[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 209 (Monday, October 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55257-55258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26847]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Fossil Energy
[FE Dockets PP-45-2 and PP-63-4]


Applications To Amend Presidential Permits Northern States Power 
Company

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Northern States Power Company (NSP) has applied for amendment 
of two Presidential permits in order to increase the permitted capacity 
of the electric transmission facilities located at the U.S. border with 
Canada.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene must be submitted on 
or before November 29, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Electricity (FE-52), Office of 
Fuels Programs, Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0350.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Loren Farrar (Program Office) 301-903-
2338 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The construction, connection, operation, and 
maintenance of facilities at the international border of the United 
States for the transmission of electrical energy is prohibited in the 
absence of a Presidential permit pursuant to Executive Order No. 12038. 
Exports of electricity from the United States to a foreign country are 
also regulated and require authorization under section 202(e) of the 
Federal Power Act.
    On September 20, 1995, NSP filed applications with the Office of 
Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) to amend 
Presidential Permits PP-45-1 and PP-63-3. NSP has requested that the 
limits for operating the permitted facilities in the import mode be 
increased consistent with the latest Mid-Continent Area Power Pool 
design reliability analysis.

PROCEDURAL MATTERS: Any person desiring to be heard or to protest these 
applications should file a petition to intervene or protest at the 
address provided above in accordance with Secs. 385.211 or 385.214 of 
the Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen 
copies of such petitions and protests should be filed with the DOE on 
or before the date listed above. An additional copy is to be filed 
directly with Michael C. Connelly, Attorney, Northern States Power 

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Company, 414 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401, Phone: (612) 
330-6600.
    A final decision will be made on these separate but related 
applications after determinations are made by the DOE that the proposed 
actions will not adversely impact on the reliability of the U.S. 
electric power supply system, and the environmental impacts have been 
evaluated pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(NEPA).
    Copies of these applications will be made available, upon request, 
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 25, 1995.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs, 
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 95-26847 Filed 10-27-95; 8:45 am]
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