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Open Access Transmission Tariff to

implement procedures for scheduling

secondary service by network

customers.

Comment date: March 6, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest such 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 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 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 these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection. This filing may also be

viewed on the Internet at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–4572 Filed 2–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site

Visit and Soliciting Scoping Comments

February 20, 2001.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Subsequent

License.

b. Project No.: 2652–007.

c. Date Filed: August 30, 2000.

d. Applicant: PacifiCorp.

e. Name of Project: Bigfork

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Swan River/

Flathead Lake, near the town of Bigfork,

Flathead County, Montana. The project

does not occupy any fedeal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 USC 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Linda

Prendergast, Project Manager,

PacifiCorp, 825 N.E. Multnomah, Suite

1500, Portland, OR 97232 or telephone

(503) 813–6625.

i. FERC Contact: Steve Hocking, email address steve.hocking@ferc.fed.us,

or telephone (202) 219–2656.

j. Deadline for filing scoping

comments: April 23, 2001.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Comments and protests may be filed

electronically via the internet in lieu of

paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)

and the instructions on the

Commission’s web site at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure require all interveners

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on

each person on the official service list

for the project. Further, if an intervener

files comments or documents with the

Commission relating to the merits of an

issue that may affect the responsibilities

of a particular resource agency, they

must also serve a copy of the document

on that resource agency.

k. This application is not ready for

environmental analysis at this time.

l. Description of the Project: The

project consists of: (1) A 12-foot-high,

300-foot-long concrete diversion dam

with a 235-foot-long spillway; (2) a

reservoir with 73 surface acres; (3) a

water intake structure and 1-mile-long

flowline; (4) a forebay structure that

directs water into three steel penstocks;

(5) a brick powerhouse with three

turbine/generator units with a total

installed capacity of 4,150 kilowatts; (6)

a fish ladder on the right abutment

(north end of the dam) and; (7)

appurtenant facilities.

m. A copy of the application is

available for inspection and

reproduction at the Commission’s

Public Reference Room, located at 888

First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington,

DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208–1371.

The application may be viewed on

http://www.ferc.fed.us/rims.htm. Call

(202) 208–2222 for assistance. A copy is

also available for inspection and

reproduction at the address in item h

above.

n. Scoping Process.

The Commission intends to prepare

an Environmental Assessment (EA) for

the project in accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act. The

EA will consider both site-specific and

cumulative environmental impacts and

reasonable alternatives to the proposed

action.

Scoping Meetings

FERC staff will conduct one agency

scoping meeting and one public scoping

meeting. The agency scoping meeting

will focus on resource agency and nongovernmental organization concerns,

while the public scoping meeting is

intended primarily for public input. All

interested individuals, organizations,

and agencies are invited to attend one

or both of the meetings, and to assist

Commission staff in identifying the

scope of the environmental issues that

should be analyzed in the EA. The times

and locations of these meetings are as

follows:

Agency Scoping Meeting

Date and Time: March 22, 2001; from

10:00 to 2:00 pm

Location: Montana Department of Fish,

Wildlife, and Park’s offices at 490

North Meridian Road in Kalispell,

Montana; phone (406) 752–5501

Public Scoping Meeting

Date and Time: March 21, 2001; from

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Location: Marina Cay Resort at 180 Vista

Lane, Bigfork, Montana; phone (406)

837–5861

Copies of Scoping Document 1 (SD1)

outlining the subject areas to be

addressed in the EA were distributed to

all parties on the Commission’s mailing

list for this project. Copies of SD1 will

also be available at the scoping meeting

or may be viewed on the Commission’s

website at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

rims.htm. Call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance.

Site Visit

The applicant and Commission staff

will conduct a site visit to the project on

March 21, 2001. We will meet at 9:00

am at the Bigfork Project powerhouse—

295 Bridge Street, Bigfork, Montana. All

interested individuals, organizations,

and agencies are invited to attend. All

participants are responsible for their

own transportation to the site. Anyone

with questions about the site visit

should contact the applicant in item h.

above.

Objectives

At the scoping meetings, Commission

staff will: (1) Summarize the

environmental issues tentatively

identified for analysis in the EA; (2)

solicit from the meeting participants all

available information, especially

quantified data, on the resources at

issue; (3) encourage statements from

experts and the public on issues that

should be analyzed in the EA, including

viewpoints in opposition to, or in

support of, Commission staff’s

preliminary views; (4) determine the

resource issues to be addressed in the

EA; and (5) identify those issues that

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require a detailed analysis, as well as

those issues that do not require a

detailed analysis.

