40512 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 145 / Tuesday, July 29, 1997 / Notices

Activities Docket Room, 3F–056,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585–

0350, (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 11, 1997.

Wayne E. Peters,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas and Petroleum Import and Export

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 97–19919 Filed 7–28–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

Pacific Northwest Coordination

Agreement (PNCA)

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record

of Decision (ROD).

SUMMARY: The Administrator and Chief

Executive Officer (CEO) of BPA, acting

for BPA, and, as Chairman of the United

States Entity (the Administrator of BPA

and the Division Engineer, North Pacific

Division of the United States Army

Corps of Engineers (Corps)), acting on

behalf of the United States Entity, has

decided that the 1964 Pacific Northwest

Coordination Agreement (PNCA) should

be revised and retained.

To facilitate the implementation of

the 1997 PNCA, BPA, the Regional

Director of the Pacific Northwest

Regional Office of the Bureau of

Reclamation (Reclamation), and the

Division Engineer of the Northwestern

Division (formerly the North Pacific

Division) of the United States Army

Corps of Engineers (Corps) have decided

to clarify each agency’s role and

responsibility under the 1997 PNCA in

a Memorandum of Agreement.

This decision is consistent with the

Columbia River System Operation

Review (SOR) Final Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS) (DOE/EIS–0170,

November 1995) which evaluated the

potential impacts of five alternatives for

regional coordination.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the SOR Final EIS,

Appendix R of the EIS (which presents

the environmental review for the

PNCA), and complete copies of this

ROD are available from BPA’s

Communications Office, P.O. Box

12999, Portland, Oregon 97212. Copies

of the documents may also be obtained

by calling BPA’s toll-free document

request line at: 1–800–622–4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Phil Mesa—PGPL–DITT2, Bonneville

Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621,

Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621, phone

number (360) 418–2152.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

current PNCA was executed in 1964 as

an important component of regional

plans to maximize the Northwest’s

hydro resource capability. Maximization

also included the development of three

storage projects on the Columbia River

in Canada pursuant to the terms of the

1964 Columbia River Treaty between

Canada and the United States (Treaty).

These storage dams provide regulated

streamflows that enable Federal and

non-Federal hydroelectric projects

downstream in the United States to

produce additional power benefits. The

Treaty requires the United States to

deliver to Canada one-half of these

downstream power benefits (known as

the Canadian Entitlement). The nonFederal utilities of the region committed

to provide a portion of the share of

Treaty benefits required to be delivered

to Canada. In return, the United States

Government agreed to participate in

coordinated operation. The Federal and

non-Federal allocation was the subject

of a separate ROD; the Canadian

Entitlement Allocation Extension

Agreement (CEAEA) ROD was issued on

April 29, 1997.

The 1964 PNCA expires in 2003. The

region’s obligation to return Columbia

River Treaty benefits continues, at a

minimum, until 2024. The 1997 PNCA,

which revises the 1964 PNCA, extends

through 2024.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on July 18,

1997.

Randall W. Hardy,

Administrator and CEO, Bonneville Power

Administration, and Chairman, United States

Entity.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Agency information collection

activities: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

modifications and extensions of the

following Electric Power Forms:

EIA–411, ‘‘Coordinated Bulk Power

Supply Program Report,’’

EIA–412, ‘‘Annual Report of Public

Electric Utilities,’’

NN–417R, ‘‘Electric Power Systems

Emergency Report,’’

EIA–759, ‘‘Monthly Power Plant

Report,’’

EIA–826, ‘‘Monthly Electric Utility

Sales and Revenue Report with

State Distributions,’’

EIA–860, ‘‘Annual Electric Generator

Report,’’

EIA–861, ‘‘Annual Electric Utility

Report,’’

EIA–867, ‘‘Annual Nonutility Power

Producer Report,’’ and

EIA–900, ‘‘Monthly Nonutility Sales for

Resale Report.’’

EIA is also requesting comments on a

proposed new Form EIA–417A,

‘‘Annual Summary of Emergency

Occurrences.’’

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before September 29,

1997. If you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the DOE contact listed below of

your intention to do so as soon as

possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to John G.

Colligan, Energy Information

Administration, Coal and Electric Data

and Renewables Division, EI–524, U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20585–0650;

telephone (202) 426–1174; e-mail

jcolliga@eia.doe.gov; and FAX (202)

426–1311.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of forms and instruction sets

should be directed to John Colligan at

the address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Current Actions

III. Request for Comments

I. Background

In order to fulfill its responsibilities

under the Federal Energy

Administration Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–

275) and the Department of Energy

Organization Act (Pub. L. 95–91), the

EIA is obliged to carry out a central,

comprehensive, and unified energy data

and information program. As part of this

program, EIA collects, evaluates,

assembles, analyzes, and disseminates

data and information related to energy

resource reserves, production, demand,