51596 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 165 / Thursday, August 24, 2000 / Notices
Montgomery Counties, Arkansas, 13 scoping meetings are tentatively intervene or protest should be filed on miles west of Hot Springs. DeGray Lake scheduled to be held in Arkansas in or before September 8, 2000. Protests is located on the Caddo River in Clark September 2000. The Environmental will be considered by the Commission and Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas, 8 Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and in determining the appropriate action to miles north of Arkadelphia. Wildlife Service, Natural Resources be taken but will not serve to make Lake Greeson was authorized by the Conservation Service, Arkansas protestants parties to the proceeding. Flood Control Act of 18 August 1941, Department of Environmental Quality, Any person wishing to become a party Public Law 228, 77th Congress, 1st and Arkansas Game and Fish must file a motion to intervene. Copies Session, as amended by the Flood Commission will be invited to become of this filing are on file with the Control Act of 22 December 1944. It is cooperating agencies. All interested Commission and are available for public now officially named ‘‘Narrows Dam- agencies, groups, tribes,and individuals inspection. Lake Greeson.’’ Lake Ouachita was will be sent copies of the Draft David P. Boergers, authorized by the Flood Control Act of Supplemental EIS and FEIS. 22 December 1944, Public Law 534, The Draft Supplemental EIS is Secretary. 78th Congress, Chapter 655, 2nd scheduled to be completed in October [FR Doc. 00–21602 Filed 8–23–00; 8:45 am] Session, House Report No. 4485, which 2001. BILLING CODE 6717±01±M adopted the plan as set forth in House Document No. 647. It is now officially Robert Crear, ‘‘Blakely Mountain Dam-Lake Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Ouachita.’’ DeGray Lake was authorized [FR Doc. 00–21654 Filed 8–23–00; 8:45 am] by Congress in the Rivers and Harbors BILLING CODE 3710±PU±M Federal Energy Regulatory Act of 1950. Commission The authorized purposes of Lake [Docket No. CP00±434±000] Greeson and Lake Ouachita are flood DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY control and hydroelectric power Columbia Gulf Transmission production. This authority was Federal Energy Regulatory Company; Application amended by Section 4 of the Flood Commission August 18, 2000. Control Act of 1944 to include public [Docket No. CP00±438±000] recreation on these projects. Authority Take notice that on August 9, 2000, to construct, maintain, and operate Columbia Gas Transmission Columbia Gulf Transmission Company public parks and recreational facilities Corporation; Filing (Columbia Gulf), 2603 Augusta, Suite at water resource development projects 125, Houston, Texas 77057–5637, filed under the control of the Department of August 18, 2000. in Docket No. CP00–434–000 an the Army was granted under section 207 Take notice that on August 14, 2000, application pursuant to Sections 7(c) of the Flood Control Act of 1962. The Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation and 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for authorized purposes of DeGray Lake are (Columbia) filed an application permission and approval for Columbia flood control, hydroelectric power, requesting permission under NGA Gulf to construct and operate certain water supply, navigation, and Section 7(b) to abandon by sale 3.54 replacement natural gas facilities and to recreation. Lake Greeson became BCF of base gas located in Columbia’s abandon the facilities being replaced operational in 1950; Lake Ouachita Storage system. The application may be due to the age and condition of the became operational in 1953; and DeGray viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/ facilities, located in Powell County, Lake was placed into operation in 1972. online/rims.htm. Call (202) 208–2222 Kentucky, all as more fully set forth in The FEIS for Operation and for assistance. the application which is on file with the Maintenance, Lake Greeson, lake It is stated that operational Commission and open to public Ouachita, and DeGray Lake, Arkansas, efficiencies within various Storage inspection. This filing may be viewed was completed by the Corps in Fields have reduced Columbia’s need to on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/ September 1977. The proposed action maintain the historic levels of base gas. online/rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for will evaluate the environmental impacts The disposition of proceeds from the assistance). of Corps continued conduct of operation proposed sale of the base gas will be Columbia Gulf proposes to construct and maintenance activities in support of made pursuant to Section C, of Article and operate one 14,470 horsepower (HP) the authorized project purposes for the IV, of Stipulation II of the Settlement in compressor unit and appurtenances and lakes. Docket No. RP95–408 Columbia Gas abandon one 12,050 HP compressor unit The significant issues tentatively Transmission Corp., 79 FERC Paragraph and appurtenances, located in Powell identified for evaluation of the 61,044 (1997). This settlement defines County, Kentucky. environmental impacts of operation and future additional sales of base gas no Columbia Gulf states that the unit maintenance activities include (1) longer needed by Columbia as a result proposed for replacement, designated as impacts of flood control storage, (2) of more efficient operation of its storage Columbia Gulf’s Unit 105, is part of impacts of hydroelectric generation, (3) fields. Columbia will comply with the their Stanton Compressor Station, impacts to water supply storage, and (4) annual reporting requirements provided which currently consists of six impacts to resource management, for in Section D of Article IV. compressor units. Columbia Gulf asserts including concession expansions. Any person desiring to be heard or to that the unit is a Pratt and Whitney The National Environmental Policy protest said filing should file a motion GG3C–1 gas turbine unit with a rating Act (40 CFR part 1501.7) requires all to intervene or protest with the Federal of 12,050 HP, constructed and placed in Federal agencies preparing EIS’s to Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 service in 1964, under the authority conduct a process termed ‘‘scoping.’’ First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, granted in Docket No. CP64–1. This scoping process determines the in accordance with Rules 211 or 214 of Columbia Gulf states that due to the issues to be addressed and identifies the the Commission’s Rules of Practice and age of the unit, replacement parts are significant issues related to a proposed Procedure (18 CFR Section 385.211 or not readily available, making repairs action. To accomplish this, public Section 385.214). All such motions to and maintenance difficult. Columbia
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