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j. Status of Environmental Analysis:

This application is ready for

environmental analysis at this time—see

the following paragraphs about filing

responsive documents.

k. Deadline for filing motions to

intervene, protests and comments:

February 16, 2001.

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 and protests 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.

Please include the project number (P–

11867–000) on any comments, protests,

or motions filed.

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.

l. Description of Project: The project

would consist of modifying the 12

existing pumps in the Wadsworth Plant

to operate in a reverse turbinegenerating mode. Energy currently

dissipated in pressure control valves as

water is released from the Lake into the

Canal could then be captured. Each

pump/generator would have an

installed capacity of 3.3 megawatts

(MW), for a total installed capacity of

39.6 MW. The average annual

generation would be 30 gigawatt hours.

m. 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, NE.,

Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by

calling (202) 208–1371. This filing 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 shown in item h above.

Development Application—Any

qualified applicant desiring to file a

competing application must submit to

the Commission, on or before the

specified deadline date for the

particular application, a competing

development application, or a notice of

intent to file such an application.

Submission of a timely notice of intent

allows an interested person to file the

competing development application no

later than 120 days after the specified

deadline date for the particular

application. Applications for

preliminary permits will not be

accepted in response to this notice.

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 the

public notice.

Protests or Motions to Intervene—

Anyone may submit a protest or a

motion to intervene is accordance with

the requirements of Rules of Practice

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210,

385.211, and 385.214. In determining

the appropriate action to take, the

Commission will consider all protests

filed, but only those who file a motion

to intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any protests or

motions to intervene must be received

on or before the specified deadline date

for the particular application.

Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—The application is ready

for environmental analysis at this time,

and the Commission is requesting

comments, reply comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions.

The Commission directs, pursuant to

Section 4.34(b) of the Regulations (see

Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56

FR 23108, May 20, 1991) that all

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions and prescriptions concerning

the application be filed with the

Commission within 30 days from the

issuance date of this notice. All reply

comments must be filed with the

Commission within 75 days from the

date of this notice.

Anyone may obtain an extension of

time for these deadlines from the

Commission only upon a showing of

good cause or extraordinary

circumstances in accordance with 18

CFR 385.2008.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

lettters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION

TO INTERVENE’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF

INTENT TO FILE COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ or

‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the

heading the name of the applicant and

the project number of the application to

which the filing responds; (3) furnish

the name, address, and telephone

number of the person protesting or

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply

with the requirements of 18 CFR

385.2001 through 385.2005. All

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions or prescriptions must set

forth their evidentiary basis and

otherwise comply with the requirements

of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain

copies of the application directly from

the applicant. Any of these documents

must be filed by providing the original

and the number of copies required by

the Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any

protest or motion to intervene must be

served upon each representative of the

applicant specified in the particular

application. A copy of all other filings

in reference to this application must be

accompanied by proof of service on all

persons listed in the service list

prepared by the Commission in this

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR

4.34(b) and 385.2010.

David P. Boegers,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 11730–000]

Alverno Hydroelectric Project; Notice

of Teleconference

January 11, 2001.

A teleconference will be convened by

staff of the Office of Energy Projects on

January 23, 2001, at 2:00 p.m. EST to

discuss measures to protect fish and

wildlife resources made by the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service and Michigan

Department of Natural Resources under

section 10(j) of the Federal Power Act.

On October 20, 2000, a notice of

availability of draft environmental

assessment (DEA) was issued for the

Alverno Hydroelectric Project.

In letters dated November 8, 2000, to

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and

the Michigan Department of natural

Resources, the Commission’s staff

explained that the resource agency

recommended measures to protect fish

and wildlife resources were considered

in the DEA, but did not recommend

adopting all of them. We will discuss

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the resource agency recommendations

that staff did not recommended for

adoption. Anyone wishing to participate by

teleconference should call 1–888–928–

9122. They will need to give the

operator the passcode ‘‘COSTELLO’’

and the leader ‘‘JOHN COSTELLO’’. If you have any questions about the

teleconference, please call John Costello

at (202) 219–2914 or e-mail at

john.costello@ferc.fed.us.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–1428 Filed 1–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Third Interstate Natural Gas

Facility-Planning Seminar

January 11, 2001.

The Office of Energy Projects will

hold the third in a series of public

meetings around the country for the

purposes of exploring and enhancing

strategies for constructive public

participation in the earliest stages of

natural gas facility planing. This

seminar will be held in Tampa, Florida

on Thursday, February 15, 2001. We are

inviting interstate natural gas

companies; Federal, state and local

agencies; landowners and nongovernmental organizations with an

interest in developing new ways of

doing business to join us in this effort.

