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1Hamilton states that it is directly connected to

two interstate pipeline systems, Texas Gas

Transmission Corporation (Texas Gas) and Texas

Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern),

and has contracted for substantial storage capacity

on ANR Pipeline Company (ANR); these three

pipelines interconnect in the area of Lebanon, Ohio.

2Hamilton states that: (1) these pipelines are

ANR, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation,

CNG Transmission Corporation, Texas Eastern, and

Texas Gas; (2) Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

Company also delivers gas to Lebanon through

facilities owned by Texas Eastern and ANR (‘‘the

Lebanon Lateral’’); (3) all major producing areas,

including Canada, are accessible through at least

one of these pipelines; (4) several storage areas are

accessible to the Lebanon area.

3Pipeline Service Obligations and Revisions to

Regulations Governing Self-Implementing

Transportation; and Regulation of Natural Gas

Pipelines After Partial Wellhead Decontrol, 57 Fed.

Reg. 13,267 (April 16, 1992), III FERC Stats. & Regs.

Preambles ¶ 30,939 (April 8, 1992); order on reh’g,

Order No. 636–A, 57 Fed. Reg. 36,128 (August 12,

1992, III Stats. & Regs. Preambles ¶ 30,950 (August

3, 1992); order on reh’g, Order No. 636–B, 57 Fed.

Reg. 57,911 (December 8, 1992), 61 FERC ¶ 61,272

(November 27, 1992) appeal redocketed sub nom.,

Atlanta Gas Light Company and Chattanooga Gas

Company, et al. v. FERC, No. 94–1171 (D.C. Cir.

(May 27, 1994).

4The Commission stated that it was adopting

Order No. 636

in order to facilitate the meeting of gas purchasers

and gas sellers in a national gas market. Market

centers may, in certain areas, create additional

meeting places for gas purchasers and gas sellers.

These inter-pipeline market centers would allow

gas from production areas attached to different

pipelines to meet where the pipelines intersect to

create a market for gas purchasers from different

market areas. The Commission believes that market

centers should develop naturally and, therefore,

will not mandate market centers. However, as stated

above, the Commission is requiring in new Sections

284.8(b)(5) and 284.9(b)(5) that there must be

nothing in a pipeline’s tariff that inhibits the

development of market centers. (Order No. 636,

¶ 30,939 at 30,427–28. Emphasis added; footnote

omitted.)

The Commission provided specific examples of

rate structures that may inhibit market centers. In

various restructuring proceedings, the Commission

provided examples of those rate structures which

may impede the development of market centers. See

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, 63

FERC ¶ 61,194 at 62,501 (1993), and Arkla Energy

Resources Company, 62 FERC ¶ 61,076 at 61,461

(1993).

5 In Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation’s

(Texas Eastern) one year restructuring report,

Hamilton State that Texas Eastern’s backhaul

service was merely a transfer of gas within a market

center and that a rate reduction was appropriate.

Citing the Commission’s earlier order on

restructuring, the Commission said that:

The Commission continues to believe, as it

previously advised Hamilton, that the appropriate

place to discuss the maximum rate for backhaul

services is in Texas Eastern’s next rate case

proceeding. 69 FERC ¶ 61,362, 62,370 (1994).

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to

§ 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 therefore,

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.

[FR Doc. 95–12922 Filed 5–25–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. PL94–3–000]

City of Hamilton, Ohio; Order on

Request for Designation of Market

Center

Issued May 22, 1995.

On May 23, 1994, the City of

Hamilton, Ohio (Hamilton) filed a

Request to Designate Lebanon, Ohio a

Market Center and to require Tariff

Changes. The City of Hamilton,1 a

municipal gas system located in Butler

County, Ohio, serves approximately

23,000 residential, commercial, and

industrial customers. Hamilton is

located approximately 16 miles from

Lebanon, Ohio. Within a 20-mile radius

of Lebanon, five interstate pipelines

interconnect.2

Hamilton requests that the

Commission issue a policy statement

designating Lebanon, Ohio as a market

center and requiring changes to the

tariffs of the interstate pipelines which

connect in the Lebanon Market Center.

Hamilton asserts that certain tariff

provisions currently impede the

development of an efficient market

center at Lebanon. Hamilton contends

that use of a policy statement in this

case is consistent with continued

implementation of the Commission’s

mandate in Order No. 636 3 for pipelines

to remove impediments to the

development of market centers.

