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tariff issues which were set for a

technical conference by Commission

order issued September 30, 1996 in

Docket No. RP96–366–000. The

Settlement provided for certain changes

to the operating provisions in FGT’s

currently effective tariff and modified or

withdrew tariff changes originally

proposed by FGT’s August 30, 1996

filing in Docket No. RP96–366–000. All

active parties either supported or did

not oppose the Settlement but one party

requested that a provision included in

the Settlement be incorporated into

FGT’s Tariff. By order issued January

16, 1996 (January 16 Order) the

Commission approved the Settlement

and required FGT to incorporate a

Settlement provision regarding a

recorded phone message into its Tariff.

FGT states that instant filing is in

compliance with the January 16 Order.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC,

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed in accordance with 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. 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. 97–2116 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP91–143–040]

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership; Notice of Revenue

Sharing Report November 1995–

October 1996

January 23, 1997.

Take notice that on January 17, 1997,

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership (Great Lakes) filed its

Interruptible/Overrun (I/O) Revenue

Sharing Report with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

in accordance with the Stipulation and

Agreement (Settlement) filed on

September 24, 1992, and approved by

the Commission’s February 3, 1993

order issued in Docket No. RP91–143–

000, et al.

Great Lakes states that this report

reflects application of the revenue

sharing mechanism and remittances

made to firm shippers for I/O revenue

collected for the November 1, 1995

through October 31, 1996 period, in

accordance with Article IV of the

Settlement. Great Lakes states that such

remittances, totaling $107,789, were

made to Great Lakes’ firm shippers on

December 18, 1996.

Great Lakes states that copies of the

report were sent to its firm customers,

parties to this proceeding and the Public

Service Commissions of Minnesota,

Wisconsin and Michigan.

Great Lakes further states the amounts

remitted are based on implementation of

the Commission’s orders in Docket Nos.

RP91–143, RS92–63 and RP95–422, et

al. The amounts remitted may be

adjusted at a future date in accordance

with the provisions of Articles III and V

of the Settlement, as certain of the

Commission’s orders referenced above

are under Petitions for Review in the

United States Court of Appeals for the

D.C. Circuit in Rochester Gas and

Electric Company v. FERC Nos. 96–

1136, et al. Great Lakes states it will

adjust the amounts remitted to comply

with any further Commission action or

judicial review resulting from

disposition of the aforementioned court

proceeding.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such motions or

protests must be filed on or before

January 30, 1997. 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.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Commission’s Public

Reference Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2114 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. ER97–852–000]

Ontario Hydro Interconnected Markets

Inc. Notice of Filing

January 23, 1997.

Take notice that on January 3, 1997,

Ontario Hydro Interconnected Markets

Inc. tendered for filing an amendment to

its prior filing in this docket, consisting

of Attachment B (‘‘Methodology To

Assess Available Transmission Transfer

Capability’’) to the ‘‘Ontario Hydro

Proposed Transmission Reservation

Tariff For Transactions Out Of And

Through The Province of Ontario,’’ that

was previously filed in this docket.

Ontario Hydro Interconnected Markets

Inc. states that the attachment was

inadvertently omitted from some of the

copies of its filing.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

January 31, 1997. 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2160 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. EL97–21–000, et al.]

Southern California Edison Company

v. San Diego Gas & Electric Company,

Enova Energy, Inc. and Ensource

Corporation, et al.; Electric Rate and

Corporate Regulation Filings

January 21, 1997.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Southern California Edison Company

v. San Diego Gas & Electric Company,

Enova Energy, Inc., Ensource

Corporation

[Docket No. EL97–21–000]

Take notice that on January 10, 1997,

Southern California Edison Company

tendered for filing a complaint against

San Diego Gas & Electric Company,

(SDG&E) Enova Energy, Inc., (Enova

Energy) and Ensource Corporation

(Ensource) requesting that the

Commission find that the merger of

Enova and Pacific Enterprises (owner of

Ensource), which involves their public

utility subsidiaries—SDG&E, Enova

Energy, and Ensource is subject to

Section 203 of the Federal Power Act,

and direct that the companies submit an

application for merger approval to the

Commission.

Comment date: February 7, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.
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2. Truckee Donner Public Utility

District

[Docket No. EL97–22–000]

Take notice that on January 14, 1997,

Truckee Donner Public Utility District

(Truckee) tendered for filing a Petition

for Declaratory Order clarifying certain

conflicting language in its Order 888

and its pro forma open access

transmission tariff in order to resolve a

dispute between Truckee and Sierra

Pacific Power Company concerning a

good-faith transmission request

submitted by Truckee to Sierra. Truckee

also submitted a request for exemption

from or waiver of filing fee.

Comment date: February 11, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

[Docket No. ER96–224–002]

Take notice that on January 16, 1997,

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

tendered for filing its compliance report

in the above-referenced docket.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standards Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

[Docket Nos. ER96–1477–002 and EL95–47–

003]

Take notice that on January 7, 1997,

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

tendered for filing its refund report in

the above referenced dockets.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Pennsylvania Power & Light

Company

[Docket No. ER97–114–001]

Take notice that on January 8, 1997,

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company

(‘‘PP&L’’) filed a refund compliance

report in the above referenced docket.

PP&L states that copies of this filing

have been sent to PECO and to the

Pennsylvania Public Utility

Commission.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Detroit Edison Company

[Docket No. ER97–324–001]

Take notice that on December 31,

1997, Detroit Edison Company tendered

for filing its compliance filing in the

above-referenced docket pursuant to the

Commission’s December 19, 1996, order

in this proceeding.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. United Illuminating Company

[Docket No. ER97–885–000]

Take notice that on December 23,

1996, United Illuminating Company

tendered for filing an amendment in the

above-referenced docket.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

8. Cambridge Electric Light Company

[Docket No. ER97–904–000]

Take notice that on December 23,

1996, Cambridge Electric Light

Company tendered for filing data to set

forth the actual Net Annual Costs of

constructing, owning, and maintaining

its Transmission System for the twelve

month period ending December 31,

1995.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

9. Southern California Edison Company

[Docket No. ER97–1013–000]

Take notice that on December 31,

1996, Southern California Edison

Company tendered for filing a Notice of

Cancellation of Rate Schedule FPC No.

61.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

10. Southern California Edison

Company

[Docket No. ER97–1014–000]

Take notice that on December 31,

1996, Southern California Edison

Company tendered for filing a Notice of

Cancellation of Rate Schedule FPC No.

71.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

11. Kansas City Power & Light

Company

[Docket No. ER97–1028–000]

Take notice that on December 31,

1996, Kansas City Power & Light

Company (KCPL) tendered for filing a

Notice of Cancellation of Service

Schedule B, to KCPL’s Rate Schedule

FERC No. 104.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

12. Kansas City Power & Light

Company

[Docket No. ER97–1029–000]

Take notice that on December 31,

1996, Kansas City Power & Light

Company (KCPL) tendered for filing a

Notice of Cancellation of Service

Schedule C, to KCPL’s Rate Schedule

FERC No. 88.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Kansas City Power & Light

Company

[Docket No. ER97–1030–000]

Take notice that on December 31,

1996, Kansas City Power & Light

Company (KCPL) tendered for filing a

Notice of Cancellation of Service

Schedule A, to KCPL’s Rate Schedule

FERC No. 88.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Kansas City Power & Light

Company

[Docket No. ER97–1031–000]

Take notice that on December 31,

1996, Kansas City Power & Light

Company (KCPL) tendered for filing a

Notice of Cancellation of Service

Schedule C, to KCPL’s Rate Schedule

FPC No. 34 and Service Schedule E to

KCPL’s Rate Schedule FPC No. 34.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. Kansas City Power & Light

Company

[Docket No. ER97–1032–000]

