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reinstate the antitrust defense under

section 252 of the Energy Policy and

Conservation Act (EPCA), the following

meeting notice is provided, in

accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(I)

of the EPCA:

A meeting of the Industry Advisory

Board (IAB) to the International Energy

Agency (IEA) will be held on May 15,

1998, at the headquarters of the IEA, 9,

rue de la Fe ́de ́ration, Paris, France,

beginning at approximately 9:30 a.m.

The purpose of this meeting is to permit

attendance by representatives of U.S.

company members of the IAB at a

meeting of the IEA’s Standing Group on

Emergency Questions (SEQ) which is

scheduled to be held at the IEA’s

headquarters on May 15, including a

preparatory encounter among company

representatives from approximately 9:15

a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The agenda for the

preparatory encounter among company

representatives is to elicit views

regarding items on the agenda for the

SEQ meeting. The SEQ’s agenda is

under the control of the SEQ. It is

expected the SEQ will adopt the

following agenda:

1. Adoption of the Agenda

2. Approval of the Summary Record of the

91st Meeting

3. SEQ Work Program

—The 1998 SEQ Work Program

—The 1999 SEQ Work Program

—Preparations for Emergency Response

Exercise 1998

4. Policy and Legislative Developments in

Member Countries

—U.S. Energy Policy and Conservation Act

(EPCA)

—Report on U.S. Department of Energy’s

National Energy Strategy

—Other Country Developments

5. Emergency Response Reviews of IEA

Countries

—Netherlands

—Switzerland

—Italy

—Updated Schedule of Reviews

6. Transport Sector Oil Security Issues and

Prospects

—Road Vehicles for the Future

7. Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA

Countries

—Emergency Reserve and Net Import

Situation of IEA Countries on October 1,

1997

—Emergency Reserve and Net Import

Situation of IEA Countries on January 1,

1998

—Progress Report on Compliance with IEA

Stockholding Commitments

8. Emergency Response Issues in IEA

candidate countries

—Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA

Candidate Countries

—Report on Data Reporting by Candidate

Countries

9. Emergency Data System and Related

Questions

—Base Period Final Consumption Q197–

Q497

—Monthly Oil Statistics (MOS) December

1997

—MOS January 1998

—MOS February 1998

—Monthly Oil Data Diskette Service

(MODS)

—Quarterly Oil Forecast Q398

—Emergency Management Manual

(improved format)

—Emergency Reference Guide

10. IEA/ASCOPE Workshop on Asian Energy

Security

11. Implementation of IEA Security Rules

12. Any Other Business

—Oral Report on the May 14 Seminar on

the Effects of the Oil Price Drop

—Update on use of Internet for SEQ

documents and communications

—Workshop in Brazil on Enhancing Oil

Sector Energy Security

As provided in section 252(c)(1)(A)(ii) of

the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42

U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(ii)), this meeting is open

only to representatives of members of the IAB

and their counsel, representatives of

members of the SEQ, representatives of the

Departments of Energy, Justice, and State, the

Federal Trade Commission, the General

Accounting Office, Committees of the

Congress, the IEA, and the European

Commission, and invitees of the IAB, the

SEQ, or the IEA.

Issued in Washington, D.C., May 1, 1998.

Eric J. Fygi,

Acting General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–12295 Filed 5–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project Nos. 2927–004 and 2928–004]

Aquamac Corporation and Merrimac

Paper Company Inc.; Notice of Intent

To Conduct Public Scoping Meetings

and Site Visit

May 4, 1998.

The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission or FERC),

received an application from the

Aquamac Corporation (Aquamac) to

relicense the Aquamac Hydroelectric

Project No. 2927–004. This 250 kilowatt

project is located on the Merrimack

River in the City of Lawrence in Essex

County, Massachusetts. The

Commission also received an

application from the Merrimac Paper

Company, Inc. (Merrimac), to relicense

the Merrimac Hydroelectric Project No.

2928–004. This 1,250 kilowatt project is

also located on the Merrimack River in

the City of Lawrence in Essex County,

Massachusetts. The Commission will

hold public and agency scoping

meetings on May 18 and 19, 1998,

respectively, for preparation of a

Multiple Project Environmental

Assessment (MPEA) under the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), for

the issuance of minor licenses for the

projects.

Scoping Meetings

FERC staff will conduct one evening

scoping meeting and one day scoping

meeting. The day scoping meeting will

focus on resource agency and nongovernmental organization (NGO)

concerns, while the evening scoping

meeting is primarily for public input.

All interested individuals,

organizations, and agencies are invited

to attend one or both of the meetings,

and to assist the staff in identifying the

scope of the environmental issues that

will be analyzed in the MPEA. The

times and locations of these meetings

are as follows:

Evening Scoping Meeting

Date: Monday, May 18, 1998.

Time: From 7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.

Place: Merrimac Paper Company

Conference Room.

Address: 9 South Canal Street,

Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Day Scoping Meeting

Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998.

Time: From 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.

