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capacity of Line K is approximately

45,000 Mcf per day. National Fuel

estimates the cost of the project to be

$784,800. In connection with this

replacement project, National Fuel

proposes to abandon approximately

2,735 feet of the existing pipeline.

National Fuel explains that 1,529 feet of

pipe will be removed with an additional

1,206 feet of pipe being abandoned in

place. National Fuel states that removal

of these facilities will not affect service

to existing markets. National Fuel

estimates the cost of abandoning the

line to be $10,000. National Fuel states

that the facilities will be financed with

internally-generated funds and/or

interim short-term bank loans.

Any person desiring to participate in

the hearing process or to make any

protest with reference to said

application should on or before January

20, 1998, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a

motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)

and the Regulations under the Natural

Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All protests

filed with the Commission will be

considered by it in determining the

appropriate action to be taken but will

not serve to make the protestants parties

to the proceeding. The Commission’s

rules require that protestors provide

copies of their protests to the party or

parties directly involved. Any person

wishing to become a party to a

proceeding or to participate as a party

in any hearing therein must file a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the Commission’s Rules.

A person obtaining intervenor status

will be placed on the service list

maintained by the Secretary of the

Commission and will receive copies of

all documents filed by the applicant and

by every one of the intervenors. An

intervenor can file for rehearing of any

Commission order and can petition for

court review of any such order.

However, an intervenor must submit

copies of comments or any other filing

it makes with the Commission to every

other intervenor in the proceeding, as

well as 14 copies with the Commission.

A person does not have to intervene,

however, in order to have comments

considered. A person, instead, may

submit two copies of comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Commenters will be placed on the

Commission’s environmental mailing

list, will receive copies of

environmental documents and will be

able to participate in meetings

associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Commenters will not be required to

serve copies of filed documents on all

other parties. However, commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission and will not have the right

to seek rehearing or appeal the

Commission’s final order to a federal

court.

The Commission will consider all

comments and concerns equally,

whether filed by commenters or those

requesting intervenor status.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas

Act and the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, a hearing will

be held without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that a grant of the

certificate is required by the public

convenience and necessity. If a motion

for leave to intervene is timely filed, or

if the Commission on its own motion

believes that a formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for National Fuel to appear

or be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–901–000]

Sierra Pacific Power Company; Notice

of Filing

December 30, 1997.

Take notice that on November 26,

1997, Sierra Pacific Power Company

(Sierra), filed an amendment to the

unexecuted Network Service Agreement

with the Truckee Donner Public Utility

District that Sierra Pacific previously

filed in the above-referenced docket on

July 2, 1997.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervence 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 must be filed on or before

January 9, 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 the filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–169 Filed 1–5–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2017–011]

Southern California Edison Company;

Notice of Extension of Time

December 30, 1997.

At the scoping meeting for the Big

Creek No. 4 Project, P–2017, held on

December 16, 1997, the U.S. Forest

Service (USFS) requested an extension

of time to file written comments

regarding Scoping Document 1 (SD1),

issued November 13, 1997, in the abovedocketed proceeding. Several other

parties at the meeting, including the

California Department of Fish and Game

(CDFG), concurred that additional time

is required to complete their review of

SD1 and prepare their written

comments.

Upon consideration, notice is hereby

given that all interested parties,

including the USFS and the CDFG, are

granted an extension of time to February

20, 1998, to file comments.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–170 Filed 1–5–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–152–000]

U–T Offshore System; Notice of

Application for a Blanket Certificate

December 30, 1997.

Take notice that on December 22,

1997, U–T Offshore System (UTOS), 500

Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI 48243,

filed in Docket No. CP98–152–000 an
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application for a Blanket Certificate of

Public Convenience and Necessity

under Subpart F Part 157 of the

Commission’s Regulations requesting

authority to engage in the activity

described in Section 157.203 of the

Commission’s Regulations, all as more

fully set forth in the request that is on

file with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

motion should on or before January 20,

1998, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, a

motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 384.214 or 385.211)

and the Regulations under the Natural

Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All protests

filed with the Commission will be

considered by it in determining the

appropriate action to be taken but will

not serve to make the protestants parties

to the proceeding. Any person wishing

to become a party to a proceeding or to

participate as a party in any hearing

therein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

Rules.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–167 Filed 1–5–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–148–000]

Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

December 30, 1997.

Take notice that on December 19,

1997, Williams Natural Gas Company

(WNG), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma

74101, filed in Docket No. CP98–148–

000 a request pursuant to Sections

157.205, 157.212 and 157.216 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.212 and 157.216) for authorization

to abandon in place by sale to Western

Resources, Inc. (WRI), approximately

3,246 feet of 2-inch lateral pipeline and

to relocate and replace the WRI

Richmond town border meter setting

and appurtenant facilities, located in

Franklin County, Kansas, under WNG’s

blanket certificate issued in Docket Nos.

CP82–479–000, pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request that is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Specifically, WNG seeks authorization

to: (1) Abandon in place by sale to WRI

approximately 3,246 feet of the

Richmond 2-inch lateral pipeline

beginning in Section 7, Township 19

South, Range 20 East, Franklin County,

Kansas and ending in Section 13,

Township 19 South, Range 19 East,

Franklin County, Kansas, (2) reclaim the

WRI Richmond town border meter

setting and appurtenant facilities from

Section 13, Township 19 South, Range

19 East, Franklin County, Kansas, and

(3) install a new rotary meter setting and

high pressure regulator setting at the site

of the existing regulator setting in

Section 7, Township 19 South, Range 20

East, Franklin County, Kansas.

WNG states that selling the pipeline,

replacing and relocating the town

border meter setting will allow WRI to

receive gas that this location at a higher

delivery pressure in order to

accommodate a proposed housing

subdivision in the area. WNG states that

the most recent annual volume through

the Richmond town border setting was

27,222 Dth with a peak day volume of

259 Dth and that no significant change

in volume is expected immediately.

WNG states that the cost to replace and

relocate the Richmond town border

meter setting is estimated to be

$127,435.

WNG states that the four domestic

customers located on the pipeline to be

sold to WRI that are currently billed and

served by WRI will continue to served

by WRI after the abandonment.

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

§ 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–166 Filed 1–5–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2100–083]

California Department of Water

Resources; Notice of Availability of

Environmental Assessment

December 30, 1997.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission’s)

Regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order

486, 52 F.R. 47897), the Commission’s

Office of Hydropower Licensing has

reviewed an application for a temporary

modification in the minimum flow

requirement at the Themalito Afterbay

Outlet (Outlet) of the Feather River

Hydroelectric Project, Project No. 2100–

083. The project is located on the

Feather River, Butte County, California.

Based on an agreement with state and

federal resource agencies, the licensee

wishes to temporarily reduce flows at

the Outlet to 1,500 cfs for a maximum

of 75 days, from January 1 through

March 15, 1998, to help recover water

supply lost due to actions taken in

spring 1997 to help fish. The agreement

also calls for the licensee to increase

flows to the low flow channel of the

Feather River from 600 to 900 cfs from

October 15, 1997 through February 28,

1998. An Environmental Assessment

(EA) was prepared for the application.

The EA finds that approving the

application would not constitute a

major federal action significantly

affecting the quality of the human

environment.

Copies of the EA are available for

review in the Public Reference Branch,

Room 2–A, of the Commission’s offices

at 888 First Street, N.E., Washington,

D.C. 20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–195 Filed 1–5–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of New Docket Prefix IC

December 30, 1997.

Notice is hereby given that a new

docket prefix IC has been established for

notices issued by the Commission on its

information collection requirements.

These notices announce the

Commission’s efforts to have public