64206 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 208 / Thursday, October 26, 2000 / Notices

1From Beverly, the proposed pipeline will

proceed offshore through Beverly Harbor, Salem

Sound, Massachusetts Bay, Boston Harbor, Quincy

Bay, and Hingham Bay. The last 0.5 mile of pipeline

will proceed onshore to the interconnection with

the existing Algonquin facilities.

2Algonquin’s existing agreement with Sithe

under Rate Schedule AFT–CL for 70,000 Dth per

day of firm service that was approved in Docket No.

CP00–34–000 will be converted to an agreement

under Rate Schedule AFT–1 for service in this

proceeding. The path of this service will be from

the interconnection of Algonquin’s I and Q system’s

to Sithe’s Fore River generating station in

Weymouth.

3See, 88 FERC ¶ 61,227 (1999), clarification 90

FERC ¶ 61,128 (2000), further clarification 92 FERC

¶ 61,094 (2000).

developments affecting coal and studies

the Council might undertake.

Tentative Agenda

• Call to order by Mr. Malcolm

Thomas, Chairman, Coal Policy

Committee.

• Discussion of current Federal and

State developments affecting coal.

• Discussion of possible new studies

to be undertaken by the National Coal

Council.

• Discussion of other business

properly brought before the Coal Policy

Committee.

• Public comment—10 minute rule.

• Adjournment.

Public Participation

The meeting is open to the public.

The Chairperson of the Committee will

conduct the meeting to facilitate the

orderly conduct of business. If you

would like to file a written statement

with the Committee, you may do so

either before or after the meeting. If you

would like to make oral statements

regarding any of the items on the

agenda, you should contact Margie D.

Biggerstaff at the address or telephone

number listed above. You must make

your request for an oral statement at

least five business days prior to the

meeting, and reasonable provisions will

be made to include the presentation on

the agenda. Public comment will follow

the 10 minute rule. This notice is being

published less than 15 days before the

date of the meeting due to programmatic

issues that had to be resolved prior to

publication.

Transcripts

The transcript will be available for

public review and copying within 30

days at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m.

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on October 23,

2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–27538 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–5–000]

Algonquin Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Application

October 20, 2000.

Take notice that on October 10, 2000,

Algonquin Gas Transmission Company

(Algonquin), 5400 Westheimer Court,

P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251–

1642, filed in Docket No. CP01–5–000

an application pursuant to the

provisions of section 7 of the Natural

Gas Act for a certificate of public

convenience and necessity to construct

and operate pipeline facilities for the

transportation of natural gas, to

establish initial incremental rates for

service, and to authorize the leasing of

capacity on the proposed facilities and

on Algonquin’s existing system all as

more fully set forth in the application

which 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).

Specifically, Algonquin seeks to

construct and operate: (1)

Approximately 29.4 miles of 24-inch

pipeline from an interconnection near

Beverly, Massachusetts with the

proposed facilities of Maritime &

Northeast Pipeline L.L.C. to an

interconnection with Algonquin’s

existing I–9 lateral in Weymouth,

Massachusetts; 1 (2) a 5.4 mile 16-inch

lateral from milepost 16.3 of the 29.4-

mile proposed pipeline to the

wastewater treatment plant owned by

the Massachusetts Water Resources

Authority (MWRA) on Deer Island (Deer

Island Lateral); (3) a meter station on the

Deer Island Lateral; and (4) other

appurtenant facilities. Algonquin states

that the proposed facilities will be

capable of delivering approximately

230,500 dekatherms (Dth) per day on a

year-round basis at an estimated cost of

$159 million. Algonquin proposes to

place the facilities in service on

November 1, 2002.

Algonquin has executed: (1)

Precedent agreements with Sithe Power

Marketing L.P. (Sithe, 140,000 Dth per

day), Southern Energy Kendall L.L.C.

(35,000 Dth per day), Southern

Connecticut Gas Company (20,000 Dth

per day), and Providence Gas Company

(500 Dth per day); a letter of a agreement

with MWRA (25,000 Dth per day); and

a lease agreement with Texas Eastern

Transmission Corporation (80,000 Dth

per day). The firm service under these

various agreements totals 300,500 Dth

per day. Of this total, 220,500 Dth per

day will transported through the

proposed facilities.2 Algonquin will

render this firm transportation service

subject to its existing Rate Schedule

AFT–1. In addition to the currently

effective rates under Rate Schedule

AFR–1, Algonquin proposes to establish

an incremental reservation surcharge of

$1.8607 per Dth for those agreements

that specify primary firm delivery

points and/or primary firm receipt

points between (and including) Beverly

and Weymouth. The surcharge is based

on the cost of the facilities (exclusive of

the Deer Island Lateral) plus the cost of

the Fore River lateral facilities approved

in Docket No. CP00–34–000. In

addition, Algonquin proposes to

establish an initial incremental recourse

rate for service on the Deer Island

Lateral of $10.4366 per Dth that is based

solely on the cost of the Deer Island

Lateral.

