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may also be sent to the BPA Internet

address: comment@bpa.gov. Documents

can be requested by calling toll-free 1–

800–622–4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Mike Johns, Project Manager, Bonneville

Power Administration—TE, P.O. Box

3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621. Email requests or questions should be

sent to mcjohns@bpa.gov, or call tollfree 1–800–662–6963. You may also

contact Nancy Wittpenn, Environmental

Project Lead, Bonneville Power

Administration—ECN, P.O. Box 3621,

Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621. E-mail

requests or questions should be sent to

nawittpenn@bpa.gov, or call toll-free 1–

800–662–6963. In the local area, contact

Rick Knori, Lower Valley Power and

Light, P.O. Box 572, Jackson, Wyoming,

83001, or call him at 307–739–6038 or

toll-free 1–800–882–5875.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: LVPL

serves its customers from two 115-

kilovolt transmission lines. One line,

owned and operated by BPA, runs from

Swan Valley Substation near Swan

Valley in Bonneville County, Idaho, east

to Teton Substation near Jackson in

Teton County, Wyoming. The other line,

owned by LVPL, runs from Palisades

Substation at Palisades Dam, southeast

along the reservoir to LVPL’s Snake

River Substation in Alpine, Wyoming.

At Snake River Substation, the line

splits; one line follows the Snake River

most of the way into Jackson, the other

line runs south to serve the Afton area.

BPA can reliably provide 125

megawatts (MW) of electricity to LVPL

even if one of the lines described above

goes out of service. In 1994, LVPL’s

system winter peak was 120.0 MW. In

1995, the winter peak unexpectedly hit

139.5 MW. In 1996, the peak climbed to

141.2 MW. A 5–MW load from a

commercial mine was not operating at

the time. If one of the transmission lines

had gone out of service during the

winter peak in 1995 or 1996, voltages

would have quickly dropped and the

transmission system could have

collapsed, leaving homes and

businesses without electricity.

During winter conditions in this area,

twice as much electricity is needed at

the time of shut down to re-energize the

transmission system. That is more than

the existing system can handle,

requiring BPA, LVPL, the Bureau of

Reclamation, and others to bring the

system up in stages. This requires a lot

of time and could create a dangerous

situation for LVPL’s customers without

their own source of fuel for heat and

lights.

As loads continue to grow, LVPL’s

ability to reliably serve its customers

will decrease. Reinforcing the BPA

transmission system now will provide

LVPL with a reliable transmission

system they need to serve their

customers.

Alternatives Proposed for

Consideration: BPA and LVPL have

been studying ways to reinforce the

transmission system. (1) Proposed

Action—Construct a new single-circuit

115-kilovolt line from BPA’s Swan

Valley Substation, west of Swan Valley

in Bonneville County, Idaho, 36 miles

east to BPA’s Teton Substation

northwest of Jackson in Teton County,

Wyoming. The new line would parallel

the existing Swan Valley-Teton No. 1

115-kilovolt line where feasible and

would be a mix of wood pole H-frame

structures and lattice steel structures.

Approximately 75 feet of additional

right-of-way width would be needed. (2)

Construct a new single-circuit 115-

kilovolt line from BPA’s Targhee Tap

substation south of Victor in Bonneville

County, Idaho, 18 miles east to Teton

Substation northwest of Jackson in

Teton County, Wyoming. The new line

would parallel the existing Swan

Valley-Teton No. 1 115-kilovolt line

where feasible and would be a mix of

wood pole H-frame structures and

lattice steel structures. Approximately

75 feet of additional right-of-way width

would be needed. A new switching

station would need to be constructed on

or near the existing right-of-way near

Targhee Tap. The new switching station

could occupy about three to five acres

of land. (3) Install Static Var

Compensation at either BPA’s Teton

Substation, or LVPL’s Wilson or Rafter

J Substation. All of these substations are

in the Jackson area and, depending on

location, the existing substation fence

line may need to be expanded. (4) No

Action—The consequences of not taking

any action.

Identification of Environmental

Issues: Potential issues presently

identified for this proposal include: (1)

effects on fish, wildlife, and vegetation,

including threatened and endangered

species; (2) socio-economic effects of

potentially removing property from the

local tax base; (3) effects of construction

and placement of electrical facilities in

floodplains and wetlands; (4) concern

over visual effects, noise, and other

interference produced by electrical

facilities in rural and populated areas;

(5) impacts on range, forest, and

agricultural resources due to

construction and placement of electrical

facilities; (6) concern over human

exposure to electric and magnetic fields

created by electrical facilities; (7)

impacts to cultural resources; (8)

impacts to recreational resources; (9)

conflicting land use; (10) impact to

property values; and (11) potential

impacts to soils (erosion) and water

quality. Additional issues identified

through the scoping process may also be

examined in the Draft EIS.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on April 23,

1996.

John S. Robertson,

Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–10755 Filed 4–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP94–777–001]

Columbia Gulf Transmission

Company; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

April 25, 1996.

Take notice that on April 22, 1996,

Columbia Gulf Transmission Company

(Columbia Gulf) tendered for filing with

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission the following changes to its

FERC Gas Tariff effective May 23, 1996.

