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(ii) Negative Deviations—during onpeak hours, the greater of (1) 3 times the

composite rate for CVP commercial firm

power, then in effect; or (2) any

additional cost incurred. During offpeak hours, the greater of (1) the

composite rate for CVP commercial firm

power, then in effect; or (2) any

additional cost incurred.

Billing: The billing determinants for

the above rates formula will be specified

in the service agreement.

Rate Schedule CV–SPR1

Central Valley Project

Schedule of Rates for Spinning Reserve

Service

Effective: October 1, 1997.

Available: Within the marketing area

served by the Sierra Nevada Customer

Service Region.

Applicable: To customers receiving

spinning reserve service from Western.

Character and Conditions of Service:

Spinning reserve service provides

capacity that is available the first ten

minutes to take load and is

synchronized with the power system.

Rates: Spinning Reserve Service

Charge: Monthly: $1.35 per kW-month;

Weekly: $0.3024 per kW-week; Daily:

$0.0432 per kW-day; Hourly: $0.0018

per kWh.

Billing: The rates listed above will be

applied to the maximum service amount

in kilowatts agreed to in the service

agreement, payable whether utilized or

not.

Rate Schedule CV–SUR1

Central Valley Project

Schedule of Rates for Supplemental

Reserve Service

Effective: October 1, 1997.

Available: Within the marketing area

served by the Sierra Nevada Customer

Service Region.

Applicable: To customers receiving

supplemental reserve service from

Western.

Character and Conditions of Service:

Supplemental reserve service provides

capacity that is not synchronized with

the power system, but can be available

to serve load within ten minutes.

Rates: Supplemental Reserve Service

Charge: Monthly: $1.27 per kW-month;

Weekly: $0.2856 per kW-week; Daily:

$0.0408 per kW-day; Hourly: $0.0017

per kWh.

Billing: The rates listed above will be

applied to the maximum service amount

in kilowatts agreed to in the service

agreement, payable whether utilized or

not.

Rate Schedule COTP–FT1

California-Oregon Transmission Project

Schedule of Rates for Firm

Transmission Service

Effective: October 1, 1997.

Available: Within the marketing area

served by the Sierra Nevada Customer

Service Region.

Applicable: To firm transmission

service customers where power is

received into the COTP system at points

of interconnection with other systems

and transmitted and delivered to points

of delivery on the COTP system as

agreed to by the parties.

Character and Conditions of Service:

Transmission service for three-phase

alternating current at 60 hertz, delivered

and metered at the voltages and points

of delivery. Transmission service

includes scheduling, system control and

dispatch service, and reactive supply

and voltage control service needed to

support the transmission service

provided.

Rates: October 1, 1997—September

30, 1998: $1.83 per kW-month. October

1, 1998—September 30, 2002: $1.34 per

kW-month.

Billing: The rates listed above will be

applied monthly to the maximum

amount of capacity reserved, payable

whether utilized or not.

Adjustments

For Losses

Losses incurred in connection with

the transmission and delivery of power

under this rate schedule will be

accounted for as agreed to by the

parties.

Rate Schedule COTP–NFT1

California-Oregon Transmission Project

Schedule of Rates for Non-Firm

Transmission Service

Effective: October 1, 1997.

Available: Within the marketing area

served by the Sierra Nevada Customer

Service Region.

Applicable: To non-firm transmission

service customers where power is

received into the COTP system at points

of receipt with other systems and

transmitted and delivered, subject to the

availability of transmission capacity, to

points of delivery on the COTP system

as agreed to by the parties.

Character and Conditions of Service:

Transmission service on an intermittent

basis for capacity, three-phase

alternating current at 60 hertz, delivered

and metered at the voltages and points

of delivery. Transmission service

includes scheduling, system control and

dispatch service, and reactive supply

and voltage control service needed to

support the transmission service

provided.

Rates: October 1, 1997–September 30,

1998: 2.19 mills per kWh; October 1,

1998–September 30, 2002: 1.45 mills

per kWh.

Billing: The rates listed above will be

applied monthly to the maximum

amount of capacity reserved, payable

whether utilized or not.

Adjustments

For Losses

Losses incurred in connection with

the transmission and delivery of power

and energy under this rate schedule will

be accounted for as agreed to by the

parties.

[FR Doc. 97–25746 Filed 9–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration

Colorado River Storage Project—

Notice of Order Confirming and

Approving an Extension of the Firm

Transmission Service Rate—WAPA–74

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of rate order

SUMMARY: This action is to extend the

existing Colorado River Storage Project

firm transmission rate until March 31,

1998. Without this action, the existing

firm transmission rate will expire

September 30, 1997 and no rate will be

in effect for this service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Dave Sabo, CRSP Manager, CRSP

Customer Service Center, Western Area

Power Administration, P.O. Box 11606,

Salt Lake City, UT 84147–0606, (801)

524–5493.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By

Amendment No. 3 to Delegation Order

No. 0204–108, published November 10,

1993 (58 FR 59716), the Secretary of

Energy delegated (1) the authority to

develop long-term power and

transmission rates on a nonexclusive

basis to the Administrator of Western

Area Power Administration (Western);

(2) the authority to confirm, approve,

and place such rates into effect on an

interim basis to the Deputy Secretary;

and (3) the authority to confirm,

approve, and place into effect on a final

basis, to remand, or to disapprove such

rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC).

Pursuant to Delegation Order No.

