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facility have, from time to time,

exceeded 10.0 Mmcf/Day. CNGT states

that, although it is unable to identify a

certificated level of operation for the

M&R Station, it has determined that the

M&R Station cannot sustain operations

at this level consistent with sound

engineering principles. CNGT states that

it has determined that reasonable flow

rates through a facility of this size

should accommodate daily deliveries up

to 3.2 Mmcf. Therefore, by this

application, CNGT seeks authorization

to abandon the incremental capacity

that may have been established by

recent operation at the Johnsonburg

M&R Station at levels in excess of 3.2

Mmcf/Day.

In addition, CNGT states that upon

abandonment of the excess capacity, as

requested herein, CNGT will install flow

control devices to restrict throughput at

this station to no more than 3.2 Mmcf/

Day. CNGT states that it does not

believe that case-specific authorization

is required for installation of the flow

control devices; however, should the

Commission deem such authorization

appropriate, CNGT also hereby requests

permission to install the flow control

devices as required to ensure the

desired level of operation of the facility.

CNGT states that no long-term firm

service obligations will be affected by

the proposed abandonment of

operations in excess of 3.2 Mmcf/Day

through the Johnsonburg M&R Station.

CNGT states that as of November 1,

1995, CNGT’s firm service obligation to

Hanley at the Johnsonburg M&R Station

has been reduced to a Maximum Daily

Delivery Obligation of 2.0 Mmcf.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before

December 22, 1995, file with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission,

Washington, D.C. 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 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 Sections 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 own 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.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for CNGT to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Assessment, Conduct

Site Visit, Solicit Interventions,

Protests, and Written Scoping

Comments

December 1, 1995.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Minor license

(less than 5MW)

b. Project No. 11060–001

c. Date filed: December 9, 1993

d. Applicant: J.M. Miller Enterprises,

Inc.

e. Name of Project: Sahko Hydroelectric

Project

f. Location: In the Kastelu drainage area

about 0.5 miles from the confluence

with the Snake River in Twin Falls

County, Idaho, near the town of

Filer.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act,

16 USC §§ 791(a)–825(r)

h. Applicant Contact:

Donald W. Block, P.E., J–U–B

Engineers, Inc., 800 Falls Ave.,

Twin Falls, ID 833301, (208) 733–

2414

Tracy Ahrens, J–U–B Engineers, Inc.,

800 Falls Ave., Twin Falls, ID

833301, (208) 733–2414.

i. FERC Contact: Ms. Deborah FrazierStutely (202) 219–2842

j. Deadline for filing protests, motions to

intervene and written scoping

comments: February 12, 1996

k. Status of Environmental Analysis:

The application is not ready of

environmental analysis at this

time—see attached paragraph D8

l. Intent to Prepare and Environmental

Assessment and Invitation for

Written Scoping Comments: The

Commission staff intends to prepare

an Environmental Assessment (EA)

on this hydroelectric project in

accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act. In the

EA, we will consider both sitespecific and cumulative

environmental impacts of the

project and reasonable alternatives,

and will include an economic,

financial, and engineering analyses.

A draft EA will be issued and

circulated for review by all interested

parties. All comments filed on the draft

EA will be analyzed by the staff and

considered in a final EA. The staff’s

conclusions and recommendations will

then be presented for the consideration

by the Commission in reaching its final

licensing decision.

Scoping Meetings: Staff will hold two

scoping meetings. A scoping meeting

oriented towards the public will be held

on Wednesday, January 10, 1996, at 7:00

pm, at Filer High School, Highway 30,

Filer, Idaho. A scoping meeting oriented

towards the agencies will be held on

Thursday, January 11, 1996 at 9:00 am,

at the Filer City Hall, Council Chambers,

300 Main Street, Filer, ID 83328.

Interested individuals, organizations,

and agencies are invited to attend either

or both meetings and assist the staff in

identifying the scope of environmental

issues that should be analyzed in the

EA.

To help focus discussions at the

meetings, a scoping document outlining

subject areas to be addressed in the EA

will be mailed to agencies and

interested individuals on the

Commission mailing list. Copies of the

scoping document will also be available

at the scoping meetings.

Site Visit: A site visit to the proposed

Sahko Hydroelectric Project is planned

for January 10, 1996. Those who wish to

attend should plan to meet at 8:00 am

at the J–U–B Engineers, Inc. Twin Falls

Office, 800 Falls Ave., Twin Falls, ID. If

you plan to attend, contact Mr. Tracy

Ahrens by January 9, 1996, at (208) 733–

2414 for directions or additional details.

