Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 109 / Wednesday, June 5, 1996 / Notices 28573

LSS and Section 3 of Transco’s Rate

Schedule GSS.

Transco states that on May 13, 1996,

it refunded $290,545.53 to its LSS and

GSS customers. The refund was due

Transco’s customers from a CNG

Transmission Corporation refund in

Docket Nos. RP94–96 and RP94–213

(consolidated) for the period July 1,

1994 through December 31, 1995.

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 214 and 211

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 and

385.211). All such motions or protests

should be filed on or before June 6,

1996. 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. 96–14023 Filed 6–4–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Project No. 2482–021]

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation;

Notice of Availability of Draft

Environmental Assessment

May 30, 1996.

A draft environmental assessment

(DEA) is available for public review.

The DEA was prepared for an

application filed by Niagara Mohawk

Power Corporation (licensee) to remove

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from

lands within the boundary of the

Hudson River Hydroelectric Project. The

licensee proposes to remove PCBs at the

Queensbury site in accordance with a

record of decision issued March 1995 by

the New York State Department of

Environmental Conservation. In

summary, the licensee proposes to

excavate and remove all surface soil (1

foot from surface) on the upland portion

of the site with total PCB concentrations

in excess of 1 ppm and subsurface soil

with concentrations in excess of 10

ppm. Further, the licensee proposes to

excavate and remove to a depth of 2 feet

near-shore sediments. the Queensbury

site is located on Corinth Road, Town of

Queensbury, Warren County, New York,

on the north bank of the Hudson River,

about 5 miles west of Glens Falls, New

York.

The DEA finds that the licensee’s

remediation plan is not a major federal

action significantly affecting the quality

of the human environment. The DEA

was written by staff in the Office of

Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission. Copies of the

DEA can be obtained by calling the

Commission’s Public Reference Room at

(202) 208–1371.

Comments on the DEA must be filed

with the Commission within 30 days

from the date of this notice. Comments

should be addressed to: Ms. Lois D.

Cashell, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street

NE., Washington, D.C. 20426. Please

include the project number (2482–021)

on any comments filed.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14019 Filed 6–4–96; 8:45 am]

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[Project No. 459–081 Missouri]

Union Electric Company; Notice of

Availability of Environmental

Assessment

May 30, 1996.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR Part

380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47910), the

Office of Hydropower Licensing (OHL)

reviewed an application requesting

approval of the dredging management

plan. Approval of the plan would give

the licensee permission to issue permits

for small excavation activities at the

Osage Project, without obtaining prior

Commission approval for each specific

activity. Specifically, the dredging

management plan would allow permits

to be issued for non-project dredging

activities involving up to 500 cubic

yards (cy) of material. All proposals to

remove more than 500 cy would be

outside the scope of the plan and would

require individual Commission

approval. The intent of the plan is to

allow the licensee to issue permits for

minor activities requiring dredging,

including the installation and repair of

seawalls and construction of boat docks

and similar minor facilities. Permits

would not be issued without prior

authorization from the U.S. Army Corps

of Engineers. The excavation activities

associated with the dredging

management plan will occur on project

lands in Benton, Camden, Miller, and

Morgan Counties, Missouri. The Lake of

the Ozarks is the reservoir for the Osage

Project and is located on the Osage

River. The staff prepared an

Environmental Assessment (EA) for the

action. In the EA, staff concludes that

approval of the dredging management

plan would not constitute a major

federal action significantly affecting the

quality of the human environment.

Copies of the EA are available for

review in the Reference and Information

Center, Room 2A, of the Commission’s

offices at 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14018 Filed 6–4–96; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. CP96–541–000]

Southern Natural Gas Company,

Notice of Application

May 30, 1996.

Take notice that on May 24, 1996,

Southern Natural Gas Company

(Southern), Post Office Box 2563,

Birmingham, Alabama 35202–2563,

filed in Docket No. CP96–541–000 an

application, pursuant to Section 7(c) of

the Natural Gas Act, for a certificate of

public convenience and necessity for

authorization to construct, install,

modify, and operate certain pipeline

loops, compressors, and appurtenant

facilities to permit increased firm

transportation services in Southern’s

Zone 3 market area, and for permission

to roll in the costs attributable to those

facilities, all as more fully set forth in

the application, which is on file with

the Commission and open for public

inspection.

Southern states that it has undertaken

an intensive effort to serve new markets

that can be attached economically to its

system and to develop markets already

attached to its system. It is indicated

that, as part of this effort, and in

response to inquiries received by

Southern concerning the availability of

capacity in its Zone 3 market area

(Georgia, South Carolina and

Tennessee), Southern conducted an

open season in mid-1995 to determine

whether there was sufficient demand for

transportation service to support an

expansion of its system. It is also

indicated that, as a result of this open

season and discussions with interested

customers, Southern received requests

for long-term transportation service

from the following Zone 3 customers:

Customer Mcf/day

Engelhard Corporation .............. 2,250

Kemira Pigments, Inc. .............. 18,000

Power Silicates Corporation ..... 600

Savannah Energy Corporation 200

Domtar Gypsum ........................ 3,090