Procedures

Scoping meetings are recorded by a

stenographer and become part of the

formal record for the Commission’s

proceeding on the project. Individuals,

organizations, and agencies with

environmental expertise and concerns

are encouraged to attend the meetings

and to assist the staff in defining and

clarifying the issues to be addressed in

the EA.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–4573 Filed 2–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Accepted for

Filing, Ready for Environmental

Analysis Soliciting Motions To

Intervene, Protests, Comments,

Recommendations, Terms and

Conditions, and Prescriptions

February 20, 2001.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: New license.

b. Project No.: 2416–009.

c. Date Filed: October 5, 1999.

d. Applicant: Aquenergy Systems,

Incorporated.

e. Name of Project: Ware Shoals.

f. Location: On the Saluda River near

the Town of Ware Shoals, within the

counties of Laurens, Greenwood, and

Abbeville, South Carolina.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Beth Harris,

P.E., CHI Energy, Inc., 1311A Miller

Road, Greenville, SC 29607, 864–281–

9630, ext. 105.

i. FERC Contact: Tim Looney at 202–

219–2852 or by email at

timothy.looney@ferc.fed.us

j. Deadline for filing motions to

intervene and protests, comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days

from the issuance of this notice.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

Comments and protests may be filed

electronically via the internet in lieu of

paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)

and the instructions on the

Commission’s web site at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

require all intervenors filing documents

with Commission to serve a copy of that

document on each person of the official

service list for the project. Further, if an

intervenor files comments or documents

with the Commission relating to the

merits of an issue that may affect the

responsibilities of a particular resource

agency, they must also serve a copy of

the document on that resource agency.

k. This application has been accepted

for filing and is now ready for

environmental analysis.

l. Description of Project: The existing

project of: (1) A 500-foot-long rubble

stone masonry dam 27 feet high and

topped with 41⁄2 feet high wooden

flashboards; (2) an impoundment having

a surface area of 88 acres, with 528 acrefeet of storage at normal water surface

elevation of 524 feet mean sea level; (3)

a power canal; (4) the intake structure;

(5) the powerhouse containing two

generating units with an installed

capacity of 6,200-kW; (5) the tailrace;

and (6) appurtenant facilities. The

project would have an annual

generation of 23,500,000 kWh.

m. A copy of the application is

available for inspection and

reproduction at the Commission’s

Public Reference Room, located at 888

First Street, NE, Room 2–A,

Washington, DC 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. The application may be

viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance). A copy is also available for

inspection and reproduction at the

address in item h above.

n. Anyone may submit comments, a

protest, or a motion to intervene in

accordance with the requirements of

Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR

385.210, .211, .214. In determining the

appropriate action to take, the

Commission will consider all protests or

other comments filed, but only those

who file a motion to intervene in

accordance with the Commission’s

Rules may become a party to the

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or

motions to intervene must be received

on or before the specified comment date

for the particular application.

The Commission directs, pursuant to

Section 4.34(b) of the Regulations (see

Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56

FR 23108, May 20, 1991) that all

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions and prescriptions concerning

the application be filed with the

Commission within 60 days from the

issuance date of this notice. All reply

comments must be filed with the

Commission within 105 days from the

date of this notice.

Anyone may obtain an extension of

time for these deadlines from the

Commission only upon a showing of

good cause or extraordinary

circumstances in accordance with 18

CFR 385.2008.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘Protest’’, ‘‘Motion to

Intervene’’, ‘‘Comments,’’ ‘‘Reply

Comments,’’ ‘‘Recommendations,’’

‘‘Terms and Conditions,’’ or

‘‘Prescriptions;’’ (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. All

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions or prescriptions must set

forth their evidentiary basis and

otherwise comply with the requirements

of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain

copies of the application directly from

the applicant. A copy of any protest or

motion to intervene must be served

upon each representative of the

applicant specified in the particular

application. A copy of all other filings

in reference to this application must be

accompanied by proof of service on all

persons listed in the service list

prepared by the Commission in this

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR

4.34(b) and 385.2010.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–4579 Filed 2–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Accepted for

Filing and Soliciting Motions To

Intervene, Protests, and Comments

February 20, 2001.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary

Permit.

b. Project No.: 11877–000.

c. Date Filed: January 26, 2001.

d. Applicant: SAF Hydroelectric LLC.

e. Name of Project: Lower St. Anthony

Falls Project.

f. Location: On Mississippi River, in

Hennepin County, Minnesota. Would