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executed service agreements under the

Wholesale Market Tariff of the AEP

Operating Companies (Power Sales

Tariff). The Wholesale Market Tariff was

accepted for filing effective October 10,

1997 and has been designated AEP

Operating Companies’ FERC Electric

Tariff Original Volume No. 5. AEPSC

respectfully requests waiver of notice to

permit the service agreements submitted

with this filing to be made effective for

Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company on

April 23, 1998; PP&L, Inc., on May 19,

1998; Puget Sound Energy, Inc., on May

4, 1998; Southern Company Energy

Marketing, Inc., on May 19, 1998;

Sempra Energy Trading Corporation on

May 19, 1998; and Williams Energy

Services Company on May 19, 1998.

A copy of the filing was served upon

the Parties and the State Utility

Regulatory Commissions of Indiana,

Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee,

Virginia and West Virginia.

Comment date: July 6, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

19. FirstEnergy System

[Docket No. ER98–3400–000]

Take notice that on June 16, 1998,

FirstEnergy System filed Service

Agreements to provide Firm Point-toPoint Transmission Service for

Constellation Power Source, Inc.,

Commonwealth Edison Company,

Entergy Power Marketing Corp.,

FirstEnergy Corp—Bulk Power, Illinois

Power Company, Morgan Stanley

Capital Group, Inc., Northeast Utilities

Service Company, PECO Energy

Company, Rainbow Energy Marketing

Corp., Sonat Power Marketing L.P.,

Southern Company Energy Marketing

L.P., Virginia Electric and Power

Company, Williams Energy Services

Co., Amoco Energy Trading Corp.,

Engage Energy US, L.P., NorAm Energy

Services, Inc., and Wisconsin Electric

Power Company, the Transmission

Customers. Services are being provided

under the FirstEnergy System Open

Access Transmission Tariff submitted

for filing by the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission in Docket No.

ER97–412–000.

The proposed effective dates under

these Service Agreements are May 18,

1998, June 1, 1998 and June 15, 1998,

respectively, for the above mentioned

Service Agreements in this filing.

Comment date: July 6, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

20. Kansas City Power & Light

Company

[Docket No. ER98–3407–000]

Take notice that on June 16, 1998,

Kansas City Power & Light Company

(KCPL), tendered for filing a Service

Agreement dated May 26, 1998, between

KCPL and Entergy Power Marketing

Corporation. KCPL proposes an effective

date of May 27, 1998 and requests a

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirement to allow the requested

effective date. This Agreement provides

for the rates and charges for Short-term

Firm Transmission Service.

In its filing, KCPL states that the rates

included in the above-mentioned

Service Agreement are KCPL’s rates and

charges in the compliance filing to

FERC Order No. 888–A in Docket No.

OA97–636–000.

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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17030 Filed 6–25–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2659–011]

PacifiCorp; Notice of Intent To Prepare

an Environmental Assessment and

Conduct Public Scoping Meetings and

a Site Visit

June 22, 1998.

The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) is reviewing

the hydropower application for a new

license for the 6-megawatt Powerdale

Hydroelectric Project, No. 2659–011.

The project, owned and operated by

PacifiCorp, is located on the Hood

River, near the town of Hood River, in

Hood River County, Oregon.

The Commission staff intends to

prepare an Environmental Assessment

(EA) for the project in accordance with

the National Environmental Policy Act.

In the EA, we will consider reasonable

alternatives to PacifiCorp’s proposed

action, and analyze both site-specific

and cumulative environmental impacts

of the project, as well as economic and

engineering impacts.

A draft EA will be issued and

circulated to those on the mailing list

for this project. All comments filed on

the draft EA will be analyzed by the

staff and considered in a final EA. The

staff’s conclusions and

recommendations presented in the final

EA will then be presented to the

Commission to assist in making a

licensing decision.

Scoping

We are asking agencies, Indian tribes,

non-governmental organizations, and

individuals to help us identify the scope

of environmental issues that should be

analyzed in the EA, and to provide us

with information that may be useful in

preparing the EA.

To help focus comments on the

environmental issues, a scoping

document outlining subject areas to be

addressed in the EA will be mailed to

those on the mailing list for the project.

Those not on the mailing list may

request a copy of the scoping document

from the Project Coordinator, whose

telephone number is listed below.

Those with comments or information

pertaining to this project should file it

with the Commission at the following

address by August 24, 1998: David P.

Boergers, Acting Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

All filings should clearly show the

following on the first page: Powerdale

Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 2659–

011.

Intervenors are reminded of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure which require all intervenors

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on

each person whose name appears on the

official service list for the project.

Further, if an intervenor files comments

or documents with the Commission

relating to the merits of an issue that

may affect the responsibilities of a

particular resource agency, they must

also serve a copy of the document on

that resource agency.
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1 18 CFR 385.2010.

In addition to asking for written

comments, we are holding two scoping

meetings to solicit any verbal input and

comments you may wish to offer on the

scope of the EA. An agency scoping

meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. on July

22, 1998, at the Hood River Inn, 1108

East Marina Way, Hood River, OR

97031. A public scoping meeting will

begin at 7:00 p.m. on July 22, 1998, at

the Hood River Inn, 1108 East Marina

Way, Hood River, OR 97031. The public

and agencies may attend either meeting.