Take notice that on December 31,

1996, Kansas City Power & Light

Company (KCPL) tendered for filing a

Notice of Cancellation of Service

Schedule C, to KCPL’s Rate Schedule

FPC No. 55 and Service Schedule D,

Supplement No. 2 KCPL’s Rate

Schedule FPC No. 55.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

16. Kansas City Power & Light

Company

[Docket No. ER97–1033–000]

Take notice that on December 31,

1996, Kansas City Power & Light

Company (KCPL) tendered for filing a

Notice of Cancellation of Service

Schedule D, Supplement No. 5 to

KCPL’s Rate Schedule FPC No. 53.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

17. Kansas City Power & Light

Company

[Docket No. ER97–1034–000]

Take notice that on December 31,

1996, Kansas City Power & Light

Company (MCPL) tendered for filing a

Notice of Cancellation of Service
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Schedule C, Supplement No. 2 to

KCPL’s Rate Schedule FPC No. 53.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

18. Public Service Company of

Colorado

[Docket No. ER97–1062–000]

Take notice that on December 31,

1996, Public Service Company of

Colorado (PSCo) tendered for filing a

Notice of Cancellation of PSCo Rate

Schedule No. 8.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

19. Potomac Edison Company

[Docket No. ER97–1066–000]

Take notice that on December 31,

1996, Potomac Edison Company

tendered for filing a request for

disclaimer of jurisdiction or, in the

alternative, for acceptance and waiver.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

20. Louisville Gas and Electric

Company

[Docket No. ER97–1085–000]

Take notice that on January 3, 1997,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E), tendered for filing a copy of a

Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission

Service Agreement between Louisville

Gas and Electric Company and Illinois

Power under LG&E’s Open Access

Transmission Tariff.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

21. Commonwealth Edison Company

[Docket No. ER97–1086–000]

Take notice that on January 3, 1997,

Commonwealth Edison Company

(Edison), submitted Amendment No. 3

to the Interconnection Agreement

between Edison and Northern Indiana

Public Service Company (Northern

Indiana). Amendment No. 3 eliminates

certain service schedules that provide

services redundant to those obtained

through Edison’s and Northern

Indiana’s unbundled power sales and

open-access transmission tariffs. The

Commission has previously designated

the Interconnection Agreement as

Edison’s FERC Rate Schedule No. 17.

Edison requests an effective date of

December 31, 1996, for Amendment No.

3, and accordingly seeks waiver of the

Commission’s requirements. Copies of

this filing were served upon Northern

Indiana, the Illinois Commerce

Commission, and the Indiana Utility

Regulatory Commission.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

22. MidAmerican Energy Company

[Docket No. ER97–1087–000]

Take notice that on January 3, 1997,

MidAmerican Energy Company

(MidAmerican), 106 East Second Street,

Davenport, Iowa 52801 filed with the

Commission the Third Amendment

dated December 19, 1996 to Firm Power

Interchange Service Agreement

(Interchange Agreement) dated August

21, 1985 entered into by a predecessor

of MidAmerican and the City of

Independence, Missouri

(Independence). In Docket No. ER96–

1501–000, MidAmerican has filed a

Service Agreement dated June 1, 1996

which has been executed by

MidAmerican and Independence for the

purpose of including all transactions

pursuant to the Interchange Agreement

on and after June 1, 1996 under

MidAmerican’s Rate Schedule for Power

Sales, FERC Electric Tariff, Original

Volume No. 5, related to market-based

pricing.

MidAmerican requests an effective

date of January 1, 1997, for the Third

Amendment and seeks a waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirement

pursuant to Prior Notice and Filing

Requirements Under Part II of the

Federal Power Act, 64 FERC ¶ 61,139

(1993), reh’g, 65 FERC ¶ 61,081 (1993)

and Southern Company Services, Inc.,

75 FERC ¶ 61,130 (1996). MidAmerican

has served a copy of the filing on

representatives of Independence, the

Iowa Utilities Board, the Illinois

Commerce Commission and the South

Dakota Public Utilities Commission.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

23. Northeast Utilities Service Company

[Docket No. ER97–1088–000]

Take notice that on January 3, 1997,

Northeast Utilities Service Company

(NUSCO), tendered for filing a Service

Agreement to provide Short-Term Firm

Point-to-Point Transmission Service to

the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

under the NU system Companies’ Open

Access Transmission Service Tariff No.

8.

NUSCO states that a copy of this filing

has been mailed to the Baltimore Gas

and Electric Company.

NUSCO requests that the Service

Agreement become effective January 6,

1997.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

24. Duke Power Company

[Docket No. ER97–1089–000]

Take notice that on January 3, 1997,

Duke Power Company (Duke), tendered

for filing a Service Agreement for

Market Rate (Schedule MR) Sales

between Duke and Saluda River Electric

Cooperative, Inc. dated December 19,

1996. Duke requests an effective date of

December 19, 1996.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

25. Niagara Mohawk Power

Corporation

[Docket No. ER97–1090–000]

Take notice that on January 2, 1997,

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

(NMPC), tendered for filing with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

an executed Transmission Service

Agreement between NMPC and Public

Service Electric and Gas Company. This

Transmission Service Agreement

specifies that Public Service Electric

and Gas Company has signed on to and

has agreed to the terms and conditions

of NMPC’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff as filed in Docket No. OA96–194–

000. This Tariff, filed with FERC on July

9, 1996, will allow NMPC and Public

Service Electric and Gas Company to

enter into separately scheduled

transactions under which NMPC will

provide transmission service for Public

Service Electric and Gas Company as

the parties may mutually agree.

NMPC requests an effective date of

December 20, 1996. NMPC has

requested waiver of the notice

requirements for good cause shown.

NMPC has served copies of the filing

upon the New York State Public Service

Commission and Public Service Electric

and Gas Company.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

26. Public Service Company of

Colorado

[Docket No. ER97–1091–000]

Take notice that on January 3, 1997,

Public Service Company of Colorado

(Public Service), tendered for filing a

Service Agreement between Public

Service and Enserco Energy Inc.

(Enserco) under Public Service’s Electric

Coordination Service Tariff. The Service

Agreement is a general enabling

agreement that will permit Enserco to

arrange individual Coordination Power

and Energy transactions in accordance

with Service Schedule A of the Tariff.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.
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27. The Washington Water Power

Company

[Docket No. ER97–1092–000]

Take notice that on January 2, 1997,

Washington Water Power (WWP),

tendered for filing with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission

pursuant to 18 CFR 35.12, an

Amendment No. 1 to Agreement for the

Sale of Energy between The Washington

Water Power Company and The City of

Seattle. The term of the Agreement is to

commence on January 15, 1997 and

continue through December, 2000.

WWP requests that the Commission

accept the amended filing effective

January 15, 1997 and waive the 60-day

notice requirement. No parties will be

adversely effected by the granting of this

waiver.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

28. Southwestern Electric Power

Company

[Docket No. ER97–1093–000]

Take notice that on January 2, 1997,

Southwestern Electric Power Company

(SWEPCO), tendered for filing

Amendment No. 7 to the Power Supply

Agreement, dated April 8, 1982,

between SWEPCO and Northeast Texas

Electric Cooperative, Inc. (NTEC) in

order to mitigate the impact of a

scheduled rate increase.

SWEPCO requests waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirement in

order that Amendment No. 7 may

become effective on January 1, 1997.

Copies of the filing were served upon

NTEC and the Public Utility

Commission of Texas,

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

29. MidAmerican Energy Company

[Docket No. ER97–1094–000]

Take notice that on January 2, 1997,

MidAmerican Energy Company

(MidAmerican), 106 East Second Street,

Davenport, Iowa 52801, tendered for

filing an amendment to its initial filing

in the above-referenced docket. The

amendment consisted of an executed

Service Agreement dated June 1, 1996

entered into by MidAmerican with the

City of Independence, Missouri

pursuant to MidAmerican’s Rate

Schedule for Power Sales, FERC Electric

Tariff, Original Volume No. 5.

