Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 201 / Tuesday, October 17, 2000 / Notices 61323

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER00–3243–002, et al.]

West Texas Utilities Company, et al.;

Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation

Filings

October 6, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. West Texas Utilities Company

[Docket No. ER00–3243–002]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

West Texas Utilities Company (WTU)

filed a copy of its Wholesale Power

Choice Tariff (WPC Tariff). The Tariff is

reformatted to conform with the

requirements of Order No. 614 but there

are no changes to the currently effective

tariff language.

WTU seeks an effective date of June

15, 2000 and, accordingly, seeks waiver

of the Commission’s notice

requirements.

Copies of the filing have been served

on all of WTU’s customers under the

WPC Tariff and on the Public Utility

Commission of Texas.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Sierra Pacific Power Company and

Nevada Power Company

[Docket No. ER00–2997–001]

Take notice that on October 4, 2000,

Sierra Pacific Power Company and

Nevada Power Company tendered for

filing their compliance filing in the

above-captioned docket.

This filing has been served on all

parties on the official service list in this

proceeding.

Comment date: October 25, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Madison Gas & Electric Company,

Wisconsin Public Service Corp., and

American Transmission Company LLC

[Docket No. EC00–136–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

Madison Gas & Electric Company and

Wisconsin Public Service Corp. filed

supplemental information relating to

their Section 203 Application for

Authorization to Transfer Transmission

Assets.

A copy of the filing has been served

on the Public Service Commission of

Wisconsin.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–16–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy) and

South Jersey Energy Company filed a

Notice of Cancellation of Service

Agreement No. 127, under Cinergy

Operating Companies, Resale of

Transmission Rights and Ancillary

Service Rights, FERC Electric Tariff

Original Volume No. 8.

Cinergy requests an effective date of

October 1, 2000.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–17–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy) and

Wisconsin Power & Light Company filed

a Notice of Cancellation of Service

Agreement No. 148, under Cinergy

Operating Companies, Resale of

Transmission Rights and Ancillary

Service Rights, FERC Electric Tariff

Original Volume No. 8.

Cinergy requests an effective date of

October 1, 2000.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–18–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy) and

American Energy Trading, Inc. filed a

Notice of Cancellation of Service

Agreement No. 10, under Cinergy

Operating Companies, Resale of

Transmission Rights and Ancillary

Service Rights, FERC Electric Tariff

Original Volume No. 8.

Cinergy requests an effective date of

October 1, 2000.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–19–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy) and

Maine Public Service Company filed a

Notice of Cancellation of Service

Agreement No. 78, under Cinergy

Operating Companies, Resale of

Transmission Rights and Ancillary

Service Rights, FERC Electric Tariff

Original Volume No. 8.

Cinergy requests an effective date of

October 1, 2000.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–20–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy) and

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

filed a Notice of Cancellation of Service

Agreement No. 94, under Cinergy

Operating Companies, Resale of

Transmission Rights and Ancillary

Service Rights, FERC Electric Tariff

Original Volume No. 8.

Cinergy requests an effective date of

October 1, 2000.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–21–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy) and

Montaup Electric Company filed a

Notice of Cancellation of Service

Agreement No. 87, under Cinergy

Operating Companies, Resale of

Transmission Rights and Ancillary

Service Rights, FERC Electric Tariff

Original Volume No. 8.

Cinergy requests an effective date of

October 1, 2000.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–22–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy) and IES

Utilities, Inc. filed a Notice of

Cancellation of Service Agreement No.

65, under Cinergy Operating

Companies, Resale of Transmission

Rights and Ancillary Service Rights,

FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume

No. 8.

Cinergy requests an effective date of

October 1, 2000.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–23–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy) and

South Carolina Public Service Authority

filed a Notice of Cancellation of Service

Agreement No. 126, under Cinergy

Operating Companies, Resale of

Transmission Rights and Ancillary

Service Rights, FERC Electric Tariff

Original Volume No. 8.

Cinergy requests an effective date of

October 1, 2000.

Comment date: October 23, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

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12. The Detroit Edison Company

[Docket No. ER01–24–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

The Detroit Edison Company (Detroit

Edison) tendered for filing Service

Agreements (Service Agreements) for

Short-term Firm and Non-Firm Point-toPoint Transmission Service under the

Joint Open Access Transmission Tariff

of Consumers Energy Company and

Detroit Edison, FERC Electric Tariff No.

1. These Service Agreements are

between Detroit Edison and The Energy

Authority, dated as of September 5,

2000. The parties have not engaged in

any transactions under the Service

Agreements prior to thirty days to this

filing.

