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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–576–000]

Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

June 8, 1998.

Take notice that on May 29, 1998,

Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.

(Williams), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa,

Oklahoma 74101, filed in Docket No.

CP98–576–000 a request pursuant to

Section 157.205 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205) to abandon, by sale,

certain facilities in Woods County,

Oklahoma, under William’s blanket

certificates issued in Docket No. CP82–

474–000 pursuant to Section 7 of the

Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request which is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Williams states that it would abandon

by sale to Sigma-Level-Aurora Joint

Venture, L.L.C. dba Aurora Field

Services, L.L.C. (Aurora) approximately

5.2 miles of the 8-inch Waynoka lateral

pipeline.

No service, it is said, would be

abandoned as a result of the proposal.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15663 Filed 6–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EG98–83–000, et al.]

El Dorado Energy, LLC, et al.; Electric

Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

June 4, 1998.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. El Dorado Energy, LLC

[Docket No. EG98–83–000]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998, El

Dorado Energy, LLC (Applicant), with

its principal offices at 1111 Louisiana,

16th Floor, Houston, Texas, 77002, and

101 Ash Street, San Diego, California,

92101, filed with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (the

Commission) an application for

determination of exempt wholesale

generator status pursuant to Part 365 of

the Commission’s Regulations.

Applicant states that it will be engaged

directly, or indirectly through one or

more affiliates, as defined in Section

2(a)(11)(B) of PUHCA, and exclusively

in the business of owning and or/

operating, an undivided interest in an

eligible facility and selling electric

energy at wholesale.

Applicant is a limited liability

company that is constructing and will

own a 492–MW generating plant near

Boulder City, Nevada.

Comment date: June 24, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice. The

Commission will limit its consideration

of comments to those that concern the

adequacy or accuracy of the application.

2. Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota), Northern States Power

Company (Wisconsin)

[Docket No. ER98–1890–003, Docket No.

ER98–2060–003]

Take notice that on June 1, 1998,

Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota) and Northern States Power

Company (Wisconsin) (together NSP),

submitted for filing its compliance filing

in compliance with the Commission’s

Order of April 30, 1998 in this

proceeding.

Comment date: June 19, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company

[Docket No. ER98–2990–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company

(OG&E), tendered for filing an amended

filing of its May 13, 1998, filing of

service agreements for parties to take

service under its short-term power sales

agreement.

Copies of this filing have been served

on each of the affected parties, the

Oklahoma Corporation Commission and

the Arkansas Public Service

Commission.

Comment date: June 23, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Louisville Gas And Electric Company

[Docket No. ER98–3189–000]

Take notice that on June 2, 1998,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E), tendered for filing an

unexecuted Purchase and Sales

Agreement between LG&E and ConAgra

Energy Services, Inc., under LG&E’s

Rate Schedule GSS.

Comment date: June 22, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Louisville Gas And Electric Company

[Docket No. ER98–3190–000]

Take notice that on June 2, 1998,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E), tendered for filing an

unexecuted Purchase and Sales

Agreement between LG&E and DuPont

Power Marketing, Inc., under LG&E’s

Rate Schedule GSS.

Comment date: June 22, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Upper Peninsula Power Company

[Docket No. ER98–3191–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

Upper Peninsula Power Company

(UPPCO), tendered for filing a Service

Agreement for Non-Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission service under its open

access transmission service tariff for

service to AYP Energy, Inc. UPPCO

proposes to make the service agreement

effective as of July 19, 1998.

Comment date: June 23, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Minnesota Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER98–3192–000]

Take notice that on June 2, 1998,

Minnesota Power & Light Company

tendered for filing signed Non-Firm and

Short-term Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Service Agreements with

Powerex (British Columbia Power

Exchange Corporation) under its NonFirm Point-to-Point Transmission

Service to satisfy its filing requirements

under this tariff.

Comment date: June 22, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.
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8. Western Resources, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3193–000]

Take notice that on June 2, 1998,

Western Resources, Inc., (Western

Resources), tendered for filing two

agreements between Western Resources

and Chillicothe Municipal Utilities, and

Western Resources and The Board of

Municipal Utilities of Sikeston,

Missouri. Western Resources states that

the purpose of the agreements is to

permit the customers to take service

under Western Resources’ market-based

power sales tariff on file with the

Commission. The agreements are

proposed to become effective May 5,

1998 and May 18, 1998, respectively.

Copies of the filing were served upon

Chillicothe Municipal Utilities, The

Board of Municipal Utilities of Sikeston,

Missouri, and the Kansas Corporation

Commission.

