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14See section 2(a)(6) of the Natural Gas Act, 15

U.S.C. 717(a)(6).

process will be completed by May 1,

2000.

Central Securities Corporation owns

and leases office and service facilities in

Central Maine Power’s service territory

for the conduct of Central Maine

Power’s business. Central Maine Power

owns all of the outstanding common

stock of Central Securities Corporation.

Cumberland Securities Corporation

owns and leases office and service

facilities in Central Maine Power’s

service territory for the conduct of

Central Maine Power’s business. Central

Maine Power owns all of the

outstanding common stock of

Cumberland Securities Corporation.

The Union Water-Power Company

(‘‘Union Water’’), a wholly owned

subsidiary of CMP Group, provides

utility construction and support services

(On Target division), energy efficiency

performance contracting and energy use

and management services (Combined

Energies division), and utility-related

real estate development services,

(UnionLand Services). Union Water’s

Maine HomeCrafters division, which

was in the business of brokering and

financing pre-fabricated housing has

been sold.

CTG Resources and Its Subsidiaries

CTG Resources is an exempt public

utility holding company that owns all of

the common stock of Connecticut

Natural Gas Corporation (‘‘CNGC’’), a

public utility that operates as a

regulated local natural gas distribution

company. CNGC distributes gas to

approximately 146,000 customers in 22

Connecticut communities, principally

in the Hartford-New Britain area and

Greenwich. CNGC’s gas distribution

business is subject to regulation by the

Connecticut Department of Public

Utility Control as to franchises, rates,

standards of service, issuance of

securities, safety practices and certain

other matters.

For the twelve months ended

September 30, 1999, CTG Resources’

operating revenues on a consolidated

basis were approximately $286,749,000,

of which approximately $262,060,000

were derived from gas operations and

$24,689,000 were from other operations.

Consolidated assets of CTG Resources

and its subsidiaries at September 30,

1999 were approximately $297,957,000

in gas utility property, plant and

equipment, and approximately

$168,304,000 in other corporate assets.

CTG Resources’ nonutility

subsidiaries include:

CNG Realty Corp., owns the Operating

and Administrative Center located on a

seven-acre site in downtown Hartford,

Connecticut. The Energy Network, Inc.

(‘‘TEN’’) which, through its wholly

owned subsidiary, The Hartford Steam

Company, provides district heating and

cooling services to a number of large

buildings in Hartford, Connecticut.

TEN Transmission Company, a

wholly owned subsidiary of TEN, owns

a 4.87% interest in Iroquois Gas

Transmission System Limited

Partnership, which operates a natural

gas pipeline transporting Canadian

natural gas into New York,

Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Downtown Cogeneration Associates

Limited Partnership, TEN’s partially

owned subsidiary, owns and operates a

cogeneration facility in Hartford,

Connecticut.

ENI Gas Services, Inc., and TEN

Services, Inc., both wholly owned

subsidiaries of TEN, together own 100%

of KBC Energy Services, a partnership.

TEN’s other unregulated operating

divisions offer energy equipment

rentals, property rentals and financing

services and own a 3,000 square foot

building in Hartford, Connecticut.

Berkshire Energy and Its Subsidiaries

Berkshire Energy owns The Berkshire

Gas Company (‘‘Berkshire Gas’’), a

public utility company as defined by the

Act. Berkshire Gas operates as a natural

gas public utility distribution company.

Berkshire Gas sells and distributes

natural gas to approximately 34,000

retail customers in 19 communities in

western Massachusetts. Berkshire Gas

operates a natural gas distribution

system comprising 694 miles of natural

gas distribution mains. Berkshire Gas is

subject to regulation by the

Massachusetts Department of

Telecommunications and Energy.

Berkshire Gas is a ‘‘natural gas

company’’ 14 with respect to certain

sales for resale of natural gas. Berkshire

Gas has secured a ‘‘blanket certificate’’

for these transactions from the FERC.

For the twelve months ended

September 30, 1999, Berkshire Energy’s

operating revenues on a consolidated

basis were approximately $49,283,000,

of which approximately $45,453,000

were derived from natural gas operation.

Consolidated assets of Berkshire Energy

and its subsidiaries as of September 30,

1999 were approximately $77,457,000

in natural gas utility property, plant and

equipment, and approximately

$31,453,000 in other corporate assets.

The nonutility subsidiaries of

Berkshire Energy are Berkshire Propane,

Inc. (‘‘Berkshire Propane’’) and

Berkshire Service Solutions, Inc.

(formerly Berkshire Energy Marketing,

Inc.) (‘‘Service Solutions’’). Berkshire

Propane is a retail propane company

providing service to more than 6,000

customers in 100 communities across a

5,000 square mile area in western

Massachusetts, eastern New York, and

southern Vermont. Service Solutions

provides one-stop natural gas services to

commercial and industrial customers.

Service Solutions entered into a

strategic alliance with Energy East

Solutions, LLC.

The Applicants contend that the

combination of NYSEG’s electric system

and CMP Group’s electric operations

will result in a single, integrated electric

utility system (the ‘‘new Energy East

Electric System’’). The Applicants

further contend that the combination of

Energy East’s current gas system

(NYSEG’s gas operations, Connecticut

Energy and Maine Gas Co.) with the gas

operations of CMP Group, CTG

Resources and Berkshire will result in a

single, integrated gas utility system (the

‘‘new Energy East Gas System’’). The

companies request the Commission

authorize the mergers and find that the

new Energy East Electric System is the

primary integrated public utility system

and the new Energy East Gas System is

a permissible additional system.

