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environmental assessment (EA) on the

natural gas pipeline facilities proposed

by Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern) in the above-referenced

docket.

The EA was prepared to satisfy the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act. The staff

concludes that approval of the proposed

project, with appropriate mitigating

measures, would not constitute a major

Federal action significantly affecting the

quality of the human environment.

Northern wants to expand the

capacity of its facilities in Minnesota

and Wisconsin to transport an

additional 46, 400 million British

thermal units per day of natural gas to

six local distribution companies.

Northern seeks authority to:

• Abandon the 10,600-horsepower

(hp) Owatonna Compressor Station in

Steele County, Minnesota and construct

and operate a new 10,600-hp Fairbault

Compressor Station in Rice County,

Minnesota;

• Extend its 30-inch-diameter C-line

Extension by about 2.24 miles in

Washington County, Minnesota;

• Increase the capacity of its Elk River

system by extending the existing 20-

inch-diameter Elk River Loop in two

areas for a total of about 3.30 miles in

Anoka County, Minnesota;

• Construct about 14.52 miles of 6-

inch-diameter tie-over connecting the

Paynesville and the Watkins

branchlines in Stearns County,

Minnesota;

• Install: (a) about 3.07 miles of 4-

inch-diameter St. Michael Loop in

Wright County, Minnesota; (b) about

5.01 miles of 8-inch-diameter Princeton

Loop in Mille Lacs and Sherburne

counties, Minnesota; and (c) about 1.96

miles of 4-inch-diameter Monticello

Loop in Wright County, Minnesota;

• Modify three meter stations in

Anoka County, Minnesota and two

meter stations in Wright County,

Minnesota; and

• Modify a meter station in St. Croix

County, Wisconsin and a meter station

in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.

The EA has been placed in the public

files of the FERC and is available for

public inspection at: Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Public

Reference and Files Maintenance

Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208–1371.

Copies of the EA have been mailed to

Federal, state and local agencies, public

interest groups, interested individuals,

newspapers, and parties to this

proceeding.

A limited number of copies of the EA

are available from: Mr. Robert Kopka,

Environmental Project Manager,

Environmental Review and Compliance

Branch I, Office of Pipeline Regulation,

PR–11.1, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208–0282.

Any person wishing to comment on

the EA may do so. Written comments

must reference Docket No. CP96–57–

000, and be addressed to: Office of the

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, DC 20426.

Comments should be filed as soon as

possible, but must be received no later

than May 28, 1996, to ensure

consideration prior to a Commission

decision on this proposal. A copy of any

comments should also be sent to Mr.

Robert Kopka, Environmental Project

Manager, at the above address.

Comments will be considered by the

Commission but will not serve to make

the commentor a party to the

proceeding. Any person seeking to

become a party to the proceeding must

file a motion to intervene pursuant to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR

385.214).

The date for filing 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

comments considered.

Additional information about this

project is available from Mr. Robert

Kopka, Environmental Project Manager.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11053 Filed 5–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

Notice of Application for Major New

License

April 29, 1996.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Major New

License.

b. Project No.: 1984–056.

c. Date filed: January 25, 1996.

d. Applicant: Wisconsin River Power

Company.

e. Name of Project: Petenwell-Castle

Rock Project.

f. Location: On the Wisconsin River in

Adams, Juneau, and Wood Counties,

Wisconsin.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 U.S.C. §§ 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Richard L.

Hilliker, President, Wisconsin River

Power Company, P.O. Box 8050,

Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495, (715) 422–

3722.

i. FERC Contact: Robert Bell (202)

219–2806.

j. Comment Date: July 1, 1996.

k. Status of Environmental Analysis:

This application is accepted for filing

but is not ready for environmental

analysis at this time—see attached

standard paragraph E1.

l. Description of Project: The

constructed project consists of the

following developments:

Petenwell Development

(1) the Petenwell Dam consists of a

series of dams and dikes 15,505 feet

long and approximately 38 feet high; (2)

an impoundment having a surface area

of 25,180 acres, with a storage capacity

of 495,000 acre-feet at normal water

surface elevation of 923.9 feet msl; (3)

an intake structure; (4) a powerhouse

having 4 generating units having a total

installed capacity of 20–MW; (5) a

transmission line; and (6) appurtenant

facilities.

Castle Rock Development

(1) the Castle Rock Dam consist of a

series of dams and dikes 19,374 feet

long and approximately 30 feet high; (2)

an impoundment having a surface area

of 14,900 acres and storage capacity of

136,000 acre-feet at normal water

surface elevation of 881.9 feet msl; (3)

an intake structure; (4) a powerhouse

having 5 generating units having a total

installed capacity of 15–MW; (5) a

transmission line; and (6) appurtenant

facilities.

No additional capacity is being

proposed for this project under this new

license.

m. Purpose of Project: Project power

would be utilized for sale to Wisconsin

River Power Company’s customers.

n. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B1 and

E1.

o. Available Location of Application:

A copy of the application, as amended

and supplemented, is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference and

Files Maintenance Branch, located at

888 North Capitol Street, Washington,

D.C., 20426, or by calling (202) 208–

1371. A copy is also available for

inspection and reproduction at Mr.

Richard L. Hilliker, President,

Wisconsin River Power Company, P.O.

Box 8050, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495,

(715) 422–3722.

B1. Protests or Motions to Intervene—

Anyone may submit a protest or a
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motion to intervene in accordance with

the requirements of Rules of Practice

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210,

385.211, and 385.214. In determining

the appropriate action to take, the

Commission will consider all protests

filed, but only those who file a motion

to intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any protests or

motions to intervene must be received

on or before the specified deadline date

for the particular application.

E1. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—The application is not

ready for environmental analysis at this

time; therefore, the Commission is not

now requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions.

When the application is ready for

environmental analysis, the

Commission will issue a public notice

requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE;’’ (2) set

forth in the heading the name of the

applicant and the project number of the

application to which the filing

responds; (3) furnish the name, address,

and telephone number of the person

protesting or intervening; and (4)

otherwise comply with the requirements

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.

Agencies may obtain copies of the

application directly from the applicant.

Any of these documents must be filed

by providing the original and the

number of copies required by the

Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. An additional

copy must be sent to Director, Division

of Project Review, Office of Hydropower

Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, at the above address. A

copy of any protest or motion to

intervene must be served upon each

representative of the applicant specified

in the particular application.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11059 Filed 5–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

Notice of Application for Conduit

Exemption

April 29, 1996.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Conduit

Exemption.

b. Project No.: 11572–000.

c. Date filed: February 8, 1996.

d. Applicant: Roosevelt Water

Conservation District.

e. Name of Project: RWCD Conduit.

f. Location: On the RWCD irrigation

conduit, near Mesa City, in Maricopa

County, Arizona.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 USC §§ 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael O.

Leonard, General Manager, Roosevelt

Water Conservation District, P.O. Box

100, Higley, AZ 85235.

i. FERC Contact: Michael Spencer at

(202) 219–2846.

j. Deadline Date for Protests,

Interventions, Terms and Conditions:

June 21, 1996.

k. Status of Environmental Analysis:

This application is ready for

environmental analysis at this time—see

attached paragraph D4.

l. Description of Project: The

proposed project would consist of: (1) a

bifurcation attached to the applicant’s

existing irrigation conduit; (2) a 100-

foot-long, 42-inch-diameter penstock;

(3) a powerhouse containing one

generating unit with a capacity of 860

kW and an average annual generation of

6,885 MWh.

m. Purpose of Project: Project power

would be used by the applicant.

n. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: A2, A9,

B, and D4.

A2. Development Application—Any

qualified applicant desiring to file a

competing application must submit to

the Commission, on or before the

specified deadline date for the

particular application, a competing

development application, or a notice of

intent to file such an application.

Submission of a timely notice of intent

allows an interested person to file the

competing development application no

later than 120 days after the specified

deadline date for the particular

application. Applications for

preliminary permits will not be

accepted in response to this notice.

A9. Notice of intent—A notice of

intent must specify the exact name,

business address, and telephone number

of the prospective applicant, and must

include an unequivocal statement of

intent to submit, if such an application

may be filed, either a preliminary

permit application or a development

application (specify which type of

application). A notice of intent must be

served on the applicant(s) named in this

public notice.

B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

D4. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—The application is ready

for environmental analysis at this time,

and the Commission is requesting

comments, reply comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions.

The Commission directs, pursuant to

Section 4.34(b) of the Regulations (see

Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56

FR 23108, May 20, 1991) that all

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions and prescriptions concerning

the application be filed with the

Commission within 60 days from the

issuance date of this notice. All reply

comments must be filed with the

Commission within 105 days from the

date of this notice.

Anyone may obtain an extension of

time for these deadlines from the

Commission only upon a showing of

good cause or extraordinary

circumstances in accordance with 18

CFR 385.2008.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION

TO INTERVENE’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF

INTENT TO FILE COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’

‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the

heading the name of the applicant and

the project number of the application to

which the filing responds; (3) furnish

the name, address, and telephone

number of the person protesting or

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply

with the requirements of 18 CFR

385.2001 through 385.2005. All

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions or prescriptions must set

forth their evidentiary basis and

otherwise comply with the requirements

of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain

copies of the application directly from

the applicant. Any of these documents

must be filed by providing the original

and the number of copies required by

the Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory