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the Commission’s notice requirements,

and an effective date of April 8, 1996.

Comment date: May 13, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Entergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96–1630–000]

Take notice that on April 24, 1996,

Entergy Services, Inc. (Entergy

Services), on behalf of Arkansas Power

& Light Company, Gulf States Utilities

Company, Louisiana Power & Light

Company, Mississippi Power & Light

Company, and New Orleans Public

Service, Inc. (Entergy Operating

Companies), tendered for filing a

Transmission Service Agreement (TSA)

between Entergy Services, Inc. and

Central and South West Services, Inc.,

acting as agent for Southwestern Electric

Power Company. Entergy Services states

that the TSA sets out the transmission

arrangements under which the Entergy

Operating Companies provide firm

transmission service under their

Transmission Service Tariff.

Comment date: May 13, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Family Fiber Connection

[Docket No. ER96–1631–000]

Take notice that on April 24, 1996,

Family Fiber Connection (FFC),

tendered for filing FFC Rate Schedule

FERC No. 1, under which FFC will

engage in wholesale electric power and

energy transactions as a marketer. FFC

requests that the Commission accept the

rate schedule for filing effective the

earlier of 60 days from the date of this

filing or the date the Commission issues

an order accepting the rate schedule.

Comment date: May 13, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Florida Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER96–1632–000]

Take notice that on April 24, 1996,

Florida Power Corporation (FPC),

tendered for filing a contract for the

provision of interchange service

between itself and Western Power

Services, Inc. (WPS). The contract

provides for service under Schedule J,

Negotiated Interchange Service, and OS,

Opportunity Sales. Cost support for both

schedules has been previously filed and

approved by the Commission. No

specifically assignable facilities have

been or will be installed or modified in

order to supply service under the

proposed rates.

FPC requests Commission waiver of

the 60-day notice requirement in order

to allow the contract to become effective

as a rate schedule on April 25, 1996.

Waiver is appropriate because this filing

does not change the rate under these

two Commission accepted, existing rate

schedules.

Comment date: May 13, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Portland General Electric Company

[Docket No. ER96–1633–000]

Take notice that on April 24, 1996,

Portland General Electric Company

(PGE), tendered for filing under FERC

Electric Tariff, 1st Revised Volume No.

2, executed Service Agreements for

Industrial Energy Applications and Utah

Municipal Power Agency.

Pursuant to 18 CFR 35.11 and the

Commission’s order issued July 30, 1993

(Docket No. PL93–2–002), PGE

respectfully requests the Commission

grant a waiver of the notice requirement

of 18 CFR 35.3 to allow the executed

Service Agreement to become effective

April 1, 1996.

A copy of this filing was served upon

Industrial Energy Applications and Utah

Municipal Power Agency.

Comment date: May 13, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Maine Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER96–1634–000]

Take notice that on April 24, 1996,

Maine Public Service Company

submitted an agreement under its

Umbrella Power Sales tariff.

Comment date: May 13, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

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,

888 First 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11842 Filed 5–10–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

[Docket No. EG96–60–000, et al.]

O’Brien (Parlin) Cogeneration, Inc., et

al.; Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

May 7, 1996.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. O’Brien (Parlin) Cogeneration, Inc.

[Docket No. EG96–60–000]

On April 29, 1996, O’Brien (Parlin)

Cogeneration, Inc. (‘‘Parlin’’), 225 South

Eighth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106,

filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission an application for

determination of exempt wholesale

generator status pursuant to Part 365 of

the Commission’s Regulations.

Parlin is a Delaware corporation that

is engaged directly and exclusively in

the business of owning or operating, or

both owning and operating, all or part

of one or more eligible facilities and

selling electric energy at wholesale.

Parlin owns a 122 MW topping-cycle

cogeneration facility located in Parlin,

New Jersey.

Comment date: May 28, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice. The

Commission will limit its consideration

of comments to those that concern the

adequacy or accuracy of the application.