We will discuss the facility planning

process, not the merits of any pending

or planned pipeline projects. The staff of the Commission’s Office

of Energy Projects will give a briefing on

the results of our first two seminars in

Albany, NY and Chicago, IL. We will

discuss problems that were identified

and potential solutions that were offered

in the seminars.

Join us as we continue to explore new

strategies being employed by the natural

gas industry, agencies, and citizens to

learn about each others’ concerns and to

engage the public and agencies in

participatory project design. Interactive

discussions will be held with panelists

from various Federal and state agencies,

representatives from natural gas

companies, and private landowners or

citizen representatives who have had

relevant experiences. There will be

substantial opportunity for the sharing

of experiences and knowledge during

both the panel discussions and in the

interactive ‘‘brainstorming’’ session. So,

bring your ideas with you and prepare

to share them.

The objectives of the meeting are:

• Build upon the discussions from

the first two seminars in Albany, NY

and Chicago, IL. • Explore steps taken to identify the

parties directly involved with and

affected by natural gas facility siting

and/or permitting, so they can work

together and resolve issues. • Explore the best avenues for

involving people and agencies toward

fostering settlements through creative

issue resolution. • To encourage the submission of

filings with no or few contested issues

in order to reduce the Commission’s

processing time. • Discuss the potential benefits of an

interstate natural gas pipeline project.

Note: One of our panels this time will

focus on the potential benefits of pipelines

from each parties’ perspective.

We are building on what was learned

at our prior meetings and continuing to

work toward developing a toolbox of the

best available techniques for increasing

public involvement and developing

solutions to issues during the pre-filing

planning process. This will help to plan

projects with less opposition that can

achieve faster action from the

Commission with less controversy and

fewer conditions.

The meeting in Tampa, Florida will

be held at the Holiday Inn City Centre,

located in Tampa, Florida. The meeting

is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. and

finish at 4 p.m. A preliminary agenda

and directions to the Holiday Inn City

Centre are enclosed. Also, see

attachment 2 regarding the selection of

locations of future meetings. If you plan to attend, please email our

team at: gasoutreach@ferc.fed.us by

February 6, 2001. Or, you can respond

via facsimile to Pennie Lewis-Partee at

202–208–0353. Please include in the

response the names, addresses, and

telephone numbers of all attendees from

your organization. We will send an

acknowledgment of your request. To help us enhance our panel

discussions, please consider issues and/

or questions you would like to have

addressed at the meetings and email

them to us. If you have any questions,

you may contact any of the staff listed

below:

Richard Hoffmann, 202/208–0066

Lauren O’Donnell, 202/208–0325

Jeff Shenot, 202/219–2178

Howard Wheeler, 202/208–2299

J. Mark Robinson,

Director, Division of Environmental &

Engineering Review, Office of Energy Projects.

Attachments (2).

Agenda

3rd Interstate Natural Gas Facility

Planning Seminar, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Holiday Inn

City Centre, Tampa, Florida

February 15, 2001—9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

9:30 a.m.—Introductions

Welcome: Mark Robinson, Director,

Division of Environmental &

Engineering Review, Office of

Energy Projects, FERC, Rich

Hoffmann, Office of Energy Projects

(OEP), FERC

9:45—The Pipeline Planning/

Approval Process—Lauren

O’Donnell, OEP, What’s the role of

FERC?

10:00—Summary of Comments from

the Albany and Chicago

Meeetings—Rich Hoffmann

10:30—Panel 1. Perspectives on

Project Announcement, Route

Planning, and How To Work

Together—Howard Wheeler, OEP,

Moderator.

[Discussion of factors re:

announcement of the project,

planning of the route, types of

surveys needed; extent of

disturbance, and who to tell. What

are the needs of the various

stakeholders?]

Representative from Duke Energy

John Ryan, League of

Environmental Organizations, Ken

Huntington, Florida Department of

Environmental Protection

[10-minute discussion by each

panelist with interactive Q&A

session with panelists and audience

for remainder of Panel]

12:00—Lunch

1:00—Panel 2. What are the Benefits

(real and potential) of a natural gas

project and right-of-way?—Lauren

O’Donnell, Moderator

[Discussion of the various types of

benefits of a pipeline project to the

company, the individual, local area,

region and/or state. How to identify

them, how to advertize them.]

Pal Mulieri, County Commissioner,

Pasco County, FL, John Shafer,

Enron, Citizen/NGO Representative

[10 minute discussion by each

panelist with interactive Q&A

session with panelists and audience

for remainder of Panel]

2:00—Discussion by Kearns & West,

Inc., on Stakeholder Involvement.—

Ann Gunning

2:15—Brainstorming Session * * *