Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 136 /Thursday, July 16, 1998 / Notices 38395

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Joseph J. Seebode, Chief, Regulatory

Branch, New York District Corps of

Engineers, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 1937,

New York, New York 10278–0090,

Telephone (212) 264–3996.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Project Description

The project proposed by the

applicant, the Port Authority of New

York and New Jersey, would provide a

subaqueous site for confined disposal of

material dredged from the Port of New

York and New Jersey. The proposed

work would include dredging sediment

from areas ranging form approximately

10 to 30 acres within the footprint of the

existing Federal Navigation Channel in

Newark Bay, for the purpose of

constructing sub-channel disposal cells.

Cell sizes and capacities would vary

depending upon their exact locations.

The maximum proposed cell depth

would be approximately 90 feet below

mean low water (MLW), or to bedrock,

if bedrock is encountered at a shallower

depth. Cell capacities would be

approximately 75% of the volume of

dredged sediment, based upon an

anticipated 1.2 ‘‘bulking factor’’. Cells

would be constructed on an as needed

basis, but only one (1) cell would be

operational at any time. Up to 20 cells

are proposed for construction with a

total capacity of approximately

10,000,000 cubic yards.

Accumulated surface and near-surface

sediment dredged during construction,

which has been exposed to

contemporary or historic sources of

contamination, would be disposed of at

the Newark Bay Confined Disposal

Facility or in a previously constructed

cell. Underlying sediment would be

utilized for some type of beneficial use,

such as remediation material at the

Historic Area Restoration Site (HARS)

off Sandy Hook, New Jersey,

construction material for restoration or

remediation projects, or in wetland

creation/enhancement projects in the

New York-New Jersey region.

The proposed cells would be filled to

2.5 feet below the authorized channel

depth, through restricted point source

discharges of dredged materials from the

Port of New York and New Jersey.

Natural sedimentation would return the

site to the authorized channel depth.

2. Alternatives

Decision options available to the

District Engineer are issue the permit,

issue the permit with modifications or

conditions, or deny the permit. In

addition to the no action alternative, the

alternatives to be considered within the

EIS will include the following:

a. Alternative sites and site

configurations for subaqueous disposal

of dredged material.

b. Alternative methods of dredged

material disposal:

(1) Containment Islands and Areas

(land extension).

(2) Upland Disposal.

(3) Wetland Creation.

(4) Incineration and other

decontamination technologies.

(5) Disposal at independent

contractor’s option.

3. EIS Scoping

As part of the EIS scoping process,

comments on the proposed scope of the

EIS will be accepted until the expiration

of 45 calendar days after the publication

of this Notice of Intent in the Federal

Register. All comments should be

addressed to the indicated contact

person. In addition to receiving written

comments, the USACE will receive oral

comments during a public scoping

meeting to be scheduled during the

latter part of the scoping period. Formal

notice of this meeting will be made

through mailings and/or legal notices in

newspapers.

4. Public Participation in the EIS

Process

Creation of the EIS process will

provide opportunities for full

participation by interested state and

local agencies, as well as other

interested organizations and the general

public. These opportunities will include

public meetings and information

sessions. All interested parties are

encouraged to submit their names and

addresses to the contact person

indicated above for inclusion on the EIS

distribution list and any related public

notices.

5. Federal Agency Participation in the

EIS Process

Full opportunity for federal agency

participation will be provided. Federal

agencies with an interest in this EIS

effort are invited to participate as

cooperating agencies pursuant to 40

CFR 1501.6. Interested federal agencies

are requested to indicate their desire to

participate to the contact person.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–19023 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–06–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Reissuance of Solicitation for

Financial Assistance Number DE–

PS07–98ID13651—Industrial Process

Control With Laser-Based Ultrasonics

AGENCY: Idaho Operations Office, DOE.

SUMMARY: This is a reissuance of DE–

PS07–98ID13651. The U.S. Department

of Energy (DOE), Idaho Operations

Office (ID) is seeking applications for

cost-shared research and development

of Laser-Based Ultrasonic technologies

that will enhance economic

competitiveness, reduce energy

consumption and reduce environmental

impacts of the steel industry. The

objective of the solicitation is to develop

and use an integrated laser ultrasonic

system for in-process manufacturing

applications in the U.S. steel industry

via: (1) Development of an integrated

sensor system to combine the use of

laser ultrasonics with other

measurement tools to meet the inprocess monitoring requirements for

accuracy and reproducibility; and (2)

installation and use of this integrated

system in an industrial process

demonstrating the cost-savings utility to

the industry. A total of $1,500,000 in

federal funds ($550,000 in fiscal year

1998, $500,000 in fiscal year 1999, and

$450,000 in fiscal year 2000) is expected

to be available to fund this effort. DOE

anticipates making a single award with

a duration of three years or less. A

minimum of 30% non-federal cost-share

is required for research and

development and a minimum of 50%

non-federal cost-share is required for

later demonstration and process

evaluation. Collaborations between

industry, university, and Federal

Laboratory participants are encouraged.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: T.

