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the All Other Areas geographic area.

The EIS assesses two primary options

for achieving a restricted future land use

for the All Other Areas geographic area.

The first option (R1) would emphasize

removal and disposal of waste and

contaminated materials, ground-water

remediation, and continuing access

restrictions. The second option (R2)

would emphasize the placement of

engineered caps, or barriers, over waste

sites, in addition to ground-water

remediation.

Preferred Alternative

DOE has not selected a preferred

alternative at this time. Following

public comment on the Draft EIS, DOE

will develop a preferred alternative to

be presented in the Final EIS.

Invitation to Comment

DOE has completed the general

distribution of the EIS and has filed the

document with the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, which will publish a

separate Notice of Availability

elsewhere in the Federal Register. The

Draft EIS also is available to the public

in the DOE reading rooms and

designated information repository

locations identified in this notice.

Persons interested in speaking at the

hearing (see address at the beginning of

this notice) may register at the hearing

and will be called on to speak on a firstcome, first-served basis. Written

comments will also be accepted at the

hearing, and speakers are encouraged to

provide written versions of their oral

comments for the record. Oral and

written comments will be considered

equally in preparing the Final EIS.

The Summary of the HRA-EIS is

available for review for those who do

not wish to receive the entire Draft EIS.

When requesting copies of the HRA-EIS,

please specify whether you wish to

receive only the Summary (38 pages) or

the entire Draft EIS including associated

appendices (4 volumes).

DOE Public Reading Rooms and

Information Repositories

Suzzallo Library, University of

Washington, Government

Publications Room, Seattle,

Washington 98159, (206) 543-4664

Foley Center, Gonzaga University, E.

502 Boone, Spokane, Washington

99258, (509) 328-4220, Ext. 3125

DOE Public Reading Room, Washington

State University, Tri-Cities Campus,

100 Sprout Road, Room 130,

Richland, Washington 99352, (509)

376-8583

Branford Price Millar Library, Science

and Engineering Floor, Portland State

University, SW Harrison and Park,

Portland, Oregon 97207, (503) 725-

3690

DOE Freedom of Information Reading

Room, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-

5955

Issued this 3rd day of September 1996.

James M. Owendoff,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental

Restoration.

[FR Doc. 96-23046 Filed 9-9-96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450-01-P

Oak Ridge Operations Office ; Notice of

Program Interest-Diesel Engine

Technologies for Light Trucks

AGENCY : Transportation Technologies,

DOE.

ACTION : Amendment to extend the

application due date to September 30,

1996 for Notice of Program InterestDiesel Engine Technologies for Light

Trucks.

SUMMARY : The Department of Energy is

extending the due date for receipt of

applications in response to the Notice of

Program Interest for support of the

cooperative development of

technologies for a high efficiency, very

low emission, diesel engine for light

trucks, specifically pickups and sport

utility vehicles to September 30, 1996.

All other information publicized in the

original Notice of Program Interest on

August 5, 1996, (61 FR 40629) is

unchanged.

Issued in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on

September 3, 1996.

Peter D. Dayton,

Director, Procurement and Contracts Division,

Oak Ridge Operations Office.

[FR Doc. 96-23047 Filed 9-9-96; 8:45 am]

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Department) test procedure regarding

pilot light energy consumption and

weighted average steady-state efficiency

for its manually controlled vented

heater, model DV40 (Gas Fired Built In

Direct Vent Fireplace).

Today's notice also publishes a

"Petition for Waiver" from Vermont

Castings. Vermont Castings' Petition for

Waiver requests DOE to grant relief from

the DOE vented home heating

equipment test procedure relating to the

use of pilot light energy consumption in

calculating the Annual Fuel Utilization

Efficiency (AFUE) and the calculation of

weighted average steady state efficiency

of its model DV20 vented heater.

Vermont Castings seeks to delete the

required pilot light measurement (Qp)

in the calculation of AFUE when the

pilot is off, and to test at a minimum

fuel input rate of two-thirds instead of

the specified ± 5 percent of 50 percent

of the maximum fuel input rate in the

calculation of AFUE. The Department is

soliciting comments, data, and

information respecting the Petition for

Waiver.

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data,

and information not later than October

10, 1996.

ADDRESSES : Written comments and

statements shall be sent to: Department

of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Case No. DH006, Mail Stop EE-43, Room 1J-018,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-

0121, (202) 586-7140.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William W. Hui, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Mail Station

EE-431, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20585-0121, (202)

586-9145.

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products: Granting of the

Application for Interim Waiver and

Publishing of the Petition for Waiver of

Vermont Castings, Inc. From the DOE

Vented Home Heating Equipment Test

Procedure (Case No. DH-006)

AGENCY : Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY : Today's notice grants an

Interim Waiver to Vermont Castings,

Inc. (Vermont Castings) from the

existing Department of Energy (DOE or

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

Mail Station GC-72, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585-0103,

(202) 586-9507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products (other than

automobiles) was established pursuant

to the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act, as amended (EPCA), which requires

DOE to prescribe standardized test

procedures to measure the energy

consumption of certain consumer

products, including vented home

heating equipment. The intent of the

test procedures is to provide a•

comparable measure of energy

consumption that will assist consumers

in making informed purchasing

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decisions. These test procedures appear

at Title 10 CFR Part 430, Subpart B.

The Department amended the test

procedure rules to provide for a waiver

process by adding § 430.27 to Title 10

CFR Part 430. 45 FR 64108, September

26, 1980. Subsequently, DOE amended

the waiver process to allow the

Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy (Assistant

Secretary) to grant an Interim Waiver

from test procedure requirements to

manufacturers that have petitioned DOE

for a waiver of such prescribed test

procedures. Title 10 CFR Part 430,

§ 430.27(a) (2).

The waiver process allows the

Assistant Secretary to waive temporarily

test procedures for a particular basic

model when a petitioner shows that the

basic model contains one or more

design characteristics which prevent

testing according to the prescribed test

procedures, or when the prescribed test

procedures may evaluate the basic

model in a manner so unrepresentative

of its true energy consumption as to

provide materially inaccurate

comparative data. Waivers generally

remain in effect until final test

procedure amendments become

effective, resolving the problem that is

the subject of the waiver.

An Interim Waiver will be granted if

it is determined that the applicant will

experience economic hardship if the

Application for Interim Waiver is

denied, if it appears likely that the

Petition for Waiver will be granted, and/

or the Assistant Secretary determines

that it would be desirable for public

policy reasons to grant immediate relief

pending a determination on the Petition

for Waiver. Title 10 CFR Part 430,

§ 430.27(g). An Interim Waiver remains

in effect for a period of 180 days, or

until DOE issues a determination on the

Petition for Waiver, whichever is

sooner, and may be extended for an

additional 180 days, if necessary.

On July 12, 1996, Vermont Castings

filed an Application for Interim Waiver

and a Petition for Waiver regarding (a)

pilot light energy consumption and (b)

weighted average steady state efficiency.

Vermont Castings seeks an Interim

Waiver from the DOE test provisions in

section 3.5 of Title 10 CFR Part 430,

Subpart B, Appendix 0, that requires

measurement of energy input rate of the

pilot light (Qp), and the use of this data

in section 4.2.6 for the calculation of

AFUE, where:

AFUE= (4 4 00r1SSTI uQ=n-max) /

(4400ilssQjn-max+2.5 (4600)iiuQp)

Instead, Vermont Castings requests that

it be allowed to delete Qp and

accordingly, the (2.5(4600)r1„ Q') term in

the calculation of AFUE. Vermont

Castings states that instructions to turn

off the transient pilot by the user when

the heater is not in use are in the User

Instruction Manual and on a label

adjacent to the gas control valve.

Therefore, the additional energy savings

that result when the pilot is turned off

(QP = 0) should be credited. Since the

current DOE test procedure does not

address pilot light energy savings,

Vermont Castings asks that the Interim

Waiver be granted.

Vermont Castings also seeks an

Interim Waiver from the DOE test

provisions in section 3.1.1 of Title 10

CFR Part 430, Subpart B, Appendix 0,

which requires steady state efficiency of

manually controlled vented heaters with

various input rates to be determined at

a fuel input rate that is within ± 5

percent of 50 percent of the maximum

fuel input rate, and the use of this data

in section 4.2.4 to determine the

weighted average steady state efficiency

needed in the calculation of AFUE.

Instead, Vermont Castings requests that

it be allowed to determine steady state

efficiency, weighted average steady state

efficiency, and AFUE at a minimum fuel

input rate of two-thirds of the maximum

fuel input rate for its manually

controlled vented heaters which do not

adjust to an input rate as low as 50

percent. Since the current DOE test

procedure does not address steady state

testing for manually controlled vented

heaters with various input rates at fuel

input rates other than within ± 5 percent

of 50 percent of the maximum fuel input

rate, Vermont Castings asks that the

waiver be granted.

Previous Petitions for Waiver to

exclude the pilot light energy input term

in the calculation of AFUE for home

heating equipment with a manual

transient pilot control and allowance to

determine weighted average steady state

efficiency used in the calculation of

AFUE at a minimum fuel input rate of

65.3 percent of the maximum fuel input

rate instead of the specified±5 percent

of 50 percent of the maximum fuel input

rate have been granted by DOE to

Appalachian Stove and Fabricators, Inc.,

56 FR 51711, October 15, 1991; Valor

Incorporated, 56 FR 51714, October 15,

1991; CFM International Inc., 61 FR

17287, April 19, 1996; Vermont

Castings, Inc., 61 FR 17290, April 19,

1996; and Superior Fireplace Company,

61 FR 17885, April 23, 1996.

Thus, it appears likely that Vermont

Castings' Petition for Waiver for pilot

light and weighted average steady state

efficiency for home heating equipment

will be granted. In those instances

where the likely success of the Petition

for Waiver has been demonstrated based

upon DOE having granted a waiver for

a similar product design, it is in the

public interest to have similar products

tested and rated for energy consumption

on a comparable basis.

Therefore, based on the above, DOE is

granting Vermont Castings an Interim

Waiver for its model DV40 vented

heater. Vermont Castings shall be

permitted to test its model DV40 vented

heater on the basis of the test

procedures specified in Title 10 CFR

Part 430, Subpart B, Appendix 0, with

the modifications set forth below:

(i) Delete paragraph 3.5 of Appendix

0.

(ii) Delete paragraph 4.2.4 of

Appendix 0 and replace with the

following paragraph:

4.2.4 Weighted Average Steady-State

Efficiency. (a) For manually controlled

heaters with various input rates, the

weighted average steady-state efficiency

(rlss-WT) is:

(1) At ± 5 percent of 50 percent of the

maximum fuel input rate as measured in

either section 3.1.1 to this appendix for

manually controlled gas vented heaters

or section 3.1.2 to this appendix for

manually controlled oil vented heaters,

or

(2) At the minimum fuel input rate as

measured in either section 3.1.1 to this

appendix for manually controlled gas

vented heaters or section 3.1.2 to this

appendix for manually controlled oil

vented heaters if the design of the heater

is such that ± 5 percent of 50 percent of

the maximum fuel input rate can not be

set, provided the tested input rate is no

greater than two-thirds of maximum

input rate of the heater.

(b) For manually controlled heater

with one single firing rate, the weighted

average steady-state efficiency is the

steady-state efficiency measured at the

single firing rate.

(iii) Delete paragraph 4.2.6 of

Appendix 0 and replace with the

following paragraph:

4.2.6 Annual Fuel Utilization

Efficiency. For manually controlled

vented heaters, calculate the Annual

Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) as a

percent and defined as:

AFUE = rlu

where:

rlu = as defined in section 4.2.5 of this

appendix.

(iv) With the exception of the

modification set forth above, Vermont

Castings shall comply in all respects

with the procedures specified in

Appendix 0 of Title 10 CFR Part 430,

Subpart B.

This Interim Waiver is based upon the

presumed validity of statements and all

allegations submitted by the company.

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This Interim Waiver may be removed or

modified at any time upon a

determination that the factual basis

underlying the Application is incorrect.

