[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 36341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17021]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-148-A]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Aquila Energy Marketing 
Corporation

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Aquila Energy Marketing Corporation (AEM) has applied for 
renewal of its authority to transmit electric energy from the United 
States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene must be submitted on 
or before August 5, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex (FE-27), Office of 
Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20585-0350 (FAX 202-287-5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Mintz (Program Office) 202-586-
9506 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 13, 1997, the Office of Fossil 
Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) authorized AEM to 
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power 
marketer using the international electric transmission facilities owned 
and operated by Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power 
Administration, Citizens Utilities, Detroit Edison, Eastern Maine 
Electric Cooperative, Joint Owners of the Highgate Project, Maine 
Electric Power Company, Maine Public Service Company, Minnesota Power, 
Inc., Minnkota Power, New York Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power 
Corp., Northern States Power, and Vermont Electric Transmission 
Company. That two-year authorization will expire on August 13, 1999. On 
June 18, 1999, AEM filed an application with FE for renewal of this 
export authority and requested that the Order be issued for an 
additional two-year term.

Procedural Matters

    Any person desiring to become a party to this proceeding or to be 
heard by filing comments or protests to this application should file a 
petition to intervene, comment or protest at the address provided above 
in accordance with Secs. 385.211 or 385.214 of the FERC's Rules of 
Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of 
each petition and protest should be filed with the DOE on or before the 
date listed above.
    Comments on the AEM request to export to Canada should be clearly 
marked with Docket EA-148-A. Additional copies are to be filed directly 
with Mr. David Stevenson, Aquila Energy Marketing Corporation, P.O. Box 
11739, 10700 East 350 Highway, Kansas City, MO 64138, and Kathryn A. 
Flaherty, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, 13710 FNB Parkway, Suite 200, 
Omaha, NB 68154.
    DOE notes that the circumstances described in this application are 
virtually identical to those for which export authority had previously 
been granted in FE Order EA-148. Consequently, DOE believes that it has 
adequately satisfied its responsibilities under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 through the documentation of a 
categorical exclusion in the FE Docket EA-148 proceeding.
    Copies of this application will be made available, upon request, 
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above or by 
accessing the Fossil Energy Home Page at http://www.fe.doe.gov. Upon 
reaching the Fossil Energy Home page, select ``Regulatory Programs,'' 
then ``Electricity Regulation,'' and then ``Pending Proceedings'' from 
the options menus.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on June 28, 1999.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/
Ex, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-17021 Filed 7-2-99; 8:45 am]
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