198 / Tuesday, October 14, 1997 / Notices

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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