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inspection at the White House Initiative

on Historically Black Colleges and

Universities located at 1250 Maryland

Avenue, SW., the Portals Building, Suite

605, Washington, DC 20202, from the

hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Dated: May 27, 1998.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 98–14668 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. EA–181, EA–182, EA–183, EA–

184, EA–185, EA–186]

Applications to Export Electric Energy;

H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.) Inc., NGE

Generation, Inc., Morgan Stanley

Capital Group, Inc., and New England

Power Pool

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of applications.

SUMMARY: H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.)

Inc. (HQUS) and Morgan Stanley Capital

Group, Inc. (Morgan Stanley), both

power marketers, have submitted

applications to export electric energy to

Mexico and to Canada pursuant to

section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

NGE Generation, Inc. (NGE Gen), a

generation-owning subsidiary of New

York State Electric & Gas Corporation

(NYSEG), has submitted an application

to export electric energy to Canada. The

New England Power Pool (NEPOOL) has

submitted an application to export

electric energy to Canada on an

emergency basis.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before July 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Power Im/Ex (FE–27), Office of Fossil

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202–

287–5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)

(16 U.S.C. § 824a(e)).

The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the

Department of Energy (DOE) has

received applications from the following

companies for authorization to export

electric energy to Mexico, pursuant to

section 202(e) of the FPA:

Applicant Application date

Docket

No.

H.Q. Energy Services

(U.S.) Inc..

4/27/98 EA–181

Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc..5/15/98 EA–184

FE has also received applications

from the following companies for

authorization to export electric energy

to Canada, pursuant to section 202(e) of

the FPA:

Applicant Application date

Docket

No.

H.Q. Energy Services

(U.S.) Inc..

4/27/98 EA–

182

NGE Generation, Inc. .... 5/4/98 EA–

183

Morgan Stanley Capital

Group, Inc..

5/15/98 EA–

185

New England Power

Pool.

5/15/98 EA–

186

HQUS is a power marketer and

wholly-owned subsidiary of HydroQuebec, the provincial electric utility of

Canada’s Province of Quebec. In Docket

Nos. EA–181 and EA–182, HQUS

proposes to export to Mexico and to

Canada, respectively, electric energy

purchased from a variety of entities

such as power marketers, independent

power producers (IPP’s), U.S. electric

utilities and Federal power marketing

agencies, and from Hydro-Quebec or

other foreign utilities. HQUS claims that

the purchased energy would be surplus

to the needs of these entities.

In Docket Nos. EA–184 and EA–185,

Morgan Stanley proposes to export to

Mexico and to Canada, respectively,

electric energy purchased from U.S.

electric utilities, Federal power

marketing agencies, IPP’s, qualifying

small power production and

cogeneration facilities, and other sellers.

HQUS and Morgan Stanley would

arrange for the exported energy to be

transmitted to Mexico over the

international transmission facilities

owned by the Central Power & Light

Company, El Paso Electric Company,

San Diego Gas & Electric Company, and

Comision Federal de Electricidad, the

national electric utility of Mexico.

HQUS and Morgan Stanley each

proposed to arrange for the exported

energy to be transmitted to Canada over

the international transmission facilities

owned by Basin Electric Power

Cooperative, Bonneville Power

Administration, Bradfield Electric

Incorporated, Citizens Utilities, Detroit

Edison Company, Eastern Maine

Electric Cooperative, Fraser Paper

Limited, Joint Owners of the Highgate

Project, Long Sault Incorporated, Maine

Electric Power Company, Maine Public

Service Company, Minnesota Power and

Light Company, Minnkota Power

Cooperative, New York Power

Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power

Corporation, Northern States Power, and

Vermont Electric Transmission

Company.

NGE Gen is a generator and seller of

electric energy and an affiliate of

NYSEG, an investor-owned electric and

gas utility, which is a subsidiary of

Energy East. As a result of a

Restructuring Agreement, NGE Gen

supplies NYSEG with capacity and

energy which NYSEG uses to serve its

retail customers in New York State. In

Docket EA–183, NGE Gen proposes to

export to Canada electric energy that it

obtains from two sources: NGE Gen’s

system generation that is surplus to the

needs of NYSEG; and energy that NGE

Gen purchases from U.S. utilities and

power marketing agencies. The exported

energy would be transmitted to Canada

using the international transmission

facilities of Niagara Mohawk Power

Company and the New York Power

Authority.

New England Power Pool (NEPOOL)

is a collection of 130 electric utilities

and power marketers in New England.

In Docket EA–186 NEPOOL requests

authority, on behalf of its members, to

export up to 200 megawatts (MW) of

emergency electric energy to Hydro

Quebec using the transmission facilities

of the Joint Owners of the Highgate

Project. Operational control of all bulk

power facilities in the New England

region is under the authority of ISO

New England Inc., an independent

system operator accepted by the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission.

NEPOOL asserts that the proposed

emergency exports will not be combined

with other electricity exports over the

Highgate Project so as to result in an

instantaneous transmission rate in

excess of the existing export limitation

of 200 MW.

The construction of each of the

international transmission facilities to

be utilized by these applicants, as more

fully described in the applications, has

previously been authorized by a

Presidential permit issued pursuant to

Executive Order 10485, as amended.