Wade Hillebrant, Contract Specialist;

Procurement Services Division, U.S.

DOE, Idaho Operations Office, 850

Energy Drive, MS 1221, Idaho Falls, ID

83401–1563; telephone (208) 526–0547,

e-mail—hillebtw@id.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

statutory authority for the program is

the Federal Non-Nuclear Energy

Research and Development Act of 1974

(P.L. 93–577). The Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number

for this program is 81.086. The

solicitation text is posted on the ID

Procurement Services Division home

page and may be accessed using

Universal Resource Locator address at

http://www.id.doe.gov/doeid/

solicit.html. This site also includes a

link to the report of the workshop on

Industrial Applications of Laser

Ultrasonics. The Application Instruction
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1See 83 FERC ¶ 61,194.

package forms (No.’s 1 through 6 and 7

if applicable) may be accessed at http:/

/www.id.doe.gov/doeid/

application.html. Sources intending to

propose should send a notice of intent

to propose to Mr. Hillebrant (point of

contact listed above) by July 15, 1998.

Deadline for receipt of applications is

July 31, 1998, with additional time

allowed for cost share commitment

information submittal. Hard copies of

the solicitation and the application

forms may also be requested from Mr.

Hillebrant.

Issued in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on June 24,

1998.

R. Jeffrey Hoyles,

Director, Procurement Services Division.

[FR Doc. 98–18972 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–650–000]

Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Application

July 10, 1998.

Take notice that on July 2, 1998,

Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans) located at

3500 Park Lane, Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania 15275 filed in the

referenced docket an application

pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural

Gas Act (NGA), as amended and Part

157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s Regulations thereunder

(18 CFR Sections 157.7 and 157.18),

requesting issuance of a Commission

order authorizing Equitrans to effect the

sale and transfer to Tri-County Oil & Gas

Company (Tri-County) certain of its

natural gas gathering facilities

comprising the North Littleton gathering

system, located in Wetzel and

Monongalia Counties, West Virginia, all

as more fully set forth in the application

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Equitrans seeks a determination that

once conveyed, these facilities will be

gathering facilities exempt from the

Commission’s jurisdiction.

Specifically, Equitrans proposes to

abandon and transfer to Tri-County, the

North Littleton gathering system

consisting of 216 segments of pipe

totaling 214,028 feet and ranging from 2

to 16 inches in diameter with each

segment less than 2 miles in length and

13 metering stations. Equitrans proposes

to sell these facilities to Tri-County for

the negotiated amount of $238,744.

Currently, Equitable Gas Company

(Equitable), the predominant shipper on

the North Littleton system and an

affiliate of Equitrans, serves the

communities of Burton, Eastview and

Hundred, West Virginia as well as 92

rural distribution customers from taps

on the system. In addition, Equitable

and other third parties ship local

production on the system for delivery to

Carnegie Interstate Pipeline Company or

the transmission system of Equitrans.

Equitrans indicates that Tri-County has

agreed that none of these arrangements

with Equitrans, Equitable and other

third party shippers will be

discontinued, and that for a period of

two years, Tri-County has agreed that

the gathering charge to shippers will not

exceed the maximun rate for gathering

which Equitrans is authorized to charge

under its FERC Gas Tariff.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before July 31,

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 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 proceedings. 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

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 with the

time required herein or if the

Commission on its own review of the

matter, finds that a grant of the

certificate for the proposal is required

by the public convenience and

necessity. If the Commission 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 Equitrans to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18918 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–610–003]

Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.;

Notice of Compliance Filing

July 10, 1998.

Take notice that on June 26, 1998,

Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.

(Granite State), tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Third

Revised Volume No. 1, the following

revised and original tariff sheets:

First Revised Sheet Nos. 27 through 28

Original Sheet Nos. 29 and 30

First Revised Sheet No. 100

First Revised Sheet No. 183

Original Sheet Nos. 184 through 199

The tariff sheets are filed in

compliance with the provisions of the

May 27, 1998 certificate order issued in

CP96–610–000.1 Granite State states that

the tariff sheets reflect the initial rates

for the firm LNG storage and

vaporization service approved in the

certificate order and the provisions of

Rate Schedule LNG–1 for firm service.

The filing also includes a proposed Rate

Schedule LNG–2 for interruptible

peaking storage service and the

proposed rates for such service.

Granite State further states that it will

file substitute replacement tariff sheets

with effective dates not less than 60

days before the date on which the

completed and tested storage facility is

ready to receive shipments of LNG for

injection and storage. Granite State says

it will also file, at that time, any

revisions to the General Terms and

Conditions of its tariff that are necessary

to reflect the effect of the two new

storage services and any proposed

changes in the initial rates, if necessary.

Granite State says that it must file an

executed contract with Northern

Utilities, Inc. for firm peaking storage

service under Rate Schedule LNG–1

before construction can commence, as

conditioned by the certificate order.

Granite State also says that when it

submits the executed contract, it will

also file the forms of requests for service

under Rate Schedules LNG–1 and LNG–

2 and the forms of contracts for service

in tariff sheet format.