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public understanding and scrutiny of

agency proposals. This notice of intent

is published as required by the

President’s Council on Environmental

Quality regulations implementing the

provisions of NEPA, 40 CFR Parts 1500–

1508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions regarding the action can be

addressed to Mark H. Burlas, Project

Environmental Manager, phone (212)

264–4663, U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, New York District, Planning

Division, 26 Federal Plaza New York,

New York 10278–0090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Authorization

The existing Federal project was

originally authorized by the Flood

Control Act of 12 October 1962 as a dual

purpose Beach Erosion Control and

Hurricane Protection Project in

accordance with House Document No.

464, 86th Congress, Second session.

This project provided for beach fill,

groins, and levees for various sections of

the study area. The constructed project

consists of segmented sections of beach

fill and levees surrounding various

communities in Old Bridge Township

and Keansburg and East Keansburg. The

current study was authorized by a

resolution of the Committee on Public

Works and Transportation, U.S. House

of Representatives, adopted August 1,

1990. The feasibility study seeks to

develop improvement plans to ascertain

the most suitable long-term solution for

the study area’s flood and storm damage

problems.

2. Location of the Proposed Action

The study area is located in the

northern portion of Monmouth County,

New Jersey. It occupies an approximate

1.8 square mile area of land along the

coast of the Raritan Bay. The Borough of

Union Beach is surrounded by the

Raritan Bay to the north, East Creek to

the east, the Township of Hazlet to the

south and Chigarora Creek to the west.

The study area is largely located in low

elevation regions with numerous small

creeks providing drainage. Currently,

low-lying residential and commercial

structures in the area are experiencing

flooding caused by coastal storm

inundation. This problem has

progressively worsened in recent years

due to loss of protective beaches and

increased urbanization in the area with

structures susceptible to flooding from

rainfall and coastal storm surges,

erosion and wave attack, combined with

restrictions to channel flow in the tidal

creek.

3. Reasonable Alternative Actions

In addition to the ‘‘No Action’’

alternative, the flood control component

of the feasibility study will evaluate

alternatives such as buy-outs, storm

gates and floodwalls to avoid and

minimize impacts to coastal wetlands,

as well as various levee layouts and

heights. The shore protection

component will analyze alternatives

such as the expansion of existing dunes

and various improvements to existing

beaches.

4. Significant Issues Requiring In-Depth

Analysis

1. Coastal Wetlands Impacts; 2.

Impacts to Aquatic Resources; 3.

Archaeological and Cultural Resources

Impacts; 4. Hydrology Impacts; 5.

Economic Impacts.

5. Environmental Review and

Consultation

Review will be conducted as outlined

in the Council on Environmental

Quality regulations dated November 29,

1983 (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508) and U.S.

Army Corps of Engineer regulation ER

200–2–2 dated March 4, 1988.

6. Public Scoping Meeting

A public scoping meeting is

tentatively scheduled for July 22, 1998,

at the Hazlet Public Library, (251

Middle Road, Union Beach, New Jersey

07730) at 5:30 p.m.

7. Estimated Date of DEIS Availability

January 2000.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–18028 Filed 7–7–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–262–000]

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation v. CNG

Transmission Corporation; Notice of

Complaint

July 1, 1998.

Take notice that on June 29, 1998,

pursuant to Rule 206 of the Rules of

Practice and Procedure of the

Commission, 18 CFR 385.206, Cabot Oil

& Gas Corporation (COGC) tendered for

filing a complaint respectfully

requesting that the Commission: (1)

expeditiously issue an injunctive order

barring CNG Transmission Corporation

(CNGT) from forcing producers or

shippers/pool operators to purchase low

flow meters to avoid having their

service terminated on July 1, 1998; (2)

issue an order clarifying that CNGT’s

FERC Gas tariff does not provide CNGT

with the authority to unilaterally

terminate service unless a producer or

shipper/pool operator agrees to

purchase low flow meters from CNGT;

and (3) issue an order requiring CNGT

to repurchase any low flow meters that

it forced parties to purchase in violation

of its FERC Gas Tariff.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said complaint should file a

motion to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 214

and 211 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure 18 CFR 385.214,

385.211. All such motions or protests

should be filed on or before July 15,

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

the proceeding. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on

file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection. Answers

to this complaint shall be due on or

before July 15, 1998.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17999 Filed 7–7–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP95–408–000 (Phase II)]

Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.;

Notice of Informal Settlement

Conference

July 1, 1998.

Take notice that an informal

settlement conference will be convened

in this proceeding on Thursday, July 9,

1998, at 10:00 a.m., at the offices of the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC,

20426, for the purpose of exploring the

possible settlement of the abovereferenced docket.

Any party, as defined by 18 CFR

385.102(c), or any participant as defined

in 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited to

attend. Persons wishing to become a

party must move to intervene and

receive intervener status pursuant to the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

385.214).

For additional information, please

contact Thomas J. Burgess at (202) 208–
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0917.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17990 Filed 7–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–634–000]

Gas Transport, Inc.; Notice of Request

Under Blanket Authorization

July 1, 1998.

Take notice that on June 25, 1998, Gas

Transport, Inc. (GTI), P.O. Box 430,

Lancaster, Ohio 43130–0430, filed in

Docket No. CP98–634–000 for approval

under Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of

the Commission’s Regulations to

construct and operate, a delivery point

in order to deliver gas to West Virginia

Power Company (WVPC) under GTI’s

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP86–291–000, all as more fully set

forth in the request which is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

The delivery point is designated as

GTI Line #1, #41+30. The delivery point

will be located in Steele District, Wood

County, West Virginia and will be used

to deliver a maximum of 3,000 Dth per

year. The cost is $2,500, for which GTI

will be fully reimbursed by WVPC. The

service will be provided under GTI’s IT

Rate Schedule.

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 therefore,

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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17989 Filed 7–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–143–000]

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership; Notice of Site Visit

July 1, 1998.

On July 7, 1998, the Office of Pipeline

Regulation staff will participate in an

inspection of the route proposed by the

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership for its Sault Looping

Project, in Mackinac County, Michigan.

The inspection will begin at 12:00 p.m.

from the office of the U.S. Department

of Agriculture, Forest Service, Hiawatha

National Forest, Eastside Administrative

Unit at 1498 West U.S. 2, St. Ignace,

Michigan.

All interested parties may attend the

inspection. Those planning to attend

must provide their own transportation.

For further information, please contact

Paul McKee at (202) 208–1611.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17988 Filed 7–7–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 1994]

Heber Light and Power Company;

Notice of Authorization for Continued

Project Operation

July 1, 1998.

On November 2, 1995, Heber Light

and Power Company, licensee for the

Snake Creek Project No. 1994, filed an

application for a new or subsequent

license pursuant to the Federal Power

Act (FPA) and the Commission’s

regulations thereunder. Project No. 1994

is located on Snake Creek in Wasatch

County, Utah.

The license for Project No. 1994 was

issued for a period ending June 30,

1998. Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16

U.S.C. 808(a)(1), requires the

Commission, at the expiration of a

license term, to issue from year to year

an annual license to the then licensee

under the terms and conditions of the

prior license until a new license is

issued, or the project is otherwise

disposed of as provided in Section 15 or

any other applicable section of the FPA.

If the project’s prior license waived the

applicability of Section 15 of the FPA,

then, based on Section 9(b) of the

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.

558(c), and as set forth at 18 CFR

16.21(a), if the licensee of such project

has filed an application for a subsequent

license, the licensee may continue to

operate the project in accordance with

the terms and conditions of the license

after the minor or minor part license

expires, until the Commission acts on

its application. If the licensee of such a

project has not filed an application for

a subsequent license, then it may be

required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b)

(1998), to continue project operations

until the Commission issues someone

else a license for the project or

otherwise orders disposition of the

project.

If the project is subject to Section 15

of the FPA, notice is hereby given that

an annual license for Project No. 1994

is issued to Heber Light and Power

Company for a period effective July 1,

1998, through June 30, 1999, or until the

issuance of a new license for the project

or other disposition under the FPA,

whichever comes first. If issuance of a

new license (or other disposition) does

not take place on or before June 30,

1999, notice is hereby given that,

pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c), an annual

license under Section 15(a)(1) of the

FPA is renewed automatically without

further order or notice by the

Commission, unless the Commission

orders otherwise.

If the project is not subject to Section

15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given

that Heber Light and Power Company is

authorized to continue operation of the

Snake Creek Project No. 1994 until such

time as the Commission acts on its

application for subsequent license.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17992 Filed 7–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 1982]

Northern States Power Company;

Notice of Authorization for Continued

Project Operation

July 1, 1998.

On June 24, 1996, Northern States

Power Company, licensee for the

Holcombe Project No. 1982, filed an

application for a new or subsequent

license pursuant to the Federal Power

Act (FPA) and the Commission’s

regulations thereunder. Project No. 1982

is located on the Chippewa River in

Chippewa and Rusk Counties,

Wisconsin.