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BILLING CODE 6450-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP05-3-000] CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application October 14, 2004. Take notice that on October 6, 2004, CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company (CenterPoint), 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002-5231, filed in the above referenced docket pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and part 157 of the Commission's regulations for an order granting a certificate of public convenience to construct, own and operate mainline compression facilities and appurtenances located in Oklahoma, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
The filing may also be viewed on the Web at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll free at
(866)208-3676, or TTY, contact
(202)502-8659. Specifically, CenterPoint proposes to construct, own, and operate 28,265 horsepower of new mainline compression by installing one compressor units and appurtenant facilities at each of its new Hinton and Allen Compressor Stations located on CenterPoint's Line AD in Caddo and Hughes counties, respectively, Oklahoma and one additional compressor unit and appurtenant facilities at its Amber Compressor Station located on CenterPoint's Line AD in Grady County, Oklahoma. CenterPoint states that this additional compression will serve to increase Line AD capacity by 112,900 Dth per day to receive Rocky Mountain gas supplies for transportation west to east across CenterPoint's system. Total construction costs are estimated to be approximately $31.9 million. Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Lawrence O. Thomas, Director, Rates & Regulatory, CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company, P.O. Box 21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151, or call
(318)429-2804. There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or before the comment date, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must submit 14 copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the proceeding. Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of this project, or in support of or in opposition to this project, should submit an original and two copies of their comments to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings associated with the Commission's environmental review process. Environmental commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on all other parties. The Commission's rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project provide copies of their protests only to the applicant. However, the non-party commenters will not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court review of the Commission's final order. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, protests, and interventions via the Internet in lieu of paper. *See* 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site ( *http://www.ferc.gov* ) under the “e-Filing” link. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on November 4, 2004. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2748 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP96-200-131] CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Negotiated Rates October 13, 2004. Take notice that on September 29, 2004, CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company
(CEGT)tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth Revised Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets to be effective October 1, 2004: First Revised Sheet No. 828, First Revised Sheet No. 888, First Revised Sheet No. 889. CEGT states that the purpose of this filing is to reflect the termination of negotiated rates with respect to two transactions. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant and all parties to this proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2776 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP03-302-004] Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Compliance Filing October 12, 2004. Take notice that on September 23, 2004, Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (Cheyenne Plains) submitted a compliance filing pursuant to the Commission's Order Issuing Certificates issued on March 24, 2004, at Docket No. CP03-302-000, *et al.* Cheyenne Plains states that copies of the filing were served on parties on the official service list in the above-captioned proceeding. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2744 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP03-301-001] Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Compliance Filing October 12, 2004. Take notice that on October 4, 2004, Colorado Interstate Gas Company
(CIG)submitted a compliance filing pursuant to the Commission's Order issued October 22, 2003, at Docket No. CP03-301-000, *et al.* CIG states that the tariff sheets implement the pro forma Cheyenne Firm Compression tariff provisions filed in this proceeding. The tariff sheets are proposed to become effective December 4, 2004. CIG states that copies of the filing were served on parties on the official service list in the above-captioned proceeding. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov* . Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov* , using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2762 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP05-21-000] Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing October 13, 2004. Take notice that on October 8, 2004, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (Columbia) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, Seventh Revised Sheet No. 500B, with a proposed effective date of November 1, 2004. Columbia submitted five discount letter agreements that may have non-conforming provisions, as well as two new service agreements containing a non-conforming provision that was previously approved by the Commission. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov* . Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov* , using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2774 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP05-20-000] Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Tariff Filing October 13, 2004. Take notice that on October 8, 2004, Columbia Gulf Transmission Company (Columbia Gulf) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, Thirteenth Revised Sheet No. 316, with a proposed effective date of November 1, 2004. Columbia Gulf submitted four discount letter agreements that may have non-conforming provisions. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov* , using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2773 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP03-36-009] Dauphin Island Gathering Partners; Notice of Negotiated Rate October 14, 2004. Take notice that on October 12, 2004, Dauphin Island Gathering Partners (Dauphin Island) tendered for filing additional information in compliance with an order (108 FERC ¶ 61,320) issued by the Commission on September 29, 2004, which relates to Dauphin Island's August 30, 2004, Negotiated Rate and Nonconforming Tariff Filing. Dauphin Island states it is providing additional information explaining the specific changes made to each contract. Dauphin Island further states that it tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1, Substitute Third Revised Sheet No. 359 to make a correction to the original filing. Dauphin Island states that copies of the filing are being served contemporaneously on all participants listed on the service list in this proceeding. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant and all parties to this proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2765 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP05-18-000] Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff October 13, 2004. Take notice that on October 7, 2004, Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company
(ESNG)tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, with a proposed effective date of October 1, 2004. Fifty-Fourth Revised Sheet No. 7 Fifty-Fourth Revised Sheet No. 8 ESNG states that the purpose of this filing is to track rate changes attributable to storage services purchased from Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco) under their Rate Schedules GSS and LSS. ESNG further states that the costs of the above referenced storage services comprise the rates and charges payable under ESNG's Rate Schedules GSS and LSS. This tracking filing is being made pursuant to Section 3 of ESNG's Rate Schedules GSS and LSS. ESNG states that copies of the filing have been served upon its jurisdictional customers and interested State Commissions. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2771 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP05-22-000] Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff October 14, 2004. Take notice that on October 12, 2004, Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company
(ESNG)tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets, with a proposed effective date of November 1, 2004: Fifty-Fifth Revised Sheet No. 7, Fifty-Fifth Revised Sheet No. 8. ESNG states that copies of the filing have been served upon its jurisdictional customers and interested State Commissions. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2775 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP05-2-000] El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application October 14, 2004. Take notice that on October 5, 2004, El Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso), Post Office Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, filed in Docket No. CP05-2-000 an application pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act
(NGA)and Part 157 of the Commission's regulations for an order granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing El Paso to acquire and convert a crude oil pipeline to a natural gas pipeline, the construction and operation of certain connection, extension, and miscellaneous appurtenant facilities, and the operation of the converted pipeline as a part of El Paso's existing interstate transmission system all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. The filing may also be viewed on the Web at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, call
(202)502-3676 or TYY,
(202)502-8659. Specifically, El Paso seeks authority to:
(1)Acquire, convert and operate approximately 88 miles of 30-inch diameter crude oil pipeline which will extend from an interconnection with El Paso's system near Ehrenberg in La Paz County, Arizona through Riverside County, California to Cadiz in San Bernardino County, California;
(2)construct and operate a 6.4 mile, 30-inch diameter pipeline from Cadiz to an interconnection with Mojave Pipeline Company in San Bernadino County; and
(3)construct and operate various appurtenant facilities. El Paso estimates that the project will cost $73,557,000. Any questions regarding the application should be directed to Robert T. Tomlinson, Director, El Paso Natural Company, Post Office Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, at
(719)520-3788 or fax at
(719)667-7534 or Craig V. Richardson, Vice President and General Counsel, El Paso Natural Gas Company; Post Office Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80944 at
(719)520-4829 or fax at
(719)520-4898. There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or before the comment date, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must submit 14 copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the proceeding. Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of this project, or in support of or in opposition to this project, should submit an original and two copies of their comments to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings associated with the Commission's environmental review process. Environmental commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on all other parties. The Commission's rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project provide copies of their protests only to the applicant. However, the non-party commenters will not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court review of the Commission's final order. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, protests, and interventions via the Internet in lieu of paper. *See* 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site ( *http://www.ferc.gov* ) under the “e-Filing” link. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on November 4, 2004. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2747 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. RT04-2-004, ER04-116-004, and EL01-39-004] ISO New England Inc., et al.; The Consumers of New England v. New England Power Pool; Notice Of Filing October 13, 2004. Take notice that on September 14, 2004, the New England Power Pool, through its Participants Committee, ISO New England Inc., and the New England Transmission Owners (Filing Parties) submitted for Commission approval a compliance filing in response to the March 24, 2004 order issued in this proceeding. *See* ISO New England, Inc., *et al.,* 106 FERC ¶ 61,280 (2004). The Filing Parties state that copies of these materials were sent to the NEPOOL Participants and the New England state governors and regulatory commissions, as well as to all parties on the official service lists of this proceeding. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 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 notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicants and all parties to these proceedings. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of their protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* October 22, 2004. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2763 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP00-157-015] Kern River Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff October 12, 2004. Take notice that on October 5, 2004, Kern River Gas Transmission Company (Kern River) tendered Ninth Revised Sheet No. 495 for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, to be effective November 1, 2004. Kern River states that the purpose of this filing is to submit a corrected tariff sheet to replace the sheet filed in this proceeding on October 1, 2004. Kern River states that it has served a copy of this filing upon each person designated on the official service list compiled by the Secretary in this proceeding. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2779 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP05-19-000] KO Transmission Company; Notice of Tariff Filing October 13, 2004. Take notice that on October 8, 2004, KO Transmission Company
(KOT)tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, Sixteenth Revised Sheet No. 10, with a proposed effective date of November 15, 2004. KOT states that the purpose of the filing is to eliminate the Gas Research Institute
(GRI)surcharge, which is currently reflected on the rate sheet of KOT's Tariff, and to modify the Title Sheet consistent to Commission regulations. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2772 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP03-51-001] Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Amendment to Certificate October 13, 2004. Take notice that on October 5, 2004, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (Natural), filed an abbreviated application under section 7 of the NGA, as amended, and sections 157.7 and 157.14 of the Commission's Regulations to amend the certificate authority that was previously granted in Docket No. CP03-51-000. By order issued July 29, 2003, Natural was authorized to drill six new injection/ withdrawal (I/W) wells and convert three observation wells to I/W wells at the Sayre Storage Field (Sayre) in Beckham County, Oklahoma. Natural seeks amended certificate authority to convert a fourth observation well, in place of one of the original three observation wells authorized to be converted. Natural states that the well will be converted to I/W status, and the replaced well will continue to be used as an observation well. Natural believes this minor change in its existing certificate authority is in the public interest and urges prompt consideration of and action on this application, so that the necessary work can be completed as soon as possible. Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Bruce H. Newsome, Vice President, Natural Gas Pipeline of America, 747 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148 at
(630)691-3526. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* October 29, 2004. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2745 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP99-176-103] Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Negotiated Rate October 14, 2004. Take notice that on October 8, 2004, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (Natural) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth Revised Volume No. 1, Fourth Revised Sheet No. 26C, to become effective November 1, 2004. Natural states that the purpose of this filing is to reflect an amendment to an existing negotiated rate agreement between Natural and North Shore Gas Company under Natural's Rate Schedule FTS pursuant to section 49 of the General Terms and Conditions of its Tariff. Natural states that copies of the filing are being mailed to all parties set out on the Commission's official service list in Docket No. RP99-176. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant and all parties to this proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov* , using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2777 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket RP00-404-015] Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Compliance Filing October 14, 2004. Take notice that on October 12, 2004, Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) filed the information requested by the Commission in compliance with the Commission's September 24, 2004 Order Accepting and Suspending Tariff Sheets Subject To Refund, Conditions and Further Review (Order). Northern states that it also tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume No. 1, Substitute Seventeenth Revised Sheet No. 62, with an effective date of September 1, 2004. Northern states that copies of the filing have been mailed to each of its customers and interested State Commissions. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2764 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP03-398-010] Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Compliance Filing October 13, 2004. Take notice that on October 7, 2004, Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) tendered for filing to become part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume No. 1, Second Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 142B, with an effective date of January 1, 2004. Northern states that the above-referenced tariff sheet was filed in compliance with the Commission's September 22, 2004, Order Conditionally Accepting Tariff Sheets requiring clarification that the PDD Rollover Charge must be applied to each PDD shipper's storage balance on March 31 of each year unless the contract provides otherwise. Northern further states that copies of the filing have been mailed to each of its customers and interested State Commissions. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2766 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP04-155-003] Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Motion To Place Suspended Rates and Tariff Sheets Into Effect October 13, 2004. Take notice that on October 8, 2004, Northern Natural Gas Company, tendered for a motion to place the suspended tariff sheets listed in Appendix A to the filing, into effect on November 1, 2004. Northern states that it has also deleted references to the Gas Research Institute
(GRI)surcharge in its Gas Tariff as well as incorporated a Field Area Segmentation filing. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant and all parties to this proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 20, 2004. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2767 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP05-17-000] Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff October 13, 2004. Take notice that Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern), on October 7, 2004, tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets, with an effective date of November 7, 2004: Fourth Revised Sheet No. 400 Second revised Sheet No. 400A Third Revised Sheet No. 403 Third Revised Sheet No. 403A Fifth Revised Sheet No. 431 Fourth Revised Sheet No. 443 Fifth Revised Sheet No. 446 Northern states that it is filing the above-referenced tariff sheets to clarify components of the *pro forma* service agreements. In addition, Northern states that it is adding a standard evergreen provision to the TI, IDD and PDD service agreements. Northern further states that copies of the filing have been mailed to each of its customers and interested State Commissions. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2770 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP04-276-000] Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Informal Settlement Conference October 14, 2004. Take notice that an informal settlement conference will be convened in this proceeding commencing at 10 a.m. (e.s.t.) on Thursday, November 18, 2004, and continuing Friday, November 19, 2004, in a room to be designated at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, for the purpose of exploring the possible settlement of the above-referenced docket. Any party, as defined by 18 CFR 385.102(c), or any participant as defined by 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited to attend. Persons wishing to become a party must move to intervene and receive intervenor status pursuant to the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 385.214). For additional information, please contact Bob Keegan at
(202)502-8158, *James.Keegan@ferc.gov.* Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2769 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP99-480-011] Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Compliance Filing October 14, 2004. Take notice that on October 8, 2004, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Seventh Revised Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets proposed to become effective November 1, 2004: Substitute Original Sheet No. 109, Substitute Original Sheet No. 110, Substitute Original Sheet No. 111. Texas Eastern states that the purpose of this filing is to correct certain typographical errors in Texas Eastern's October 4, 2004, submission of negotiated rate agreements for service on the M-1 Expansion Project facilities pursuant to Rate Schedule FT-1. Texas Eastern further states that it is submitting a revised page from one of the negotiated rate service agreements to correct the reference to the termination year. Texas Eastern states that copies of the filing were served upon all affected customers of Texas Eastern and interested state commissions. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2778 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP04-237-003] Trailblazer Pipeline Company; Notice of Refund Report October 14, 2004. Take notice that on October 8, 2004, Trailblazer Pipeline Company (Trailblazer) tendered for filing its Refund Report. Trailblazer states that the Refund Report sets out the refund calculations for Trailblazer's shippers for the period May 1, 2004, through July 31, 2004. Trailblazer explains that the refund is filed pursuant to the Commission's July 9, 2004, order on its fuel tracking states that the purpose of this filing is to inform the Commission of its refund made to shipper on September 8, 2004, mechanism. Trailblazer states that copies of the filing are being mailed to its affected customers, interested state commissions and all parties set out on the official service list. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 21, 2004. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2768 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. ES05-2-000] Trans-Elect NTD Path 15, LLC; Notice of Filing October 12, 2004. Take notice that on October 4, 2004, Trans-Elect NTD Path 15, LLC (NTD Path 15) filed an application requesting that the Commission issue an order disclaiming jurisdiction over certain security issuances, or, in the alternative, granting authorization, pursuant to section 204 of the Federal Power Act, to issue $95.5 million in long-term secured debt and borrow under a $19.5 million credit facility. NTD Path 15 also requests a waiver from the Commission's competitive bidding and negotiated placement requirements at 18 CFR 34.2. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2751 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP05-4-000] Transwestern Pipeline Company; Notice of Application October 13, 2004. Take notice that Transwestern Pipeline Company (Transwestern), 1331 Lamar Street, Houston, Texas 77010, filed in Docket No. CP05-4-000 on October 8, 2004, an application pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act
(NGA)for authorization to replace the compressor wheels at its P-1 and P-2 Compressor Stations located in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, and Deaf Smith County, Texas, respectively, in order to increase the capacity on its Panhandle Lateral by 10,000 Dth of natural gas per day, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. This filing may be also viewed on the Web at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, call
(202)502-8222 or TTY,
(202)208-1659. Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Stephen T. Veatch, Senior Director, Certificates and Regulatory Reporting, Transwestern Pipeline Company at
(713)853-6549. There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or before the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. Unless filing electronically, a party must submit 14 copies of any paper filing made with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the proceeding. However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. The Commission will consider these comments in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly involved in the protest. Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings associated with the Commission's environmental review process. Environmental commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters will not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court review of the Commission's final order. Comments, protests and interventions 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 under the “e-Filing” link. *Comment Date:* October 22, 2004. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2749 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EG05-4-000, et al.] Dominion Energy Brayton Point, LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings October 14, 2004. The following filings have been made with the Commission. The filings are listed in ascending order within each docket classification. 1. Dominion Energy Brayton Point, LLC [Docket No. EG05-4-000] On October 8, 2004, Dominion Energy Brayton Point, LLC, (Dominion Energy), 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status pursuant to part 365 of the Commission's Regulations. Dominion Energy states that it is a Virginia company and, upon closing of a purchase and sale transaction with USGen New England, Inc., will own the Brayton Point Station in Somerset, Massachusetts. Dominion Energy states that the Brayton Point Station consists of three coal-fired units, one oil/gas-fired unit, and a 10-MW diesel/oil unit with a total net capacity of 1594 MW. Dominion Energy further states that in connection with a prior sale of these facilities to USGenNE in 1998, in accordance with section 32(c) of PUHCA and section 365.3 of the Commission's Regulations, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont made specific determinations that allowing the facilities to be eligible facilities:
(1)Will benefit customers,
(2)is in the public interest; and
(3)does not violate state laws. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004. 2. Dominion Energy Manchester Street, Inc. [Docket No. EG05-5-000] On October 8, 2004, Dominion Energy Manchester States, Inc., (Dominion Energy Manchester), 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status pursuant to part 365 of the Commission's Regulations. Dominion Energy Manchester states that it is a Virginia company and, upon closing of a purchase and sale transaction with USGen New England, Inc., will own the Manchester Street Station in Providence, Rhode Island. Dominion Energy Manchester states that Manchester Street Station is a combined cycle natural-gas fired generating facility consisting of three combustion turbines and three heat recovery steam generators with a net capacity of 495 MW. Dominion Energy Manchester further states that in connection with a prior sale of these facilities to USGenNE in 1998, in accordance with section 32(c) of PUHCA and section 365.3 of the Commission's Regulations, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont made specific determinations that allowing the facilities to be eligible facilities:
(1)Will benefit customers,
(2)is in the public interest; and
