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32. Growth Unlimited Investments, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96–1774–000]

Take notice that on May 9, 1996,

Growth Unlimited Investments, Inc.

(GUI, Inc.), tendered for filing pursuant

to Rule 205, 18 CFR 385.205, a petition

for waiver and blanket approvals under

various regulations of the Commission

and for an order accepting its FERC

Electric Rate Schedule No. 1.

GUI, Inc. intends to engage in electric

power and energy transactions as

marketer and a broker. In transactions

where GUI, Inc. sells electric energy it

proposes to make such sales on rates,

term and conditions to be mutually

agreed to with the purchasing party.

GUI, Inc. is not in the business of

generating, transmitting, or distributing

electric power.

Comment date: May 31, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

33. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER96–1775–000]

Take notice that on May 9, 1996,

Illinois Power Company (Illinois

Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur,

Illinois 62526, tendered for filing firm

and non-firm transmission agreements

under which InterCoast Power

Marketing Company will take

transmission service pursuant to its

open access transmission tariff. The

agreements are based on the Form of

Service Agreement in Illinois Power’s

tariff.

Illinois Power has requested an

effective date of May 6, 1996.

Comment date: May 31, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

34. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER96–1776–000]

Take notice that on May 9, 1996,

Illinois Power Company (Illinois

Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur,

Illinois 62526, tendered for filing a

Power Sales Tariff, Service Agreement

under which Wisconsin Electric Power

Company will take service under

Illinois Power Company’s Power Sales

Tariff. The agreements are based on the

Form of Service Agreement in Illinois

Power’s tariff.

Illinois Power has requested an

effective date of April 24, 1996.

Comment date: May 31, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

35. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER96–1777–000]

Take notice that on May 9, 1996,

Illinois Power Company (Illinois

Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur,

Illinois 62526, tendered for filing a

Power Sales Tariff, Service Agreement

under which Rainbow Energy Marketing

Corporation will take service under

Illinois Power Company’s Power Sales

Tariff. The agreement is based on the

Form of Service Agreement in Illinois

Power’s tariff.

Illinois Power has requested an

effective date of April 24, 1996.

Comment date: May 31, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

36. Consolidated Edison Company of

New York, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96–1778–000]

Take notice that on May 9, 1996,

Consolidated Edison Company of New

York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered for

filing an agreement to provide

interruptible transmission service for

Pan Energy Power Services, Inc. (Pan).

Con Edison states that a copy of this

filing has been served by mail upon Pan.

Comment date: May 31, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

37. Central Power and Light Company

West Texas Utilities Company Public

Service Company of Oklahoma)

Southwestern Electric Power Co. )

[Docket No. ER96–1780–000]

Take notice that on May 9, 1996,

Central Power and Light Company, West

Texas Utilities Company, Public Service

Company of Oklahoma and

Southwestern Electric Power Company

(collectively, the CSW Operating

Companies), tendered for filing

unexecuted service agreements to

certain transmission customers under

which they will provide transmission

service to certain transmission

customers under their point-to-point

transmission service tariffs accepted for

filing in Docket No. ER96–1046–000.

The transmission customers named in

such service agreements previously took

transmission service under transmission

service tariffs that were superseded by

the point-to-point transmission service

tariffs filed in Docket No. ER96–1046–

000.

The CSW Operating Companies state

that a copy of the filing has been served

on each such transmission customer and

on the Public Utility Commission of

Texas, the Oklahoma Corporation

Commission, the Arkansas Public

Service Commission and the Louisiana

Public Service Commission.

Comment date: May 31, 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13068 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

Western Area Power Administration

Sierra Nevada Region 2004 Power

Marketing Program Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Availability and

Notice of Public Hearing.

SUMMARY: Western Area Power

Administration’s (Western) Sierra

Nevada Customer Service Region

announces that its 2004 Power

Marketing Program Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (draft EIS) is available

for public review and comment. The

Sierra Nevada Region will hold a public

hearing to receive formal comments on

the draft EIS at its Folsom, California

office. The Sierra Nevada Region

markets approximately 1,480 megawatts

(MW) of power from the Central Valley

Project (CVP) in California and other

sources, and available nonfirm energy

from the Washoe Project. All existing

long-term CVP power sales contracts

expire on December 31, 2004. The Sierra

Nevada Region needs to (1) determine

the level and character of capacity,

energy, and other services that will be

marketed beyond 2004, and (2) establish

eligibility and allocation criteria for the

allocations of electric power resources

to be marketed under contracts that will

replace those expiring in 2004. The draft

EIS has been prepared in compliance

with the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321, et

seq.), the Council on Environmental

Quality regulations for implementing
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NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508), and

the DOE regulations for compliance

with NEPA (10 CFR Part 1021) to

describe the potential environmental

consequences of the range of reasonable

marketing plan alternatives.

The Sierra Nevada Region will accept

written and oral comments during the

public hearing, and a court reporter will

record the proceedings. Those wishing

to make oral comments will be asked to

register at the door prior to the

beginning of the hearing. The Sierra

Nevada Region will respond to

comments in the final EIS. There will be

an informal public information session

before the hearing to describe the results

of the analysis outlined in the draft EIS.

