Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 107 / Monday, June 4, 2001 / Notices 29937

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. FE C&E 01–65, and C&E 01–

66 Certification Notice—200]

Office of Fossil Energy; Notice of

Filings of Coal Capability of Augusta

Energy, LLC and Tenaska Alabama II

Partners, L.P. Powerplant and

Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy,

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of filing.

SUMMARY: Augusta Energy, LLC and

Tenaska Alabama II Partners, L.P.

submitted coal capability selfcertifications pursuant to section 201 of

the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use

Act of 1978, as amended.

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification

filings are available for public

inspection, upon request, in the Office

of Coal & Power Im/Ex, Fossil Energy,

Room 4G–039, FE–27, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell at (202) 586–9624.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of

the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use

Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended (42

U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), provides that no

new baseload electric powerplant may

be constructed or operated without the

capability to use coal or another

alternate fuel as a primary energy

source. In order to meet the requirement

of coal capability, the owner or operator

of such facilities proposing to use

natural gas or petroleum as its primary

energy source shall certify, pursuant to

FUA section 201(d), to the Secretary of

Energy prior to construction, or prior to

operation as a base load powerplant,

that such powerplant has the capability

to use coal or another alternate fuel.

Such certification establishes

compliance with section 201(a) as of the

date filed with the Department of

Energy. The Secretary is required to

publish a notice in the Federal Register

that a certification has been filed. The

following owners/operators of the

proposed new baseload powerplants

have filed a self-certification in

accordance with section 201(d).

Owner: Augusta Energy LLC (C&E 01–

65).

Operator: Calpine Eastern Inc.

Location: Richmond County, GA.

Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.

Capacity: 825 MW.

Fuel: Natural gas.

Purchasing Entities: Wholesale

electric market.

In-Service Date: September 1, 2003.

Owner: Tenaska Alabama II Partners,

L.P. (C&E 01–66).

Operator: Tenaska Alabama II

Partners, L.P.

Location: Autauga County, AL.

Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.

Capacity: 875 MW.

Fuel: Natural gas.

Purchasing Entities: Coral Power,

LLC.

In-Service Date: May, 2003.

Issued in Washington, DC, May 29, 2001.

Anthony J. Como,

Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation,

Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex, Office of Coal

& Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 01–13916 Filed 6–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

Electrical Interconnection of the

Chehalis Generation Facility

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record

of Decision (ROD).

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of the ROD to integrate

power from the Chehalis Generation

Facility into the Federal Columbia River

Transmission System (FCRTS), based on

BPA’s Resource Contingency Program

Environmental Impact Statement (RCP

EIS, DOE/EIS–0230, November 1995),

Supplement Analysis (SA, DOE/EIS–

0230/SA–02, May 9, 2001), BPA’s

Business Plan EIS (BP EIS, DOE/EIS–

0183, June 1995), and Business Plan

ROD (August 1995). BPA has decided to

offer contracts to Chehalis Power

Generation, L.P., to facilitate integration

of power into the FCRTS for delivery to

the wholesale power market.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD for the

Electrical Interconnection of the

Chehalis Generation Facility, which

includes the SA, may be obtained by

calling BPA’s toll-free document request

line: 1–800–622–4520. The RCP EIS, BP

EIS, and BP ROD are also available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Dawn R. Boorse, Bonneville Power

Administration—KEC–4, P.O. Box 3621,

Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621,

telephone number 503–230–5678, fax

number 503–230–5699; e-mail

drboorse@bpa.gov.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on May 24,

2001.

Stephen J. Wright,

Acting Administrator and Chief Executive

Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–13915 Filed 6–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–369–000]

Williams Gas Processing-Gulf Coast

Company, L.P.; Notice of Petition for a

Declaratory Order

May 29, 2001.

Take notice that on May 18, 2001,

Williams Gas Processing-Gulf Coast

Company, L.P. (WGP), P.O. Box 1396,

Houston, Texas 77251, filed a petition

for a declaratory order in Docket No.

CP01–369–000, requesting that the

Commission declare that WGP’s

acquisition, ownership and operation of

the Central Louisiana Gathering System

located largely onshore Louisiana and in

offshore waters on the Outer

Continental Shelf (OCS), currently

owned by WGP’s affiliate,

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco), would have the

primary function of gathering of natural

gas and would thereby be exempt from

the Commission’s jurisdiction pursuant

to section 1(b) of the Natural Gas Act,

all as more fully set forth in the petition

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection. The

filing may be viewed on the web at

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

(call 202–208–2222 for assistance).

It is stated that Transco and WGP

have entered into a Transfer and

Assignment Agreement, as amended,

under which Transco will transfer the

subject gathering facilities to WGP at net

book value, as set forth in Transco’s

application. WGP states that conveyance

of the facilities will become effective on

the last business day of the calendar

month following a Commission order

approving the abandonment and

acceptable to Transco and WGP, or at a

mutually agreeable date thereafter.

Pursuant to the transfer agreement, WGP

states that it will provide gathering

services in a manner consistent with

open access and non-discriminatory

principles. WGP states that this petition

is a companion to Transco’s

concurrently filed application to

abandon the subject facilities by transfer

to WGP in Docket No. CP01–368–000.

