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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). A copy is also available for

inspection and reproduction at the

address in item h above.

m. Individuals desiring to be included

on the Commission’s mailing list should

so indicate by writing to the Secretary

of the Commission.

Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene

Anyone may submit comments, a

protest, or a motion to intervene in

accordance with the requirements of

Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR

385.210, .211, .214. In determining the

appropriate action to take, the

Commission will consider all protests or

other comments filed, but only those

who file a motion to intervene in

accordance with the Commission’s

Rules may become a party to the

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or

motions to intervene must be received

on or before the specified comment date

for the particular application.

Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents

Any filings must bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, OR

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. Any of the above-named

documents must be filed by providing

the original and the number of copies

provided by the Commission’s

regulations to: The Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

A copy of any motion to intervene must

also be served upon each representative

of the Applicant specified in the

particular application.

Agency Comments

Federal, state, and local agencies are

invited to file comments on the

described application. A copy of the

application may be obtained by agencies

directly from the Applicant. If an agency

does not file comments within the time

specified for filing comments, it will be

presumed to have no comments. One

copy of an agency’s comments must also

be sent to the Applicant’s

representatives.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–26445 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Settlement Agreement and

Soliciting Comments

October 10, 2000.

Take notice that the following

Settlement Agreement has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type: Settlement Agreement on

New License Application.

b. Project No.: 1962–000.

Project Name: Rock Creek-Cresta.

Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric

Company.

c. Date Settlement Agreement Filed:

September 29, 2000.

d. Location: On the North Fork

Feather River, in Butte and Plumas

countries, California. About 228 acres of

the project area occupy lands of the

United States, primarily within the

Lassen and Plumas National Forests.

e. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.

f. Applicant’s Contact: Tom Jereb,

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Mail

Code N11C, P.O. Box 770000, San

Francisco, CA 94177; (415) 973–9320.

g. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman

(202) 219–2830, Email:

dianne.rodman@ferc.fed.us

h. Deadline Dates: Comments due

November 30, 2000, or 30 days after the

filing of the supporting documentation,

whichever comes later; reply comments

due December 14, 2000, or 45 days after

the filing of the supporting

documentation, whichever comes later.

i. Individuals desiring to be included

on the Commission’s mailing list should

so indicate by writing to the Secretary

of the Commission.

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 intervenors

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 intervenor

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. Description of Filing: Pacific Gas

and Electric Company (PG&E) filed the

Settlement Agreement on behalf of itself

and the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, California Department of Fish

and Game, California State Water

Resources Control Board, Natural

Heritage Institute, Friends of the River,

Plumas County, California Outdoors,

California Trout, Chico Paddleheads,

American Whitewater, and Shasta

Paddlers. The purpose of the Settlement

Agreement is to resolve among the

signatories all issues associated with

issuance of a new license for the project

regarding sediment management, water

quality, instream flows, fish habitat, and

recreation. PG&E requests that the

Commission accept and incorporate into

any new license for the project the

protection, mitigation, and

enhancement measures stated in

Appendix A of the Settlement

Agreement. Comments and reply

comments on the Settlement Agreement

and supporting documentation are due

on the dates listed above.

k. Copies of the Settlement Agreement

are available for inspection and

reproduction at the Commission’s

Public Reference Room, located at 888

First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington,

D.C. 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. 00–26486 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration

Sundance Energy Project

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of public scoping

meeting on the Sundance Energy Project

environmental impact statement (EIS).

SUMMARY: The Western Area Power

Administration (Western) is holding a

public scoping meeting public on the

proposed Sundance Energy Project,

Pinal County, Arizona. The scoping

process includes notifying the general

public and Federal, State, local, and

tribal agencies of the proposed action.

The purpose of the scoping meeting is

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to identify public and agency concerns

and alternatives to be considered in the

EIS.

One informal public scoping meeting

has been scheduled for October 18,

2000, starting at 7 p.m. at Coolidge

Unified School District Auditorium.

This meeting has been advertised in

local newspapers.

DATES: Comments on the scope of the

EIS for the proposed transmission

interconnection and electric generating

facility must be received by October 31,

2000, to be considered in the EIS.

ADDRESSES: Coolidge Unified School

District Auditorium, 800 West Northern

Avenue, Coolidge, AZ 85228. Written

comments may be hand-delivered,

mailed, e-mailed, or faxed to Mr. John

Holt, NEPA Compliance Officer, Desert

Southwest Customer Service Region,

Western Area Power Administration,

P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005–

6457, telephone (602) 352–2592, fax

(602) 352–2780 or (602) 352–2956,

e-mail holt@wapa.gov. All

documentation developed or retained by

Western during the course of this public

process will be available for inspection

and copying at this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

John Holt, NEPA Compliance Officer,

Desert Southwest Customer Service

Region, Western Area Power

Administration, P.O. Box 6457,

Phoenix, AZ 85005–6457, telephone

(602) 352–2592, fax (602) 352–2956,

e-mail holt@;wapa.gov.