This Interim Waiver is effective on the

date of issuance by the Assistant

Secretary for the Office of Energy

Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The

Interim Waiver shall remain in effect for

a period of 180 days or until DOE acts

on the Petition for Waiver, whichever is

sooner, and may be extended for an

additional 180-day period, if necessary.

Vermont Castings' Petition for Waiver

requests DOE to grant relief from the

DOE vented home heating equipment

relating to the pilot light and weighted

average steady state efficiency. Vermont

Castings seeks (a) to exclude the pilot

light energy consumption in the

calculation of AFUE, and (b) to

determine the weighted average steady

state efficiency used in the calculation

of AFUE at a minimum fuel input rate

of two-thirds of the maximum fuel input

rate instead of the specified ± 5 percent

of 50 percent of the maximum fuel input

rate.

Pursuant to paragraph (b) of Title 10

CFR Part 430.27, the Department is

hereby publishing the "Petition for

Waiver."

The Department solicits comments,

data, and information respecting the

Petition.

Issued in Washington, DC, September 4,

1996.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 96-23048 Filed 9-9-96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450-01-P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP96-362-000]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

September 4, 1996.

Take notice that on August 30, 1996,

ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) tendered

for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Second Revised Volume No. 1, the

following tariff sheets to become

effective September 1, 1996:

Thirteenth Revised Sheet No. 8

Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 9

Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 13

Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 16

Nineteenth Revised Sheet No. 18

ANR states that the above-referenced

tariff sheets are being filed pursuant to

the approved recovery mechanism of its

Tariff to implement recovery of $6.2

million of costs that are associated with

its obligations to Dakota Gasification

Company ("Dakota"). ANR proposes a

reservation surcharge applicable to its

Part 284 firm transportation customers

to collect ninety percent (90%) of the

Dakota costs and an adjustment to the

maximum base tariff rates of Rate

Schedule ITS and overrun rates

applicable to Rate Schedule FTS-2 so as

to recover the remaining ten percent

(10%). ANR advises that the proposed

changes would increase current

quarterly Dakota Above-Market cost

recoveries from $6.0 million to $6.2

million, based upon costs incurred from

May 1996 through July 1996.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with 18 CFR

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission's Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed as provided in Section 154.2 10 of

the Commission's Regulations. 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.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96-22992 Filed 9-9-96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717-01-M

[Docket No. RP96-351-000]

Arkansas Western Pipeline Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

September 4, 1996.

Take notice that on August 29, 1996,

Arkansas Western Pipeline Company

(AWP) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume

No. 1, Second Revised Sheet No. 4, to

become effective September 1, 1996.

AWP states the proposed changes

would decrease revenues from

jurisdictional service by $77.3 thousand

based on the 12-month period ending

June 30, 1996, as adjusted.

AWP states that the purpose of this

filing is to comply with the

Commission's Order in Docket No.

CP92-570-000 whereby AWP is

required to file a general rate change

within three years of the in-service date

of the proposed facility.

Any person desiring to be heard or

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

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Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with 18 CFR

385.211 and 385.214 of the

Commission's Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed as provided in Section 154.210 of

the Commission's Regulations. 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.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96-22986 Filed 9-9-96; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. RP6-364-000]

Colorado Interstate Gas Company;

Notice of Filing

September 4, 1996.

Take notice that on August 30, 1996,

Colorado Interstate Gas company (CIG),

tendered for filing as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff First Revised Volume No. 1,

First Revised Sheet Nos. 228A, 228B

and 228C, with a proposed effective

date of October 1, 1996.

CIG avers that the filing was made to

update the General Terms and

Conditions portion of the tariff as it

relates to storage. CIG states that based

upon data from prior years and

particularly the 1995/1996 heating

season, the changes are requested to

more accurately portray the

performance capability of the storage

fields.

CIG states that copies of the filing

were served upon all holders to CIG's

Volume No. 1 tariff.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file with a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.211 and 385.214 of the

Commission's Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211).

All such motions or protests must be

filed as provided in Section 154.210 of

the Commission's Regulations. Protests

will be considered by the Commission

in determining the appropriate action to

be taken, but will not serve to make the

Protestants parties to the proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this fling are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

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