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10. Carolina Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER01–1807–000]

Take notice that on April 16, 2001,

Carolina Power & Light Company

(CP&L), tendered for filing a

modification to the joint Open Access

Transmission Tariff of Carolina Power &

Light Company (CP&L) and Florida

Power Corporation, FERC Electric Tariff

Original Volume No. 1, that modifies

the charges for Energy Imbalance

Service for loads located in the in the

CP&L Zone. CP&L requests that the

Commission waive its notice of filing

requirements and permit the

modifications to take effect on June 1,

2001.

Comment date: May 7, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Idaho Power Company

[Docket No. ER01–1808–000]

Take notice that on April 16, 2001,

Idaho Power Company tendered for

filing a Service Agreement for Firm and

Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission

Service between Idaho Power Company

and Nevada Power under its open

access transmission tariff in the abovecaptioned proceeding.

Comment date: May 7, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Idaho Power Company

[Docket No. ER01–1809–000]

Take notice that on April 16, 2001,

Idaho Power Company tendered for

filing a Service Agreement for Firm and

Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission

Service between Idaho Power Company

and Portland General Electric under its

open access transmission tariff in the

above-captioned proceeding.

Comment date: May 7, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Pierce Power LLC

[Docket No. EG01–190–000]

Take notice that on April 12, 2001,

Pierce Power LLC (Pierce Power), a

limited liability company organized

under the laws of the state of Delaware,

filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) an

application for determination of exempt

wholesale generator status pursuant to

Part 365 of the Commission’s

regulations.

Pierce Power states that it will be

engaged directly and exclusively in the

business of owning or operating a 150

MW electric generating facility and

related assets in Tacoma, Washington.

Pierce Power will sell its capacity

exclusively at wholesale. A copy of the

filing was served upon the Securities

and Exchange Commission and the

Washington Utilities and Transportation

Commission.

Comment date: May 10, 2001, 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.

14. Panda Montgomery Power, L.P.

[Docket No. EG01–191–000]

Take notice that on April 13, 2001,

Panda Montgomery Power, L.P. (Panda),

with its principal offices at 4100 Spring

Valley Road, Suite 1001, Dallas, Texas

75244, filed with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, an application

for determination of exempt wholesale

generator status pursuant to Section 32

of the Public Utility Holding Company

Act of 1935, as amended, and Part 365

of the Commission’s regulations.

Panda is a Delaware limited

partnership, which will construct, own

and operate a nominal 1100 MW natural

gas-fired generating facility within the

region governed by the Mid-American

Interconnected Network, Inc. (MAIN)

and sell electricity at wholesale.

Comment date: May 10, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice. The

Commission will limit its consideration

of comments to those that address the

adequacy or accuracy of the application.

15. The Detroit Edison Company

[Docket No. ES01–30–000]

Take notice that on April 16, 2001,

The Detroit Edison Company (Detroit

Edison) submitted an application

pursuant to section 204 of the Federal

Power Act seeking authorization to

issue short-term debt securities and

promissory notes bearing final

maturities of no more than 2 years in an

amount not to exceed $1 billion, from

time to time, on or before May 31, 2003.

Detroit Edison also requests a waiver

of the Commission’s competitive

bidding and negotiated placement

requirements at 18 CFR 34.2.

Comment date: May 10, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. The Detroit Edison Company

[Docket Nos. EL01–51–002 and ER01–1649–

002]

Take notice that on April 16, 2001,

The Detroit Edison Company (Detroit

Edison) tendered for filing with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) a revised Distribution

Interconnection Agreement between

Detroit Edison and Dearborn Industrial

Generation, L.L.C. Detroit Edison

requests the Commission to disclaim

jurisdiction over the Distribution

Interconnection Agreement.

In the event the Commission

determines the Distribution

Interconnection Agreement to be subject

to its jurisdiction, Detroit Edison

requests that the Commission accept it

for filing effective as of March 14, 2001.

Comment date: May 7, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest such filing should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First 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 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 these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection. This filing may also be

viewed on the Internet at http://

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

202–208–2222 for assistance).

Comments, protests, and interventions

may be filed electronically via the

internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–10311 Filed 4–25–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–154–000]

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.;

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed Compressor Station

Expansion Project and Request for

Comments on Environmental Issues

April 20, 2001.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

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1Maritimes’ application was filed with the

Commission under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act

and Part 157 of the Commission’s regulations.

2The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies are

available on the Commission’s website at the

‘‘RIMS’’ link or from the Commission’s Public

Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202)

208–1371. For instructions on connecting to RIMS

refer to page 5 of this notice. Copies of the

appendices were sent to all those receiving this

notice in the mail.

3 ‘‘We’’, ‘‘us’’, and ‘‘our’’ refer to the

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects

(OEP).

discuss the environmental impacts of

the Compressor Station Expansion

Project involving construction and

operation of facilities by Maritimes &

Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. (Maritimes) in

Sagadahoc and Washington Counties,

Maine.1 Maritimes proposes to install

one new 8,311 horsepower (hp)

compressor at its existing Baileyville

Compressor Station and convert from

backup to full time operation an 8,311

hp compressor at its Richmond

Compressor Station. This EA will be

used by the Commission in its decisionmaking process to determine whether

the project is in the public convenience

and necessity.

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need

To Know?’’ was attached to the project

notice Maritimes provided to

landowners. This fact sheet addresses a

number of typically asked questions,

including how to participate in the

Commission’s proceedings. It is

available for viewing on the FERC

Internet website (www.ferc.fed.us).

Summary of the Proposed Project

Maritimes wants to increase its

system flexibility and reliability.

Maritimes states that the expansion

would also accommodate increased

production from the fields in Nova

Scotia, Canada. Maritimes seeks

authority to:

• Convert an 8,311 hp compressor

from backup to full time operation at the

Richmond Compressor Station; and

• Install an 8,311 hp compressor at

the existing Baileyville Compressor

Station.

The location of the project facilities is

shown in appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction

Since the compressor is already in

place there would be no construction at

the Richmond Compressor Station. The

new compressor at the Baileyville

Compressor Station would be installed

in the existing compressor building.

Ground disturbance would be limited to

the existing station yard.

The EA Process

The National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to

take into account the environmental

impacts that could result from an action

whenever it considers the issuance of a

Certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity. NEPA also requires us 3 to

discover and address concerns the

public may have about proposals. We

call this ‘‘scoping’’. The main goal of the

scoping process is to focus the analysis

in the EA on the important

environmental issues. By this Notice of

Intent, the Commission requests public

comments on the scope of the issues it

will address in the EA. All comments

received are considered during the

preparation of the EA. State and local

government representatives are

encouraged to notify their constituents

of this proposed action and encourage

them to comment on their areas of

concern.

The EA will discuss impacts that

could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project under these general

headings:

• Geology and soils

• Land use

• Water resources, fisheries, and

wetlands

• Vegetation and wildlife

• Endangered and threatened species

• Cultural resources

• Air quality and noise

• Public safety

We will also evaluate possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and make

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during the

scoping process, the EA may be

published and mailed to Federal, state,

and local agencies, public interest

groups, interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

this proceeding. A comment period will

be allotted for review if the EA is

published. We will consider all

comments on the EA before we make

our recommendations to the

Commission.

To ensure your comments are

considered, please carefully follow the

instructions in the public participation

section below.

Currently Identified Environmental

Issues

We have already identified two issues

that we think deserve attention based on

a preliminary review of the proposed

facilities and the environmental

information provided by Maritimes.

This preliminary list of issues may be

changed based on your comments and

our analysis. The two issues are:

• Effects of the increased

compression on noise and air quality.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by

providing us with your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

By becoming a commentor, your

concerns will be addressed in the EA

and considered by the Commission. You

should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal (including

alternative locations), and measures to

avoid or lessen environmental impact.

The more specific your comments, the

more useful they will be. Please

carefully follow these instructions to

ensure that your comments are received

in time and properly recorded:

• Send an original and two copies of

your letter to: David P. Boergers,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room

1A, Washington, DC 20426.

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of Gas 2.

• Reference Docket No. CP01–154–

000.

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before May 21, 2001.

Comments, protests and interventions

may also be filed electronically via the

Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm under

the link to the User’s Guide. Before you

can file comments you will need to

create an account which can be created

by clicking on ‘‘Login to File’’ and then

‘‘New User Account.’’

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding known as an ‘‘intervenor’’.

Intervenors play a more formal role in

the process. Among other things,

intervenors have the right to receive

copies of case-related Commission

documents and filings by other

intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor

must provide 14 copies of its filings to

the Secretary of the Commission and

must send a copy of its filings to all

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4 Interventions may also be filed electronically via

the Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous

discussion on filing comments electronically.

other parties on the Commission’s

service list for this proceeding. If you

want to become an intervenor you must

file a motion to intervene according to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 2).4 Only

intervenors have the right to seek

rehearing of the Commission’s decision.