(3)does not violate state laws. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004. 3. Dominion Energy New England, Inc. [Docket No. EG05-6-000] On October 8, 2004, Dominion Energy New England, Inc., (Dominion Energy New England), 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status pursuant to part 365 of the Commission's Regulations. Dominion Energy New England states that it is a Massachusetts corporation formed to acquire the Brayton Point Station in Somerset, Massachusetts, the Manchester Street Station in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Salem Harbor Station in Salem, Massachusetts (collectively, the Facilities) from USGen New England, Inc. Dominion Energy New England states that upon closing of this purchase and sale transaction, the Applicant will operate the Facilities. Dominion Energy New England further states that the Brayton Point Station consists of three coal-fired units, one oil/gas-fired unit, and a 10-MW diesel/oil unit with a total net capacity of 1594 MW. The Manchester Street Station is a combined cycle natural-gas fired generating facility consisting of three combustion turbines and three heat recovery steam generators with a net capacity of 495 MW. The Salem Harbor Station consists of three coal-fired units and one oil-fired unit with a total net capacity of 745 MW. In connection with a prior sale of these Facilities to USGenNE in 1998, in accordance with section 32(c) of PUHCA and section 365.3 of the Commission's Regulations, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont made specific determinations that allowing the facilities to be eligible facilities:
(1)Will benefit customers,
(2)is in the public interest; and
(3)does not violate state laws. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004. 4. Dominion Energy Salem Harbor, LLC [Docket No. EG05-7-000] On October 8, 2004, Dominion Energy Salem Harbor, LLC, (Dominion Energy Salem), 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status pursuant to part 365 of the Commission's Regulations. Dominion Energy Salem states that it is a Virginia company and, upon closing of a purchase and sale transaction with USGen New England, Inc., will own the Salem Harbor Station in Salem, Massachusetts (the Facilities). Dominion Energy Salem states that the Salem Harbor Station consists of three coal-fired units and one oil-fired unit with a total net capacity of 745 MW. Dominion Energy Salem further states that in connection with a prior sale of these facilities to USGenNE in 1998, in accordance with section 32(c) of PUHCA and section 365.3 of the Commission's Regulations, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont made specific determinations that allowing the facilities to be eligible facilities:
(1)Will benefit customers,
(2)is in the public interest; and
(3)does not violate state laws. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004. 5. Idaho Power Company [Docket No. ER97-1481-004] Take notice that on October 8, 2004, Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power) submitted an amendment to its September 27, 2004 filing in Docket No. ER97-1481-004 of a revised market-based rate tariff three-year update filing. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004. 6. Dynegy Power Marketing, Inc. [Docket No. ER99-4160-006] Take notice that on September 22, 2004, Dynegy Power Marketing, Inc. (Dynegy) pursuant to section 205 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824d, and part 35 of the Commission's regulations, 18 CFR part 35, submitted for filing amended rate schedules implementing provisions for sales of market-based ancillary services (Market-Based Ancillary Services Tariff). Dynegy states that this amended Rate Schedule was originally submitted September 10, 2004, in compliance with the Commission's order issued July 29, 2004, in *Ameren Corporation* , 108 FERC ¶ 61,094. Dynegy submitted for filing revisions to its tariff implementing the Market Behavior Rules, *Investigation of Terms and Conditions of Public Utility Market-Based Rate Authorizations* , 105 FERC ¶ 61,218
(2003)(Market Behavior Rules Tariff). Dynegy's also states that this filing does not reflect further substantive changes, but is ministerial in nature, reflecting both the requested tariff change and a subsequently filed tariff change. Dynegy requests an effective date of January 1, 2005, for the Market-Based Ancillary Services Tariffs and December 17, 2003, for the Market Behavior Rules Tariffs. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 25, 2004. 7. PPL Wallingford Energy LLC [Docket No. ER01-1559-003] Take notice that on October 8, 2004, PPL Wallingford Energy LLC (PPL Wallingford) submitted a supplement to the updated market power analysis that was filed with the Commission on July 12, 2004 in Docket No. ER01-1559-002. PPL Wallingford states that copies of the filing were served on parties on the official service list in the above-captioned proceeding. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004. 8. New England Power Pool, ISO New England Inc. [Docket Nos. ER04-1005-001 and ER04-798-003 (not consolidated)] Take notice that on October 8, 2004, the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL) Participants Committee submitted changes to section 2.9 of Market Rule 1 in response to the requirements of the Commission's orders issued September 10, 2004, in Docket No. ER04-1005-000 and July 15, 2004, in Docket No. ER04-798-000. NEPOOL Participants Committee and ISO-NE state that copies of these materials were sent to all persons identified on the service lists in the captioned proceedings, the NEPOOL Participants and the New England state governors and regulatory commissions. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004. 9. MeadWestvaco Energy Services, LLC [Docket No. ER04-1137-001] Take notice that on October 6, 2004, MeadWestvaco Energy Services, LLC,
(MWES)filed a supplement to its petition for market-based rates as power marketer filed August 18, 2004, in Docket No. Er04-1137-000. MWES states that the supplemental information pertains to additional analysis of generation market power and supplemental information regarding generation owned or controlled by MWES affiliates. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004. 10. California Independent System Operator Corporation [Docket No. ER04-1228-001] Take notice that, on October 8, 2004, the California Independent System Operator Corporation
(ISO)submitted an errata to its informational filing of September 15, 2004, regarding the ISO's revised transmission Access Charge rates for the period of August 13, 2003, through December 31, 2003, to implement the settled rate for Pacific Gas and Electric Company TO6. ISO states that the purpose of the errata filing is to correct the information provided in the September 15 Filing regarding the Access Charge rate for the period from October 1, 2003, through December 31, 2003. The ISO states that this filing has been served upon the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, the California Energy Commission, the California Electricity Oversight Board, the Participating Transmission Owners, and upon all parties with effective Scheduling Coordinator Service Agreements under the ISO Tariff. In addition, the ISO is posting the filing on the ISO Home Page. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004. 11. Sierra Pacific Power Company. [Docket No. ER05-27-000] Take notice that on October 8, 2004, Sierra Pacific Power Company (Sierra) filed a Notification of Rate Decease under Bonneville Power Administration General Transfer Agreement, designated Rate Schedule FERC No. 27. Sierra states that copies of the filing were served upon the Bonneville Power Administration, Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, California Public Utilities Commission and Nevada Bureau of Consumer Protection. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004. 12. Pacific Gas and Electric Company [Docket No. ER05-28-000] Take notice that on October 8, 2004, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) tendered for filing the 2002 true-up of rates pursuant to Contract No. 14-06-200-2948A (Contract 2948A), PG&E First Revised Rate Schedule FERC No. 79, between PG&E and the Western Area Power Administration (Western). PG&E states that copies of this filing have been served upon Western and the California Public Utilities Commission. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004. 13. New England Power Company [Docket No. ER05-29-000] Take notice that on October 8, 2004, New England Power Company
(NEP)submitted for filing an Original Service Agreement No. 216 between the Water and Light Department of the Town of Littleton, New Hampshire for Network Integration Transmission Service under NEP's FERC Electric Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 9 and a Notice of Cancellation of Service Agreement No. 13. NEP requests an effective date of November 1, 2004. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004. 14. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation. [Docket No. ER05-30-000] Take notice that on October 8, 2004, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation (Central Hudson) submitted a Notice of Cancellation of Service Agreement No. 8 approved by the Commission in Docket No. ER97-1879, under Central Hudson's FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 2. Central Hudson requests an effective date of October 1, 2004. Central Hudson states that copies of the filing were served upon Mirant and the State of New York Public Service Commission. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004. 15. Dominion Energy New England, Inc., Dominion Energy Salem Harbor, LLC, Dominion Energy Brayton Point, LLC, Dominion Energy Manchester Street, Inc. [Docket Nos . ER05-34-000, ER05-35-000, ER05-36-000, ER05-37-000] Take notice that on October 8, 2004, Dominion Energy New England, Inc., Dominion Energy Salem Harbor, LLC, Dominion Energy Brayton Point, LLC, and Dominion Energy Manchester Street, Inc. submitted for filing Market-Based Rate Tariffs (FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 1) providing for sales of capacity, energy and/or ancillary services at negotiated rates and terms and for the resale of transmission rights. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on October 29, 2004. Standard Paragraph Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant and all parties to this proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov* , using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2742 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. PF04-15-000] Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP; Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Dominion Cove Point LNG Expansion Project Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings and Site Visits October 14, 2004. The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental impact statement
(EIS)that will discuss the environmental impacts of Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP's and Dominion Transmission, Inc.'s
(DTI)(collectively referred to as Dominion) proposed Cove Point LNG Expansion Project. This notice explains the scoping process the Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested agencies on the project. Your input will help us determine which issues need to be evaluated in the EIS. Please note that the scoping period for the project will close on November 23, 2004. Comments may be submitted by electronic submission, in written form, or verbally. Further details on how to submit comments are provided in the public participation section of this notice. In lieu of sending comments, you are invited to attend the public scoping meetings scheduled as follows: Dates and Times of Meetings *Wednesday, November 3, 2004:* 7 p.m. (EST), Old Courthouse, 1 Market Street, Lewistown, PA 17044,
(717)248-6733. *Thursday, November 4, 2004:* 7 p.m. (EST), Hilton Garden Inn, 1101 East College Ave., State College, PA 16801,
(814)231-1590. *Tuesday, November 16, 2004:* 7 p.m. (EST), Holiday Inn—Solomons, 155 Holiday Drive, Solomons, MD 20688,
(410)326-1069. *Thursday, November 18, 2004:* 7 p.m. (EST), Holiday Inn—Waldorf, U.S. 301 and St. Patrick's Drive, Waldorf, MD 20603,
(301)645-8200. In addition, on Thursday, November 4 and Wednesday, November 17, 2004 starting at 9 a.m. (EST), we 1 will be conducting a site visit to inspect Dominion's pipeline routes. Anyone interested in participating in the site visit on November 4th (Pennsylvania facilities) should meet at the parking lot of the Hilton Garden Inn, 1101 East College Avenue, State College, Pennsylvania at 9 a.m. We will depart at 9:15 a.m. 1 “We,” “us,” and “our” refer to the environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects. Anyone interested in participating in the site visit on November 17th for the TL-532 pipeline loop in Maryland should meet at the parking lot at the Safeway Shopping Center, 80 West Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick, Maryland at 9 a.m. We will depart at 9:15 a.m. Participants must provide their own transportation. For additional information, please contact the Commission's Office of External Affairs at
(866)208-FERC (3372). This notice is being sent to affected landowners; Federal, State, and local government agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; other interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. We encourage government representatives to notify their constituents of this planned project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern. Summary of the Proposed Cove Point LNG Expansion Project Dominion states that
(1)the expansion at the terminal and the additional pipeline projects are key to delivering new gas supplies to where they are needed in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast; and
(2)the project facilities in Maryland would bring more winter supplies to the Mid-Atlantic region, and the project facilities in Pennsylvania would allow supplies to be stored in the summer and moved to the Northeast for use during the winter. Dominion proposes to expand its existing liquefied natural gas
