Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 72 / Friday, April 14, 1995 / Notices 19041

1Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation’s

application was filed with the Commission under

Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of

the Commission’s regulations.

2The receipt meter would be relocated pursuant

to section 2.55(d) of the Commission’s regulations.

Comment date: April 19, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Northeast Utilities Service Co.

[Docket No. ER95–781–000]

Take notice that on March 21, 1995,

Northeast Utilities Service Company

(NUSCO), tendered for filing on behalf

of The Connecticut Light and Power

Company, Western Massachusetts

Electric Company, Holyoke Water

Power Company (including Holyoke

Power and Electric Company), and

Public Service Company of New

Hampshire (together, the NU System

Companies), a Fourth Amendment to

System Power Sales Agreement

(Amendment) with Bozrah Light and

Power Company (BL&P) and a Service

Agreement between NUSCO and the NU

System Companies for service under

NUSCO’s Short-Term Firm

Transmission Service Tariff No. 5. The

transaction extends the System Power

Sale from April 1, 1965 through the

earlier of June 30, 1995 or the last day

of the month in which the acquisition

of BL&P by The City of Groton

Department of Utilities is complete.

NUSCO requests that the rate

schedule become effective on April 1,

1995. NUSCO states that copies of the

rate schedule have been mailed or

delivered to the parties to the

Amendment.

Comment date: April 19, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. The Detroit Edison Co.

[Docket No. ES95–27–000]

Take notice that on March 27, 1995,

The Detroit Edison Company filed an

application under § 204 of the Federal

Power Act seeking authorization to

issue from time to time, on or before

May 31, 1997, in an aggregate principal

amount not to exceed $1 billion at any

one time outstanding, short-term debt

securities and promissory notes bearing

final maturities not to exceed two years.

Comment date: April 26, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Crockett Cogeneration, A California

Limited Partnership

[Docket No. QF84–429–003]

On March 29, 1995, Crockett

Cogeneration, A California Limited

Partnership (Crockett Cogeneration), 500

N.E. Multnamah, Suite 900, Portland,

Oregon 9732, submitted for filing an

application for recertification of a

facility as a cogeneration facility

pursuant to § 292.207(b) of the

Commission’s Regulations. No

determination has been made that the

submittal constitutes a complete filing.

According to the applicant, the 240

MW natural gas-fired facility, now

under construction, is located at

Crockett, California, and consists of a

combustion turbine generator, a

separately fired heat recovery boiler,

and an extraction/condensing steam

turbine generator.

In Docket No. QF84–429–000, Pacific

Thermonetics, Inc. was initially granted

certification for a 195.8 MW natural gasfired topping-cycle cogeneration facility

to be located in Crockett, California, [29

FERC ¶ 62,044 (1984)]. In Docket No.

QF84–429–001, the applicant was

granted recertification for the

cogeneration facility to reflect changes

in the facility’s configuration, date of

operation, net electric power production

capacity, and the transfer of ownership

from Pacific Thermonetics to Crockett

Cogeneration, [60 FERC ¶ 62,258

(1992)]. In Docket No. QF84–429–002,

the applicant filed a notice of selfcertification concurrently with the filing

of this application. The instant

application is submitted to reflect

changes in the ownership of the facility

and inclusion of a 1.6 mile 230-kV

underground transmission line from the

plant switchyard to a transition station

located at Pacific Gas & Electric

Company’s overhead transmission line.

Comment date: May 15, 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, NE.,

Washington, DC 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. 95–9203 Filed 4–13–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–001–P

[Docket No. CP95–240–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.;

Notice of Intent to Prepare an

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed Line KA Replacement

Project and Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues

April 10, 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, operation, and

abandonment of the facilities proposed

in the Line KA Replacement Project.1

This EA will be used by the

Commission in its decision-making

process to determine whether an

environmental impact statement is

necessary and whether to approve the

project.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation (Columbia) proposes to

construct and operate approximately

12.1 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline

to replace approximately 11 miles of its

existing 20-inch-diameter Main Line KA

in Wyoming and Raleigh Counties, West

Virginia. These actions would improve

the safety, reliability, and efficiency of

Columbia’s pipeline system. The

replacement would be done in two

segments as follows:

Segment 1

• Construct about 7.0 miles of

replacement pipeline.

