Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 238 / Thursday, December 11, 1997 / Notices 65263

1 Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership’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, DC 20426, or call (202) 208–

1371. Copies of the appendices were sent to all

those receiving this notice in the mail.

loop and appurtenant facilities

proposed in the Carlton Delivery

Looping Project.1 This EA will be used

by the Commission in its decisionmaking process to determine whether

the project is in the public convenience

and necessity.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Great Lakes Transmission Limited

Partnership (Great Lakes) proposes to

expand the capacity of its facilities in

Minnesota and Wisconsin to transport

an additional 6,500 dekatherms per day

of natural gas to the City of Duluth,

Minnesota and Northwest Natural Gas

Company. Great Lakes seeks authority to

construct and operate:

• About 2.1 miles of 36-inch-diameter

pipeline loop from mileposts (MP) 22.7

to 24.8 on Great Lake’s existing

mainline facilities in Kittson County,

Minnesota (Loop 1);

• About 1.8 miles of 36-inch-diameter

pipeline loop from MPs 226.4 to 228.2

on Great Lake’s existing mainline

facilities in Itasca County, Minnesota

(Loop 2);

• Three downstream crossover

assemblies to tie-in the new loop

facilities to Great Lake’s existing loop

and mainline facilities at MPs 24.8,

226.4, and 228.2.

• One new side tap to be located at

an existing mainline valve site in

Douglas County, Wisconsin at MP

299.28. This sidetap would include two

aboveground tees and two aboveground

valves, together with piping and

supports.

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 require about 57.3 acres of land.

Operation of the proposed project

facilities would permanently affect 12.3

acres of land associated with the new

permanent pipeline right-of-way.

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 Commission requests public

comments on the scope of the issues it

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.

• Land use.

• Water resources, fisheries, and

wetlands.

• Cultural resources.

• Vegetation and wildlife.

• Public safety.

• Endangered and threatened species.

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 several

issues that we think deserve attention

based on a preliminary review of the

proposed facilities and the

environmental information provided by

Great Lakes. This preliminary list of

issues may be changed based on your

comments and our analysis.

• A total of 7.7 acres of wetlands

would be affected during construction

of the proposed project.

• A total of 7.0 acres of forest land

would be cleared for the proposed

project.

No known nonjurisdictional facilities

have been identified for this project.

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 including

alternative routes, and 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, PR–

11.1;

• Reference Docket No. CP98–97–

000; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before January 5, 1998.

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to 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).

You do not need intervenor status to

have your comments considered.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Intent To File An Application

For A Subsequent License

December 5, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed
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with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Notice of

Intent to File An Application For a

Subsequent License.

b. Project No.: 6059.

c. Date filed: November 24, 1997.

d. Submitted By: Hydro Development

Group, Inc., current licensee.

e. Name of Project: Fowler #17

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Oswegatchie River

in St. Lawrence County, New York.

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 16.19 of

the Commission’s regulations.

h. Effective date of current license:

April 1, 1962.

i. Expiration date of current license

September 30, 2002.

j. The project consists of: (1) Three

concrete dam sections spanning the

river and connecting two small islands,

comprising; (a) a 75-foot-long, 25-foothigh dam equipped with 10-inch-high

flashboards; (b) a 192-foot-long, 2-foothigh dam equipped with 22-inch-high

flashboards; (c) a 154-foot-long, 15-foothigh dam equipped with 17-inch-high

flashboards; (2) a 3-acre reservoir with

a normal water surface elevation of

542.0 feet msl; (3) a 55-foot-long, 24-

foot-wide, 20-foot-deep flume; (4) a

powerhouse containing three generating

units with a total installed capacity of

900 kW; (5) 450-foot-long transmission

line; and (6) Appurtenant facilities.

k. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.7,

information the project is Available at:

Hydro Development Group, Inc., c/o

CHI Energy Inc., P.O. Box 58, Route 12F,

Airport Road, Dexter, NY 13634, (315)

639–6700.

l. FERC contact: Tom Dean (202) 219–

2778.

m. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.9 and 16.20

each application for a new or

subsequent license and any competing

license applications must be filed with

the Commission on least 24 months

prior to the expiration of the existing

license. All applications for license for

this project must be filed by September

30, 2000.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Notice of Issuance of Decisions and

Orders During the Week of September

15 Through September 19, 1997

During the week of September 15

through September 19, 1997, the

decisions and orders summarized below

were issued with respect to appeals,

applications, petitions, or other requests

filed with the Office of Hearings and

Appeals of the Department of Energy.

The following summary also contains a

list of submissions that were dismissed

by the Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Copies of the full text of these

decisions and orders are available in the

Public Reference Room of the Office of

Hearings and Appeals, Room 1E–234,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585–

0107, Monday through Friday, between

the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.,

except federal holidays. They are also

available in Energy Management:

Federal Energy Guidelines, a

commercially published loose leaf

reporter system. Some decisions and

orders are available on the Office of

Hearings and Appeals World Wide Web

site at http://www.oha.doe.gov.

Dated: December 2, 1997.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Department of Energy

Office of Hearings and Appeals

[Decision List No. 51]

Week of September 15 through

September 19, 1997

Appeal

William H. Payne, 9/19/97, VFA–0326

The Department of Energy (DOE)

issued a Decision and Order (D&O)

granting in part a Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA) Appeal that was

filed by William H. Payne. In his

Appeal, Mr. Payne contested a

determination made by the DOE’s

Albuquerque Operations Office that

portions of two legal invoices should be

withheld pursuant to the attorney workproduct privilege component of

Exemption 5, and Exemption 4. In the

Decision, the OHA found that

Albuquerque properly withheld

portions of the documents under

Exemption 5, but that Albuquerque had

failed to adequately explain its reasons

for withholding portions of the invoices

under Exemptions 4. The OHA therefore

remanded the matter to Albuquerque for

the issuance of a new determination

concerning the information withheld

under Exemption 4.

Refund Applications

The Office of Hearings and Appeals

issued the following Decisions and

Orders concerning refund applications,

which are not summarized. Copies of

the full texts of the Decisions and

Orders are available in the Public

Reference Room of the Office of

Hearings and Appeals.

Moore Planting Co., Inc. Parker Transfer ........................................................................................................... RF272–57035

RF272–98742

9/16/97

Newmann Medical Center Catholic Health Initiatives ...................................................................................... RK272–0841

RK272–04577

9/19/97

Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. ........................................................................................................................................ RK272–4581 9/17/97

Roger Zetocha et al .............................................................................................................................................. RK272–3097 9/16/97

Dismissals

The following submissions were dismissed.

Name Case No.

Central Valley Cooperative ............................................................................................................................................................... VEE–0031

Givaudan-Roure Corp. ...................................................................................................................................................................... RR272–00245

Personnel Security Hearing .............................................................................................................................................................. VSO–0162

Robert Bruce, Inc. ............................................................................................................................................................................. RF272–57073

Robin Villarreal-Neidner .................................................................................................................................................................... VFA–0334

Schultz Bottled Gas .......................................................................................................................................................................... VEE–0022

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