Discussion

We agree with the City of Hamilton

that market centers should be

encouraged to develop and allowed to

operate so that both the industry and

consumers of natural gas will benefit.

The Commission has made clear its

intent that market centers should

develop and that rate structures not

inhibit market centers. Consistent with

the basic operational characteristics of

the market, Order no. 636 states the

Commission’s belief that market centers

should develop naturally and that the

Commission should not designate

market centers.4 Market centers have

developed since Order No. 636 without

the Commission designating locations as

market centers.

Hamilton specifies some of its

concerns regarding the efficiency of the

running of a market center at Lebanon

and expresses concerns about the

consideration of other issues in

individual proceedings. There is more

to be considered here than economy of

administrative effort, however. The

Commission’s policy that market centers

should evolve naturally does not

compromise Hamilton’s interests.

Hamilton has raised and may raise tariff

and rate issues in particular pipelines’

individual rate cases.5 Discussion

among the pipelines to better coordinate

their operations is also encouraged.

For these reasons, the Commission

sees no reason to change its policy now.

The market is better able than the

Commission to determine where market

centers should be located. As we have

already stated, unless a market center

proposal or specific rate and tariff terms

violate the Commission’s rules and

regulations, the Commission is unlikely

to intrude on the natural process of

development of a market center.

Accordingly, the Commission will not

designate Lebanon a market center and

Hamilton’s request that the Commission

generally review pipeline operations

and tariffs is denied.

The Commission orders

The request for designation of

Lebanon, Ohio as a market center and

for a general review of pipeline tariffs

and operations is denied.

By the Commission.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–12989 Filed 5–25–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. EG95–51–000, et al.]

CNG Power Services Corporation, et

al., Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

May 19, 1995.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. CNG Power Services Corporation

[Docket No. EG95–51–000]

On May 15, 1995, CNG Power

Services Corporation (‘‘CNGPS’’), One

Park Ridge Center, Box 15746,

Pittsburgh, PA 15222, filed with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(‘‘Commission’’) an application for a

new determination of exempt wholesale

generator status, due to changed

circumstances resulting from certain
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proposed transactions, pursuant to Part

365 of the Commission’s Regulations.

Comment date: May 30, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice. The

Commission will limit its consideration

of comments to those that concern the

adequacy or accuracy of the application.

2. California Department of Water

Resources v. Nevada Power Company

[Docket No. EL95–43–000]

Take notice that on May 4, 1995, the

California Department of Water

Resources (Department) tendered for

filing a complaint for refund, plus

interest, of the excess transmission

charges the Department has paid, under

protest, for the period January 1, 1990

under the formula rate submitted by

Nevada Power Company as part of its

amnesty filing in Docket No. ER94–305–

000.

Comment date: June 19, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER93–390–001]

Take notice that on May 5, 1995,

Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd) submitted an amendment to

the Resource Power Service Schedule to

the Interconnection Agreement, dated

March 1, 1975, between ComEd and

Wisconsin Power and Light Company

(Wisconsin Power).

Copies of this filing were served upon

Wisconsin Power, the Illinois

Commerce Commission, and the Public

Service Commission of Wisconsin.

Comment date: June 2, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Howell Power Systems

[Docket No. ER94–178–005]

Take notice that on April 25, 1995,

Howell Power Systems tendered for

filing certain information as required by

the Commission’s order dated January

14, 1994. Copies of the informational

filing are on file with the Commission

and are available for public inspection.

5. Concord Electric Company

[Docket No. ER94–692–002]

Take notice that on April 21, 1995,

Concord Electric Company tendered for

filing its refund report in this docket

pursuant to the Commission’s letter

order issued on March 23, 1995.

Comment date: June 2, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. AES Power, Inc.

[Docket No. ER94–890–005]

Take notice that on May 2, 1995, AES

Power, Inc. tendered for filing certain

information as required by the

Commission’s letter order dated April

18, 1994. Copies of the informational

filing are on file with the Commission

and are available for public inspection.

