42768 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 153 / Friday, August 8, 1997 / Notices

Dated: August 4, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–20902 Filed 8–7–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Notice of Comment Period Extension

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for the Enhanced Training in

Idaho Proposal Mountain Home Air

Force Base, ID

The Air Force and the Bureau of Land

Management are extending the public

comment period for the Enhanced

Training in Idaho DEIS to September 8,

1997. The DEIS prepared by the Air

Force in accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act and the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act and its associated regulations for

public land withdrawals, was released

for public comment on May 9, 1997.

The Bureau of Land Management is a

cooperating agency for the

environmental and land renewal

processes associated with the proposed

action.

The DEIS analyses three range

development alternatives to enhance

training for the 366th Wing, Mountain

Home AFB, Idaho, as well as a NoAction alternative. Development of one

of the range alternatives would

substantially enhance the realism,

quality, and flexibility of local training.

Each of the three range development

alternatives includes a ground

component and an airspace component.

The ground component consists of

development of a 12,000-acre tactical

air-to-ground training range, 5 no-drop

targets, 30 electronic emitter sites, and

an associated road network, all of which

would be located on federal and State of

Idaho school endowment lands. For use

of the federal lands, the Air Force

proposes to initiate a Department of

Defense military withdrawal under the

Engle Act for the larger portions and to

obtain rights-of-way from the Bureau of

Land Management for the smaller

portions. For use of the state school

endowment lands, the Air Force

proposes to enter into lease agreements

with the State of Idaho. The airspace

component of the three alternatives

would involve modification of special

use airspace, including establishment of

restricted airspace over the tactical

training range and reconfiguration and

expansion of existing Military

Operations Areas (MOAs), under

approval of the Federal Aviation

Administration.

Written comments on this document

should be directed to U.S. Air Force/

Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box

329, Boise, ID 83702–0329; for

telephone inquiries, please contact Capt.

Melissa Miller, Chief 366th Wing Public

Affairs, Mountain Home Air Force Base,

ID, (208) 828–6800.

Barbara A. Carmichael,

Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–20909 Filed 8–7–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[FERC–525]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

August 4, 1997.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection and request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2) (2)

(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (Pub. L. No. 104–13), the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) is soliciting public

comment on the specific aspects of the

information collection described below.

DATES: Consideration will be given to

comments submitted on or before

October 7, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed

collection of information can be

obtained from and written comments

may be submitted to the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael

Miller, Information Services Division,

ED–12.4, 888 First Street NE,

Washington, DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by

telephone at (202) 208–1415, by fax at

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at

mmiller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

information collected under the

requirements of FERC–525 ‘‘Financial

Audits’’ (OMB No. 1902–0092) is used

by the Commission to implement the

statutory provisions of Sections 4(b),

301(b), 302, 307 and 308 of the Federal

Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 792–8280,

Sections 6, 8(b), 9 and 10 of the Natural

Gas Act (NGA), and Sections 19 and 20

of the Interstate Commerce Act, 49

U.S.C. 20. FERC–525 involves field

audits of books and records of public

utilities and licenses, natural gas

companies and oil pipeline carriers.

The Commission periodically

performs audits to ensure that

companies’ financial records conform

with the Commission’s accounting,

financial reporting, and other

regulations established under the

mandatory provisions of the statutes

listed above. Also audits are conducted

to assess and evaluate the regulatory

implication of certain industry

accounting practices and standards.

Over time, more of the audit focus will

be shifted to the later type of audits. The

Commission implements these filing

requirements in the Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR parts

41, 101, 104, 125, 141, 158, 201, 225,

260, 351, 352, 356, 357.

Action: The Commission is requesting

a three-year extension of the current

expiration date.

Burden Statement: Public Reporting

burden for this collection is estimated

as:

Number of

respondents

annually

(1)

Number of

responses per

respondent

(2)

Average burden

hours per

response (hours)

(3)

Total annual

burden hours

(1) × (2) × (3)

77 1 100 7,700

Estimated cost burden to respondents:

7,700 hours divided by 2087 hours per

year times $110,000 per year equals

$405,846. The cost per respondent is

equal to $5,271.

The reporting burden includes the

total time, effort, or financial resources

expended to generate, maintain, retain,

disclose, or provide the information

including: (1) Reviewing instructions;

(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and