68988 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 221 / Wednesday, November 15, 2000 / Notices

1NBP submitted Docket Nos. CP01–22–000,

CP01–24–000, and CP01–25–000 (Docket No. CP01–

22–000, et al.) as one filing and separately filed its

request for a Presidential Permit in Docket No.

CP01–23–000.

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). 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. 00–29199 Filed 11–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2000–010]

New York Power Authority; Notice of

Meeting to Discuss Preliminary Terms

and Conditions for Relicensing of the

St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project

NOVEMBER 8, 2000. The establishment of

the Cooperative Consultation Process

(CCP) Team and the Scoping Process for

relicensing of the St. Lawrence-FDR

Power Project was identified in the

Notice of Memorandum of

Understanding, Formation of

Cooperative Consultation Process Team,

and Initiation of Scoping Process

Associated With Relicensing the St.

Lawrence-FDR Power Project issued

May 2, 1996, and found in the Federal

Register dated May 8, 1996, Volume 61,

No. 90, on page 20813.

The CCP Team will meet on

November 21, 2000, to discuss the

preliminary terms and conditions filed

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) per the

Notice issued on August 11, 2000, and

the Notice extending the comment

period to September 29, 2000. The

meeting will be conducted at the New

York Power Authority’s (NYPA) Robert

Moses Powerhouse, at 10:00 a.m.,

located in Massena, New York.

If you would like more information

about the CCP Team and the relicensing

process, please contact any one of the

following individuals:

Mr. Thomas R. Tatham, New York

Power Authority, (212) 468–6747,

(212) 468–6141 (fax), e-mail:

Tatham.T@NYPA.Gov

Mr. Bill Little, Esq., New York State

Dept. of Environmental Conservation,

(518) 457–0986, (518) 457–3978 (fax),

email:WGLittle@GW.DEC.State.NY.US

Dr. Jennifer Hill, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, (202) 219–

2797, (202) 219–2152 (fax), email:Jennifer.Hill@FERC.FED.US

Further information about NYPA and

the St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project can

be obtained through the Internet at

http://www.ferc.fed.us.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29204 Filed 11–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–22–000; CP01–23–000;

CP01–24–000; and CP01–25–000]

North Baja Pipeline LLC; Notice of

Applications

November 8, 2000.

Take notice that on November 1,

2000, North Baja Pipeline LLC (‘‘NBP’’),

1400 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 900,

Portland, Oregon 97201, filed

applications in Docket Nos. CP01–22–

000 and CP01–23–000 pursuant to

Sections 7(c) and 3 of the Natural Gas

Act, respectively. In these applications,

NBP seeks a certificate of public

convenience and necessity to construct,

install, own, operate and maintain a

new interstate natural gas pipeline and

ancillary facilities as well as

authorization and a Presidential Permit

to construct, operate and maintain

pipeline facilities at the international

border. Further, NBP seeks in Docket

No. CP01–24–000 a blanket certificate

pursuant to Subpart G of Part 284 of the

Commission’s regulations to provide

open-access transportation of natural

gas for others. Moreover, in Docket No.

CP01–25–000, NBP requests a blanket

certificate pursuant to Subpart F of Part

157 of the Commission’s regulations to

perform certain routine activities and

operations.1 NBP also seeks approval of

its initial rates and pro forma tariff

provisions included in Docket No.

CP01–22–000, et al. The applications

may be viewed on the Commission’s

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

online/rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

NBP submits that it is a limited

liability company formed under the

laws of the State of Delaware, with its

principal place of business in Portland,

Oregon. NBP further states that it is

owned by PG&E Gas Transmission

Holdings Corporation.

NBP states that within three days of

issuance of this notice, it will provide

notice to directly affected and adjacent

landowners notifying them that NBP’s

request to construct facilities has been

filed. NBP states that this notification

will include the information required by

the Commission regulations.

NBP proposes to construct and

operate a pipeline system, which would

carry 500,000 Mcf per day of natural gas

from an interconnection point with El

Paso Natural Gas Company (‘‘El Paso’’)

near Ehrenberg, Arizona. At this

proposed interconnect, NBP proposes to

construct the Ehrenberg Compressor

Station that would consist of three 6,270

horsepower (hp), gas fired centrifugal

compressor units (with one additional

6,270 hp spare unit). The proposed

system would extend approximately

79.8 miles through southeast California,

to a point on the International border

between Yuma, Arizona and Mexicali,

North Baja California, Mexico. NBP’s

mainline facilities would consist of

approximately 11.5 miles of 36-inch

from the Ehrenberg Compressor Station

and 68.3 miles of 30-inch pipe to the

international border. At the

international border, NBP indicates that

it would interconnect with a similarly

sized pipeline, Gasoducto Bajanorte, to

be constructed by Sempra Energy

Mexico (‘‘Sempra’’). Gasoducto

Bajanorte would then transport gas west

through Mexicali and on to Tijuana,

Mexico, where it would interconnect

with an existing pipeline,

Transportadora de Gas Natural de Baja

California (‘‘TGN’’). It is stated that TGN

runs from Rosarito, Mexico, to an

interconnection with the facilities of

San Diego Gas and Electric Company at

the San Diego/Tijuana border.

NBP asserts that its filings meet the

requirements of the Commission’s

regulations regarding certificate

applications and the standards set forth

in the Commission’s Statement of Policy

issued in Docket No. PL 99–3–000.

Specifically, NBP states that, as a new

pipeline, its project passes the

Commission’s ‘‘no subsidies’’ test, and

further, its project was developed to

eliminate or minimize impacts on the

potentially affected interests of existing

customers, captive shippers of existing

pipelines, and landowners and the

environment.

NBP states that it held an open season

in which it made capacity on its system