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.

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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.

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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