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Take notice that the Commission

received the following electric securities

filings:

Docket Numbers: ES07–3–000.

Applicants: MDU Resources Group,

Inc.

Description: MDU Resources Group,

Inc. submits its Application for

authorization of the issuance of

securities and authorization to engage in

methods of issuance other than

competitive bidding and negotiated

offers.

Filed Date: 10/18/2006.

Accession Number: 20061020–0222.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time

on Wednesday, November 8, 2006.

Take notice that the Commission

received the following public utility

holding company filings:

Docket Numbers: PH06–109–001;

PH06–110–001; PH06–111–001; PH06–

112–001; PH06–113–001; PH06–114–

001.

Applicants: Plainfield Direct

Institutional Offshore Feeder Fund

Limited; Plainfield Direct Offshore

Feeder Fund Limited; Plainfield Direct

Onshore Feeder Fund LP; Plainfield

Special Situations Institutional Offshore

Feeder Fund Limited; Plainfield Special

Situations Offshore Feeder Fund

Limited; Plainfield Special Situations

Onshore Feeder Fund LP.

Description: Plainfield Direct

Institutional Offshore, et al. submit a

Notice of Material Change in Facts.

Filed Date: 10/10/2006.

Accession Number: 20061010–5068.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time

on Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

Docket Numbers: PH06–115–001.

Applicants: D. E. Shaw & Co., II, Inc.

Description: D. E. Shaw & Co. II, Inc.

submits a Notice of Material Change in

Facts.

Filed Date: 10/19/2006.

Accession Number: 20061019–5044.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time

on Thursday, November 9, 2006.

Docket Numbers: PH07–1–000.

Applicants: Central Vermont Power

Service Corporation.

Description: Central Vermont Power

Service Corp. submits a Waiver

Notification pursuant to Section

366.3(c)(1).

Filed Date: 10/19/2006.

Accession Number: 20061019–5016.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time

on Thursday, November 9, 2006.

Docket Numbers: PH07–2–000.

Applicants: Public Service Enterprise

Group Incorporated.

Description: Public Service Enterprise

Group Incorporated submits a petition

of waiver pursuant to sections 366.21,

366.22, and 366.23.

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Filed Date: 10/20/2006.

Accession Number: 20061020–5070.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time

on Monday, November 13, 2006.

Take notice that the Commission

received the following electric

reliability filings:

Docket Numbers: RR06–1–003.

Applicants: North American Electric

Reliability Council and North American

Electric Reliability Corporation.

Description: North American Electric

Reliability Council and North American

Elec Reliability Corp submit a

compliance filing addressing nongovernance issues.

Filed Date: 10/18/2006.

Accession Number: 20061018–5067.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time

on Friday, November 17, 2006.

Any person desiring to intervene or to

protest in any of the above proceedings

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) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern

time on the specified comment date. It

is not necessary to separately intervene

again in a subdocket related to a

compliance filing if you have previously

intervened in the same docket. 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.

Anyone filing a motion to intervene or

protest must serve a copy of that

document on the Applicant. In reference

to filings initiating a new proceeding,

interventions or protests submitted on

or before the comment deadline need

not be served on persons other than the

Applicant.

The Commission encourages

electronic submission of protests and

interventions in lieu of paper, using the

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic

service, persons with Internet access

who will eFile a document and/or be

listed as a contact for an intervenor

must create and validate an

eRegistration account using the

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling

link to log on and submit the

intervention or protests.

Persons unable to file electronically

should submit an original and 14 copies

of the intervention or protest to the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First St., NE., Washington, DC

20426.

The filings in the above proceedings

are accessible in the Commission’s

eLibrary system by clicking on the

appropriate link in the above list. They

are also available for review in the

Commission’s Public Reference Room in

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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 dockets(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.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 11392–008—NC]

J&T Hydro Corporation; Notice of

Availability of Environmental

Assessment

October 18, 2006.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR part

380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47879), the

Office of Energy Projects reviewed the

application for surrender of project

license for the Ramseur Hydroelectric

Project, located on the Deep River in the

Town of Ramseur, Randolph County,

North Carolina, and has prepared an

Environmental Assessment (EA). In the

EA, Commission staff analyzed the

potential environmental impacts of the

project and conclude that surrender of

the project license as proposed would

not constitute a major Federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment.

A copy of the EA is on file with the

Commission and is available for public

inspection. The EA may also be viewed

on the Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.

Enter the docket number (P–11392)

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 tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,

(202) 502–8659.