For the Commission by the Division of

Investment Management, under delegated

authority.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10566 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Data Collection Available for Public

Comments and Recommendations

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Small Business

Administration’s intentions to request

approval on a new, and/or currently

approved information collection.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

June 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments

regarding whether this information

collection is necessary for the proper

performance of the function of the

agency, whether the burden estimate is

accurate, and if there are ways to

minimize the estimated burden and

enhance the quality of the collection, to

Bettie Baca, Counselor to the

Administrator/Public Liaison, Office of

Advisory Council, Small Business

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Administration, 409 3rd Street, S.W.

Suite 7450.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bettie Baca, Counselor to the

Administrator/Public Liaison, 202–401–

8276 or Curtis B. Rich, Management

Analyst, 202–205–7030.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: ‘‘Advisory Committee

Membership—Nominee Information.’’

Form No: 898.

Description of Respondents:

Candidates for Advisory Councils.

Annual Responses: 700.

Annual Burden: 93.

Jacqueline White,

Chief, Administrative Information Branch.

[FR Doc. 00–10556 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as

amended by Public Law 104–13;

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection described below will be

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as

amended). The Tennessee Valley

Authority is soliciting public comments

on this proposed collection as provided

by 5 CFR Section 1320.8(d)(1). Requests

for information, including copies of the

information collection proposed and

supporting documentation, should be

directed to the Agency Clearance

Officer: Wilma H. McCauley, Tennessee

Valley Authority, 1101 Market Street

(WR 4Q), Chattanooga, TN 37402–2801;

(423) 751–2523.

Comments should be sent to the

Agency Clearance Officer no later than

June 27, 2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Type of Request: Regular submission,

proposal to reinstate, with minor

revisions, a previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired (OMB control number 3316–

0009).

Title of Information Collection: Salary

Survey for Salary Policy Bargaining Unit

Employees.

Frequency of Use: Annually.

Type of affected Public: State or local

governments, Federal agencies, nonprofit institutions, businesses, or other

for-profit.

Small Businesses or Organizations

Affected: No.

Federal Budget Functional Category

Code: 999.

Estimated Number of Annual

Responses: 45.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 180.

Estimated Average Burden Hours Per

Response: 4.

Need For and Use of Information:

TVA conducts an annual salary survey

for employee compensation and benefits

as a basis for labor negotiations in

determining prevailing rates of pay and

benefits for represented salary policy

employees. TVA surveys firms, and

Federal, State, and local governments

whose employees perform work similar

to that of TVA’s salary policy

employees.

Jacklyn J. Stephenson,

Senior Manager, Enterprise Operations,

Information Services.

[FR Doc. 00–10628 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8120–08–P

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

Meeting of the Regional Resource

Stewardship Council

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority

(TVA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Regional Resource

Stewardship Council (Regional Council)

will hold a meeting to consider various

matters. Notice of this meeting is given

under the Federal Advisory Committee

Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, (FACA).

The meeting agenda includes the

following:

1. Establishing priorities

2. River operations/public lands

management

3. Public comments

4. Regional Council subcommittees

The meeting is open to the public.

Members of the public who wish to

make oral public comments may do so

during the Public comments portion of

the agenda. Up to one hour will be

allotted for the Public comments with

participation available on a first-come,

first-served basis. Each speaker will

have from 2–5 minutes to address the

Council depending on the number who

register at the door. Written comments

are also invited and may be mailed to

the Regional Resource Stewardship

Council, Tennessee Valley Authority,

400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT 11A,

Knoxville, Tennessee 37902–1499, or

faxed to (865) 632–3146.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May

25, 2000, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., CDT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

Huntsville, Alabama, at the Hilton, 401

Williams Avenue, Huntsville, Alabama

35801, and will be open to the public.

Anyone needing special access or

accommodations should let the contact

below know at least a week in advance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra L. Hill, 400 West Summit Hill

Drive, WT 11A, Knoxville, Tennessee

37902–1499, (865) 632–2333.

Dated: April 21, 2000.

Kathryn J. Jackson,

Executive Vice President, River System

Operations & Environment, Tennessee Valley

Authority.

[FR Doc. 00–10623 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8120–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG–2000–6780]

Information Collection Under Review

by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB): 2115–0622, 2115–0525,

2115–0548 and 2115–0586

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

request for comments announces that

the Coast Guard has forwarded the four

Information Collection Reports (ICRs)

abstracted below to OMB for review and

comment. Our ICRs describe the

information that we seek to collect from

the public. Review and comment by

OMB ensure that we impose only

paperwork burdens commensurate with

our performance of duties.

DATES: Please submit comments on or

before May 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Please send comments to

both (1) the Docket Management System

(DMS), U.S. Department of

Transportation (DOT), room PL–401,

400 Seventh Street S.W., Washington,

DC 20590–0001, and (2) the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs

(OIRA), Office of Management and

Budget (OMB), 725 17th Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, to the attention

of the Desk Officer for the USCG.

Copies of the complete ICRs are

available for inspection and copying in

public docket USCG–2000–6780 of the

Docket Management Facility between 10

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays; for

inspection and printing on the internet

at http://dms.dot.gov; and for inspection

from the Commandant (G–SII–2), U.S.

Coast Guard, room 6106, 2100 Second