(LNG)terminal by adding two new 160,000 cubic meter LNG storage tanks at its site in Calvert County, Maryland. The terminal expansion would increase the send-out capability by 800 million standard cubic feet per day and increase the storage capacity by about 14.6 billion cubic feet. In addition, Dominion plans to construct five new natural gas pipelines totaling about 161 miles in length to deliver additional capacity to pipeline connections in Virginia and Pennsylvania. These pipelines include: • About 47 miles of 36-inch-diameter loop 2 pipeline in Calvert, Prince Georges, and Charles County, Maryland (TL-532); 2 A loop is a segment of pipeline that is adjacent to an existing pipeline and connected to it at both ends. The loop allows more gas to be moved through the system. • About 81 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline lateral in Juniata, Mifflin, Huntingdon, Centre, and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (PL-1 EXT2). As part of the new Pennsylvania lateral system, Dominion plans to construct two new compressor stations in Juniata and Centre Counties, Pennsylvania. Dominion also plans to construct three pipelines in Pennsylvania to support the storage and transportation of natural gas at the Leidy Hub. These would include: • 11 miles of 24-inch diameter pipeline loop in Greene County; • 12 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline loop in Potter County; and • 10 miles of 20-inch-diameter pipeline loop in Potter County, Pennsylvania. The expansion would also include pipeline upgrades, modifications at existing above-ground facilities, and other minor facility modifications, including metering facilities at the existing Leesburg Compressor Station in Loudoun County, Virginia; and pipeline pressure restoration on Dominion's existing pipeline system in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The general location of facilities is shown in appendix 1 3 . 3 The appendix referenced in this notice is not being printed in the **Federal Register** . Copies of the appendix were sent to all those receiving this notice in the mail. Requests for detailed maps of the proposed facilities should be made directly to Dominion ( *see http://www.dom.com/about/gas-transmission /covepoint/ expansion/ index.jsp* for contact information). Dominion indicates that the expansion of facilities at its existing Racket Newberne storage facility in Gilmer County, West Virginia would include the addition of new wells, well gathering lines, compression and related piping and equipment necessary to more effectively utilize the already certificated pool capacity. Certain of these modifications may be performed pursuant to DTI's blanket certificate authority, as permitted by 18 Code of Federal Regulations 157 subpart F. Dominion expects to file a formal application with the Commission in the first quarter 2005. Pending Commission approval, Dominion would begin the expansion at the Cove Point LNG facility as soon as authorization is received; and would construct the pipeline facilities in the spring of 2008. Dominion plans on placing all of the facilities into service in the fall of 2008. The EIS Process The FERC will use the EIS to consider the environmental impact that could result if it issues Cove Point LNG Expansion project authorization under Sections 3 and 7 of the Natural Gas Act. This notice formally announces our preparation of the EIS and invites your input into the process referred to as “scoping.” We are soliciting input from the public and interested agencies to help us focus the analysis on the potentially significant environmental issues related to the proposed actions. Our independent analysis of the issues for the project will be included in the draft EIS. The draft EIS will be mailed to Federal, State, and local government agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; affected landowners; other interested parties; local libraries and newspapers; and the FERC's official service lists for these proceedings. A 45-day comment period will be allotted for review of the draft EIS. We will consider all comments on the draft EIS and revise the documents, as necessary, before issuing final EIS. Although no formal application has been filed, the FERC staff has already initiated its National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)review at this time. The purpose of the Pre-filing Process is to encourage the early involvement of interested stakeholders and to identify and resolve issues before an application is filed with the FERC. We previously mailed an information fact sheet, called “Pre-filing Review for the Cove Point LNG Expansion Project” to our preliminary environmental mailing list in late September. You may also view this sheet in FERC's eLibrary system (see the “Availability of Additional Information” to access this and other documents that are filed in this proceeding). The FERC will be the lead federal agency in the preparation of the EIS. The document will satisfy the FERC's requirements of the NEPA. We are currently involved in discussions with other jurisdictional agencies in Maryland and Pennsylvania to identify their issues and concerns. With this notice, we are asking Federal, State, and local agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues to formally cooperate with us in the preparation of the EIS. These agencies may choose to participate once they have evaluated the proposal relative to their responsibilities. Agencies that would like to request cooperating status should follow the instructions for filing comments provided under the Public Participation section of this Notice. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has already agreed to cooperate in the preparation of the EIS. In order to meet both the FERC's and the USACE's regulatory requirements for fulfilling NEPA, we have prepared this Notice with the cooperation of the USACE staff. This joint notice eliminates the redundancy and costs of duplicate mailings. In addition, staff of the USACE will participate with the FERC staff at the scoping meetings listed above to provide convenience to interested parties and agencies. Currently Identified Environmental Issues The EIS will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of the construction and operation of the proposed project. We have already identified several issues that we think deserve attention based on a preliminary review of the project site and the information provided by Dominion. This preliminary list of issues may be changed based on your comments and our analysis. The following issues will be addressed in the EIS: • Impacts on waterbodies crossed by the pipelines, particularly St. Leonard's Creek, the Patuxent River, and the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. • Impacts on tidal and non-tidal wetlands crossed by the pipelines, particularly in Calvert, Prince Georges and Charles Counties, Maryland. • Impacts on State and/or federally-listed threatened and endangered species, including bald eagle, timber rattlesnake, and Indiana bat. • Impacts on residential areas located along the pipeline routes, particularly those subdivisions located along TL-532 pipeline loop route and alternatives. • Impacts on State-managed lands crossed by the pipelines, particularly the Sproul, Rothrock, Bald Eagle, and Tuscarora State Forests in Pennsylvania. • Visual impacts associated with LNG terminal expansion. • Impact and potential benefits of construction workforce on local housing, infrastructure, public services, and economy. • Impacts on local air quality and noise, particularly with the addition of two new compressor stations in Pennsylvania. • Hazards associated with the transport, unloading, storage, and vaporization of LNG. • Pipeline route alternatives and variations, including the no action alternative. • Impacts on any Section 4(f) Lands in Pennsylvania. Public Participation You can make a difference by providing us with your specific comments or concerns about the proposal. Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impact. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To expedite our receipt and consideration of your comments, the Commission strongly encourages electronic submission of any comments on this project. *See* 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* under the “e-Filing” link and the link to the User's Guide. Before you can submit comments you will need to create a free account, which can be created by clicking on “Login to File” and then “New User Account.” You will be asked to select the type of submission you are making. This submission is considered a “Comment on Filing.” If you wish to mail comments, please mail your comments so that they will be received in Washington, DC on or before November 23, 2004, and carefully follow these instructions: Send an original and two copies of your letter to: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426; • Label one copy of your comments for the attention of Gas Branch 1; • Reference Docket No. PF04-15-000 (Dominion) on the original and both copies. The public scoping meetings to be held next month are designed to provide another opportunity to offer comments on the proposed project. Interested groups and individuals are encouraged to attend one of the meetings and to present comments on the environmental issues they believe should be addressed in the EIS. A transcript of the meetings will be generated so that your comments will be accurately recorded. We will include all comments that we receive within a reasonable time frame in our environmental analysis of the project. Availability of Additional Information A docket number (PF04-15-000) has been established to place information filed by Dominion and related documents issued by the Commission, into the public record. To view information in the docket, follow the instructions for using the eLibrary link (see below). Once a formal application is filed, the Commission will: • Publish a Notice of Application in the **Federal Register** ; • Establish a new docket number; and • Set a deadline for interested persons to intervene in the proceeding. Because the Commission's Pre-Filing Process occurs before an application to begin a proceeding is officially filed, petitions to intervene during this process are premature and will not be accepted by the Commission. Additional information about the project is available from the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC or on the FERC Internet Web site ( *http://www.ferc.gov* ) using the eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on “General Search” and enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance with eLibrary, the eLibrary helpline can be reached at 1-866-208-3676, TTY
(202)502-8659, or at *ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov* . The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries and direct links to the documents. Go to *http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm* . Finally, public meetings or site visits will be posted on the Commission's calendar located at *http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx* along with other related information. Finally, Dominion has established an Internet Web site for its project at *http://www.dom.com/about/gas-transmission/covepoint/expansion/index.jsp* . The Web site includes a description of the project, maps of the proposed site, and links to related documents. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2761 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP04-420-000] Trunkline Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Edna Horsepower Replacement Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues October 14, 2004. The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental assessment
(EA)that will discuss the environmental impacts of the Edna Horsepower Replacement Project involving abandonment, construction, and operation of facilities by Trunkline Gas Company, LLC (Trunkline) in Jackson County, Texas. 1 These facilities would consist of abandoning a 6,350 horsepower
(hp)compressor unit and associated piping and valving and installing a 1,675-hp compressor unit. This EA will be used by the Commission in its decision-making process to determine whether the project is in the public convenience and necessity. 1 Trunkline 's application was filed with the Commission under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission(s regulations. A fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled “An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I Need To Know?” was attached to the project notice Trunkline provided to landowners. This fact sheet addresses a number of typically asked questions, including the use of eminent domain and how to participate in the Commission's proceedings. It is available for viewing on the FERC Internet Web site ( *http://www.ferc.gov* ). Summary of the Proposed Project Trunkline proposes to deactivate and abandon in place an existing 6,350-hp compressor unit and related auxiliary equipment at the Edna Compressor Station in Jackson County, Texas. Trunkline proposes to use parts from this compressor unit to repair, when needed, an existing 6,350-hp compressor at the Kountze Compressor Station. The applicant also proposes to replace the original unit at the Edna Compressor Station by installing a new 1,675-hp natural gas fired engine with a 4-throw single stage compressor package. The compressor would be skid-mounted and would be inside the existing compressor station yard west of the existing compressor unit. It would be contained in a weather enclosure consisting of a concrete foundation, a roof, and insulated walls on the north, east, and west sides. The location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 1. 2 2 The appendices referenced in this notice are not being printed in the **Federal Register** . Copies of all appendices, other than appendix 1 (maps), are available on the Commission's Web site at the “eLibrary” link or from the Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call
