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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. 97–32414 Filed 12–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–373–000]

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company;

Notice of Informal Settlement

Conference

December 5, 1997.

Take notice that an informal

settlement conference will be convened

in this proceeding on December 18,

1997, at 10:00 a.m., at the offices of the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

for the purpose of exploring the possible

settlement of the above-referenced

docket.

Any party, as defined by 18 CFR

385.102(c), or any participant as defined

by 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited to

attend. Persons wishing to become a

party must move to intervene and

receive intervenor status pursuant to the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

385.214).

For additional information, contact

Edith A. Gilmore at (202) 208–2158 or

Sandra J. Delude at (202) 208–0583.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32383 Filed 12–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–50–000]

NorAm Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Application

December 5, 1997.

Take notice that on October 28, 1997,

as supplemented on December 4, 1997,

NorAm Gas Transmission Company

(NGT), 525 Milam Street, P.O. Box

21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151,

filed in Docket No. CP98–50–000 a

request pursuant to Section 7(c) of the

Natural Gas Act for approval to

construct and operate certain facilities

in Arkansas to deliver natural gas to

Nucor-Yamato Steel Company (Nucor),

an existing customer of NGT’s in

Blytheville, Arkansas, all as more fully

set forth in the request which is on file

with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

NGT states that it specifically

proposes to construct a two-inch

delivery tap and six-inch meter and

regulating station in Mississippi County,

Arkansas. NGT further states that the

proposed tap would increase the

deliveries of natural gas to Nucor by

2,304 MMBtu per day and 840,960

MMBtu on an annual basis. NGT asserts

that the transportation of natural gas to

Nucor will occur under NGT’s rate

schedule FT. NGT indicates that the

total cost of construction is estimated to

be $38,642, which would be completely

reimbursed by Nucor.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make protest with reference to said

application should on or before

December 12, 1997, file with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 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 the 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 on this application if no

petition to intervene is filed within the

time required herein, and if the

Commission on its own review of the

matter finds that the application is

required by the public convenience and

necessity. If a petition for leave to

intervene is timely filed, or if the

Commission on its own motion believes

that a formal hearing is requested,

further notice of such hearing will be

duly given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for NorAm to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32377 Filed 12–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EC98–14–000]

Southern California Edison Company

Notice of Filing

December 5, 1997.

Take notice that on December 3, 1997,

Southern California Edison Company

(SoCal Edison), filed an amendment to

its application in the above-referenced

proceeding. The amendment identifies

the purchasers of SoCal Edison’s

generating stations at which reliability

must-run units are located. The

purchasers are:

Purchaser Generating station

AES Corporation ....... Alamitos, Huntington

Beach, and Redondo.

Houston Industries,

Inc.

Etiwanda and Mandalay.

A consortium consisting of: NRG Energy, Inc. and

Destec Energy, Inc.

El Segundo.

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 or

214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214). All such motions or

protests should be filed on or before

December 15, 1997. Protests filed with

the Commission will be considered by

it in determining the appropriate action

to be taken but will not serve to make
65262 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 238 / Thursday, December 11, 1997 / Notices

1The pre-registration forms referenced in this

notice are not being printed in the Federal Register.

Copies of the forms were sent to those receiving this

notice in the mail.

the 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. 97–32375 Filed 12–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Environmental Compliance

and Applicant Environmental Report

Preparation Training Courses

December 5, 1997.

The Office of Pipeline Regulation

(OPR) staff will conduct the first of three

planned sessions of its Environmental

Compliance Training Course and the

Environmental Report Preparation

Course on January 27–29, 1998.

These courses are a result of the

positive response to our outreach

training courses held since 1992 and as

recently as October of this year. We

encourage interested organizations and

the public to take advantage of the

courses to gain an understanding of the

requirements and objectives of the

Commission in ensuring compliance

with all environmental certificate

conditions and meeting its

responsibilities under the National

Environmental Policy Act and other

laws and regulations. We also encourage

feedback, either at the courses or in

reply to this notice, on how we can

improve the courses.