Interested persons can discuss aspects

of the draft EIS with Sierra Nevada

Region representatives at this session.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: The public

information session and hearing will be

held on June 13, 1996, at the Sierra

Nevada Customer Service Region, 114

Parkshore Drive, Folsom, California.

The public information session will

begin at 9 a.m., and the public hearing

will begin an hour later at 10 a.m.

Copies of the draft EIS have been

distributed to interested parties on the

EIS mailing list and to various reading

rooms. Copies of the draft EIS and

supporting documents are available for

public review at the locations listed

below:

Shasta County Public Library, Reference

Desk, 1855 Shasta Street, Redding, CA

96001

Sacramento Public Library, Central

Branch, Reference Desk, 828 ‘‘I’’

Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

Fresno Public Library, Reference Desk,

2420 Mariposa Street, Fresno, CA

93721

University of California, Berkeley,

General Library, Berkeley, CA 94720

Washoe Public Library, Reference Desk,

301 South Center Street, Reno, NV

89501

California State Library, Sacramento

Branch, 914 Capital Mall, Sacramento,

CA 95814

San Francisco Public Library, Civic

Center (Main Library), Reference

Desk, 100 Larkin Street, San

Francisco, CA 94102

Copies of the draft EIS and supporting

documents are also available for public

review at Western’s offices at:

Sierra Nevada Region, 114 Parkshore

Drive, Folsom, CA 95630

Corporate Services Office, 1627 Cole

Boulevard, Building 19, Room 175,

Golden, CO 80401

U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal

Building, Reading Room 1E–190, 1000

Independence Avenue SW,

Washington, DC 20585

Referenced material is contained in

the official project file located at the

Sierra Nevada Regional Office at the

above-listed address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Sierra Nevada Region maintains a

mailing list of those interested in the

2004 Power Marketing Program EIS. For

further information, to submit written

comments, or to request a copy of the

draft EIS, please call or write: Jerry W.

Toeynes, Project Manager, Western Area

Power Administration, Sierra Nevada

Customer Service Region, 114 Parkshore

Drive, Folsom, CA 95630–4710, (916)

353–4455.

Written comments on the draft EIS

may be sent to the Project Manager by

July 31, 1996.

For general information on DOE’s

NEPA review process, or for status on

the review of a specific project, please

contact: Carol M. Borgstrom, Director,

Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance,

EH–42, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue SW. Washington,

DC 20585, (202) 586–4600 or (800) 472–

2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Sierra

Nevada Region currently markets about

1,480 MW of long-term power to

approximately 80 preference customers

in northern and central California.

Sources for this power include CVP

powerplants, the Washoe Project

powerplant at Stampede Dam, and other

suppliers. Washoe Project power is sold

as nonfirm energy. On December 31,

2004, all of the Sierra Nevada Region’s

long-term CVP power sales contracts

will expire, along with its current

resource integration and transmission

contract with Pacific Gas and Electric

Company. The Sierra Nevada Region is

developing a 2004 Power Marketing

Plan to analyze options for replacing the

expiring contracts.

The Sierra Nevada Region’s power

resources are also subject to change.

Determination of the electric capacity

and energy to be marketed will be

influenced by expected generation at

reservoirs which have water storage and

releases controlled by the Bureau of

Reclamation. Pursuant to Title 34 of

Public Law 102–575, the CVP

Improvement Act of 1992, the

Department of the Interior is preparing

a programmatic EIS addressing water

facilities and potential changes in CVP

water operations and allocations.

On August 10 and 13, 1993, Western

announced in the Federal Register (58

FR 42536 and 43105) its intent to

prepare an EIS on the Sierra Nevada

Region’s electric power marketing

activities extending beyond the year

2004. Following extensive public

involvement and analysis, the draft EIS

was prepared to analyze and describe

the environmental consequences of a

range of marketing plan alternatives.

The Sierra Nevada Region developed

four alternatives for analysis in the draft

EIS that are structured around

operations of the CVP hydroelectric

system. The four alternatives are

identified as No Action, Maximize

Hydropower Peaking, Baseload, and

Renewable Resource Acquisition. Each

alternative includes possible power

purchase and power cost analysis

options. Also, an analysis of allocations

to customer groups was done under

each alternative to determine the range

of impacts that may result from

changing the quantity of resources

available to different customer groups.

The draft EIS evaluates the potential

impacts of these alternatives, including

no action, on water resources (water

quality, temperature, pool fluctuation),

biological resources, recreation, cultural

resources, socioeconomic resources, air

resources, solid wastes, and land use.

The Sierra Nevada Region is actively

seeking public input on the draft EIS in

order to make a decision on a preferred

alternative. No preferred alternative is

identified in the draft EIS for this

reason. A decision on a preferred

alternative will be made after

considering comments on the draft EIS,

and that alternative will be

recommended in the final EIS.

Issued at Golden, Colorado, May 16, 1996.

J.M. Shafer,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–13125 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5509–9]

Acid Rain Program: Draft Opt-in

Permits and Public Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of draft opt-in permits

and public comment period.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency is issuing for

comment two draft opt-in permits: one

for the DuPont-Johnsonville Plant

facility (Dupont) in Tennessee and one

for the Warrick Power Plant facility

(Warrick) in Indiana, in accordance with

the Acid Rain Permits and Opt-in

regulations (40 CFR parts 72 and 74,

respectively).

DATES: Comments on the draft opt-in

permits must be received no later than