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Section 252(d) of EPCA and section 9(a) of

the Voluntary Agreement require the

Department’s approval before the proposed

amendments can be adopted. Those sections

preclude the Department from approving the

amendments until it receives the advice of

the Federal Trade Commission. On July 21,

1998, the Federal Trade Commission

informed the Department that it had no

objection to the Department’s approval of the

proposed amendments.

As you note in your letter, the Department

participated in the development of the

proposed amendments. Our role has been to

ensure that the Voluntary Agreement cannot

be used by participating oil companies to

collude on prices. The Voluntary Agreement

and the proposed amendments provide the

necessary assurances to permit the Voluntary

Agreement participants to proceed with

planned meetings and begin assisting the IEA

in the development of a coordinated

drawdown plan. The Department hereby

approves the proposed amendments.

Division staff will participate with the FTC

in the development of additional

amendments, as needed.

The Department will not adopt the

proposed amendments until twenty days

after you publish a notice of our intention to

adopt them. This procedure is in accordance

with Section 11(b) of the Voluntary

Agreement.

(5) Letter of the Chairman, Federal

Trade Commission, to the Assistant

Attorney General of the Antitrust

Division, dated July 21, 1998:

The Department of Energy recently

requested that you approve the attached

amendments to the Voluntary Agreement and

Plan of Action to Implement the International

Energy Program (‘‘Voluntary Agreement’’).

The Voluntary Agreement requires that the

Commission consult with you before your

approval.

The proposed amendments to the

Voluntary Agreement implement changes

recently enacted by Public Law 105–177 to

Section 252 of the Energy Policy and

Conservation Act. The Administration sought

the changes to Section 252 to enable U.S. oil

companies to advise the International Energy

Agency (‘‘IEA’’) on the coordinated

drawdown of government-owned or

government-controlled oil stocks.

The Commission has no objection to your

approving the proposed amendments. We

note, however, that the proposed

amendments do not contain details of how

U.S. oil companies will interact with each

other and with the IEA in fulfilling the goal

of the recently amended legislation. Our staff

has informed us that these details will be

developed during industry meetings this fall

and will be incorporated in future

amendments to the Voluntary Agreement.

By direction of the Commission.

(6) Letter of the Acting Assistant

Secretary of State for Economic and

Business Affairs to the General Counsel

of the Department of Energy, dated July

24, 1998:

I am responding to your July 7 letter

requesting comments on proposed

amendments to the ‘‘Voluntary Agreement

and Plan of Action to Implement the

International Energy Program.’’

The Department of State supports the

proposed amendments to the Voluntary

Agreement. We believe the amendments to

implement the recently enacted changes to

the Energy Policy and Conservation Act

should facilitate U.S. oil company

participation in the International Energy

Agency’s oil crisis emergency response

activities. Thank you for the opportunity to

review the proposed amendments.

cc: The Honorable Joel I. Klein, Assistant

Attorney General of the Antitrust Division.

The Honorable Robert Pitofsky, Chairman,

Federal Trade Commission

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–355–002]

Chandeleur Pipe Line Company;

Notice of Compliance Filing

July 29, 1998.

Take notice that on July 27, 1998,

Chandeleur Pipe Line Company

(Chandeleur) tendered for re-filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second

Revised Volume No. 1, revised tariff

sheets to be effective August 1, 1998.

Chandeleur states that Substitute

Second Revised Sheet No. 43 is

resubmitted to correct its length of term

under the capacity release provision to

5 years, as accepted by the Commission

May 7, 1997 on its First Revised Sheet

No. 43 under General Terms and

Conditions, Section 7.8.

Chandeleur states that Third Revised

Sheet No. 69A is resubmitted to correct

the sheet number, which was previously

submitted in error, as First Revised

Sheet No. 69A.

Chandeleur states that it is serving

copies of the filing to its customers,

State Commissions and interested

parties.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–20674 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–679–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

July 29, 1998.

Take notice that on July 21, 1998,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia), 12801 Fair Lakes Parkway,

Fairfax, Virginia 22030–0146, filed in

Docket No. CP98–679–000, a request

pursuant to Section 157.205 and

157.211 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205 and 157.211) for

authorization to construct a new

delivery point to Columbia Gas of

Virginia, Inc. (CGV), in Prince George

County, Virginia, under Columbia’s

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP83–76–000, pursuant to 18 CFR Part

157, Subpart F of the Natural Gas Act,

all as more fully set forth in the request

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Columbia requests authorization to

construct and operate a new point of

delivery for firm transportation service

and will provide the service pursuant to

Columbia’s blanket certificate issued in

Docket No. CP86–240–000 under

existing rate schedules and within

certificated entitlements.

Columbia states that the estimated

quantities of natural gas to be delivered

at the new delivery point would be

6,000 Dth per day and 2,190,000 Dth

annually. Columbia indicates that CGV

requested the new delivery point to

serve Chaparral Steel, an industrial

customer.

It is stated that the estimated cost to

construct the new delivery point is

$45,800, and that CGV would reimburse

Columbia 100% of the total actual cost

of the proposed construction.

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 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
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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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–275–001]

Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

July 29, 1998.

Take notice that on July 27, 1998,

Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans) tendered for

filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First

Revised Volume No. 1, the following

revised tariff sheet to become effective

August 1, 1998:

Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. 269

Equitrans states that the purpose of

this filing is to comply with the

Commission’s Letter Order issued on

July 29, 1998 in the captioned docket.

In the July 20 Order, the Commission

required Equitrans to include by

reference or verbatim the GISB

standards 4.3.5 and 4.3.16. Equitrans

has incorporated by reference GISB

standards 4.3.5 and 4.3.16 in its General

Terms and Conditions, Section 35.1 of

its FERC Gas Tariff.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–20673 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project Nos. 2004–073 and 11607–000]

Holyoke Water Power Company,

Holyoke Gas & Electric Department,

Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant,

and Massachusetts Municipal

Wholesale Electric Company; Notice of

Intent to Conduct Public Meeting for

the Holyoke Project on the Connecticut

River

July 29, 1998.

The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) is reviewing

the Holyoke Water Power Company’s

application for a new license for the

continued operation of the Holyoke

Project on the Connecticut River,

Massachusetts. The Commission is

similarly reviewing a competing

application for the Holyoke Project by

the Holyoke Gas & Electric Department,

the Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant,

and the Massachusetts Municipal

Wholesale Electric Company. The

Commission will hold a public meeting

on August 25, 1998, in preparation for

completing an Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS), under the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and

assessing the competing applications for

relicensing the Holyoke Project.

Commission staff will hold the public

meeting in the vicinity of the Holyoke

Project. The purpose of the meeting is

to entertain further comments on the

environmental issues to be included in

the EIS. The staff will also consider

arguments regarding which of the two

competing applications present the best

adapted plan for use of the resources of

the waterway. We invite all interested

agencies, non-governmental

organizations (NGOs), and individuals

to attend the meeting. The time and

location of the meeting is shown below.

DATE: Tuesday, August 25, 1998

TIME: 7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.

PLACE: Holiday Inn, 245 Whiting Farms

Road, Holyoke, MA 01040.

At the meeting, the staff will: (1)

summarize the status of the relicense

proceeding(s) and the environmental

issues identified in Scooping Document

2; (2) receive statements on

environmental issues that should be

analyzed in the EIS; and (3) receive

statements by the applicants, agencies,

NGOs, and general public on which

applicant has proposed the best adapted

plan for use of resources of the

waterway, and how the favored

application is superior. Statements on

the merits of the competing applications

should indicate how the project plans of

each applicant will be adapted to a

comprehensive plan for improving or

developing the waterway. Speakers

favoring one competing application over

the other should direct their arguments

to a comparison of the merits of the

respective proposals.

The meeting will be recorded by a

court reporter, and all statements (oral

and written) will become part of the

Commission’s public record for the

project. Before the meeting starts, all

individuals who attend, will be asked to

identify themselves by signing in.

Individuals that intend to make

statements during the meeting will be

asked to sign in and clearly identify

themselves for the record prior to

speaking. Time allotted for

presentations will be determined by

staff based on the length of the meeting

and the number of people wanting to

speak. All individuals wishing to speak

will be provided at least five minutes to

present their views.

Interested parties who choose not to

speak, or who are unable to attend the

public meeting, may provide written

comments to the Commission until

September 11, 1998. Written comments

should be submitted to the Secretary,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

20426.

The first page of all filings should

indicate ‘‘Holyoke Project, FERC. No.

2004–073’’ and/or ‘‘Holyoke Project,

FERC. No. 11607–000’’ at the top of the

page. All filings sent to the Secretary of

the Commission should contain an

original and eight copies. Failure to file

an original and eight copies may result

in appropriate staff not receiving the

benefit of your comments in a timely

manner. Furthermore, participants in

this proceeding are reminded that if

they file comments with the

Commission, they must serve a copy of

their filing to the parties on the

Commission’s service list.

For further information, please

contact Allan Creamer at (202) 219–

0365.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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