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issuing a Final EIS. The Final EIS will

include our response to each comment

received.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by sending

a letter addressing your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

You should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal (including

alternative locations and routes), and

measures to avoid or lessen

environmental impact. The more

specific your comments, the more useful

they will be. Please follow the

instructions below to ensure that your

comments are received and properly

recorded:

• Address your letter to: Lois Cashell,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426;

• Reference Docket No. CP95–194–001;

• Send a copy of your letter to: Ms.

Laura Turner, EIS Project Manager,

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Room 7M–02, Washington, DC 20426;

and

• Mail your comments so that they will

be received in Washington, DC on or

before July 29, 1996.

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EIS

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding or become an ‘‘intervenor.’’

Among other things, intervenors have

the right to receive copies of caserelated Commission documents and

filings by other intervenors. Likewise,

each intervenor must provide copies of

its filings to all other parties. If you

want to become an intervenor you must

file a motion to intervene according to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 2).

The date for filing timely motions to

intervene in this proceeding expires on

June 28, 1996. After that date parties

seeking to file late interventions must

show good cause, as required by section

385.214(b)(3), why the time limitation

should be waived. Environmental issues

have been viewed as good cause for late

interventions. You do not need

intervenor status to have your scoping

comments considered.

Environmental Mailing List

This notice is being sent to

individuals, organizations, and

government entities interested and/or

potentially affected by the proposed

project. It is also being sent to all

potential right-of-way grantors to solicit

focused comments regarding

environmental considerations related to

the proposed project. As details of the

project become established,

representatives of Northern Border and

Natural will directly contact

landowners, communities, and public

agencies concerning any other matters,

including acquisition of permits and

rights-of-way.

If you do not want to send comments

at this time but still want to keep

informed and receive copies of the Draft

and Final EISs, please return the

Information Request (appendix 3).

PLEASE NOTE: IF WE HAVE NOT

HEARD FROM YOU, EITHER BY

COMMENT LETTER, RESPONSE TO

ONE OF THE TWO NOI’s, OR

REGISTERING AT THE SCOPING

MEETINGS, YOU WILL BE DROPPED

FROM THE MAILING LIST. If you have

previously provided us with your name

and address you need not send in this

information request.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from Ms.

Laura Turner, EIS Project Manager, at

(202) 208–0916.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–17134 Filed 7–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

Notice of Proposed Power Rate—

Robert D. Willis

AGENCY: Southwestern Power

Administration (Southwestern), DOE.

ACTION: Notice for public review and

comment.

SUMMARY: The Administrator,

Southwestern, has prepared Current and

Revised 1996 Power Repayment Studies

for the Robert D. Willis (Willis) project

which show the need for a decrease in

annual revenues required to meet cost

recovery criteria. The decrease in the

revenues required will result from a

change in the allocation of costs due to

the remote operation of the Whitney

Project from the Sam Rayburn (Rayburn)

Project beginning in FY 1997. The

existing power plant operators’ costs

will be allocated among three projects

rather than just Willis and Rayburn. The

Administrator has also developed a

proposed rate schedule for the isolated

Willis project to recover the required

revenues. The proposed rate for the

Willis project would decrease annual

revenues approximately 9.3 percent

from $294,312 to $266,928 beginning

October 1, 1996.

DATES: A Public Information Forum has

been scheduled for July 16, 1996, in

Tulsa Oklahoma. A Public Comment

Forum will be held July 30, 1996, in

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Written comments are

due on or before (insert 30 days from the

date of Federal Register publication).

Southwestern is conducting a 30 day

public notice and comment period (10

CFR 903.14(d)). This public

participation period is for a minor rate

adjustment which does not require any

comment period to exceed 30 days. In

addition, this project has a single

hydroelectric power customer and that

customer directly impacted has been

informed of the proposed rate decrease.

It is anticipated that any comments from

the customer will be developed well

within the 30 day period.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be submitted to the Administrator,

Southwestern Power Administration,

U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box

1619, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

George C. Grisaffe, Assistant

Administrator, Office of Administration

and Rates, Southwestern Power

Administration, U.S. Department of

Energy, P.O. Box 1619, Tulsa, Oklahoma

74101, (918) 595–6628.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.

Department of Energy was created by an

Act of the U.S. Congress, Department of

Energy Organization Act, P. L. 95–91,

dated August 4, 1977, and

Southwestern’s power marketing

activities were transferred from the

Department of the Interior to the

Department of Energy, effective October

1, 1977.

Southwestern markets power from 24

multiple-purpose reservoir projects with

power facilities constructed and

operated by the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers. These projects are located in

the States of Arkansas, Missouri,

Oklahoma and Texas. Southwestern’s

marketing area includes these states

plus Kansas and Louisiana. Of the total,

22 projects comprise an Integrated

System and are interconnected through

Southwestern’s transmission system and

exchange agreements with other

utilities. The Sam Rayburn Dam project,

located in eastern Texas, is not

interconnected with Southwestern’s

Integrated System hydraulically,

electrically, or financially. Instead, the

power produced by the Sam Rayburn

Dam project is marketed by

Southwestern as an isolated project

under a contract through which the

customer purchases the entire power

output of the project at the dam. The

Willis project, located on the Neches

River downstream from the Sam

Rayburn Dam, consists of two 4,000

kilowatt hydroelectric generating units.

It, like the Sam Rayburn Dam project, is
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marketed as an isolated project under a

contract through which the customer,

Sam Rayburn Municipal Power Agency

(SRMPA), receives the entire output of

the project for a period of 50 years as a

result of funding the construction of the

hydroelectric facilities at the project. A

separate power repayment study is

prepared for each project which has a

special rate based on its isolated project

determination.

Following Department of Energy

Order Number RA 6120.2, the

Administrator, Southwestern, prepared

a current power repayment study for the

Robert D. Willis project using the

existing annual rate of $294,312. The

study indicated that maintaining the

current rate will create a revenue

surplus for the project. This is primarily

a result of adding the remote operation

of the Whitney Project, beginning in FY

1997, by the Corps of Engineers from the

Sam Rayburn Project. The Revised

Power Repayment Study for the isolated

Willis project shows that a decrease of

$27,384 (a 9.3 percent decrease)

annually will satisfy repayment criteria.

This decrease would change annual

revenues produced by the Willis Project

from $294,312 to $266,928 and satisfy

the present financial criteria for

repayment of the project.

Opportunity is presented for

customers and interested parties to

receive copies of the studies and

proposed rate schedule for the Willis

project. If you desire a copy of the

Repayment Study Data Package for the

Willis project, please do not hesitate to

submit your request to: Mr. George C.

Grisaffe, Assistant Administrator, Office

of Administration and Rates, P.O. Box

1619, Tulsa, OK 74101, (918) 595–6628.

A Public Information Forum is

scheduled to be held at 4:30 p.m.,

central time (c.t.) Tuesday, July 16,

1996, in Southwestern’s offices, room

1600, Williams Center Tower 1, One

West Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The Forum is to explain to customers

and interested parties the proposed rates

and supporting studies. The Forum will

be conducted by a chairman who will be

responsible for orderly procedure.

Questions concerning the rates, studies

and information presented at the forum

may be submitted from interested

persons and will be answered, to the

extent possible, at the forum. Questions

not answered at the Forum will be

answered in writing, except the

questions involving voluminous data

contained in Southwestern’s records

may best be answered by consultation

and review of pertinent records at

Southwestern’s offices. Persons

interested in attending the Public

Information Forum should indicate in

writing by 4:00 p.m., c.t., Friday, July

12, 1996, their intent to appear at such

Forum. Accordingly, if no one so

indicates their intent to attend, no such

Forum will be held.

A Public Comment Forum is

scheduled to be held at 1:30 p.m., c.t.,

Tuesday, July 30, 1996, at the same

location established for the Public

Information Forum. At the Public

Comment Forum interested persons may

submit written comments or make oral

presentations of their views and

comments. This forum will also be

conducted by a chairman who will be

responsible for orderly procedure.

Southwestern’s representatives will be

present, and they and the chairman may

ask questions of speakers. The chairman

may allow others to speak if time

permits. Persons interested in attending

or speaking at the Public Comment

Forum should indicate in writing by

4:00 p.m., c.t., Friday, July 26, 1996,

their intent to appear at such Forum.

Accordingly, if no one so indicates their

intent to attend, no such Forum will be

held.

A transcript of each Forum will be

made. Copies of the transcripts may be

obtained from the transcribing service.

Copies of all documents introduced will

be available from Southwestern upon

request, for a fee. Written comments on

the proposed rates for the project are

due on or before 30 days from

publication. Written comments should

be submitted to the Administrator,

Southwestern Power Administration,

U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box

1619, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101.

Following review of the oral and

written comments, the Administrator

will submit the rate proposals and the

Power Repayment Studies for the Willis

project, in support of the proposed rates,

to the Deputy Secretary of Energy for

confirmation and approval on an

interim basis and to the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC) for

confirmation and approval on a final

basis. The FERC will allow the public

an opportunity to provide written

comments on the proposed rate

increases before making a final decision.

Issued in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this 24th day

of June, 1996.

Frances R. Gagan,

Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–17119 Filed 7–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[ER–FRL–5471–1]

Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 OR (202) 564–7153.

Weekly receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements Filed June 24, 1996

Through June 28, 1996 Pursuant to 40

CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 960299, Final EIS, FRC, GA,

SC, North Georgia Hydroelectric Project,

(FERC. No. 2354–018) Issuance of

Relicensing, Savannah River Basin,

Tallulah, Tugalo and Chattooga Rivers,

GA and SC, Due: August 05, 1996,

Contact: Joe Davis (202) 219–2865.

EIS No. 960300, Draft Supplement,

FHW, AL, Tuscaloosa East Bypass

Corridor, Construction, I–59/I–20 east of

Tuscaloosa to US 82 west of Northport,

Funding, NPDES Permit, COE Section

10 and 404 Permits, Tuscaloosa County,

AL, Due: August 26, 1996, Contact: Joe

D. Wilkerson (334) 223–7370.

EIS No. 960301, Final EIS, FHW, NH,

NH 9/US 202 Highway Improvements

Project, between Henniker to the east

and NH 31 to the west, Funding, COE

Section 404 Permit and NPDES Permit,

Hillsborough County, NH, Due: August

05, 1996, Contact: William F.

O’Donnell’s (603) 225–1608.

EIS No. 960302, Final EIS, FRC, WI,

Wisconsin River Basin Hydroelectric

Project, Application for Licensing for

ten FERC Hydroelectric Project: Nos.

2119, 2239, 2476, 1999, 2212, 2590,

2256, 2255, 2291 and 2292, Vilas,

Forest, Oneida, Lincoln, Marathon,

Portage and Wood Counties, WI and

Gogebic County, MI, Due: August 05,

1996, Contact: Sabina Joe (202) 219–

1648.

EIS No. 960303, Final EIS, BLM, CO,

White River Resource Area, Land and

Resource Management Plan,

Implementation, Craig District, Towns

of Meeker, Rangely and Dinosaur, Rio

Blanco, Garfield and Moffat Counties,

CO, Due: August 05, 1996, Contact: Bill

Hill (970) 878–3601.

EIS No. 960304, Draft EIS, BLM, NV,

Twin Creeks Mine Consolidation and

Expansion, which Encompasses the

former Rabbit Creek Mine and the

former Chimmey Creek Mine, Plan of

Operation and Permit Application,

Winnemucca District, Humboldt

County, NV, Due: September 03, 1996,

Contact: Gerald Moritz (703) 623–1500.

EIS No. 960305, Draft EIS, AFS, WA,

Huckleberry Land Exchange Consolidate

Ownership and Enhance Future

Conservation and Management, Federal