Algonquin seeks authorization to

lease 80,000 Dth per day of capacity

from Beverly to the existing

interconnection between Algonquin and

Texas Eastern in Lambertville, New

Jersey for a term of 20 years. The fixed

monthly lease payment under the Lease

Agreement is $559,360. In addition,

Texas Eastern will pay a volumetric

charge equal to the maximum

commodity charge applicable to Rate

Schedule AFT–1 per dekatherm

delivered at Lambertville. Algonquin

states that the monthly lease payment is

less than maximum recourse rate and

thus meets Commission standards for

lease payments.

Algonquin states that the revenues

from the proposed incremental charges

will allow the construction of the

proposed facilities without any

subsidization from existing customers,

therefore satisfying the Certificate Policy

Statement’s (Policy Statement)

threshold requirement.3 Algonquin

avers that it has made significant efforts

to minimize any adverse impacts in

accordance with the Policy Statement.

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Further, Algonquin asserts that its

proposal provides significant benefits to

its firm shippers and to the public,

including: providing service to new

electric generation customers and local

distribution company shippers that have

executed service agreements with

Algonquin; providing direct access to a

new source of supply for markets

behind the Algonquin and Texas

Eastern systems; lowering natural gas

costs by providing upstream pipeline

alternatives; increasing the reliability of

the electric generation and transmission

grid; and advancing clean air objectives.

Any questions regarding the

application should be directed to Steven

E. Tillman, Director of Regulatory

Affairs, Algonquin Gas Transmission

Company, P.O. Box 1642, Houston,

Texas 77251–1642 at 713–627–5113.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before

November 13, 2000, file with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC

20426, a motion to intervene or protest

in accordance with the requirements of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214) and the regulations under the

NGA (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 in any proceeding must

file a motion to intervene in accordance

with the Commission’s rules. 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 of the Commission’s web

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

doorbell.htm.

A person obtaining intervenor status

will be placed on the service list

maintained by the Secretary of the

Commission and will receive copies of

all documents issued by the

Commission, filed by the applicant, or

filed by all other intervenors. An

intervenor can file for rehearing of any

Commission order and can petition for

court review of any such order.

However, an intervenor must serve

copies of comments or any other filing

it makes with the Commission to every

other intervenor in the proceeding, as

well as filing an original and 14 copies

with the Commission.

A person does not have to intervene,

however, in order to have comments

considered. A person, instead, may

submit an original and two copies of

such comments to the Secretary of the

Commission. Commenters will be

placed on the Commission’s

environmental mailing list, will receive

copies of environmental documents,

and will be able to participate in

meetings associated with the

Commission’s environmental review

process. Commenters will not be

required to serve copies of filed

documents on all other parties.

However, commenters will not receive

copies of all documents filed by other

parties or issued by the Commission,

and will not have the right to seek

rehearing or appeal the Commission’s

final order to a Federal court.

The Commission will consider all

comments and concerns equally,

whether filed by commenters or those

requesting intervenor status.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Commission by sections 7 and 15 of the

NGA and the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, a hearing will

be held without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that the proposal is

required by the public convenience and

necessity. If a motion for leave to

intervene is timely filed, or if the

Commission on its own motion believes

that a formal hearing is required, further

notice of such hearing will be duly

given.

Under the procedure for, unless

otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for Algonquin to appear or

to be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27486 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RT01–10–000]

Allegheny Power; Notice of Filing

October 20, 2000.

Take notice that on October 16, 2000,

Allegheny Energy Service Corporation

as agent for Monongahela Power

Company, The Potomac Edison

Company and West Penn Power

Company, all doing business as

Allegheny Power, filed an RTO

Compliance Filing and Petition for

Declaratory Order regarding its ‘‘PJM

West’’ proposal.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest such filing should file a motion

to intervene, comments, 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 Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214). All such motions, comments

and protests should be filed on or before

November 20, 2000. Protests will be

considered by the Commission to

determine 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. This filing may also be

viewed on the Internet at http://

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

202–208–2222 for assistance). 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27556 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RT01–74–000]

Carolina Power & Light Company,

Duke Energy Corporation, South

Carolina Electric & Gas Company,

GridSouth Transco, L.L.C.; Notice of

Filing

October 20, 2000.

Take notice that on October 16, 2000,

Carolina Power & Light Company, Duke

Energy Corporation, and South Carolina

Electric & Gas Company (collectively,

the Applicants), pursuant to Sections

203 and 205 of the Federal Power Act,

jointly filed their Order No. 2000

compliance filing providing for the

creation of a Regional Transmission

Organization (RTO). The Applicants

seek authorization and approval to

establish GridSouth Transco, LLC as an

RTO.

The Applicants state that they are

submitting for approval under FPA

Section 205 the terms and conditions of

GridSouth’s OATT, but are not at this

time seeking approval of rates.