7. Eastern Power Distribution, Inc.

[Docket No. ER94–964–005]

Take notice that on April 25, 1995,

Eastern Power Distribution, Inc.

tendered for filing certain information

as required by the Commission’s letter

order dated April 5, 1994. Copies of the

informational filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

8. Electric Clearinghouse, Inc.

[Docket No. ER94–968–006]

Take notice that on May 2, 1995,

Electric Clearinghouse, Inc. filed certain

information as required by the

Commission’s April 7, 1994, letter

order. Copies of the informational filing

are on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

9. Vesta Energy Alternatives Company

[Docket No. ER94–1168–004]

Take notice that on April 25, 1995,

Vesta Energy Alternatives Company

filed certain information as required by

the Commission’s orders dated July 8,

July 20, November 28 and December 7,

1994 letter orders. Copies of the

informational filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

10. Ashton Energy Corporation

[Docket No. ER94–1246–003]

Take notice that on April 24, 1995,

Ashton Energy Corporation tendered for

filing certain information as required by

the Commission’s order dated August

10, 1994. Copies of the informational

filing are on file with the Commission

and are available for public inspection.

11. Midcon Power Services Corporation

[Docket No. ER94–1329–003]

Take notice that on April 28, 1995,

Midcon Power Services Corporation

tendered for filing certain information

as required by the Commission’s letter

order dated August 11, 1994. Copies of

the informational filing are on file with

the Commission and are available for

public inspection.

12. R. J. Dahnke & Association

[Docket No. ER94–1352–003]

Take notice that on May 1, 1995, R.J.

Dahnke & Association tendered for

filing certain information as required by

the Commission’s letter order dated

August 13, 1994. Copies of the

informational filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

13. Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc.

[Docket No. ER94–1384–005]

Take notice that on April 28, 1995,

Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc.

tendered for filing certain information

as required by the Commission’s letter

order dated November 18, 1994. Copies

of the informational filing are on file

with the Commission and are available

for public inspection.

14. JEB Corporation

[Docket No. ER94–1432–003]

Take notice that on April 28, 1995,

JEB Corporation tendered for filing

certain information as required by the

Commission’s letter order dated

September 8, 1994. Copies of the

informational filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

15. Coastal Electric Services Company

[Docket No. ER94–1450–003]

Take notice that on May 2, 1995,

Coastal Electric Services Company filed

certain information as required by the

Commission’s September 29, 1994

order. Copies of the informational filing

are on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

16. Excel Energy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER94–1488–003]

Take notice that on May 5, 1995,

Excel Energy Services, Inc. tendered for

filing certain information as required by

the Commission’s letter order dated

September 29, 1994. Copies of the

informational filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

17. Calpine Power Marketing Inc.

[Docket No. ER94–1545–001]

Take notice that on May 4, 1995,

Calpine Power Marketing Inc. filed

certain information as required by the

Commission’s March 9, 1995, letter

order. Copies of the informational filing

are on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

18. Hadson Electric, Inc.

[Docket No. ER94–1613–002]

Take notice that on May 1, 1995,

Hadson Electric, Inc. filed certain

information as required by the

Commission’s November 17, 1994 order.

Copies of the informational filing are on
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file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

19. Texas Ohio Power Marketing, Inc.

[Docket No. ER94–1676–002]

Take notice that on May 16, 1995,

Texas Ohio Power Marketing, Inc.

tendered for filing certain information

as required by the Commission’s letter

order dated December 2, 1994. Copies of

the informational filing are on file with

the Commission and are available for

public inspection.

20. Associated Power Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER95–7–003]

Take notice that on April 24, 1995,

Associated Power Services, Inc.

tendered for filing certain information

as required by the Commission’s order

dated December 16, 1994. Copies of the

informational filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

21. Wisconsin Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER95–771–000]

Take notice that Wisconsin Electric

Power Company (Wisconsin) tendered

for filing on May 16, 1995, an

amendment of its filing in the abovereferenced docket. The amendment

reduces the transmission component of

charges for services under FERC Electric

Tariff, Original Volume No. II (the

Coordination Sales Tariff).

Wisconsin Electric requests an

effective date sixty days after its initial

filing in this proceeding.

Copies of the filing have been served

on all customers under the Coordination

Sales Tariff, as well as the state

commissions in which such customers

distribute and sell electric energy.

Comment date: June 2, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

22. New York State Electric & Gas

Corporation

[Docket No. ER95–1012–000]

Take notice that on May 4, 1995, New

York State Electric & Gas Corporation

(NYSEG), tendered for filing pursuant to

§ 35.12 of the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 35.12, as an initial

rate schedule, an agreement with

Atlantic City Electric Company (ACE).

The agreement provides a mechanism

pursuant to which the parties can enter

into separately scheduled transactions

under which NYSEG will sell to ACE

and ACE will purchase from NYSEG

either capacity and associated energy or

energy only as the parties may mutually

agree.

