Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 171 / Thursday, September 4, 1997 / Notices 46733

EL PASO ENERGY MARKETING COMPANY

WESTERN GAS RESOURCES, INC.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of orders.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy of

the Department of Energy gives notice

that it has issued orders authorizing,

transferring and/or vacating various

imports and/or exports of natural gas.

These orders are summarized in the

attached appendix.

These orders are available for

inspection and copying in the Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and

Export Activities, Docket Room, 3F–056,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585,

(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., on August 21,

1997.

Wayne E. Peters,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas and Petroleum, Import and

Export Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

APPENDIX—BLANKET IMPORT/EXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS GRANTED

[DOE/FE Authority]

Order No. Date issued Importer/Exporter FE docket No.

Two-year maximum

Comments Import volume

Export volume

1289 .......... 07/11/97 Pemex Gas Y Petroquimica Basica 97–

53–NG.

160 Bcf Import/export combined total, including

LNG to and from Mexico.

1159–B ..... 07/25/97 El Paso Energy Marketing Company

(Formerly EPEM Marketing Company)

96–16–NG.

..................... ..................... Name change.

940–B ....... 07/25/97 El Paso Energy Marketing Company

(Formerly EPEM Marketing Company)

94–13–NG.

..................... ..................... Name change.

1138–B ..... 07/25/97 El Paso Energy Marketing Company

(Formerly EPEM Marketing Company)

95–122–NG.

..................... ..................... Name change.

1291 .......... 07/25/97 El Paso Energy Marketing Company 97–

52–NG.

200 Bcf ........ ..................... Import from Mexico.

1292 .......... 07/31/97 Western Gas Resources, Inc. 97–54–NG 73 Bcf .......... 73 Bcf .......... Import and export from and to Canada.

[FR Doc. 97–23499 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection Under

Review by the Office of Management

and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) has submitted the

energy information collection(s) listed at

the end of this notice to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review under provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13). The listing does not include

collections of information contained in

new or revised regulations which are to

be submitted under section

3507(d)(1)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act, nor management and

procurement assistance requirements

collected by the Department of Energy

(DOE).

Each entry contains the following

information: (1) Collection number and

title; (2) summary of the collection of

information (includes sponsor (the DOE

component)), current OMB document

number (if applicable), type of request

(new, revision, extension, or

reinstatement); response obligation

(mandatory, voluntary, or required to

obtain or retain benefits); (3) a

description of the need and proposed

use of the information; (4) description of

the likely respondents; and (5) estimate

of total annual reporting burden

(average hours per response x proposed

frequency of response per year x

estimated number of likely

respondents.)

DATES: Comments must be filed within

30 days of publication of this notice. If

you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments but find it

difficult to do so within the time

allowed by this notice, you should

advise the OMB DOE Desk Officer listed

below of your intention to do so as soon

as possible. The Desk Officer may be

telephoned at (202) 395–3084. (Also,

please notify the EIA contact listed

below.)

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the

Department of Energy Desk Officer,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 726 Jackson Place NW,

Washington, D.C. 20503. (Comments

should also be addressed to the

Statistics and Methods Group at the

address below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information

should be directed to Jay Casselberry,

Statistics and Methods Group, (EI–70),

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of

Energy, Washington, D.C. 20585. Mr.

Casselberry may be telephoned at (202)

426–1116, FAX (202) 426–1081, or email at Jay.Casselberry@eia.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

energy information collection submitted

to OMB for review was:

1. EIA–851 and EIA–858, ‘‘Uranium

Data Program’’.

2. Energy Information Administration;

1905–0160; Extension with changes;

Mandatory.

3. EIA’s Uranium Data Program

collects basic data necessary to meet

EIA’s legislative mandates as well as the

needs of EIA’s public and private

customers. Data collected include

uranium exploration, reserves,

production, processing, and marketing.

The data are used for analyses and

publications. Respondents include firms

and individuals that comprise the U.S.

uranium industry.

4. Business or other for-profit.

5. 2706 hours (10.74 hours×2.1

responses per year×120 respondents).
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Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A)

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13).

Issued in Washington, D.C., August 26,

1997.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and

Methods Group, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–23503 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–470–000]

Algonquin Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

August 28, 1997.

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

Algonquin Gas Transmission Company

(Algonquin) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth Revised

Volume No. 1, First Revised Sheet No.

635 to be effective September 25, 1997. Algonquin asserts that the purpose of

this filing is to comply with the

Commission’s Order No. 636–C,

Ordering Paragraph (B) which requires

any pipeline with a right-of-first-refusal

tariff provision containing a contract

term cap longer than five years to revise

its tariff consistent with the revised cap

of five years adopted in Order No. 636–

C.

Algonquin states that copies of this

filing were served on firm customers of

Algonquin and interested state

commissions.

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, DC

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed as provided in Section 154.210 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 are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23417 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–703–000]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

Request Under Blanket Authorization

August 28, 1997.

Take notice that on August 22, 1997,

ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 500

Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan

48243, filed in Docket No. CP97–703–

000 a request pursuant to §§ 157.205

and 157.211 of the Commission’s

Regulations (18 CFR 157.205, 157.211)

under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for

authorization to construct and operate a

bi-directional interconnection between

ANR and Mid Continent Market Center,

Inc. (MCMC) in Kiowa County Kansas,

for Part 284 transportation services by

ANR, under ANR’s blanket certificate

issued in Docket No. CP82–480–000,

pursuant to Section 7 of the NGA, all as

more fully set forth in the request that

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

ANR proposes to construct and

operate an 8-inch hot tap, an 8-inch

insulating flange, and an electronic

measurement system. It is stated that

ANR will be fully reimbursed for the

$102,000 cost of installing the facilities

by MCMC. It is explained that the

interconnection will give shippers on

ANR access to MCMC’s system. ANR

states that the interconnection will

accommodate deliveries of up to 40

Mmcf per day. It is asserted that the

proposal will have no adverse impact on

ANR’s peak day or annual deliveries or

on the annual entitlements of ANR’s

customers. It is explained that the

proposal will not impact ANR’s gas

supply situation and that deliveries can

be made without detriment or

disadvantage to any existing customer.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to

§ 157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23396 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–464–000]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

August 28, 1997.

Take notice that, on August 25, 1997,

ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) tendered

for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Second Revised Volume No. 1, the

following tariff sheet proposed to be

effective September 25, 1997:

Second Revised Sheet No. 162

ANR states that the purpose of this

filing is to comply with the

Commission’s Order No. 636–C. That

order required pipelines to reduce to

five years the maximum cap for longterm shippers to match offers under the

right-of-first-refusal process.

ANR states that copies of the filing

have been mailed to all affected

customers and state regulatory

commissions.

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 Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed as provided in Section 154.210 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 are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23411 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

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