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Authority. Entergy Services requests

that the FERC Order No. 888

Compliance Amendment become

effective the later of January 1, 1997 or

the date upon which the Commission

permits said amendment to become

effective.

Comment date: March 28, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

23. Ohio Edison Company,

Pennsylvania Power Company

[Docket No. OA97–552–000]

Take notice that on February 21, 1997,

Ohio Edison Company tendered for

filing on behalf of itself and

Pennsylvania Power Company, a

Supplement to the rate schedule to the

Agreement for System Power

Transactions with Cinergy Services, Inc.

This filing is made pursuant to Section

205 of the Federal Power Act.

Comment date: March 20, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest said 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 18 CFR 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 this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–6903 Filed 3–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

[Project No. 11475–000–NY/VT]

Central Vermont Public Service

Corporation; Notice of Availability of

Environmental Assessment

March 13, 1997.

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

Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the

Central Vermont Public Service

Corporation’s application for an original

license to continue operating the

existing, unlicensed Carver Falls

Hydropower Project, located on the

Poultny River in the town of Hampton,

Washington County, New York, and the

town of West Haven, Rutland County,

Vermont. Subsequently, the

Commission’s staff prepared an

Environmental Assessment (EA).

In the EA, staff evaluates the potential

environmental impacts that would

result from the continued operation of

the project. Staff concludes that

licensing the project with appropriate

enhancement measures would not

constitute a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment.

Copies of the EA are available for

review in the Public Reference and Files

Maintenance Branch, Room 2A, of the

Commission’s offices at 888 First Street,

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

For further information, please

contact Jim Haimes, Environmental

Coordinator, at (202) 219–2780.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–6865 Filed 3–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Project No. 11478–000–VT]

Central Vermont Public Service

Corporation; Notice of Availability of

Environmental Assessment

March 13, 1997.

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 F.R. 47897), the Office of

Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the

Central Vermont Public Service

Corporation’s application for an original

license to continue operating the

existing, unlicensed Silver Lake

Hydropower Project, located on Sucker

Brook in Addison County, Vermont.

Subsequently, the Commission’s staff

prepared an Environmental Assessment

(EA).

In the EA, staff evaluates the potential

environmental impacts that would

result from the continued operation of

the project. Staff concludes that

licensing the project with appropriate

enhancement measures would not

constitute a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment.

Copies of the EA are available for

review in the Public Reference and Files

Maintenance Branch, Room 2A, of the

Commission’s offices at 888 First Street,

NE., Washington, DC 20426.

For further information, please

contact Jim Haimes, Environmental

Coordinator, at (202) 219–2780.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–6866 Filed 3–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Project No. 11243–002]

Whitewater Engineering Corporation;

Notice of Application and Draft

Environmental Assessment Accepted

for Filing and Notice Requesting

Interventions and Protests

March 13, 1997.

Whitewater Engineering Corporation

(Whitewater) has submitted an

application for a major license for the

proposed Power Creek Hydroelectric

Project, located near Cordova, Alaska.

Except for the transmission line, the

proposed project would be located on

lands owned by the Eyak Corporation, a

native corporation. The transmission

line would be located on lands owned

by the State of Alaska and the City of

Cordova.

The proposed run-of-river project

would consist of: (1) A 20-foot-high

concrete and earthfill diversion

structure on Power Creek; (2) a 5,900-

foot-long tunnel and pipeline system;

(3) a powerhouse containing three

generating units with a total installed

capacity of 6 megawatts; (4) a tailrace

returning water to Power Creek; (5) a

7.2-mile-long underground transmission

line; (6) 2.5 miles of access roads; and

(7) appurtenant facilities.

The purpose of this notice is to: (1)

Update interested parties on the Power

Creek Project application process status;

(2) inform all interested parties that the

Power Creek applicant-prepared

environmental assessment (EA) and

final license application filed with the

Commission on January 6, 1997, are

hereby accepted; and (3) invited

interventions and protests.

Applicant Prepared EA Process and

Power Creek Project Schedule

The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Act)

gives the Commission the authority to

allow the filing of an applicant prepared

EA with a license application. The Act

also directs the Commission to institute

procedures, including pre-application

consultations, to advise applicants of

studies or other information that may be

required by the Commission.