• Abandon 1.9 miles of existing Line

KA by removal.

• Abandon in place 3.8 miles of

existing Line KA.

• Transfer 0.7 mile of existing Line

KA to low-pressure transmission

service.

• Construct about 0.1 mile of 8-inchdiameter pipeline to tie the existing

Line KA–26 into the replacement

pipeline.

• Relocate an existing receipt meter

from Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation

about 1500 feet to the south to tie it into

the replacement pipeline.2

Segment 2

• Construct about 5.1 miles of

replacement pipeline.

• Abandon 4.6 miles of existing 20-

inch-diameter Line KA by removal
19042 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 72 / Friday, April 14, 1995 / Notices

3The 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.

except at bored road crossings, where it

would be abandoned in place.

• Construct about 0.1 mile of 3-inchdiameter pipeline to tie the existing

Line KA–14 into the replacement

pipeline.

the location of the project facilities is

shown in appendix 1.3

Land Requirements for Construction

Approximately 71 percent of the

replacement pipeline would be located

in new rights-of-way. The remaining

construction right-of-way would

partially or fully overlap Columbia’s

existing right-of-way. Columbia intends

to use a 75-foot-wide construction rightof-way. Additional working spaces

adjacent to the construction right-of-way

(such as for side hill cuts, stream

crossings, and staging areas) would be

identified during the environmental

analysis and approved before use.

Overall, about 173 acres of land

would be disturbed by construction and

abandonment, including one new access

road and 41 staging areas. Columbia

would also widen many of the 47

existing access roads to be used for the

project. Full control of all disturbed

areas outside of the new permanent

right-of-way (approximately 67 acres)

would revert back to landowners after

construction and restoration have been

completed.

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

• Vegetation and wildlife

• Public safety

• Land use

• Endangered and threatened species

• Cultural resources

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

We have already identified several

issues that we think deserve attention

based on a preliminary review of the

proposed facilities and the

environmental information provided by

Columbia. Keep in mind that this is a

preliminary list. The list of issues may

be added to, subtracted from, or

changed, based on your comments and

our analysis. Issues are:

• Five residences are near the

replacement pipeline right-of-way.

• New and retirement construction

would cross 28 waterbodies, one of

which has been designated as a high

quality stream. Some of these

waterbodies would be crossed more

than once.

• New and retirement construction

would cross 21 wetlands.

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,

alternatives to the proposal (including

alternative routes), and measures to

avoid or lessen environmental impact.

The more specific your comments, the

more useful they will be. Please follow

the instructions below to ensure that

your comments are received and

properly recorded:

• Address your letter to: Lois Cashell,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 825 North Capitol St.,

N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426;

• Reference Docket No. CP95–240–

000;

• Send a copy of your letter to: Ms.

Elizabeth Secrest, EA Project Manager,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

825 North Capitol St., N.E., Room 7312,

Washington, D.C. 20426; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, D.C. on

or before May 16, 1995.

If you wish to receive a copy of the EA,

you should request one from Ms. Secrest

at the above address.

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding or become an ‘‘intervenor’’.

Among other things, intervenors have

the right to receive copies of caserelated Commission documents and

filings by other intervenors. Likewise,

each intervenor must provide copies of

its filings to all other parties. If you

want to become an intervenor you must

file a motion to intervene according to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 2).

The date for filing of timely motions

to intervene in this proceeding has

passed. Therefore, parties now seeking

to file late interventions must show

good cause, as required by section

385.214(b)(3), why this time limitation

should be waived. Environmental issues

have been viewed as good cause for late

intervention. You do not need

intervenor status to have your scoping

comments considered.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from Ms.

Elizabeth Secrest, EA Project Manager,

at (202) 208–0918.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–9216 Filed 4–13–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. ER94–478–000, et al.]

Medina Power Co., et al.; Electric Rate

and Corporate Regulation Filings

April 7, 1995.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission: