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reinstate the antitrust defense under

section 252 of the Energy Policy and

Conservation Act (EPCA), the following

meeting notices are provided, in

accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(i)

of the EPCA:

I. A meeting of the Industry Advisory

Board (IAB) to the International Energy

Agency (IEA) will be held on November

12, 1997, at the headquarters of the IEA,

9, rue de la Fe ́de ́ration, Paris, France,

beginning at 2:30 p.m. The purpose of

this meeting is to permit attendance by

representatives of U.S. company

members of the IAB at a joint meeting

of the IEA’s Standing Group on

Emergency Questions (SEQ) and

Standing Group on the Oil Market

(SOM) which is scheduled to be held at

the aforesaid location on the aforesaid

date. The agenda for the meeting is

under the control of the SEQ and the

SOM. It is expected that they will adopt

the following agenda:

1. Current Oil Market Situation

2. The 50th Anniversary of the Marshall

Plan and Evolution of Oil Markets

—Introduction

—The Effect of the Marshall Plan on

Oil Prices: Has the Oil Market

Really Changed?

—50 Years Dealing with Cycles of

Optimism and Pessimism

3. The Next 50 Years? Report on the IEA

Workshop on Long-Term Oil

Supply

4. Oil Market Dynamics in Supply

Emergencies

II. A meeting of the IAB will be held

on November 13, 1997, at the

headquarters of the IEA, beginning at

approximately 9:30 a.m. The purpose of

this meeting is to permit attendance by

representatives of U.S. company

members of the IAB at a meeting of the

SEQ which is scheduled to be held at

the IEA headquarters on November 13,

including a preparatory encounter

among company representatives from

approximately 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

The agenda for the preparatory

encounter among company

representatives is to elicit views

regarding items on the SEQ’s agenda.

The agenda for the SEQ meeting is

under the control of the SEQ. It is

expected that the SEQ will adopt the

following agenda:

1. Adoption of the Agenda

2. Approval of Summary Record of the

90th Meeting

3. SEQ Work Program

—The 1998 SEQ Work Program

—Organization of Emergency

Response Exercise 1998

4. Policy and Legislative Developments

in Member Countries

—Energy Policy and Conservation Act

(EPCA)

—Report on DOE Strategic Petroleum

Reserve Study

—Sales by some Member Countries of

Government-held stocks

—Other Country Developments

5. Industry Advisory Board

—Current and Planned IAB Activities

6. Long Term Strategy Issues

—Agenda of Seminar on IEA

Emergency Reserve Strategy

—Future Strategies for IEA Emergency

Reserves

7. Emergency Response Reviews of IEA

Countries

—Belgium

—Netherlands

—Norway

—Sweden

—Hungary

—Updated Schedule of Reviews

8. Review of SEQ Work Procedures

—Results of Survey

—Summary and Implementation

9. Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA

Countries

—Emergency Reserve and Net Import

Situation of IEA Countries on July

1, 1997

—Report to the Governing Board on

the IEA Emergency Reserve Issues

10. