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1The Project LLCs are six wholly owned special

purpose subsidiaries for the purpose of holding the

acquired generating assets. Project LLCs consist of

Sithe Mystic LLC, Sithe Edgar LLC, Sithe New

Boston LLC, Sithe Framingham LLC, Sithe West

Medway LLC and Sithe Wyman LLC.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–1943–000]

Sithe New England Holdings LLC;

Notice of Issuance of Order

April 24, 1998.

Sithe New England Holdings LLC

(Sithe New England) filed an

application on behalf of Project LLCs

(Project LLCs) 1 for authorization to sell

power at market-based rates, and for

certain waivers and authorizations. In

particular, Sithe New England requested

that the Commission grant blanket

approval to Project LLCs under 18 CFR

Part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liabilities

by Project LLCs. On April 20, 1998, the

Commission issued an Order

Conditionally Accepting For Filing

Proposed Market-Based Rates (Order), in

the above-docketed proceeding.

The Commission’s April 20, 1998

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (D), (E), and (J):

(D) Within 30 days of the date of this

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the Commission’s blanket

approval of issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities by Project

LLCs 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.

(E) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (D) above, Project LLCs are

hereby authorized to issue securities

and assume obligations and liabilities as

guarantor, indorser, surety or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of Project

LLCs, compatible with the public

interest, and reasonably necessary or

appropriate for such purposes.

(J) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

Project LLCs’ issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities. . . .

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is May 20,

1998.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11365 Filed 4–28–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulation

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–2517–002]

Xenergy, Inc.; Notice of Filing

April 20, 1998.

Take notice that Xenergy, Inc., filed

on April 3, 1998, the Summary of

Quarterly Activity for the calendar year

quarter ending December 31, 1997

pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal

Power Act, 16 U.S.C. § 824d (1985), and

Part 35 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 35, and

in accordance with Ordering Paragraph

J of the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s June 9, 1997 order (the

Order) in Docket No. ER97–2517–000.

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, NE, Washington, DC 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

May 1, 1998. 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. 98–11363 Filed 4–28–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EC98–38–000, et al.]

Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation

Filings; Logan Generating Company, L.

P., et al.

April 20, 1998.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Logan Generating Company, L.P.

[Docket No. EC98–38–000]

Take notice that on April 9, 1998,

Logan Generating Company, L.P.,

tendered for filing an application for

approval pursuant to Section 203 of the

Federal Power Act for approval of a

change in ownership. Logan also filed a

notification of change in status pursuant

to Section 205 of the Federal Power Act.

Comment date: May 15, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Western Resources, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–1776–000]

Take notice that on April 15, 1998,

Western Resources, Inc., tendered for

filing an amendment to its February 9,

1998, filing in this docket. Western

Resources states that the amendment is

to notify the Commission that Western

Resources finds the conditions attached

to the Commission’s March 13, 1998,

SPP order acceptable and no longer

finds it necessary to condition its

submittal in this docket upon the

outcome of the Southwest Power Pool

Regional Transmission Tariff (Docket

No. ER98–1163–000). In addition,

Western Resources has proposed that

the effective date of its tariff change

submitted in this docket be revised from

April 1, 1998 to June 1, 1998 to match

the effective date of the SPP Regional

Tariff.

Copies of the filing were served upon

all parties shown on the official service

list in this docket.

Comment date: May 5, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Delmarva Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER98–2350–000]

Take notice that on March 27, 1998,

Delmarva Power & Light Company

(Delmarva) submitted for filing a letter

stating that it has submitted a revised

network service agreement to the PJM

Office of Interconnection (PJM), which

includes service for the Dover loads and

resources. Delmarva states in its letter

that it requests PJM to promptly file the

service agreement with the Commission.
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Comment date: May 4, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

[Docket No. ER98–2459–000]

Take notice that on April 6, 1998, the

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM), filed

on behalf of the Members of the LLC,

membership applications of Florida

Power & Light Company.

Comment date: May 4, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Lowell Cogeneration Company

Limited Partnership

[Docket No. ER98–2518–000]

Take notice that on April 10, 1998,

Lowell Cogeneration Company Limited

Partnership tendered for filing a

summary of activity for the quarter

ending March 31, 1998.

Comment date: May 4, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Maine Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER98–2527–000]

Take notice that on April 10, 1998,

Maine Public Service Company

submitted a Quarterly Report of

Transactions for the period January 1

through March 31, 1998. This filing was

made in compliance with the

Commission’s orders dated May 31,

1995 in Docket No. ER95–851–000 and

April 30, 1996 in Docket No. ER96-780–

000.

