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review procedures to be used for the

solicitation of the names of individuals

to succeed Board members whose terms

expire September 30, 1998. The expiring

terms are in the following categories:

general public, elementary school

principal, secondary school principal,

fourth-grade classroom teacher, state

legislator (Democrat) Chief State School

Officer, Governor (Democrat), Governor

(Republican), and eighth grade

classroom teacher.

The full Board will meet in open

session from 9:00 a.m. until

adjournment, approximately 12:00

noon. The agenda for this session is the

presentation of reports from the various

Board committee meetings.

A summary of the activities of the

closed and partially closed sessions and

other related matters which are

informative to the public and consistent

with the policy of the section 5 U.S.C.

552b(c), will be available to the public

within 14 days after the meeting.

Records are kept of all Board

proceedings and are available for public

inspection at the U.S. Department of

Education, National Assessment

Governing Board, Suite #825, 800 North

Capitol Street, NW, Washington, D.C.,

from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Dated: November 4, 1997.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

[FR Doc. 97–29520 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. EA–162, EA–163 and EA–97–

B]

Applications to Export Electric Energy;

PP&L, Inc., Duke Energy Trading and

Marketing and Portland General

Electric Company

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Applications.

SUMMARY: PP&L and Portland General

Electric Company, both FERC regulated

public utility companies, and Duke

Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C., a

power marketer, have submitted

applications to export electric energy to

Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the

Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before December 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: 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–

9624 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.

PP&L ..................... 10/21/97 EA–162

Duke Energy Trading And Marketing, L.L.C.

(Duke).

10/31/97 EA–163

Portland General

Electric Company (PGE).

10/30/97 EA–97–B

In Docket EA–162, PP&L, formerly

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company,

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.

In Docket EA–163, Duke, a power

marketer that does not own, operate or

control any electric power generation,

transmission or distribution facilities,

proposes to transmit to Canada electric

energy that is surplus to the needs of the

entity selling the power.

PP&L and Duke 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 the

applications, has previously been

authorized by a Presidential permit

issued pursuant to Executive Order

10485, as amended.

PGE (Docket EA–97–B) currently

holds an electricity export authorization

in Order EA–97–A which will expire on

April 29, 1998. PGE has requested that

their export authorization to transmit

electric energy to BC Hydro, a Crown

Corporation in the Canadian Province of

British Columbia, be renewed for a fiveyear period. PGE proposes to transmit

economy or firm energy to BC Hydro

through the facilities of the Bonneville

Power Administration.

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 PP&L’s request to

export to Canada should be clearly

marked with Docket EA–162.

Additional copies are to be filed directly

with Jesse A. Dillon, Senior Counsel,

PP&L, Inc., Two North Ninth Street,

Allentown, PA 18101 AND Douglas H.

Rosenberg, Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP,

5000 Columbia Center, 701 Fifth

Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104–7078.

Comments on Duke’s request to

export to Canada should be clearly

marked with Docket EA–163.

Additional copies are to be filed with

Kris Errickson, Legal/Regulatory

Coordinator, Duke Energy Trading and

Marketing, L.L.C., One Westchase

Center, 10777 Westheimer Street, Suite

650, Houston, TX 77042; Christine M.

Pallenik, Managing Counsel, Duke

Energy Trading and Marketing, 4 Triad

Center, Suite 1000, Salt Lake City, UT

84180, AND Gordon J. Smith, Esq., John

& Hengerer, 1200 17th Street, NW, Suite

600, Washington, DC 20036.

Comments on PGE’s request to renew

its authorization to export to Canada

should be clearly marked with Docket

EA–97–B. Additional copies are to be

filed directly with Michele L. Farrell,

FERC Project Manager, Portland General

Electric Company, 1WTC0702, 121 SW

Salmon Street, Portland, OR 97204 AND

Mary C. Hain, Assistant General

Counsel, Portland General Electric

Company, 1WTC13, 121 SW Salmon

Street, Portland, OR 97204.

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
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inspection and copying at the address

provided above.

Issued in Washington, DC on November 4,

1997.

Barbara N. McKee,

Director, Office of Coal and Power Import

and Export, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 97–29610 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

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 on or

before December 10, 1997. 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 N.W.,

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 Herbert Miller,

Statistics and Methods Group (EI–70),

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of

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

Miller may be telephoned at (202) 426–

1103, FAX (202) 426–1081, or e-mail at

hmiller@eia.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

energy information collection submitted

to OMB for review was:

1. FE–781R, ‘‘Annual Report of

International Electrical Export/Import

Data’’

2. Fossil Energy, Office of Coal and

Electricity; OMB No. 1901–0296;

Extension; Mandatory

3. FE–781R collects electrical import/

export data from entities authorized to

export electric energy to construct,

connect, operate, or maintain facilities

for the transmission of electric energy

at an international boundary as

required by 10 CFR 205.308 and

205.325. The data are also used by

EIA for publications.

4. Business or other for-profit

5. 370 hours (1 hr. × 1 response per year

× 370 respondents)

Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A)

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13).

Issued in Washington, D.C., October 31,

1997.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and

Methods Group, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–29609 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. TM98–2–20–000]

Algonquin Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Proposed

Changes In FERC Gas Tariff

November 4, 1997.

Take notice that on October 31, 1997,

Algonquin Gas Transmission Company

(Algonquin), tendered for filing as part

of its FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth Revised

Volume No. 1, Eighth Revised Sheet No.

40, to become effective on December 1,

1997.

Algonquin states that pursuant to

Section 32 of the General Terms and

Conditions of its FERC Gas Tariff, it is

filing to revise the Fuel Reimbursement

Percentages (FRPs) for the four calendar

periods beginning December 1, 1997.

Algonquin states that the use of actual

data for the latest available 12-month

period yields increased FRPs which,

compared to the last FRQ annual filing,

consist of a 0.09% increase in the FRP

for the Winter season and seasonal

increases for the Spring, Summer and

Fall seasons ranging from 0.21% to

0.50%. Algonquin proposes to levelize

the three non-winter periods in

response to requests from customers for

rate stability. Algonquin requests any

waivers necessary to permit the

percentage calculated from the actuals

for the entire 8-month period,

combining Spring, Summer and Fall, to

be applied during each of the three

seasonal periods so that for the entire 8-

month period the FRP will not change

from one season to the next.

Algonquin also states that it is

submitting the calculation of the fuel

reimbursement quantity (FRQ) deferral

allocation, pursuant to Section 32.5(c)

which provides that Algonquin will

calculate surcharges or refunds designed

to amortize the net monetary value of

the balance in the FRQ Deferred

Account at the end of the previous

accumulation period. Algonquin states

that for the period August 1, 1996

through July 31, 1997, the FRQ Deferred

Account resulted in a net debit balance

that will be surcharged to Algonquin’s

customers, based on the allocation of

the account balance over the actual

throughput during the accumulation

period, exclusive of backhauls.

Algonquin states that copies of this

filing were served on firm customers of

Algonquin, interested state commissions

and all current interruptible customers.

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