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1FGT’s application was filed with the

Commission under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act

and Part 157 of the Commission’s regulations.

provide local network integration

transmission service to ANP Blackstone

under Boston Edison’s open access

transmission tariff accepted for filing in

Docket No. ER00–2065–000.

Boston Edison requests waiver of the

Commission’s thirty (30) day notice

requirement in order to allow the

service agreement to become effective

on October 1, 2000.

Comment date: December 18, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Northern Indiana Public Service

Company

[Docket No. ER01–518–000]

Take notice that on November 28,

2000, Northern Indiana Public Service

Company tendered for filing an

executed Standard Transmission

Service Agreement for Non-Firm Pointto-Point Transmission Service between

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company and Alliance Energy Services

Partnership (Alliance).

Under the Transmission Service

Agreement, Northern Indiana Public

Service Company will provide Point-toPoint Transmission Service to Alliance

pursuant to the Transmission Service

Tariff filed by Northern Indiana Public

Service Company in Docket No. OA96–

47–000 and allowed to become effective

by the Commission.

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company has requested that the Service

Agreement be allowed to become

effective as of November 29, 2000.

Copies of this filing have been sent to

Alliance Energy Services Partnership,

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission, and the Indiana Office of

Utility Consumer Counselor.

Comment date: December 19, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. Northern Indiana Public Service

Company

[Docket No. ER01–519–000]

Take notice that on November 28,

2000, Northern Indiana Public Service

Company tendered for filing an

executed Standard Transmission

Service Agreement for Non-Firm Pointto-Point Transmission Service between

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company and MidAmerican Energy

Company (MECR).

Under the Transmission Service

Agreement, Northern Indiana Public

Service Company will provide Point-toPoint Transmission Service to MECR

pursuant to the Transmission Service

Tariff filed by Northern Indiana Public

Service Company in Docket No. OA96–

47–000 and allowed to become effective

by the Commission.

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company has requested that the Service

Agreement be allowed to become

effective as of November 29, 2000.

Copies of this filing have been sent to

MidAmerican Energy Company, the

Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission,

and the Indiana Office of Utility

Consumer Counselor.

Comment date: December 19, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Covert Generating Company, LLC

[Docket No. ER01–520–000]

Take notice that on November 28,

2000, Covert Generating Company, LLC

(Covert), tendered for filing pursuant to

Section 205 of the Federal Power Act,

and Part 35 of the Commission’s

Regulations, a petition for authorization

to make sales of capacity, energy, and

certain Ancillary Services at marketbased rates, to reassign transmission

capacity, and to resell Firm

Transmission Rights. Covert proposes to

construct a natural gas-fired, combined

cycle power plant of approximately

1,200 MW capacity in Covert Township,

Van Buren County, Michigan.

Comment date: December 19, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. American Transmission Company

LLC

[Docket No. ER01–521–000]

Take notice that on November 28,

2000, American Transmission Company

LLC (ATCLLC), tendered for filing a

Generation-Transmission

Interconnection Agreement between

ATCLLC and Wisconsin Public Service

Corporation.

ATCLLC requests an effective date of

January 1, 2001.

Comment date: December 19, 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, N.E., Washington, D.C.

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. 00–31278 Filed 12–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP99–94–003]

Florida Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Intent to Prepare an

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed Modified Tampa South

Lateral Extension and Request for

Comments on Environmental Issues

December 4, 2000.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

the proposed modified route of the

Tampa South Lateral Extension (TSLE)

involving construction and operation of

facilities by Florida Gas Transmission

Company (FGT) in Hillsborough

County, Florida.1 Specifically FGT

proposes to modify its certificate in

Docket No. CP99–94–000. The proposed

facilities would consist of about 6.2

miles of 6– and 8-inch-diameter

pipeline. This EA will be used by the

Commission in its decision-making

process to determine whether the

proposed modified route for TSLE is

preferable to the certificated route.

If you are a landowner receiving this

notice, you may be contacted by a

pipeline company representative about

the acquisition of an easement to

construct, operate and maintain the

proposed facilities. The pipeline

company would seek to negotiate a

mutually acceptable agreement.

However, if the project is approved by

the Commission, that approval conveys

with it the right of eminent domain.

Therefore, if easement negotiations fail

to produce an agreement, the pipeline

company could initiate condemnation

proceedings in accordance with state

law.

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need

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2The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies are

available on the Commission’s website at the

‘‘RIMS’’ link or from the Commission’s Public

Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, or call (202)

208–1371. For instructions on connecting to RIMS

refer to the last page of this notice. Copies of the

appendices were sent to all those receiving this

notice in the mail.

3 ‘‘We’’, ‘‘us’’, and ‘‘our’’ refer to the

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects

(OEP).

To Know?’’ was attached to the FGT

project notice provided to landowners.

