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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. 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.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal

Energy Regulation 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 the abandonment

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 Applicants to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1870 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application for Preliminary

Permit

January 21, 1998.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary

Permit.

b. Project No.: 11609–000.

c. Date filed: November 3, 1997.

d. Applicant: South Fork Irrigation

District and Hot Springs Valley

Irrigation District.

e. Name of Project: West Valley

Project.

f. Location: On the Cedar Creek, in

Lassen and Modoc Counties, California.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C., 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Don R.

Pope, 9709 W. Fairview Avenue,

Littleton, CO 80127–3955, (303) 973–

9610.

i. FERC Contact: Mr. Robert Bell,

(202) 219–2806.

j. Comment Date: April 7, 1998.

k. Description of Project: The

proposed pumped storage project would

consist of: (1) the existing 16-foot-high,

1,100-foot-long earthen Moon Lake

Dam; (2) the Moon Lake Reservoir,

having a surface area of 3,000 acres, a

storage capacity of 35,000 acre-feet, and

normal water surface elevation of 5,500

feet msl (this will serve as the upper

reservoir); (3) a new 90-foot-high, 650-

foot-long concrete dam; (4) a new

reservoir having a surface area of 184

acres, a storage capacity of 8,280 acrefeet, and normal water surface elevation

of 4,950 feet msl (this would serve as

the lower reservoir); (5) a new 18,000-

foot long tunnel connecting the

reservoirs; (6) a new powerhouse within

the tunnel, containing four generating

units with a total installed capacity of

264 MW; (7) a new 5-mile-long, 230–KV

transmission line; and (8) appurtenant

facilities.

This project would have an annual

generation of 542,880 MWh and would

be sold to a local utility.

l. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: A5, A7,

A9, A10, B, C, and D2.

A5. Preliminary Permit—Anyone

desiring to file a competing application

for preliminary permit for a proposed

project must submit the competing

application itself, or a notice of intent to

file such an application, to the

Commission on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application (see 18 CFR 4.36).

Submission of a timely notice of intent

allows an interested person to file the

competing preliminary permit

application no later than 30 days after

the specified comment date for the

particular application. A competing

preliminary permit application must

conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36.

A7. Preliminary Permit—Any

qualified development applicant

desiring to file a competing

development application must submit to

the Commission, on or before a

specified comment date for the

particular application, either a

competing development application or a

notice of intent to file such an

application. Submission of a timely

notice of intent to file a development

application allows an interested person

to file the competing application no

later than 120 days after the specified

comment date for the particular

application. A competing license

application must conform with 18 CFR

4.30(b) and 4.36.

A9. Notice of intent—A notice of

intent must specify the exact name,

business address, and telephone number

of the prospective applicant, and must

include an unequivocal statement of

intent to submit, if such an application

may be filed, either a preliminary

permit application or a development

application (specify which type of

application). A notice of intent must be

served on the applicant(s) named in this

public notice.

A10. Proposed Scope of Studies under

Permit—A preliminary permit, if issued,

does not authorize construction. The

term of the proposed preliminary permit

would be 36 months. The work

proposed under the preliminary permit

would include economic analysis,

preparation of preliminary engineering

plans, and a study of environmental

impacts. Based on the results of these

studies, the Applicant would decide

whether to proceed with the preparation

of a development application to

construct and operate the project.

B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

C. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF INTENT

TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION’’,

‘‘COMPETING APPLICATION’’,

‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION TO

INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the

project number of the particular

application to which the filing refers.

Any of the above-named documents

must be filed by providing the original

and the number of copies provided by

the Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. An additional

copy must be sent to Director, Division

of Project Review, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, at the abovementioned address. A copy of any

notice of intent, competing application
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or motion to intervene must also be

served upon each representative of the

Applicant specified in the particular

application.

D2. Agency Comments—Federal,

state, and local agencies are invited to

file comments on the described

application. A copy of the application

may be obtained by agencies directly

from the Applicant. If an agency does

not file comments within the time

specified for filing comments, it will be

presumed to have no comments. One

copy of an agency’s comments must also

be sent to the Applicant’s

representatives.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1873 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Notice of Cases Filed During the Week

of November 10 Through November 14,

1997

During the Week of November 10

through November 14, 1997, the

appeals, applications, petitions or other

requests listed in this Notice were filed

with the Office of Hearings and Appeals

of the Department of Energy.

Any person who will be aggrieved by

the DOE action sought in any of these

cases may file written comments on the

application within ten days of

publication of this Notice or the date of

receipt of actual notice, whichever

occurs first. All such comments shall be

filed with the Office of Hearings and

Appeals, Department of Energy,

Washington, D.C. 20585–0107.

Dated: January 15, 1998.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

LIST OF CASES RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

[Week of Nov. 10 through Nov. 14, 1997]

Date Name and location of applicant Case No. Type of submission

11/12/97 Dykema Gossett, Washington, DC.VFA–0349 ........ Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If Granted: The October 20, 1997 Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by the Oak Ridge Operations Office

would be rescinded, and Dykema Gossett would receive access to certain DOE

information.

11/13/97 Personnel Security Review.VSA–0146 ........ Request for Review of Opinion under 10 CFR Part 710. If Granted: The July 31,

1997 Opinion of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, Case No. VSO–0146,

would be reviewed at the request of an individual employed by the Department

of Energy.

11/14/97 Convergence Research,

Portland, Oregon.

VFA–0350 ........ Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If Granted: The October 16, 1997 Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by the Bonneville Power Administration would be rescinded, and Convergence Research would receive access to

certain DOE information.

11/14/97 Personnel Security Review.VSA–0161 ........ Request for Review of Opinion under 10 CFR. If Granted: The October 14, 1997

Opinion of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, Case No. VSO-0161, would be

reviewed at the request of an individual employed by the Department of Energy.

[FR Doc. 98–1828 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5954–2]

Continuing Planning Process for the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability for public

review and comment of the continuing

planning process (CPP) for the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

SUMMARY: The Clean Water Act (the Act)

at section 303(e), and EPA’s

implementing regulation at 40 CFR

130.5, requires that each State shall

establish and maintain a continuing

planning process (CPP) consistent with

the Act. Each State is responsible for

managing its water quality program to

implement the processes specified in

the CPP, and EPA is responsible for

periodically reviewing the adequacy of

the State’s CPP.

Pennsylvania developed and

submitted a CPP in 1977. EPA

subsequently approved that CPP. This

notice is being published in accordance

with Paragraph 18 of the consent decree

in the matter of American Littoral

Society and Public Interest Research

Group of Pennsylvania v. EPA, Civil

Docket No. 96–489. Consistent with the

consent decree, EPA is publishing this

notice of availability of the CPP to

interested parties. By June 1, 1998, EPA

will prepare and make available to

interested parties for their review and

comment its preliminary written

summary of its review of the CPP.

Copies of the CPP are available by

contacting the person listed in the

following FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Once available, copies

of EPA’s preliminary written summary

may also be requested.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sarah B. Blackman, Office of

Watersheds, at (215) 566–5720, or by

e-mail at

blackman.sarah@epamail.epa.gov.

Robert J. Mitkus,

Deputy Director, Water Protection Division,

EPA Region III.

[FR Doc. 98–1914 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5954–8]

Announcement of Stakeholders

Meeting on Arsenic in Drinking Water

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of stakeholders meeting.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) will be holding a one-day

public meeting on February 25, 1998 in

San Antonio, Texas. The purpose of this

meeting is to present information on

EPA’s plans for activities to develop a

proposed National Primary Drinking

Water Regulation (NPDWR) for arsenic