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requirements and allow the agreements

to become effective on September 19,

2000.

Comment date: October 10, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Florida Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–3702–000]

Take notice that on September 18,

2000, Florida Power Corporation

(Florida Power) tendered for filing, a

notice of termination of the service

agreement for non-firm point-to-point

transmission service with Sonat Power

Marketing L.P. (now known as El Paso

Merchant Energy, L.P.) and Florida

Power Corporation (FPC).

Comment date: October 10, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Louisville Gas and Electric

Company/Kentucky Utilities Company

[Docket No. ER00–3710–000]

Take notice that on September 18,

2000, Louisville Gas and Electric

Company (LG&E)/Kentucky Utilities

Company (KU) (hereinafter Companies)

tendered for filing an unexecuted

unilateral Service Sales Agreement

between Companies and Merrill Lynch

Capital Services, Inc. under the

Companies’ Rate Schedule MBSS.

Comment date: October 10, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. Florida Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–3711–000]

Take notice that on September 18,

2000, Florida Power Corporation

(Florida Power) tendered for filing a

service agreement providing for nonfirm point-to-point transmission service

and a service agreement providing for

short term firm point-to-point

transmission service by Florida Power

to Constellation Power Source, Inc.

pursuant to Florida Power’s open access

transmission tariff.

Florida Power requests that the

Commission waive its notice of filing

requirements and allow the agreements

to become effective on September 19,

2000.

Comment date: October10, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

17. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–3713–000]

Take notice that on September 18,

2000, Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy)

tendered for filing a Service Agreement

under Cinergy’s Resale, Assignment or

Transfer of Transmission Rights and

Ancillary Service Rights Tariff (the

Tariff) entered into between Cinergy and

El Paso Merchant Energy, L.P. (El Paso).

This Service Agreement has been

executed by both parties and is to

replace the existing unexecuted Service

Agreement.

Comment date: October 10, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

18. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–3714–000]

Take notice that on September 18,

2000, Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy)

and Illinova Energy Partners, Inc. are

requesting a cancellation of Service

Agreements No. 122, under Cinergy

Operating Companies, Market-Based

Power Sales Tariff—MB, FERC Electric

Tariff Original Volume No. 7.

Cinergy requests an effective date of

May 31, 2000.

Comment date: October 10, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

19. Energy Alternatives, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–3715–000]

Take notice that on September 18,

2000, Energy Alternatives, Inc. (EA)

petitioned the Commission for

cancellation of EA Rate Schedule FERC

No. 1. EA no longer intends to engage

in wholesale electric power and energy

purchases and sales as a marketer in the

near future. There are no purchasers or

other parties affected by this

cancellation. EA is a wholly-owned

subsidiary of Midwest Energy Systems,

a Minnesota corporation, which is a

wholly-owned subsidiary of Dakota

Electric Association, a Minnesota

cooperative corporation.

Comment date: October 10, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

20. NRG Sterlington Power LLC

[Docket No. ER00–3718–000]

Take notice that on September 18,

2000, NRG Sterlington Power LLC

tendered for filing a Notice of

Succession pursuant to 18 CFR 35.16 of

the Commission’s regulations in order to

reflect the succession of NRG

Sterlington Power LLC to the interests of

Koch Power Louisiana, L.L.C.

Comment date: October 10, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

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, 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 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. 00–24928 Filed 9–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Tendered for

Filing With the Commission and

Soliciting Additional Study Requests

September 22, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: New Major

License.

b. Project No.: 2031–046.

c. Date Filed: August 30, 2000.

d. Applicant: Springville City.

e. Name of Project: Bartholomew

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: Northeast of Springville

City, within Bartholomew Canyon and

on Hobble Creek, in Utah County, Utah.

The project is partially situated on

federal lands within the Uinta National

Forest, administered by the Forest

Service.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Matthew Cassel

at Psomas Consultants, 2825 East

Cottonwood Parkway, #120, Salt Lake

City, Utah 84121. Telephone 801–270–

5777.

i. FERC Contact: Jim Haimes,

james.haimes@ferc.fed.us, Telephone

202–219–2780.

j. Deadline for Filing Additional Study

Requests: October 30, 2000.

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.

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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 whose name appears 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.

k. Status of Environmental Analysis:

This application is not ready for

environmental analysis at this time.

l. Description of the Project: Situated

in a mountainous, mostly undeveloped

area east of Springville City,

approximately 60 miles south of Salt

Lake City, the subject project does not

include a dam or reservoir. Instead, it

operates using relatively small

quantities of water removed from

underground springs or small creeks

located at high elevations and then

transported downhill via underground

penstocks to three powerhouses and a

powerhouse addition having a

combined installed capacity of 2,000

kilowatts (kW). The project produces an

average of approximately 4,653,000

kilowatt-hours of energy per year. Much

of the project’s generation is produced

during the high runoff season each

spring. Flows used to generate

electricity either are diverted to the

licensee’s water distribution system for

domestic and industrial consumption or

are released into Hobble Creek.

