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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 385.211 and

385.214) 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 in any

proceeding herein 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

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 permission and approval for the

proposed abandonments and a grant of

the certificate are 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 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 Columbia to appear or

to be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18654 Filed 7–13–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–638–000]

Columbia Gulf Transmission

Company; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

July 8, 1998.

Take notice that on June 26, 1998,

Columbia Gulf Transmission Company

(Columbia Gulf), 206 Augusta, STE 125,

Post Office Box 683, Houston, Texas

77001–0683, filed in Docket No. CP98–

638–000, a request pursuant to Sections

157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and

157.211) and Columbia Gulf’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP83–

496–000, pursuant to 18 CFR Part 157,

Subpart F of the Natural Gas Act, to

construct and operate delivery facilities

for Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA),

in Wilson, County, Tennessee, all as

more fully set forth in the request which

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

Specifically, Columbia Gulf requests

authorization to construct and operate

the delivery facilities for interruptible

transportation service to TVA to serve

the Gallatin Plant and would provide

the service pursuant to its blanket

certificate authority under existing

authorized rate schedules and within

certificated entitlements and pursuant

to TVA’s request. Columbia Gulf states

that TVA has requested interruptible

transportation service of 240 MDth per

day under Columbia Gulf’s Rate

Schedule ITS–1.

Columbia Gulf indicates that the

facilities would include a 12-inch tap,

12-inch ball value, and 12-inch ring

joint blind flange on its 30-inch

mainline lateral. Columbia Gulf states

that the cost to construct the facilities

would be approximately $893,400 and

would be paid for by TVA. Columbia

Gulf also states that it would comply

with all of the environmental

requirements of Sections 157.206(d) of

the Commission’s Regulations prior to

the construction of any facilities.

In addition, it is indicated in the

agreement between Columbia and TVA

that TVA would own and be responsible

for the design and construction of 2.3

miles of 12-inch lateral pipeline

extending to its Gallatin Plant. It is

further indicated that nothing shall

prohit or restrict TVA from selling or

otherwise transferring all or part of its

ownership interest in the lateral

pipeline to a third party that will

transport gas through the lateral

pipeline.

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) motion to intervene of 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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18655 Filed 7–13–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–647–000]

Florida Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Application To Abandon

July 8, 1998.

Take notice that on July 1, 1998,

Florida Gas Transmission Company

(FGT), P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas

77251–1188, filed under Section 7(b) of

the Natural Gas Act, for authority to

abandon by sale to Acacia Natural Gas

Corporation (Acacia) gas facilities

consisting of 43.7 miles of pipeline in

the counties of Jackson, Calhoun, and

Matagorda, Texas. FGT also seeks a

determination that the facilities, will not

be subject to Commission jurisdiction
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under NGA Section 1(b) once they are

conveyed to Acacia and disconnected

from FGT’s system. This application is

on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

Specifically, FGT proposes to sell the

Palacios Lateral consisting of 12.1 miles

of 6-inch line and a measurement

station, the Palacios Loop consisting of

13.5 miles of 8-inch line, the Appling

Lateral consisting of 11.9 miles of 4-inch

line, the North LaWard Lateral

consisting of 6.1 miles of 6-inch line,

and the Mobil North LaWard Lateral

consisting of 0.1 miles of 2-inch line.

FGT states that it has no natural gas

reserves attached to the facilities and

that throughput is minimal.

FGT also seeks a determination that

the facilities will be exempt from

Commission jurisdiction after they are

sold and disconnected from FGT’s

system. FGT states that Acacia will use

the pipelines for gathering.

Any person desiring to be heard or

make a protest with reference to said

application should on or before July 29,

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 Protesters 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 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, or 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 FGT to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18656 Filed 7–13–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–724–000]

NorAm Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Site Visit

July 8, 1998.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will be conducting a site

visit for NorAm Gas Transmission

Company’s Line F Replacement Project

in Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne,

and Lincoln Parishes, Louisiana on

Thursday and Friday, July 16 & 17,

1998.

Anyone interested in participating in

the site visit or requiring additional

information about the project may

contact Paul McKee in the

Commission’s Office of External Affairs

at (202) 208–1088. Participants must

provide their own transportation.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18653 Filed 7–13–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2042–010]

Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend

Oreille County; Notice Rescinding

Notice of Offer of Settlement

July 8, 1998.

On May 14, 1998, the United States

Department of the Interior, through the

Bureau of Indian Affairs and the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, the Public

Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille

County, Washington, the Kalispel Tribe

of Indians, the Washington State

Department of Fish and Wildlife, and

the United States Forest Service filed an

Offer of Settlement which, if approved

by the Commission, would resolve the

pending license amendment application

for the Box Canyon Project No. 2042,

filed by the District on February 18,

1997.

Notice of the Settlement Agreement

was issued on may 27, 1998, 63 FR

29,983 (June 2, 1998), establishing dates

of June 17, 1998, for comments and June

29, 1998, for reply comments. A second

notice of the Settlement Agreement was

inadvertently issued on June 25, 1998,

63 Fed. Reg. 35,920 (July 1, 1998). The

June 25, 1998 notice is hereby revoked.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18657 Filed 7–13–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1223–DR]

Florida; Amendment No. 3 to Notice of

a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Florida, (FEMA–1223–DR), dated June

18, 1998, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 29, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Florida, is hereby amended to include

reimbursement of local municipal fire

fighting costs (Category B) under the

Public Assistance program in the

following areas among those areas

determined to have been adversely

affected by the catastrophe declared a

major disaster by the President in his

declaration of June 18, 1998:

Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Clay,

Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler,

Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Hernando,

Lafayette, Lake, Lee, Levy, Madison, Marion,

Nassau, Okaloosa, Orange, Osceola, Pasco,

Putnam, St. Johns, Seminole, Sumter,

Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Volusia, and

Walton Counties.

All counties in the State of Florida are

eligible to apply for assistance under the

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing