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Process to Date

BPA is the lead Federal agency for the

joint NEPA/SEPA EIS, and EFSEC is the

lead Washington State agency. EFSEC

has already held open houses

introducing the Starbuck Power Project

to interested parties in Columbia County

and the surrounding area. Subsequent to

these meetings, BPA determined that a

new 500-kV transmission line was

necessary for firm power delivery on the

existing transmission system. SPC will

prepare an Application for Site

Certification and submit it to EFSEC in

July 2001. This initial application will

address the Starbuck Power Project in

detail. BPA and EFSEC will conduct

joint scoping meetings after receipt and

preliminary review of the initial

submission.

Alternatives Proposed for

Consideration

Alternatives thus far identified for

evaluation in the EIS are (1) the

proposed actions, (2) use of the town’s

well and a proposed water pipeline as

an alternative to the on-site well, and (3)

no action. Other alternatives may be

identified through the scoping process.

Identification of Environmental Issues

EFSEC will prepare an EIS consistent

with its responsibilities under Chapter

80.50 of the Revised Code of

Washington and Chapter 197–11 of the

Washington Administrative Code. BPA

has determined in a System Impact

Study requested by SPC that, for firm

transmission service, the construction of

16 miles of 500-kV transmission line

may be required. Such an action triggers

a need for BPA to prepare an EIS.

Therefore, BPA and EFSEC intend to

prepare a joint NEPA/SEPA EIS

addressing both the power plant and the

associated electric power

interconnection and transmission

facilities. The principal issues identified

thus far for consideration in the Draft

EIS are (1) air quality impacts, (2)

aesthetic and visual impacts, (3) socioeconomic impacts including

transportation impacts, (4) wetlands and

wildlife habitat impacts, (5) cultural

resource impacts, (6) water supply and

quality impacts, (7) health and safety

impacts, and (8) noise impacts from

plant operation. These issues, together

with any additional significant issues

identified through the scoping process,

will be addressed in the EIS. BPA will

also use the EIS and NEPA process to

address historic preservation and

cultural resource issues under Section

106 of the National Historic

Preservation Act.

Public Participation

After July 2001, one or more EIS

scoping meetings will be held, and a 45-

day comment period will be announced,

during which affected landowners,

concerned citizens, special interest

groups, local governments, and any

other interested parties are invited to

comment on the scope of the proposed

EIS. A 30-day notice of the meeting(s),

including time and location, will be

provided to interested persons. At the

meeting(s), BPA and EFSEC will answer

questions and accept oral and written

comments.

Receiving comments from interested

parties will assure that BPA and EFSEC

address in the EIS the full range of

issues and potentially significant

impacts related to the proposed project.

When completed, the Draft EIS will be

circulated for review and comment, and

BPA and EFSEC will hold at least one

public comment meeting on the Draft

EIS. BPA and EFSEC will consider and

respond in the Final EIS to comments

received on the Draft EIS.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on June 4,

2001.

Stephen J. Wright,

Acting Administrator and Chief Executive

Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–14989 Filed 6–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–377–000]

Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of

Application

June 8, 2001.

Take notice that on May 30, 2001,

Dominion Transmission, Inc (DTI), 445

West Main Street, Clarksburg, West

Virginia 26301, filed an application

seeking authorization to continue

operation of a storage well and related

facilities pursuant to Section 7(b) of the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

DTI states that the purpose of the

application is to obtain authorization to

continue the operation of the UW–124

storage well and related facilities

located in the North Summit Storage

Pool at DTI’s North Summit Storage

Field, all as more fully set forth in the

amendment which is open to the public

for inspection.

DTI states that the issuance of a

certificate of public convenience and

necessity for the UW–124 well will

allow more efficient and reliable

operations by DTI and will avoid

additional costs to DTI’s customers. DTI

also requests that intermediate decision

procedures be omitted, pursuant to

Rules 801 and 802 of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedure. This

application may be viewed on the web

at: www.rimswebl.ferc.us/

rims.q∼rp2∼ilnto (call 202–208–222 for

assistance).

Any questions regarding the

application should be directed to Sean

R. Sleigh, Certificates Manager,

Dominion Transmission, Inc., 445 West

Main Street, Clarksburg, WV 26301, at

(304) 627–3462.

There are two 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 29, 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 385.214 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 filing 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 order in the proceeding.

However, a person does not have a

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

provide copies of their protests only to

the party or parties directly involved in

the protest.

Persons who wish to comment only

on the environmental review of this

project should submit an original and

two copies of their comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Environmental commenters will be

placed on the Commission’s

environmental mailing list, will receive

copies of the environmental documents,

and will be notified of meetings

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associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Environmental commenters will not be

required to serve copies of filed

documents on all other parties.

However, the non-party commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission (except for the mailing of

environmental documents issued by the

Commission) and will not have the right

to seek court review of the

Commission’s final order.

The Commission may issue a

preliminary determination on nonenvironmental issues prior to the

completion of its review of the

environmental aspects of the project.

This preliminary determination

typically considers such issues as the

need for the project and its economic

effect on existing customers of the

applicant, on other pipelines in the area,

and on landowners and communities.

For example, the Commission considers

the extent to which the applicant may

need to exercise eminent domain to

obtain rights-of-way for the proposed

project and balances that against the

non-environmental benefits to be

provided by the project. Therefore, if a

person has comments on community

and landowner impacts from this

proposal, it is important either to file

comments or to intervene as early in the

process as possible.

Interventions, 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:

www.ferc.gov/documents/

makeanelectronicfiling/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. 01–14994 Filed 6–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–379–000]

Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of

Application

June 8, 2001.

Take notice that on May 30, 2001,

Dominion Transmission, Inc (DTI), 445

West Main Street, Clarksburg, West

Virginia 26301, filed an application for

authorization to abandon facilities

pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural

Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

The purpose of the application is to

obtain authorization for the retroactive

abandonment of 13 storage wells and

related facilities located in DTI’s

Oakford, Bridgeport, Fink-Kennedy-Lost

Creek, Racket Newberne, and South

Bend Storage Pools, all as more fully set

forth in the amendment which is open

to the public for inspection. DTI states

that the abandonment costs were not

passed through to DTI’s customers. DTI

also requests that intermediate decision

procedures be omitted, pursuant to

Rules 801 and 802 of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedure. This

application may be viewed on the web

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

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

assistance).

Any questions regarding the

application should be directed to Sean

R. Sleigh, Certificates Manager,

Dominion Transmission, Inc., 445 West

Main Street, Clarksburg, WV 26301,

phone number (304) 627–3462.

There are two 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 29, 2001, file with the

Federal Energy Regulator 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 385.214 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

provide copies of their protests only to

the party or parties directly involved in

the protest.

Interventions, 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:

www.ferc.gov/documents/

makeanelectronicfiling/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. 01–14997 Filed 6–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–378–000]

Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of

Application

June 8, 2001.

Take notice that on May 30, 2001,

Dominion Transmission, Inc. (DTI), 445

West Main Street, Clarksburg, West

Virginia 26301, filed an application

seeking authorization to continue

operation of a storage well and related

facilities pursuant to Section 7(b) of the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

DTI states that the purpose of the

application is to obtain authorization to

continue the operation of the JW–287

storage well and related facilities

located in the Murryville reservoir of

DTI’s Oakford Storage Complex, all as

more fully set forth in the amendment

which is open to the public for

inspection.