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NUSCO states that a copy of this filing

has been mailed to the Northern Indiana

Public Service Company.

NUSCO requests that the Service

Agreement become effective October 23,

1997.

Comment date: November 20, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

41. Allegheny Power Service Corp. on

behalf of Monongahela Power

Company, The Potomac Edison

Company and West Penn Power

Company (Allegheny Power)

[Docket No. ER98–336–000]

Take notice that on October 28, 1997,

Allegheny Power Service Corporation

on behalf of Monongahela Power

Company, The Potomac Edison

Company and West Penn Power

Company (Allegheny Power) filed a

market rate tariff of general applicability

under which it proposes to sell capacity

and energy at market-based rates.

Allegheny Power also seeks to amend its

Standard Generation Service Rate

Schedule to permit sales to affiliates at

cost-based rates subject to limitations

established by the Commission in

previous orders.

Copies of the filing have been

provided to the Public Utilities

Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania

Public Utility Commission, the

Maryland Public State Commission, the

Virginia State Corporation Commission,

the West Virginia Public Service

Commission, and all parties of record.

Comment date: November 19, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

42. Horizon Energy Company

[Docket No. ER98–380–000]

Take notice that on October 30, 1997,

Horizon Energy Company (Horizon

Energy) tendered for filing an

application for waivers and approvals

under regulations of the Commission

and for an order accepting its Market

Based Rate Tariff—FERC Electric Rate

Schedule No. 1, which is necessary for

Horizon Energy to make sales to certain

Electric Distribution Companies to

participate in those Electric Distribution

Companies’ pilot programs to address

load balancing requirements. Horizon

Energy has further requested that the

Commission waive its regulations to the

extent necessary such that its MarketBased Rates Tariff be permitted to take

effect on November 1, 1997. Horizon

Energy is an affiliate of PECO Energy

Company.

In these transactions, Horizon Energy

intends to charge rates as mutually

agreed to by Horizon Energy and the

Electric Distribution company

purchaser. All other terms of the

transactions also would be determined

by negotiation between the parties. All

sales and purchases will be arms-length

transactions.

Comment date: November 19, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

43. New England Power Pool

[Docket No. ER98–499–000]

Take notice that on October 31, 1997,

the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL)

Executive Committee submitted the

Fourth Supplement to Thirty-Third

Agreement Amending New England

Power Pool Agreement and related

materials.

The NEPOOL Executive Committee

states that copies of these materials were

sent to all entities on the service list in

Docket No. ER97–4421–000, Docket

Nos. OA97–608–000 and ER97–3574–

000, Docket Nos. OA97–237–000, ER97–

1079–000 and EC97–35–000, the

participants in the New England Power

Pool, and the New England state

governors and regulatory commissions.

Comment date: November 18, 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. 97–30117 Filed 11–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 1894–193]

South Carolina Electric and Gas

Company; Notice of Availability of

Draft Environmental Assessment

November 10, 1997.

A draft environmental assessment

(DEA) is available for public review.

The DEA was prepared for an

application filed by the South Carolina

Electric and Gas Company, licensee for

the Parr Hydroelectric Project. In its

application, the licensee requests

Commission approval of a land use and

shoreline management plan for the

project. The proposed plan provides for

the conservation, development, and use

of 142 miles of shoreline around the

project’s Parr Reservoir, Monticello

Reservoir, and recreation

subimpoundment.

Based on the comparative

environmental analyses presented in the

DEA, the Commission’s staff has

selected the licensee’s proposed plan

with staff modifications as the preferred

alternative. The DEA finds that

approving the staff modified plan would

not be a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment.

The DEA was written by staff in the

Office of Hydropower Licensing,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Copies of the DEA can be obtained by

calling the Commission’s public

reference room at (202) 208–1371.

Comments on the DEA must be filed

with the Commission within 40 days

from the date of this notice. Comments

should be addressed to: Ms. Lois D.

Cashell, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

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

Please include the project number

(1894–193) on any comments filed.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30081 Filed 11–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Amendment of Exemption

November 10, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:
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a. Proposed Action: Amendment of

Exemption.

b. Project No.: 4478–005.

c. Exemptee: Bell Enterprises.

d. Name of Project: Bell

Hydroelectric.

e. Location: Battle Creek, in Trinity

County, California.

f. Action Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 USC §§ 791—825(r).

g. Ememptee Contact: C. Larry Bell,

Bell Enterprises, 2500 SE Nevada Court,

Portland, OR 97219, (503) 245–8594.

h. FERC Contact: Regina Saizan, (202)

219–2673.

i. Comment Date: December 26, 1977.

j. Description of the proposed action:

The proposed amendment will remove

the existing diversion structure, the

water ditch, the 4,860-foot-long

penstock, and the 500–kw powerhouse

from the exemption to reflect the

project’s as-built condition.

k. 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’’,

‘‘PROTEST’’, 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

filed comments 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. 97–30074 Filed 11–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Ready for

Environmental Analysis

November 10, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: Major License.

b. Project No.: P–11282–001.

c. Date Filed: November 21, 1995.

d. Applicant: Summit Hydropower,

Inc.

e. Name of Project: Gainer Dam.

f. Location: On the North Branch of

the Pawtuxet River, Town of Scituate,

Providence County, Rhode Island.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Duncan S.

Broatch, 92 Rocky HIll Road,

Woodstock, CT 06281, (860) 974–1620.

i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery (202)

219–2779.

j. Deadline Date: See paragraph D9.

k. Status of Environmental Analysis:

This application is ready for

environmental analysis at this time—see

attached paragraph D9.

l. Description of Project: The existing

inoperative project would consist of: (1)

A 3,500-foot-long, 109-foot-high earthen

dam having a 450-foot-long overflowtype spillway at its right (southwest)

abutment; (2) a reservoir, known as the

Scituate Reservoir, having a 3,400-acre

surface area and a 112,270 acre-foot

gross storage capacity at spillway crest

elevation of 283 feet MSL; (3) an intake

structure; (4) a powerhouse containing a

rehabilitated 1,500-kW generating unit

operated at an 82-foot-net head and at

a flow of 300 cfs and containing a new

70-kW generating unit operated at an

82-foot-net head and at a flow of 14 cfs;

(5) a 400-foot-long tailrace tunnel and a

700-foot-long excavated tailrace; (6) a

500-foot-long underground, 2.3-kV

transmission line; (7) A 2.3/23-kV

Substation; (8) A 1.5-mile-long 23-kV

transmission line; and (9) appurtenant

facilities.

The primary purpose for the existing

facilities, owned and operated by the

Providence Water Supply Board

(PWSB), is water supply for the city of

Providence. Applicant estimates that the

project’s average annual generation

would be 2,968,000 kWh. The

applicant’s estimated net investment in

the project would amount to $494.607.

m. Purpose of Project: All project

energy will be used on site with the

excess power sold to a public utility

company.

n. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: A4 and

D9.

o. Available Locations of Application:

A copy of the application, as amended

and supplemented, is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference and

Files Maintenance Branch, located at

888 First Street, N.E., Room 2A–1,

Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–2326. A copy is also available

for inspection and reproduction at

Summit Hydropower, Inc., 92 Rocky

Hill Road, Woodstock, CT 06281, or by

calling (860) 974–1620.

A4. Development Application—

Public notice of the filing of the initial

development application, which has

already been given, established the due

date for filing competing applications or

notices of intent. Under the

Commission’s regulations, any

competing development application

must be filed in response to and in

compliance with the public notice of the

initial development application. No

competing applications or notices of

intent may be filed in response to this

notice.

D9. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—The application is ready

for environmental analysis at this time,

and the Commission is requesting

comments, reply comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions.

The Commission directs, pursuant to

Section 4.34(b) of the Regulations (see

Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56

FR 23108, May 20, 1991) that all

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions and prescriptions concerning

the application be filed with the

Commission within 60 days from the

issuance date of this notice. All reply

comments must be filed with the

Commission within 105 days from the

date of this notice.

Anyone may obtain an extension of

time for these deadlines from the

Commission only upon a showing of

good cause or extraordinary

circumstances in accordance with 18

CFR 385.2008.