52528 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 195 / Wednesday, October 8, 1997 / Notices

ADDRESS: Comments, protests or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Power Im/Ex (FE–27), Office of Fossil

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202–

287–5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

5883 or Michael Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)

(16 U.S.C. § 824a(e)).

The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the

Department of Energy (DOE) has

received applications from the following

companies for authorization to export

electric energy to Canada, pursuant to

section 202(e) of the FPA:

Applicant Application

date

Docket

No.

Inland Pacific Resources Inc.

(IPRI).

9/16/97 ......... EA–156

Consolidated Edison Company of

New York, Inc.

(Con Edison).

9/23/97 ......... EA–157

IPRI, a power marketing company,

does not own or control any facilities for

the generation or transmission of

electricity, nor does it have a franchised

service area. IPRI proposes to transmit

to Canada electric energy purchased

from electric utilities and other

suppliers within the U.S. Con Edison is

a regulated public utility serving

customers in the New York City

metropolitan area. Con Edison proposes

to transmit to Canada electric energy

that is excess to its system or purchased

from electric utilities or other suppliers

within the U.S.

The applicants would arrange for the

exported energy to be transmitted to

Canada over the international facilities

owned by Basin Electric, Bonneville

Power Administration, Citizens

Utilities, Detroit Edison Company,

Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative,

Joint Owners of the Highgate Project,

Maine Electric Power Company, Maine

Public Service Company, Minnesota

Power and Light Company, Minnkota

Power Cooperative, New York Power

Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power

Corporation, Northern States Power, and

Vermont Electric Transmission

Company. Each of the transmission

facilities, as more fully described in

these applications, has previously been

authorized by a Presidential permit

issued pursuant to Executive Order

10485, as amended.

Procedural Matters

Any persons desiring to become a

party to these proceedings or to be heard

by filing comments or protests to these

applications should file a petition to

intervene, comment or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the

FERC’s Rules of Practice and Procedures

(18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen

copies of such petitions and protests

should be filed with the DOE on or

before the date listed above. Comments

on IPRI’s request to export to Canada

should be clearly marked with Docket

EA–156. Additional copies are to be

filed directly with Edward A. Finklea,

Ball Janik LLP, 101 S.W. Main Street,

Suite 1100, Portland, Oregon 97204

AND Inland Pacific Resources Inc., c/o

Jan Marston, President, Inland Pacific

Energy Services Ltd., 1600—1095 West

Pender Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6E2M6,

Canada. Comments on Con Edison’s

request to export to Canada should be

clearly marked with Docket EA–157.

Additional copies are to be filed directly

with John F. Gallagher III, Esq., 4 Irving

Pace—Rm. 1815 South, Manhattan, NY

10003.

A final decision will be made on these

applications after the environmental

impacts have been evaluated pursuant

to the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (NEPA), and a

determination is made by the DOE that

the proposed actions will not adversely

impact on the reliability of the U.S.

electric power supply system.

Copies of these applications will be

made available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying at the address

provided above.

Issued in Washington, DC on October 1,

1997.

Anthony J. Como,

Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office

of Coal & Power Im/Ex, Office of Coal &

Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 97–26634 Filed 10–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. ETEC–012]

Certification of the Radiological

Condition of Building T012 at the

Energy Technology Engineering

Center Near Chatsworth, California

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy,

Office of Environmental Restoration.

ACTION: Notice of Certification.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) has completed radiological

surveys and taken remedial action to

decontaminate Building T012 located at

the Energy Technology Engineering

Center (ETEC) near Chatsworth,

California. This property previously was

found to contain radioactive materials

from activities carried out for the

Atomic Energy Commission and the

Energy Research and Development

Administration (AEC/ERDA),

predecessor agencies to DOE. Although

DOE owns the majority of the buildings

and equipment, a subsidiary of

Rockwell International, Rocketdyne,

owned the land. Rocketdyne has

recently been sold to Boeing North

American Incorporated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Lopez, Program Manager,

Environmental Restoration Division,

Oakland Operations Office, U.S.

Department of Energy, Oakland, CA

94612–5208.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE has

implemented environmental restoration

projects at ETEC (Ventura County, Map

Book 3, Page 7, Miscellaneous Records)

as part of DOE’s Environmental

Restoration Program. One objective of

the program is to identify and clean up

or otherwise control facilities where

residual radioactive contamination

remains from activities carried out

under contract to AEC/ERDA during the

early years of the Nation’s atomic energy

program.

ETEC is comprised of several facilities

and structures located within

Administrative Area IV of the Santa

Susana Field Laboratory. The work

performed for DOE at ETEC consisted

primarily of testing equipment,

materials, and components for nuclear

and energy-related programs. These

nuclear energy research and

development programs, conducted by

Atomics International under contract to

AEC/ERDA, began in 1946. Several

buildings and land areas became

radiologically contaminated as a result

of facility operations and site activities.

Building T012 is one ETEC area that has

been designated for cleanup under the

DOE Environmental Restoration

Program. Other areas undergoing

decontamination will be released as

they are completed and are verified to

meet established cleanup criteria and

standards for release without

radiological restrictions as established

in DOE Order 5400.5.

