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protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of these filings 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).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29176 Filed 11–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 1981–010–Wisconsin]

Oconto Electric Cooperative; Notice of

Availability of Draft Environmental

Assessment

November 8, 2000.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission)

regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy

Projects has reviewed the application

for a new license for the existing Stiles

Hydroelectric Project, located on the

Oconto River, in the township of Stiles,

Oconto County, Wisconsin, and has

prepared a draft Environmental

Assessment (EA) for the project. In the

draft EA, the Commission staff has

analyzed the potential environmental

effects of the project and has concluded

that the approval of the project, with

appropriate environmental measures,

would not constitute a major Federal

action significantly affecting the quality

of the human environment.

Copies of the draft EA are available

for review in the Public Reference

Branch, Room 2–A, of the Commission’s

offices at 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426. The draft EA

may also be viewed on the internet at

http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm.

Please call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance.

Any comments should be filed within

45 days from the date of this notice and

should be addressed to David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

Please affix ‘‘Stiles Hydroelectric

Project, FERC Project No. 1981–010’’ to

all comments. For further information,

please contact Patti Leppert at (202)

219–2767. 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. 00–29205 Filed 11–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 1984–056 Wisconsin; Project

No. 11162–002 Wisconsin]

Wisconsin River Power Company,

Wisconsin Power and Light Company;

Notice of Availability of Final

Environmental Assessment

November 8, 2000.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission’s)

regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy

Projects has reviewed the application

for new major license for the Petenwell

and Castle Rock Hydroelectric Project

located on the Wisconsin River in

Wood, Juneau, and Adams Counties

near Necedah, Wisconsin, and the

application for original major license for

the Prairie du Sac Hydroelectric Project

located on the Wisconsin River in Sauk

and Columbia Counties near Prairie du

Sac, Wisconsin.

On June 23, 1998, the Commission

staff issued a Draft Environmental

Assessment (DEA) for the proposed

licensing actions and requested that

comments be filed with the Commission

within 45 days. Comments on the DEA

were filed and are addressed in the

Final Environmental Assessment (FEA)

for the proposed licensing actions.

The FEA contains the staff’s analysis

of the potential environmental impacts

of the proposed licenses, and concludes

that the approval of the proposed

licenses, with appropriate

environmental protective measures,

would not constitute major federal

actions that would significantly affected

the quality of the human environment.

Copies of the FEA are available for

review in the Public Reference Branch,

Room 2A, of the Commission’s offices at

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426. These filings may also be viewed

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

online/rims.htm (please call (202) 208–

2222 for assistance).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29202 Filed 11–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Tendered for

Filing with the Commission and

Soliciting Additional Study Requests

November 8, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: New Minor

License.

b. Project No.: P–2835–005.

c. Date Filed: October 27, 2000.

d. Applicant: New York State Electric

& Gas Corporation.

e. Name of Project: Rainbow Falls

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Ausable River, in

the townships of Ausable and

Chesterfield, Clinton and Essex

counties, New York. The project would

not use federal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Carol Howland,

New York State Electric & Gas

Corporation, Corporate Drive—

Kirkwood Industrial Park, P.O. Box

5224, Binghamton, NY 13902–5224;

(607) 762–8881.

i. FERC Contact: Jarrad Kosa, (202)

219–2831.

j. Deadline for filing additional study

requests pursuant to 18 CFR 4.32(b)(7)

of the Commission’s regulations:

December 26, 2000.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be field with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

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.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

require all intervenors filing documents

with the Commission to serve a copy of

that document on each person 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

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particular resource agency, they must

also serve a copy of the document on

that resource agency.

k. The application is not ready for

environmental analysis at this time.