On January 25, 1996, the Director,

Office of Hydropower Licensing, waived

or amended certain of the Commission’s
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regulations to allow for the processes of

license application and applicantprepared EA preparation to be

coordinated. Since then, Commission

staff has been advising Whitewater of

studies or other information that may be

required by the Commission,

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) scoping was conducted on the

project through scoping documents

issued September 13, 1995, and May 31,

1996, and in public scoping meetings on

October 10, 1995, in Cordova, and

October 12, 1995, in Anchorage. A draft

license application and preliminary

draft EA (PDEA) were issued by

Whitewater for comment on May 31,

1996. The final license application and

applicant-prepared EA were filed with

the Commission on January 6, 1997, a

copy of which can be obtained from

Whitewater.

Commission staff have determined

that some additional information is

needed from Whitewater, which is due

on April 29, 1997. Once that

information is received and found

acceptable, staff will issue a notice

soliciting comments, final terms and

conditions, recommendations and

prescriptions. Staff will then

incorporate final comments into a staff

draft EA. Staff anticipate issuing their

draft EA for comment by late Spring

1997.

Protests or Motions to Intervene

Anyone may submit a protest or a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the requirements of the Rules of Practice

and Procedures, 18 C.F.R. sections

385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In

determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests filed, but only those who file a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any protests or

motions to intervene must be received

on or before the specified deadline date

for the particular application.

Filing Requirements

The application is not ready for

environmental analysis at this time;

therefore, the Commission is not now

requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions.

When the application is ready for

environmental analysis, the

Commission will issue a public notice

requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions.

This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: A2 and

A9.

All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘PROTESTS,’’ ‘‘MOTION

TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘NOTICE OF

INTENT TO FILE COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ OR ‘‘COMPETING

APPLICATION;’’ (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 protesting or

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply

with the requirements of 18 CFR

385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies

may obtain copies of the application

directly from Whitewater. All motions

to intervene must be received 60 days

from the date of this notice. A copy of

any motion to intervene or protest must

be served on each representative of

Whitewater specified in the final license

application.

The above documents must be filed

by providing an original and 8 copies as

required by the Commission’s

regulations to: Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

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

In addition to the above copies,

commenters may also submit a copy of

their comments or interventions on a

31⁄2-inch diskette formatted for MS–DOS

based computers to: John Smith, Office

of Hydropower Licensing, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Room 52–83,

Washington, D.C. 20426. For Macintosh

users, it would be helpful to save the

documents in Macintosh word

processor format and then write them to

files on a diskette formatted for MS–Dos

machines. Commenters may also submit

their comments via electronic mail to:

john.smith@ferc.fed.us.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–6864 Filed 3–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

Notice of Transfer of License

March 13, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Transfer of

License.

b. Project No.: 7178–021.

c. Date Filed: February 4, 1997.

d. Applicant: Arbuckle Mountain

Hydro Partnership.

e. Name of Project: Arbuckle

Mountain.

f. Location: On the Middle Fork of

Cottonwood Creek, in Shasta County,

California.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Ronald Ott,

Managing Partner, Arbuckle Mountain

Hydro Partnership, 8185 Ramsgate

Drive, Granite Bay, California 95746

(916) 920–0300.

i. FERC Contact: Thomas F. Papsidero

(202) 219–2715.

j. Comment Date: April 17, 1997.

k. Description of Filing: Application

to transfer the license for the Arbuckle

Mountain Project to Arbuckle Mountain

Hydro, LLC.

l. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C2 &

D2.

B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385 .210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

C2. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS,’’

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS,’’ ‘‘NOTICE OF

INTENT TO FILE COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘PROTEST,’’ or

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. Any of these documents

must be filed by providing the original

and the number of copies provided by

the Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. A copy of a

notice of intent, competing application,

or motion to intervene must also be

served upon each representative of the

Applicant specified in the particular

application.

D2. Agency Comments—Federal,

state, and local agencies are invited to

file comments on the described

application. A copy of the application

may be obtained by agencies directly

from the Applicant. If an agency does

not file comments within the time

specified for filing comments, it will be

presumed to have no comments. One

copy of an agency’s comments must also