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2See the March 21, 1997, OPR Director’s letter to

the joint applicants.

constitute a complete filing. However,

certain information which is needed to

complete the processing of the Joint

Facilities Application remains to be

filed.2 Complete and accurate filing of

that information on the schedule stated

in the joint applicants’ March 18, 1997,

filing is essential for the expeditious

processing of the PNGTS project

applications.

The Joint Facilities Application filed

by Maritimes and PNGTS requests

authorization to construct and operate

approximately 99.8 miles of jointlyowned 30-inch O.D. pipeline and

appurtenant facilities to accommodate

natural gas volumes that would

otherwise be transported through the

same area by separate pipeline facilities.

The Joint Facilities Application

proposes joint facilities from Dracut,

Massachusetts to Westbrook, Maine.

The instant amendment filed by

PNGTS addresses the effects of the Joint

Facilities Application on the cost of

facilities and rates previously proposed

by PNGTS. PNGTS states that it will file

amendments to its tariff to reflect the

Commission’s directives with respect to

Gas Industry Standards Board standards

two to five months prior to placing its

tariff into effect.

Based on its Case No. 2 proposed in

Docket No. CP96–249–000, PNGTS

states that its revised cost, after

allocating its share of the joint facilities,

is approximately $302.9 million. The

rates proposed by PNGTS have been

revised to reflect PNGTS’s allocated

estimated cost of the joint facilities

described in the Joint Facilities

Application. PNGTS states that its rates

will be levelized for an initial 20-year

period and are based on the assumption

that 80 percent of the cost of the

facilities will be recovered through

depreciation during the levelization

period. PNGTS states that it will use a

straight fixed-variable rate design for its

firm service, and rates are based on a

winter-day capacity design of 178,000

MMBTu per day. PNGTS does not

propose to change the service offerings

described in Docket No. CP96–249–003

which included firm transportation

service (FT), interruptible transportation

service (IT), and the possibility of

negotiated rates. PNGTS states that

winter period and off-peak services are

available under the FT rate schedule.

PNGTS requests a supplemental

preliminary determination no later than

May 31, 1997, and a final certificate no

later than August 31, 1997, in order to

meet an in-service date of November 1,

1998.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

Amendment should, on or before April

15, 1997, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, a

motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 or 385.214)

and the regulations under the Natural

Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All protests

filed with the Commission will be

considered by it in determining the

appropriate action to be taken but will

not serve to make the protestants parties

to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

to a proceeding or to participate as a

party in any hearing therein must file a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the Commission’s rules. Take further

notice that pursuant to the authority

contained in and subject to the

jurisdiction conferred upon the

Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the

Natural Gas Act and the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedure, a

hearing will be held without further

notice before the Commission or its

designee on this Amendment if no

petition to intervene is filed within the

time required herein, if the Commission

on its own review of the matter finds

that a grant of the Amendment is

required by the public convenience and

necessity. If a petition for leave to

intervene is timely filed, or if the

Commission, on its own motion,

believes that a formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Under the procedures herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for PNGTS to appear or be

represented at the hearing. Anyone who

has already filed a motion to intervene

in Docket Nos. CP96–249–000 or CP96–

249–003 need not file again with the

Commission.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–8071 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. ER97–2031–000, et al.]

Cinergy Services, Inc., et al.; Electric

Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

March 24, 1997.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97–2031–000]

Take notice that on March 11, 1997,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy),

tendered for filing on behalf of its

operating companies, The Cincinnati

Gas & Electric Company (CG&E) and PSI

Energy, Inc. (PSI), an Interchange

Agreement, dated March 1, 1997

between Cinergy, CG&E, PSI and IUC

Power Services (IUC).

The Interchange Agreement provides

for the following service between

Cinergy and IUC:

1. Exhibit A—Power Sales by IUC

2. Exhibit B—Power Sales by Cinergy

Cinergy and IUC have requested an

effective date of one day after this initial

filing of the Interchange Agreement.

Copies of the filing were served on

IUC Power Services, the Kentucky

Public Service Commission, the

Michigan Public Service Commission,

the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

and the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission.

Comment date: April 7, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Ohio Edison Company, Pennsylvania

Power Company, Cleveland Electric

Illuminating Company, and Toledo

Edison Company

[Docket No. EC97–5–000]

Take notice that on March 21, 1997,

Ohio Edison Company, Pennsylvania

Power Company, Cleveland Electric

Illuminating Company and Toledo

Edison Company (the Applicants) filed

additional information in support of

their November 8, 1996, merger

application. The supplement is a

competitive screen analysis as required

by the guidelines in the Commission’s

merger policy statement, Inquiry

Concerning the Commission’s Merger

Policy Under the Federal Power Act;

Policy Statement, Order No. 592, 77

FERC ¶ 61,263 (1996). By letter order

dated January 15, 1997, the Commission

requested the Applicants to supply this

information.

