25210 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 91 / Thursday, May 11, 1995 / Notices

p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The Department had

earlier announced (60 FR 19899, April

21, 1995) that this meeting would be

held in the Carolina Power and Light

Visitors Center, Southport, North

Carolina.

Issued in Washington, DC on May 3, 1995.

Jill E. Lytle,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Waste

Management, Environmental Management.

[FR Doc. 95–11558 Filed 5–10–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Notice of Noncompetitive Financial

Assistance for Cooperative Agreement

Award

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE), announces that pursuant to the

DOE Financial Assistance Rules 10 CFR

600.7(b)(2), it is pursuing a

noncompetitive financial assistance

award to Stone & Webster Engineering

Corporation for the continuation of

Phase II of the High Pressure Heat

Exchange Project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Borthwick, U.S. Department of

Energy, Chicago Operations Office, 9800

South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439,

(708) 252–2377.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

objective of Stone and Webster

Engineering Corporation’s High Pressure

Heat Exchange System (HiPHES) project

is to develop an advanced high pressure

heat exchanger using ceramic tubes for

a convective steam/methane reformer.

Under this continuation of Phase II of

the Cooperative Agreement the

Participant will conduct the research

necessary to resolve key R&D issues

identified and prioritized in Phase I,

participate in the testing of candidate

ceramic material and candidate joints

under simulated reformer conditions,

bring the technology and design to the

point where a prototype unit can be

built and operated in Phase III, if

funded, and temporarily redirect the

project toward the use of ceramic tubes

for ethylene production.

DOE’s purpose for continuing the

cooperative agreement is to enable

Stone & Webster to satisfactorily

complete an activity presently being

funded by DOE. There are significant

engineering and design challenges

associated with the development of a 30

foot long ceramic-tubed steam/methane

reformer. Since ethylene cracking at

higher temperatures is similar to the

present work in some respects, and is an

easier development problem to solve,

the information generated during this

intermediate step will be used to help

guide the development of a steam/

methane reformer.

Stone & Webster is an integrated

provider of ethylene technology for the

world’s ethylene market. Because of

Stone & Webster’s leading position in

the ethylene industry, new technology

development, such as a more efficient

furnace design, and advanced ceramic

reactors, can expeditiously be

incorporated into new and/or revamped

ethylene plants in the U.S. and

worldwide. The Stone & Webster effort

is supported by a complex team of

Participants (including various

monolithic and ceramic composite

manufacturers and consultants) with the

necessary expertise, and the company

has been working with DOE in the

development of a higher temperature

ceramic-tubed steam/methane reformer

since 1988.

Eligibility for continuation of the

cooperative agreement award is being

restricted to Stone & Webster

Engineering Corporation because of its

past experience with the DOE and its

unique institutional ties and expertise.

The estimated cost to complete Phase II

is $1.8 million dollars. The award date

is on or about May 15, 1995.

Issued in Chicago, Illinois on April 21,

1995.

Timothy S. Crawford,

Assistant Manager for Human Resources and

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–11557 Filed 5–10–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–M

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 1962–000–CA]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company;

Notice of Intent to Prepare an

Environmental Assessment and to

Conduct a Site Visit and Two Scoping

Meetings for the Rock Creek—Cresta

Project

May 5, 1995.

The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) has received

an application for a new license

(relicense) from the Pacific Gas and

Electric Company (PG&E or applicant)

for the constructed and operating Rock

Creek—Cresta Project, located on the

North Fork Feather River near the towns

of Quincy and Oroville, in Butte,

Plumas, Sutter, and Yuba Counties,

California.

Upon review of the application and

supplemental filings, the Commission

staff has concluded that relicensing the

two developments that comprise the

existing project would not constitute a

major federal action significantly

affecting the quality of the human

environment. Consequently, staff will

prepare an Environmental Assessment

(EA) that describes and evaluates the

probable impacts of implementing the

applicant’s proposed and alternative;

operational and maintenance

procedures; environmental

enhancement measures; and improved

public recreational access and facilities

at the Rock Creek and Cresta

Developments.

The staff’s EA: will consider both site

specific and cumulative environmental

impacts of relicensing the project; and

will include economic and financial

analyses of applicant’s proposed and

alternative environmental enhancement

measures and sediment management

procedures.

A Draft EA will be issued and

circulated for review by all interested

parties. All comments filed on the Draft

EA will be analyzed by the FERC staff

and considered in a final EA.

One element of the EA process is

scoping and a site visit. These activities

are initiated early to:

• Identify reasonable alternative

operational procedures and

environmental enhancement measures

that should be evaluated in the EA;

• Identify significant environmental

issues related to the operation of the

existing project;

• Determine the depth of analysis for

issues that will be discussed in the EA;

and

• Identify resource issues that are of

lessor importance and, consequently, do

not require detailed analysis in the EA.

Site Visit

A site visit to the Rock Creek and

Cresta Developments will be held on

Wednesday, June 14, 1995, starting at

9:00 A.M. at PG&E’s Rodgers Flat

operational headquarters, located off

Highway 70 in Storrie, California. The

purpose of the visit is for interested

persons to observe existing area

resources and site conditions, learn the

locations of proposed new recreational

facilities, and discuss project

operational procedures with

representatives of PG&E and the

Commission.

For details concerning the site visit,

please contact Bill Zemke of PG&E in

San Francisco, California at (415) 973–

1646.

Scoping Meetings

The FERC staff will conduct two

scoping meetings: the evening meeting

is designed to obtain input from the

general public, while the morning

meeting will focus on resource agency