Detroit Edison requests that the

Service Agreements be made effective as

rate schedules as of October 5, 2000.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Alliant Energy Corporate Services,

Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–25–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

Alliant Energy Corporate Services, Inc.

(Alliant Energy) tendered for filing

executed Service Agreements for shortterm firm point-to-point transmission

service and non-firm point-to-point

transmission service, establishing

Midwest Renewable Energy Corporation

as a point-to-point Transmission

Customer under the terms of the Alliant

Energy Corporate Services, Inc.

transmission tariff.

Alliant Energy Corporate Services,

Inc. requests an effective date of

September 25, 2000, and accordingly,

seeks waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirements.

A copy of this filing has been served

upon the Illinois Commerce

Commission, the Minnesota Public

Utilities Commission, the Iowa

Department of Commerce, and the

Public Service Commission of

Wisconsin.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. The Detroit Edison Company

[Docket No. ER01–26–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

The Detroit Edison Company (Detroit

Edison) tendered for filing Service

Agreements (Service Agreements) for

Short-term Firm and Non-Firm Point-toPoint Transmission Service under the

Joint Open Access Transmission Tariff

of Consumers Energy Company and

Detroit Edison, FERC Electric Tariff No.

1. These Service Agreements are

between Detroit Edison and NRG Power

Marketing, Inc., dated as of August 31,

2000. The parties have not engaged in

any transactions under the Service

Agreements prior to thirty days to this

filing.

Detroit Edison requests that the

Service Agreements be made effective as

rate schedules as of September 29, 2000.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. The Detroit Edison Company

[Docket No. ER01–27–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

The Detroit Edison Company (Detroit

Edison) tendered for filing Service

Agreements (Service Agreements) for

Short-term Firm and Non-Firm Point-toPoint Transmission Service under the

Joint Open Access Transmission Tariff

of Consumers Energy Company and

Detroit Edison, FERC Electric Tariff No.

1. These Service Agreements are

between Detroit Edison and Coral

Power, L.L.C., dated as of August 29,

2000. The parties have not engaged in

any transactions under the Service

Agreements prior to thirty days to this

filing.

Detroit Edison requests that the

Service Agreements be made effective as

rate schedules as of September 29, 2000.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. The Detroit Edison Company

[Docket No. ER01–28–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

The Detroit Edison Company (Detroit

Edison) tendered for filing a Service

Agreement (Service Agreement) for Firm

Point-to-Point Transmission Service

under the Joint Open Access

Transmission Tariff of Consumers

Energy Company and Detroit Edison,

FERC Electric Tariff No. 1. The Service

Agreement is between Detroit Edison

and Nordic Marketing, L.L.C., dated as

of July 25, 2000. The parties have not

engaged in any transactions under the

Service Agreements prior to thirty days

to this filing.

Detroit Edison requests that the

Service Agreements be made effective as

rate schedules as of August 25, 2000.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

17. Xcel Energy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–29–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

Xcel Energy Services, Inc. (XES), on

behalf of Public Service Company of

Colorado (Public Service), submitted for

filing the Master Power Purchase and

Sale Agreement between Public Service

and Allegheny Energy Supply

Company, LLC., which is an umbrella

service agreement under Public

Service’s Rate Schedule for MarketBased Power Sales (Public Service FERC

Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 6).

XES requests that this agreement

become effective on August 2, 2000.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

18. Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.

[Docket No. ER01–30–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. (Erie)

tendered for filing an executed

Temporary Facility Usage Agreement

dated July 10, 2000 between Erie and

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

(NMPC). This agreement has been

executed for the purpose of permitting

NMPC to use, at no cost, Erie’s

substation at Erie’s School Street hydro

project for the purpose of delivering, on

a temporary basis, the output of 6 MW

generating station recently acquired

from Erie by the Green Island Power

Authority.

Comment date: October 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

19. USPowerEnergy, LLC

[Docket No. ER01–36–000]

Take notice that on October 3, 2000,

USPowerEnergy, LLC (USPE) petitioned

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) for

acceptance of USPE Rate Schedule

FERC No. 1; the granting of certain

blanket approvals, including the

authority to sell electricity at marketbased rates; and the waiver of certain

Commission regulations.

USPE intends to engage in wholesale

electric power and energy purchases

and sales as a marketer. USPE is not in

the business of generating or

transmitting electric power. USPE

provides energy services primarily to

commercial, institutional, and small

industrial customers; and distributes

energy efficiency equipment and

supplies.