NYSEG requests that the agreement

become effective on May 5, 1995, so that

the parties may, if mutually agreeable,

enter into separately scheduled

transactions under the agreement.

NYSEG has requested waiver of the

notice requirements for good cause

shown.

NYSEG served copies of the filing

upon the New York State Public Service

Commission and ACE.

Comment date: June 2, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

23. Florida Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER95–1013–000]

Take notice that on May 4, 1995,

Florida Power Corporation requested

the Commission to disclaim jurisdiction

over an Operation and Maintenance

Agreement with Orange Cogeneration

Limited Partnership executed on April

12, 1995. In the alternative, Florida

Power Corporation requested that the

agreement be accepted for filing and

allowed to become effective on July 5,

1995.

Comment date: June 2, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

24. Public Service Electric and Gas

Company

[Docket No. ER95–1014–000]

Take notice that on May 5, 1995,

Public Service Electric and Gas

Company (PS), tendered for filing

Supplemental Agreement Between

Atlantic City Electric Company (ACE)

and PS amending the original March 1,

1969 agreement, as supplemented (PS

FERC Rate Schedule No. 43).

PS states that the reason for the filing

is to cover the facilities, cost sharing,

and payments associated with

supplying service to ACE’s Tabernacle

Substation.

PS requests that the filing be

permitted to become effective as of the

date the Tabernacle supply facilities

were placed in service December 20,

1994 and therefore requests waiver of

the Commission’s notice requirements.

PS states that a copy of this filing has

been sent to ACE and to the New Jersey

Board of Public Utilities.

Comment date: June 2, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

25. Southwestern Public Service

Company

[Docket No. ER95–1015–000]

Take notice that on May 5, 1995,

Southwestern Public Service Company

(Southwestern), tendered for filing the

proposed amendments to its rate

schedule for service to Lyntegar Electric

Cooperative, Inc. (Lyntegar).

The proposed amendments reflect:

1. Two new delivery points and a

temporary duplicated delivery point

with an associated monthly service

charge of $178 per month per delivery

point;

2. Changes in the maximum

commitment at various delivery points;

3. A CIAC agreement for a one time

charge of $21,988 to recover

Southwestern’s expense in providing a

service to one of the new delivery

points;

4. A CIAC agreement for a one time

charge of $13,137 to recover

Southwestern’s expense in providing a

duplicative delivery point; and

5. Two CIAC agreements for a one

time charge totaling $1,970.72 to recover

costs Southwestern incurred in

modifying its existing facilities to allow

proper clearance for Lyntegar’s new

distribution facilities.

Comment date: June 2, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

26. Southwestern Public Service

Company

[Docket No. ER95–1016–000]

Take notice that on May 5, 1995,

Southwestern Public Service Company

(Southwestern), tendered for filing

proposed amendments to contracts for

service to Cap Rock Electric

Cooperative, Inc. (Cap Rock).

The proposed amendments (1)

Increases the commitment from 115,000

Kw to 120,000 Kw, (2) reduces the

Dedicated Segment Charge and

Dedicated Facilities Charge, and (3)

assigns the contracts to New Corp

Resources, Inc. (New Corp).

Comment date: June 2, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

27. Alabama Power Company

[Docket No. ER95–1019–000]

Take notice that on May 8, 1995,

Alabama Power Company tendered for

filing a revised Delivery Point

Specification Sheet dated as of April 20,

1995, reflecting the change in contracted

voltage levels for a delivery point for

electricity delivery to the City of

Piedmont, Alabama. The delivery point

will continue to be served under the

terms and conditions of the Agreement

for Partial Requirements Service and

Complementary Services between

Alabama Power Company and the

Alabama Municipal Electric Authority

dated February 24, 1986, being

designated as FERC Rate Schedule No.

165. The parties request an effective

date of April 20, 1995.
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Comment date: June 2, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

28. Louisville Gas and Electric

Company

[Docket No. ER95–1020–000]

Take notice that on May 8, 1995,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company,

tendered for filing a copy of a service

agreement between Louisville Gas and

Electric Company and ENRON Power

Marketing, Inc., under Rate GSS.

Comment date: June 2, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

29. Energy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER95–1021–000]

Take notice that on May 8, 1995,

Energy Services, Inc. (ESI), tendered for

filing Electric Service Rate Schedule No.

1, together with a petition for waivers

and blanket approvals of various

Commission Regulations necessary for

such Rate Schedule to become effective

60 days after the date of the filing.