Second Revised Volume No. 1

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 008

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 013

Original Volume No. 2

Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 1D

Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 1J

First Revised Sheet No. 489

First Revised Sheet No. 1579

Columbia Gulf states that this filing is

being made to provide for the

cancellation in its entirety of Columbia

Gulf’s Rate Schedules X–41 and X–89,

which embodies separate transportation

agreements between Columbia Gulf and

Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

(Texas Eastern) as follows:

Rate Schedule X–41 for transportation

of natural gas agreement as authorized

under Docket No. CP77–521 (59 FPC

2222 (1977)); and

Rate Schedule X–89 for transportation

of natural gas agreement as authorized

under Docket No. CP77–494 (16 FERC

¶ 62,331 (1981)).

Columbia Gulf states that the

cancellation is being filed pursuant to

an order issued on September 28, 1994,

in Docket No. CP94–777 (68 FERC

¶ 61,378 (1994)), wherein the

Commission granted permission to

abandon service under the abovereferenced agreement.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and
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Regulations. All such protests must be

filed as provided in Section 154.210 of

the Commission’s Regulations. 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.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–10705 Filed 4–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M‘

[Docket No. RP96–213–000]

High Island Offshore System; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

April 25, 1996.

Take notice that on April 22, 1996,

High Island Offshore System (HIOS)

tendered for filing as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No.

1, the following tariff sheets, to become

effective May 1, 1996:

Second Revised Sheet No. 1

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 9

Second Revised Sheet No. 69

Second Revised Sheet No. 69A

Second Revised Sheet No. 70

HIOS asserts that the purpose of this

filing is to comply with the

Commission’s October 12, 1993, letter

order in the captioned proceeding, High

Island Offshore System, 65 FERC

¶ 61,053 (1993), that approved HIOS’

line pack settlement. In addition, take

notice that HIOS also filed in

compliance with the Commission letter

order, Final Reports of line pack

surcharge collections and payments

which reflect the completion of the line

pack cost recovery and disbursement

process as of April 17, 1996.

HIOS states that the purpose of these

filings is to reflect the completion of the

line pack recovery and disbursement

process contemplated by its approved

line pack settlement, and the removal of

the line pack commodity surcharge

provisions that were contained in

Section 15 of the General Terms and

Conditions and related provisions of

HIOS’ tariff in light of such completed

process.

Any person desiring to be heard or

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure. All such motion or protests

must be filed as provided in Section

154.210 of the Commission’s

Regulations. 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 in the

Public Reference Room.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–10713 Filed 4–30–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP96–227–001]

Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice

of Petition To Amend

April 25, 1996.

Take notice that on April 18, 1996,

Northwest Pipeline Corporation

(Northwest), P.O. Box 58900, Salt Lake

City, Utah, 84158–0900, filed in Docket

No. CP96–227–001 a request for

approval to amend its authorization

issued in Docket No. CP96–227–000 to

substitute a rotary meter for the

authorized turbine meter at the Finley

Meter Station, in Benton County,

Washington, under the blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

479–000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the

Natural Gas Act (NGA), all as more fully

set forth in the request which is on file

with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Northwest originally proposed to

modify the Finley Station by removing

the existing 2-inch positive

displacement meter and the existing 3-

inch turbine meter and installing a

single 2-inch turbine meter as a

replacement, which Northwest indicates

would decrease the maximum daily

delivery capacity of the meter station

from 1,597 Dth per day to

approximately 1,310 Dth per day at 300

psig.

Northwest now proposes to install a

single 2-inch rotary meter as a

replacement instead of the single 2-inch

meter as originally proposed. Northwest

indicates that the reason for this change

is the mechanical problems it is

experiencing with 2-inch turbine

meters. It is further indicated that as a

result of this change, the maximum

design capacity of the meter station will

decrease form 1,597 Dth per day to

approximately 1,281 Dth per day at 300

psig.

Northwest further states that some

minor surface disturbing activities will

occur within the existing station site,

but following construction all disturbed

areas will be restored to their original

conditions. Northwest had previously

stated in its original application that the

proposed facility replacements would

not involve any surface disturbing

activities. It is indicated that all other

pertinent information, including

estimated costs of the project, remain

accurate as previously filed.

Any person or the Commission’s Staff

may, within 45 days of the issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214), a motion to

intervene and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205), a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activities shall be deemed

to be authorized effective the day after

the time allowed for filing a protest. If

a protest is filed and not withdrawn 30

days after the time allowed for filing a

protest, the instant request shall be

treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–10706 Filed 4–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP96–340–000]

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

April 25, 1996.

Take notice that on April 22, 1996,

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

(Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston,

Texas 77252, filed in Docket No. CP96–

340–000 a request pursuant to Sections

157.205 and 157.212 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and

157.212) for authorization to establish a

new delivery point to accommodate

deliveries of gas transported on an

interruptible basis for Ohio Intrastate

Gas Transmission Company (Ohio

Intrastate), in Carroll County, Ohio,

under Tennessee’s blanket certificate

issued in Docket No. CP82–413–000,

pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas

Act, all as more fully set forth in the

request that is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Tennessee proposes to construct and

operate 2 8-inch hot taps and electronic

gas measurement equipment in order to

deliver up to 50 MMcf of natural gas per

day to Ohio Intrastate. Ohio Intrastate

will install 2 6-inch turbine meters and