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public may have about proposals. We

call this ‘‘scoping’’. The main goal of the

scoping process is to focus the analysis

in the EA on the important

environmental issues. By this Notice of

Intent, the Commission requests public

comments on the scope of the issues it

will address in the EA. All comments

received are considered during the

preparation of the EA. State and local

government representatives are

encouraged to notify their constituents

of this proposed action and encourage

them to comment on their areas of

concern.

The EA will discuss impacts that

could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project under these general

headings:

• Geology and soils.

• Water resources, fisheries, and

wetlands.

• Vegetation and wildlife.

• Endangered and threatened species.

• Public safety.

• Land use.

• Cultural resources.

• Air quality and noise.

• Hazardous waste.

We will also evaluate possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and make

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during the

scoping process, the EA may be

published and mailed to Federal, state,

and local agencies, public interest

groups, interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

this proceeding. A comment period will

be allotted for review if the EA is

published. We will consider all

comments on the EA before we make

our recommendations to the

Commission.

To ensure your comments are

considered, please carefully follow the

instructions in the public participation

section below.

Currently Identified Environmental

Issues

We have already identified several

issues that we think deserve attention

based on a preliminary review of the

proposed facilities and the

environmental information provided by

CIG. This preliminary list of issues may

be changed based on your comments

and our analysis.

• Eight federally listed endangered or

threatened species may occur in the

proposed project area.

• The project would cross 14

waterbodies and 8 wetlands.

• The project would cross about 32.7

acres of Comanche National Grasslands,

and about 73.2 acres of Cimarron

National Grasslands.

• The project would cross the Santa

Fe National Historic Trail.

• The pipeline facilities would

disturb about 322.2 acres of agricultural

land.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by

providing us with your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

By becoming a commentor, your

concerns will be addressed in the EA

and considered by the Commission. You

should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal (including

alternative locations/routes), and

measures to avoid or lessen

environmental impact. The more

specific your comments, the more useful

they will be. Please carefully follow

these instructions to ensure that your

comments are received in time and

properly recorded:

• Send original and two copies of

your letter to: David P. Boergers,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room

1A, Washington, DC 20426.

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of Gas 2.

• Reference Docket No. CP00–452–

000.

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before November 20, 2000.

If you do not want to send comments

at this time but still want to remain on

our mailing list, please return the

Information Request (appendix 3). If you

do not return the Information Request,

you will be taken off the mailing list.

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.

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding known as an ‘‘intervenor’’.

Intervenors play a more formal role in

the process. Among other things,

intervenors have the right to receive

copies of case-related Commission

documents and filings by other

intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor

must provide 14 copies of its filings to

the Secretary of the Commission and

must send a copy of its filings to all

other parties on the Commission’s

service list for this proceeding. If you

want to become an intervenor you must

file a motion to intervene according to

rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 2). Only

intervenors have the right to seek

rehearing of the Commission’s decision.

Affected landowners and parties with

environmental concerns may be granted

intervenor status upon showing good

cause by stating that they have a clear

and direct interest in this proceeding

which would not be adequately

represented by any other parties. You do

not need intervenor status to have your

environmental comments considered.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from the

Commission’s Office of External Affairs

at (202) 208–0004 or on the FERC

website (www.ferc.fed.us) using the

‘‘RIMS’’ link to information in this

docket number. Click on the ‘‘RIMS’’

link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the RIMS

Menu, and follow the instructions. For

assistance with access to RIMS, the

RIMS helpline can be reached at (202)

208–2222.

Similarly, the ‘‘CIPS’’ link on the

FERC Internet website provides access

to the texts of formal documents issued

by the Commission, such as orders,

notices, and rulemakings. From the

FERC Internet website, click on the

‘‘CIPS’’ link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the

CIPS menu, and follow the instructions.

For assistance with access to CIPS, the

CIPS helpline can be reached at (202)

208–2474.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27489 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Intent To File Application for

a New License

October 20, 2000.

