4522 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 20 / Thursday, January 30, 1997 / Notices

Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act

(NGA) (15 U.S.C. 717–717w) and

provisions of the Natural Gas Policy Act

of 1978 (NGP), 15 U.S.C. 3301–3432.

Under the NGA, a natural gas company

must obtain Commission approval to

engage in the transportation, sale or

exchange of natural gas in interstate

commerce. However, Section 7(c)

exempts from certificate requirements

‘‘temporary acts or operations for which

the issuance of a certificate will not be

required in the public interest.’’ The

NGPA also provides for non-certificated

interstate transactions involving

intrastate pipelines and local

distribution companies.

A temporary operation, or emergency,

is defined as any situation in which an

actual or expected shortage of gas

supply would require an interstate

pipeline company, intrastate pipeline,

local distribution company, or Hinshaw

pipeline to curtail deliveries of gas or

provide less than the projected level of

service to any customer. The natural gas

companies file the necessary

information with the Commission so

that it may determine if the transaction/

operation qualifies for exemption. A

report within forty-eight hours of the

commencement of the transportation,

sale, or exchange, a request to extend

the sixty-day term of the emergency

transportation, if needed, and a

termination report are required. The

data required to be filed for the fortyeight-hour report is specified by 18 CFR

284.270 (a) (b), (c). The termination

report is required by 18 CFR 284.270(d).

Action

The Commission is requesting a threeyear extension of the current expiration

date, with no changes to the existing

collection of data.

Burden Statement

Public reporting burden for this

collection is estimated as:

Number of respondents annually Number of responses per respondent Average burden hours per response Total annual

burden hours

(1) (2) (3) (1)×(2)×(3)

55 1 10 550 hours.

The estimated total cost to

respondents is $27,500 (550 hours

divided by 2,087 hours per year per

employee times $104,350 per year per

average employee = $27,500). The cost

per respondent is $500.

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

utilizing technology and systems for the

purposes of collecting, validating,

verifying, processing, maintaining,

disclosing and providing information;

(3) adjusting the existing ways to

comply with any previously applicable

instructions and requirements; (4)

training personnel to respond to a

collection of information; (5) searching

data sources; (6) completing and

reviewing the collection of information;

and (7) transmitting, or otherwise

disclosing the information.

The estimate of cost for respondents

is based upon salaries for professional

and clerical support, as well as direct

and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs

include all costs directly attributable to

providing this information, such as

administrative costs and the cost for

information technology. Indirect or

overhead costs are costs incurred by an

organization in support of its mission.

These costs apply to activities which

benefit the whole organization rather

than any one particular function or

activity.

Comments are invited on: (1) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the Commission,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of

the agency’s estimate of the burden of

the proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (3)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology

e.g. permitting electronic submission of

responses.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2262 Filed 1–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP97–88–002]

Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas

Company; Notice of Compliance Filing

January 24, 1997.

Take notice that on January 21, 1997,

Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas

Company (Alabama-Tennessee)

tendered for filing as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No.

1, the following tariff sheet with a

proposed effective date of May 21, 1997:

First Substitute Third Revised Sheet No. 101

Alabama-Tennessee states that the

purpose of the filing is to comply with

the order issued by the Commission in

this proceeding on December 19, 1996

(77 FERC ¶§ 61,281).

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 Rule 211 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). All such

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. Copies of this filing are

on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2263 Filed 1–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP97–234–000]

Algonquin Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

January 24, 1997.

Take notice that on January 21, 1997

Algonquin Gas Transmission Company

(Algonquin) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth Revised

Volume No. 1, the following revised

tariff sheets, with an effective date of

February 23, 1997:

Twenty-ninth Revised Sheet No. 20A

Original Sheet No. 99G

Algonquin states that the purpose of

this filing is to flow through a refund

from National Fuel Gas Supply

Corporation related to its Account Nos.