Building T012 is located in the northcentral section of Area IV. It originally

consisted of two sections connected

with an enclosed passageway.
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 195 / Wednesday, October 8, 1997 / Notices 52529

Building T012 consisted of a critical

cell that was a sealed room with 4-ft.

thick concrete walls, lined with a 1⁄4-in.

steel liner, used to test Systems for

Nuclear Auxiliary Power (SNAP) critical

assemblies. The cell floor is a mat-type

concrete foundation. Sealed during

operation, this room was designed to

withstand the pressure release and to

contain radioactive materials in the

event of a burst condition from the

assemblies.

The equipment room adjacent to the

critical cell has 9-in. thick concrete

walls and ceiling and a spread concrete

foundation. A fuel storage area was

located in the west section of the room

consisting of a concrete shield wall

containing 1 percent boron by weight.

Embedded in the wall were 110

cadmium-plated tubes, 31⁄2 in. inside

diameter by 20 in. long. The tubes were

located on 1-ft. centers, 5 tubes high,

and 22 tubes wide.

Operations in Building T012 began

with systems for SNAP critical

assemblies in 1962. These experiments

used three different critical assembly

machines: SCA–4A, –4B, and SCA–5.

Most tests were directed at determining

criticality of various configurations and

conditions, such as water immersion,

and were performed well below the

allowed high power limit of about 100

watts. No significant amounts of

induced activity were produced by

these operations.

Clad reactor fuel elements (U–ZrH)

were stored as shipped in containers

and in the fuel storage tubes located in

room 109. The SNAP critical

experiments continued intermittently

through 1968, when the fuel was

shipped to the SSN Storage Vault

(Building T064), and the facility was

placed in a standby mode.

To allow the release of building T012

for use without radiological restriction,

all detectable radioactive material/

contamination was removed from the

facility. This decontamination and

decommissioning was performed in two

phases: (1) starting in 1986 with the

removal of the operations control room

and (2) the enclosed passageway

connecting those structures to the

equipment room and the critical cell.

The second and final stage of

decontamination of Building T012

began in February 1995 and required

slightly less than five months to

complete.

Briefly, the decontamination steps

involved in the second stage were to

decontaminate and decommission the

remaining concrete vault structure of

Building T012 sufficiently to permit its

use without radiological or chemical

contamination restrictions.

The accomplishment of this objective

included removal of asbestos containing

floor tiles and pipe insulation; removal

of eight contaminated fuel storage tubes;

removal of light fixtures, conduit, and

ventilation systems; paint sampling and

removal, and scabbing of the floor, wall,

ceiling surfaces; and completion of the

‘‘Final Radiological and Chemical

Contamination Assessment Survey.’’

Rockwell/Rocketdyne performed a

final radiological survey in 1996. The

Environmental Survey and Site

Assessment Program of the Oak Ridge

Institute for Science and Education

performed independent verification of

the decontamination work performed by

Rockwell/Rocketdyne in 1996. Postdecontamination surveys have

demonstrated that Building T012 is in

compliance with DOE decontamination

criteria and standards for release

without radiological restrictions. The

State of California Department of Health

Services has concurred that the

proposed release guidelines provide

adequate assurance for release without

further radiological restrictions. In the

event of property transfer, DOE intends

to comply with applicable Federal,

State, and local requirements.

None of the engineering or radiation

and nuclear safety personnel assigned to

the Building T012 decommissioning

project received any measurable

exposure to ionizing radiation.

Final costs for the decontamination of

Building T012 were $389,632.

The certification docket will be

available for review between 9:00 a.m.

and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

(except Federal holidays), in the U.S.

DOE Public Reading Room located in

Room 1E–190 of the Forrestal Building,

1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. Copies of the

certification docket will also be

available at the following locations:

DOE Public Document Room, U.S.

Department of Energy, Oakland

Operations Office, the Federal Building,

1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California;

California State University, Northridge,

Urban Archives Center, Oviatt Library,

Room 4, 18111 Nordhoff, Northridge,

California; Simi Valley Library, 2629

Tapo Canyon Road, Simi Valley,

California; and the Platt Branch, Los

Angeles Public Library, 23600 Victory

Boulevard, Woodland Hills, California.

DOE has issued the following

statement of certification:

Statement of Certification—Energy

Technology Engineering Center,

Building T012

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),

Oakland Operations Office,

Environmental Restoration Division, has

reviewed and analyzed the radiological

data obtained following

decontamination of Building T012 at the

Energy Technology Engineering Center.

Based on analysis of all data collected

and the results of the independent

verification, DOE certifies that the

following property is in compliance

with DOE radiological decontamination

criteria and standards as established in

DOE Order 5400.5. This certification of

compliance provides assurance that

future use of the property will result in

no radiological exposure above

applicable guidelines established to

protect members of the general public or

site occupants. Accordingly, the

property specified below is released

from DOE’s Environmental Restoration

Program.

