28160 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 22, 2001 / Notices

1 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the staff of the

FERC’s Office of Energy Projects and the CSLC.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER01–1989–001]

Southwest Power Pool, Inc.; Notice of

Filing

May 15, 2001.

Take notice that on May 10, 2001,

Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP)

tendered for filing a supplement to the

tariff changes submitted on May 7, 2001,

in Docket No. ER01–1989–000.

Copies of this filing have been served

on all affected state commission, SPP

customers, and SPP members.

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 considered by the

Commission to determine the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceedings. 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. 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. 01–12784 Filed 5–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[FERC Docket Nos. CP01–22–000 and

CP01–23–000; CSLC EIR No. 703; State

Clearinghouse No. SCH2001011020; BLM

Reference No. CACA–42662]

North Baja Pipeline, LLC; Supplement

to the Notice of Intent/Preparation to

Prepare a Joint Environmental Impact

Statement/Report for the Proposed

North Baja Pipeline Project and

Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues Related to the

Bureau of Land Management’s

Consideration of an Amendment to the

Yuma Resource Management Plan

May 16, 2001.

On December 12, 2000, the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC

or Commission) and the California State

Lands Commission (CSLC) issued a

Notice of Intent/Preparation (NOI/NOP)

to jointly prepare an environmental

impact statement/report (EIS/EIR) that

will discuss the environmental impacts

of North Baja Pipeline, LLC’s (NBP)

proposed North Baja Pipeline Project in

La Paz County, Arizona, and Riverside

and Imperial Counties, California. The

FERC will be the lead Federal agency in

the preparation of the EIS/EIR while the

CSLC will be the State Lead Agency for

California. The joint document will

satisfy the requirements of both the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) and the California

Environmental Quality Act.

The North Baja Pipeline Project

would involve the construction and

operating of a new 18,810-horsepower

compressor station in La Paz County,

Arizona, and about 80.0 miles of 36- and

30-inch-diameter pipeline extending

from an interconnection with El Paso

Natural Gas Company in La Paz County,

Arizona, through Riverside and Imperial

Counties, California, to an

interconnection at the international

border between the United States and

Mexico. A total of 48.2 miles of the

proposed pipeline and one new meter

station would be on lands managed by

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

under the jurisdiction of the Palm

Springs, El Centro, and Yuma Field

Offices. The BLM has agreed to meet its

NEPA responsibilities in considering

NBP’s application to cross these Federal

lands by participating as a cooperating

agency in the preparation of the EIS/

EIR.

The December 12, 2000 NOI/NOP

stated that the BLM will use the EIS/EIR

to consider a plan amendment, which

may be necessary for pipeline

construction outside of the designated

utility corridors as described in the

California Desert Conservation Area

Plan, 1980 (as amended). The BLM has

recently informed us that it will also use

the EIS/EIR to consider an amendment

to the Yuma Resource Management Plan

(RMP), which may be necessary for

pipeline construction across the

Milpitas Wash Special Management

Area.

By this notice, we 1 are specifically

seeking public comments on the BLM’s

consideration of an amendment to the

Yuma RMP. This supplemental NOI/

NOP does not reopen the general

scoping period for the EIS/EIR. Please

carefully follow the instructions below

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., N.E., Room

1A, Washington, DC 20426;

• Reference Docket No. CP01–22–

000;

• Label one copy of you comments for

the attention of the Gas Group 1, PJ–

11.1;

• Send an additional copy of your

letter to the following individual:

Goodyear K. Walker, California State

Lands Commission, 100 Howe Ave.,

Suite 100 South, Sacramento, CA 95825;

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before June 18, 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 website 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 by clicking on ‘‘Login

to File’’ and then ‘‘New User Account.’’

Availability of Additional Information

Additional information abut 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 texts of formal documents issued

by the Commission, such as orders,