(202)502-8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary refer to the last page of this notice. Copies of the appendices were sent to all those receiving this notice in the mail. Land Requirements for Construction Construction of the proposed facilities would require about 2.0 acres of land at Trunkline's existing Edna Compressor Station. Following construction, about 0.1 acres would be maintained as aboveground facility sites that are already currently owned by Trunkline. The remaining 1.9 acres of land would be restored to its current state (grass). The EA Process The National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)requires the Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us to discover and address concerns the public may have about proposals. This process is referred to as “scoping”. The main goal of the scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important environmental issues. By this Notice of Intent, the Commission staff requests public comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EA. All comments received are considered during the preparation of the EA. State and local government representatives are encouraged to notify their constituents of this proposed action and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern. In the EA we 3 will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of the construction and operation of the proposed project. 3 “We”, “us”, and “our” refer to the environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects (OEP). We will also evaluate possible alternatives to the proposed project or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas. Our independent analysis of the issues will be in the EA. Depending on the comments received during the scoping process, the EA may be published and mailed to Federal, state, and local agencies, public interest groups, interested individuals, affected landowners, newspapers, libraries, and the Commission(s official service list for this proceeding. A comment period will be allotted for review if the EA is published. We will consider all comments on the EA before we make our recommendations to the Commission. Public Participation You can make a difference by providing us with your specific comments or concerns about the project. By becoming a commentor, your concerns will be addressed in the EA and considered by the Commission. You should focus on the potential environmental effects of the proposal, alternatives to the proposal (including alternative locations), and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impact. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. Please carefully follow these instructions to ensure that your comments are received in time and properly recorded: • Send an original and two copies of your letter to: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. • Label one copy of the comments for the attention of Gas Branch 1. • Reference Docket No. CP04-420-000. • Mail your comments so that they will be received in Washington, DC on or before November 15, 2004. Please note that the commission strongly encourages electronic filing of any comments or interventions or protests to this proceeding. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* under the “e-Filing” link and the link to the User's Guide. Prepare your submission in the same manner as you would if filing on paper and save it to a file on your hard drive. Before you can file comments, you will need to create an account by clicking on “login to file” and then “New User Account”. You will be asked to select the type of filing you are making. This filing is considered a “comment on filing.” Becoming an Intervenor In addition to involvement in the EA scoping process, you may want to become an official party to the proceeding known as an “intervenor”. Intervenors play a more formal role in the process. Among other things, intervenors have the right to receive copies of case-related Commission documents and filings by other intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor must send one electronic copy (using the Commission's eFiling system) or 14 paper copies of its filings to the Secretary of the Commission and must send a copy of its filings to all other parties on the Commission's service list for this proceeding. 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) 4 . Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing of the Commission's decision. 4 Interventions may also be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing comments electronically. Affected landowners and parties with environmental concerns may be granted intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which would not be adequately represented by any other parties. You do not need intervenor status to have your environmental comments considered. Environmental Mailing List An effort is being made to send this notice to all individuals, organizations, and government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the proposed project. This includes all landowners, whose property may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within distances defined in the Commission's regulations of certain aboveground facilities. Availability of Additional Information Additional information about the project is available from the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC or on the FERC Internet Web site ( *http://www.ferc.gov* ) using the eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on “General Search” and enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance with eLibrary, the eLibrary helpline can be reached at 1-866-208-3676, TTY
(202)502-8659, or at *ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov* . The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries and direct links to the documents. Go to *http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.* Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2746 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Declaration of Intention and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and/or Motions To Intervene October 14, 2004. Take notice that the following application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection: a. *Application Type:* Declaration of intention. b. *Docket No.:* DI04-6-000. c. *Date Filed:* August 30, 2004, with supplementary information filed September 21 and October 7, 2004. d. *Applicant:* Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. e. *Name of Project:* High Falls State Park Demonstration Project. f. *Location:* The proposed High Falls State Park Demonstration project will be located in the High Falls State Park in Monroe County near Jackson, Georgia, on the Towaliga River. g. *Filed Pursuant to:* Section 23(b)(1) of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 817(b). h. *Applicant Contact:* David Freedman, 2 Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive SE., Suite 1352 East Tower, Atlanta, Georgia 30334-9000, telephone
(404)656-6531, fax
(404)651-5871, e-mail: *DavidF@dnr.state.ga.us* . i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed to Henry Ecton
(202)502-8768, or e-mail address: *henry.ecton@ferc.gov* . j. *Deadline for Filing Comments and/or Motions:* November 15, 2004. All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments, protests, and interventions 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.gov* . Please include the docket number (DI04-6-000) on any comments or motions filed. k. *Description of Project:* The proposed High Falls State Park Demonstration Project would use an abandoned hydroelectric facility within the State Park. The proposed project would use water from an 1,890-foot-long raceway, which is connected to a dam located on the Towaliga River. A pipe from the outlet of the raceway to the old mill would power a 7.2 kW generator. The generated power would be used to run an exhibit at the State Park. The project would not be connected to the interstate grid. When a Declaration of Intention is filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Federal Power Act requires the Commission to investigate and determine if the interests of interstate or foreign commerce would be affected by the project. The Commission also determines whether or not the project:
(1)Would be located on a navigable waterway;
(2)would occupy or affect public lands or reservations of the United States;
(3)would utilize surplus water or water power from a government dam; or
(4)if applicable, has involved or would involve any construction subsequent to 1935 that may have increased or would increase the project's head or generating capacity, or have otherwise significantly modified the project's pre-1935 design or operation. l. *Locations of the Application:* Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and are available for public inspection. This filing may be viewed on the Web at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary” link, select “Docket#” and follow the instructions. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll-free at
(866)208-3676, or TTY, contact
(202)502-8659. m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. n. *Comments, Protests, or Motions To Intervene* —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. o. *Filing and Service of Responsive Documents* —Any filings must bear in all capital letters the title “COMMENTS”, “PROTESTS”, and/or “MOTIONS TO INTERVENE”, as applicable, and the Docket Number of the particular application to which the filing refers. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular application. p. *Agency Comments* —Federal, State, and local agencies are invited to file comments on the described application. A copy of the application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2750 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments October 15, 2004. 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.:* 12497-000. c. *Date Filed:* May 14, 2004. d. *Applicant:* Red Circle Systems Corporation. e. *Name of Project:* Sea Gen Miami Project. f. *Location:* On Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean, near Dade County, Florida. No federal land or facilities would be used. g. *Filed pursuant to:* Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)—825(r). h. *Applicant Contact:* Mr. Paul H. Wells, Red Circle Systems Corp., 2430 NE. 199 Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33180,
(305)936-1515. i. *FERC Contact:* Robert Bell,
(202)502-6062. j. *Deadline for Filing Comments, Protests, and Motions to Intervene:* 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person in 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. *Description of Project:* The proposed project would consist of:
(1)A generation farm containing 20 to 40 submerged SeaGen twin rotor machine generating units having a total installed capacity of 20 to 40 megawatts,
(2)a proposed 25 to 30-mile-long, 33 kilovolt transmission line; and
(3)appurtenant facilities. The project would have an annual generation of 168 to 336 gigawatt-hours that would be sold to a local utility. l. *Locations of Applications:* A copy of the application is available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission in the Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington DC 20426, or by calling
(202)502-8371. This filing may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For online assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3676 or e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* . For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h. above. m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. n. *Competing Preliminary Permit* —Anyone desiring to file a competing application for preliminary permit for a proposed project must submit the competing application itself, or a notice of intent to file such an application, to the Commission on or before the specified comment date for the particular application (see 18 CFR 4.36). Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an interested person to file the competing preliminary permit application no later than 30 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing preliminary permit application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. o. *Competing Development Application* —Any qualified development applicant desiring to file a competing development application must submit to the Commission, on or before a specified comment date for the particular application, either a competing development application or a notice of intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of intent to file a development application allows an interested person to file the competing application no later than 120 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing license application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. p. *Notice of Intent* —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, if such an application may be filed, either a preliminary permit application or a development application (specify which type of application). A notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this public notice. q. *Proposed Scope of Studies under Permit* —A preliminary permit, if issued, does not authorize construction. The term of the proposed preliminary permit would be 36 months. The work proposed under the preliminary permit would include economic analysis, preparation of preliminary engineering plans, and a study of environmental impacts. Based on the results of these studies, the Applicant would decide whether to proceed with the preparation of a development application to construct and operate the project. r. *Comments, Protests, or Motions To Intervene* —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. Comments, protests and interventions 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 under “e-filing” link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. s. *Filing and Service of Responsive Documents* —Any filings must bear in all capital letters the title “COMMENTS”, “RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS”, “PROTEST”, or “MOTION TO INTERVENE”, as applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular application. t. *Agency Comments* —Federal, State, and local agencies are invited to file comments on the described application. A copy of the application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2752 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments October 15, 2004. 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.:* 12498-000. c. *Date Filed:* May 14, 2004. d. *Applicant:* Red Circle Systems Corporation. e. *Name of Project:* Sea Gen Ft. Lauderdale Project. f. *Location:* On Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean, near Broward County, Florida. No federal land or facilities would be used. g. *Filed Pursuant to:* Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r). h. *Applicant Contact:* Mr. Paul H. Wells, Red Circle Systems Corp., 2430 NE. 199 Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33180,
(305)936-1515. i. *FERC Contact:* Robert Bell,
(202)502-6062. j. *Deadline for Filing Comments, Protests, and Motions to Intervene:* 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person in 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. *Description of Project:* The proposed project would consist of:
(1)A generation farm containing 20 to 40 submerged SeaGen twin rotor machine generating units having a total installed capacity of 20 to 40 megawatts,
(2)a proposed 25 to 30-mile-long, 33 kilovolt transmission line, and
(3)appurtenant facilities. The project would have an annual generation of 168 to 336 gigawatt-hours that would be sold to a local utility. l. *Locations of Applications:* A copy of the application is available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission in the Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington DC 20426, or by calling
(202)502-8371. This filing may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3676 or e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.* For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h. above. m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. n. *Competing Preliminary Permit* —Anyone desiring to file a competing application for preliminary permit for a proposed project must submit the competing application itself, or a notice of intent to file such an application, to the Commission on or before the specified comment date for the particular application ( *see* 18 CFR 4.36). Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an interested person to file the competing preliminary permit application no later than 30 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing preliminary permit application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. o. *Competing Development Application* —Any qualified development applicant desiring to file a competing development application must submit to the Commission, on or before a specified comment date for the particular application, either a competing development application or a notice of intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of intent to file a development application allows an interested person to file the competing application no later than 120 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing license application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. p. *Notice of Intent* —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, if such an application may be filed, either a preliminary permit application or a development application (specify which type of application). A notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this public notice. q. *Proposed Scope of Studies under Permit* —A preliminary permit, if issued, does not authorize construction. The term of the proposed preliminary permit would be 36 months. The work proposed under the preliminary permit would include economic analysis, preparation of preliminary engineering plans, and a study of environmental impacts. Based on the results of these studies, the Applicant would decide whether to proceed with the preparation of a development application to construct and operate the project. r. *Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene* —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. Comments, protests and interventions 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 under “e-filing” link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. s. *Filing and Service of Responsive Documents—* Any filings must bear in all capital letters the title “COMMENTS”, “RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS”, “PROTEST”, or “MOTION TO INTERVENE”, as applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular application. t. *Agency Comments* —Federal, State, and local agencies are invited to file comments on the described application. A copy of the application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2753 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments October 15, 2004. 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.:* 12499-000. c. *Date Filed:* May 14, 2004. d. *Applicant:* Red Circle Systems Corporation. e. *Name of Project:* Sea Gen St Lucie Project. f. *Location:* On Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean, near St Lucie County, Florida. No federal land or facilities would be used. g. *Filed pursuant to:* Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r). h. *Applicant Contact:* Mr. Paul H. Wells, Red Circle Systems Corp., 2430 NE 199 Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33180,
(305)936-1515. i. *FERC Contact:* Robert Bell,
(202)502-6062. j. *Deadline for Filing Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene:* 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person in 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. *Description of Project:* The proposed project would consist of:
(1)A generation farm containing 20 to 40 submerged SeaGen twin rotor machine generating units having a total installed capacity of 20 to 40 megawatts,
(2)a proposed 25 to 30-mile-long, 33 kilovolt transmission line, and
(3)appurtenant facilities. The project would have an annual generation of 168 to 336 gigawatt-hours that would be sold to a local utility. l. *Locations of Applications:* A copy of the application is available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission in the Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington DC 20426, or by calling
(202)502-8371. This filing may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3676 or e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* . For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h. above. m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. n. *Competing Preliminary Permit* —Anyone desiring to file a competing application for preliminary permit for a proposed project must submit the competing application itself, or a notice of intent to file such an application, to the Commission on or before the specified comment date for the particular application ( *see* 18 CFR 4.36). Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an interested person to file the competing preliminary permit application no later than 30 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing preliminary permit application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. o. *Competing Development Application* —Any qualified development applicant desiring to file a competing development application must submit to the Commission, on or before a specified comment date for the particular application, either a competing development application or a notice of intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of intent to file a development application allows an interested person to file the competing application no later than 120 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing license application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. p. *Notice of Intent* —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, if such an application may be filed, either a preliminary permit application or a development application (specify which type of application). A notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this public notice. q. *Proposed Scope of Studies Under Permit* —A preliminary permit, if issued, does not authorize construction. The term of the proposed preliminary permit would be 36 months. The work proposed under the preliminary permit would include economic analysis, preparation of preliminary engineering plans, and a study of environmental impacts. Based on the results of these studies, the Applicant would decide whether to proceed with the preparation of a development application to construct and operate the project. r. *Comments, Protests, or Motions To Intervene* —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. Comments, protests and interventions 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 under “e-filing” link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. s. *Filing and Service of Responsive Documents* —Any filings must bear in all capital letters the title “COMMENTS”, “RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS”, “PROTEST”, or “MOTION TO INTERVENE”, as applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular application. t. *Agency Comments* —Federal, State, and local agencies are invited to file comments on the described application. A copy of the application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2754 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments October 15, 2004. 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.:* 12500-000. c. *Date Filed:* May 14, 2004. d. *Applicant:* Red Circle Systems Corporation. e. *Name of Project:* Sea Gen West Palm Beach Project. f. *Location:* On Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean, near Palm Beach County, Florida. No federal land or facilities would be used. g. *Filed pursuant to:* Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)—825(r). h. *Applicant Contact:* Mr. Paul H. Wells, Red Circle Systems Corp., 2430 NE 199 Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33180,
(305)936-1515. i. *FERC Contact:* Robert Bell,
(202)502-6062. j. *Deadline for Filing Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene:* 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person in 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. *Description of Project:* The proposed project would consist of:
(1)A generation farm containing 20 to 40 submerged SeaGen twin rotor machine generating units having a total installed capacity of 20 to 40 megawatts,
(2)a proposed 25 to 30-mile-long, 33 kilovolt transmission line, and
(3)appurtenant facilities. The project would have an annual generation of 168 to 336 gigawatt-hours that would be sold to a local utility. l. *Locations of Applications:* A copy of the application is available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission in the Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling
(202)502-8371. This filing may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3676 or e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* . For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h. above. m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. n. *Competing Preliminary Permit* —Anyone desiring to file a competing application for preliminary permit for a proposed project must submit the competing application itself, or a notice of intent to file such an application, to the Commission on or before the specified comment date for the particular application ( *see* 18 CFR 4.36). Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an interested person to file the competing preliminary permit application no later than 30 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing preliminary permit application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. o. *Competing Development Application* —Any qualified development applicant desiring to file a competing development application must submit to the Commission, on or before a specified comment date for the particular application, either a competing development application or a notice of intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of intent to file a development application allows an interested person to file the competing application no later than 120 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing license application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. p. *Notice of Intent* —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, if such an application may be filed, either a preliminary permit application or a development application (specify which type of application). A notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this public notice. q. *Proposed Scope of Studies Under Permit* —A preliminary permit, if issued, does not authorize construction. The term of the proposed preliminary permit would be 36 months. The work proposed under the preliminary permit would include economic analysis, preparation of preliminary engineering plans, and a study of environmental impacts. Based on the results of these studies, the Applicant would decide whether to proceed with the preparation of a development application to construct and operate the project. r. *Comments, Protests, or Motions To Intervene* —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. Comments, protests and interventions 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 under “e-filing” link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. s. *Filing and Service of Responsive Documents* —Any filings must bear in all capital letters the title “COMMENTS”, “RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS”, “PROTEST”, or “MOTION TO INTERVENE”, as applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular application. t. *Agency Comments* —Federal, State, and local agencies are invited to file comments on the described application. A copy of the application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2755 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments October 15, 2004. 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.:* 12502-000. c. *Date Filed:* May 18, 2004. d. *Applicant:* Red Circle Systems Corporation. e. *Name of Project:* Sea Gen St. Sebastien Project. f. *Location:* On Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean, near Indian River County, Florida. No federal land or facilities would be used. g. *Filed Pursuant to:* Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r). h. *Applicant Contact:* Mr. Paul H. Wells, Red Circle Systems Corp., 2430 NE. 199 Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33180,
(305)936-1515. i. *FERC Contact:* Robert Bell,
(202)502-6062. j. *Deadline for Filing Comments, Protests, and Motions to Intervene:* 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person in 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. *Description of Project:* The proposed project would consist of:
(1)A generation farm containing 20 to 40 submerged SeaGen twin rotor machine generating units having a total installed capacity of 20 to 40 megawatts,
(2)a proposed 25 to 30-mile-long, 33 kilovolt transmission line, and
(3)appurtenant facilities. The project would have an annual generation of 168 to 336 gigawatt-hours that would be sold to a local utility. l. *Locations of Applications:* A copy of the application is available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission in the Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington DC 20426, or by calling
