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NEPA in 40 CFR 1500, and U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

404(b)(1) guidelines in 40 CFR 230.

The DEIS was filed with the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency for

publication of its availability for public

review and comment. Comments

received on the DEIS will be considered

in developing the Final Environmental

Impact Statement (FEIS). The FEIS is

anticipated to be available in August,

1995.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–9582 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–GH–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket No. EA–103]

Application to Export Electricity; North

American Energy Conservation, Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: North American Energy

Conservation, Inc. (NAEC)has requested

authorization to export electric energy

to Canada. NAEC is a marketer of

electric energy. It does not own or

control any electric generation or

transmission facilities.

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before June 5, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Electricity (FE–52), Office of Fuels

Programs, Fossil Energy, U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell (Program Office), 202–

586–9624 or Michael T. Skinker

(Program Attorney), 202–586–6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

On March 20, 1995, NAEC filed an

application with the Office of Fossil

Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy

(DOE) for authorization to export

electric energy to Canada pursuant to

section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

NAEC neither owns nor controls any

facilities for the transmission or

distribution of electricity, nor does it

have a franchised retail service area.

Rather, NAEC is a power marketer

authorized by the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC) to

engage in the wholesale sale of

electricity in interstate commence at

negotiated rates pursuant to its filed rate

schedule.

The application asserts that NAEC’s

suppliers and/or customers have been

utilities in the New England Power

Pool, the New York Power Pool, the

Pennsylvania New Jersey

Interconnection, and utilities in the

eastern provinces of Canada. NAEC

claims that, although it holds title to the

electricity it sells, actual power flows

are coordinated by the operators of the

utilities supplying, transmitting, and

purchasing NAEC’s power.

NAEC proposes to use the following

cross border transmission facilities for

which Presidential permits have been

issued:

Presidential permit holder Permit No. Voltage Location

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp ........................................................................... PP–31 230 kV Devil’s Hole, NY.

New York Power Authority ................................................................................ PP–30 230 kV Devil’s Hole, NY.

PP–74 345 kV Niagara Falls, NY.

PP–56 765 kV Fort Covington, NY.

PP–25 230 kV Massena, NY.

Long Sault ......................................................................................................... PP–24 115 kV Massena, NY.

Joint Owners of Highgate .................................................................................. PP–82 345 kV Highgate, VT.

Vermont Electric Trans. Co ............................................................................... PP–76 450 kV DC Norton, VT.

345 kV Sandy Pond to Millbury #3.

345 kV Millbury #3 to West Medway.

Maine Electric Power Co ................................................................................... PP–43 345 kV Houlton, ME.

NAEC requests that FE: (1) Authorize

it to export electric energy to Canada

utilizing the transmission facilities

identified above, without limitation as

to amount or timing of the electricity

exported, for a period of time no less

than the term of the transmission

contracts under which NAEC purchases

transmission services for such exports;

(2) authorize it to commence exports of

electric energy utilizing non-firm

transmission services immediately upon

providing copies of the FERC

transmission tariffs under which NAEC

purchases such transmission services;

(3) authorize it to commence exports of

electric energy utilizing firm

transmission service within 30 days of

providing copies of the FERC

transmission tariffs under which NAEC

purchases such transmission services;

and (4) waive the following regulatory

requirements:

(a) Section 205.301 that requires

export applications be filed six months

in advance of initiation of a proposed

export;

(b) Section 205.302(f) that requires a

description of the transmission facilities

through which the electric energy will

be delivered;

(c) Section 205.302(g) that requires a

technical discussion of the proposed

electricity export’s reliability, fuel use,

and system stability impact on the

applicant’s present and prospective

electric power supply system;

(d) Section 205.303(a) that requires a

copy of the transmission agreement;

(e) Section 205.303(c) that requires

maps showing the applicant’s overall

electric system, as well as detailed

maps;

(f) Section 205.303(f) that requires an

explanation of the operating procedures

to be used to inform neighboring electric

utilities in the U.S. of the available

capacity and energy which may be in

excess of the applicant’s requirements

before delivery of such capacity to the

foreign purchaser, and

(g) Section 205.308 that requires an

export authorization recipient to file,

among other documentation, annual

reports of international transactions in

addition to the information it is required

to file with the FERC.

Procedural Matters

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this application should file a

petition to intervene or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Rules

of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.211, 385.214).

Any such petitions and protests

should be filed with the DOE on or

before the date listed above. Additional

copies of such petitions to intervene or

protests also should be filed directly
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with: Robert M. Beningson, North

American Energy Conservation, Inc.,

280 Park Avenue, Suite 2700 West, New

York, NY 10017 (212) 557–6200

(Facsimile 212–557–5678); with a copy

to Robert M. Beningson, 74 Haviland

Road, Stamford, CT 06903; AND Jeffrey

Meyers and Harriet Moses, Esq.,

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, 125

W. 55th Street, New York, NY 10019–

5389 (212) 424–8224 (Facsimile 212–

424–8500).

