36892 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 130 /Wednesday, July 8, 1998 / Notices

by the California Public Utilities

Commission. In Docket No. CP93–117–

000, SDG&E received authorization to

construct, operate, and maintain a

pipeline extending from SDG&E’s

existing distribution system to Otay

Mesa, San Diego County, at the

International Border with Mexico, and

an associated meter station.

SDG&E states that between the time

the Commission granted its original

authorization in 1993 and the present,

the area intended for the proposed

border crossing has become thickly

settled. SDG&E therefore requests

permission to amend its authorization

to:

1. Exclude the section of pipeline

connecting SDG&E’s existing system to

the proposed facilities in the immediate

vicinity of the border crossing;

2. Move the location of the border

crossing 1.73 miles east to

approximately 32° 33.2′ N by 116° 53.9′

W;

3. Reduce the pipeline size from 36

inches to 30 inches; and

4. Reduce the maximum capacity

from 500 MMCF/day to 350 MMCF/day.

The facility will consist of a 100 foot

by 120 foot meter station and 400 feet

of 30-inch pipeline leading from the

meter station to the International

Boundary. Although not part of the

Section 3 authorization, SDG&E

proposes to build approximately 3 miles

of pipeline connecting the proposed

facilities with SDG&E’s existing

Hinshaw distribution system.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before July 22,

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. 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

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by 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 notion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that permission and

approval for the proposed 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 SDG&E to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17987 Filed 7–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. ER98–6–000 and ER98–6–001]

USGen New England, Inc.; Notice of

Issuance of Orders

July 1, 1998.

USGen New England, Inc. (USGenNE)

filed an application for Commission

authorization to engage in wholesale

power sales at market-based rates, and

for certain waivers and authorizations.

In particular, USGenNE requested that

the Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liabilities by USGenNE. On February

25, 1998, the Commission issued an

Order that inadvertently did not include

USGenNE’s name in the Ordering

Paragraphs that granted to USGenNE the

waivers and blanket authorizations

generally afforded to power marketers.

On March 27, 1998, USGenNE filed a

Request For Clarification or, In The

Alternative, Request For Rehearing of

the Commission’s February 25 Order.

On June 10, 1998, the Commission

issued an Order on Clarification and

Rehearing that clarified the earlier order

regarding such waivers and blanket

authorizations.

The Commission’s February 25, 1998

and the June 10, 1998 Orders granted

the request for blanket approval under

Part 34, subject to the conditions found

in Ordering Paragraphs (J), (K), and (M)

of the February 25, 1998 Order:

(J) Within 30 days of the date of this

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the Commission’s blanket

approval of issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities by USGenNE

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 385.214.

(K) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (J) above, USGenNE is hereby

authorized to issue securities and

assume obligations and liabilities as

guarantor, indorser, surety or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of

USGenNE, compatible with the public

interest, and reasonably necessary or

appropriate for such purposes.

(M) The Commission reserves the

right to modify this order to require a

further showing that neither public nor

private interests will be adversely

affected by continued Commission

approval of USGenNE’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liabilities

* * *.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is July 10,

1998.

Copies of the full text of the Orders

are available from the Commission’s

Public Reference Branch, 888 First

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

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18062 Filed 7–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Accepted for

Filing With the Commission

July 1, 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 License.

b. Project No.: P–2004–073.

c. Date Filed: September 2, 1997.

d. Applicant: Holyoke Water Power

Company.

e. Name of Project: Holyoke

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Connecticut River

in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin

Counties, Massachusetts.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 791(a)—825(r).

h. Applicant Contact:

Ronald G. Chevalier, Vice President,

Holyoke Water Power Company, P.O.
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Box 270, Hartford, CT 06141–0270,

(860) 665–5315.

James J. Kearns, Project Manager,

Northeast Utilities Service Company,

P.O. Box 270, Hartford, CT 06141–

0270, (860) 665–5936.

Catherine E. Shively, Counsel, Public

Service Company of New Hampshire,

1000 Elm Street, Manchester, NH

03105, (603) 634–2326.

i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer (202)

219–0365.

j. Comment Date: August 31, 1998.

k. Status of Environmental Analysis:

This application has been accepted, but

is not ready for environmental analysis

at this time—see attached paragraph E1.

l. Description of Project: The

proposed run-of-river project would

consist of the following features: (1) an

approximately 1,000-foot-long masonry

dam to elevation of 97.47 feet National

Geodetic Vertical datum, topped with a

3.1-foot-high rubber dam; (2) upstream

and downstream fish passage facilities;

(3) a 2,290-acre reservoir that extends

approximately 25 miles upstream; (4) a

three-level canal system adjacent to the

river with headgates at the dam; (5) six

separate hydroelectric facilities, named

Hadley Falls Station, Riverside Station,

Boatlock Station, Beebe-Holbrook Units,

Skinner Unit and Chemical Units, and

except for the Hadley Falls Station

which has its intake structure adjacent

to the canal headgate structure, the

facilities withdraw water from the canal

system; (6) a total nameplate capacity of

43,756 kilowatts; (7) transmission line

connections; and (8) appurtenant

facilities. The estimated average annual

generation is about 223,389 megawatthours.

m. Purpose of Project: The power

generated by the project is used for

station service on site and sold to

industrial customers in Holyoke, with

the remainder transmitted to other

utilities for resale outside of Holyoke.

n. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B1 and

E1.

o. Available Locations of Application:

A copy of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference and

Files and Maintenance Branch, located

at 888 First Street, N.E., Room 2A–1,

Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–2326. A copy is also available

for inspection and reproduction at

Holyoke Water Power Company, 1 Canal

Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts 01040,

(413) 536–9428.

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 and 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,

protest, or motions to intervene must be

received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

E1. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—The application is not

ready for environmental analysis at this

time; therefore, the Commission is not

now requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions.

When the application is ready for

environmental analysis, the

Commission will issue a public notice

and requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’ (2) set

forth in the heading the name of the

applicant and the project number of the

application to which the filing

responds; (3) furnish the name, address,

and telephone number of the person

protesting or intervening; and (4)

otherwise comply with the requirements

of the 18 CFR 385.2001 through

385.2005. Agencies may obtain copies of

the application directly from the

applicant. Any of these documents must

be filed by providing the original and

the number of copies required 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, Office of Hydropower

Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, at the above address. A

copy of any protest or motion to

intervene must be served upon each

representative of the applicant specified

in the particular application.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17993 Filed 7–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Competing Application

Accepted for Filing With the

Commission

July 1, 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 License.

b. Project No.: P–11607–000.

c. Date Filed: August 29, 1997.

d. Competing Applicant(s):

Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant and

Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale

Electric Company.

e. Name of Project: Holyoke

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Connecticut River

in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin

Counties, Massachusetts.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 791(a)–825(r).

h. Competing Applicant(s) Contact:

Roger W. Bacon, Director, Power

Services Division, Mass. Municipal

Wholesale Elec. Company, Randall

Road, P.O. Box 426, Ludlow, MA

01056, (413) 589–1041.

Jack LcMieur, Acting General Manager,

Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant,

78 Central Street, P.O. Box 823,

Ashburnham, MA 01430, (508) 827–

4423.

i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer (202)

219–0365.

j. Comment Date: August 31, 1998.

k. Status of Environmental Analysis:

This application has been accepted, but

is not ready for environmental analysis

at this time—see attached paragraph E1.

l. Description of Project: The

proposed run-of-river project would

consist of the following features: (1) an

approximately 1,000-foot-long masonry

dam to elevation 97.47 feet National

Geodetic Vertical datum, topped with a

3.1-foot-high rubber dam; (2) upstream

and downstream fish passage facilities;

(3) the Fish Lift Park adjoining the dam;

(4) a 2,290-acre reservoir that extends

approximately 25 miles upstream; (5) a

three-level canal system adjacent to the

river with headgates at the dam; (6) six

separate hydroelectric facilities, named

Hadley Falls Station, Riverside Station,

Boatlock Station, Beebe-Holbrook Units,

Skinner Unit and Chemical Units, and

except for the Hadley Falls Station

which has its intake structure adjacent

to the canal headgate structure, the

facilities withdraw water from the canal

system; (7) a total nameplate capacity of

58,756 kilowatts (kW), consisting of the