61106 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 220 / Friday, November 14, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2596–000]

Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.; Notice

of Meeting

November 7, 1997.

Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation

(RG&E) has applied to the Commission

for a subsequent license for the Station

160 Project No. 2596. The project is

located on the Genesee River, in

Livingston County, New York.

RG&E and the New York State

Department of Environmental

Conservation (DEC) are in the process of

negotiating terms and conditions for

Section 401 water quality certification

for the Station 160 Project. RG&E and

DEC have scheduled a meeting to

facilitate the discussion. Commission

staff will attend the meeting.

Meeting Date: Monday, November 24,

1997 from 11:00 a.m.

Location: New York State Department

of Conservation offices, 50 Wolf Road,

Albany, New York.

Meeting Scope: RG&E and DEC to

discuss change in impoundment

fluctuation at Station 2 and status of the

401 Water Quality Certification

Settlement Agreement for Station 160.

Interested parties are welcome to

attend this meeting. For further

information please contact: Hal

Waggoner, Rochester Gas & Electric

Corporation, at (716) 724–8105.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–29954 Filed 11–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–63–000]

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company;

Notice of Application

November 7, 1997.

Take notice that on October 31, 1997,

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

(Tennessee), 1001 Louisiana, Houston,

Texas 77002, filed an application

pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural

Gas Act (NGA) and the Commission’s

Regulations thereunder, requesting

authority for Tennessee to abandon, by

sale to Enogex, Inc. (Enogex), the

Buzzard Gap System in Latimer County,

Oklahoma, all as more fully set forth in

the application on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Tennessee states that, by a Purchase

and Sale Agreement dated September

10, 1997, and subsequent amendment

dated October 19, 1997, Tennessee and

Enogex mutually agreed that Tennessee

will sell to Enogex all of Tennessee’s

rights, title and interests in and to the

Buzzard Gap System and all rights of

way, permits, licenses and other

agreements associated with the system.

Tennessee states that the public

interest will be served by the sale of the

Buzzard Gap System to Enogex.

Tennessee states that the Buzzard Gap

System was constructed by Tennessee’s

merchant service. Tennessee also states

that, as a result of Order No. 636,

Tennessee has restructured its services

and is now solely a transporter of gas.

Tennessee, therefore, states that it no

longer needs the Buzzard Gap System.

Tennessee further states that the

Buzzard Gap System is not integral to

Tennessee’s operations in the postrestructuring environment. Tennessee

states that granting the requested

abandonment authorization will enable

Tennessee to streamline its transmission

operations for its principal activity of

mainline gas transportation. Finally,

Tennessee states that the sale of the

Buzzard Gap System will not adversely

affect any of Tennessee’s existing

customers.

Tennessee requests that the

Commission find that (1) upon the sale

of the Buzzard Gap System to Enogex,

the transferred facilities will be

intrastate facilities which are exempt

from the Commission’s NGA

jurisdiction, and (2) Enogex’s

acquisition of such facilities will not

subject Enogex to the Commission’s

NGA jurisdiction. Tennessee also

requests that the Commission grant all

other authorizations and waivers that

are necessary to effectuate the

transactions contemplated in its

application.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protests with reference to said

application should on or before

November 28, 1997, file with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20426, a petition 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 Natural

Gas Act (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 petition 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 petition 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 petition

for leave 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 provided for,

unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for Tennessee to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–29945 Filed 11–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–2460–001]

Unitil Power Corp.; Notice of Filing

November 7, 1997.

Take notice that on October 10, 1997,

Unitil Power Corp. (Unitil Power)

tendered for filing pursuant to Rules 205

and 207, an amendment to its April 8,

1997, Petition for waivers and blanket

approvals under various regulations of

the Commission and for an order

accepting its market-based rate schedule

to be effective June 1, 1997. Unitil

Power indicates in its amended filing

that it will prohibit power sales to

affiliates absent a separate 205 filing.

A copy of Unitil Power’s amendment

was served on the New Hampshire

Public Utilities Commission.

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

November 21, 1997. Protests will be