ESI states that it intends to engage in

electric power and energy transactions

as a marketer and a broker, and that it

proposes to make sales under rates,

terms and conditions to be mutually

agreed to with the purchasing party. ESI

further states that it does not own any

generation or transmission facilities.

Comment date: June 2, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

30. Texas-New Mexico Power Company

[Docket No. ES95–32–000]

Take notice that on May 12, 1995,

Texas-New Mexico Power Company

filed an application under § 204 of the

Federal Power Act seeking authorization

to issue short-term promissory notes

and other evidence of indebtedness

aggregating not more than $25 million

principal amount outstanding at any

one time, during the period ending June

1, 1997, with final maturities not later

than June 1, 1998.

Comment date: June 12, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

31. Energy Resource Marketing, Inc.

[Docket No. ER94–1580–002]

Take notice that on May 15, 1995,

Energy Resource Marketing, Inc.

tendered for filing certain information

as required by the Commission’s order

dated September 30, 1994. Copies of the

informational filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Standard Paragraphs

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest said filing should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

825 North Capitol Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, in accordance

with Rules 211 and 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 18 CFR

385.214). All such motions or protests

should be filed on or before the

comment date. 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 proceeding.

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–12921 Filed 5–25–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

[Project No. 11077–001]

Alaska Power and Telephone

Company; Notice of Intent to Conduct

Environmental Scoping Meetings and

Site Visit

May 23, 1995.

The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC) has received an

application for a license of the proposed

Goat Lake Hydroelectric Project, Project

No. 11077–001. The project is proposed

by Alaska Power and Telephone

Company (Alaska Power). The project

would be located along Pitchfork Falls,

a tributary to the Skagway River, about

7 miles northeast of Skagway, in

southeast Alaska. The project lies

almost exclusively on U.S. Forest (FS)

property.

The FERC and FS (staff) intend to

prepare an Environmental Assessment

(EA) on the proposed Goat Lake

Hydroelectric Project in accordance

with the National Environmental Policy

Act. In the EA, staff will consider both

site-specific and cumulative

environmental impacts of the project

and reasonable alternatives, and will

include an economic, financial, and

engineering analysis.

The draft EA will be issued and

circulated for review by all interested

parties. All comments filed on the draft

EA will be analyzed and considered by

the staff in a final EA. The staff’s

conclusions and recommendations will

then be presented for the consideration

by the Commission in reaching its final

licensing decision.

Scoping Meetings

Staff will hold two scoping meetings.

A scoping meeting oriented towards the

public will be held on June 20, 1995 at

7 p.m., at the Skagway School,

Multipurpose Room, 15th Avenue and

Main Street, Skagway, Alaska. A

scoping meeting oriented towards the

agencies will be held on June 22, 1995

at 9:30 a.m., at the U.S. Forest Service,

Juneau Ranger District, Conference

Room, 8465 Old Dairy Road, Juneau,

Alaska.

Interested individuals, organizations,

and agencies are invited to attend either

or both meetings and assist the staff in

identifying the scope of environmental

issues that should be analyzed in the

EA.

To help focus discussions at the

meetings, a scoping document outlining

subject areas to be addressed in the EA

will be mailed to agencies and

interested individuals on the FERC

mailing list. Copies of the scoping

document will also be available at the

scoping meetings.

Objectives

At the scoping meetings the staff will:

(1) Identify preliminary environmental

issues related to the proposed project;

(2) identify preliminary resource issues

that are not important and do not

require detailed analysis; (3) identify

reasonable alternatives to be addressed

in the EA; (4) solicit from the meeting

participants all available information,

especially quantified data, on the

resource issues; and (5) encourage

statements from experts and the public

on issues that should be analyzed in the

EA, including points of view in

opposition to, or in support of, the

staff’s preliminary views.

Procedures

The scoping meetings will be

recorded by a court reporter and all

statements (oral and written) will

become part of the formal record of the

FERC proceedings on the Goat Lake

Hydroelectric Project. Individuals

presenting statements at the meetings

will be asked to clearly identify

themselves for the record.

Individuals, organizations, and

agencies with environmental expertise

and concerns are encouraged to attend

the meetings and assist the staff in

defining and clarifying the issues to be

addressed in the EA.

Persons choosing not to speak at the

meetings, but who have views on the

issues or information relevant to the

issues, may submit written statements

for inclusion in the public record at the

meetings. In addition, written scoping