Any comments should be filed by

November 20, 2006, and should be

addressed to the Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Room 1-A,

Washington, DC 20426. Please reference

the project name and project number

(P–11392) on all comments. Comments

may be filed electronically via Internet

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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 under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. For further

information, contact Chris Yeakel at

(202) 502–8132.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

Enter the project number (prefaced by

P–) and 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 tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY,

contact (202) 502–8659.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–18129 Filed 10–27–06; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 516–417]

South Carolina Electric & Gas

Company; Notice of Availability of

Environmental Assessment

[Docket No. PF06–32–000]

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October 24, 2006.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission)

regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy

Projects has reviewed an application for

non-project use of project lands and

waters at the Saluda Hydroelectric

Project (FERC No. 516), and has

prepared an Environmental Assessment

(EA) for the proposed non-project use.

The project is located on Lake Murray,

in Lexington County, South Carolina.

In the application, South Carolina

Electric & Gas Company requests

Commission authorization to permit the

use of almost 2.0 acres of project lands

that lie below the 360-foot-msl-contour

(full pool elevation) to construct a 100slip docking facility and a boat launch

for the residents of Pintail Point

subdivision. The EA contains

Commission staff’s analysis of the

probable environmental impacts of the

proposal and concludes that approving

the licensee’s application, with staff’s

recommended measures and

modifications, would not constitute a

major federal action significantly

affecting the quality of the human

environment.

The EA is attached to a Commission

order titled ‘‘Order Modifying and

Approving Application for Non-Project

Use of Project Lands and Waters,’’

which was issued October 10, 2006, and

is available for review and reproduction

at the Commission’s Public Reference

Room, located at 888 First Street, NE.,

Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. The

EA may also be viewed on the

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘elibrary’’ link.

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Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation; Notice of Intent To

Prepare an Environmental Assessment

for the Proposed Sentinel Expansion

Project; Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues and Notice of

Public Scoping Meeting

October 18, 2006.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation’s (Transco’s) planned

Sentinel Expansion Project located in

Pennsylvania and New Jersey. This

notice explains the scoping process that

will be used to gather input from the

public and interested agencies on the

project. Your input will help the

Commission staff determine which

issues need to be evaluated in the EA.

Please note that the scoping period will

close on November 18, 2006.

Comments may be submitted in

written form or verbally. In lieu of

sending written comments, you are

invited to attend the public scoping

meeting that has been scheduled in the

project area in Exton, Pennsylvania, on

November 8, 2006. Further details on

how to submit written comments and

additional details of the public scoping

meeting area are provided in the public

participation section of this notice.

The FERC will be the lead Federal

agency for the preparation of the EA.

The document will satisfy the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and

will be used by the FERC to consider the

environmental impacts that could result

if it issues Transco a Certificate of

Public Convenience and Necessity

under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

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With this notice, the FERC staff is

asking other Federal, State, local, and

tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or

special expertise with respect to

environmental issues to cooperate with

us in the preparation of the EA. These

agencies may choose to participate once

they have evaluated Transco’s proposal

relative to their responsibilities.

Agencies that would like to request

cooperating status should follow the

instructions for filing comments

described later in this notice.

This notice is being sent to affected

landowners; Federal, State, and local

government representatives and

agencies; environmental and public

interest groups; Native American tribes;

other interested parties in this

proceeding; 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.

If you are a landowner receiving this

notice, you may be contacted by a

Transco representative about the

acquisition of an easement to construct,

operate, and maintain the proposed

facilities. The pipeline company would

seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable

agreement. However, if the project is

approved by the FERC, that approval

conveys with it the right of eminent

domain. Therefore, if easement

negotiations fail to produce an

agreement, the pipeline company could

initiate condemnation proceedings in

accordance with State law.

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC,

‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility on

My Land? What Do I Need To Know?’’

is available for viewing on the FERC

Web site (http://www.ferc.gov). This fact

sheet addresses a number of typically

asked questions, including those

focusing on the use of eminent domain

and how to participate in the FERC’s

proceedings.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Transco proposes to expand its

natural gas transmission system to

provide incremental firm service of

151,000 dekatherms per day (Dt/d) in

Transco’s market area. More

specifically, Transco seeks authority to

construct the following facilities in

various counties in Pennsylvania and

New Jersey:

• Construct approximately 10.58

miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline loop

in Chester County, Pennsylvania

(Downingtown Loop);

• Construct approximately 5.48 miles

of 42-inch-diameter extension in

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

(Conygham Loop);

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