Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 228 / Wednesday, November 26, 1997 / Notices 63143

GTI states that copies of this filing

were served upon its jurisdictional

customers and the Regulatory

Commissions of the states of Ohio and

West Virginia.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.,

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure. All such

protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. 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.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–31008 Filed 11–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2674–003, Vermont]

Green Mountain Power Company;

Notice of Intent To Conduct Public

Scoping Meetings and Site Visit

November 20, 1997.

The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission or FERC)

received an application from the Green

Mountain Power Company (Green

Mountain or Applicant) to relicense the

Vergennes Hydroelectric Project No.

2674–003.The 2.4-megawatt project is

located on Otter Creek in the city of

Vergennes, Addison County, Vermont.

The Commission will hold public and

agency scoping meetings on December

11, 1997, for preparation of an

Environmental Assessment (EA) under

the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) for the issuance of a major

license for the project.

Scoping Meetings

FERC staff will conduct one agency

scoping meeting and one public

meeting. The agency scoping meeting

will focus on resource agency and nongovernmental organization (NGO)

concerns, while the public scoping

meeting is primarily for public input.

All interested individuals,

organizations, and agencies are invited

to attend one or both of the meetings,

and to assist the staff in identifying the

scope of the environmental issues that

should be analyzed in the EA. The times

and locations of these meetings are as

follows:

Agency Scoping Meeting

Date: Thursday, December 11, 1997.

Time: From 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.

Place: Vergennes Fire Station Meeting

Room.

Address: Green Street, Vergennes,

Vermont.

Public Scoping Meeting

Date: Thursday, December 11, 1997.

Time: From 7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.

Place: Vergennes Fire Station Meeting

Room.

Address: Green Street, Vergennes,

Vermont.

To help focus discussions, we will

distribute a Scoping Document (SD1)

outlining the subject areas to be

addressed at the meeting to the parties

on the Commission’s mailing list.

Copies of the SD1 also will be available

at the scoping meetings.

Site Visits

The applicant and FERC staff will

conduct a project site visit beginning at

1:00 p.m. on December 10, 1997. All

interested individuals, organizations,

and agencies are invited to attend. All

participants should meet at the Green

Mountain Power Service Center,

adjacent to the #9 Power House on

Mechanic Street in Vergennes, Vermont.

All participants are responsible for their

own transportation to the side. Anyone

with questions about the site visit

should contact Mr. Michael Scarzello of

Green Mountain at 802–660–5835.

Objectives

At the scoping meetings, the staff will:

(1) summarize the environmental issues

tentatively identified for analysis in the

EA; (2) solicit from the meeting

participants all available information,

especially quantifiable data, on the

resources at issue; (3) encourage

statements from experts and the public

on issues that should be analyzed in the

EA, including viewpoints in opposition

to, or in support of, the staff’s

preliminary views; (4) determine the

relative depth of analysis for issues to be

addressed in the EA; and (5) identify

resource issues that are of lesser

importance, and, therefore, do not

require detailed analysis.

Procedures

The meetings will be recorded by a

stenographer and will become part of

the formal record of the Commission

proceeding on the project. Individuals

presenting statements at the meetings

will be asked to sign in before the

meeting starts and to clearly identify

themselves for the record. Speaking

time for attendees at the meetings will

be determined before the meeting, based

on the number of persons wishing to

speak and the approximate amount of

time available for the session. All

speakers will be provided at least 5

minutes to present their views.

Individuals, organizations, and

agencies with environmental expertise

and concerns are encouraged to attend

the meetings and to assist the staff in

defining and clarifying the issues to be

addressed in the EA.

Persons choosing not to speak at the

meetings, but who have views on the

issues, may submit written statements

for inclusion in the public record at the

meeting. In addition, written scoping

comments may be filed with the

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426, until January

12, 1998. All filings should contain an

original and eight copies, and must

clearly show at the top of the first page

‘‘Vergennes Hydroelectric Project, FERC

No. 2674–003.’’

For further information, please

contact Lee Emery at (202) 219–2779.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–31003 Filed 11–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–49–000]

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company;

Notice of Report of Pooling Service

November 20, 1997.

Take notice that on November 14,

1997, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company

(Koch) tendered for filing its report of

the pooling service after one year of

operation.

Koch states that this filing is being

filed in compliance with Section 8 of

the Pooling Rate Schedule (PS Rate

Schedule). The Commission required

Koch to file a report 45 days after the

first year of operating experience. Koch

states that the pooling service has been

implemented successfully and that no

changes are being proposed for this

service at this time.

Koch states that copies of the filing

are being served upon each of its

customers, and other interested parties.

Any person desiring to be heard or

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission,