8948 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 39 / Thursday, February 27, 1997 / Notices

Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania

Public Utility Commission, the

Maryland Public Service Commission,

the Virginia State Corporation

Commission, the West Virginia Public

Service Commission, and all parties of

record.

Comment date: March 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

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. 97–4913 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

[Project No. 11077–014]

Alaska Power and Telephone

Company; Notice of Availability of

Environmental Assessment

Februry 21, 1997.

An environmental assessment (EA) is

available for public review. The EA is

for an application to amend the Goat

Lake Hydroelectric Project. The

application is to modify the project by

extending the access road to the bottom

of the Skagway River Valley, relocating

the powerhouse to the west side of the

river, extending the transmission line,

realigning the penstock route, and

deleting the 125-foot-long spillway and

burying the siphon. The EA finds that

approval of the application would not

constitute a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment. The Goat Lake

Project is located on Pitchfork Falls,

near the town of Skagway, Alaska.

The EA was written by staff in the

Office of Hydropower Licensing,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Copies of the EA can be viewed in the

Public Reference Branch, Room 1C–1, of

the Commission’s offices at 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.

For further information, please

contact the project manager, Ms.

Rebecca Martin, at (202) 219–2650.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4811 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP96–687–000]

Iroquois Gas Transmission System,

L.P.; Notice of Availability of the

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed Athens Compressor Station

Project

February 21, 1997.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) has prepared an

environmental assessment (EA) that

discusses the environmental impacts of

the construction and operation of the

facilities proposed in the Athens

Compressor Station Project in the above

referenced docket.

The EA was prepared to satisfy the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act. The staff

concludes that approval of the project,

with appropriate mitigating measures

would not constitute a major Federal

action significantly affecting the quality

of the human environment.

The EA addresses the construction

and operation by Iroquois Gas

Transmission System, L.P. (Iroquois) of

9,500 horsepower of compression at the

proposed Athens Compressor Station in

Greene County, New York.

The purpose of the compressor station

is to provide additional firm

transportation capacity of up to 30

million cubic feet per day of natural gas

to two shippers.

The EA has been placed in the public

files of the FERC and is available for

inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Public Reference and Files

Maintenance Branch, 888 First St., NE.,

Room 2A–1, Washington, DC 20426,

(202) 208–1371.

Copies of the EA have been mailed to

Federal, state, and local agencies, public

interest groups, interested individuals,

newspapers, libraries, adjacent

landowners, and parties to this

proceeding. A limited number of

additional copies are available from the

above address.

Any party wishing to comment on the

EA may do so. Written comments must

be received by March 21, 1997,

reference Docket No. CP96–687–000,

and be addressed to: Office of the

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room

1A, Washington, DC 20426.

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 Procedures (18 CFR

385.214).

The date for filing timely motions to

intervene in this proceeding has passed.

Therefore, parties now seeking to file

late interventions must show good

cause, as required by section

385.214(b)(3), why this time limitation

should be waived. Environmental issues

have been viewed as good cause for late

intervention. You do not need

intervenor status to have your

comments considered.

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. 97–4801 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. 2299–037]

Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto

Irrigation District; Notice of Availability

of Environmental Assessment

February 21, 1997.

An environmental assessment (EA) is

available for public review. The EA is

for an application for an amendment of

license for the new Don Pedro Project.

The amendment of license application

concerns changes to project

transmission lines, including the

addition of a section of existing

transmission line within the project

boundary. The EA finds that approval of

the application would not constitute a

major federal action significant affecting

the quality of the human environment.

The New Don Pedro Project is located

in Tuolumne County, California.

The EA was written by staff in the

Office of Hydropower Licensing,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Copies of the EA are available for review

at the Commission’s Reference and

Information Center, Room 2–A, 888

First Street, NE. Washington, DC 20426.

Copies can also be obtained by calling

the project manager, Jon Cofracesco at

(202) 219–0079.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4810 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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