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1 74 FERC ¶ 61,309.

disadvantage to El Paso’s other

customers.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after the

Commission has issued this notice, file

pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

NGA (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the

request. If no protest is filed within the

allowed time, the proposed activity

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and not withdrawn within 30 days after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 NGA.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11982 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP96–147–000]

Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Technical

Conference

May 8, 1996.

In the Commission’s order issued on

march 22, 1996, in the above-captioned

proceeding,1 the Commission held that

the filing raises issues for which a

technical conference is to be convened.

The conference to address the issues

has been scheduled for Tuesday, May

21, 1996, at 10:00 a.m. in a room to be

designated at the offices of the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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

20426.

All interested persons and Staff are

permitted to attend.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11977 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Project No. 11574–000 CT]

City of Norwich, Department of Public

Utilities; Notice Not Ready for

Environmental Analysis, Notice

Requesting Interventions and Protests,

Notice Inviting Competing

Applications, and Notice of Scoping

Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969

May 8, 1996.

The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) has issued a

letter accepting the City of Norwich,

Department of Public Utilities,

application for the Occum Hydroelectric

Project, located on the Shetucket River,

near the City of Norwich, New London

County, Connecticut.

The existing Occum Project’s facilities

consist of a 90-acre impoundment; a

dam consisting of two adjacent spillway

sections, earth embankments, and an

intake structure; a 225-foot-long by 160-

foot-wide forebay area; a 40-foot-long by

32-foot-wide powerhouse, housing one

turbine with a total capacity of 800 kW;

and appurtenant facilities. The project

would have an average annual

generation of about 3,750

megawatthours.

The application is not ready for

environmental analysis at this time. A

public notice will be issued in the

future indicating its readiness for

environmental analysis and soliciting

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions on the

application, and the applicant’s reply

comments.

The purpose of this notice is to: (1)

Invite interventions and protests; (2)

advise all parties as to the proposed

scope of the staff’s environmental

analysis, including cumulative effects,

and to seek additional information

pertinent to this analysis; (3) advise all

parties of their opportunity for

comment; and (4) to invite competing

applications.

Competition

Any qualified applicant desiring to

file a competing application must

submit to the Commission, on or before

the specified deadline date for this

application, the competing development

application or a notice of intent to file

such an application. Submitting 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 a preliminary permit

will not be accepted in response to this

notice.

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 a development application. A

notice of intent must be served on the

applicant named in this public notice.

Interventions and Protests

All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST.’’ ‘‘MOTION

TO INTERVENE,’’ ’’NOTICE OF

INTENT TO FILE COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ or ’’COMPETING

APPLICATION;’’ (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: 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.

All filings for any protest or motion to

intervene, competing application, or

notice of intent must be received 60

days from the issuance date of this

notice.

Scoping Process

The Commission’s scoping objectives

are to:

• Identify significant environmental

issues;

• Determine the depth of analysis

appropriate to each issue;

• Identify the resource issues not

requiring detailed analysis; and

• Identify reasonable project

alternatives.

The purpose of the scoping process is

to identify significant issues related to

the proposed action and to determine

what issues should be covered in the

environmental document pursuant to

the National Environmental Policy Act

of 1969. The document entitled

‘‘Scoping Document I’’ (SDI) will be

circulated to enable appropriate federal,

state, and local resource agencies,

developers, Indian tribes, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and

other interested parties to effectively

participate in and contribute to the

scoping process. SDI provides a brief

description of the proposed action,

project alternatives, the geographic and

temporal scope of a cumulative effects

analysis, and a list of preliminary issues

identified by staff.

The Commission will decide, based

on the application, and agency and

public comments to scoping, whether

licensing the Occum Hydroelectric

Project constitutes a major federal action

significantly impacting the quality of

the human environment. The