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and Tucson Electric Power Company,

purchaser.

Comment date: July 6, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Duke Power, a Division of Duke

Energy Corporation

[Docket No. ER98–3209–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

Duke Power, a division of Duke Energy

Corporation (Duke), tendered for filing a

Market Rate Service Agreement between

Duke and Southern Company Energy

Marketing L.P., dated March 20, 1998.

Comment date: July 6, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. FirstEnergy System

[Docket No. ER98–3211–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

FirstEnergy System filed a Service

Agreement to provide Firm Point-toPoint Transmission Service for

ProLiance Energy, the Transmission

Customer. Services are being provided

under the FirstEnergy System Open

Access Transmission Tariff submitted

for filing in Docket No. ER97–412–000.

The proposed effective date under the

Service Agreements is May 15, 1998,

respectively.

Comment date: July 6, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. FirstEnergy System

[Docket No. ER98–3212–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

FirstEnergy System filed Service

Agreements to provide Firm Point-toPoint Transmission Service for

ProLiance Energy, LLC, The Detroit

Edison Company, CNG Power Services

Corporation, DTE Energy Trading,

Incorporated, Federal Energy Sales,

Incorporated, Public Service Electric &

Gas Company and Tennessee Power

Company, the Transmission Customers.

Services are being provided under the

FirstEnergy System Open Access

Transmission Tariff submitted for filing

in Docket No. ER97–412–000. The

proposed effective dates under these

Service Agreements are May 15, 1998,

May 22, 1998 and June 1, 1998,

respectively.

Comment date: July 6, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota), Northern States Power

Company (Wisconsin)

[Docket No. ER98–3213–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota) and Northern States Power

Company (Wisconsin) (jointly NSP)

tendered for filing a Non-Firm Point-toPoint Transmission Service Agreement

and a Short-Term Firm Transmission

Service Agreement between NSP and

AYP Energy, Inc.

NSP requests that the Commission

accept both the agreements effective

May 4, 1998, and requests waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements in

order for the agreements to be accepted

for filing on the date requested.

Comment date: July 6, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Northeast Utilities Service Company

[Docket No. ER98–3214–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

Northeast Utilities Service Company

(NUSCO), tendered for filing, a Service

Agreement with ECONnergy Energy

Company, Inc. under the NU System

Companies’ Sale for Resale, Tariff No. 7.

NUSCO states that a copy of this filing

has been mailed to the ECONnergy

Energy Company, Inc.

NUSCO requests that the Service

Agreement become effective May 29,

1998.

Comment date: July 6, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. Northeast Utilities Service Company

[Docket No. ER98–3215–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

Northeast Utilities Service Company

(NUSCO) on behalf of its affiliate, Public

Service Company of New Hampshire,

tendered for filing an amendment to its

Rate Schedule FERC No. 182.

The proposed changes extend the

term of the rate schedule to be

coterminous with the extension of the

New Hampshire Retail Competition

Pilot Program by the New Hampshire

Public Utilities Commission. NUSCO

requests that the changes to the rate

schedule be made effective June 4, 1998,

or such other earlier date as permitted

by the Commission.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the Select Energy, Inc. and the New

Hampshire Public Utilities Commission.

Comment date: July 6, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Washington Water Power

[Docket No. ER98–3217–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

Washington Water Power (WWP),

tendered for filing a Certificate of

Concurrence with PacifiCorp for

exchange service as an addition to

Service Agreement No. 118 under

Docket No. ER97–1867–000 previously

filed under WWP’s FERC Electric Tariff

First Revised Volume No. 9.

Comment date: July 6, 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15903 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Filed With the

Commission

June 10, 1998.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission and is available for public

inspection.

a. Type of Application: Application to

Amend Existing Licenses and to

Incorporate the Terms of Settlement

Agreement and to Amend Pending

Application for License.

b. Project Nos: 2552–033, 2322–026,

2325–029, 2574–025, 2611–034, 11472–

004, 5073–055.

c. Date Filed: May 27, 1998.

d. Applicant: Central Maine Power

Company, Merimil Limited Partnership,

UAH-Hydro Kennebec Limited

Partnership, Ridgewood Maine Hydro

Partners, L.P., Benton Falls Associates.

e. Name of Projects: Licensed

Projects—Fort Halifax, Shawmut,

Weston, Lockwood, Hydro Kennebec

and Benton Falls and Pending

Application for original License for

Burnham Project.

f. Location: The Lower Kennebec

River and the Sebasticook River, a
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tributary to the Lower Kennebec River,

in Kennebec and Somerset Counties,

Maine.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. § 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact:

