16150 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 65 / Friday, April 4, 1997 / Notices

unnecessary for Natural to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–8575 Filed 4–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. OA97–553–000]

Ohio Edison Company, Pennsylvania

Power Company; Notice of Filing

March 31, 1997.

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 Citizens Lehman

Power Sales. This filing is made

pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal

Power Act.

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

April 11, 1997. 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. 97–8579 Filed 4–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP97–308–000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

March 31, 1997.

Take notice that on March 26, 1997,

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco), P.O. Box 1396,

Houston, Texas 77251, filed in Docket

No. CP97–308–000 a request pursuant to

Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.211) for

authorization to construct and operate a

sales tap for an existing industrial

chemical facility located in St. James

Parish, Louisiana, under TGPL’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

426–000 pursuant to Section 7 of the

Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request that is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection

Transco states that the new sales tap

will be used by Occidental Chemical

Corporation (Occidental) for chemical

manufacturing plant operations.

Transco proposes to construct, install,

own and operate the new sales tap and

associated pipeline facilities consisting

of a 6-inch hot tap near the 4.04

milepost on Transco’s existing 12-inch

Hester Lateral, a dual 2-inch meter run

and 750 of associated pipeline. Transco

states that Occidental will construct, or

cause to be constructed, appurtenant

facilities to enable it to receive up to

8,000 Mcf of gas per day from Transco

on an interruptible basis. Transco states

that the proposed facilities are estimated

at $165,000 and that Occidental will

cause Transco to be reimbursed for all

costs associated with the facilities.

Transco states that the new sales tap

is not prohibited by its existing tariff

and that it has sufficient capacity to

accomplish deliveries without

detriment or disadvantage to other

customers. The new sales tap will not

have an effect on Transco’s peak day

and annual deliveries and the total

volumes delivered will not exceed total

volumes authorized prior to this

request.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–8576 Filed 4–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Project Nos. 2017–011 et al.]

Hydroelectric Applications [Southern

California Edison Company, et al.];

Notice of Applications

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric applications have been

filed with the Commission and are

available for public inspection:

1 a. Type of Application: New Major

License.

b. Project No.: 2017–011.

c. Date filed: February 26, 1997.

d. Applicant: Southern California

Edison.

e. Name of Project: Big Creek No. 4

Hydroelectric.

f. Location: On the San Joaquin River,

near Auberry, in Fresno, Madera, and

Tulare Counties, California; on lands

within the Sierra National Forest.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 USC §§ 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: C. Edward

Miller, Manager of Hydro Generation

Southern California Edison Co., 2244

Walnut Grove Avenue, P.O. Box 800,

Rosemead, CA 91770, (818) 302–1564.

i. FERC Contact: He ́ctor M. Pe ́rez at

(202) 219–2843.

j. Brief Description of Project: The

existing project consists of: (1) The Big

Creek Dam No. 7 with the 465-acre

reservoir; (2) the concrete intake

structure; (3) the water conduit; (4) the

concrete powerhouse; (5) two turbine

generator units with a rated capacity of

50 MW each and the turbine generator

unit with a rated capacity of 350 kW; (6)

the tailrace; (7) the two 220-kV

transmission lines, one 5.8-mile-long

and one 81-mile-long; and (8) other

appurtenances.

k. With this notice, we are initiating

consultation with the California State

Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as

required by § 106, National Historic

Preservation Act, and the regulations of

the Advisory Council on Historic

Preservation, 36, CFR, at 800.4.

l. Under Section 4.32 (b)(7) of the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR), if

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or

person believes that the applicant

should conduct an additional scientific

study to form an adequate factual basis

for a complete analysis of the

application on its merits, they must file

a request for the study with the

Commission, not later than 60 days after

the application is filed, and must serve

a copy of the request on the applicant.

2 a. Type of Application: Preliminary

Permit.

b. Project No.: 11598–000.

c. Date filed: February 11, 1997.

d. Applicant: Ketchikan Public

Utilities.