Comment date: May 4, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Central Hudson Gas & Electric

Corporation

[Docket No. ER98–2529–000]

Take notice that on April 10, 1998,

Central Hudson Gas & Electric

Corporation tendered for filing a

summary of activity conducted by

Central Hudson Gas & Electric

Corporation under the FERC-approved

Market-Based Rate Tariff.

Comment date: May 4, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Southern Indiana Gas and Electric

Company

[Docket No. ER98–2539–000]

Take notice that on April 15, 1998,

Southern Indiana Gas and Electric

Company submitted for filing an

amendment to its rate filing in the

above-referenced proceeding.

Comment date: May 5, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Carolina Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER98–2545–000]

Take notice that on April 15, 1998,

Carolina Power & Light Company

(Carolina), tendered for filing an

executed Service Agreement between

Carolina and the following Eligible

Entity: OGE Energy Resources, Inc.

Service to the Eligible Entity will be in

accordance with the terms and

conditions of Carolina’s Tariff No. 1 for

Sales of Capacity and Energy.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the North Carolina Utilities Commission

and the South Carolina Public Service

Commission.

Comment date: May 5, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. Boston Edison Company

[Docket No. ER98–2547–000]

Take notice that on April 15, 1998,

Boston Edison Company (Boston

Edison) tendered for filing for

information purposes the 1996 true-up

to actual for the Substation 402

Agreement (FPC Rate Schedule No. 149)

between Boston Edison and Cambridge

Electric Light Company (Cambridge).

This filing is made pursuant to the

terms of the 1987 Settlement Agreement

between Boston Edison, Cambridge and

the Town of Belmont, Massachusetts in

Docket No. ER86–517–000.

Boston Edison states that it has served

the filing on Cambridge, Belmont and

the Massachusetts Department of

Telecommunications and Energy.

Comment date: May 5, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Public Service Company of

Oklahoma

[Docket No. ER98–2549–000]

Take notice that on April 15, 1998,

Public Service Company of Oklahoma

(PSO), tendered for filing Amendment 4

to the Contract for Electric Service,

dated April 20, 1995, between PSO and

Northeast Oklahoma Electric

Cooperative, Inc., (NEO). Amendment 4,

provides for an additional point of

delivery.

PSO seeks an effective date of May 1,

1998, and, accordingly, seeks waiver of

the Commission’s notice requirements.

Copies of the filing were served on NEO

and the Oklahoma Corporation

Commission. Copies are also available

for public inspection at PSO’s offices in

Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Comment date: May 5, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. El Segundo Power, LLC

[Docket No. ER98–2550–000]

Take notice that on April 15, 1998, El

Segundo Power, LLC tendered for filing

pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal

Power Act an initial rate schedule

pursuant to which El Segundo Power,

LLC would sell ancillary services at

cost-based rates. El Segundo Power, LLC

has requested an effective date of April

15, 1998.

Comment date: May 5, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. NGE Generation, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–2562–000]

Take notice that NGE Generation, Inc.

(NGE Gen), on April 15, 1998, tendered

for filing pursuant to Part 35 of the

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 35, service

agreements (collectively, the Service

Agreements) under which NGE Gen may

provide capacity and/or energy to

Agway Energy Services, Inc. (Agway),

and Northeast Utilities Service

Company (Northeast Utilities)

(collectively, the Purchasers) in

accordance with NGE Gen’s FERC

Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 1.

NGE Gen has requested waiver of the

notice requirements so that the service

agreement with Agway becomes

effective as of April 16, 1998 and the

service agreement with Northeast

Utilities becomes effective as of April 1,

1998.

NGE Gen has served copies of the

filing upon the New York State Public

Service Commission, Agway, and

Northeast Utilities.

Comment date: May 5, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Paul T. Phillips

[Docket No. ER98–2567–000]

Take notice that on April 15, 1998,

Paul T. Phillips made a conditional

tariff filing in compliance with the

Commission order of February 11, 1998,

in Connecticut Valley Electric Co. v

Wheelabrator Clairmont Co., L.P. et al.

Docket No. EL94–10, et al.

Comment date: May 5, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Kansas City Power & Light

Company

[Docket No. ES98–26–000]

Take notice that on April 17, 1997,

Kansas City Power & Light (KCPL), filed

an application under Section 204 of the

Federal Power Act, to issue, from time

to time, up to $750 million aggregate
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amount of short-term debt instruments,

with maturity dates of not later than

September 30, 2001.

Comment date: May 18, 1998, 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 these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11350 Filed 4–28–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2609–013]

Curtis/Palmer Hydroelectric Company

and International Paper Company;

Notice of Application and Applicant

Prepared Environmental Assessment

Accepted for Filing; Requesting

Interventions and Protests;

Establishing Procedural Schedule and

Final Amendment Deadline; and

Requesting Comments, Final Terms

and Conditions, Recommendations

and Prescriptions

April 23, 1998.