WGP states that this petition and the

accompanying Transco application for

abandonment are based on the

Commission’s current policy regarding

its NGA jurisdiction over offshore

facilities as set forth in the Sea Robin

remand order, Sea Robin Pipeline Co.,

87 FERC ¶ 61,384 (1999), reh’g denied,

92 FERC ¶ 61,072 (2000) (Sea Robin).

WGP states that although WGP and

Transco have a similar spindown

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proceeding that has been pending before

the Commission on rehearing since

1996, in this proceeding WGP and

Transco have revised their spindown

requests pursuant to the new policy in

order to obtain prompt Commission

Action.

WGP states that Transco and WGP are

undertaking to spindown Transco’s

offshore gathering facilities, on a

system-by-system basis, under the

Commission’s reformulated ‘‘primary

function’’ principles recently

announced in Sea Robin. WGP states

that on November 20, 2000, Transco and

WGP filed to spindown portions of

Transco’s North Padre and Central

Texas gathering systems together in

Docket Nos. CP01–34–000 and CP01–

32–000. It is also stated that on March

12, 2001, in Docket Nos. CP01–103–000

and CP01–104–000, Transco and WGP

filed to spindown Transco’s North High

Island/West Cameron gathering system.

WGP states that the instant application

and petition propose to spindown

Transco’s Central Louisiana Gathering

System. WGP states that it is Transco’s

and WGP’s hope that presenting the

revised spindown filings on a systemby-system basis under the Commission’s

current policy—the reformulated

primary function test—facilitate the

Commission’s prompt review and

approval of the filings.

WGP submits that the primary

function of the facilities is gathering,

consistent with the criteria set forth in

Farmland Industries, Inc. (23 FERC ¶

61,063 (1983)), as modified in

subsequent orders. WGP submits that

WGP’s requested gathering

determination and Transco’s requested

firm-to-gathering rate design go hand in

hand.

Any questions concerning this

application may be directed to Mari M.

Ransey, Esq., One Williams Center, MD

41–3, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74172, call (918)

573–2611.

There are two ways to become

involved in the Commission’s review of

this project. First, any person wishing to

obtain legal status by becoming a party

to the proceedings for this project

should, on or before June 19, 2001, file

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of the Commission’s Rules

of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations

under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A

person obtaining party status will be

placed on the service list maintained by

the Secretary of the Commission and

will receive copies of all documents

filed by the applicant and by all other

parties. A party must submit 14 copies

of filings made with the Commission

and must mail a copy to the applicant

and to every other party in the

proceeding. Only parties to the

proceeding can ask for court review of

Commission orders in the proceeding.

However, a person does not have to

intervene in order to have comments

considered. The second way to

participate is by filing with the

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as

possible, an original and two copies of

comments in support of or in opposition

to this project. The Commission will

consider these comments in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but the filing of a comment alone

will not serve to make the filer a party

to the proceeding. The Commission’s

rules require that persons filing

comments in opposition to the project

copies of their protests only to the party

or parties directly involved in the

protest.

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.

If the Commission decides to set the

application for a formal hearing before

an Administrative law Judge, the

Commission will issue another notice

describing that process. At the end of

the Commission’s review process, a

final Commission order approving or

denying a certificate will be issued.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–13875 Filed 6–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Docket No. CP01–370–000

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company and Frontier Gas Storage

Company; Notice of Joint Application

May 29, 2001.

Take notice that on May 18, 2001,

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company (Williston Basin), P.O. Box

5601, Bismarck, North Dakota 58506–

5601 and Frontier Gas Storage Company

(Frontier), c/o Lord Securities

Corporation, Two Wall Street, 19th

Floor, New York, New York 10005 filed

a Joint Abbreviated Application

pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural

Gas Act and Sections 157.7 and 157.18

of the Commission’s Regulations for an

order permitting and approving the

abandonment of certificates.

Williston Basin and Frontier state that

inasmuch as all gas previously owned

by Frontier has been withdrawn from

Williston Basin’s storage fields as of

April 3, 2001, and neither Williston

Basin nor Frontier has any further need

for the services provided by the other,

Williston Basin and Frontier

respectfully request abandonment of the

certificates authorizing the services

provided by Williston Basin pursuant to

Rate Schedules X–9 and X–11 of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 2

and by Frontier pursuant to its FERC

Gas Tariff, Original Volume Nos. 1 and

2, including most specifically Rate

Schedule LVS–1. Williston Basin and

Frontier further state they are the only

parties to the certificates of public

convenience and necessity proposed to

be abandoned.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before June 19,

2001, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426) a

motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211) and the

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.10). All protests filed with

the Commission will be considered by

it in determining the appropriate action

to be taken but will not serve to make

the protestants parties to the

proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

to a proceeding or to participate as a

party in any hearing therein must file a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the Commission’s Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Section 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas

Act and the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, a hearing will

be held without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its review of the

matter finds that permission and

approval for the proposed abandonment

are required by the public convenience

and necessity. If a motion for leave to

intervene is timely filed, or if the

Commission on its own motion believes

that a formal hearing is required, further

notice of such hearing will be duly

given.

Comments, protests, and

interventions may be filed electronically

via the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18