Applicants state that they have served

their filing, including an electronic copy

of the data used to develop the

competitive screen analysis, on all

intervenors.

Comment date: May 20, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Western Resources, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97–2032–000]

Take notice that on March 10, 1997,

Western Resources, Inc., tendered for

filing non-firm transmission agreements

between Western Resources and Central

Louisiana Electric Company, Inc. and

TransCanada Power Corporation.

Western Resources states that the

purpose of the agreements is to permit
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non-discriminatory access to the

transmission facilities owned or

controlled by Western Resources in

accordance with Western Resources’

open access transmission tariff on file

with the Commission. The agreements

are proposed to become effective as

follows: Central Louisiana Electric

Company, Inc., February 12, 1997; and

TransCanada Power Corporation, March

3, 1997.

Copies of the filing were served upon

Central Louisiana Electric Company,

Inc., TransCanada Power Corporation

and the Kansas Corporation

Commission.

Comment date: April 7, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Sierra Pacific Power Company

[Docket No. ER97–2033–000]

Take notice that on March 10, 1997,

Sierra Pacific Power Company (Sierra),

tendered for filing Service Agreements

(Service Agreements) with the following

entities for Non Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Service under Sierra’s

Open Access Transmission Tariff

(Tariff):

1. AIG Trading Corporation

2. Aquila Power Corporation

3. TransCanada Energy Ltd.

4. Northern California Power Agency

Sierra filed the executed Service

Agreements with the Commission in

compliance with Section 14.4 of the

Tariff and applicable Commission

Regulations. Sierra also submitted

revised Sheet No. 148 to the Tariff,

which is an updated list of all current

subscribers. Sierra requests waiver of

the Commission’s notice requirements

to permit and effective date for

Attachment E, and to allow the Service

Agreements to become effective

according to their terms.

Copies of this filing were served upon

the Public Service Commission of

Nevada, the Public Utilities Commission

of California and all interested parties.

Comment date: April 7, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Puget Sound Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97–2034–000]

Take notice that on March 10, 1997,

Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (formerly

Puget Sound Power & Light Company,

Puget), tendered for filing an agreement

amending its wholesale for resale power

contract with the Port of Seattle

(Purchaser). A copy of the filing was

served on Purchaser.

Puget states that the agreement

changes the term of the wholesale for

resale power contract.

Comment date: April 7, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Allegheny Power Service

Corporation, on behalf of Monongahela

Power Company, The Potomac Edison

Company, and West Penn Power

Company Allegheny Power)

[Docket No. ER97–2035–000]

Take notice that on February 21, 1997,

Allegheny Power Service Corporation

on behalf of Monongahela Power

Company, The Potomac Edison

Company and West Penn Power

Company (Allegheny Power) filed

Supplement No. 21 to add two (2) new

Customers to the Standard Generation

Service Rate Schedule under which

Allegheny Power offers standard

generation and emergency service on an

hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or yearly

basis. Allegheny Power requests a

waiver of notice requirements to make

service available as of February 20,

1997, to EnerZ Corporation and

Minnesota Power & Light Company.

Copies of the filing have been

provided to the Public Utilities

Commission of Ohio, the Pennsylvania

Public Utility Commission, the

Maryland Public Service Commission,

the Virginia State Corporation

Commission, the West Virginia Public

Service Commission, and all parties of

record.

Comment date: April 7, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Northern Indiana Public Service

Company

[Docket No. ER97–2036–000]

Take notice that on February 21, 1997,

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 American Electric Power

Services Corporation.

Under the Transmission Service

Agreement, Northern Indiana Public

Service Company will provide Point-toPoint Transmission Service to American

Electric Power Services Corporation

pursuant to the Transmission Service

Tariff filed by Northern Indiana Public

Service Company in Docket No. ER96–

1426–000 and allowed to become

effective by the Commission, and as

amended in Docket No. OA96–47–000.

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company, 75 FERC ¶ 61,213 (1996).

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company has requested that the Service

Agreement be allowed to become

effective as of January 21, 1997.

Copies of this filing have been sent to

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission and the Indiana Office of

Utility Consumer Counselor.

Comment date: April 7, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. The Montana Power Company

[Docket No. ER97–2037–000]

Take notice that on February 26, 1997,

The Montana Power Company

(Montana), tendered for filing with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

pursuant to 18 CFR 35.13 Non-Firm

Point-to-Point Transmission Service

Agreements with Citizens Lehman

Power Sales (Citizens Lehman) and Los

Angeles Department of Water and Power

(LADWP) under FERC Electric Tariff,

Original Volume No. 5 (Open Access

Transmission Tariff). The Citizens

Lehman Service Agreement is signed,

while the LADWP Service Agreement is

filed unsigned.

A copy of the filing was served upon

Citizens Lehman and LADWP.

