15168 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 61 / Monday, March 31, 1997 / Notices

1See Notice of Application for Docket No. CP97–

238–000 issued on March 21, 1997.

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

the Joint applicants.

by Public Utilities, Recovery of Stranded

Costs by Public Utilities and

Transmitting Utilities. FERC Stats. &

Regs. [Regulations Preambles 1991–96]

¶ 31,036 (1996), and Section

35.26(c)(1)(v)(A) of the Commission’s

Regulations, Recovery of Stranded Costs

by Public Utilities, 61 Fed. Reg. 21,692

(1996) (to be codified at 18 CFR 35.26).

From the date that service termination

becomes effective, Duke’s obligation to

serve Seneca’s two delivery points shall

cease. If Seneca desires in the future to

purchase power from Duke, the parties

will negotiate their respective

obligations at that time.

This notice of termination has been

served upon Seneca, the South Carolina

Public Service Commission, and the

North Carolina Utilities Commission.

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 Procedures (18 CFR

385.211 and 18 CFR 385.214). All such

motions or protests should be filed on

or before April 4, 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. 97–7995 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

Notice of Non-Project Use of Project

Lands and Waters

March 25, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Non-Project

Use of Project Lands and Waters.

b. Project Name: Catawba-Wateree

Project.

c. Project No.: FERC Project No. 2232–

336.

d. Date Filed: January 7, 1997.

e. Applicant: Duke Power Company.

f. Location: Mecklenburg, North

Carolina, Davidson Pond on Lake

Norman, Town of Davidson.

g. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. § 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. E.M.

Oakley, Duke Power Company, P.O. Box

1006 (EC12Y), Charlotte, NC 28201–

1006, (704) 382–5778.

i. FERC Contact: Brian Romanek,

(202) 219–3076.

j. Comment Date: April 21, 1997.

k. Description of the filing:

Application to grant a permit to the

Town of Davidson (Town) to excavate a

0.16 acre area in Davidson Pond. The

proposed excavation will reestablish the

pond’s shoreline and reshape the pond

bottom to improve the appearance of

and safety in the area. Also, the

excavation work is intended to reduce

the proliferation of mosquitoes and

enhance fishing and boating

opportunities. In conjunction with the

excavation work, the pond would be

drained and regraded. A gabion wall

would be installed on the southeast end

of the pond and 14,000 cubic yards of

excavated material would be

transported to a location owned by the

Town.

l. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

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.

C1. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’ ‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS

FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS’’,

‘‘PROTEST’’, OR ‘‘MOTION TO

INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the

Project Number of the particular

application to which the filing refers.

Any of the above-named 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 any

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

be sent to the Applicant’s

representatives.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–8006 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP96–178–003]

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.;

Notice of Amendment

March 25, 1997.

Take notice that on February 24, 1997,

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.

(Maritimes), c/o M&N Management

Company, 1284 Soldiers Field Road,

Boston, MA 02135, a Delaware limited

liability company, filed in Docket No.

CP96–178–003 an amendment to its

Application for Phase I of its project

(Phase I Amendment) pursuant to

Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act. The

Phase I amendment reflects the effect of

the Joint Facilities Application of

Maritimes and Portland Natural Gas

Transmission System (PNGTS), initially

filed with the Commission on February

10, 1997, and completed on March 18,

1997 in Docket No. CP97–238–000 (Joint

Facilities Application) 1, on Maritimes’

February 8, 1996, Phase I Application,

in Docket No. CP96–178–000.

The completion of the Joint Facilities

Application, originally filed February

10, 1997, was preceded by two public

conferences at the Commission and four

letters from the Office of Pipeline

Regulation (OPR) requesting the

information required to complete the

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 Phase I applications.

The Joint Facilities Application

requests authorization to construct and

operate approximately 99.8 miles of

jointly-owned 30-inch 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