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Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585,

(202) 586-9478. The docket room is

open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C., June 1, 1995.

Clifford P. Tomaszewski,

Director, Office of Natural Gas, Office of Fuels

Programs, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 95-14702 Filed 6-14-95: 8:45 am]

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Office of Fossil Energy

[FE Docket No 95-31-NG]

Northwest Natural Gas Company;

Order Granting Blanket Authorization

To Import and Export Natural Gas

From and to Canada

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION : Notice of order.

SUMMARY : The Office of Fossil Energy of

the Department of Energy gives notice

that it has issued an order granting

Northwest Natural Gas Company (NNG)

authorization to import up to 100 Bcf

and to export up to 100 Bcf of natural

gas from and to Canada. The term of the

authorization is for a period of two

years, beginning on the date of first

import or export delivery.

NNG's order is available for

inspection and copying in the Office of

Fuels Programs Docket Room, 3F-056,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue SW., Washington, D.C. 20585,

(202) 586-9478. The docket room is

open between the hours of 8 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C., May 23, 1995.

Clifford P. Tomaszewski,

Director, Office of Natural Gas, Office of Fuels

Programs, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 95-14708 Filed 6-14-95; 8:45 am]

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DOE Response to Recommendation

94-5 of the Defense Nuclear Facilities

Safety Board, Integration of DOE

Safety Rules, Orders, and Other

Requirements

AGENCY : Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY : The Defense Nuclear

Facilities Safety Board published

Recommendation 94-5, concerning the

Integration of DOE Safety Rules, Orders,

and Other Requirements, in the Federal

Register on January 6, 1995 (60 FR

2089). Section 315(e) of the Atomic

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42

U.S.C. 2286d(e) requires the Department

of Energy to transmit an implementation

plan to the Defense Nuclear Facilities

Safety Board by June 5, 1995, or submit

a notification of extension for an

additional 45 days. The Secretary's

notification of extension for an

additional 45 days follows.

ADDRESSES : Send comments, data,

views, or arguments concerning the

Secretary's notification to: Defense

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625

Indiana Avenue NW., Suite 700,

Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Tara O'Toole, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant

Secretary for Environment, Safety, and

Health, Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on June 5,

1995.

Mark B. Whitaker,

Departmental Representative to the Defense

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

June 5, 1995.

The Honorable John T. Conway,

Chairman, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

Board, 625 Indiana Avenue, N. W, Suite

700, Washington, D.C. 20004

Dear Mr. Chairman: Please be advised that,

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2286d(e), the

Department of Energy requires an additional

45 days to respond to the Defense Nuclear

Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 94-

5, Integration of DOE Safety Rules, Orders,

and Other Requirements.

The Department Standards Committee has

assigned a focus group of Department senior

management to develop an Integrated

Standards Management Plan. The

Management Plan will be approved by the

Department Standards Committee and will

provide an integrated and coordinated

approach for all standards activities in the

transition from the old orders system to the

new, revised orders or rules. A 45-day

extension is required to define more clearly

the order-to-rule transition process and to

develop the Standards Management Plan that

will provide input for the Implementation

Plan. The Implementation Plan for

Recommendation 94-5 will be provided by

July 20, 1995.

Sincerely,

Hazel R. O'Leary.

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EE -DIETOff ice of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

Appliance and Equipment Energy

Efficiency Standards : Evaluation

Criteria for the Voluntary Program To

Provide Energy Efficiency Information

for Luminaires

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION : Notice of evaluation criteria and

call for program description.

SUMMARY: The Energy Policy Act of 1992

requires the Department of Energy (DOE

or Department) to support the

development of a voluntary national

testing and information program by an

appropriate organization of interested

parties for those types of luminaires that

are widely used, and show potential for

significant energy savings. Not later

than October 24, 1995, DOE must

determine whether the voluntary

program, thus created, is consistent with

the objectives set forth in the legislation.

After consulting with stakeholders in

two public meetings to discuss the

progress and evaluation of the program,

the Department has developed a set of

criteria that will be used as the basis for

making the determination on the

effectiveness of the luminaire testing

and information program. With the

support of the Department, the National

Lighting Collaborative has developed

such a program, and the Department

requests that it, or any other appropriate

organization that has participated in

developing the program, submit a

program description before July 14,

1995, for evaluation by DOE, by means

of the criteria published in this notice.

