Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 25, 1996 / Notices 32795

TransCanada Power Corporation

pursuant to the Transmission Service

Tariff filed by Northern Indiana Public

Service Company in Docket No. ER96–

1426–000 and allowed to become

effective by the Commission. Northern

Indiana Public Service Company, 75

FERC ¶ 61,213 (1996). Northern Indiana

Public Service Company has requested

that the Service Agreement be allowed

to become effective as of July 1, 1996.

Copies of this filing have been sent to

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission and the Indiana Office of

Utility Consumers Counselor.

Comment date: July 2, 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. 96–16071 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

[Project Nos. 2058 and 2075]

Washington Water Power; Notice of

Intent To Prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement and Conduct Public

Scoping Meetings and a Site Visit

June 19, 1996.

The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC) is reviewing a

proposal to relicense and continue

operating the Cabinet Gorge (FERC

Project No. 2058) and Noxon Rapids

(FERC Project No. 2075) in Bonner

County, Idaho and Sanders County,

Montana. The projects are partially

located on federal lands managed by the

Idaho Panhandle, Kootenai, and Lolo

National Forest.

Relicensing these projects could

constitute a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment. Therefore, the

FERC intends to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

on the projects in accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969, and the Commission’s regulations.

The EIS will objectively consider both

site-specific and cumulative

environmental impacts of the projects

and reasonable alternatives, and will

include an economic and engineering

analysis.

A Draft EIS will be circulated for

review and comment by all interested

parties, and FERC staff will hold a

public meeting on the Draft EIS. FERC

staff will consider and respond to

comments received on the Draft EIS in

the final EIS. The FERC staff’s

conclusions and recommendations will

then be presented for the consideration

of the Commission in reaching its final

licensing decision.

Scoping: Interested citizens, nongovernmental organizations, local

governments, state and federal agencies,

Indian tribes, and any other interested

parties are invited to comment on the

scope of the environmental issues that

should be analyzed in the EIS. Scoping

will help ensure that all significant

issues related to this proposal are

addressed in the EIS.

FERC staff will conduct three scoping

meetings as follows: (1) a scoping

meeting oriented towards the public

will begin at 7:00 p.m. on July 15 at the

Sandpoint High School, 410 South

Division Street, Sandpoint, Idaho; (2) a

scoping meeting oriented towards the

agencies will begin at 1:00 p.m. on July

16 at the Noxon Public School, 25

Railroad Road, Noxon, Montana; and (3)

a scoping meeting oriented towards the

public will begin at 7:00 p.m. on July 16

at the Noxon Public School. The public

and agencies may attend any meeting.

Objectives: At the scoping meetings,

FERC staff will (1) identify preliminary

environmental issues related to the

proposed projects; (2) attempt to

identify preliminary resource issues that

are not important and do not require

detailed analysis; (3) identify reasonable

alternatives to be addressed in the EIS;

(4) solicit from the meeting participants

all available information, especially

quantified data, on the resource issues;

and (5) encourage statements from

experts and the public on issues that

should be analyzed in the EIS, including

points of view in opposition to, or in

support of, the staff’s preliminary views.

Procedures: The meetings will be

recorded by a court reporter and all

statements (oral and written) will

become a part of the official record of

the Commission proceedings for the

relicensing of the Cabinet Gorge and

Noxon Rapids Projects. Individuals

presenting statements at the meetings

will be asked to clearly identify

themselves for the record.

To help focus discussions at the

scoping meeting, the FERC will mail a

scoping document, outlining subject

areas to be addressed in the EIS, to all

entities on the projects’ mailing lists.

Copies of the scoping document will

also be available at the scoping

meetings.

Persons choosing not to speak at the

meetings, but who have views on the

issues or information relevant to the

issues, may submit written statements

for inclusion in the public record at the

meetings. In addition, written scoping

comments may be filed with the Office

of the Secretary, Dockets Room 1A,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, D.C.,

20426, until August 19, 1996. All

written correspondence should clearly

show the following caption on the first

page: Cabinet Gorge (No. 2058) and

Noxon Rapids (No. 2075) Hydroelectric

Projects.

Site Visit: There will also be a tour of

the projects on July 18, 1996. Those who

wish to attend should contact Ms. Kathy

Krueger of Washington Water Power at

(406) 847–2729 by July 9th to sign up.

Attendees will meet at the Noxon Public

School parking lot at 8:00 a.m.

For Further Information Contact: Joe

Davis, FERC, Office of Hydropower

Licensing (202) 219–2865.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16075 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5526–8]

Amendment to Common Sense

Initiative Council Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Amendment to Open

Meeting of the Public Advisory

Common Sense Initiative Council.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law

92–463, notice is given that the times for

the Common Sense Initiative Council

meeting scheduled for June 27, and June

28, 1996, in Alexandria, Virginia, have

been amended.

AMENDMENT OF OPEN MEETING NOTICATION:

Notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Protection Agency, has

amended an open meeting of the

Common Sense Initiative Council