Affected landowners and parties with

environmental concerns may be granted

intervenor status upon showing good

cause by stating that they have a clear

and direct interest in this proceeding

which would not be adequately

represented by any other parties. You do

not need intervenor status to have your

environmental comments considered.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from the

Commission’s Office of External Affairs

at (202) 208–1088 or on the FERC

website (www.ferc.fed.us) using the

‘‘RIMS’’ link to information in this

docket number. Click on the ‘‘RIMS’’

link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the RIMS

Menu, and follow the instructions. For

assistance with access to RIMS, the

RIMS helpline can be reached at (202)

208–2222.

Similarly, the ‘‘CIPS’’ link on the

FERC Internet website provides access

to the text of formal documents issued

by the Commission, such as orders,

notices, and rulemakings. From the

FERC Internet website, click on the

‘‘CIPS’’ link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the

CIPS menu, and follow the instructions.

For assistance with access to CIPS, the

CIPS helpline can be reached at (202)

208–2474.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–10328 Filed 4–25–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Accepted for

Filing and Soliciting Motions To

Intervene, Protests, and Comments

April 20, 2001.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary

Permit.

b. Project No.: 11891–000.

c. Date filed: February 20, 2001.

d. Applicant: Symbiotics, LLC.

e. Name of Project: Oneida Narrows

Project.

f. Location: On the Bear River, in

Cache County, Utah. Would utilize land

administered by the Bureau of

Reclamation.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Brent L.

Smith, President, Northwest Power

Services, Inc., P.O. Box 535, Rigby, ID

83442, (208) 745–8630.

i. FERC Contact: Robert Bell, (202)

219–2806.

j. Deadline for filing motions to

intervene, protests and comments: 60

days from the issuance date of this

notice.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Comments, recommendations,

interventions, and protests, may be

electronically filed via the internet in

lieu of paper. See 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at

http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure require all interveners

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on

each person in the official service list

for the project. Further, if an intervener

files comments or documents with the

Commission relating to the merits of an

issue that may affect the responsibilities

of a particular resource agency, they

must also serve a copy of the document

on that resource agency.

k. Description of Project: The

proposed project would consist of (1) an

existing 540-foot-long, 116-foot-high

earth fill dam; (2) an existing reservoir

having a surface area of 420 acres with

a storage capacity of 18,880 acre-feet

and a normal water surface elevation of

4,861 feet msl; (3) a proposed 650-footlong, 4-foot-diameter steel penstock; (4)

a proposed powerhouse containing two

generating units having a total installed

capacity of 943 kW; (5) a proposed 0.5-

mile-long, 15 kV transmission line; and

(6) appurtenant facilities.

The project would have an annual

generation of 8.2 GWh that would be

sold to a local utility.

l. A copy of the application is

available for inspection and

reproduction at the Commission’s

Public Reference Room, located at 888

First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington,

DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208–1371.

The application may be viewed on

http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm

(call (202) 208–2222 for assistance). A

copy is also available for inspection and

reproduction at the address in item h

above.

m. Preliminary Permit—Anyone

desiring to file a competing application

for preliminary permit for a proposed

project must submit the competing

application itself, or a notice of intent to

file such an application, to the

Commission on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application (see 18 CFR 4.36).

Submission of a timely notice of intent

allows an interested person to file the

competing preliminary permit

application no later than 30 days after

the specified comment date for the

particular application. A competing

preliminary permit application must

conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36.

n. Preliminary Permit—Any qualified

development applicant desiring to file a

competing development application

must submit to the Commission, on or

before a specified comment date for the

particular application, either a

competing development application or a

notice of intent to file such an

application. Submission of a timely

notice of intent to file a development

application allows an interested person

to file the competing application no

later than 120 days after specified

comment date for the particular

application. A competing license

application must conform with 18 CFR

4.30(b) and 4.36.

o. Notice of intent—A notice of intent

must specify the exact name, business

address, and telephone number of the

prospective applicant, and must include

an unequivocal statement of intent to

submit, if such an application may be

filed, either a preliminary permit

application or a development

application (specify which type of

application). A notice of intent must be

served on the applicant(s) named in this

public notice.

p. Proposed Scope of Studies under

Permit—A preliminary permit, if issued,

does not authorize construction. The

term of the proposed preliminary permit

would be 36 months. The work

proposed under the preliminary permit

would include economic analysis,

preparation of preliminary engineering

plans, and a study of environmental

impacts. Based on the results of these

studies, the Applicant would decide

whether to proceed with the preparation

of a development application to

construct and operate the project.

q. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules and Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.