The submitted report should describe

the voluntary national testing and

information program for luminaires in

detail, specifying how the program

meets each of the evaluation criteria

listed in this notice. The report should

also provide a comprehensive status

update on the different components of

the program.

DATES : Description and status report of

the voluntary national testing and

information program for luminaires

must be received by the Department of

Energy by July 14, 1995.

ADDRESSES : Five copies of the reports on

the status of the voluntary national

testing and information program for

luminaires should be submitted to: Ms.

Sandy Cooper, Office of Energy

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Mail

Station EE-43 1, U.S. Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue

SW., Washington, DC 20585. Telephone:

(202) 586-7574.

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Copies of reports submitted will be

available in the DOE Freedom of

Information Reading Room, U.S.

Department of Energy, Forrestal

Building, Room E-190, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC, (202) 586-6020,

between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Twigg, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Forrestal

Building, Mail Station EE-431, 1000

Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-

8714

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-

9507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Authority

Part B of Title III of the Energy Policy

and Conservation Act, Public Law 94-

163, created the Energy Conservation

Program for Consumer Products other

than Automobiles. The most recent

amendment, the Energy Policy Act of

1992 (EPACT), Public Law 102-486,

identified several new categories of

products and equipment for inclusion in

various required and voluntary testing

and information programs to promote

energy efficiency. Voluntary programs

were specified for commercial office

equipment, windows, and luminaires. A

luminaire is a complete lighting unit

consisting of a fluorescent lamp(s),

together with parts designed to

distribute the light, to position and

protect such lamps, and to connect such

lamps to the power supply through the

ballast.

Section 126 of EPACT directed the

Secretary of Energy, after consulting

with industry associations and other

interested organizations, to provide

technical and financial assistance to

support a voluntary national testing and

information program for those types of

luminaires that are widely used, and for

which there is a potential for significant

energy savings as a result of such

programs. Under section 126, such

program would provide information

that, when conveyed to consumers, will

enable purchasers of the equipment to

make more informed decisions about

the energy efficiency and costs of

competing products.

The voluntary program would

determine the luminaires to be covered;

include specifications for testing

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procedures; and include information of light output from the luminaire in

which may be disseminated through lumens, to the energy input to the

catalogs, trade publications, labels, or luminaire in watts), and is proposed to

other mechanisms, that will allow be reported in the voluntary consumer

consumers to assess the energy information program. The Collaborative

consumption and potential cost savings reported that the selection of the

of competing products. Such program Luminaire Efficacy Rating test

would be developed by an appropriate procedure has received consensus

organization (composed of interested support within the luminaire industry,

persons), according to commonly having been balloted according to the

accepted procedures for the formal standards-making balloting

development of national testing procedures per the by-laws of NEMA, as

procedures and labeling programs. accredited by the American National

Not later than three years after the Standards Institute (ANSI). Based on

date of enactment of EPACT (October that consensus, the Department of

24, 1995), the Secretary shall make a Energy will accept the efficacy rating

determination as to whether the known as the "LER" as the fundamental

voluntary program is positioned to comparative measure of the voluntary

achieve the objectives established for luminaire program.

the testing and rating of luminaires. If NEMA Standard LE5 also contains a

the Secretary determines that the suggested format for other information

voluntary program is not consistent related to the luminaire and its

with the objectives of the legislation, the photometric data, including luminaire

Secretary shall, after consultation with efficiency (the percentage of light output

the National Institute of Standards and from the luminaire compared with the

Technology, develop test procedures for light output from the lamp(s) without

luminaires. One year later, the Federal the luminaire). As noted by the New

Trade Commission would prescribe York State Energy Office, NEMA

labeling rules. Standard LE5 will also permit the

2. Background alternative of separate reporting of the

luminaire lumen output by its

Since the passage of EPACT, the components (luminaire efficiency, total

Department of Energy has monitored the lamp lumens, and ballast factor).

efforts of the luminaire industry to Manufacturers will continue to report

develop a testing and information luminaire efficiency as part of their

program through the National Lighting photometric reports.

Collaborative (NLC or Collaborative), a In addition to including an indicator

working group composed of the for the luminaire category and the LER

National Electrical Manufacturers

Association (NEMA), the American

Lighting Association, lighting

manufacturers, environmental

organizations, designers, national

laboratories, and other lighting

professionals. The Department has

provided technical and financial

assistance to the Collaborative to help

launch and publicize the program. On

May 24, 1994, DOE held a public

meeting, at which interested persons

were invited to offer suggestions

in lumens per watt, the International

Association of Lighting Designers

proposed that the LE5 reporting format

be modified to include a measure for the

quality of light. The Collaborative

agreed, but since the quality of light

metric needs to be developed, the LE5

will at first include an

acknowledgement in the foreword that a

numerical value for lighting quality will

accompany the LER after the

development of the measure is

completed and balloted. The reporting

concerning methods of evaluation, and format also provides information on the

to obtain updates on the progress of the estimated annual lighting energy cost

Collaborative's voluntary program. A per 1,000 lumens of light output,

transcript of the meeting was made assuming 3,000 luminaire operating

available to the public, and comments hours per year, and 8 cents per kilowattwere invited. hour electricity cost (the 1993 average

Comments submitted at the meeting commercial sector electricity rate).

focused on several areas. Regarding the It was recommended by the

specifications for testing procedures, it Collaborative that luminaires be tested

was proposed by the National Lighting according to prescribed test procedures

Collaborative that NEMA Standard LE5, in laboratories that are accredited

the "Procedure for Determining through the National Voluntary

Luminaire Efficacy Ratings for Laboratory Accreditation Program of the

Fluorescent Luminaires," be accepted as National Institute of Standards and

the standard testing and rating method Technology.

for the program. This Luminaire The Collaborative identified the

Efficacy Rating known as "LER" is following luminaires as widely used,

expressed in lumens per watt (the ratio with a potential for significant energy

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savings for inclusion in the program: (1)

Recessed Lensed 2'x4' (4 lamps); (2)

Recessed Lensed 2'x4' (3 lamps); (3)

Recessed 2'x4' (2 lamps); (4) Recessed

Parabolic Louvered 2'x4' (4 lamps); (5)

Recessed Parabolic Louvered 2'x4' (3

lamps); (6) Recessed Parabolic Louvered

2'x4' (2 lamps); (7) Wraparound (2 and

4 lamps); (8) Strip (1 lamp); (9) Strip (2

lamps); and (10) Industrial (2 lamps).

The Department supports the

Collaborative's suggestion that the

covered luminaires should collectively

represent approximately 80 percent of

the fluorescent luminaire market to

satisfy EPACT's requirement to cover

luminaires that are "widely used." If the

data submitted to the Department in the

program description support previous

claims that these categories represent 80

percent of the fluorescent luminaire

market, and show potential for

significant energy savings, their

selection appears to provide a

reasonable base for the initial phase of

the program.

The American Council for an EnergyEfficient Economy (Council) addressed

issues concerning the long-term

operation of the voluntary program, and

the ability to confirm market targets and

percentages. With respect to the

information to be provided to

consumers, it said that information in

catalogs and other marketing materials

should explain that the use of lowerefficacy lamps as replacements in

luminaires would lower the energy

efficiency. Regarding the selection of

luminaires to be included in the

program, the Council urged that a

mechanism be established to add new

luminaire types that gain market share

in the future. The Council also brought

up data collection and tracking energy

efficiency trends as possible areas of

information needed. Finally, it urged

that the voluntary program meet

specified percentage targets of

manufacturer participation over time: 25

percent of luminaires covered by the

program after the first year, 50 percent

the second year, and 75 percent the

third year. The Department agrees that

participation levels should be included

in the report on the voluntary luminaire

program. These issues are addressed in

the evaluation criteria, infra.

Other public meeting comments

centered on how to verify that 80

percent of the fluorescent luminaire

market is covered by the 10 categories

selected for the program, and how to

evaluate whether the new energy

efficiency information is reaching its

target audiences. To address these

issues, the Collaborative submitted a

revised program description on July 28,

1994. It proposed that NEMA would

collect data on luminaire market shares

from manufacturers to verify that the

categories selected for the program

represent 80 percent of the market.

Regarding future data collection on sales

of LER-rated luminaires, it was

suggested that manufacturers provide

sales data to the Bureau of Census.