Environmental Report Preparation

Course

The Environmental Report

Preparation Course presentation and its

manual focus primarily on Section 7

filings. However, the course manual will

address the following topics:

A. The types of projects that require

environmental filings.

1. Natural Gas Act section 7

2. Natural Gas Policy Act filings

3. Section 2.55 replacements

B. The filings required for each type of

project.

C. Information to include in each filing.

D. Potential time saving procedures.

1. Applicant-prepared DEA

2. Third-party EA or EIS

The staff intends the manual to be a

sourcebook for preparing environmental

filings under section 7 of the Natural

Gas Act.

If you have specific questions related

to the subject matter of this course, or

if you would like the course to address

a particular item, please call Mr. John

Leiss at (202) 208-1106.

This one-day Environmental Report

Preparation Course will be held on the

date and at the location shown below.

Attendees must call the number listed

for the hotel by the reservation deadline

and identify themselves as Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission seminar

attendees to receive the discounted

group rate.

Session: January 27, 1998

Location: Fairmont Hotel, 123 Baronne

Street, New Orleans, Louisiana,

70112, 1–800–527–4727, (504) 527–

7111

Reservations by: January 5, 1998.

We also intend to have sessions in

Chicago and Las Vegas in March and

May, respectively. Information on those

sessions (and registration forms) should

be available by the middle of January

through the telephone number given

below under Pre-registration.

Environmental Compliance Training

Course

The two-day Environmental

Compliance Training Course and its

manual will include the following

topics:

A. Post-certificate clearance filings.

B. Environmental inspection as it

relates to:

1. Right-of-way preparation;

2. Temporary erosion control;

3. Cultural resources;

4. Waterbody crossings;

5. Wetland construction;

6. Residential area construction;

7. Right-of-way restoration; and

8. Techniques for environmental

compliance.

The Environmental Compliance

Training Course will be held on the

dates and at the location shown below.

Attendees must call the numbers listed

for the hotels by the reservation

deadline and identify themselves as

FERC seminar attendees to receive the

discounted group rate.

Session: January 28–29, 1998

Location: Fairmont Hotel, 123 Baronne

Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112

Information: 1–800–527–4727, (504)

527–7111

Reservations by: January 5, 1998

We also intend to have sessions in

Chicago and Las Vegas in March and

May, respectively. Information on those

sessions (and registration forms) should

be available by the middle of January

through the telephone number given

below under Pre-registration.

Pre-Registration

The OPR staff and Foster Wheeler

Environmental Corporation, the

Commission’s environmental support

contractor for natural gas projects, will

conduct the training. There is no fee for

the courses, but you must pre-register

because space is limited.

If you would like to attend either of

these courses, please call the telephone

number listed below to obtain a preregistration form.1 NOTE: IF YOU PLAN

TO ATTEND BOTH THE

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT

PREPARATION COURSE AND THE

SUBSEQUENT ENVIRONMENTAL

COMPLIANCE TRAINING COURSE,

YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER

SEPARATELY FOR EACH (ONLY ONE

FORM IS NEEDED). Attendance will be

limited to the first 150 people to preregister in each course. Call or FAX

requests for pre-registration forms to:

Ms. Donna Connor, c/o Foster Wheeler

Environmental Corporation, 470

Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02210,

Telephone or FAX (Menu driven): (508)

384–1424.

You will receive confirmation of preregistration and additional information

before the training course(s).

Additional training will be offered in

the future. Please indicate whether you

would like these courses to be offered

again, or if you are interested in any

other courses with different topics or

audiences. Please indicate your

preferences for location and time of

year. Suggestions on format are

welcome.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32376 Filed 12–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–97–000]

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership; Notice of Intent To

Prepare an Environmental Assessment

for the Proposed Carlton Delivery

Looping Project and Request for

Comments on Environmental Issues

December 5, 1997.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

the construction and operation of about

3.9 miles of 36-inch-diameter pipeline