Take notice that the following notice

of intent has been filed with the

Commission and is available for public

inspection:

a. Type of filing: Notice of Intent to

File an Application for New License.

b. Project No: 2114–000.

c. Date filed: September 28, 2000.

d. Submitted By: Public Utility

District No. 2 of Grant County,

Washington.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 208 / Thursday, October 26, 2000 / Notices 64219

e. Name of Project: Priest Rapids

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Columbia River, in

Grant, Yakima, Kittitas, Douglas, Benton

and Chelan Counties, Washington. The

project does not occupy Federal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 15 of the

Federal Power Act, 18 CFR 16.6.

h. Pursuant to section 16.19 of the

Commission’s regulations, the licensee

is required to make available the

information described in section 16.7 of

the regulations. Such information is

available from the licensee at Public

Utility District No. 2 of Grant County,

Washington, P.O. Box 878, 30 C Street,

SW. Contact Mona Kaiser at 509–754–

5017 or email: mkaiser@gcpud.org

i. FERC Contact: Charles Hall, (202)

219–2853, Charles.Hall@ferc.fed.us

j. Expiration Date of Current License:

October 31, 2005.

k. Project Description: The project

consists of two existing developments:

Wanapum and Priest Rapids. Each

development includes a dam, reservoir,

spillway structures, powerhouse

integral with the dam, generators,

turbines and other project lands and

structures useful in the operation of the

project and all appropriative, riparian,

and other rights. Priest Rapids and

Wanapum each have 10 turbine

generators with capacities of 855,600

kilowatts (kW) and 900,000 kW,

respectively, for an authorized total

installed capacity of 1,755,000 kW.

l. The licensee states its unequivocal

intent to submit an application for a

new license for Project No. 2114.

Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.9(b)(1) each

application for a new license and any

competing license applications must be

filed with the Commission at least 24

months prior to the expiration of the

existing license. All applications for

license for this project must be filed by

October 31, 2003.

m. A copy of the notice of intent is

available for 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.

The notice 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.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27490 Filed 10–25–00; 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

October 20, 2000.

This constitutes notice, in accordance

with 18 CFR 385.220(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. Any person identified below as

having made a prohibited off-the-record

communication should serve the

document on all parties listed on the

official service list for the applicable

proceeding in accordance with Rule

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.

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. 459–109, 10/6/00,

Mohamad Fayyad

2. CP00–232–000, 10/4/00, John T.

Pierpont

3. Project Nos. 20–019, 2401–007 and

472–017, 10/3/00, The Honorable

Make Crapo

4. Project No. 2142–031, 10/11/00, Jeff

Reardon

5. CP00–40–002, 10/12/00, Michael A.

Gato

6. CP00–14–000, et al, 10/16/00, John J.

Wisniewski, FERC

7. CP00–6–000, 10/16/00, Jeff Shenot,

FERC

8. CP00–6–000, 10/17/00, George

Henderson

9. CP00–14–000, 10/17/00, John A. Ryan

10. CP00–14–000, 10/17/00, Joel A. Ivey

11. CP00–14–000, 10/17/00, Marthalee

S. Beneduci and Alfred Beneduci

12. CP00–14–000, 10/17/00, William E.

Moran

13. Project No. 1927–008, 10/18/00,

Doug Hieken

14. CP00–36–000, 10/19/00, James R.

Hartwig

15. CP00–36–000, 10/18/00, Laura de la

Flor

16. Project No. 77–110, 10/19/00, Don L.

Klima

17. CP00–232–000, 10/18/00, Betty

Pryor

18. Project Nos. 10865 and 11495, 10/

19/00, Don L. Klima

19. CP00–232–000, 10/18/00, John T.

Pierpont

20. CP00–65–000, 10/20/00, David

Densmore

Prohibited

1. CP99–579–000, et al., 10/11/00,

Karen Burrows

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27484 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6710–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6892–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; EPA

Landfill Methane Outreach Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the following Information