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Copies of the filing were served upon

LG&E’s and KU’s jurisdictional

customers, the Kentucky Public Service

Commission, the Virginia State

Corporation Commission, and the

Tennessee Regulatory Authority.

Comment date: November 10, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

33. Northeast Utilities Service Company

[Docket No. ER98–112–000]

Take notice that on October 10, 1997,

Northeast Utilities Service Company

(‘‘NUSCO’’), tendered for filing, a

Service Agreement with NP Energy, Inc.

(‘‘NPE’’) under the NU System

Companies’’ System Power Sales/

Exchange Tariff No. 6.

NUSCO states that a copy of this filing

has been mailed to NPE.

NUSCO requests that the Service

Agreement become effective December

1, 1997.

Comment date: November 10, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

34. Northeast Utilities Service Company

[Docket No. ER98–113–000]

Take notice that on October 10, 1997,

Northeast Utilities Service Company

(NUSCO), on behalf of its operating

affiliates, The Connecticut Light and

Power Company, Western

Massachusetts Electric Company,

Holyoke Water Power Company,

Holyoke Power and Electric Company

and Public Service Company of New

Hampshire, tendered for filing a Service

Agreement with NP Energy, Inc.

(‘‘NPE’’) under the Northeast Utilities

System Companies’ Sale for Resale

Tariff No. 7 Market Based Rates. NUSCO

requests an effective date of December 1,

1997.

NUSCO states that a copy of its

submission has been mailed or

delivered to NPE.

Comment date: November 10, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

35. New England Power Company

[Docket No. FA96–53–001]

Take notice that on October 14, 1997,

pursuant to an audit report issued by

Commission Audit Staff, New England

Power Company filed a plan to refund

Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal Costs to its

customers under NEP’s FERC Electric

Tariff, Original Volume No. 1.

Comment date: November 10, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

36. Mark B. Grier

[Docket No. ID–3081–000]

Take notice that on October 17, 1997,

Mark B. Grier (Applicant) filed an

application pursuant to Section 305(b)

of the Federal Power Act to hold the

following positions:

Director—Rochester Gas and Electric

Corporation

Executive Vice President, Financial

Management—The Prudential

Insurance Company of America

Director—Prudential Securities Group,

Inc.

Comment date: November 10, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

37. Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket No. OA96–193–003]

Take notice that on September 8,

1997, Kentucky Utilities Company (KU)

tendered for filing a list of KU’s

Transmission Service customers under

its Transmission Services (TS) Tariff.

Comment date: November 10, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

38. Niagara Mohawk Power

Corporation

[Docket No. OA96–194–003]

Take notice that on September 11,

1997, Niagara Mohawk Power

Corporation made a filing in compliance

with the Commission’s order in

Allegheny Power System, Inc. et al.

issued July 31, 1997.

Comment date: November 10, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

39. Montana Power Company

[Docket No. OA96–199–002]

Take notice that on September 16,

1997, Montana Power Company

tendered for filing in compliance to

FERC orders dated December 18, 1996

and July 31, 1997 in Docket Nos. OA96–

18–000, et al., its FERC Electric Tariff,

Second Revised Volume No. 5 (‘‘Open

Access Transmission Tariff’’).

Montana requests that the

Commission accept the tariff for filing,

effective as of September 15, 1997; and

allow the tariff to supersede Montana’s

FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised

Volume No. 5.

Comment date: November 10, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

40. Florida Power & Light Company

[Docket No. OA97–699–000]

Take notice that on September 8,

1997, Florida Power & Light Company

(‘‘FPL’’) tendered for filing various

miscellaneous language changes to

FPL’s Open Access Transmission Tariff

(‘‘Tariff’’).

Comment date: November 10, 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. 97–28898 Filed 10–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Transfer of Licenses

October 27, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Transfer of

Licenses.

b. Projects Nos: (1) 1855–018, (2)

1892–007, (3) 1904–026, (4) 2077–010,

(5) 2323–029, and (6) 2669–006.

c. Date filed: October 15, 1997.

d. Applicants: New England Power

Company and USGen New England, Inc.

e and f. Name and Location of

Projects: (1) Bellows Falls: Connecticut

River in Windham and Windsor

Counties, Vermont, and Cheshire and

Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire; (2)

Wilder: Connecticut River in Windsor

and Orange Counties, Vermont, and

Grafton County, New Hampshire; (3)

Vernon: Connecticut River in Windham

County, Vermont, and Cheshire County,

New Hampshire; (4) Fifteen Mile Falls:

Connecticut River in Grafton and Coos

Counties, New Hampshire, and

Caledonia and Essex Counties, Vermont;

(5) Deerfield River: Deerfield River in
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Windham and Bennington Counties,

Vermont, and Franklin and Berkshire

Counties, Massachusetts; and (6) Bear

Swamp: Deerfield River in Franklin and

Berkshire Counties, Massachusetts.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contacts:

Mr. Stanford L. Hartman, U.S.