This fact sheet addresses a number of

typically asked questions, including the

use of eminent domain and how to

participate in the Commission’s

proceedings. It is available for viewing

on the FERC Internet website

(www.ferc.fed.us).

Summary of the Proposed Project

FGT wants to modify the route and

pipe size of the TSLE as previously

certificated by the Commission on

February 28, 2000 which authorized the

construction and operation of FGT’s

Phase IV Expansion Project. FGT seeks

to change the route of the TSLE, which

includes a change in the pipeline length

from about 5.62 miles to 6.18 miles to

transport additional natural gas to a

local distribution company. Specifically

FGT proposes to construct and operate:

• About 6.0 miles of 6-inch-diameter

pipeline in Hillsborough County,

Florida;

• About 0.2 miles of 8-inch-diameter

pipeline in Hillsborough County,

Florida; and

• Change the location of the National

Gypsum Regulatory Station to milepost

5.97 on the modified TSLE route.

The location of the project facilities is

shown in appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction of the proposed facilities

would require about 39.9 acres of land.

Following construction, about 8.3 acres

would be maintained as permanent

right-of-way for operational use. The

remaining 31.6 acres of land would be

restored and allowed to revert to its

former use.

The EA Process

The National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to

take into account the environmental

impacts that could result from an action

whenever it considers the issuance of a

Certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity. NEPA also requires us 3 to

discover and address concerns the

public may have about proposals. We

call this ‘‘scoping’’. The main goal of the

scoping process is to focus the analysis

in the EA on the important

environmental issues. By this Notice of

Intent, the Commission requests public

comments on the scope of the issues it

will address in the EA. All comments

received are considered during the

preparation of the EA. State and local

government representatives are

encouraged to notify their constituents

of this proposed action and encourage

them to comment on their areas of

concern.

The EA will discuss impacts that

could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project under these general

headings:

• Geology and soils

• Water resources, fisheries, and

wetlands,

• Vegetation and wildlife

• Endangered and threatened species

• Land use

• Cultural resources

• Hazardous waste

• Public safety

We will also evaluate possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and make

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during the

scoping process, the EA may be

published and mailed to Federal, state,

and local agencies, public interest

groups, interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

this proceeding. A comment period will

be allotted for review if the EA is

published. We will consider all

comments on the EA before we make

our recommendations to the

Commission.

To ensure your comments are

considered, please carefully follow the

instructions in the public participation

section beginning on page 4.

Currently Identified Environmental

Issues

We have already identified several

issues that we think deserve attention

based on a preliminary review of the

proposed facilities and the

environmental information provided by

FGT. This preliminary list of issues may

be changed based on your comments

and our analysis.

• A total of 0.02 linear mile of

proposed facilities would be within

residential areas.

• The proposed project would require

two major waterbody crossings greater

than 100 feet in width (Alafia River and

Bullfrog Creek).

• A comparison of the proposed

route, the certificated route, and other

route alternative that may be reasonable.

Public Participation and Scoping

Meeting

You can make a difference by

providing us with your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

By becoming a commentor, your

concerns will be addressed in the EAa

and considered by the Commission. You

should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal, and

measures to avoid or lessen

environmental impact. The more

specific your comments, the more useful

they will be. Please carefully follow

these instructions to ensure that your

comments are received in time and

properly recorded:

• Send an original and two copies of

your letter to: David P. Boergers,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room

1A, Washington, DC 20426.

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of Gas Group 2.

• Reference Docket No. CP99–94–

003.

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before January 3, 2001.

Comments may also 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 under

the link to the User’s Guide. Before you

can file comments you will need to

create an account which can be created

by clicking on ‘‘Login to File’’ and then

‘‘New User Account.’’

In addition to or in lieu of sending

written comments, we invite you to

attend the public scoping meeting the

FERCc will conduct in the project area.

The location and time for the meeting is

listed below.

Date and Time: December 19, 2000 7

p.m.

Location: Gardenville Recreation

Center, 6215 Symmes Road, Gibsonton,

Florida 33534.

The public meetings are designed to

provide you with more detailed

information and another opportunity to

offer your comments on the proposed

project. Interested groups and

individuals are encouraged to attend the

meeting and to present comments on the

environmental issues they believe

should be addressed in the EA. A

transcript of the meeting will be made

so that your comments will be

accurately recorded.

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On the date of the meeting, our staff

will also be visiting project area.

Anyone interested in participating in a

site visit may contact the Commission’s

Office of External Affairs identified at

the end of appendix 1 of this notice for

more details and must provide their

own transportation.

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

became an official party to the

proceeding known as an ‘‘intervenor.’’

Intervenors play a more formal role in

the process. Among other things,

intervenors have the right to receive

copies of case-related Commission

documents and filings by other

intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor

must provide 14 copies of its filings to

the Secretary of the Commission and

must send a copy of its filings to all

other parties on the Commission’s

service list for this proceeding. If you

want to become an intervenor you must

file a motion to intervene according to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 2). Only

intervenors have the right to seek

rehearing of the Commission’s decision.

Affected landowners and parties with

environmental concerns may be granted

intervenor status upon showing good

cause by stating that they have a clear

and direct interest in this proceeding

which would not be adequately

represented by any other parties. You do

not need intervenor status to have your

environmental comments considered.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from the

Commission’s Office of External Affairs

at (202) 208–0004 or on the FERC

website (http://www.ferc.fed.us) using

the ‘‘RIMS’’ link to information in this

docket number. Click on the ‘‘RIMS’’

link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the RIMS

Menu, and follow the instructions. For

assistance with access to RIMS, the

RIMS helpline can be reached at (202))

208–2222.

Similarly, the ‘‘CIPS’’ link on the

FERC Internet website provides access

to the texts of formal documents issued

by the Commission, such as orders,

notices, and rulemakings. From the

FERC Internet website, click on the

‘‘CIPS’’ link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the

CIPS menu, and follow the instructions.

For assistance with access to CIPS, the

CIPS helpline can be reached at (202)

208–2474.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–31280 Filed 12–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Applications Ready for

Environmental Analysis and Soliciting

Comments, Recommendations, Terms

and Conditions, and Prescriptions

December 4, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric applications have been

filed with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

a. Type of Applications: Two new

licenses and three subsequent licenses.

b. Project Nos.: 2942–005, 2931–002,

2941–002, 2932–003, and 2897–003.

c. Date Filed: January 22, 1999.

d. Applicant: S. D. Warren Company.

e. Names of Projects: Dundee, Gambo,

Little Falls, Mallison Falls, and

Saccarappa.

f. Location: On the Presumpscot

River, near the towns of Windham,

Gorham, and Westbrook, in Cumberland

County, Maine. These projects do not

utilize any federal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Thomas

Howard, S. D. Warren Company, 89

Cumberland Street, P.O. Box 5000,

Westbrook, ME 04098–1597, 207–856–

4286.

i. FERC Contact: Jim Haimes;

james.haimes@ferc.fed.us, 202–219–

2780.

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 interveners

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on 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, the

intervener also must 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 website at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

k. Status of Environmental Analysis:

These applications have been accepted

for filing and are ready for

environmental analysis at this time.

l. Description of the Projects (from

upstream to downstream):

The Dundee Project consists of the

following existing facilities: (1) A 1,492-

foot-long dam, consisting of two, 50-

foot-high earthen embankments

separated by a 50-foot-long, 42-foot-high

concrete spillway section, a 90-foot-long

by 50-foot-high non-overflow section,

and a 27-foot-long gate section; (2) a 1.7-

mile-long-impoundment extending from

the Dundee dam upstream to the

tailwaters of the North Gorham Project,

with a surface area of approximately 197

acres at normal elevation, 187.22 feet

U.S. Geological Survey datum (USGS);

(3) a 44-foot-wide by 74-foot-long,

reinforced concrete powerhouse, which

is integral to the spillway section of the

dam; (4) three turbine generator units,

each with a rated capacity of 800

kilowatts (kW) for a total project

installed capacity of 2,400 kW; (5) a

1,075-foot-long bypassed reach; (6) a

1,075-foot-long, 30-foot-wide, by 11-

foot-deep tailrace; (3) two 10-mile-long,

11-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines; and

(7) other appurtenances.

The Gambo Project consists of the

following existing facilities: (1) a 250-

foot-long, 24-foot-high, concrete

overflow section and 50-foot-long intake

structure; (2) a 3.3-mile-long

impoundment extending from the

Gambo dam upstream to the tailwaters

of the Dundee Project, with a surface

area of approximately 151 acres at

normal elevation, 135.13 feet USGS; (3)

a 737-foot-long by 15-foot-deep,

concrete-lined intake canal; (4) a 47-

foot-wide by 78-foot-long, reinforced

concrete and brick powerhouse; (5) two

turbine generator units, each with a

rated capacity of 950 kW, for a total

project installed capacity of 1,900 kW;

(6) a 300-foot-long bypassed reach; (7)

an 8-mile-long, 11-kV transmission line;

and (8) other appurtenances.

The Little Falls Project consists of the

following existing facilities: (1) A 330-

foot-long by 14-foot-high, reinforced

concrete and masonry dam

incorporating a 70-foot-long intake

structure; (2) a 1.7-mile-long

impoundment extending from the Little

Falls dam upstream to the Gambo dam,

with a surface area of approximately 29

acres at normal elevation, 108.7 feet

USGS; (3) a 25-foot-wide by 95-footlong, masonry powerhouse, which is

integral to the dam; (4) four turbine

generator units, each with a rated

capacity of 250 kW, for a total project

installed capacity of 1,000 kW; (5) a

300-foot-long bypassed reach; (6) an 11-

kW transmission line tied into the