Property owned by Boeing North

American Incorporated:

Building T012, at the Energy

Technology Center (situated within

Area IV of the Santa Susana Field

Laboratory), located in a portion of Tract

‘‘A’’ of Rancho Simi, in the County of

Ventura, State of California, as per map

recorded in Book 3, Page 7 of

Miscellaneous Records of Ventura

County.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on September

26, 1997.

James J. Fiore,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Environmental Restoration.

Statement of Certification: Energy

Technology Engineering Center,

Building 012

The U.S. Department of Energy,

Oakland Operations Office,

Environmental Restoration Division, has

reviewed and analyzed the radiological

data obtained following

decontamination of the Energy

Technology Engineering Center

Building 012. Based on this analysis of

all data collected, the Department of

Energy (DOE) certifies that the following

property is in compliance with DOE

decontamination criteria and standards.

This certification of compliance

provides assurance that future use of the

property will result in no radiological

exposure above applicable guidelines

established to protect members of the

general public or site occupants.

Accordingly, the property specified

below is released from DOE’s

Environmental Restoration Program.

Property owned by Rockwell

International Corporation:

Building 012, at the Energy

Technology Engineering Center, located

in a portion of Tract ‘‘A’’ of Rancho

Simi, in the County of Ventura, State of

California, as per map recorded in Book
52530 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 195 / Wednesday, October 8, 1997 / Notices

1Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, 78

FERC ¶ 61,281 (1997).

2Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation 79

FERC ¶ 61,223 (1997). 1 78 FERC ¶ 61,328 (1997).

3, Page 7 of Miscellaneous Records of

Ventura County.

Certification:

Dated: August 29, 1997

Hannibal Joma,

ETEC Site Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–26635 Filed 10–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–5–000]

Algonquin Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Request for

Extension of Waiver

October 2, 1997.

Take notice that on September 15,

1997, Algonquin Gas Transmission

Company, (Algonquin) in compliance

with the March 13, 1997 1 and May 21,

1997 2 orders of the Commission in the

captioned docket tendered for filing a

request for an extension of the six

month waiver previously granted by the

Commission with respect to compliance

with the data elements and formatting

as adopted by the Commission in Order

No. 587.

Algonquin states that under the

waiver, it was required to submit its

requests for changes to the data

elements to the Gas Industry Standards

Board (GISB). Algonquin states that it

has implemented the changes already

approved by GISB, but requests an

extension of the waiver until the

Commission adopts the next version of

the GISB standards. With respect to

those requests still pending at GISB,

Algonquin requests an additional six

month extension of time.

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

Regulations. All such protests should

comply with principles set forth in the

Commission’s May 21, 1997 order and

must be filed by October 14, 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 proceedings. Copies of this filing are

on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26592 Filed 10–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–171–010]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

Proposed Changes In FERC Gas Tariff

October 2, 1997.

Take notice that, on September 30,

1997, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR)

tendered for filing as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No.

1, tariff sheets in compliance with the

Commission’s June 26, 1997 order

accepting subject to certain

modifications to ANR’s May 1, 1997

filing to comply with the GISB

standards adopted in Order No. 587–C.

ANR states that copies of the filing

have been mailed to all affected

customers and state regulatory

commissions.

Any person desiring to protest this

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 Commissions Rules and

Regulations. 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 in the Public Reference

Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26598 Filed 10–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. TM97–2–48–000]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

Informal Technical Conference

October 2, 1997.

On February 28, 1997, ANR Pipeline

Company (ANR) tendered revised tariff

sheets reflecting its annual

redetermination of the levels of its

Transporter’s Fuel Use (%) as required

by ANR’s currently effective tariff. By

order issued March 26, 1997, 1 the

Commission accepted and suspended

the tariff sheets subject to refund, to be

effective April 1, 1997, and requested

that the parties file additional comments

within 20 days of the order, with reply

comments to follow 10 days later. By

letter dated August 19, 1997, Staff

requested additional data from ANR.

Upon review of the filing herein, the

additional comments and data

responses, staff has determined that it

will hold an informal technical

conference on this matter.

Take notice that the technical

conference will therefore be held at

10:00 a.m., on Tuesday, October 14,

1997, and continuing the following day,

Wednesday, October 15, if necessary, in

a room to be designated at the offices of

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington D.C. 20426.

All interested parties and Staff are

permitted to attend. The parties should

be prepared to support their conclusions

with specific references to the work

papers and information that has been

provided to the Commission. Questions

about this conference should be directed

to Bob Keegan, (202) 208–0158, or Louis

Lieb, (202) 208–0012.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26604 Filed 10–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project Nos. 1417 and 1835]

Central Nebraska Public Power and

Irrigation District Nebraska Public

Power District; Notice of Informal

Settlement Conference, October 2,

1997

An informal settlement conference

will be convened on Wednesday,

November 5, 1997 at 8 a.m. at the

Denver Federal Center, Third Floor

Conference Room, located at 134 Union

Blvd., Lakewood, Colorado. The

purpose of this off-the-record meeting is

to explore the possible settlement of any

contested issue. Any person appearing

at the conference in a representative

capacity must be authorized to negotiate

and, to the extent authorized by law,

settle matters addressed at the

conference.