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1Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation’s

application was filed with the Commission under

Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of

the Commission’s regulations.

2The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies are

available from the Commission’s Public Reference

and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street,

N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, or call (202) 208–

1371. Copies of the appendices were sent to all

those receiving this notice in the mail.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 11286 South Carolina]

City of Abbeville; Notice of Availability

of Environmental Assessment

October 28, 1997.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission’s)

regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 F.R. 47897), the Office of

Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the

application for major license for the

proposed Abbeville Project located on

the Rocky River in Abbeville and

Anderson counties, near Abbeville,

South Carolina, and has prepared an

Environmental Assessment (EA) for the

proposed project. In the EA, the

Commission’s staff has analyzed the

potential environmental impacts of the

proposed project and has concluded

that approval of the proposed project,

with appropriate mitigative measures,

would not constitute a major federal

action significantly affecting the quality

of the human environment.

Copies of the EA are available for

review in the Public Reference Branch,

of the Commission’s offices at 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28976 Filed 10–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–626–000]

Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation, Notice of Intent To

Prepare an Environmental Assessment

for the Proposed 1998 Lebanon

Expansion Project and Request for

Comments on Environmental Issues

October 28, 1997.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

the construction and operation of an

additional 17,070 horsepower (hp) of

compression, proposed in the 1998

Lebanon Expansion Project.1 This EA

will be used by the Commission in its

decision-making process to determine

whether the project is in the public

convenience and necessity.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation (Texas Eastern) proposed to

expand the capacity of its facilities in

Indiana and Ohio to transport an

additional 302,290 dekatherms per day

of natural gas for Spectrum Interstate

Pipeline Corporation. Texas Eastern

seeks authority to construct and operate:

• One reciprocating gas engine rated

at 3,400 hp and one reciprocating gas

engine rated at 5,500 hp at the existing

Gas City Compressor Station in Grant

Country, Indiana;

• An expansion to the compressor

building and associated ancillary

facilities and piping at the existing Gas

City Compressor Station;

• One 8,170 hp gas turbine-driven

centrifugal compressor at its existing

Glen Karn meter station site in Darke

County, Ohio;

• Compressor station buildings and

associated ancillary facilities and piping

at the existing Glen Karn meter station

site;

• A modification at the existing

Lebanon Meter Station by adding two

12-inch orifice meters and the

associated instrumentation in Warren

County, Ohio; and

• A modification at the existing Glen

Karn Meter Station by adding one

additional 12-inch turbine meter and

the associated instrumentation.

The location of the project facilities is

shown in appendix 1.2 If you are

interested in obtaining procedural

information, please write to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction of the proposed facilities

would be within the boundaries of

existing station properties.

The EA Process

The National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to

take into account the environmental

impacts that could result from an action

whenever it considers the issuance of a

Certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity. NEPA also requires us to

discover and address concerns the

public may have about proposals. We

call this ‘‘scoping.’’ The main goal of the

scoping process is to focus the analysis

in the EA on the important

environmental issues. By this Notice of

Intent, the will address in the EA. All

comments received are considered

during the preparation of the EA. State

and local government representatives

are encouraged to notify their

constituents of this proposed action and

encourage them to comment on their

areas of concern.

The EA will discuss impacts that

could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project under these general

headings:

• Geology and soils.

• Water resources, fisheries, and

wetlands.

• Land use.

• Cultural resources.

• Vegetation and wildlife.

• Endangered and threatened species.

• Public safety.

• Air quality and noise.

• Hazardous waste.

We will also evaluate possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and make

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during the

scoping process, the EA may be

published and mailed to Federal, state,

and local agencies, public interest

groups, interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

this proceeding. A comment period will

be allotted for review if the EA is

published. We will consider all

comments on the EA before we make

our recommendations to the

Commission.

Currently Identified Environmental

Issues

We have already identified one issue

that we think deserves attention based

on a preliminary review of the proposed

facilities and the environmental

information provided by Texas Eastern.

Addition issues may be included based

on your comments and our analysis.

• Potential impacts to noise-sensitive

areas that are near the Gas City

Compressor Station and Glen Karn

Meter Station.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by sending

a letter addressing your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

You should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal, and
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measures to avoid or lessen

environmental impact. The more

specific your comments, the more useful

they will be. Please carefully follow

these instructions to ensure that your

comments are received in time and

properly recorded:

• Send two copies of your letter to:

Lois Cashell, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First St.,

N.E., Room 1A, Washington, DC

20426;

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of the Environmental

Review and Compliance Branch II, PR–

11.2;

• Reference Docket No. CP97–626–

000; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before November 28, 1997.

