64434 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 209 / Friday, October 27, 2000 / Notices

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The Mobile District, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers (Corps),

intends to prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

to address the potential impacts

associated with the construction of the

proposed Pine Hills Casino and Resort

located on the Bay of St. Louis, in

Harrison County, Mississippi. The

Corps will be evaluating a permit

application for the work under the

authority of Section 10 of the Rivers and

Harbors Act and Section 404 of the

Clean Water Act. The EIS will be used

as a basis for the permit decision and to

ensure compliance with the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the proposed action

and the DEIS should be addressed to

Mr. John McFadyen, Regulatory Branch,

phone (334) 690–3261, or Dr. Susan

Ivester Rees, Coastal Environment

Team, phone (334) 694–4141, Mobile

District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. The permit applicant is proposing

to construct a casino development on

the northern shore of the Bay of St.

Louis consisting of the following: A

casino mooring facility consisting of

breasting dolphins and a 520-foot-long

by 330-foot-wide low water sediment

control structure. The control structure

will consist of 1,250 linear feet of sheet

pile and a water aeration system. The

3.9-acre basin within the control

structure will be mechanically

excavated to minus 7.0 feet, mean low

water. The 32,000 cubic yards of

excavated material will be deposited at

a 15-acre upland disposal site. A 500-

foot-long by 300-foot-wide casino barge

will be moored in the basin. A 450-footlong bulkhead will be installed along

the shoreline fronting the casino. A 700-

foot-long by 8-foot-wide pier and 24-

inch diameter water intake/transmission

line will be constructed east of the

casino. Related upland development

includes a 30 story, 1,400-room hotel;

an access road from the Interstate

Highway 10 Kiln-DeLisle exit; parking

facilities for 3,500 vehicles; stormwater

detention ponds; and three entrance

road bridges spanning non-tidal

wetlands. Water and sewer facilities

will be constructed by Pine Hills

Development Partnership and turned

over to Harrison County for operation

and maintenance. The proposed project

will result in the dredging of

approximately 3.2 acres of shallow

water bottoms for the casino mooring

basin. Approximately 0.033 acre of

marsh vegetation at the casino basin site

has been relocated to an adjacent 0.1

acre site. No other wetlands or ‘‘special

aquatic sites’’ will be excavated or

filled. Upland development associated

with the project will cover up to 63

acres of primarily pine plantation.

2. Alternatives to the applicant’s

proposal may exist which would reduce

the impacts to the Bay of St. Louis.

These could include alternate sites, or

alternative sites layouts, or alternative

operational methods.

3. Scoping: a. The Corps invites full

public participation to promote open

communication on the issues

surrounding the proposal. All Federal,

State, and local agencies, and other

persons or organizations that have an

interest are urged to participate in the

NEPA scoping process. A public

meeting will be held to help identify

significant issues and to receive public

input and comment.

b. The DEIS will analyze the potential

social, economic, and environmental

impacts to the local area resulting from

the proposed project. Specifically, the

following major issues will be analyzed

in depth in the DEIS: hydrologic and

hydraulic regimes, essential fish habitat

and other marine habitat, air quality,

cultural resources, wastewater treatment

capacities and discharges,

transportation systems, alternatives,

secondary and cumulative impacts,

socioeconomics, environmental justice

(effect on minorities and low-income

groups), and protection of children

(Executive Order 13045).

c. The Corps will serve as the lead

Federal agency in the preparation of the

DEIS. It is anticipated that the following

agencies will be invited and will accept

cooperating agency status for the

preparation of the DEIS: U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.

Department of the Interior-Fish and

Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of

Commerce—National Marine Fisheries

Service, U.S. Department of

Transportation—Federal Highway

Administration.

4. The scoping meeting will be held

on November 21, 2000 at the DeLisle

Elementary School in DeLisle,

Mississippi beginning at 6:30 p.m.

5. It is anticipated that the DEIS will

be made available for public review in

summer 2001.

Ronald A. Krizman,

Chief, Regulatory Branch.

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BILLING CODE 3710–CR–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–38–000]

Colorado Interstate Gas Company;

Notice of Compliance Filing

October 23, 2000.

Take notice that on October 11, 2000,

Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG),

tendered for filing a letter stating that

CIG believes it is currently in full

compliance with Section 284.12(c)(2)(ii)

of the Commission’s regulations. Order

No. 587–L requires pipelines to be in

compliance with this regulation by

November 1, 2000, to permit shippers to

offset imbalances on different contracts

held by the shipper and to trade

imbalances.

