31900 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 13, 2001 / Notices

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed on or before

June 13, 2001. 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 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 in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web 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.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14848 Filed 6–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–434–000]

Gas Research Institute; Notice of

Annual Application

June 7, 2001.

Take notice that on June 1, 2001, Gas

Research Institute (GRI) filed an

application requesting advance approval

of its 2002–2006 Five-Year Research,

Development and Demonstration

(RD&D) Plan, and the 2002 RD&D

Program and the funding of its RD&D

activities for 2002, pursuant to section

154.401 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act,

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, and the Commission’s April

29, 1998 Order Approving Settlement

[83 FERC ¶ 61,093(1998)].

In its application, GRI states that all

aspects of its proposed 2002 Program

are consistent with the current

Settlement. GRI states that proposed

budgets are identical to those approved

as part of the Settlement. GRI proposes

to incur contract obligations of $60.0

million in 2002. Consistent with the

Commission’s April 29, 1998 Order

Approving Settlement, GRI states that

all $60.0 million of the 2002 contract

obligations will be for Core Projects.

GRI’s application seeks to collect funds

to support its RD&D program through

jurisdictional rates and charges during

the twelve months ending December 31,

2002. In addition GRI adds that since

actual collections for 2000 of $134.0

million are $9.9 million less than

projected, proposed 2002 surcharges are

those set forth in the Settlement

Agreement adjusted upward by 10

percent consistent with the stated

intention of Settlement Agreement

Article II, section 1.0 and have the

potential to narrow the gap between

actual collections and projected

revenues by approximately $6 million.

Consistent with the Commission’s

April 29, 1998 Order Approving

Settlement, GRI proposes to fund the

2002 RD&D program by the use of the

following surcharges: (1) A demand/

reservation surcharge of 6.6 cents per

Dth per Month for ‘‘high load factor

customers;’’ (2) a demand still

reservation surcharge of 4.07 cents per

Dth per month for ‘‘low load factor

customers’’; (3) a volumetric

commodity/usage surcharge of 0.55

cents; and (4) a special ‘‘small

customer’’ surcharge of .88 cents per

Dth. All of the proposed 2020

surcharges represent decreases from

corresponding current levels.

The Commission Staff will analyze

GRI’s application and prepare a

Commission Staff Report. This Staff

Report will be served on all parties and

filed with the Commission as a public

document on August 10, 2001.

Comments on the Staff Report and GRI’s

application by all parties, except GRI,

must be filed with the Commission on

or before August 24, 2001. GRI’s reply

comments must be filled on or after

August 31, 2001.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest GRI’s application, except for GRI

members and state regulatory

commissions, who are automatically

permitted to participate in the instant

proceedings as intervenors, should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests should be

filed on or before June 21, 2001. All

comments and protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to this proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party,

other than a GRI member or a state

regulatory commission, must file a

motion to intervene. Copies of this filing

are on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection in the

public reference room. This filing may

be viewed on the web 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.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14847 Filed 6–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–380–000]

Kern River Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Application

June 7, 2001.

Take notice that on May 30, 2001,

Kern River Gas Transmission Company

(Kern River), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt

Lake City, Utah 84158, filed in docket

No. CP01–380–000 an application

pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural

Gas Act (NGA) and part 157 of the

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission) regulations

for a certificate of public convenience

and necessity authorizing Kern River to

construct and operate: (1) A 12-inch

mainline tap on Kern River’s mainline

north of Las Vegas; (2) approximately

3.54 miles of 16-inch diameter delivery

lateral pipeline in Clark County, Nevada

(Moapa Lateral); and (3) a delivery

meter station at the terminus of the

lateral, all as more fully set forth in the

application which is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection. The filing may be viewed at

http://www.rimsweb1.ferc.fed.us/

rims.q?rp2∼intro. (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

Specifically, Kern River requests

authorization to construct the Moapa

Lateral to provide up to 218.8 MMcf per

day of natural gas to Duke Energy North

America, LLP (Duke) to fuel its

proposed 1,200 megawatt gas-fired

power plant near Moapa, Nevada.

Transportation service to the plant will

be provided under authorized Part 284

transportation service agreements.

The estimated cost of the proposed

lateral facilities is approximately $3.8

million. Duke will reimburse Kern River

for all of the actual costs of the proposed