Generating Company, 7500 Old

Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD

20814, (301) 718–6816

Mr. Mark E. Slade, New England Power

Company, 25 Research Drive,

Westborough, MA 01582, (508) 389–

2859.

i. FERC Contact: James Hunter, (202)

219–2839.

j. Comment Date: December 8, 1997.

k. Description of Transfer: Transfer of

the licenses for these projects to USGen

New England, Inc. is being sought in

connection with the divestiture by New

England Power Company of

substantially all its generation

resources.

1. 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’’,

‘‘PROTESTS’’, 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 comment 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

be sent to the Applicant’s

representatives.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28844 Filed 10–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration

Record of Decision for the Navajo

Transmission Project (DOE/EIS–0231)

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Record of Decision.

SUMMARY: Based upon the analysis and

information contained in the Navajo

Transmission Project (NTP) Draft and

Final Environmental Impact Statements

(EIS), the Department of Energy (DOE),

Western Area Power Administration

(Western), has decided that should the

NTP be built, it should follow the

preferred alternative described in the

NTP Final EIS. This is the alternative

identified in the EIS documents as the

Kaibito 1 (K1) for the eastern half of the

project area, and the Northern 1 West

(N1W) for the western half. The K1 lies

between the Shiprock Substation and

either the Red Mesa, Copper Mine, or

Moenkopi Substation sites. It parallels

the existing Western 230-kilovolt (kV)

Shiprock-to-Glen Canyon and 345-kV

Glen Canyon-to-Pinnacle Peak

transmission lines for most of its route.

The N1W lies between the Moenkopi

and Marketplace Substation sites and

parallels an existing 500-kV

transmission line for most of its route.

In making this decision, Western

evaluated: (1) alternatives to the

proposed project, and (2) alternatives

that cover the reasonable range of

options for siting and constructing a

500-kV transmission line. Western

released the NTP Draft EIS in September

1996. The Notice of Availability for the

Final EIS was published on August 8,

1997. This Record of Decision is

pursuant to the Council on

Environmental Quality regulations (40

CFR Parts 1500–1508), which

implement the procedural provisions of

the National Environmental Policy Act,

and DOE’s regulations (10 CFR Part

1021).

DATES: This decision will become

effective October 31, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Nicholas Chevance, NTP EIS Project

Manager, Corporate Services Office,

Western Area Power Administration,

1627 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO

80123–3398, (303) 275–1713.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Dine ́ Power Authority (DPA), an

enterprise of the Navajo Nation,

requested assistance from Western in

1993 in planning for the construction,

operation, and maintenance of a 500-kV

transmission line from the Four Corners

area in northwestern New Mexico across

northern Arizona to a terminus in

southern Nevada. As a Federal power

marketing agency, Western is

responsible for marketing and

transmitting power from Federal power

projects in the region. Since the 1960’s,

Western and its predecessor agency, the

Bureau of Reclamation, have been

assisting the Navajo Nation in meeting

its energy needs through firm-energy

agreements with the Navajo Tribal

Utility Authority, a Navajo Nation

enterprise providing utility services and

various energy related projects. Western

has provided technical assistance to

DPA with the NTP, invested funds in

the project, administered DOE grants to

DPA for the project, and anticipates

owning a portion of the NTP capacity

commensurate with its final pro rata

investment in the project.

The DPA proposal was developed in

response to needs of the electric

industry and of the Navajo Nation.

These include the following:

• Relieve the constraints on the

transmission of electricity west of the

Four Corners area.

• Improve the operational flexibility

and reliability of the extra-high-voltage

transmission system in the region.

• Allow increased economical power

transfers, sales, and purchases in the

region.

• Improve economic conditions of the

Navajo Nation.

• Facilitate the development of

Navajo Nation energy resources and its

participation in the electrical utility

industry.

Western agreed to assist DPA in this

endeavor by participating as the lead

Federal agency for the preparation of the

EIS. Federal involvement was provided

because of the need to acquire rights-ofway across public lands, construction of

the project could benefit Western and

Western’s customers, and because DOE

supports the development of Native

American energy programs pursuant to