Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 75 / Tuesday, April 18, 2000 / Notices 20811

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission)

regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy

Projects has reviewed the application

for a new license for the Pioneer

Hydroelectric Project, and has prepared

a Final Environmental Assessment

(FEA). The project is located on the

Ogden River near the City of Ogden,

Weber County, Utah. The water to

operate the project comes from the

Pineview dam, via the Ogden Canyon

Conduit. The dam is owned and

operated by the Bureau of Reclamation

(BOR). However, a portion of the 5.5-

mile-long flowline is located within the

Cache National Forest, administered by

the U.S. Forest Service (FS).

On February 17, 2000, the

Commission staff issued a draft

environmental assessment (DEA) for the

project and requested that comments be

filed with the Commission within 30

days. Comments on the DEA were filed

by the U.S. Department of the Interior,

Fish and Wildlife Service and

PacifiCorp and are addressed in the

FEA.

The FEA contains the staff’s analysis

of the potential environmental impacts

of the project and concludes that

licensing the project, with appropriate

environmental protective measures,

would not constitute a major federal

action that would significantly affect the

quality of the human environment.

Copies of the FEA are available for

review in the Public Reference Room,

Room 2A, of the Commission’s offices at

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–9593 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Availability of Draft License

Application and Preliminary Draft

Environmental Assessment

April 12, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission and is available for public

inspection:

a. Type of Application: Major New

License.

b. Project No.: P–271.

c. Date filed: April 4, 2000.

d. Applicant: Entergy Arkansas, Inc.

e. Name of Project: Carpenter-Remmel

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: Located on the Ouachita

River in Garland and Hot Spring

Counties, Arkansas, and immediately

downstream from the U.S. Army Corps

of Engineers Blakely Mountain Dam.

The Carpenter-Remmel Hydroelectric

Project includes the Carpenter

development at river mile 461 and the

Remmel development at river mile 450.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 U.S.A. §§ 791(a)-825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. W. Henry

Jones, Entergy Hydro Operations, P.O.

Box 218, Jones Mills, AR 72105, (501)

844–2148 or email:

wjones7@Entergy.com.

Mr. Gary Liimatainen, Kleinschmidt

Associates, 75 Main Street, P.O. Box

576, Pittsfield, ME 04967, (207) 487–

3328 or e-mail: Gary@Kassociates.com.

i. FERC Contact: Ed Lee at (202) 219–

2809 or E-mail address at

Ed.Lee.ferc.fed.us.

j. Status of Project: With this notice

the Commission is soliciting (1)

Preliminary terms, conditions, and

recommendations on the Preliminary

Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA),

and (2) comments on the Draft License

Application. Entergy Arkansas, Inc. is

not claiming preference under Section

7(a) of the Federal Power Act § 16.

k. Comment Date: July 17, 2000.

All comments on the Preliminary

DEA and Draft License Application

should be sent to the addresses noted

above in Item (h), with one copy filed

with FERC at the following address:

David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

All comments must include the

project name and number and bear the

heading ‘‘Preliminary Comments’’,

‘‘Preliminary Recommendations’’,

‘‘Preliminary Terms and Conditions’’, or

‘‘Preliminary Prescriptions’’.

l. Available Locations of Application:

A copy of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference and

Files Maintenance Branch, located at

888 First Street, N.W., Room 2–A,

Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling

(202) 219–1271. A copy of the

application may also be viewed or

printed by accessing the Commission’s

website on the Internet at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm or call

(202) 208–2222 for assistance.

Entergy Arkansas, Inc. has mailed a

copy of the Preliminary DEA and Draft

License Application to interested

entities and parties. Copies of these

documents are available for review at

Entergy’s Public Information File, the

Garland and Hot Spring County Public

Libraries in Arkansas, or by calling (501)

844–2148 or by e-mailing

wjones7@Entergy.com.

m. With this notice, we are initiating

consultation with the Arkansas State

Historic Preservation Officer, as

required by § 106, National Historic

Preservation Act, and the regulations of

the Advisory Council on Historic

Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–9631 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Proposed Big Sandy Project,

Arizona

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Intent

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

102(2) of the National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, 42 U.S.C.

4332, Western Area Power

Administration (Western), and the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM),

Kingman Field Office, intend to prepare

an Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS) regarding the proposal by

Caithness Big Sandy, LLC (Caithness),

an energy development and operating

company, to construct a 720 megawatt

(MW) electric generating facility,

including a 16-inch, high-pressure

natural gas supply pipeline, permanent

access road, and water supply wells and

pipeline system. Caithness proposes to

interconnect the generating facility with

the existing Mead-Phoenix Project 500-

kilovolt (kV) Transmission Line near

Wikieup, Arizona. The generating

facility would be constructed on private

land in Mohave County, Arizona. The

natural gas supply pipeline and access

road would be constructed on private

and public lands. The Federal public

lands are administered by the U.S.

Department of the Interior, BLM. Per 40

CFR part 1501.5(b), Western and BLM

will serve as joint lead agencies to

prepare the EIS.

This notice announces Western’s and

BLM’s intention to prepare an EIS and

hold a public scoping meeting for the

proposed project. The scoping process

will include notifying the general public

and Federal, State, local, and tribal

agencies of the proposed action. The

purpose of scoping is to identify public

and agency issues, and alternatives to be

considered in the EIS.