Objectives: At the scoping meetings

the staff will: (1) identify preliminary

issues related to the proposed project;

(2) identify issues that are not important

do not require detailed analysis; (3)

identify reasonable alternatives to be

addressed in the EA; (4) solicit from the

meeting participants all available

information, especially quantified data,

on the resource issues; and (5)

encourage statements from experts and

the public on issues that should be
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analyzed in the EA, including points of

view in opposition to, or in support of,

the staff’s preliminary views.

Procedures: The scoping meetings

will be recorded by a court reporter and

all statements (oral and written) will

become a part of the formal record of the

Commission’s proceedings on the Sahko

Hydroelectric Project. Individuals

presenting statements at the meetings

will be asked to clearly identify

themselves for the record.

Individuals, organizations, and

agencies with environmental expertise

and concerns are encouraged to attend

the meetings and assist the staff in

defining and clarifying the issues to be

addressed in the EA.

Persons choosing not to speak at the

meetings, but who have views on the

issues or information relevant to the

issues, may submit written statements

for inclusion in the public record at the

meetings. In addition, written scoping

comments may be filed with the

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, D.C. 20426, until February

12, 1996.

All written correspondence should

clearly show the following caption on

the first page: Sahko Hydroelectric

Project, FERC No. 11060–000.

Intervenors—those on the

Commission’s service list for this

proceeding (parties)—are reminded of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, requiring parties filing

documents with the Commission, to

serve a copy of the document on each

person whose name appears on the

official service list. Further, if a party

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. All entities

commenting on this scoping document

must file an original and eight copies of

the comments with the Secretary of the

Commission.

Any questions regarding this notice

may be directed to Ms. Deborah FrazierStutely, Environmental Coordinator,

FERC, at (202) 219–2842.

m. Description of Project: The

proposed project would consist of: (1) a

12-foot-high, 12-foot-wide, 80-foot-long

earthfill sediment collection

embankment with a crest at elevation

3,397 feet mean sea level (msl),

containing a broadcrest weir, a 4-foothigh, 14-foot-wide overflow spillway,

and a bypass pipe; (2) a 500-foot-long

bypass ditch to be used during

maintenance; (3) a 12-foot-high, 12-footwide, 110-foot-long earthfill intake

embankment with a crest at elevation

3,394.5 feet msl, containing a concrete

overflow spillway, an 8-foot-wide box

shaped intake structure, and bypass

pipe; (4) two unnamed springs; (5) a 24-

inch-diameter, 1,950-foot-long partially

buried steel penstock with a butterfly

valve; (6) a 25-foot-wide, 50-foot-long

masonry block powerhouse containing

one pelton turbine and generating unit

with an installed capacity of 500 Kw; (7)

a 6-foot-wide, 3-foot-high, 30-foot-long

rock rip-rap tailrace, discharging project

flows into the Snake River; (8) a

switchyard; (9) a 2,000-foot-long, 34.5-

Kv transmission line tying into an Idaho

Power Company line; and (10) related

facilities.

The proposed project would operate

run-of-ditch, where the project will use

whatever flows enter the sediment

impoundment as either irrigation waste

flows or as emanating from the two

unnamed springs on the applicant’s

property, and would generate about

1,178,000 kilowatthours of energy

annually.

n. Purpose of Project: Project power

will be sold to a local utility.

o. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: A2, A9,

B1, D8

p. Available Locations of

Applications: A copy of the application,

as amended and supplemented, is

available for inspection and

reproduction at the Commission’s

Public Reference and Files Maintenance

Branch, located at 888 First Street, N.E.,

Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by

calling (202) 208–1371. A copy is also

available for inspection and

reproduction at the applicant’s office

(see item (h) above).

A2. 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.

A9. 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 this

public notice.

B1. Protests or Motions to Intervene—

Anyone may submit a protest or a

motion to intervene in 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.

D8. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—The application is not

ready for environmental analysis at this

time; therefore, the Commission is not

now requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions.

When the application is ready for

environmental analysis, the

Commission will issue a public notice

requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘NOTICE

OF INTENT TO FILE COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ or ‘‘COMPETING

APPLICATION;’’ (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. 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, N.E., Washington, DC

20426. An additional copy must be sent

to Director, Division of Project Review,

Office of Hydropower Licensing,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

at the above address. A copy of any

protest or motion to intervene must be

served upon each representative of the

applicant specified in the particular

application.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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