Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 140 /Wednesday, July 22, 1998 / Notices 39283

1See, 20 FERC ¶ 62,410 (1982).

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–239–001]

Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C.,

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

July 16, 1998.

Take notice that on July 13, 1998,

Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C (Destin)

tendered for filing certain modifications

to its FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume

No. 1, to become effective on July 1,

1998.

Destin states that the purpose of this

filing is to clarify its Rate Schedule FT–

1 and FT–2 banking provisions filed on

June 1, 1998 in compliance with the

Commission’s Letter Order issued June

26, 1998 in the above-referenced docket

(June 26 Order), as more particularly

described in Destin’s July 13, 1998

filing.

Destin requests that its proposed tariff

changes be made effective July 1, 1998,

which is the effective date set forth in

the June 26 Order for the tariff sheets

filed in the June 1, 1998 filing.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed as provided in Section 154.210 of

the Commission’s Regulations. 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 proceedings.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19451 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–3026–000]

DTE Edison America, Inc.; Notice of

Issuance of Order

July 16, 1998.

DTE Edison America, Inc. (DTE

Edison America), an affiliate of Detroit

Edison Company, filed an application

for Commission authorization to engage

in wholesale power sales at marketbased rates, and for certain waivers and

authorizations. In particular, DTE

Edison America requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liabilities by DTE Edison America.

On July 16, 1998, the Commission

issued an Order Accepting For Filing

Proposed Market-Based Rates (Order), in

the above-docketed proceeding.

The Commission’s July 16, 1998

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (C), (D), and (F):

(C) 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 DTE Edison

America 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.

(D) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (C) above, DTE Edison

America 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

DTE Edison America, compatible with

the public interest, and reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

(F) 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 DTE

Edison America’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 August

17, 1998.

Copies of the full text of the Order 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. 98–19500 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–660–000]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

July 16, 1998.

Take notice that on July 10, 1998,

Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street,

Omaha, Nebraska 68124–1000, filed in

Docket No. CP98–660–000 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, 157.216) for

authorization to upgrade an existing

delivery point located in O’Brien

County, Iowa, to provide incremental

natural gas service to MidAmerican

Energy Company (MidAm), under

Northern’s blanket certificate issued in

Docket No. CP82–401–000 1 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.

Northern states that it requests

authority to upgrade the existing

delivery point at an estimated cost of

$47,000 to provide incremental natural

gas service to MidAm under currently

effective throughput service agreements.

Estimated incremental volumes

proposed to be delivered to MidAm at

this delivery point will be 695 MMBtu

on a peak day and 62, 781 MMBtu on

an annual basis.

Northern states that the volumes to be

delivered to the MidAm after the

request do not exceed the total volumes

authorized prior to the request. The

proposed activity is not prohibited by

Northern’s existing tariff and Northern

has sufficient capacity to accommodate

the changes proposed herein without

detriment or disadvantage to Northern’s

other customers.

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

358.214) a motion to intervene or 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
39284 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 140 /Wednesday, July 22, 1998 / Notices

1League to Save Sierra Lakes, El Dorado County

Taxpayers for Quality Growth, Forty-Niner Council

of the Boy Scouts of America, Plasse Homestead

Homeowners’ Association, Kit Carson Lodge,

Caples Lake Resort, Kirkwood Meadows Public

Utilities District, Northern Sierra Summer

Homeowners’ Association, East Silver Lake

Improvement Association, South Silver Lake

Homeowners’ Association, Lake Kirkwood

Association, Plasse’s Resort, California Sportfishing

Protection Alliance, Environmental Planning and

Information Council of Western El Dorado County,

Inc., Friends Aware of Wildlife Needs, Safegrow,

California Native Plant Society, Caples Lake

Homeowners Association, Soreson’s Resort, and

Sierra Club.

2See 18 CFR 385.2008(a).

3August 9, 1998 falls on a Sunday.

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. 98–19448 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. GT98–83–000]

Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff and Filing of Non-Conforming

Service Agreements

July 16, 1998.

Take notice that on July 13, 1998,

Northwest Pipeline Corporation

(Northwest) tendered for filing and

acceptance several non-conforming

service agreements and, as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume

No. 1, the following tariff sheets to

become effective August 13, 1998:

Fifth Revised Sheet No. 363

Second Revised Sheet No. 364

Original Sheet No. 365

Sheets Nos. 366 through 374

Northwest states that each of the

service agreements contains a contractspecific operational flow order

provision and/or a provision imposing

subordinate primary corridor rights with

an exemption from reservation charge

adjustments for nominations that are not

scheduled as a result of the subordinate

scheduling priority. The tariff sheets are

submitted to add these agreements to

the list of non-conforming service

agreements contained in Northwest’s

tariff, and to remove three terminated

service agreements from such list.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed as provided in Section 154.210 of

the Commission’s Regulations. 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 proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19449 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 184–057

Pacific Gas and Electric Company El

Dorado Irrigation District; Notice

Extending Deadline

July 16, 1998.

By application filed April 17, 1998,

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

(PG&E) and the El Dorado Irrigation

District (El Dorado) asked to transfer the

license for Project No. 184 from PG&E

to El Dorado. The Commission issued a

Notice of Transfer of License on April

29, 1998 (63 FR 24780, May 5, 1998),

setting June 10, 1998, as the deadline for

filing comments, protests, and motions

to intervene. On June 10, 1998, Alpine

County, California, et al. (movants),1

filed a ‘‘Motion to Intervene, Request for

Extension of Comment Deadline, and

Preliminary Comments,’’ which

includes a request for a 60-day

extension of the June 10 comment

deadline to August 9, 1998. PG&E and

El Dorado filed replies in opposition to

the extension request. Movants have

shown good cause for granting an

extension of time.2 and notice is hereby

given that the deadline for filing

comments, protests, and motions to

intervene in this proceeding is extended

to August 7, 1998.3

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19453 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 77–110]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company;

Notice of Technical Workshop on

Action Alternatives, Water Rights, and

Water Balance Modeling

July 16, 1998.

On May 5, 1998, the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

issued notice of a site visit and scoping

meetings pursuant to the preparation of

an Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS) in support of the Commission’s

decision on a proposed amendment to

the license for the Potter Valley Project

(PVP; FERC No. 77–110). The proposed

amendment involves changes in the

minimum flow requirements at the

project, consisting of increased releases

to the Eel River, which would result in

overall decreased diversions to the

Russian River. The PVP is licensed to

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

(PG&E) and is located in Lake and

Mendocino counties. California.

The purpose of this notice is to advise

all parties of a technical workshop that

will be held to obtain additional

information on the proposed

amendment, its relationship to existing

water rights, and available modeling

approaches to evaluate water balances

between the two river basins. This

technical workshop will be held at the

Ukiah Valley Conference Center, 200 S.

School Street, Ukiah, California, on

August 11, 1998, from 9 am to 5 pm. All

interested parties are invited to attend.

Three subjects will be covered at the

workshop: (1) PG&E’s recently

completed Implementation Plan

associated with the proposed license

amendment; (2) existing water rights in

the Eel and Russian rivers; and (3)

comparison of three alternative water

balance models that have been

identified in filings for this proceeding.

The first half of the workshop will

consist of presentations by staff from

PG&E, speaking on their

Implementation Plan, and by staff from

the California State Water Resources

Control Board, speaking on water rights

issues. The second half of the workshop

will consist of presentations by the three

parties offering different water balance

models: PG&E, the Round Valley Tribes,

and the Sonoma County Water Agency,

followed by discussion of the models.

The goals of these discussions are to

understand the relative differences

among the models and to attempt to

achieve consensus on the best available