2. O’Brien (Newark) Cogeneration, Inc.

[Docket No. EG96–61–000]

On April 29, 1996, O’Brien (Newark)

Cogeneration, Inc. (‘‘Newark’’), 225

South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, PA

19106, filed with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission an application

for determination of exempt wholesale

generator status pursuant to Part 365 of

the Commission’s Regulations.

Newark is a Delaware corporation that

is engaged directly and exclusively in

the business of owning or operating, or

both owning and operating, all or part

of one or more eligible facilities and

selling electric energy at wholesale.

Newark owns a 52 MW topping-cycle

cogeneration facility located in Newark,

New Jersey.

Comment date: May 28, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. QST Energy Trading Inc.

[Docket No. ER96–553–001]

Take notice that on April 16, 1996,

QST Energy Trading Inc. amended its

compliance filing in this docket.

Comment date: May 21, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.
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4. Citizens Utilities Company

[Docket No. ER96–899–001]

Take notice that on April 22, 1996,

Citizens Utilities Company tendered for

filing its refund report in the abovereferenced docket.

Comment date: May 21, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER96–1537–000]

Take notice that on April 29, 1996,

Illinois Power Company tendered for

filing an amendment to the April 9,

1996, filing that it made in this

proceeding.

Comment date: May 21, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Idaho Power Company

[Docket No. ER96–1625–000]

Take notice that on May 1, 1996,

Idaho Power Company (IPC) tendered

for filing a letter requesting an amended

effective date of April 3, 1996, for its

Service Agreement under Idaho Power

Company FERC Electric Tariff, Second

Revised, Volume No. 1 between USGen

Power Services, L.P. and Idaho Power

Company.

Comment date: May 21, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Southwestern Public Service

Company

[Docket No. ER96–1666–000]

Take notice that on April 29, 1996,

Southwestern Public Service Company

(Southwestern), tendered for filing a

new rate schedule. The new rate

schedule is for economy and system

participation capacity service to The

Empire District Electric Company

(Empire District). Service to Empire

District is scheduled to start June 1,

1996.

Comment date: May 20, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Duke Power Company

[Docket No. ER96–1667–000]

Take notice that on April 29, 1996,

Duke Power Company (Duke), tendered

for filing with the Commission

Supplement No. 9 to Supplement No. 24

to the Interchange Agreement between

Duke and Carolina Power & Light

Company (CP&L) dated June 1, 1961, as

amended (Interchange Agreement).

Supplement No. 9 changes Duke’s

monthly transmission capacity rate

under the Interchange Agreement from

$1.0908 per KW per month to $1.0758

per KW per month. Duke has proposed

an effective date of July 1, 1996, for the

revised charge.

Copies of this filing were mailed to

Carolina Power & Light Company, the

North Carolina Utilities Commission,

and the South Carolina Public Service

Commission.

Comment date: May 20, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER96–1669–000]

Take notice that on April 29, 1996,

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

(Niagara Mohawk), tendered for filing

pursuant to Section 35.13 of the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission’s

Regulations, 18 CFR 35.13, an

Amendment to its FERC Rate Schedule

No. 165, an agreement between Niagara

Mohawk and New York State Electric &

Gas Corporation (NYSEG) and NYSEG’s

Certificate of Concurrence with respect

to NYSEG FERC Rate Schedule No. 115.

These rate schedules consist of a

January 1, 1990, agreement, as amended

and supplemented from time to time

(the 1990 Agreement) pursuant to which

Niagara Mohawk and NYSEG (the

Parties) provide certain transmission

services to each other. The Amendment

modifies the rates that each Party

charges the other for transmission

services under the 1990 Agreement and

was negotiated at arm’s length. Under

the Amendment, the fixed monthly

charge that NYSEG pays Niagara

Mohawk will increase from $1,162,083

to $1,164,250 (an increase of $2,167 per

month or $26,004 per year).

Niagara Mohawk requests that the

Amendment become effective on

September 1, 1995, and requests waiver

of the notice requirements for good

cause shown.

Niagara Mohawk served copies of the

filing upon the New York State Public

Service Commission and NYSEG.