The project’s generating facility at the

highest elevation is Upper Bartholomew

powerhouse. Constructed in 1992, it is

a 25-foot-long by 17-foot-wide, partially

buried, concrete structure containing

one turbine with an hydraulic capacity

of 10 cubic feet per second (cfs) and a

900-foot head that drives one 200-kW

generator. This facility operates using

water collected from underground

springs located in the left fork

Bartholomew Canyon and transported to

the powerhouse in a 10-inch-diameter,

55-foot-long, ductile iron pipe to a

diversion-head control structure, and

then through a 10-inch-diameter, 5,800-

foot-long, ductile iron penstock to the

powerhouse. Releases from this

powerhouse travel through a 20-inchdiameter, 100-foot-long outlet pipe to a

surge tank, and then through a 30-inchdiameter, steel pipe to a 1.5 milliongallon-capacity storage tank.

Downhill, at the south end of

Bartholomew Canyon, is the project’s

original generating facility, Lower

Bartholomew Powerhouse. Constructed

in 1948, this 80-foot-long by 28-footwide, brick and masonry structure

contains one turbine with an hydraulic

capacity of 16 cfs and a 980-foot head.

The turbine powers one 500-kW

generator. This unit currently operates

intermittently with overflows from the

licensee’s 1.5 million-gallon-capacity

water tank, cited above. This water

reaches the turbine in a 16-inchdiameter, 25,250-foot-long penstock,

and it exits the powerhouse through a

24-inch-diameter, concrete pipe into a

diversion canal, and then into the left

fork Hobble Creek.

Constructed in 1987, Lower

Bartholomew Powerhouse Annex is a

brick and masonry addition to the

original powerhouse containing one

turbine having an hydraulic capacity of

28 cfs and a 980-foot head. The turbine

drives one 1,000-kW generator. Power is

produced using culinary water released

from the licensee’s 1.5 million-gallon

water tank, cited above, and transported

downstream in a 20-inch-diameter,

25,250-foot-long, steel penstock.

Inflows to this water tank are obtained

from two sources: Releases from the

Upper Bartholomew powerhouse,

discussed above; and underground

springs located at the upper end of the

right fork Bartholomew Canyon. This

spring water is collected in buried

perforated pipes connected to collection

boxes and then transported via a 30-

inch-diameter, 4,800-foot-long, concrete

pipe to the project’s 1.5 million-gallon

storage tank. After exiting the turbine,

flows are transported through a 24-inchdiameter, steel pipe to the licensee’s

non-project 2.0 million-gallon Hobble

Creek water storage tank for domestic

and industrial customers in the

Springville area.

The project facility at the lowest

elevation is Hobble Creek powerhouse,

located in the lower portion of Hobble

Creek Canyon. Constructed in 1950, this

35-foot-long by 30-foot-wide, masonry

structure contains two turbines having a

combined hydraulic capacity of 38 cfs

and a 135-foot head. These turbines

drive one 300-kW generator. The

development currently operates with

surface flows diverted from the left fork

Hobble Creek by a 5-foot-high, 25-footlong, concrete diversion structure, and

from the right fork Hobble Creek by a 4-

foot-high, 30-foot-long, concrete

diversion structure. Flows diverted from

these creeks are transported in 14-inchdiameter, steel pipes to a concrete flowequalizing structure, and then through

one 30-inch-diameter, 8,500-foot-long,

steel penstock to the powerhouse.

Releases from the powerhouse are

discharged directly into Hobble Creek.

The project also includes the

following two transmission facilities: (1)

A 5.9-mile-long line, which includes

one 1-mile-long, underground segment

and a 4.9-mile-long overhead segment,

from Upper Bartholomew powerhouse

to Hobble Creek powerhouse; and (2) a

6.9-mile-long, 12.47-kilovolt,

underground cable from Hobble Creek

powerhouse to Springville City’s

electric distribution system.

Although there are no developed

recreational facilities within the

boundaries of the subject project,

Springville City owns and operates a

200-unit campground and a golf course

in the project vicinity. In addition, the

Forest Service operates two small

campgrounds along the right fork

Hobble Creek.

m. Locations of the Application: A

copy of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference Room,

Room 2A, located at 888 First Street,

NE., Washington, DC 20426, or by

calling (202) 208–1371. The application

may be viewed on the web at http://

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

(202) 208–2222 for assistance). A copy

is also available for inspection and

reproduction at the address in item h

above.

n. With this notice, we are initiating

consultation with the State Historic

Preservation Officer as required by

§ 106, National Historic Preservation

Act, and the regulations of the Advisory

Council on Historic Preservation, 36

CFR 800.4.

o. Under Section 4.32(b)(7) of the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

4.32(b)(7)), if any resource agency,

Indian Tribe, or person believes that the

applicant should conduct an additional

scientific study to form an adequate

factual basis for a complete analysis of

the application on its merits, they must

file a request for the study with the

Commission, not later than 60 days after

the date the application is filed, and

must serve a copy of the request on the

applicant.

p. Procedural schedule and final

amendments: The application will be

processed according to the following

milestones, some of which may be

combined to expedite processing:

Notice that the application has been

accepted for filing;

Notice of NEPA Scoping;

Notice that the application is ready for

environmental analysis;

Notice of the availability of the draft

NEPA document;

Notice of the availability of the final

NEPA document; and

Order issuing the Commission’s

decision on the application

Final amendments to the application

must be filed with the Commission

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within 30 days of the notice that the

application is ready for environmental

analysis.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–24879 Filed 9–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RM98–1–000]

Regulations Governing Off-the-Record

Communications; Public Notice

September 22, 2000.