Becoming an Intervenor

Besides involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding or become an ‘‘intervenor.’’

Among other things, intervenors have

the right to receive copies of caserelated Commission documents and

filings by other intervenors. Likewise,

each intervenor must provide copies of

its filings to all other parties. If you

want to become an intervenor you must

file a motion to intervene according to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 2).

The date for filing timely motions to

intervene in this proceeding has passed.

Therefore, parties now seeking to file

late interventions must show good

cause, as required by section

385.214(b)(3), why this time limitation

should be waived. Environmental issues

have been viewed as good cause for late

intervention. You do not need

intervenor status to have your

comments considered.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–62151B; FRL–5741–6]

Dialogue Group on Identification of

Lead-Based Paint Hazards; Notice of

Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA will be holding a

meeting of the Dialogue Process to

support the forthcoming rulemaking

under section 403 of the Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA). Section

403 directs the Agency to promulgate

regulations which shall identify leadbased paint hazards, lead-contaminated

dust, and lead-contaminated soil. The

purpose of this meeting of the Dialogue

Process is to obtain comment on

regulatory options that will be presented

to senior EPA management the

following week.

DATES: The Dialogue Process will meet

on November 12, 1997, from 10 a.m. to

4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Metro Center Marriott Hotel, 775

12th St., NW., Washington, DC. All

written comments should be submitted

in triplicate to: TSCA Document

Receipts (7407), Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental

Protection Agency, Rm. E–G99, 401 M

St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. All

comments should be identified by the

docket control number OPPTS–62151B.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically by following

the instructions under Unit IV. of this

document. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

specific or technical information

contact: Karen Lannon, National

Program Chemicals Division (7404),

Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics, Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460, Telephone: 202–260–2797,

Fax: 202–260–0770, e-mail:

lannon.karen@epamail.epa.gov.

For general information contact:

National Lead Information

Clearinghouse (NLIC), 1025 Connecticut

Ave., NW., Suite 1200, Washington, DC

20036–5405 or Toll free at 1–800–424–

5323, Fax: 202–659–1192, e-mail:

leadctr@nsc.org, Internet site: http://

www.nsc.org/ehc/lead.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Section 403 of TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2683,

directs EPA to promulgate regulations

that identify lead hazards in paint,

household dust, and bare residential

soil. Title IV of TSCA, titled ‘‘Lead

Exposure Reduction,’’ which includes

section 403, was added to TSCA by the

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard

Reduction Act of 1992. To support the

rulemaking, EPA established a Dialogue

Process in 1995 to obtain input from

interested parties early in the

rulemaking process. Establishment of

the Dialogue Process was announced in

the Federal Register of July 18, 1995 (60

FR 36806) (FRL–4964–8).

EPA held four meetings of the

Dialogue Process in 1995 and 1996 to

obtain input from interested parties on

a range of regulatory and policy issues

and options. Since that time, the Agency

has conducted risk, economic, and

policy analyses and has developed

options to present to senior EPA

managers. Following selection of the

preferred options, the proposed rule

will undergo final Agency review and

Office of Management and Budget

review. EPA will then publish the

proposed regulation in the Federal

Register for public comment.

II. Dialogue Meeting

The purpose of the meeting being

announced today is to obtain input and

comment on the regulatory options that

will be presented to EPA management.

Agency staff plan to include a synopsis

of these comments in their presentation

to management.

This meeting is open to the public

and will provide 30 minutes for public

comment on a first-come, first-served

basis. Due to the need to accommodate

as many interested parties as possible

during the public comment period, EPA

will limit comments to 5 minutes for

representatives of organizations and 3

minutes for individuals. Members of the

public interested in offering comment at

the meeting should sign-up at the

registration desk.

Individuals wishing to provide

comments to EPA, but who cannot be

accommodated during the comment

period or cannot attend the Dialogue

meeting may submit written comments

to EPA at the address listed in the

ADDRESSES unit of this notice. In order

to be included in the synopsis of

comments to be presented to EPA

management, written comments must be

received by close of business on

November 14, 1997.

III. Confidential Business Information

A person may assert a claim of

confidentiality for any information,

including all or portions of written

comments, submitted to EPA in

connection with the Dialogue Process.

Any person who submits a comment

subject to a claim of confidentiality

must also submit a nonconfidential

version. Any claim of confidentiality

must accompany the information when

it is submitted to EPA. Persons must

mark information claimed as

confidential by circling, bracketing, or

underlining it, and marking it with

‘‘CONFIDENTIAL’’ or some other

appropriate designation. EPA will

disclose information subject to a claim