Comment date: June 22, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3194–000]

Take notice that on June 2, 1998,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy),

tendered for filing a service agreement

under Cinergy’s Open Access

Transmission Service Tariff entered into

between Cinergy and Detroit Edison

Company (DEC).

Cinergy and DEC are requesting an

effective date of May 19, 1998.

Comment date: June 22, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. New England Power Company

[Docket No. ER98–3195–000]

Take notice that on June 2, 1998, New

England Power Company (NEP), filed an

amendment to Network Integration

Service Agreement No. 89 with Green

Mountain Power Corporation under

NEP’s open access transmission service,

FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume

No. 9.

Comment date: June 22, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota), Northern States Power

Company (Wisconsin)

[Docket No. ER98–3196–000]

Take notice that on June 2, 1998,

Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota) and Northern States Power

Company (Wisconsin) (jointly NSP),

tendered for filing three Firm Point-toPoint Transmission Service Agreements

between NSP and NSP Wholesale.

NSP requests that the Commission

accept the agreements effective May 1,

1998, and requests waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements in

order for the agreement to be accepted

for filing on the date requested.

Comment date: June 22, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER98–3197–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd), submitted for filing one ShortTerm Firm Service Agreement

establishing Central Illinois Light

Company (CIL), as a customer under the

terms of ComEd’s Open Access

Transmission Tariff (OATT).

ComEd requests an effective date of

August 1, 1998, for the service

agreements, and accordingly seeks

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirements.

Copies of this filing were served on

CIL, and the Illinois Commerce

Commission.

Comment date: June 23, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Minnesota Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER98–3198–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

Minnesota Power & Light Company

tendered for filing a signed Non-Firm

Point-to-Point Transmission Service

Agreement with Entergy Power

Marketing Corp., under its Non-Firm

Point-to-Point Transmission Service to

satisfy its filing requirements under this

tariff.

Comment date: June 23, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. PacifiCorp

[Docket No. ER98–3199–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

PacifiCorp, tendered for filing in

accordance with 18 CFR 35 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations,

Umbrella Service Agreements with City

of Mesa, Arizona (Mesa); Morenci Water

& Electric Co. (Morenci); Nautilus

Energy Company, LLC (Nautilus); and

New Energy Ventures, L.L.C. (New

Energy), under PacifiCorp’s FERC

Electric Tariff, First Revised Volume No.

12.

Copies of this filing were supplied to

the Public Utility Commission of

Oregon and the Washington Utilities

and Transportation Commission.

Comment date: June 23, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Western Resources, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–3200–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

Western Resources, Inc. (Western

Resources), tendered for filing two

agreements between Western Resources

and Commonwealth Edison, and

Western Resources and Rainbow Energy

Marketing Corporation. Western

Resources states that the purpose of the

agreements is to permit the customers to

take service under Western Resources’

Market-Based Power Sales Tariff on file

with the Commission. The agreements

are proposed to become effective May

15, 1998 and May 18, 1998,

respectively.

Copies of the filing were served upon

Commonwealth Edison, Rainbow

Energy Marketing Corporation, and the

Kansas Corporation Commission.

Comment date: June 23, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota), Northern States Power

Company (Wisconsin)

[Docket No. ER98–3201–000]

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

between NSP and Entergy Power

Marketing Corp.

NSP requests that the Commission

accept both the agreements effective

May 8, 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: June 23, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

17. Florida Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER98–3206–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

Florida Power Corporation (FPC),

tendered for filing a Service Agreement

between FPC and Seminole Electric

Cooperative, Inc., dated May 21, 1998,

pursuant to FPC’s Cost-Based Wholesale

Power Sales Tariff (CR–1), FERC Electric

Tariff No. 9. FPC requests an effective

date of May 21, 1998, for the Service

Agreement.

Comment date: June 23, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

18. Montaup Electric Company

[Docket No. ER98–3207–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

Montaup Electric Company (Montaup),

tendered for filing addenda to the
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Standard Offer Service Agreements

between Montaup and its two retail

affiliates doing business in Rhode

Island, Blackstone Valley Electric

Company and Newport Electric

Corporation, and between Montaup and

its retail affiliate doing business in the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,

Eastern Edison Company. Montaup

requests that the addenda for Blackstone

and Newport be accepted and allowed

to be made effective as of January 1,

1998, and that the addendum for

Eastern be accepted and allowed to be

made effective as of March 1, 1998, i.e.,

the respective Retail Access Date for

each of these companies under

Montaup’s restructuring settlement filed

in Docket Nos. ER97–2800 et al.

