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Commission’s Regulations. 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 proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

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

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27101 Filed 10–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2618]

Georgia Pacific Corporation; Notice of

Authorization for Continued Project

Operation

October 17, 2000.

Georgia Pacific Corporation, licensee

for the West Branch Storage Project No.

2618, did not file an application for a

new or subsequent license pursuant to

the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the

Commissions’ regulations thereunder.

Project No. 2618 is located on the West

Branch St. Croix River in Washington

County, Maine.

The license for Project No. 2618 was

issued for a period ending September

30, 2000. Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16

U.S.C. 808(a)(1), requires the

Commission, at the expiration of a

license term, to issue from year to year

an annual license to the then licensee

under the terms and conditions of the

prior license until a new license is

issued, or the project is otherwise

disposed of as provided in Section 15 or

any other applicable section of the FPA.

If the project’s prior license waived the

applicability of Section 15 of the FPA,

then, based on Section 9(b) of the

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.

558(c), and as set forth at 18 CFR

16.21(a), if the licensee of such project

has filed an application for a subsequent

license, the licensee may continue to

operate the project in accordance with

the terms and conditions of the license

after the minor or minor part license

expires, until the Commission acts on

its application. If the licensee of such a

project has not filed an application for

a subsequent license, then it may be

required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b),

to continue project operations until the

Commission issues someone else a

license for the project or otherwise

orders disposition of the project.

If the project is subject to Section 15

of the FPA, notice is hereby given that

an annual license for Project No. 2618

is issued to Georgia Pacific Corporation

for a period effective October 1, 2000,

through September 30, 2001, or until the

issuance of a new license for the project

or other disposition under the FPA,

whichever comes first. If issuance of a

new license (or other disposition) does

not take place on or before September

30, 2001, notice is hereby given that,

pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c), an annual

license under Section 15(a)(1) of the

FPA is renewed automatically without

further order or notice by the

Commission, unless the Commission

orders otherwise.

If the project is not subject to Section

15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given

that Georgia Pacific Corporation is

authorized to continue operation of the

West Branch Storage Project No. 2618

until such time as the Commission acts

on its application for subsequent

license.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27090 Filed 10–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–9–000]

Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

October 17, 2000.

Take notice that on October 10, 2000,

Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.

(Granite State), 300 Friberg Parkway,

Westborough, Massachusetts 01581,

filed in Docket No. CP01–9–000 a

request pursuant to Sections 157.205

and 157.216 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, 157.216) for

authorization to abandon certain

facilities, located in York County,

Maine, under Granite State’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

515–000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the

Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request that is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection. This filing may be viewed

on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

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

assistance).

Granite State proposes to abandon

three facilities in Biddeford, Maine.

First, Granite State requests authority to

abandon a farm tap, the Southern Maine

Medical Station (Southern Maine

Station), located in York County, Maine.

Granite State states that a local

distribution company affiliate, Northern

Utilities, Inc. (Northern Utilities), has

already constructed facilities to serve

those customers located behind the

Southern Maine Station. Granite State,

therefore, proposes to abandon and

remove the Southern Maine Station,

because it is no longer necessary to

provide service and is duplicative of

facilities owned and operated by

Northern Utilities. Granite State

declares that it will continue to provide

natural gas service to Northern Utilities

via other existing facilities in order to

enable Northern Utilities to continue

serving the load behind the Southern

Maine Station. Granite State asserts that

customers behind the Southern Maine

Station will see no diminution in

service.

Second, Granite State proposes to

abandon and remove facilities known as

the Biddeford Industrial Station

(Biddeford Station), located York

County, Maine. Granite State declares

that it has previously constructed a new

station at this location under Docket No.

CP98–96. Therefore, Granite State

asserts that the Biddeford Station

facilities are not longer needed to

provide service and are duplicative of

the newly constructed facilities. Granite

State states that service to customers

behind the Biddeford Station will

continue to be provided by Northern

Utilities and will be unaffected by the

proposed abandonment.