Curtis/Palmer Hydroelectric Company

and International Paper Company

(International Paper) have filed with the

Commission an Applicant Prepared

Environmental Assessment and License

Application for the Curtis-Palmer

Project No. 2609, located on the Hudson

River, New York.

The Curtis/Palmer Project consists of

two separate developments with a total

installed capacity of 58.8 MW. The

existing facilities at the Curtis

Development include: (1) a 25 foot-high

by 743 foot-long dam constructed of

concrete; (2) a 714 foot long spillway

section topped by 46 inch-high wooden

flash boards; (3) a 29 foot-long sluice

gate structure housing a gate measuring

11 feet wide by 13 feet high; (4) a 5.9

mile-long impoundment with a surface

area of 390 acres at the normal high

water elevation of 548.8 feet NGVD, and

a storage capacity of 585 acre-feet at a

drawdown of 1.5 feet; (5) a powerhouse

intake structure containing ten gate

openings, each equipped with a sliding

headgate, plus three additional

hydraulically operated gates located 35

feet downstream; (6) a powerhouse

containing five turbine generators, three

with installed capacities of 2.8 MW

each, and two with installed capacities

of 1.2 MW each, with a total hydraulic

capacity of 6,500 cfs; and (7) a

substation connected to a three-mile

long, 13.8 kV transmission line.

International Paper proposes to install

an inflatable rubber flashboard system at

Curtis. Impoundment elevation and

total hydraulic capacity would remain

unchanged.

The existing facilities at the Palmer

Development (located 2,700 feet

downstream of Curtis) include: (1) a 486

foot-long dam with maximum height of

37 feet, comprised of a 346 foot-long

spillway section of two Ambursen type

spillways topped with a 6 foot-high

inflatable rubber dam; (2) a 7 foot by 7

foot steel sluice gate located within a

concrete abutment forming the

transition between the dam spillway

section and the forebay spillway

section; (3) an impoundment extending

2,700 feet upstream to the dam and

powerhouse of the Curtis development,

with a surface area of 28 acres at a

normal pond elevation of 522.9 feet

NGVD; (4) an intake structure

constructed of reinforced concrete

containing 22 foot by 22.5 foot

headgates located adjacent and

perpendicular to the forebay spillway;

(5) two 20 foot diameter by 220 and 260

feet long, concrete encased steel

penstocks extending from the intake

structure to the powerhouse; (6) a

powerhouse containing two generating

units of equal size with installed

capacities of 24 MW each, with a total

hydraulic capacity of 7,500 cfs; and (7)

a substation which transfers power to a

Niagara Mohawk Power Company bus

maintained within.

Purpose of Notice

The purpose of this notice is to: (1)

Inform all interested parties that an

applicant-prepared environmental

assessment (APEA) and final license

application for the Curtis/Palmer Project

has been filed with the Commission on

April 13, 1998, and are available for

public inspection; (2) inform all parties

that the applications and APEA are

hereby accepted; (3) invite interventions

and protests; (4) solicit comments, final

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions on the final

license application and APEA; and (5)

identify an approximate schedule and

procedures that will be followed in

processing the application and APEA.

International Paper has used a

Cooperative Team (Team) approach to

prepare the APEA for the Curtis/Palmer

Project. The Team consists of federal,

state, and local agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and the

public. The Team has been meeting

since September 1995 to guide the study

process and prepare the APEA.

The Team has reached substantive

agreement on most resource issues, and

a comprehensive settlement agreement

has been drafted and signed by most

parties of the Team. Two Team

members remain non-signatories to the

Settlement Agreement. Due to a

disagreement on measures to assess and

protect downstream passage of resident

fish, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

and New York Rivers United do not

concur with the encompassing

settlement Agreement, and its

presentation by the Applicant and Team

as the preferred alternative. The

Settlement Agreement is reflected in the

APEA as the preferred alternative.

Applicant Prepared Environmental

Assessment Process and Processing

Schedule

The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EP

Act) gives the Commission the authority

to allow the filing of an APEA with a

license application. The EP Act also

directs the Commission to institute

procedures, including pre-application

consultations, to advise applicants of

studies or other information foreseeably

required by the Commission.

On April 23, 1996, the Director, Office

of Hydropower Licensing, waived or

amended certain of the Commission’s

regulations to allow for coordinated

processing of the license application

and preparation of an APEA. Since then,

the Commission has been working

cooperatively in advising the Team on

studies or other information foreseeably

required by the Commission.

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) scoping was conducted on the

project through scoping documents

issued December 7, 1995 and April 19,

1996, and in public scoping meetings on

January 12, 1996 and February 8, 1996.

A draft license application and

preliminary APEA were issued by the

applicant for comment on October 3,

1997. The final license application and

APEA were filed with the Commission

on April 13, 1998. The APEA includes