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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. 00–30199 Filed 11–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2721]

PPL Maine, LLC; Notice of

Authorization for Continued Project

Operation

November 21, 2000.

On September 28, 1998, Bangor Hydro

Electric Company (by Commission order

dated April 1, 1999, the project license

was transferred to Penobscot Hydro,

LLC, and by Commission order dated

October 31, 2000, the licensee’s name

was changed to PPL Maine, LLC),

licensee for the Howland Project No.

2721, filed an application for a new or

subsequent license pursuant to the

Federal Power Act (FPA) and the

Commission’s regulations thereunder.

Project No. 2721 is located on the

Piscataquis River in Penobscot County,

Maine.

The license for Project No. 2721 was

issued for a period ending September

30, 2000. Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16

U.S.C. 808(a)(1), requires the

Commission, at the expiration of a

license term, to issue from year to year

an annual license to the then licensee

under the terms and conditions of the

prior license until a new license is

issued, or the project is otherwise

disposed of as provided in Section 15 or

any other applicable section of the FPA.

If the project’s prior license waived the

applicability of Section 15 of the FPA,

then, based on Section 9(b) of the

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.

558(c), and as set forth at 18 CFR

16.21(a), if the licensee of such project

has filed an application for a subsequent

license, the licensee may continue to

operate the project in accordance with

the terms and conditions of the license

after the minor or minor part license

expires, until the Commission acts on

its application. If the licensee of such a

project has not filed an application for

a subsequent license, then it may be

required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b),

to continue project operation until the

Commission issues someone else a

license for the project or otherwise

orders disposition of the project.

If the project is subject to Section 15

of the FPA, notice is hereby given that

an annual license for Project No. 2721

is issued to PPL Maine, LLC for a period

effective October 1, 2000, through

September 30, 2001, or until the

issuance of a new license for the project

or other disposition under the FPA,

whichever comes first. If issuance of a

new license (or other disposition) does

not take place on or before October 1,

2001, notice is hereby given that,

pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c), an annual

license under Section 15(a)(1) of the

FPA is renewed automatically without

further order or notice by the

Commission, unless the Commission

orders otherwise.

If the project is not subject to Section

15 of the EPA, notice is hereby given

that PPL Maine, LLC is authorized to

continue operation of the Howland

Project No. 2721 until such time as the

Commission acts on its application for

subsequent license.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30200 Filed 11–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–106–000]

Questar Pipeline Company; Notice of

Tariff Filing

November 21, 2000.

Take notice that on November 16,

2000, Questar Pipeline Company

tendered for filing as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, the following tariff sheets, to

be effective January 1, 2001:

First Revised Volume No. 1

Eighteenth Revised Sheet No. 1

Original Volume No. 3

Twenty-Seventh Revised Sheet No. 8

On June 1, 2000, GRI requested

approval of funding for its year 2001

research, development and

demonstration program and its 2001–

2005 five-year plan. The Commission

issued an order on September 19, 2000,

in Docket No. RP00–313–000, approving

GRI’s funding plans. Questar’s filing

incorporated the approved GRI

surcharge rates in the Statement of Rates

to Questar’s tariff.

Questar states that a copy of this filing

has been served upon its customers, the

Public Service Commission of Utah and

the Public Service Commission of

Wyoming.

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). 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. 00–30207 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EL01–14–000]

City of Vernon, CA v. California

Independent System Operator

Corporation; Notice of Amendment to

Complaint

November 21, 2000.

Take notice that on November 17,

2000, City of Vernon, California

(Vernon) filed an amendment to its

November 9, 2000 Complaint against the

California Independent System Operator

Corporation (ISO). The Vernon

Amendment supplements its Complaint,

which asserts that the ISO has

unreasonably delayed approval of

Vernon’s application to the ISO to

become a Participating Transmission

Owner (PTO) in the ISO transmission

system, and that the ISO has thereby

violated its FERC Electric Tariff and the

Federal Power Act. Vernon continues to

request that the Commission order the

ISO to promptly take action to approve

and implement Vernon PTO status as of

January 1, 2001, or, in the alternative,