Third, Granite State proposes to

abandon a third station, Five Points

Station, also located in York County,

Maine. Granite State declares that the

Five Points Station, which is connected

to Northern Utilities, is currently

located within the path of a road

construction project. Granite State

proposes to remove, but not replace the

Five Points Station. Granite State asserts

that customers currently served, via

Northern Utilities, will continue to be

served by Northern Utilities by

providing service to these customers

with natural gas from other points of

interconnect with Granite State,

including the Biddeford Station. Granite

State states that these customers will be

wholly unaffected by grant of this

application.

Granite State asserts that the proposed

abandonments of the Southern Maine,

Biddeford, and Five Points Stations will

not affect Granite State’s revenues.

Granite State states that the combined

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net book value of all three of these

stations is $21,856.42. Granite State

declares that Northern Utilities has

consented to the proposed

abandonments and also will continue to

serve all customers located behind the

three stations proposed to be

abandoned.

Any questions regarding the

application should be directed to George

Simmons, Director, Regulatory Affairs,

Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.,

300 Friberg Parkway, Westborough,

Massachusetts 01581, phone: (508) 836–

7265.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instance notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and, pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205), a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act. Beginning

November 1, 2000, comments and

protests may be filed electronically via

the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the

instructions on the Commission’s web

site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/

doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27087 Filed 10–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP99–220–005]

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership; Notice of Negotiated Rate

Agreement

October 17, 2000.

Take notice that on October 11, 2000,

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership (Great Lakes) filed for

disclosure, a transportation service

agreement pursuant to Great Lakes’ Rate

Schedule FT entered into by Great Lakes

and Midland Cogeneration Venture

Limited Partnership (MCV) (FT Service

Agreement). The FT Service Agreement

being filed reflects a negotiated rate

arrangement between Great Lakes and

MCV commencing November 1, 2000.

Great Lakes states that the FT Service

Agreement is being filed to implement

a negotiated rate contract as required by

both Great Lakes’ negotiated rate tariff

provisions and the Commission’s

Statement of Policy on Alternatives to

Traditional Cost-of-Service Ratemaking

for Natural Gas Pipelines and

Regulation of Negotiated Transportation

Services of Natural Gas Pipelines,

issued January 31, 1996, at Docket Nos.

RM95–6–000 and RM96–7–000.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed in accordance with Section

154.210 of the Commission’s

Regulations. 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 proceedings. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on

file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection in the

Public Reference Room. This filing may

be viewed on the web at http://

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

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27095 Filed 10–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–6–000]

Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP,

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company;

Notice of Application

October 17, 2000.

Take notice that on October 6, 2000,

Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP (Gulf

South) and Koch Gateway Pipeline

Company (Koch) (Applicants), both

located at 20 East Greenway Plaza,

Houston, Texas, 77046, filed in the

above docket, an application pursuant

to Section 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural

Gas Act to permit Koch, as a result of

its change in corporate form from a

corporation to a limited partnership, to

abandon its jurisdictional assets and

services and Gulf South to acquire these

same jurisdictional assets and services,

all as more fully set forth in the

application on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection. The

application may be viewed on the web

at http://www.ferc/fed.us/online/

rims.htm. Call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance.

Koch states that as a result of this

conversion, its corporate name will

change to Gulf South, but the same

corporate legal entity will continue to

own and operate Koch’s facilities

pursuant to the same rates, terms and

conditions previously approved by the

Commission. The Applicants state that

the authorizations requested in the

application are required by the present

and future public convenience and

necessity and will not adversely affect

Koch’s customers or the services they

receive on the pipeline as all rates and

services will remain unchanged. The

Applicants state that they request the

Commission to grant the requested

amendment to Koch’s existing

certificate of public convenience and

necessity on an expedited basis, no later

than November 15, 2000 which will be

the first day of operation after the

jurisdictional assets are conveyed to

Gulf South. It is stated that any

questions regarding the application

should be directed to Michael E.

McMahon, Senior Vice President and

General Counsel, Koch Gateway

Pipeline Company, 20 East Greenway

Plaza, Houston, Texas, 77046 at (713)

544–4796.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

Application should on or before October

27, 2000, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20426, a motion to intervene or a

protest in accordance with the

requirements of the Commission’s Rules

of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations

under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR

157.10) All protests filed with the

Commission will be considered by it in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken but will not serve to make the

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

to a proceeding or to participate as a

party in any hearing therein must file a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the Commission’s Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas

Act and the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, a hearing will

be held without further notice before the