F. Allen Wiley, P.E., Managing Director,

Central Maine Power Company, 41

Anthony Avenue, Augusta, ME 04330,

(207) 623–3521

William Fiedler, UAH-Hydro Kennebec

Limited Partnership, RFD No. 4, box

7060, Winslow, ME 04901, (207) 872–

0542

Stacy Fitts, Benton Falls Associates,

1075 Clinton Avenue, Clinton, ME

04901, (207) 453–9703

Kevin Webb, CHI Energy, c/o

Ridgewood Maine Hydro Partners,

Andover Business Park, 200 Bullfinch

Drive, Andover, MA 01810, (978)

681–1900.

i. FERC Contact: John Schnagl, (202)

219–2661.

j. Comment Date: July 15, 1998.

k. Description of Proposed Action:

Central Maine Power Company, Merimil

Limited Partnership, UAH-Hydro

Kennebec Limited Partnership, and

Benton Falls Associates, licensees of

Project Nos. 2552, 2322, 2325, 2574,

2611, and 5073 and Ridgewood Maine

Hydro Partners, L.P. applicant for

original license for Project No. 11472

seek to incorporate the applicable terms

of the Agreement Between Members of

the Kennebec Hydro Developers Group,

the Kennebec Coalition, the National

Marine Fisheries Service, the State of

Maine, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, dated May 26, 1998 into the

aforementioned existing license or

pending license application. This

amendment application is pursuant to a

settlement among parties reached in fish

passage matters related to the

aforementioned projects. The Lower

Kennebec River Comprehensive

Hydropower Accord was filed with

FERC in this matter on May 28, 1998.

A public notice is also being issued

today concerning the application by the

Licensees of the Edwards Project (No.

2389) and the State of Maine to transfer

the Edwards Project license to the State

of Maine. This application for license

transfer is also made pursuant to the

Lower Kennebec River Comprehensive

Hydropower Settlement Accord.

1. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

and 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15912 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Lower Kennebec River

Comprehensive Hydropower

Settlement Accord

June 10, 1998.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission and is available for public

inspection.

a. Type of Application: Lower

Kennebec River Comprehensive

Hydropower Settlement Accord.

b. Project Nos: 2389–030, 2322–025,

2325–027, 2552–033, 2574–024, 2611–

033, 5073–054, 11472–003.

c. Date Filed: May 28, 1998.

d. Applicants: The City of Augusta,

Maine; Edwards Manufacturing

Company, Inc.; The Kennebec Coalition

(American Rivers, Inc., The Atlantic

Salmon Federation, Kennebec Valley

Chapter of Trout Unlimited, The Natural

Resources Council of Maine, and Trout

Unlimited); Kennebec Hydro Developers

Group (Central Maine Power Company,

Merimil Limited Partnership,

Ridgewood Maine Hydro Partners, L.P.,

and Benton Falls Associates); The State

of Maine; The U.S. Department of

Commerce, through the National Maine

Fisheries Service; and the U.S.

Department of Interior, through the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service.

e. Name of Projects: Licensed

Projects—Edwards Dam, Fort Halifax,

Shawmut, Weston, Lockwood, HydroKennebec, and Benton Falls; and

Pending Application for original

License for Burnham Project.

f. Location: The Lower Kennebec

River and the Sebasticook River, a

tributary to the Lower Kennebec River,

in Kennebec and Somerset Counties,

Maine.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contract:

Donald H. Clark, Wilkinson, Barker,

Knauer, & Quinn, 2300 N Street, NW.,

Suite 700, Washington, DC 30037,

(202) 783–4141

Evan Richert, Director, Maine State

Planning Office, 38 State House

Station, Augusta, ME 04333, (207)

287–0677

Dan Squire, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering,

2445 M Street, N.W, Washington, DC

20037–1420, (202) 663–6060

Lewis Flagg, Commissioner (Acting),

Maine Department of Marine

Resources, 21 State House Station,

Hallowell Annex-Baker Building,

Augusta, ME 04333–0021, (207) 624–

6550

Lee Perry, Commissioner, Maine

Department of Inland Fisheries and

Wildlife, 41 State House Station, 284

State Street, Augusta, ME 04333–

0041, (202) 287–5202

Judith Stolfo, U.S. Department of the

Interior, One Gateway Center, Suite

612, Newton, ME 02158, (617) 527–

3400

Anton P. Giedt, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, One

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA

01930–2298, (978) 281–9289

F. Allen Wiley, P.E., Managing Director,

Central Maine Power Company, 41

Anthony Avenue, Augusta, ME 04330,

(207) 623–3521