MidAmerican requests an effective

date of June 1, 1997, for the Service

Agreement and accordingly seeks a

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirement. MidAmerican has served a

copy of the amended filing on all parties

designated on the official service list,

the Iowa Utilities Board, the Illinois

Commerce Commission and the South

Dakota Public Utilities Commission.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

30. Louisville Gas and Electric

Company

[Docket No. ER97–1095–000]

Take notice that on January 3, 1997,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E), tendered for filing Service

Agreements between LG&E and various

companies under LG&E’s Rate Schedule

GSS. LG&E requests that the agreements

become effective as of December 31,

1996.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

31. PacifiCorp

[Docket No. ER97–1096–000]

Take notice that on January 2, 1997,

PacifiCorp, tendered for filing in

accordance with 18 CFR Part 35 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations,

Service Agreements with IGI Resources,

Inc., and Idaho Falls Electric Light

Division under, PacifiCorp’s FERC

Electric Tariff, Second Revised Volume

No. 3, Service Schedule PPL–3.

Copies of this filing were supplied to

the Washington Utilities and

Transportation Commission and the

Public Utility Commission of Oregon.

A copy of this filing may be obtained

from PacifiCorp’s Regulatory

Administration Department’s Bulletin

Board System through a personal

computer by calling (503) 464–6122

(9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit).

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

32. Louisville Gas and Electric

Company

[Docket No. ER97–1097–000]

Take notice that on January 3, 1997,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E), tendered for filing a copy of a

Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission

Service Agreement between Louisville

Gas and Electric Company and

Kentucky Utilities Company under

LG&E’s Open Access Transmission

Tariff..

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

33. Minnesota Power and Light

Company

[Docket No. ER97–1098–000]

Take notice that on January 3, 1997,

Minnesota Power & Light Company

(Minnesota Power), submitted for filing

four (4) Service Agreements under

which Minnesota Power, Western Power

Services, Inc., Wisconsin Electric Power

Company, and Cinergy Services, Inc.,

respectively, will take non-firm, pointto-point transmission service under

Minnesota Power’s open access

transmission tariff.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

34. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97–1099–000]

Take notice that on January 2, 1997,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy),

tendered for filing a service agreement

under Cinergy’s Open Access

Transmission Service Tariff (the Tariff)

entered into between Cinergy and Plum

Street Energy Marketing, Inc.

Cinergy and Plum Street Energy

Marketing, Inc. are requesting an

effective date of December 15, 1996.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

35. Entergy Power Marketing Corp.

[Docket No. ER97–1101–000]

Take notice that on January 3, 1997,

Entergy Power Marketing Corp., filed an

amendment to its standards of conduct.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

36. Northeast Utilities Service Company

[Docket No. ER97–1102–000]

Take notice that on January 3, 1997,

Northeast Utilities Service Company

(NUSCO), tendered for filing, a Service

Agreement to provide Non-Firm Pointto-Point Transmission Service to

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

under the NU System Companies’ Open

Access Transmission Service Tariff No.

8.

NUSCO states that a copy of this filing

has been mailed to Baltimore Gas and

Electric Company.

NUSCO requests that the Service

Agreement become effective January 6,

1997.

Comment date: February 3, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest said 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 Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211
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and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

the comment date. 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5681–7]

Agency Information Proposed

Collection; Comment Request;

National Request for Information (RFI)

for Vendor Information System for

Innovative Treatment Technologies

(VISITT) and Vendor Field Analytical

and Characterization Technologies

System (Vendor FACTS)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

EPA is planning to submit the following

continuing Information Collection

Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

National Request for Information (RFI)

for Vendor Information System for

Innovative Treatment Technologies

(VISITT) and Vendor Field Analytical

and Characterization Technologies

System (Vendor FACTS). The EPA ICR

Number is 1583.02, OMB Control

Number is 2050–0114 and current

expiration date is July 31, 1997. Before

submitting the ICR to OMB for review

and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

proposed information collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by

April 4, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Technology Innovation

Office (5102G), Office of Solid Waste

and Emergency Response, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.

Individuals interested in obtaining a

copy of the ICR at no charge may send

their requests to the above address or by

calling (703) 603–9903.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Carl Ma by telephone at (703) 603–9903,

by telefax at (703) 603–9135, or by Email at ‘‘ma.carl@epamail.epa.gov’’.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are technology

vendors who are interested in the

voluntary participation in EPA’s

databases on innovative technologies for

the clean-up, characterization and

monitoring of hazardous waste sites.

Title: National Request for

Information (RFI) for Vendor

Information System for Innovative

Treatment Technologies (VISITT) and

Vendor Field Analytical and

Characterization Technologies System

(Vendor FACTS). The EPA ICR Number

is 1583.02, OMB Control Number is

2050–0114 and current expiration date

is July 31, 1997.

Abstract: As part of a broad effort to

promote the routine consideration and

use of more cost effective technologies

by the Agency and others, the

Technology Innovation Office created

the VISITT and Vendor FACTS

databases for the purpose of

disseminating the latest information on

technologies to clean-up, characterize,

or monitor hazardous waste sites.

Version 5.0 of VISITT contains

information on 346 technologies to

remediate soil and groundwater

contaminated with hazardous wastes.

Version 2.0 of Vendor FACTS contains

approximately 129 technologies for field

analytical and site characterization.

These systems help technology vendors

promote their technologies by providing

readily available information to system

users, such as site managers, on the

options for site monitoring and cleanup. In addition, the systems provide a

communication link between

technology users and vendors. Each

year, EPA invites vendors to participate

in these databases on a voluntary basis

and requests specific, non-confidential

technology information for listing in the

databases. EPA does not verify the

accuracy of submitted data or claims

made by vendors. An agency may not

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not

required to respond to, a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s

regulations are listed in 40 CFR Part 9

and 48 CFR Chapter 15. One of EPA’s

highest priorities has been to encourage

the use of innovative technologies to

speed-up the site remediation process

and at the same time to reduce project

costs. EPA is working toward these

goals by providing the site managers

with the necessary information to select

the most applicable and cost-effective

technology for their sites. In order to

obtain such critical information, once

every year, EPA invites vendors to

participate in the databases by

submitting or updating information on

new technologies as they emerge or

become commercially available.

Originally, EPA based the burden hours

estimates for individual respondents on

two non-statistical pre-tests designed to

minimize the burden of potential

respondents. In the first pre-test, nonrespondent technical experts completed

the Vendor Information Form (VIF), and

in the second pre-test, vendors who

participated in the workgroup to

develop the system were asked to

estimate the time it would take to

complete the VIF. Several vendors based

their time estimates on actual time

required to fill out the form. To improve

its estimates of respondent burden, EPA

conducted a small survey of actual

respondents. The revised estimates are

now 25 hours and 13 hours respectively

for an original VIF submittal and an VIF

update. EPA is further trying to

minimize respondent burden by

providing an option to fill out and

submit the VIF electronically.

Burden Statement: The following

assumptions were made to estimate

individual respondent burden:

—Participation in the databases is

voluntary; therefore, some potential

respondents will read the instructions

for completing the VIF, and will

choose not to respond.

—Participating new respondents will

complete the entire VIF. EPA assumed

that each new respondent will

complete an average of two VIFs and

current participants will submit two

updated VIFs each year.

First-time respondents will take a

maximum of 50 hours to complete the

form for two technologies (or 25 hours

per technology). This value is consistent

with the maximum values obtained

from our respondent survey.

Respondents updating two previously

submitted forms will require a total of

26 hours. Estimates are the same for

VISITT and Vendor FACTS

respondents. Based on current trend, the

Agency expects, on average, 120 new

respondents and 300 current

respondents providing updates each

year for the next three years beginning

in 1997. The hourly rates for

management, technical, and clerical

staff have been increased by 5% from

previous year to bring them in line with

current contractor hourly rates. For

1997, the values are $77 for

management, $46 for technical staff, and

$29 for clerical support. The Agency