Place: Merrimac Paper Company

Conference Room.

Address: 9 South Canal Street,

Lawrence, Massachusetts.

To help focus discussions, we will

distribute a Scoping Document (SD1)

outlining the subject areas to be

addressed at the meeting to the parties

on the Commission’s mailing list.

Copies of the SD1 also will be available

at the scoping meetings.

Site Visits

The Applicant and FERC staff will

conduct a project site visit beginning at

1:00 p.m. on May 18, 1998. All

interested individuals, organizations,

and agencies are invited to attend. All

participants should meet at the

Merrimac Paper Company office at 9

South Canal Street in Lawrence. All

participants are responsible for their

own transportation to the site. Anyone

with questions about the site visit

should contact Mr. Ed Roux of

Merrimac Paper at (978) 683–2754.

Objectives

At the scoping meetings, the staff will:

(1) summarize the environmental issues

tentatively identified for analysis in the

MPEA; (2) solicit from meeting

participants all available information,

especially quantifiable data, on the

resources at issue; (3) encourage
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statements from experts and the public

on issues that should be analyzed in the

MPEA, including viewpoints in

opposition to, or in support of, the

staff’s preliminary views; (4) determine

the relative depth of analysis for issues

to be addressed in the MPEA; and (5)

identify resource issues that are of lesser

importance, and therefore, do not

require detailed analysis.

Procedures

The meetings will be recorded by a

stenographer and will become part of

the formal record of the Commission

proceedings on the project. Individuals

presenting statements at the meetings

will be asked to sign in before the

meeting starts and to clearly identify

themselves for the record. Speaking

time for attendees at the meetings may

be determined before the meeting, based

on the number of persons wishing to

speak and the approximate amount of

time available for the session. All

speakers will be provided at least 5

minutes to present their views.

Individuals, organizations, and

agencies with environmental expertise

and concerns are encouraged to attend

the meetings and to assist the staff in

defining and clarifying the issues to be

addressed in the MPEA.

Persons choosing not to speak at the

meetings, but who have views on the

issues, may submit written statements

for inclusion in the public record at the

meeting. In addition, written scoping

comments may be filed with the

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426, until June 22,

1998. All filings should contain an

original and eight copies, and must

clearly show at the top of the first page

‘‘Aquamac Hydroelectric Project FERC

No. 2927—004.’’; ‘‘Merrimac

Hydroelectric Project FERC No. 2928—

004’’; or both.

For further information, please

contact Tim Berry at (202) 219–2790 or

Timothy.Berry@FERC.fed.us.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12257 Filed 5–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. QF94–160–004]

Cherokee County Cogeneration

Partners, L.P.; Notice of Amendment

To Filing

May 4, 1998.

Take notice that on April 17, 1998,

Cherokee County Cogeneration Partners,

L.P. (applicant), tendered for filing a

supplement to its filing in this docket.

No determination has been made that

the submittal constitutes a complete

filing.

The supplement pertains to the

ownership structure of the facility.

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 motion and

protest should be filed by May 18, 1998,

and must be served on the applicant.

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 proceedings. 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. 98–12256 Filed 5–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–2623–000]

Cook Inlet Energy Supply Limited

Partnership; Notice of Filing

May 4, 1998.

Take notice that on April 21, 1998,

Cook Inlet Energy Supply Limited

Partnership (Cook Inlet), in compliance

with the Commission’s July 10, 1996,

Letter Order approving its market-based

rate schedule, submitted for filing a

Notification of Change in Status. The

Cook Inlet filing describes the

development of wind energy projects by

affiliates of Cook Inlet and concludes

that these transactions do not alter the

characteristics that the Commission

relied upon in approving the marketbased pricing for Cook Inlet.

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 Procedures (18 CFR 385.211 and 18

CFR 385.214). All such motions or

protests should be filed on or before

May 15, 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 proceedings.

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. 98–12222 Filed 5–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EG98–70–000]

Duke Energy Morro Bay LLC; Notice of

Application for Commission

Determination of Exempt Wholesale

Generator Status

May 4, 1998.

Take notice that on April 24, 1998,

Duke Energy Morro Bay LLC (Morro

Bay), filed with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

an application for determination of

exempt wholesale generator status

pursuant to Part 365 of the

Commission’s Regulations.

Morro Bay is a Delaware limited

liability corporation and an indirect

wholly-owned subsidiary of Duke

Energy Corporation. Morro Bay’s facility

consists of four natural gas-fired

generating units with a combined

generating capacity of 1,002 MW. Morro

Bay states that prior to its purchase of

the facility from Pacific Gas & Electric

(PG&E), the facility was part of PG&E’s

integrated system. Therefore, a rate or

charge in connection with this facility

was in effect under the laws of

California on October 24, 1992. On

December 16, 1997, the Public Utilities

Commission of the State of California

(CPUC), issued an interim opinion

which concluded that allowing the

facility to be an exempt wholesale

generator within the meaning of PUHCA

would be in the public interest,