(202)502-8371. This filing may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3676 or e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* . For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h. above. m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. n. *Competing Preliminary Permit* —Anyone desiring to file a competing application for preliminary permit for a proposed project must submit the competing application itself, or a notice of intent to file such an application, to the Commission on or before the specified comment date for the particular application ( *see* 18 CFR 4.36). Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an interested person to file the competing preliminary permit application no later than 30 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing preliminary permit application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. o. *Competing Development Application* —Any qualified development applicant desiring to file a competing development application must submit to the Commission, on or before a specified comment date for the particular application, either a competing development application or a notice of intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of intent to file a development application allows an interested person to file the competing application no later than 120 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing license application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. p. *Notice of Intent* —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, if such an application may be filed, either a preliminary permit application or a development application (specify which type of application). A notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this public notice. q. *Proposed Scope of Studies under Permit* —A preliminary permit, if issued, does not authorize construction. The term of the proposed preliminary permit would be 36 months. The work proposed under the preliminary permit would include economic analysis, preparation of preliminary engineering plans, and a study of environmental impacts. Based on the results of these studies, the Applicant would decide whether to proceed with the preparation of a development application to construct and operate the project. r. *Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene* —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. Comments, protests and interventions 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 under “e-filing” link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. s. *Filing and Service of Responsive Documents* —Any filings must bear in all capital letters the title “COMMENTS”, “RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS”, “PROTEST”, or “MOTION TO INTERVENE”, as applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular application. t. *Agency Comments* —Federal, State, and local agencies are invited to file comments on the described application. A copy of the application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2756 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments October 15, 2004. 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.:* 12503-000. c. *Date Filed:* May 18, 2004. d. *Applicant:* Red Circle Systems Corporation. e. *Name of Project:* Sea Gen Key Largo Project. f. *Location:* On Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean, near Monroe County, Florida. No federal land or facilities would be used. g. *Filed Pursuant to:* Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r). h. *Applicant Contact:* Mr. Paul H. Wells, Red Circle Systems Corp., 2430 NE. 199 Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33180,
(305)936-1515. i. *FERC Contact:* Robert Bell,
(202)502-6062. j. *Deadline for Filing Comments, Protests, and Motions to Intervene:* 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person in 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. *Description of Project:* The proposed project would consist of:
(1)A generation farm containing 20 to 40 submerged SeaGen twin rotor machine generating units having a total installed capacity of 20 to 40 megawatts,
(2)a proposed 25 to 30-mile-long, 33 kilovolt transmission line, and
(3)appurtenant facilities. The project would have an annual generation of 168 to 336 gigawatt-hours that would be sold to a local utility. l. *Locations of Applications:* A copy of the application is available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission in the Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington DC 20426, or by calling
(202)502-8371. This filing may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3676 or e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* . For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h. above. m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. n. *Competing Preliminary Permit* —Anyone desiring to file a competing application for preliminary permit for a proposed project must submit the competing application itself, or a notice of intent to file such an application, to the Commission on or before the specified comment date for the particular application ( *see* 18 CFR 4.36). Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an interested person to file the competing preliminary permit application no later than 30 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing preliminary permit application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. o. *Competing Development Application* —Any qualified development applicant desiring to file a competing development application must submit to the Commission, on or before a specified comment date for the particular application, either a competing development application or a notice of intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of intent to file a development application allows an interested person to file the competing application no later than 120 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing license application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. p. *Notice of Intent* —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, if such an application may be filed, either a preliminary permit application or a development application (specify which type of application). A notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this public notice. q. *Proposed Scope of Studies Under Permit* —A preliminary permit, if issued, does not authorize construction. The term of the proposed preliminary permit would be 36 months. The work proposed under the preliminary permit would include economic analysis, preparation of preliminary engineering plans, and a study of environmental impacts. Based on the results of these studies, the Applicant would decide whether to proceed with the preparation of a development application to construct and operate the project. r. *Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene* —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. Comments, protests and interventions 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 under “e-filing” link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. s. *Filing and Service of Responsive Documents* —Any filings must bear in all capital letters the title “COMMENTS”, “RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS”, “PROTEST”, or “MOTION TO INTERVENE”, as applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular application. t. *Agency Comments* —Federal, State, and local agencies are invited to file comments on the described application. A copy of the application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2757 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments October 15, 2004. 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.:* 12504-000. c. *Date Filed:* May 18, 2004. d. *Applicant:* Red Circle Systems Corporation. e. *Name of Project:* Sea Gen Travernier Project. f. *Location:* On Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean, near Monroe County, Florida. No federal land or facilities would be used. g. *Filed Pursuant to:* Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r). h. *Applicant Contact:* Mr. Paul H. Wells, Red Circle Systems Corp., 2430 NE 199 Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33180,
(305)936-1515. i. *FERC Contact:* Robert Bell,
(202)502-6062. j. *Deadline for Filing Comments, Protests, and Motions to Intervene:* 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person in 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. *Description of Project:* The proposed project would consist of:
(1)A generation farm containing 20 to 40 submerged SeaGen twin rotor machine generating units having a total installed capacity of 20 to 40 megawatts,
(2)a proposed 25 to 30-mile-long, 33 kilovolt transmission line, and
(3)appurtenant facilities. The project would have an annual generation of 168 to 336 gigawatt-hours that would be sold to a local utility. l. *Locations of Applications:* A copy of the application is available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission in the Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling
(202)502-8371. This filing may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3676 or e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.* For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h. above. m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. n. *Competing Preliminary Permit* —Anyone desiring to file a competing application for preliminary permit for a proposed project must submit the competing application itself, or a notice of intent to file such an application, to the Commission on or before the specified comment date for the particular application ( *see* 18 CFR 4.36). Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an interested person to file the competing preliminary permit application no later than 30 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing preliminary permit application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. o. *Competing Development Application* —Any qualified development applicant desiring to file a competing development application must submit to the Commission, on or before a specified comment date for the particular application, either a competing development application or a notice of intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of intent to file a development application allows an interested person to file the competing application no later than 120 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing license application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. p. *Notice of Intent* —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, if such an application may be filed, either a preliminary permit application or a development application (specify which type of application). A notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this public notice. q. *Proposed Scope of Studies Under Permit* —A preliminary permit, if issued, does not authorize construction. The term of the proposed preliminary permit would be 36 months. The work proposed under the preliminary permit would include economic analysis, preparation of preliminary engineering plans, and a study of environmental impacts. Based on the results of these studies, the Applicant would decide whether to proceed with the preparation of a development application to construct and operate the project. r. *Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene* —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. Comments, protests and interventions 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 under “e-filing” link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. s. *Filing and Service of Responsive Documents* —Any filings must bear in all capital letters the title “COMMENTS”, “RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS”, “PROTEST”, or “MOTION TO INTERVENE”, as applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular application. t. *Agency Comments* —Federal, State, and local agencies are invited to file comments on the described application. A copy of the application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2758 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [P-2603-012] Duke Power; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions October 14, 2004. Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. *Type of Application:* Subsequent minor license. b. *Project No.:* 2603-012. c. *Date Filed:* July 22, 2003. d. *Applicant:* Duke Power. e. *Name of Project:* Franklin Hydroelectric Project. f. *Location:* The Franklin Project is located on the Little Tennessee River in Macon County, North Carolina. The project does not affect federal lands. g. *Filed Pursuant to:* Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r). h. *Applicant Contact:* John C. Wishon, Nantahala Area Relicensing Project Manager, Duke Power, 301 NP&L Loop, Franklin, NC 28734,
(828)369-4604, *jcwishon@duke-energy.com.* i. *FERC Contact:* Carolyn Holsopple at
(202)502-6407 or *carolyn.holsopple@ferc.gov.* j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance of this notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this notice. All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors 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 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. Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. *See* 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site ( *http://www.ferc.gov* ) under the “e-filing” link. k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready for environmental analysis. l. The existing Franklin Hydroelectric Project operates in a run-of-river mode, within a 6-inch tolerance band. Project operation is dependent on available flow in the Little Tennessee River. The Franklin Project consists of the following features:
(1)A 462.5-foot-long, 35.5-foot-high concrete masonry dam, consisting of, from left to right facing downstream,
(a)a 15-foot-long non-overflow section,
(b)a 54-foot-long ungated Ogee spillway,
(c)a 181.5-foot-long gated spillway section, having six gated, ogee spillway bays,
(d)a 54-foot-long ungated Ogee spillway,
(e)a 25-foot-long non-overflow section, and
(f)a 70-foot-long non-overflow section;
(2)a 4.6-mile-long, 174-acre impoundment at elevation 2000.22 msl;
(3)three intake bays, each consisting of a flume and grated trashracks having a clear bar spacing of 3 inches;
(4)a powerhouse having a reinforced concrete substructure and a brick superstructure, containing two turbine/generating units, having a total installed capacity of 1.040 kW;
(5)a switchyard, with a single three-phase transformer; and
(6)appurtenant facilities. Duke Power estimates that the average annual generation is 5.313.065 kWh. Duke Power uses the Franklin Project facilities to generate electricity for use by retail customers living in the Duke Power-Nantahala Area. m. A copy of the application is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY,
(202)502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item
(h)above. You may also register online at *http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp* to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. n. Public notice of the filing of the initial development application, which has already been given, established the due date for filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the initial development application. No competing applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to this notice. All filings must
(1)bear in all capital letters the title “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 submitting the filing; 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. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2759 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [P-2619-012] Duke Power; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions October 14, 2004. Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. *Type of Application:* New major license. b. *Project No.:* 2619-012. c. *Date Filed:* July 22, 2003. d. *Applicant:* Duke Power. e. *Name of Project:* Mission Hydroelectric Project. f. *Location:* The Mission Project is located on the Hiwassee River in Clay County, North Carolina. The project does not affect federal lands. g. *Filed Pursuant to:* Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)—825(r). h. *Applicant Contact:* John C. Wishon, Nantahala Area Relicensing Project Manager, Duke Power, 301 NP&L Loop, Franklin, NC 28734,
