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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 a proceeding or to participate as a

party in any hearing therein must file a

motion 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 or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that a grant of the

certificate is required by the public

convenience and necessity. If a motion

for leave to intervene is timely filed, or

if the Commission on its own motion

believes that a formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for WIC or CIG to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–34115 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. CP97–168–000 and CP97–169–

000]

Alliance Pipeline L.P.; Notice of

Availability of the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement for the Proposed

Alliance Pipeline Project

December 23, 1997.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) has prepared this draft

environmental impact statement (EIS)

on natural gas pipeline facilities

proposed by Alliance Pipeline L.P.

(Alliance) in the above-referenced

dockets.

The draft EIS was prepared to satisfy

the requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act. The staff

concludes that approval of the proposed

project, with appropriate mitigating

measures as recommended, would have

limited adverse environmental impact.

The draft EIS evaluates alternatives to

the proposal, including system

alternatives, and requests comments on

them.

The draft EIS assesses the potential

environmental effects of the

construction and operation of the

following facilities in North Dakota,

Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois:

• Approximately 890 miles of 36-

inch-diameter mainline pipeline;

• Seven compressor stations totaling

320,000 horsepower;

• Five meter stations;

• A total of 0.9 mile of 36-inchdiameter lateral pipeline connecting the

proposed meter stations to the mainline

pipeline;

• A measurement and pressure

control station;

• Forty-eight block valves installed

along the pipeline and at each

compressor station; and

• Three internal tool or ‘‘pig’’

launchers and four pig receivers.

In addition, the draft EIS addresses

the potential environmental impact

associated with construction and

operation of a natural gas liquids

extraction plant planned by Aux Sable

Liquid Products L.P. in connection with

Alliance’s pipeline.

The purpose of Alliance’s proposed

facilities is to transport up to 1.3 billion

cubic feet per day of natural gas

produced in western Canada to

interconnections with existing pipeline

systems in the Chicago area. The

planned Aux Sable Plant would extract

the natural gas liquids that may be

present in Alliance’s pipeline.

Comment Procedures and Public

Meetings

Any person wishing to comment on

the draft EIS may do so. Please carefully

follow these instructions to ensure that

your comments are received in time and

properly recorded:

• Send two copies of your comments

to: Lois Cashell, Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First St., N.E., Room 1A, Washington,

DC 20426;

• Reference Docket Nos. CP97–168–

000 and CP97–169–000; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before February 16, 1998.

In addition to written comments we

will hold several public meetings in the

project area to receive comments on the

draft EIS. We will announce in a future

notice, the locations and times of those

public meetings.

Interested groups and individuals are

encouraged to attend and present oral

comments on the environmental impact

described in the draft EIS. Transcripts of

the meetings will be prepared.

After these comments are reviewed,

any significant new issues are

investigated, and modifications are

made to the draft EIS, a final EIS will

be published and distributed by the

staff. The final EIS will contain the

staff’s responses to timely comments

received on the draft EIS.

Comments will be considered by the

Commission but will not serve to make

the commentor a party to the

proceeding. Any person seeking to

become a party to the proceeding must

file a motion to intervene pursuant to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214).

Anyone may intervene in this

proceeding based on this draft EIS. You

must file your request to intervene as

specified above. You do not need

intervenor status to have your

comments considered.

The draft EIS has been placed in the

public files of the FERC and is available

for public inspection at: Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Public

Reference and Files Maintenance

Branch, 888 First Street, N.E., Room 2A,

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208–1371.

A limited number of copies are

available from Public Reference and

Files Maintenance Branch identified

above. In addition, the draft EIS has

been mailed to Federal, state, and local

agencies; public interest groups;

individuals who requested a copy of the

draft EIS; libraries; newspapers; and

parties to this proceeding.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from Paul

McKee in the Commission’s Office of

External Affairs, at (202) 208–1088.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–34109 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 11243–002 Alaska]

Whitewater Engineering Corporation;

Notice of Availability of Final

Environmental Assessment

December 23, 1997.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission)

regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of

Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the
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application for an original license for

the Power Creek Project, and has

prepared a Final Environmental

Assessment (FEA) for the project. The

project would be located near Cordova,

Alaska. On October 8, 1997, the

Commission staff issued and distributed

to all parties requested that comments

be filed with the Commission within 30

days. Comments were filed and are

addressed in the FEA. The FEA contains

the staff’s analysis of the potential

environmental impacts of the project

and concludes that licensing the project,

with the appropriate environmental

protective measures, would not

constitute a major federal action that

would significantly affect the quality of

the human environment.

Copies of the FEA are available for

review in the Public Reference Room,

Room 2A, of the Commission’s offices at

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

20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–34012 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Non-Project Use of Project

Lands (Construction of a Boat Launch

Facility)

December 23, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Non-project

Use of Project Lands (Construction of a

Boat Launch Facility).

b. Project No.: 2105–061: Moonspiner

Resort.

c. Date Filed: September 4, 1997.

d. Applicant: Pacific Gas & Electric

Company (PG & E).

e. Name of Project: Upper North Fork

Feather River Project (Lake Almanor).

f. Location: The proposed boat launch

facility would be located in Big Cove on

the eastern shore of Lake Almanor

Peninsula.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. § 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant contact: Bill Zemke,

Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Mail

Code N11C, P.O. Box 770000, San

Francisco, CA 94177, (415) 973–1646.

i. FERC contact: J.K. Hannula, (202)

219–0116.

j. Comment date: January 29, 1998.

k. Description of the Application: PG

& E requests approval to permit

Moonspiner Resort (Brett and Judy

Womack) to build a new boat launch

ramp and six boat slips. Approximately

5,700 cubic yards of material would be

dredged during construction. The boat

launch facility is located in Eleanor

Cove, a part of Big Cove.

l. 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

file 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. 97–34011 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–400123; FRL–5763–8]

Toxics Data Reporting Committee of

the National Advisory Council for

Environmental Policy and Technology;

Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, EPA gives notice of a 2–

day meeting of the Toxics Data

Reporting Committee of the National

Advisory Council for Environmental

Policy and Technology. This will be the

third meeting of the Toxics Data

Reporting (TDR) Committee, whose

mission is to provide advice to EPA

regarding the Agency’s Toxics Release

Inventory (TRI) Program.

DATES: The public meeting will take

place on January 29-30, 1998, from 8:30

a.m. to 5 p.m. Written and electronic

comments in response to this notice

should be received by January 16, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at:

L’Enfant Plaza, 480 L’Enfant Plaza SW.,

Washington, DC 20024, (202) 484–1000.

Each comment must bear the docket

control number ‘‘OPPTS–400123.’’ All

comments should be sent in triplicate

to: OPPT Document Control Officer

(7407), Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics, Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Room G099,

East Tower, Washington, DC 20460.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically to: oppt.

ncic@epamail.epa.gov. Follow the

instructions under Unit II. of this

document. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail.

All comments which contain

information claimed as CBI must be

clearly marked as such. Three sanitized

copies of any comments containing

information claimed as CBI must also be

submitted and will be placed in the

public record for this rulemaking.

Persons submitting information on any

portion of which they believe is entitled

to treatment as CBI by EPA must assert

a business confidentiality claim in

accordance with 40 CFR 2.203(b) for

each such portion. This claim must be

made at the time that the information is

submitted to EPA. If a submitter does

not assert a confidentiality claim at the

time of submission, EPA will consider

this as a waiver of any confidentiality

claim and the information may be made

available to the public by EPA without

further notice to the submitter.