0204–108 and existing Department of

Energy procedures for public
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participation in power rate adjustments

at 10 CFR Part 903, Western’s Colorado

River Storage Project (CRSP) firm

transmission rate case was submitted to

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission for confirmation and

approval on August 13, 1992. On

February 18, 1993, in Docket Nos.

EF92–5172–000 and EF92–5172–001, at

62 FERC ¶ 61,159, FERC issued an order

confirming, approving, and placing in

effect on a final basis Rate Schedule SP–

FT4 for firm transmission service over

the CRSP transmission system. The rate

was approved for the 4-year period

beginning October 1, 1992, and ending

September 30, 1996. The Deputy

Secretary of Energy extended the rate

through September 30, 1997, in an

Order published at 61 FR 52338, on

October 7, 1996.

Following review of Western’s

proposal within the Department of

Energy, I approved rate order No.

WAPA–74, which extends the existing

CRSP firm transmission Rate Schedule

SP–FT4 until March 31, 1998.

Dated: September 19, 1997.

Elizabeth A. Moler,

Deputy Secretary.

Order Confirming and Approving an

Extension of the Colorado River Storage

Project Firm Transmission Rate

October 1, 1997.

This firm transmission rate was

established pursuant to Section 302(a)

of the Department of Energy (DOE)

Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7152(a),

through which the power marketing

functions of the Secretary of the Interior

and the Bureau of Reclamation

(Reclamation) under the Reclamation

Act of 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, as

amended and supplemented by

subsequent enactments, particularly

section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project

Act of 1939, 43 U.S.C. § 485h(c), and

other acts specifically applicable to the

project system involved, were

transferred to and vested in the

Secretary of Energy (Secretary).

By Amendment No. 3 to Delegation

Order No. 0204–108, published

November 10, 1993 (58 FR 59716), the

Secretary delegated (1) the authority to

develop long-term power and

transmission rates on a nonexclusive

basis to the Administrator of the

Western Area Power Administration

(Western); (2) the authority to confirm,

approve, and place such rates into effect

on an interim basis to the Deputy

Secretary; and (3) the authority to

confirm, approve, and place into effect

on a final basis, to remand, or to

disapprove such rates to the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

This rate extension is issued pursuant to

the Delegation Order and the DOE rate

extension procedures at 10 CFR Part

903.

Background

In the order issued February 18, 1993,

at 62 FERC ¶61,159, in Docket Nos.

EF92–5172–000 and EF92–5172–001,

the FERC confirmed, approved, and

placed in effect on a final basis Rate

Schedule SP–FT4 for firm transmission

service over the Colorado River Storage

Project (CRSP) transmission system. The

rate was approved for the period from

October 1, 1992, through September 30,

1996. The Deputy Secretary of Energy

extended the rate through September 30,

1997, in an Order published at 61 FR

52448, on October 7, 1996. During the

last firm-power rate adjustment for the

Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects,

placed into effect on December 1, 1994

(SLIP–F5), the CRSP firm transmission

rate was also examined for possible

adjustment. It was determined that the

existing firm transmission rate was

adequate to meet revenue requirements.

Discussion

On September 30, 1997, Western’s

CRSP firm transmission rate will expire.

This makes it necessary to extend the

current Rate Schedule SP–FT4 pursuant

to 10 CFR 903.23.

Western proposes to extend the

existing CRSP transmission rate until

March 31, 1998, to allow Western to

develop transmission and ancillary

services rates consistent with those

required of public utilities under FERC

Order No. 888 and the laws and

regulations that govern Western’s

actions. Western began a public rate

adjustment process with the publication

of a notice in the Federal Register on

June 25, 1997. That public rate

adjustment process will include the

proposal of transmission rates which are

consistent with FERC Order No. 888.

Western is developing open access

tariffs consistent with FERC Order No.

888.

We anticipate that process, which will

provide opportunities for public

information and comment forums, will

take several months to complete, given

the complex issues Western and its

interested public must address.

Order

In view of the foregoing and pursuant

to the authority delegated to me by the

Secretary, I hereby extend for a period

effective October 1, 1997, until March

31, 1998, the existing Rate Schedule SP–

FT4 for firm transmission service over

the Colorado River Storage Project

transmission system.

Dated: September 19, 1997.

Elizabeth A. Moler,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–25748 Filed 9–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5899–5]

Proposed Administrative Settlement

Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act; In Re:

Cohen Property Superfund Site;

Taunton, MA

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed prospective

purchaser agreement and request for

public comment.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) is proposing to enter into

a prospective purchaser agreement to

address claims under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), 42

U.S.C. 9601 et seq. This document is

being published to inform the public of

the proposed settlement and of the

opportunity to comment. The settlement

is intended to resolve the liability under

CERCLA of the City of Taunton,

Massachusetts and certain successorsin-title who may become parties to this

agreement, for injunctive relief and for

costs incurred or to be incurred by EPA

in conducting response actions at the

Cohen Property Superfund Site in

Taunton, Massachusetts.

DATES: Comments must be provided on

or before October 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to the Docket Clerk, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region I, JFK Federal Building,

Mailcode RAA, Boston, Massachusetts

02203, and should refer to: In re: City

of Taunton, Massachusetts, U.S. EPA

Docket No. CERCLA–I–97–1079.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth

Tomasello, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region I, J.F.K.

Federal Building, Mailcode SEL, Boston,

Massachusetts 02203, (617) 565–3455.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of

1980, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C.

9601 et seq., notice is hereby given of

a proposed prospective purchaser

agreement concerning the Cohen