(828)369-4604, *jcwishon@duke-energy.com.* i. *FERC Contact:* Carolyn Holsopple at
(202)502-6407 or *carolyn.holsopple@ferc.gov.* j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance of this notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this notice. All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors 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 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. Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site ( *http://www.ferc.gov* ) under the “e-filing” link. k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready for environmental analysis. l. The existing Mission Hydroelectric Project operates in a run-of-river mode, within a 6-inch tolerance band. Project operation is dependent on available flow in the Hiwassee River, which is regulated by TVA's Chatuge dam located approximately 15 miles upstream. The Mission Project consists of the following features:
(1)A 397-foot-long, 50-foot-high concrete gravity dam, consisting of, from left to right facing downstream,
(a)three bulkhead sections,
(b)seven ogee spillway sections, surmounted by 14-foot-high by 16-foot-wide gates,
(c)four bulkhead sections,
(d)a powerhouse intake structure, and
(e)four bulkhead sections;
(2)a 47-acre impoundment at elevation 1658.17 msl;
(3)three intake bays, each consisting of an 8-foot-diameter steel-cased penstock and a grated trashrack having a clear bar spacing of between 2.25 to 2.5 inches;
(4)a powerhouse consisting of a reinforced concrete substructure and a brick superstructure, containing three turbine/generating units, having a total installed capacity of 1,800 kW;
(5)a switchyard, with a single three-phase transformer; and
(6)appurtenant facilities. Duke Power estimates that the average annual generation is 8,134,370 kWh. Duke Power uses the Mission Project facilities to generate electricity for use by retail customers living in the Duke Power-Nantahala Area. m. A copy of the application is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY,
(202)502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item
(h)above. You may also register online at *http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp* to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. n. Public notice of the filing of the initial development application, which has already been given, established the due date for filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the initial development application. No competing applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to this notice. All filings must
(1)bear in all capital letters the title “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 submitting the filing; 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. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2760 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. PL04-17-000 and AD04-11-000] State of the Natural Gas Industry Conference; Staff Report on Natural Gas Storage; Notice of Public Conference and Agenda October 13, 2004. As announced in the Notice of Conference issued September 30, 2004, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will convene a public conference on October 21, 2004, at 9 a.m., at the Commission's Offices in Washington, DC to engage industry members and the public in a dialogue about policy issues facing the natural gas industry today and the Commission's regulation of the industry for the future, as stated in the previous notice. All interested persons are invited to attend. Location The conference will be held in the Commission Meeting Room (Room 2-C). Observers will be accommodated on a space available basis, but seating will also be available in an overflow room, which will have a broadcast of the discussion. All visitors must check-in at the First Street entrance. All visitors should have picture identification readily available to ensure a quick check-in. Participation The conference will consist of keynote opening remarks, three panel sessions and an open forum. Each panelist will give a short oral presentation lasting no more than ten minutes on their views of the panel topic and then the Commission Staff and the panelist will exchange views and questions, followed by comments or questions from the audience. If panelists are going to refer to any detailed charts or figures, they should bring 25 copies for Commission Staff and 100 copies for the audience. The first panel session will be for comments on findings and ideas presented in the FERC Staff Report, “Current State of and Issues Concerning Underground Natural Gas Storage” and also focus on how the decisions to develop natural gas pipeline or storage projects have been impacted by existing Commission policies. The second session will consider whether a program for creating more uncommitted reserve storage and pipeline capacity could be feasible and useful for the gas industry and customers. The third session will explore the changing roles of industry segments and how that affects commodity price volatility. Following the panel session presentations, the Commission will provide an open forum for interested persons to raise issues and make policy recommendations for Commission consideration not discussed by the panels. All open forum statements should be limited to five minutes. A sign-up sheet for the open forum will be available the morning of the conference. Procedures To File Written Comments Pre-Conference Background Information If the panel participants shown in the Conference Agenda below want to submit background information, position statements or power point presentations concerning their topics, they are encouraged to file such items with the Commission by October 18, 2004 using the procedures below. However, live power point presentations are not going to be included during the panel discussions. Any such items filed in advance of the Conference will then be available on the Commission's e-Library. Post-Conference Comments After the conference, panel participants and all other interested persons may file additional comments on the issues discussed at the conference, or other matters relevant to this proceeding, by November 15, 2004. Comments should include a one-page, single spaced, position summary. Paper or Electronic Comments Comments may be filed in paper format or electronically. Those filing electronically do not need to make a paper filing. For paper filings, the original and 14 copies of such comments should be submitted to the Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, and should refer to Docket Nos. PL04-17-000 and AD04-11-000. Documents filed electronically via the Internet can be prepared in a variety of formats, including MS Word, Portable Document Format, Real Text Format, or ASCII format, as listed on the Commission's at *http://www.ferc.gov* , under the e-Filing link. The e-Filing link provides instructions for how to Login and complete an electronic filing. First time users will have to establish a user name and password. The Commission will send an automatic acknowledgement to the sender's e-mail address upon receipt of comments. All comments will be placed in the Commission's public files and will be available for inspection in the Commission's Public Reference Room at 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, during regular business hours. In addition, all comments may be viewed, printed, or downloaded remotely via the Internet through FERC's home page using the eLibrary link. Off-the-Record Communications The purpose of this conference is to discuss generic issues and not contested cases pending before the Commission. If any comments raise specific issues concerning pending contested cases, those comments will be subject to the Commission's Off-the-Record Communications rules located in subpart V of part 385 of the Commission's regulations, including the public notice requirements and sanctions listed in sections 385.2201(h) and (i). Transcripts Transcripts of the conference will be available from Ace Reporting Company (202-347-3700) for a fee. The transcript also will be available on the Commission's FERRIS system two weeks after the conference. Additionally, Capitol Connection offers the opportunity for remote listening and viewing of the conference. It is available for a fee, live or over the Internet, via C-Band Satellite. Persons interested in receiving the broadcast, or who need information on making arrangements should contact David Reininger or Julia Morelli at Capitol Connection (703-993-3100) as soon as possible or visit the Capitol Connection Web site at *http://www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu* and click on “FERC.” Additional Information For additional information, please contact Richard Foley at 202 502-8955 or by e-mail at *Richard.Foley@ferc.gov* . Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. State of the Natural Gas Industry Conference; Agenda (as of October 13, 2004) 9 a.m. Opening Remarks—Berne Mosley, Director, Division of Pipeline Certificates, Office of Energy Projects. 9:10 a.m. Keynote Remarks—Commissioner Donald L. Mason, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio; Chairman of the Gas Committee, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; Committee(s) Chairman of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. 9:25 a.m. Session I—Comments on Staff Report and Storage Development Policy. Moderator—Berne Mosley. Richard Daniel, President, EnCana Gas Storage. Matt Morrow, President, ENSTOR. Ryan O'Neal, Vice President—Development, Sempra Energy International. James F. Bowe, Jr., Dewey Ballantine LLP & Red Lake Gas Storage, L.P. Mark D. Cook, Principal, SGR Holdings, LLC. Donald J. Zinko, Vice President, Business Development Western Pipelines and EPNG Marketing, El Paso Corp. Carl Levander, Vice President, Marketing and Regulatory Strategy Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation. 11:25 a.m. Break. 11:45 a.m. Session II—Concept of a Program for Creating More Uncommitted Reserve Storage and Pipeline Capacity. Moderator—Berne Mosley. James F. Wilson, Principal, LECG, LLC. John M. Hopper, President and CEO, Falcon Gas Storage Company. Jay Dickerson, Vice President, Tennessee Gas Pipeline. Timothy J. Oaks, Manager Federal Regulatory Affairs, UGI Utilities, Inc. Craig Chancellor, Director, National Fuels Regulatory, Calpine Corp. 12:45 p.m. Session III—Changing Roles of Industry Segments and How That Affects Commodity Price Volatility. Moderator—Berne Mosley. Scott R. Smith, Sr. Vice President & Partner, Lukens Energy Group. Mr. Greg Rizzo, Group Vice President, Duke Energy Gas Transmission. Thomas L. Price, Vice President Marketing, Colorado Interstate Gas. Representative of NiSource Distribution Companies. 1:45 p.m. Open Forum—Moderator—Berne Mosley. 2:30 p.m. Closing Remarks—Berne Mosley. [FR Doc. E4-2743 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-7829-6] Subject to Availability of Funding Solicitation Notice; Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program; Fiscal Year 2005 SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)is now soliciting applications for the FY 2005 Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program. The Exchange Network is a nationwide information systems network that facilitates the electronic reporting and exchange of environmental data among EPA and its state, tribal, and territorial partners. The Exchange Network will make it easier for EPA and its partners to obtain the timely and accurate information they need when making decisions concerning the natural environment and related human health issues. Subject to the availability of funding, the FY 2005 Exchange Network Grant Program will provide funding to states, territories, tribes, and tribal consortia to develop the information management and technology (IM/IT) capabilities they need to participate in the Exchange Network. This financial assistance program supports the development of Exchange Network infrastructure; common data standards and formats; and various data flows, including exchanges of geospatial data. The FY 2005 Exchange Network Grant Program will provide the following categories of assistance: • Readiness Category—supports the development of IM/IT capabilities needed to participate in the Exchange Network; provides up to $75,000 per tribal entity and up to $150,000 per state/territorial entity; • Implementation Category—supports the development of Exchange Network data flows, data standards, eXtensible Markup Language
(XML)schema, and Web services; provides up to $150,000 per tribal entity and up to $300,000 per state/territorial entity; and • Challenge Category—supports the planning and development of collaborative, innovative projects that demonstrate the value of the Exchange Network; provides up to $300,000 per tribal entity and up to $750,000 per state/territorial entity. Applications must be submitted to EPA by January 15, 2005. Provided funding is available, EPA expects to notify applicants of its funding recommendations in May 2005 and issue the awards in August/September 2005. DATES: Applications must be submitted to EPA in hard copy by January 15, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the full solicitation notice and application instructions, see the Exchange Network Grant Program Web site at *http://www.epa.gov/Networkg.* (This Web site address is case sensitive.) For further information about the grant program, please contact Rebecca Moser, Exchange Network Grant Program Manager, Office of Information Collection, Office of Environmental Information, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Mail Code 2823-T, Washington, DC 20460; phone,
(202)566-1679; e-mail, *moser.rebecca@epa.gov.* Dated: October 15, 2004. Mark A. Luttner, Director, Office of Information Collection, Office of Environmental Information, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. [FR Doc. 04-23582 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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- Intervention (Rule 214).§ 385.214
- Interventions and protests.§ 157.10
- Filings and Other Submissions.§ 385.2001
- Protests other than under Rule 208 (Rule 211).§ 385.211
- Protests, interventions, and comments.§ 154.210
- Definitions (Rule 102).§ 385.102
- Placement of securities.§ 34.2
- Method of notice; dates established in notice (Rule 210).§ 385.210
- Competing applications: deadlines for filing; notices of intent; comparisons of plans of development.§ 4.36
- Applicability and definitions.§ 4.30
- Hearings on applications; consultation on terms and conditions; motions to intervene; alternative procedures.§ 4.34
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