57600 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 186 / Monday, September 25, 2000 / Notices

Cancellation effective November 13,

2000, pursuant to Sections 35.15 and

131.53 of the Commission’s Regulations,

18 CFR 35.15 and 131.53, with respect

to Rate Schedules FERC Nos. 1 through

19, and any supplements thereto.

Engelhard no longer is trading electric

power as a power marketer and

accordingly is canceling its rates and

supplements.

Comment date: October 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER00–3684–000]

Take notice that on September 14,

2000, Illinois Power Company (Illinois

Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur,

Illinois 62526, tendered for filing firm

and non-firm transmission agreements

under which Conectiv Energy Supply,

Inc., will take transmission service

pursuant to its open access transmission

tariff. The agreements are based on the

Form of Service Agreement in Illinois

Power’s tariff.

Illinois Power has requested an

effective date of September 15, 2000.

Comment date: October 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Tucson Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER00–3685–000]

Take notice that on September 14,

2000, Tucson Electric Power Company

(Tucson), tendered for filing one (1)

Service Agreement for Retail Network

Integration Transmission Service dated

August 16, 2000 with Arizona Electric

Power Cooperative, Inc. (AEPCO) under

Tucson’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff (Tariff). The Service Agreement

adds AEPCO as a customer under the

Tariff.

Tucson requests an effective date of

August 16, 2000, for the Service

Agreement.

The details of the service agreement is

as follows:

(1) Service Agreement for Network

Integration Transmission Service by and

between Tucson Electric Power

Company and Arizona Electric Power

Cooperative, Inc.—FERC Electric Tariff

Vol. No. 2, Service Agreement No. 141.

Service commenced on August 28, 2000.

Comment date: October 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Virginia Electric and Power

Company

[Docket No. ER00–3686–000]

Take notice that on September 14,

2000, Virginia Electric and Power

Company (Virginia Power or the

Company), tendered for filing (1)

Service Agreement for Firm Point-toPoint Transmission Service by Virginia

Electric and Power Company to NRG

Power Marketing Inc. designated as

Service Agreement No. 299 under the

Company’s FERC Electric Tariff, Second

Revised Volume No. 5; (2) Service

Agreement for Non-Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Service by Virginia

Electric and Power Company to NRG

Power Marketing Inc. designated as

Service Agreement No. 300 under the

Company’s FERC Electric Tariff, Second

Revised Volume No. 5.

The foregoing Service Agreements are

tendered for filing under the Open

Access Transmission Tariff to Eligible

Purchasers effective June 7, 2000. Under

the tendered Service Agreements,

Virginia Power will provide point-topoint service to NRG Power Marketing

Inc. under the rates, terms and

conditions of the Open Access

Transmission Tariff.

Virginia Power requests an effective

date of September 14, 2000, the date of

filing of the Service Agreements.

Copies of the filing were served upon

NRG Power Marketing Inc., the Virginia

State Corporation Commission, and the

North Carolina Utilities Commission.

Comment date: October 5, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. The Connecticut Light and Power

Company, Western Massachusetts

Electric Company, United Illuminating

Company, Central Maine Power

Company, Fitchburg Gas and Electric

Light Company, New England Power

Company, Public Service Company of

New Hampshire, Dominion Resources,

Inc. and Dominion Nuclear

Connecticut, Inc.

[Docket Nos. EC00–137–000 and ER00–3639–

000]

Take notice that on September 8,

2000, the Connecticut Light and Power

Company, Western Massachusetts

Electric Company, United Illuminating

Company, Central Maine Power

Company, Fitchburg Gas and Electric

Light Company, New England Power

Company, Public Service Company of

New Hampshire, Dominion Resources,

Inc. and Dominion Nuclear Connecticut,

Inc. (DNC) (collectively, Applicants)

tendered for filing an application under

Section 203 of the Federal Power Act for

approval of the disposition of

jurisdictional facilities that will result

from the sale of the Millstone Nuclear

Power Station to DNC and for

acceptance under Section 205 of the

Federal Power Act an interconnection

agreement relating to that facility, and

an amendment to a transmission

support agreement. Also on September

12, 2000, a supplement to the

application was filed with the

Commission in the above-referenced

dockets.

The Applicants state that copies of the

application have been mailed to

Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, the

Connecticut Department of Public

Utility Control, the Massachusetts

Department of Telecommunications and

Energy, the New Hampshire Public

Utilities Commission, the Vermont

Public Service Board, the Maine Public

Utilities Commission, the New York

Public Service Commission, the New

Jersey Board of Public Utilities, and the

Pennsylvania Public Utility

Commission.

