Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 61 / Thursday, March 30, 1995 / Notices 16465

Dates and Times: Thursday, April 20, 9:00

am–4:15 pm; Friday, April 21, 9:00 am–12:00

pm.

Place: Holiday Inn-Capitol, 550 C Street,

S.W., Washington, DC.

Contact: Ms. Renee Miller, EIA Committee

Liaison, U.S. Department of Energy, Energy

Information Administration, EI–72,

Washington, DC 20585, Telephone: (202)

254–5507.

Supplementary Information:

Purpose of the Committee: To advise the

Department of Energy, Energy Information

Administration (EIA), on EIA technical

statistical issues and to enable the EIA to

benefit from the Committee’s expertise

concerning other energy statistical matters.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, April 20, 1995

A. Opening Remarks

B. Major Topics

1. Effects of Structural Changes in Industry

2. How the NEMS Transportation Module

Operates

3. Reconciliation of AEO and STEO

Forecasts (Public Comment)

Friday, April 21, 1995

4. Review of RECS Survey Design

5. Estimates of State Level Natural Gas

Consumption

6. Results and Overall Plans for Customer

Surveys (Public Comment)

C. Topics for Future Meetings

Public Participation: The meeting is open

to the public. The Chairperson of the

committee is empowered to conduct the

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the

orderly conduct of business. Written

statements may be filed with the committee

either before or after the meeting. If there are

any questions, please contact Ms. Renee

Miller, EIA Committee Liaison, at the address

or telephone number listed above or Mrs.

Antoinette Martin at (202) 254–5409.

Transcripts: Available for public review

and copying at the Public Reading Room,

(Room 1E–290), 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–6025,

between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday.

Issued at Washington, DC on March 27,

1995.

Rachel Murphy Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee,

Management Officer

[FR Doc. 95–7853 Filed 3–29–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER95–724–000, et al.]

Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Company,

et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

March 23, 1995.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric

Company

[Docket No. ER95–724–000]

Take notice that on March 10, 1995,

Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company

(Iowa-Illinois), 206 East Second Street,

P.O. Box 4350, Davenport, Iowa 52808,

tendered for filing pursuant to § 35.12 of

the Regulations under the Federal

Power Act an initial rate schedule

consisting of a Transmission Service

Agreement dated as of December 16,

1994 between Iowa-Illinois and Louis

Dreyfus Electric Power Inc. (Dreyfus).

Iowa-Illinois states that the terms and

conditions of this Agreement are

identical in all respects to Iowa-Illinois

Transmission Service Agreements with

other power marketers which have been

accepted for filing by the Commission in

Docket Nos. ER95–334–000, ER95–426–

000, and ER95–541–000. Iowa-Illinois

further states that under the Agreement

it will provide non-firm transmission

service to Dreyfus on a monthly,

weekly, daily or hourly basis to transmit

power and associated energy from

certain defined points to other defined

points on Iowa-Illinois’ interconnected

electric system. Service will be provided

upon request by Dreyfus on an as

available basis as determined by IowaIllinois.

Iowa-Illinois requests a waiver of the

Commission’s 60-day notice

requirement in order to permit the

Agreement to become effective on or

before April 18, 1995.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the Iowa Utilities Board, the Illinois

Commerce Commission and Dreyfus.

Comment date: April 7, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Louisiana Public Service Commission

vs. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. EL95–33–000]

Take notice that on March 15, 1995,

the Louisiana Public Service

Commission filed a complaint under

§§ 205 and 206 of the Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 824d and 824e against

Entergy Services, Inc., as the

representative of Entergy Corporation

and its operating companies, Louisiana

Power & Light Co. (LP&L), Arkansas

Power & Light Co. (AP&L), Mississippi

Power & Light Co. (MP&L), and New

Orleans Public Service, Inc. (NOPSI).

The complaint seeks a revision of the

Entergy System Agreement based upon

allegations that the terms of that

agreement, under current

circumstances, are unjust and

unreasonable. Specifically, the

complaint alleges that the absence of

any provision in the System Agreement

excluding curtailable load from the

determination of a company’s load

responsibility under the System

Agreement results in an unjust and

unreasonable cost allocation to

companies that do not cause these costs

to be incurred, and results in crosssubsidation among the companies.

Additionally, it is alleged that the

absence of any provision in MSS–3 for

allocating marginal energy costs to

customers that purchase energy under

Entergy’s ‘‘real time pricing’’ rate

schedules at the retail level

discriminates against a company that

offers real time pricing.

Comment date: April 24, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. New England Power Company

[Docket No. ER95–725–000]

Take notice that on March 10, 1995,

New England Power Company, tendered

for filing a transmission contract for

service to the Massachusetts Municipal

Wholesale Electric Company.

Comment date: April 7, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. New England Power Company

[Docket Nos. ER95–267–002 and EL95–25–

002]

Take notice that on March 13, 1995,

New England Power Company (NEP),

made a compliance filing in the above

referenced, consolidated dockets. NEP’s

compliance filing conforms fully with

the Commission’s February 9 order

(New England Power Company) 70

FERC ¶ 61,152 (1995) by revising NEP’s

proposed W–95 rate to compute

decommissioning and depreciation

expense and to amortize materials and

supplies inventories and final nuclear

fuel cores for NEP’s entitlements in

Seabrook Unit No. 1 and Millstone Unit

No. 3 on the basis of their remaining

Nuclear Regulatory Commission license

lives of 36 and 39 years, respectively.

Comment date: April 7, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER95–726–000]

Take notice that on March 10, 1995,

Illinois Power Company (Illinois),

tendered for filing an Interchange

Agreement between Illinois and NorAm

Energy Services, Inc. (NES). Illinois

states that the purpose of this agreement

is to provide for the buying and selling

of capacity and energy between Illinois

and NES.

Comment date: April 7, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.
16466 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 61 / Thursday, March 30, 1995 / Notices

1Williams Natural Gas Company’s application

was filed with the Commission under Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the

Commission’s regulations.

2The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies are

available from the Commission’s Public Reference

and Files Maintenance Branch, Room 3104, 941

North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426,

or call (202) 208–1371. Copies of the appendices

were sent to all those receiving this notice in the

mail.

3According to the applicant, the project will not

affect any waters of the United States. We will

report any potential impacts, or their absence,

under this heading.

6. PacifiCorp

[Docket No. ER95–727–000]

Take notice that on March 10, 1995,

PacifiCorp, tendered for filing in

accordance with 18 CFR Part 35 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations,

Service Agreements with AES Power

Inc. (AES), Engelhard Power Marketing,

Inc. (Engelhard), InterCoast Power

Marketing Company (InterCoast) and

Gulfstream Energy, LLC (Gulfstream)

under PacifiCorp’s FERC Electric Tariff,

Volume No. 3, Service Schedule PPL–3.

Copies of this filing were supplied to

AES, Engelhard, InterCoast, Gulfstream,

the Washington Utilities and

Transportation Commission and the

Public Utility Commission of Oregon.

Comment date: April 7, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest said filing should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

825 North Capitol Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance

with Rules 211 and 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 18 CFR

385.214). All such motions or protests

should be filed on or before the

comment date. 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 proceeding.

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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–7767 Filed 3–29–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

[Docket No. CP95–178–000]

Williams Natural Gas Co.; Notice of

Intent To Prepare an Environmental

Assessment for the Proposed Wilson

County Replacement Project and

Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues

March 24, 1995.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

the construction and operation of the

facilities proposed in the Wilson County

Replacement Project.1 This EA will be

used by the Commission in its decisionmaking process to determine whether an

environmental impact statement is

necessary and whether to approve the

project.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Williams Natural Gas Company

(Williams) wants to replace about 2,200

feet of 8-inch lateral pipeline with about

2,270 feet of 2-inch and 6-inch lateral

pipeline in Wilson County, Kansas. The

replacement would continue to provide

service to the Neodesha, Kansas area.

Williams requests Commission

authorization to construct and operate

the following facilities needed to

continue service:

• abandon in place 1,300 feet of 8-

inch lateral pipeline;

• abandon by removal 900 feet of 8-

inch lateral pipeline;

• construct 2,144 feet of 6-inch lateral

pipeline; and

• construct 130 feet of 2-inch lateral

pipeline.

The general location of the project

facilities and specific locations for

facilities on new sites are shown in

appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction for the proposed

facilities would require about 3.45 acres

of land. Following construction, about

2.3 acres would be maintained as

permanent right-of-way. The remaining

1.3 acres of land would be restored and

allowed to revert to its former use.

The EA Process

The National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to

take into account the environmental

impacts that could result from an action

whenever it considers the issuance of a

Certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity. NEPA also requires us to

discover and address concerns the

public may have about proposals. We

call this ‘‘scoping’’. The main goal of the

scoping process is to focus the analysis

in the EA on the important

environmental issues. By this Notice of

Intent, the Commission requests public

comments on the scope of the issues it

will address in the EA. All comments

received are considered during the

preparation of the EA. State and local

government representatives are

encouraged to notify their constituents

of this proposed action and encourage

them to comment on their areas of

concern.

The EA will discuss impacts that

could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project under these general

headings:

• geology and soils

• water resources, fisheries, and

wetlands 3

• vegetation and wlidlife

• endangered and threatened species

• public safety

• land use

• cultural resources

• air quality and noise

• hazardous waste

We will also evaluate possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and make

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during the

scoping process, the EA may be

published and mailed to Federal, state,

and local agencies, public interest

groups, interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

this proceeding. A comment period will

be allotted for review if the EA is

published. We will consider all

comments on the EA before we

recommend that the Commission

approve or not approve the project.

Currently Identified Environmental

Issues

One issue that has arisen based on a

preliminary review of the proposed

facilities and the environmental

information provided by Williams

concerns the location of a residential

area near the proposed pipeline. The

proposed right-of-way has been routed

to avoid impact to residences, however

several new landowners would be

affected by the location of the new

pipeline right-of-way in Neodosha,

Kansas.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by sending

a letter addressing your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

You should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,