This constitutes notice, in accordance

with 18 CFR 385.2201(h), of the receipt

of exempt and prohibited off-the-record

communications.

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,

September 22, 1999) requires

Commission decisional employees, who

make or receive an exempt or a

prohibited off-the-record

communication relevant to the merits of

a contested on-the-record proceeding, to

deliver a copy of the communication, if

written, or a summary of the substance

of any oral communication, to the

Secretary.

Prohibited communications will be

included in a public, non-decisional file

associated with, but not part of, the

decisional record of the proceeding.

Unless the Commission determines that

the prohibited communication and any

responses thereto should become part of

the decisional record, the prohibited offthe-record communication will not be

considered by the Commission in

reaching its decision. Parties to a

proceeding may seek the opportunity to

respond to any facts or contentions

made in a prohibited off-the-record

communication, and may request that

the Commission place the prohibited

communication and responses thereto

in the decisional record. The

Commission will grant such requests

only when it determines that fairness so

requires.

Exempt off-the-record

communications will be included in the

decisional record of the proceeding,

unless the communication was with a

cooperating agency as described by 40

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR

385.2201(e)(1)(v).

The following is a list of exempt and

prohibited off-the-record

communications received in the Office

of the Secretary within the preceding 14

days. The documents may be viewed on

the Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

Exempt

1. Project No. 1864–000, 7–28–00,

Randy Kemp

2. CP98–150–000, 9–11–00, Jennifer

Kerigan, FERC

3. CP00–14–000, 8–25–00, Todd

Mattson

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–24878 Filed 9–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6878–6]

Stakeholder Comment on Preliminary

National Enforcement and Compliance

Assurance Priorities for Fiscal Years

2002 and 2003

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Solicitation of recommendations

and comments.

SUMMARY: This Notice is a Federal

Agency request for the public to

comment and provide recommendations

on biennial national enforcement and

compliance assurance priorities to be

addressed for fiscal years 2002 and

2003. This Notice expands Agency

efforts to establish national enforcement

and compliance assurance priorities by

seeking to engage a broader group of

stakeholders to identify those

environmental problems that should be

considered in selecting a focus for

future Federal enforcement and

compliance resources. The information

submitted by commentors will be

considered during the priority

identification process. Final priority

selections will be incorporated into the

EPA’s Office of Enforcement and

Compliance Assurance Memorandum of

Agreement Guidance (which provides

national program direction for all EPA

Regional offices). These priorities will

also affect implementation of the

enforcement and compliance goals and

objectives outlined in the EPA Strategic

Plan, as mandated under the

Government Performance and Results

Act.

DATES: The agency must receive

comments and recommendations on or

before October 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit all electronic

comments and recommendations to

docket.oeca@epa.gov. Please reference

Docket Number EC–2000–006 in the

submission. (Comments may be

submitted on disk in WordPerfect 8.0 or

earlier versions)

Written comments can be mailed to:

Enforcement & Compliance Docket and

Information Center (2201A). Docket

Number EC–2000–006. Office of

Enforcement and Compliance

Assurance, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

Comments may be delivered in person

to: Enforcement & Compliance Docket

and Information Center, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Rm

4033, Ariel Rios Bldg., 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Frederick Stiehl, Director, Enforcement

Planning, Targeting and Data Division;

Voice: (202) 564–2290, Fax:(202) 564–

0030.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Contents

A. Background

B. Projected Process Time Frames

C. Review Information

A. Background

The Office of Enforcement and

Compliance Assurance (OECA)

negotiates a Memorandum of Agreement

(MOA) with each of the Agency’s ten

Regional offices. The MOA guidance,

sent out by OECA, establishes national

enforcement and compliance assurance

priorities and sets short term (two year)

program direction. The MOA guidance

provides the basis for the individual

agreements negotiated between OECA

and each Region. These agreements

describe Region-specific

implementation of the national and

local enforcement and compliance

priorities as the Agency works to

collectively meet its long term goals set

forth in the EPA Strategic Plan. The

intent of this FR Notice is to solicit

stakeholder input during the selection

process of potential FY 2002/2003 MOA

priorities. Earlier this spring,

stakeholders, EPA Regions, States, and

Tribes, were asked to comment on

current national enforcement and

compliance priorities and suggest any

changes or potential new priorities for

fiscal years 2002 and 2003. The Office

of Enforcement and Compliance

Assurance analyzed the many excellent

comments received thus far using the

following criteria:

(a) Risk Management: In what specific

areas can the Federal enforcement and

compliance assurance programs make a

significant positive impact on human

health or the environment? What are the