Pursuant to 18 CFR 385.211, protests

and comments will be considered by the

DOE 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 petition to

intervene under 18 CFR 385.214.

Section 385.214 requires that a petition

to intervene must state, to the extent

known, the position taken by the

petitioner and the petitioner’s interest in

sufficient factual detail to demonstrate

either that the petitioner has a right to

participate because it is a State

Commission; that it has or represents an

interest which may be directly affected

by the outcome of the proceeding,

including any interest as a consumer,

customer, competitor, or a security

holder of a party to the proceeding; or

that the petitioner’s participation is in

the public interest.

A final decision will be made on this

application after a determination is

made by the DOE that the proposed

action will not impair the sufficiency of

electric supply within the United States

or will not impede or tend to impede

the coordination in the public interest of

facilities in accordance with section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

Before an export authorization may be

issued, the environmental impacts of

the proposed DOE action (i.e., granting

the export authorization, with any

conditions and limitations, or denying

it) must be evaluated pursuant to the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969.

Copies of this application will be

made available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying at the address

provided above.

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 13,

1995.

Anthony J. Como,

Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office

of Fuels Programs, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 95–9692 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Financial Assistance Award: Carsonite

International Corporation

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy announces that pursuant to 10

CFR 600.6(a)(2) it is making a financial

assistance award under Grant Number

DE–FG01–95EE15625 to Carsonite

International Corporation. The proposed

grant will provide funding in the

estimated amount of $99,030 by the

Department of Energy for the purpose of

saving energy through development of

the inventor’s ‘‘Carsonite Noise Barrier

Wall’’.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of Energy has determined in

accordance with 10 CFR 600.14(e)(1)

that the unsolicited application for

financial assistance submitted by

Carsonite International Corporation is

meritorious based on the general

evaluation required by 10 CFR 600.14(d)

and the proposed project represents a

unique idea that would not be eligible

for financial assistance under a recent,

current or planned solicitation. The

subject invention is an innovative

thoroughfare noise barrier. The total

design consists of a mobile production

unit that travels to the roadside and fills

fiberglass modules with locally

shredded automobile and truck tires.

For each one-mile stretch of wall, the

invention proposes to reduce by 6

billion Btu the energy normally required

to produce cement walls. Mr. Donald

Shemanski, Sr., president of Carsonite,

has assembled a staff consisting of an

engineer, technicians and shop and

plant personnel. Mr. Schmanski, who

will serve as the principal investigator

on this project, has spent 25 years

working with heat-resistant plastic

materials for the aerospace industry and

is experienced in working with fiberreinforced composites.

The proposed project is not eligible

for financial assistance under a recent,

current or planned solicitation because

the funding program, the Energy Related

Invention Program (ERIP), has been

structured since its beginning in 1975 to

operate without competitive

solicitations because the authorizing

legislation directs ERIP to provide

support for worthy ideas submitted by

the public. The program has never

issued and has no plans to issue a

competitive solicitation. This award

will be made 14 calendar days after

publication to allow for public

comment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please write the U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Placement and

Administration, ATTN: Rose Mason,

HR–531.21, 1000 Independence Ave.,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585.

The anticipated term of the proposed

grant is 24 months from the date of

award.

Lynn Warner,

Contracting Officer, Office of Placement and

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–9690 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Financial Assistance Award: Incisive

Engineering, Inc.

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy announces that pursuant to 10

CFR 600.6(a)(2) it is making a financial

assistance award under Grant Number

DE–FG01–95EE15633 to Incisive

Engineering, Inc. The proposed grant

will provide funding in the estimated

amount of $98,000 by the Department of

Energy for the purpose of saving energy

through development of the inventor’s

‘‘Complex-Mode Vibration-Fluidized

Bed for Coal Pyrolysis.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of Energy has determined in

accordance with 10 CFR 600.14(e)(1)

that the unsolicited application for

financial assistance submitted by

Incisive Engineering, Inc., is meritorious

based on the general evaluation required

by 10 CFR 600.14(d) and the proposed

project represents a unique idea that

would not be eligible for financial

assistance under a recent, current or

planned solicitation. The technology, if

proven economical, will substantially

augment the nation’s fuel supply and

provide a critically-needed alternative

fuel for future generations. This

vibrating bed design for a coal flash

pyrolysis unit prevents agglomeration of

coal particles by using a complex

combination of linear, whirl, and

oscillatory motion. The energy required

for this vibratory motion requires only

10 percent of the power to run a gas

fluidized bed. The design also avoids

significant heat loss inherent in

fluidized-bed and other designs. By

recirculating lime-ash from the furnace

back to the pyrolysis unit to serve as the

heat source, IEI’s technology consumes

only enough energy required to drive

the pyrolysis reaction. Specifically, IEI

estimates that less than two percent of

heat generated in the process is lost, a

tremendous savings over the present

technology, which may lose up to half

the energy generated during pyrolysis.

The grantee will design, build, and test

a complex-mode vibration-fluidized bed

for coal pyrolysis that will produce

liquid and gaseous fuel from crushed

coal. The inventor and principal