Mr. John Bridges, NEPA Document

Manager, Corporate Services Office,

Western Area Power Administration,

P.O. Box 281213, Lakewood, CO 80228–

8213, telephone (720) 962–7255, fax

(720) 962–7263, e-mail

bridges@wapa.gov.

For general information on the U.S.

Department of Energy’s National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

review procedures or status of a NEPA

review contact Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom,

Director, Office of NEPA Policy and

Compliance, EH–42, U.S. Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue

SW., Washington, DC 20585, telephone

(202) 586–4600 or (800) 472–2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Western

intends to prepare an EIS regarding the

proposal by PPL Global to construct an

electric generating facility on private

property and to interconnect this facility

with an existing Western transmission

line and Western’s grid in the vicinity

of Coolidge, Arizona. Two 4.5-mile long

transmission lines would connect the

proposed power generating facility with

a point of interconnection on Western’s

Liberty-Coolidge 230 kilovolt (kV)

transmission line west of Coolidge. In

addition, a 1.5 mile, 230-kV

transmission line would connect the

powerplant with Western’s Signal

Substation. An existing 115-kV

transmission line from Signal

Substation would be upgraded to 230-

kV and other work inside Signal

Substation would be required.

PPL Global proposes to construct the

Sundance Energy Project on private

lands in Pinal County, approximately 5

miles southwest of Coolidge, Arizona.

The Project would be a nonutility

merchant plant that would sell power

during peak demand periods to

wholesale-only contract or spot market

customers. All economic costs of the

project will be born by PPL Global.

The Project would consist of a

nominal 600-megawatt natural gas-fired

simple-cycle peaking facility and on-site

supporting infrastructure including: an

administration building, warehouse

storage, water treatment facilities, inlet

air cooling system to optimize inlet air

combustion, gas conditioning

equipment, and new on-site access

roads. The Project would be designed to

operate primarily during on-peak hours.

The Project’s water consumption would

be about 600 acre/feet per year. The

water source would be excess Central

Arizona Project water delivered through

an existing irrigation canal at the site, a

new groundwater well, or a combination

of both. The generating facility and

infrastructure would occupy less than

40 acres of a 280-acre parcel of rural

property controlled by PPL Global.

Additional proposed on-site facilities

would include an interconnection with

an existing natural gas transmission

pipeline that runs through the Project

property and the construction of 14

miles of natural gas pipeline to connect

with another existing natural gas

transmission pipeline southwest of the

proposed powerplant.

The Project would entail construction

of new 230-kV transmission lines and

the upgrade of Western’s existing

Signal-Coolidge 115–kV transmission

line to 230-kV to interconnect with

Western’s existing Liberty-Coolidge 230-

kV transmission line.

Because of the potential for

incorporating new generation into

Western’s system, and the proposed

interconnections with the existing

system, Western has determined it must

prepare an EIS in accordance with the

U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE)

NEPA Implementing Procedures found

at 10 CFR 1021, Appendix D6 to

Subpart D. Although State and local

agencies are responsible for the siting

and permitting of the proposed electric

generating facility, the EIS will include

the analysis of effects from construction

and operation of the generating facility

as part of the proposed action.

The EIS will be prepared in

accordance with the requirement of

NEPA and DOE’s NEPA Implementing

Procedures in conjunction with the

Council on Environmental Quality

regulations. Full public participation

and disclosure are planned for the entire

EIS process. Western anticipates the EIS

process will take about 15 months. It

will include public information/scoping

meetings; coordination and involvement

with appropriate Federal, State, local,

and tribal governments; public review

and hearing on the published draft EIS;

a published final EIS; and a Record of

Decision (ROD). Publication of the ROD

is anticipated in the fall of 2001.

Dated: September 29, 2000.

Michael S. Hacskaylo,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 00–26458 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–66280; FRL–6747–5]

Notice of Receipt of Requests To

Voluntarily Cancel CertainPesticide

Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

6(f)(1) ofthe Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA),

as amended,EPA is issuing a notice of

receipt of requests by registrants

tovoluntarily cancel certain pesticide

registrations.

DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn

by, April 16, 2001, unless indicated

otherwise, orders will be issued

canceling all of these registrations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: James A. Hollins, Office of

Pesticide Programs (7502C),

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20460.Office location

for commercial courier delivery,

telephonenumber and e-mail address:

Rm. 224, Crystal Mall No. 2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA

22202, (703) 305–5761;e-mail:

hollins.james@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this apply to me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. Although thisaction may be