CIG further states that copies of this

filing have been served on CIG’s

jurisdictional customers and public

bodies.

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 or 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).

Davis P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27622 Filed 10–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP95–409–010]

Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice

of Compliance Filing

October 23, 2000.

Take notice that on October 16, 2000,

Northwest Pipeline Corporation

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(Northwest) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, a number of tariff

sheets which apply to the period from

February 1, 1996 through February 28,

1997 during which Northwest’s rates as

established in Docket No. RP95–409 are

applicable. The specific tariff sheets are

enumerated in Appendix A of the filing.

Northwest states that the purpose of

this filing is to comply with the

Commission’s June 1, 1999 and

September 29, 2000 orders in Docket

No. RP95–409 (Orders).

Northwest states that its compliance

filing is consistent with the

Commission’s Orders and directives that

have been issued with respect to the

Docket No. RP95–409 proceeding.

Northwest states that a copy of this

filing has been served upon each person

designated on the official service list

compiled by the Secretary in this

proceeding.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such 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. 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. 00–27621 Filed 10–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER01–111–000, et al.]

Cinergy Services, Inc., et al.; Electric

Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

October 19, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–111–000]

Take notice that on October 13, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy) and

Northern/AES Energy, L.L.C., are

requesting a cancellation of Service

Agreement No. 99, 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 9, 2000.

Comment date: November 3, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER01–125–000]

Take notice that on October 16, 2000,

Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd), tendered for filing an

Interconnection Agreement with Duke

Energy Lee, LLC (Duke).

ComEd requests an effective date of

October 17, 2000 and accordingly seeks

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirements.

Copies of the filing were served on

Duke and the Illinois Commerce

Commission.

Comment date: November 6, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER01–128–000]

Take notice that on October 16, 2000,

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM),

tendered for filing first revised sheet No.

87U to its Open Access Transmission

Tariff containing revisions to the ‘‘PJM

Assignment Matrix’’ which governs the

assignment of costs from PJM’s various

internal divisions to PJM’s unbundled

services. PJM states that the revisions

are necessary to reflect an internal

reorganization of PJM.

Copies of this filing were served upon

the PJM Members, and the state electric

utility regulatory commissions within

the PJM control area.

Comment date: November 6, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Consolidated Edison Company of

New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–129–000]

Take notice that on October 16, 2000,

Consolidated Edison Company of New

York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered for

filing a Supplement to its Rate

Schedule, Con Edison Rate Schedule

FERC No. 130, a facilities agreement

with the New York Power Authority

(NYPA).

Con Edison has requested that the

Supplement take effect as of September

1, 2000.

Con Edison states that a copy of this

filing has been served by mail upon

NYPA.

Comment date: November 6, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Consolidated Edison Company of

New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–130–000]

Take notice that on October 16, 2000,

Consolidated Edison Company of New

York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered for

filing a Supplement to its Rate Schedule

FERC 117, an agreement to provide

interconnection and transmission

service to Keyspan/Long Island Power

Authority (Keyspan). The Supplement

provides for a decrease in the annual

fixed rate carrying charges.

Con Edison has requested that this

decrease take effect as of September 1,

2000.

Con Edison states that a copy of this

filing has been served by mail upon

Keyspan.

Comment date: November 6, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–131–000]

Take notice that on October 13, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy) and

American Energy Trading, Inc., are

requesting a cancellation of Service

Agreement No. 135, under Cinergy

Operating Companies, Market-Based

Power Sales Tariff—MB, FERC Electric

Tariff Original Volume No. 7.

Cinergy requests an effective date of

October 16, 2000.

Comment date: November 6, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–132–000]

Take notice that on October 13, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy) and

American Energy Trading, Inc.,

tendered for filing a request for

cancellation of Service Agreement No.

135, under Cinergy Operating

Companies, Cost-Based Power Sales

Tariff—CB, FERC Electric Tariff Original

Volume No. 6.

Cinergy requests an effective date of

October 16, 2000.

Comment date: November 6, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER01–133–000]

Take notice that on October 16, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy) and

South Jersey Energy Company are

requesting a cancellation of Service

Agreement No. 214, under Cinergy

Operating Companies, Market-Based