Comment date: October 10, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest such filing should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 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 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 these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection. This filing may also be

viewed on the Internet at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–24510 Filed 9–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 11616–000–Michigan; Project

No. 2566–010–Michigan]

City of Portland, Michigan, Consumers

Energy Company; Notice of Availability

of Draft Environmental Assessment

September 19, 2000.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 186 / Monday, September 25, 2000 / Notices 57601

Commission’s (Commission’s)

regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy

Projects has reviewed the City of

Portland’s application for original

license for the operating unlicensed

Portland Municipal Hydroelectric

Project, and Consumers Energy

Company’s new license for the

continued operation of the Webber

Hydroelectric Project, located on the

Grand River, in the City of Portland,

Ionia County, Michigan, and has

prepared a Draft Environmental

Assessment (DEA) for the projects. In

the DEA, the Commission’s staff has

analyzed the potential environmental

effects of the projects and has concluded

that licensing the projects, with staffs

recommended measures, would not

constitute a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment.

Copies of the DEA are available for

review in the Public Reference Branch,

Room 2–A, of the Commission’s offices

at 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426. The DEA may also be viewed on

the web at http://www.ferc.us/online/

rims.htm. Please call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance.

Anyone may file comments on the

EA. The public, federal and state

resource agencies are encouraged to

provide comments. All written

comments must be filed within 45 days

from the issuance date of this notice

shown above. Send an original and eight

copies of all comments marked with

Project No. 11616–000 or Project No.

2566–010 to: The Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

If you have any questions regarding this

notice, please contact Tom Dean at (202)

219–2778.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–24515 Filed 9–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Settlement Agreement and

Soliciting Comments

September 19, 2000.

Take notice that the following

settlement agreement has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type: Settlement Offer on New

License Application.

b. Project No.: 2016–044.

Project Name: Cowlitz River.

Applicant: City of Tacoma.

c. Date Settlement Agreement Filed:

September 11, 2000.

d. Location: On the Cowlitz River, in

Lewis County, Washington. About 5

acres are included within the Gifford

Pinchot National Forest and about 59

acres are on lands owned by the Bureau

of Land Management.

e. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.

f. Applicant’s Contact: Toby Freeman,

Tacoma Power, 3628 South 35th Street,

Tacoma, WA 98411; (253) 502–8862.

g. FERC Contact: David Turner (202)

219–2844, Email:

david.turner@ferc.fed.us.

h. Deadline Dates: Comments due:

October 18, 2000; reply comments due:

November 2, 2000.

i. All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure require all interveners

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on

each person on the official service list

for the project. Further, if an intervener

files comments or documents with the

Commission relating to the merits of an

issue that may affect the responsibilities

of a particular resource agency, they

must also serve a copy of the document

on that resource agency.

j. A Settlement Agreement was filed

with the Commission on September 11,

2000. The agreement is the final,

executed Cowlitz River Hydroelectric

Project Settlement Agreement for the

relicensing of Project No. 2016. The

purpose of the Settlement is to resolve

among the signatory parties all issues

associated with issuance of a new

license for the project regarding fish

passage, fish production, fish habitat,

water quality, instream flows, wildlife,

recreation, and cultural and historic

resources. Comments and reply

comments on the Offer of Settlement are

due on the dates listed above. Interested

parties that have already filed comments

on the settlement do not need to file

their comments again for them to be

considered by the Commission.

k. Copies of the offer of settlement are

available for inspection and

reproduction at the Commission’s

Public Reference Room, located at 888

First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington,

DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208–1371.

This filing may be viewed on http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance) or at the

address listed in item f above.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–24514 Filed 9–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Sunshine Act meeting

September 20, 2000.

The following notice of meeting is

published pursuant to Section 3(A) of

the Government in the Sunshine Act

(Pub. L. No. 94–409), 5 U.S.C 552B:

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission.

DATE AND TIME: September 27, 2000, 10

a.m.

PLACE: Room 2C, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda.

Note: Items Listed on the agenda may be

deleted without further notice.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION

SECRETARY: David P. Boergers,

Secretary, Telephone (202) 208–0400.

For a recording listing items stricken

from or added to the meeting, call (202)

208–1627.

This is a list of matters to be

considered by the Commission. It does

not include a listing of all papers

relevant to the items on the agenda;

however, all public documents may be

examined in the reference and

information center.

748th—Meeting September 27, 2000, Regular

Meeting (10 a.m.)

Consent Agenda—Markets, Tariffs and

Rates—Electric

CAE–1.

Omitted

CAE–2.

Omitted

CAE–3.

Omitted

CAE–4.

Docket # ER00–3152, 000, CMS Marketing,

Services and Trading Company

Other #s ER00–3152, 001, CMS Marketing,

Services and Trading Company

CAE–5.

Omitted

CAE–6.

Docket # EC96–19, 053, California

Independent System Operator

Corporation

Other #s ER96–1663, 056, California

Independent System Operator

Corporation

ER98–3760, 005, California Independent

System Operator Corporation