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Comment date: December 21, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

19. Central Hudson Gas & Electric

Corporation; Consolidated Edison

Company of New York, Inc.; Long

Island Lighting Company; New York

State Electric & Gas Corporation;

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation;

Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.;

Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation

[Docket No. ER01–547–000]

Take notice that on November 27,

2000, the Members of the Transmission

Owners Committee of the Energy

Association of New York State, formerly

known as the Member Systems of the

New York Power Pool (Member

Systems) tendered for filing revised

transmission service agreements. The

Member Systems state that these tariff

sheets are in compliance with the

Commission’s October 26, 2000 order in

this proceeding. Central Hudson Gas &

Electric Corp., et al., 93 FERC ¶ 61,090

(2000).

A copy of this filing was served upon

all persons on the official service list in

the captioned proceeding.

Comment date: December 18, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest such filing should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214). All such motions or

protests should be filed on or before the

comment date. 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 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. 00–31391 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2651–006 Indiana]

Indiana Michigan Power Company;

Notice of Availability of Final

Environmental Assessment

December 5, 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 the

Energy Projects has reviewed the

application for a new license for the

Elkhart Hydroelectric Project, and has

prepared a final environmental

assessment (FEA). The project is located

on the St. Joseph River in the City of

Elkhart and Elkhart County, Indiana.

On April 10, 2000, the Commission

staff issued a draft environmental

assessment (DEA) for the project and

requested that comments be filed with

the Commission within 45 days.

Comments on the DEA were filed by

Walter D. Gildner, Indiana Department

of Natural Resources, American Electric

Power/ Indiana Michigan Power

Company, and the City of Elkhart and

are addressed in the FEA.

Copies of the FEA are available for

review at the Commission’s Public

Reference Room, located at 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, or

by calling (202) 208–1371. The FEA may

be viewed on the web at http://

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

[please call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance].

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–31421 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Ready for

Environmental Analysis and Soliciting

Comments, Recommendations, Terms

and Conditions, and Prescriptions

December 5, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: Major New

License.

b. Project No.: 2055–010.

c. Date filed: November 24, 1998.

d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company.

e. Name of Project: C.J. Strike

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Snake River, in

Owyhee County, Oregon, between the

towns of Grandview and Bruneau. The

project occupies about 3,000 acres of

Federal land administered by the

Bureau of Land Management.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Lewis Wardle,

Hydro Relicensing Department, Idaho

Power Company, P.O. Box 70, Boise, ID

83707 (208) 388–2964.

i. FERC Contact: John Blair, 202–219–

2845, john.blair@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

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

particular resource agency, they must

also serve a copy of the document on

that resource agency.

Comments, recommendations, terms

and conditions and prescriptions 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 ready for environmental analysis

at this time.

l. The project consists of the following

facilities: (1) A 3,220-foot-long earthfill

dam with a maximum height of 115 feet,

which includes a 340-foot-wide and 78-

foot-high reinforced concrete spillway

consisting of eight 34-foot-wide bays; (2)

a 55-foot-wide, 158-foot-long and 65-

foot-high reinforced concrete intake

structure located at the left abutment of

the dam, consisting of three intakes; (3)

three riveted steel penstocks connecting

the intakes to the generating units; (4) a

198-foot-long, 64-foot-wide, and 68-foothigh reinforced concrete powerhouse,

located at the left abutment of the dam,

containing 3 vertical fixed-blade

turbines with a total nameplate capacity

of 82.8 megawatts; (5) a reservoir

extending about 32 miles upstream on

the Snake River and about 12 miles

upstream on the Bruneau River, with a

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surface area of 7,500 acres at normal

water surface elevation of 2,455 feet

above mean sea level; and (6) two 138-

kilovolt (kV) transmission lines

extending from the project 65 miles

northwesterly to the Caldwell terminal

substation and about 25 miles

northeasterly to the 138 kV lines at

Mountain Home.

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). Copies are 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

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.

All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital

letters 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. 00–31419 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Sunshine Act Meeting

December 6, 2000.

The following notice of meeting is

published pursuant to section 3(a) of the

Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub.

L. No. 94–409), 5 U.S.C. 552B:

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission.