l. The Rainbow Falls Hydroelectric

Project consists of: (1) An existing 345-

foot-long and 16-foot-high dam; (2) an

existing 17-acre reservoir having a

storage capacity of 180-acre-feet at an

elevation of 307.0 feet above mean sea

level; (3) a powerhouse containing two

generating units for a total installed

capacity of 2,640 kilowatts; and (4)

existing transmission and appurtenant

facilities. The project is estimated to

generate an average of 14 million

kilowatt hours annually. The dam and

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, D.C. 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. With this notice, we are initiating

consultation with the New York State

Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as

required by § 106, National Historic

Preservation Act, and the regulations of

the Advisory Council on Historic

Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29195 Filed 11–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Accepted for

Filing and Soliciting Motions To

Intervene, Protests, and Comments

November 8, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary

Permit.

b. Project No.: 11858–000.

c. Date filed: September 15, 2000.

d. Applicant: Elsinore Valley

Municipal Water District.

e. Name of Project: Lake Elsinore

Project.

f. Location: On Lake Elsinore, Lion

Springs, and San Juan Creek, in

Riverside County, California. The

project would utilize federal lands

within Cleveland National Forest.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Rob

Bakondy, Lake Elsinore Advanced

Pumped Storage, L.L.C., Enron North

America Corp., 101 California Street,

Suite 1950, San Francisco, CA 94111,

(415) 782–7806.

i. FERC Contact: Robert Bell, (202)

219–2806

j. Deadline for filing motions to

intervene, protests and comments: 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, D.C. 20426.

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.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure require all interveners

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on

each person in the official service list

for the project. Further, if an intervener

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.

k. Description of Project: The

proposed pumped storage project would

have two upper reservoirs (one in

Morrell Canyon the other in Decker

Canyon) and would use the natural Lake

Elsinore as the lower reservoir. The

project would consist of: (1) A proposed

550-foot-long, 220-foot-high concreteface rockfill Morrell Canyon Dam; (2) a

proposed 575-foot-long, 100-foot-high

impervious core rock fill downstream

Morrell Canyon Dam; (3) a proposed

impoundment having a surface area of

142 acres, with a storage capacity of

7,400 acre-feet, and normal maximum

water surface elevation of 2,860 feet

msl; (3) a proposed 1,800-foot-long, 220-

foot high impervious core rock filled

Decker Canyon Dam; (4) a proposed

impoundment having a surface area of

95 acres, with a storage capacity of

5,000 acre-feet, and normal maximum

water surface elevation of 2,740 feet

msl; (5) the existing Lake Elsinore

impoundment having a water surface

elevation of 3,412 acres, with a storage

capacity of 68,006 acre-feet, and a

normal maximum water surface

elevation of 1,249 feel msl; (6) two

proposed excavated canals designed to

pass flows in both the generating and

pumping directions; (7) a proposed

powerhouse containing three pumping/

generating units with a total installed

capacity of 330 MW; (8) a proposed 5.9-

miles-long, 115 kV transmission line;

and (9) appurtenant facilities.

The project would have an annual

generation of 1.848 GWh that would be

sold to a local utility.

l. 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 2A, Washington,

D.C. 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.

Preliminary Permit—Anyone desiring

to file a competing application for

preliminary permit for a proposed

project must submit the competing

application itself, or a notice of intent to

file such an application, to the

Commission on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application (see 18 CFR 4.36).

Submission of a timely notice of intent

allows an interested person to file the

competing preliminary permit

application no later than 30 days after

the specified comment date for the

particular application. A competing

preliminary permit application must

conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36.

Preliminary Permit—Any qualified

development applicant desiring to file a

competing development application

must submit to the Commission, on or

before a specified comment date for the

particular application, either a

competing development application or a

notice of intent to file such an

application. Submission of a timely

notice of intent to file a development

application allows an interested person

to file the competing application no

later than 120 days after the specified

comment date for the particular

application. A competing license

application must conform with 18 CFR

4.30(b) and 4.36.

Notice of intent—A notice of intent

must specify the exact name, business

address, and telephone number of the

prospective applicant, and must include

an unequivocal statement of intent to

submit, if such an application may be

filed, either a preliminary permit

application or a development

application (specify which type of

application). A notice of intent must be

served on the applicant(s) named in this

public notice.