8708 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 38 / Wednesday, February 26, 1997 / Notices

[Docket No. CP97–241–000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Company; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

February 20, 1997.

Take notice that on February 11, 1997,

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Company (Transco), Post Office Box

1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed in

Docket No. CP97–241–000 a request

pursuant to Sections 157.205 and

157.211 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, 157.211) for

authorization to construct, own, and

operate a new sales tap, located in

Delaware County, Pennsylvania, to

Tosco Refining Company (Tosco), a

refiner of crude oil products, under

Transco’s blanket certificate issued in

Docket No. CP82–426–000, pursuant to

Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, all

as more fully set forth in the request that

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

Transco proposes to construct, own,

and operate a sales tap to Tosco

consisting of a 6-inch valve assembly, a

meter station with two 6-inch meter

runs, and other appurtenant facilities,

located in Delaware County,

Pennsylvania. Transco states Tosco will

construct, or cause to be constructed,

appurtenant facilities to enable it to

receive gas from Transco at such point

and move the gas to Tosco’s refinery

facilities.

Transco asserts the new sales will be

used by Tosco to receive up to 24,000

Mcf of gas per day from Transco on a

capacity release, secondary firm or

interruptible basis. Transco declares

upon completion of the sales tap, they

will commence transportation service to

Tosco or its suppliers pursuant to

Transco’s Rate Schedules FT, FT–R, or

IT and Part 284(G) of the Commission’s

Regulations. Transco states the addition

of the sales tap will have no significant

impact on their peak day or annual

deliveries, and is not prohibited by

Transco’s FERC Gas Tariff.

Transco states the estimated total cost

of their proposed facilities to be

approximately $375,000, which Tosco

will reimburse Transco for all costs

associated with such facilities.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4672 Filed 2–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP92–236–0073]

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company; Notice of Interim Refund

February 20, 1997.

Take notice that on November 1,

1996, Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company (Williston Basin) filed its

Report of the Interim refund and the

amount of the refund broken out to

show principal and interest.

Williston Basin states that the total

refund amount distributed to customers

is $6,038,687.05.

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 18 CFR

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests should be

filed on or before February 27, 1997.

Protests will be considered by the

Commission in determining appropriate

action to be taken, but will not serve to

make protestants parties to the

proceedings. Copies of this filing are on

file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection in the

public reference room.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4675 Filed 2–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Project No. 2009–000–NC]

North Carolina Power; Notice of

Scoping Meetings Pursuant to the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969

February 20, 1997.

Virginia Electric and Power Company

operating in Virginia as Virginia Power

and in North Carolina as North Carolina

Power (NCP) is the licensee for the

Roanoke Rapids and Gaston Project,

FERC No. 2009. The license for the

project expires on January 31, 2001.

On May 23, 1995, NCP held the first

stage consultation meeting for the

project. The purpose of the meeting was

to identify resource issues to be

addressed during the relicensing

process. Studies were initiated in

January 1996 and are currently ongoing.

During 1996, NCP determined that an

Applicant Prepared Environmental

Assessment (APEA) would facilitate the

relicensing process, which was

generally supported by the resource

agencies and interested parties. Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

approval to conduct the APEA process

was granted on December 13, 1996. As

part of the APEA process, NCP has

prepared a Scoping Document I (SDI),

which provides information on the

scoping process, APEA schedule,

background information, environmental

issues, and proposed project

alternatives. The issues contained in

SDI are based on agency and public

comments at the May 23, 1995, and

other meetings.

The purpose of this notice is to: (1)

advise all parties as to the proposed

scope of the environmental analysis,

including cumulative effects, and to

seek additional information pertinent to

this analysis; and (2) advise all parties

of their opportunity for comment.

Scoping Process

The Commission’s scoping objectives

are to:

• identify significant environmental

issues;

• determine the depth of analysis

appropriate to each issue;

• identify the resource issues not

requiring detailed analysis; and

• identify reasonable project

alternatives.

The purpose of the scoping process is

to identify significant issues related to

the proposed action and to determine

what issues should be addressed in the

APEA document to be prepared

pursuant to the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The

document, SDI, will be circulated to

enable appropriate federal, state, and

local resource agencies, developers,

Indian tribes, nongovernmental

organizations (NGO’s), and other

interested parties to effectively

participate in and contribute to the

scoping process. SDI provides a brief

description of the proposed action,

project alternatives, the geographic and

temporal scope of a cumulative effects

analysis, and a list of preliminary

issues.

Scoping Meetings

NCP and FERC staff will conduct two

scoping meetings. All interested

individuals, organizations, and agencies

are invited to attend and assist in