DATE AND TIME: December 13, 2000, 10

a.m.

PLACE: Room 2C, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda.

Note—Items listed on the agenda may

be deleted without further notice.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

David P. Boergers, Secretary, Telephone

(202) 208–0400, for a recording listing

items stricken from or added to the

meeting, call (202) 208–1627.

This is a list of matters to be

considered by the Commission. It does

not include a listing of all papers

relevant to the items on the agenda;

however, all public documents may be

examined in the Reference and

Information Center.

755th—Meeting December 13, 2000, Regular

Meeting, (10 a.m.)

Consent Agenda—Markets, Tariffs and

Rates—Electric

CAE–1.

DOCKET# ER01–147, 000, SOUTHERN

ENERGY DELTA, L.L.C. AND

SOUTHERN ENERGY POTRERO, L.L.C.

CAE–2.

DOCKET# ER01–168, 000, TENASKA

FRONTIER PARTNERS, LTD.

CAE–3.

DOCKET# ER01–171, 000, CONSUMERS

ENERGY COMPANY AND CMS

MARKETING, SERVICES AND

TRADING COMPANY

CAE–4.

OMITTED

CAE–5.

DOCKET# ER00–2814, 000,

COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY

OTHER#S ER00–2814,001,

COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY

ER00–2814, 002, COMMONWEALTH

EDISON COMPANY

CAE–6.

DOCKET# ER01–210, 000, PJM

INTERCONNECTION, L.L.C.

CAE–7.

OMITTED

CAE–8.

OMITTED

CAE–9.

OMITTED

CAE–10.

DOCKET# ER00–2870, 000, EL PASO

ELECTRIC GENERATING COMPANY

CAE–11.

OMITTED

CAE–12.

DOCKET# ER01–369, 000, ISO NEW

ENGLAND INC.

CAE–13.

DOCKET# ER01–202, 000, POTOMAC

POWER RESOURCES, INC.

CAE–14.

DOCKET# ER00–2064, 000, ILLINOIS

POWER COMPANY

OTHER#S ER00–2064, 001, ILLINOIS

POWER COMPANY

CAE–15.

DOCKET# ER00–3316, 000, AMERICAN

TRANSMISSION COMPANY LLC

CAE–16.

DOCKET# ER01–123, 000, ILLINOIS

POWER COMPANY

CAE–17.

OMITTED

CAE–18.

DOCKET# ER00–2062, 000, CENTRAL

MAINE POWER COMPANY

OTHER#S ER00–2062, 001, CENTRAL

MAINE POWER COMPANY

ER00–2062, 002, CENTRAL MAINE

POWER COMPANY

ER00–2062, 003, CENTRAL MAINE

POWER COMPANY

CAE–19.

DOCKET# ER00–3735, 000, PJM

INTERCONNECTION, L.L.C.

CAE–20.

DOCKET# ER00–1, 002, TRANSENERGIE

U.S., LTD.

OTHER#S ER00–1, 003, TRANSENERGIE

U.S., LTD.

CAE–21.

DOCKET# EL00–62, 005, ISO NEW

ENGLAND, INC.

OTHER#S EL00–62, 013, ISO NEW

ENGLAND, INC.

CAE–22.

OMITTED

CAE–23.

DOCKET# RT01–77, 000, SOUTHERN

COMPANIES SERVICES, INC.

CAE–24.

DOCKET# ER99–4113, 001, CALIFORNIA

POWER EXCHANGE CORPORATION

CAE–25.

DOCKET# EC00–138, 000, SITHE

ENERGIES, INC. AND THE SITHE

STOCKHOLDERS, EXELON (FOSSIL)

HOLDINGS, INC., PEPCO ENERGY

COMPANY AND EXELON

GENERATION COMPANY, L.L.C.

CAE–26.

DOCKET# ER99–3279, 001, PJM

INTERCONNECTION, L.L.C.

CAE–27.

DOCKET# ER99–3144, 003, ALLIANCE

COMPANIES, AMERICAN ELECTRIC

POWER SERVICE CORPORATION ON

BEHALF OF: APPALACHIAN POWER

COMPANY, COLUMBUS SOUTHERN