NEMA would also inform DOE of the

number of companies whose catalogs

show the new energy information. The

International Association of Lighting

Designers, a member of the

Collaborative, would be responsible for

tracking press coverage, and would

develop a survey on awareness of the

program to be used by manufacturers'

representatives, distributors, and

specifiers. The Department views these

data collection methods as appropriate

for tracking the development of the

program.

On January 5, 1995, DOE held another

public meeting to discuss the

Department's proposed evaluation

criteria with persons interested in the

development of the voluntary program.

Members of the National Lighting

Collaborative asked that the means by

which manufacturer participation

would be measured be clarified in the

evaluation criteria. That section has

been changed to reflect the suggestions

of the Collaborative that manufacturer

participation be measured as a

percentage of the sales of LE5-tested

fixtures (measured in dollars) to the

total sales of listed products covered by

the program.

3. Evaluation Criteria and Procedures

The Department of Energy will

evaluate voluntary consumer

information programs for luminaires

against the following criteria. In order to

make its determination, the Department

is requesting that any program

description be submitted to the

Department no later than July 14, 1995.

The submitted description should

include information explaining how the

voluntary national testing and

information program for luminaires

addresses each of the elements

described below.

a. Program Organization: Since the

Energy Policy Act specifies that the

voluntary program should be developed

by an "appropriate organization

(composed of interested parties)," the

Department will assess the composition

and procedures of the group developing

the program to determine if it reflects a

consensus position within a broad

spectrum of the lighting community.

b. Coverage: In order to determine

which luminaires are widely used and

show a potential for significant energy

savings, the Department will require

data supporting the selection of the

specific luminaire categories to be

included in the initial phase of the

voluntary program, and for verifying the

stated market coverage with

documented data sources. Those

luminaires selected shall comprise

approximately 80 percent of the

fluorescent luminaire market. In

anticipation of new products gaining

market share and replacing some of

those included in the initial phase of the

program, a plan should be shown for

including new products in the future.

c. Testing and Rating: In order to

evaluate the program's testing

procedures, the Department will

compare the proposed test procedures to

existing test procedures, such as those

published by the Illuminating

Engineering Society (IES), and the

American National Standards Institute

(ANSI), to verify the accuracy and

validity of the procedures. The

proposed testing and rating program

should provide consumers with a

consistent standard of measurement for

comparing the energy efficiency of the

luminaires covered by the program.

d. Information Program: In order to

assess the effectiveness of the energy

efficiency information provided to

consumers, the Department will

evaluate the implementation plan to

determine how different audiences,

such as managerial, technical, and

procurement, have been targeted.

Provisions in the program for the use of

catalogs, labels, or other materials shall

be explained. Concerns over the

possible substitution of lower-efficacy

replacement lamps and other

components shall be addressed.

Examples of new energy efficiency

information materials shall be

submitted.

e. Manufacturer Participation: In

order to assess whether the voluntary

program proposed is a broad-based,

national program, the Department will

require some indication of manufacturer

participation. Recognizing that a

national program takes both time and

resources to achieve its objective, it is

reasonable to establish targets of

manufacturer participation, which

would gradually increase as the program

expands over time. Expectations are that

approximately 25 percent of the

industry wide shipments (measured in

dollars) of the listed products (total) will

have energy efficiency information

published in the supporting sales

literature by one year from the date of

publication of this notice. The

percentage would become

approximately 50 percent in 2 years,

and approximately 75 percent in 3

years. A plan for documenting the

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participation levels shall be submitted

by July 14, 1995.

f. Publicity: If the voluntary program

is to be effective, a companion effort

must be made to inform a wide range of

lighting decision-makers of the new

energy efficiency rating for luminaires.

The Department will assess what

strategies have been developed and

launched to promote the program. A

plan for evaluating professional

awareness of the program shall be

submitted.

g. Market Data: To establish a baseline

and provide a means to track luminaire

efficacy over time, a system for data

collection and reporting, such as

reporting to the Bureau of Census,

should be established. A plan for this

data collection and reporting shall be

submitted, along with recommendations

for ways DOE might evaluate energy

savings and energy efficiency trends in

the industry.

h. Continuation of the Program: A

plan should be established that will

enable the luminaire testing and

information program to be selfperpetuating, and to include new

products as they become significant in

the marketplace. A second evaluation by

DOE in 1 to 2 years may be necessary

to monitor the progress of the program.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 12,

1995.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EL95-50-000, et al.]

