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capacity and energy by Kansas

Municipal Energy Agency to Missouri

Public Service.

UtiliCorp requests waiver of the

Commission’s Regulations to permit the

Service Agreement to become effective

in accordance with its terms.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

33. Alliant Services Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3188–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Alliant Services, Inc., on behalf of IES

Utilities Inc. (IES), Interstate Power

Company (IPC) and Wisconsin Power

and Light Company (WPL), tendered for

filing three executed Service

Agreements for long-term firm point-topoint transmission service between

Wisconsin Power and Light Company,

an Alliant Utility, and Alliant Services,

Inc.

Alliant Services, Inc., requests an

effective date of May 1, 1998, and

accordingly, seeks waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements.

A copy of this filing has been served

upon the Public Service Commission of

Wisconsin.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

34. MDU Resources Group, Inc.

[Docket No. ES98–33–000]

Take notice that on May 19, 1998,

MDU Resources Group, Inc., filed an

Application under Section 204 of the

Federal Power Act, seeking

authorization to issue additional shares

of Common Stock, par value $3.33, in

connection with a three-for-two

Common Stock split to be effected in the

form of a fifty percent (50%) stock

dividend. It is proposed that the stock

split will become effective July 13, 1998,

and stock certificates for the additional

shares resulting from the split would be

mailed on or about July 13, 1998.

Comment date: June 29, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

35. Big Rivers Electric Corporation

[Docket No. NJ98–5–000]

Take notice that on May 29, 1998, Big

Rivers Electric Corporation (Big Rivers),

submitted for filing an Open Access

Transmission Services Tariff and a

request for a declaratory order which

would find that Big Rivers’

Transmission Tariff meets the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission’s

comparability standards and is therefore

an acceptable reciprocity tariff pursuant

to the provisions of Order No. 888 and

888–A, B & C. Big Rivers is currently in

bankruptcy, but has received

bankruptcy court approval of a Plan of

Reorganization. Elements of this Plan of

Reorganization have been approved by

the Kentucky Public Service

Commission (KPSC), to enable Big

Rivers emerge from bankruptcy. The

Open Access Transmission Tariff for

which approval is requested will not

become effective until the closing date

of the Bankruptcy Plan’s contemplated

two-phased lease agreement between

Big Rivers, LG&E Energy Corp. (LEC),

and certain subsidiaries of LEC,

including Western Kentucky Energy

Corp. (WKEC) and LG&E Energy

Marketing, Inc. (LEM), (collectively the

LG&E Parties). Due to a number of

closing conditions therein, Big Rivers

cannot predict with any certainty when

this closing date will occur and when

the requested Open Access

Transmission Tariff will need to go into

effect, although Big Rivers expects other

conditions to closing to be satisfied by

July 1, 1998. Thus, Big Rivers requests

that it be allowed to file this tariff for

expedited review with the effective date

to be established as the closing date of

the proposed transaction.

Comment date: June 29, 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. 98–15565 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 3267–010]

Bellows-Tower Hydro, Inc.; Notice of

Availability of Environmental

Assessment

June 5, 1998.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR Part

380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47910), the

Office of Hydropower Licensing (OHL)

has prepared an environmental

assessment (EA) for an application to

amend the license to delete an old,

unused powerhouse from the project.

This is required by the Commission to

reflect the as-built condition of the

project. The license must be amended

because the installed capacity and

number of turbine generator units are

less than authorized in the license. In

the EA, staff concludes that approval of

the licensee’s proposal would not

constitute a major Federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment. The Ballard-Mill

Project is located on the Salmon River

in Franklin County, New York.

The EA was written by staff in the

Office of Hydropower Licensing,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Copies of the EA are available for review

at the Commission’s Reference and

Information Center, Room 2–A, 888

First Street, NW., Washington, DC

20426.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15526 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. CP98–49–000 and CP98–49–

001]

K N Wattenberg Transmission Limited

Liability Company; Notice of

Availability of the Environmental

Assessment for the Proposed Front

Runner Pipeline System

June 5, 1998.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) has prepared an

environmental assessment (EA) on the

natural gas pipeline facilities proposed

by K N Wattenberg Transmission
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Limited Liability Company (KNW) in

the above-referenced docket.

The EA was prepared to satisfy the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act. The staff

concludes that approval of the proposed

project, with appropriate mitigating

measures, would not constitute a major

Federal action significantly affecting the

quality of the human environment.

