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to Section 8 of Rate Schedule ISS,

Transco refunded that amount to

Eligible Shippers based on each Eligible

Shipper’s actual fixed cost contribution

as a percentage of the total fixed cost

contribution of all such Eligible

Shippers (exclusive of the fixed cost

contribution pertaining to service

purchased by Seller from third parties).

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed on or before November 7, 2000.

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).

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. 00–28383 Filed 11–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Ready for

Environmental Analysis and Soliciting

Comments, Recommendations, Terms

and Conditions, and Prescriptions

October 31, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric license application has

been filed with the Commission and is

available for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: New Major

License.

b. Project No.: 1895–007.

c. Date filed: June 29, 1998.

d. Applicant: South Carolina Electric

and Gas Company.

e. Name of Project: Columbia

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Broad River and

Congaree River in the City of Columbia

and Richland County, South Carolina.

The project occupies no federal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 15 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Kristina

Massey, Senior Engineer, South

Carolina Electric & Gas Company, 111

Research Drive, Columbia, SC 29203,

telephone (803) 217–9198.

i. FERC Contact: Any questions on

this notice should be addressed to

Charles R. Hall, telephone (202) 219–

2853, or E-mail address

chales.hall@ferc.fed.us.

j. Deadline for filing comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days

from the issuance date of this notice. All

documents (original and eight copies)

should be filed with David P. Boergers,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426. The

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure require all intervenors filing

documents with the Commission to

serve a copy of that document on each

person whose name appears on the

official service list for the project.

Further, if an intervenor files comments

or documents with the Commission

relating to the merits of an issue that

may affect the responsibilities of a

particular resource agency, they must

also serve a copy of the document on

that resource agency. 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.

k. This application has been accepted,

and is now ready for environmental

analysis.

l. The project consists of the following

existing facilities: (1) a 1,021-foot-long,

14-foot-high timber crib diversion dam;

(2) a 265-acre reservoir in the Broad

River upstream from the diversion dam;

(3) an 85-acre, 10-foot-wide, 3.5-mile

canal; (4) a 210-foot-long, granite-block

masonry canal intake structure,

containing 12 manually operated

vertical lift gates to control the flow of

water into the canal; (5) a granite-block

masonry canal spillway containing two

12-foot-wide Taintor gates separated by

a 208-foot-long stoplog section; (6) a

granite-block and brick masonry

powerhouse, containing seven turbingenerator units with a total installed

capacity of 10,600 kilowatts, and other

appurtenances. The project is estimated

to generate an average of 48 million

kilowatthours (kWh) annually. The dam

and existing project facilities are owned

by the applicant.

m. A copy of the application is

available for inspection and

reproduction at the Commission’s

Public Reference Room, located at 888

First Street, NE, Room 2–A,

Washington, DC 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. The application 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.

n. The Commission directs, pursuant

to Section 4.34(b) of the Regulations (see

Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56

FR 23108, May 20, 1991) that all

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions and prescriptions concerning

the application be filed with the

Commission within 60 days from the

issuance date of this notice. All reply

comments must be filed with the

Commission within 105 days from the

date of this notice. Anyone may obtain

an extension of time for these deadlines

from the Commission only upon a

showing of good cause or extraordinary

circumstances in accordance with 18

CFR 385.2008.

o. All filings must (1) bear in all

capital letter the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the

heading the name of the applicant and

the project number of the application to

which the filing responds; (3) furnish

the name, address, and telephone

number of the person submitting the

filing: and (4) otherwise comply with

the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001

through 385.2005. All comments,

recommendations, terms and conditions

or prescriptions must set forth their

evidentiary basis and otherwise comply

with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b).

Agencies may obtain copies of the

application directly from the applicant.

Each filing must be accompanied by

proof of service on all persons listed on

the service list prepared by the

Commission in this proceeding, in

accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and

385.2010.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–28381 Filed 11–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Sunshine Act Meeting

November 1, 2000.

The following notice of meeting is

published pursuant to section 3(a) of the