Carolina Power & Light Company, et

al.; Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

June 8, 1995.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

Comment date: June 21, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. PSI Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ER95-626-001]

Take notice that on May 26, 1995, PSI

Energy, Inc. tendered for filing its

compliance filing in the abovereferenced docket.

Comment date: June 22, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota) and Northern States Power

Company (Wisconsin)

[Docket No. ER95-1117-000]

Take notice that on May 30, 1995,

Northern States Power CompanyMinnesota (NSP-M) and Northern

States Power Company-Wisconsin

(NSP-W) jointly tender and request the

Commission to accept a Transmission

Service Agreement which provides for

Reserved Transmission Service to

Heartland Energy Services, Inc.

NSP requests that the Commission

accept for filing the Transmission

Service Agreement effective on June 1,

1995. NSP requests a waiver of the

Commission's notice requirements

pursuant to Part 35 so the Agreement

may be accepted for filing effective on

the date requested.

Comment date: June 22, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Arizona Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER95-1118-000]

Take notice that on May 30, 1995,

Arizona Public Service Company (APS)

tendered for filing a Service Agreement

under APS-FERC Electric Tariff

Original Volume No. 1 (APS Tariff) with

the Town of Wickenburg.

A copy of this filing has been served

on the above-listed entity and the

Arizona Corporation Commission.

Comment date: June 22, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Electric's FERC Electric Tariff, Original

Volume 1, Rate Schedule T-1.

Wisconsin Electric requests an

effective date of sixty days from date of

filing. Copies of the filing have been

served on Kimball, the Public Service

Commission of Wisconsin and the

Michigan Public Service Commission.

Comment date: June 22, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. American Electric Power Service

Corporation

[Docket No. ER95-1121-000]

Take notice that on May 30, 1995, the

American Electric Power Service

Corporation (AEPSC) tendered for filing,

as an Initial Rate Schedule, an

Agreement dated April 1, 1995, between

AEPSC, an agent for the AEP System

Operating Companies and Stand Energy

Corporation (Stand).

The Agreement provides Stand access

to the AEP System for short-term

transmission service. The parties

request an effective date of June 1, 1995.

A copy of the filing was served upon

Stand and the state regulatory

commissions of Indiana, Kentucky,

Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia

and West Virginia.

Comment date: June 22, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. The Dayton Power and Light

Company

[Docket No. ER95-1122-000]

Take notice that on May 26, 1995, The

Dayton Power and Light Company

(Dayton) tendered, in compliance with

the order issued May 12, 1995 in the

above-referenced docket, for filing an

amendment to the Power Service

Agreements (PSAs) made effective in

such dockets.

Dayton requests the Commission

accept the amendment as a supplement

to the PSAs to become effective on the

same date as the PSAs in accordance

with the May 12th order.

Comment date: June 22, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

1. Carolina Power & Light Company

[Docket No. EL95-50-000]

Take notice that on May 31, 1995,

Carolina Power & Light Company

(CP&L) filed a request under 18 CFR

35.14 (a) (10) and Rule 207 for a waiver

of the Commission's fuel adjustment

clause regulations to permit the

recovery of the costs of buying out a

coal contract. CP&L requests that the

revised fuel clause, which provides for

the buyout, be made effective on June 1,

1995.

5. Wisconsin Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER95-1119-000]

Take notice that on May 30, 1995,

Wisconsin Electric Power Company

(Wisconsin Electric) tendered for filing

an Electric Service Agreement and a

Transmission Service Agreement

between itself and Kimball Power

Company (Kimball). The Electric

Service Agreement provides for service

under Wisconsin Electric's Coordination

Sales Tariff. The Transmission Service

Agreement allows Kimball to receive

transmission service under Wisconsin

8. Premier Enterprises, Inc.

[Docket No. ER95-1123-000]

Take notice that on May 31, 1995,

Premier Enterprises, Inc. (Premier)

tendered for filing pursuant to Rule 205,

18 CFR 385.205, a petition for waivers

and blanket approvals under various

regulations of the Commission and for

an order accepting its FERC Electric

Rate Schedule No. 1 to be effective July

30, 1995.

Premier intends to engage in electric

power and energy transactions as a

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