Comment date: May 20, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. Washington Water Power Company

[Docket No. ER96–1670–000]

Take notice that on April 29, 1996,

Washington Water Power Company,

tendered for filing with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission,

pursuant to 18 CFR 35.13, a signed

service agreement under FERC Electric

Tariff Volume No. 4 with E Prime, Inc.

Comment date: May 20, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Florida Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER96–1671–000]

Take notice that on April 29, 1996,

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL),

tendered for filing a document entitled

Florida Southern Export Allocation

Agreement Among Florida Power &

Light Company, Florida Power

Corporation, Jacksonville Electric

Authority, and the City of Tallahassee,

Florida (Export Agreement). FPL’s filing

includes a Certificate of Concurrence

executed by Florida Power Corporation

in lieu of an independent filing.

FPL states that the Export Agreement

establishes limits on the Contracting

Parties’ right to export power at the

Florida Southern Interface, by allocating

the Florida Southern Interface export

capability among the Contracting

Parties.

FPL requests that waiver of Section

35.3 of the Commission’s Regulations be

granted and that the Export Agreement

be made effective on May 14, 1996. FPL

states that copies of the filing were

served on Florida Power Corporation,

Jacksonville Electric Authority, and the

City of Tallahassee, Florida.

Comment date: May 20, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Florida Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER96–1672–000]

Take notice that on April 29, 1996,

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL),

tendered for filing a document entitled

Joint Ownership Party Export Allocation

Between Florida Power & Light

Company and Jacksonville Electric

Authority (JEA), (JOP Export

Agreement).

FPL states that the JOP Export

Agreement establishes limits on FPL’s

and JEA’s right to export power at the

Florida Southern Interface, by allocating

between FPL and JEA the Interface

export capability allocated collectively

to FPL and JEA under a separate,

simultaneously filed agreement: the

Florida Southern Transmission Export

Allocation Agreement Among Florida

Power & Light Company, Florida Power

Corporation, Jacksonville Electric

Authority, and City of Tallahassee,

Florida.

FPL requests that waiver of Section

35.3 of the Commission’s Regulations be

granted and that the JOP Export

Agreement be made effective on May 14,

1996. FPL states that copies of the filing

were served on JEA.

Comment date: May 20, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.
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1Egan Hub Partners, L.P.’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, 888 First 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.

Standard Paragraph

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,

888 First 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11872 Filed 5–10–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

[Docket No. CP96–199–000]

Egan Hub Partners, L.P.; Notice of

Intent To Prepare an Environmental

Assessment for the Proposed Egan

Gas Storage Expansion Project and

Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues

May 7, 1996.

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 Egan Gas

Storage Expansion 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

Egan Hub Partners, L.P. (Egan)

proposes to construct and operate a

second storage cavern and install about

6,260 horsepower of additional

compression at the storage facility site

in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.

Egan indicates that the new storage

facilities would provide up to a total of

about 4 billion cubic feet of working gas

storage capacity.

The general location of the project

facilities are shown in appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction

No additional land would be required

for the project.

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:

• Land use.

• Air quality and noise.

• Public safety.

• Cultural resources.

• Endangered and threatened species.

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 two issues

that we think deserves attention based

on a preliminary review of the proposed

facilities and the environmental

information provided by Egan. Keep in

mind that these are preliminary issues.

• Egan would develop an additional

salt storage cavern which would require

fresh water withdrawal, saltwater

disposal, and surface disposal of

insolubles.

• Noise impacts would occur to

nearby residences from the operation of

the compressors.

The list of issues may be added,

subtracted from, or changed based on

your comments and our analysis.

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 locations or 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, 888 First St., N.E.,

Washington, DC 20426;

• Reference Docket No. CP96–199–

000;

• Send a copy of your letter to: Mr.

Herman K. Der, EA Project Manager,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First St., N.E. PR–11.1, Washington,

DC 20426; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before June 17, 1996.

If you wish to receive a copy of the

EA, you should request one from Mr.

Herman K. Der 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).