Comment date: April 7, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Central Maine Power Company

[Docket No. ER97–2039–000]

Take notice that on March 6, 1997,

Central Maine Power Company (CMP),

tendered for filing a service agreement

for Non-Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission service entered into with

The Power Company of America, L.P.

Service will be provided pursuant to

CMP’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff, designated rate schedule CMP—

FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume

No. 3, as supplemented.

Comment date: April 7, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. Central Maine Power Company

[Docket No. ER97–2040–000]

Take notice that on March 6, 1997,

Central Maine Power Company (CMP),

tendered for filing a service agreement

for Non-Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission service with CNG Power

Services Corporation. Service will be

provided pursuant to CMP’s Open

Access Transmission Tariff, designated

rate schedule CMP—FERC Electric

Tariff, Original Volume No. 3, as

supplemented.

Comment date: April 7, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Maine Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER97–2041–000]

Take notice that on March 6, 1997,

Maine Electric Power Company
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1USG Pipeline Company’s application was filed

with the Commission under Section 7 of the Natural

Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission’s

regulations.

2The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies are

available from the Commission’s Public Reference

and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street,

N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, or call (202) 208–

1371. Copies of the appendices were sent to all

those receiving this notice in the mail.

(MEPCO), tendered for filing a service

agreement for Non-Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission service with The Power

Company of America, L.P. Service will

be provided pursuant to CMP’s Open

Access Transmission Tariff, designated

rate schedule MEPCO—FERC Electric

Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, as

supplemented.

Comment date: April 7, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Maine Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER97–2042–000]

Take notice that on March 6, 1997,

Maine Electric Power Company

(MEPCO), tendered for filing a service

agreement for Non-Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Service with Green

Mountain Power Corporation. Service

will be provided pursuant to CMP’s

Open Access Transmission Tariff,

designated rate schedule CMP—FERC

Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 1,

as supplemented.

Comment date: April 7, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Northeast Utilities Service Company

[Docket No. ER97–2044–000]

Take notice that on January 14, 1997,

Northeast Utilities Service Company

(NUSCO), tendered for filing a Service

Agreement with New England Power

Company (NEP) under the NU System

Companies’ System Power Sales/

Exchange Tariff No. 6.

NUSCO states that a copy of this filing

has been mailed to NEP.

NUSCO requests that the Service

Agreement become effective February 1,

1997.

Comment date: April 7, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. AMVEST Power, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97–2045–000]

Take notice that on February 26, 1997,

AMVEST Power, Inc., tendered for

filing, pursuant to Rule 207 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207, an

application for waivers and blanket

approvals under various Regulations of

the Commission, and an order accepting

its Rate Schedule No. 1, to be effective

April 28, 1997, or the date that the

Commission issues an order in this

proceeding, whichever is earlier.

AMVEST Power, Inc., intends to engage

in electric energy and capacity

transactions as a marketer.

Comment date: April 7, 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–8069 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

[Docket No. CP97–202–000]

USG Pipeline Company; Notice of

Intent To Prepare an Environmental

Assessment for the Proposed USG

Pipeline Project and Request for

Comments on Environmental Issues

March 25, 1997.

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 construction and operation of the

facilities, about 14.5 miles of 10-inchdiameter pipeline and appurtenances,

proposed in the USG pipeline Project.1

This EA will be used by the

Commission in its decision-making

process to determine whether the

project is in the public convenience and

necessity.

Summary of the Proposed Project

USG Pipeline Company (USGPC)

wants to construct facilities in order to

transport up to 7,000 Dekatherms per

day to United States Gypsum Company

(USGC) near Bridgeport, Alabama,

where USGC is planning to construct a

nonjurisdictional wallboard

manufacturing plant. USGPC’s facilities

would be constructed in Tennessee and

Alabama and would consist of:

• About 14.5 miles of 10-inchdiameter pipeline commencing at

interconnecting facilities with East

Tennessee Natural Gas Company in

Marion County, Tennessee, and ending

in Jackson County, Alabama;

• A block valve assembly in Marion

County, Tennessee, near milepost (MP)

6.85; and

• Launching and receiving facilities

in Marion County, Tennessee, at MP 0.0,

and Jackson County, Alabama, at MP

14.5, respectively;

USGPC has also identified a

alternative pipeline route.

The general location of the project

facilities is shown in appendix 1.2 If you

are interested in obtaining detailed

maps of a specific portion of the project,

or procedural information, please write

to the Secretary of the Commission.

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction of the proposed facilities

for the preferred route would require

about 148.0 acres of mostly agricultural

land. Following construction, about 87.9

acres of existing right-of-way (ROW)

would continue to be maintained as

permanent ROW. If the alternative

pipeline route is chosen, construction

activities would take place almost

entirely on existing railroad ROW.

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 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.