The EA assesses the potential

environmental effects of KNW’s

proposal to construct, acquire, and

operate new and existing pipeline

facilities along the Front Range of the

Rocky Mountains in north central

Colorado, including:

• About 44.9 miles of new 24-inchdiameter pipeline extending from near

Rockport (in northern Weld County)

south to northern Johnstown;

• About 10.6 miles of new 16-inchdiameter pipeline extending from the

Pan Energy-Mark Mewbourne Gas

Processing Plant westward towards an

area northwest of Platteville;

• About 19.3 miles of new 6- and 12-

inch-diameter pipeline extending

eastward from the Erie area in southern

Weld County;

• About 9.5 miles of 16-inch-diameter

existing unprocessed gas pipeline

extending from northern Johnstown to

an area northwest of Platteville; and

• About 24 miles of existing 12-,

10-, and 8-inch-, diameter processed gas

pipeline extending south from the

Amoco gas processing plant near

Platteville to an area southeast of

Brighton in northern Adams County.

(This segment is essentially 21 miles of

12-inch-diameter mainline with three

short, small-diameter laterals extending

to nearby customers.)

The purpose of the proposed facilities

would be to establish new natural gas

transportation system between the

Colorado-Wyoming border and the

northern suburbs of Denver. The new

system would have the capacity to

provide users at the southern end with

250 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural

gas per day, and gas producers at the

southern end with the ability to

transport 80 MMcf per day to new

markets accessible via several existing

interstate carriers whose facilities

converge near Rockport.

The EA has been placed in the public

files of the FERC. A limited number of

copies of the EA are available for

distribution and public inspection at:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

Public Reference and Files Maintenance

Branch, 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A,

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208–1371.

Copies of the EA have been mailed to

Federal, state and local agencies, public

interest groups, interested individuals,

newspapers, and parties to this

proceeding.

Any person wishing to comment on

the EA may do so. To ensure

consideration prior to a Commission

decision on the proposal, it is important

that we receive your comments before

the date specified below. Please

carefully follow these instructions to

ensure that your comments are received

in time and properly recorded:

• Send two copies of your comments

to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Room, 1A, Washington, DC 20426.

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of the Environmental

Review and Compliance Branch, PR–

11.1

• Reference Docket No. CP98–49–

000; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before July 6, 1998.

Comments will be considered by the

Commission but will not serve to make

the commentor a party to the

proceeding. Any person seeking to

become a party to the proceeding must

file a motion to intervene pursuant to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR

385.214).

The date for filing timely motions to

intervene in this proceeding has passed.

Therefore, parties now seeking to file

late interventions must show good

cause, as required by section

385.214(b)(3), why this time limitation

should be waived. Environmental issues

have been viewed as good cause for late

intervention. You do not need

intervenor status to have your

comments considered.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15513 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project Nos. 9648–011, 9649–011 and 9650–

020]

Westinghouse Electric Corporation,

Lovejoy Tool Company and Factory

Falls, Inc.; Notice of Availability of

Final Multi-Project Environmental

Assessment

June 5, 1998.

A final multi-project environmental

assessment (FMEA) is available for

public review. The FMEA examines

downstream Atlantic salmon fish

passage at the Fellows Dam Project (No.

9648), Lovejoy Dam Project (No. 9649),

and Gilman Dam Project (No. 9650), all

located on the Black River, Vermont.

The FMEA finds that approval of the

licensee’s fish passage plans, with

enhancements, and with monitoring

conducted at the Gilman Project, would

allow downstream passage of Atlantic

salmon, and would not constitute a

major federal action significantly

affecting the quality of the human

environment.

The FMEA was written by staff in the

Office of Hydropower Licensing,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Copies of the FMEA can be viewed at

the Commission’s Reference and

Information Center, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426. Copies can also

be obtained by calling the project

manager, Pete Yarrington, at (202) 219–

2939.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15528 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Tendered for

Filing With the Commission

June 5, 1998.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Major New

License (Tendering Notice).

b. Project No.: 2651–006.

c. Date filed: May 19, 1998.

d. Applicant: Indiana Michigan Power

Company.

e. Name of Project: Elkhart

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: In the City of Elkhart,

Concord Township, Elkhart County,

Indiana, on the St. Joseph River 77 miles

upstream from confluence with Lake

Michigan.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 USC 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: J.R. Jones,

Senior Vice President, Fossil & Hydro

Production, American Electric Power

Service Corporation, 1 Riverside Plaza,

Columbus, Ohio 43215, (614) 223–1801.

i. FERC Contact: Edward R. Meyer,

(202) 208–7998.

j. Brief Description of Project: The

proposed project would consist of: (1) a

300-foot-long by 14-foot-high concrete

spillway, the crest of which bears 11,

25-foot-wide by 10.5-foot-high Tainter

gates separated by 2.5-foot-wide piers;