Copies of the filing were served upon

Montaup’s jurisdictional customers and

upon affected state agencies.

Comment date: June 23, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

19. Duke Power

[Docket No. ER98–3208–000]

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

Duke Power, a division of Duke Energy

Corporation (Duke), tendered for filing a

Market Rate Service Agreement (the

MRSA) between Duke and Avista

Energy, Inc., dated as of March 31, 1998.

Comment date: June 23, 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. 98–15652 Filed 6–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Notice of Issuance of Decisions and

Orders; Week of March 30 Through

April 3, 1998

During the week of March 30 through

April 3, 1998, the decisions and orders

summarized below were issued with

respect to appeals, applications,

petitions, or other requests filed with

the Office of Hearings and Appeals of

the Department of Energy. The

following summary also contains a list

of submissions that were dismissed by

the Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Copies of the full text of these

decisions and orders are available in the

Public Reference Room of the Office of

Hearings and Appeals, Room 7117,

Comsat Building, 950 L’Enfant Plaza

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0107,

Monday through Friday, between the

hours of 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., except

federal holidays. They are also available

in Energy Management: Federal Energy

Guidelines, a commercially published

loose leaf reporter system. Some

decisions and orders are available on

the Office of Hearings and Appeals

World Wide Web site at http://

www.oha.doe.gov.

Dated: June 2, 1998.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Decision List No. 79; Week of March 30

through April 3, 1998

Appeals

David R. Berg, 4/2/98, VFA–0376

The Department of Energy denied a

Privacy and Freedom of Information

Acts (FOIA) Appeal filed by David R.

Berg from a determination issued by the

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human

Resources that certain documents

relating to Mr. Berg and several coworkers were exempt from mandatory

disclosure. The DOE found that the

withheld material was exempt from

mandatory disclosure under subsection

(d)(5) of the Privacy Act and Exemption

6 of the FOIA, but that Exemptions 7(C)

and 7(F) of the FOIA were inapplicable

because the documents were not

compiled for law enforcement purposes.

Dr. Nicolas Dominquez, 4/2/98, VFA–

0368, VFA–0387, VFA–0388, VFA–

0389

Dr. Nicolas Dominguez appealed four

Determinations issued to him in

response to a request under the Freedom

of Information Act (FOIA). The

Appellant sought information

concerning his termination by Lockheed

Martin Energy Research Corporation

(LMERC), including two memos, his job

description and identifying information

concerning a ‘‘group of peers’’ which

heard testimony regarding the

termination. In its Determination, the

Oak Ridge Operations Office (ORO)

found that all responsive documents

were owned by LMERC. On appeal, the

DOE rejected the argument that all

records funded by the taxpayers were

subject to release under the FOIA. The

DOE, however, found that ORO did

possess responsive agency records

regarding the ‘‘group of peers,’’ and that

some of the requested documents were

subject to release because they were

owned by DOE. Accordingly, two of the

Appeals were granted and two were

denied.

Eugene Maples, 3/30/98, VFA–0382

Eugene Maples (Maples) appealed

determinations issued to him by the

Offices of the Inspector General (OIG)

and the General Counsel (OGC). In his

Appeal, Maples asserted that OIG

improperly withheld, pursuant to FOIA

Exemptions 6 and 7(C), names from

documents relating to recoupment of

Petroleum Violation Escrow (PVE) funds

from the State of South Carolina. Maples

also argued that OIG and OGC

conducted inadequate searches for

responsive documents. The DOE

determined that OIG and OGC

conducted adequate searches for

responsive documents, but that OIG

may have improperly applied

Exemptions 6 and 7(C) to the withheld

names. Consequently, Maples’s Appeal

was granted in part.

Personnel Security Hearing

Personnel Security Hearing, 4/3/98,

VSO–0172

A Hearing Officer recommended that

the access authorization of an

individual employed by a DOE

contractor not be reinstated. The

individual was charged with

deliberately omitting information

relevant to his eligibility for access

authorization from two written security

questionnaire forms, making false

statements during a DOE personnel

security interview, and with ‘‘unusual

conduct’’ that tended to show he was

not honest, reliable or trustworthy,

including violation of a DOE Drug

Certification and a pattern of repeated

arrests. The Hearing Officer found that

the individual had mitigated some of

the charges, including a number of

minor inconsistencies in his statements

to the local DOE security office, and his

violation of the Drug Certification five

years before the hearing, but had failed

to mitigate the charges that he had

deliberately omitted or falsified