There will also be a visit to the project

site on July 23, 1998, to become more

familiar with the project area. More

information about these meetings and

site visit is available in the scoping

document.

Any questions regarding those notice

may be directed to Mr. Bob Easton,

Project Coordinator, at (202) 219–2782.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17033 Filed 6–25–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2674—Vermont Vergennes

Hydroelectric Project]

Green Mountain Power Corporation;

Notice of Proposed Restricted Service

List for a Programmatic Agreement for

Managing Properties Included in or

Eligible for Inclusion in the National

Register of Historic Places

June 22, 1998.

Rule 2010 of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission’s (Commission)

Rules of Practice and Procedure

provides that, to eliminate unnecessary

expense or improve administrative

efficiency, the Secretary may establish a

Restricted Service List for a particular

phase or issue in a proceeding.1 The

Restricted Service List should contain

the names of persons on the service list

who, in the judgment of the decisional

authority establishing the list, are active

participants with respect to the phase or

issue in the proceeding for which the

list is established.

The Commission staff is consulting

with the Vermont State Historic

Preservation Officer (hereinafter, SHPO)

and the Advisory Council on Historic

Preservation (hereinafter, Council)

pursuant to the Council’s regulations, 36

CFR Part 800, implementing Section 106

of the National Historic Preservation

Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. Section 470

f), to prepare a Programmatic Agreement

for managing properties included in, or

eligible for inclusion in, the National

Register of Historic Places at Project No.

2674.

The Programmatic Agreement, when

executed by the Commission, the SHPO,

and the Council, would satisfy the

Commission’s Section 106

responsibilities for all individual

undertakings carried out in accordance

with the license until the license expires

or is terminated (36 CFR 800.13[e]). The

Commission’s responsibilities pursuant

to Section 106 for the above project

would be fulfilled through the

Programmatic Agreement, which the

Commission proposes to draft in

consultation with certain parties listed

below. The executed Programmatic

Agreement would be incorporated into

any Order issuing a license.

Green Mountain Power Corporation,

as prospective Licensee for Project No.

2674, is invited to participate in

consultations to develop the

Programmatic Agreement and to sign as

a concurring party to the Programmatic

Agreement.

For purposes of commenting on the

Programmatic Agreement, we propose to

restrict the service list for Project No.

2674 as follows:

Don L. Klima, Advisory Council on

Historic Preservation, The Old Post

Office Building, Suite 809, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20004

Emily Wadhams, State Historic

Preservation Officer, Vermont

Division for Historic Preservation,

National Life Building, Drawer 20,

Montpelier, VT 05620–0501

Giovanna Peebles, Vermont Division for

Historic Preservation, National Life

Building, Drawer 20, Montpelier, VT

05620–0501

Craig T. Myotte, Green Mountain Power

Corporation, 25 Green Mountain

Drive, South Burlington, VT 05402

Melvin S. Hawley, City Manager, City of

Vergennes, P.O. Box 35, Vergennes,

VT 05491

Jeffrey R. Cueto, Vermont Agency of

Natural Resources, 103 South Main

Street, Building 10 North, Waterbury,

VT 05671–0408

Any person on the official service list

for the above-captioned proceeding may

request inclusion on the Restricted

Service List, or may request that a

Restricted Service List not be

established, by filing a motion to that

effect within 15 days of this notice date.

An original and 8 copies of any such

motion must be filed with the Secretary

of the Commission (888 First Street, NE,

Washington, D.C. 20426) and must be

served on each person whose name

appears on the official service list. If no

such motions are filed, the Restricted

Service List will be effective at the end

of the 15 day period. Otherwise, a

further notice will be issued ruling on

the motion.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17034 Filed 6–25–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[ER–FRL–5493–2]

Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared June 08, 1998 Through June

12, 1998 pursuant to the Environmental

Review Process (ERP), under Section

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act as amended. Requests for

copies of EPA comments can be directed

to the Office of Federal Activities AT

(202) 564–7167.

An explanation of the ratings assigned

to draft environmental impact

statements (EISs) was published in FR

dated April 10, 1998 (63 FR 17856).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–FHW–E50290–NC Rating

EO2, Mid-Currituck Sound Bridge,

between U.S. 158 on the Currituck

County Mainland and end at NC 12 on

the Currituck Outer Banks, US Coast

Guard Bridge Permit and COE Section

404 Permit, Currituck County, NC.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental objections due to

degraded water quality, lost of

submerged aquatic vegetation and the

projects impact on efforts improve

fishery resources. EPA requested that

these and other issues be clarified and

other less damaging alternative be fully

assessed.

ERP No. D–FHW–K40231–AZ Rating

LO, ed Mountain Freeway (Loop 202)

Construction and Operation, between

AR 87 (County Club Drive) and US–60

(Superstition Freeway), Funding,

NPDES Permit and COE Section 404

Permit, City of Mesa, Maricopa County,

AZ.

Summary: EPA expressed a lack of

objections with the FHWA’s Red

Mountain Freeway (Loop) 202 project.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–K65200–CA San Juan

Fuels and Wildlife Project,

Implementation, Tahoe National Forest,