Comment date: October 24, 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

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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. 00–26550 Filed 10–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6887–1]

Notice of Availability of Guidance for

Controlling Nonpoint Source Pollution

From Agriculture and Request for

Comments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has developed and is

requesting comments on draft technical

guidance for managing agricultural

sources of nonpoint pollution. This

guidance is intended to provide

technical assistance to State program

managers and others on the best

available, economically achievable

means of reducing nonpoint source

pollution of surface and ground water

from agriculture. The guidance provides

background information about

agricultural nonpoint source pollution,

where it comes from and how it enters

the Nation’s waters, discusses the broad

concepts of assessing and addressing

water quality problems on a watershed

level, and presents up-to-date technical

information about how to reduce

agricultural nonpoint source pollution.

Reviewers should note that the draft

technical guidance is entirely consistent

with the Guidance Specifying

Management Measures for Sources of

Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters,

which EPA published in January 1993

under section 6217(g) of the Coastal

Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments

of 1990 (CZARA). The draft document

does not supplant or replace the

requirements of the 1993 document. It

enhances the technical information

contained in the 1993 coastal guidance

to include inland as well as coastal

context and to provide updated

technical information based on current

understanding and implementation of

best management practices. It does not

set new or additional standards for

either CZARA section 6217 or Clean

Water Act section 319 programs.

DATES: Written comments must be

postmarked no later than January 16,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

addressed to Sharon Buck, Assessment

and Watershed Protection Division

(4503–F), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460; or

electronically mailed to

buck.sharon@epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons requesting additional

information or a complete draft of the

document should contact Sharon Buck

at (202) 260–0306;

buck.sharon@epa.gov; or U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

(4503–F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460. The

complete text of the draft guidance is

also available on EPA’s Internet site on

the Nonpoint Source Control Branch

homepage <http://www.epa.gov/owow/

nps/new.html>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

In recent years, State, territory, and

tribal water quality assessments have

identified nonpoint source (NPS)

pollution as the most significant cause

of degradation in surveyed waters

nationwide. In 1987, Congress enacted

section 319 of the Clean Water Act to

establish a national program to control

nonpoint sources of water pollution.

Under Section 319, States, territories,

and tribes address NPS pollution by

assessing the NPS pollution problems

within the state, territory, or tribal

lands, identifying the sources of

pollution, and implementing

management programs to control the

NPS pollution. Section 319 also

authorizes EPA to award grants to States

and tribes to assist them in

implementing management programs

which have been approved by EPA.

Program implementation includes nonregulatory and regulatory programs,

technical assistance, financial

assistance, education, training,

technology transfer, and demonstration

projects. In fiscal year 2000, Congress

appropriated and EPA awarded $200

million dollars for nonpoint source

management program grants. EPA has

awarded a total of $1 billion under

Section 319 to States, Territories, and

Indian tribes since 1990.

In 1993, under the authority of section

6217(g) of the Coastal Zone Act

Reauthorization Amendments, EPA

issued Guidance Specifying

Management Measures for Sources of

Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters

(EPA840-B–92–002). That guidance

document details management measures

appropriate for the control of five

sources of nonpoint pollution in the

coastal zone: agriculture, forestry, urban

areas, marinas and recreational boating,

and hydromodification. The document

also includes management measures for

wetlands, riparian areas, and vegetated

treatment systems as they are important

to the abatement of nonpoint source

pollution in coastal waters. State and

Territory Coastal Nonpoint Pollution

Control Programs were required to

adopt measures ‘‘in conformity’’ with

the coastal management measures

guidance.

The 1993 management measures

guidance focused on conditions and

examples of management measure

implementation from the coastal zone.

To date, technical guidance on the best

available, economically achievable

measures for controlling nonpoint

sources with a national scope has not

been released. The draft national

management measures guidance is

intended to address this gap. While the

practices detailed in the 1993 guidance

generally apply to inland areas, EPA has

recognized the utility of developing and

publishing a technical guidance

document that explicitly addresses

nonpoint source pollution on a

nationwide basis. Moreover, additional

data and examples from inland regions

are available to enrich the national

guidance. In addition, significant

changes have occurred in sectors of the

agriculture industry since 1993. These

changes have helped to prompt the

revision and expansion of the

agriculture chapter of the 1993

guidance.

II. Scope of the Draft Guidance—

Sources of Agricultural Nonpoint

Pollution Addressed

The draft technical guidance

continues to focus on the major sources

of agricultural pollution identified in

the 1993 coastal guidance by EPA in

consultation with a number of other

federal agencies and other leading

national experts, including several

experts from State land grant

universities. Specifically, the guidance

identifies management measures for the

following:

1. Nutrients;

2. Pesticides;