Procedural Matters

Any persons desiring to become a

party to any or all of these proceedings

or to be heard by filing comments or

protests to these applications should file

a petition to intervene, comment or

protest at the address provided above in
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accordance with §§ 385.211 or 385.214

of the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedures (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).

Fifteen copies of such petitions and

protests should be filed with the DOE

on or before the date listed above.

Comments on HQUS’s request to

export to Mexico should be clearly

marked with Docket EA–181. Comments

on HQUS’s request to export to Canada

should be clearly marked with Docket

EA–182. Additional copies are to be

filed directly with Gilles Marchand,

Marchand, Lemieus, 75, boul. ReneLevesque, W. 4th e ́tage, Montreal,

Quebec, Canada, H2Z 1A4, Mathew

LaRocque, H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.)

Inc., 159 State Street, Montpelier,

Vermont 05602 and Pierre F. De Ravel

d’Esclapon, H. Lisa Moses, LeBoeuf,

Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P. 125

West 55th Street, New York, New York

10019–5389.

Comments on NGE Gen’s request to

export to Canada should be clearly

marked with Docket EA–183.

Additional copies are to be filed directly

with John R. Tigue, Manager—Bulk

Power Sales, New York State Electric &

Gas Corp., Corporate Drive, Kirkwood

Industrial Park, P.O. Box 5224,

Binghamton, New York 13902–5224 and

Nicholas A. Giannasca, Esq., Huber

Lawrence & Abell, 605 Third Avenue,

27th Floor, New York, New York 10158.

Comments on Morgan Stanley’s

request to export to Mexico should be

clearly marked with Docket EA–184.

Comments on Morgan Stanley’s request

to export to Canada should be clearly

marked with Docket EA–185.

Additional copies are to be filed directly

with William H. Penniman, Daniel E.

Frank, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan,

1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20004–2415 and

William F. McCoy, Esq., VP and

Counsel, Morgan Stanley & Co., 1585

Broadway, New York, NY 10023.

Comments on NEPOOL’s request to

export to Canada should be clearly

marked with Docket EA–186.

Additional copies are to be filed directly

with Richard M. Chapman, Chair,

NEPOOL Executive Committee,

Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc.,

Pinnacle Ridge Ave., RR1 Box 4077,

Rutland, VT 05701 and David T. Doot,

Esq., Day, Berry & Howard, CityPlace I,

Hartford,CT 06103–3499.

A final decision will be made on these

applications after the environmental

impacts have been evaluated pursuant

to the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (NEPA), and a

determination is made by the DOE that

the proposed actions will not adversely

impact on the reliability of the U.S.

electric power supply system.

Copies of these applications will be

made available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying at the address

provided above.

Issued in Washington, DC on May 29,

1998.

Anthony J. Como,

Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office

of Coal and Power Im/Ex, Office of Coal and

Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 98–14710 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah;

Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice

is hereby given of the following

Advisory Committee meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, June 18, 1998:

5:00 p.m.—10:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Executive Inn, Van Buren

Room, 1 Executive Boulevard, Paducah,

Kentucky.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Myrna E. Redfield, Site-Specific

Advisory Board Coordinator,

Department of Energy Paducah Site

Office, Post Office Box 1410, MS–103,

Paducah, Kentucky 42001, (502) 441–

6815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of

the Board is to make recommendations

to DOE and its regulators in the areas of

environmental restoration, waste

management, and related activities.

Tentative Agenda

5:00 p.m.—Call to Order

5:15 p.m.—Approve Meeting Minutes

5:30 p.m.—Public Comment/Questions

6:00 p.m.—Presentations

7:00 p.m.—Break

7:15 p.m.—Presentations

8:30 p.m.—Public Comment

9:00 p.m.—Administrative Issues

10:00 p.m.—Adjourn

Copies of the final agenda will be

available at the meeting.

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Committee either

before or after the meeting. Individuals

who wish to make oral statements

pertaining to agenda items should

contact Myrna E. Redfield at the address

or telephone number listed above.

Requests must be received 5 days prior

to the meeting and reasonable provision

will be made to include the presentation

in the agenda. The Designated Federal

Officer is empowered to conduct the

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate

the orderly conduct of business. Each

individual wishing to make public

comment will be provided a maximum

of 5 minutes to present their comments

as the first item on the meeting agenda.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585 between

9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday,

except Federal holidays. Minutes will

also be available at the Department of

Energy’s Environmental Information

and Reading Room at 175 Freedom

Boulevard, Highway 60, Kevil,

Kentucky between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00

p.m. on Monday through Friday, or by

writing to Carlos Alvarado, Department

of Energy Paducah Site Office, Post

Office Box 1410, MS–103, Paducah,

Kentucky 42001, or by calling him at

(502) 441–6804.

Issued at Washington, DC on May 28, 1998.

Althea T. Vanzego,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–14713 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–2498–000]

Cobisa-Person Limited Partnership;

Notice of Filing

May 28, 1998.

Take notice that on May 18, 1998,

Cobisa-Person Limited Partnership

tendered for filing an amendment in the

above-referenced docket.

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

June 4, 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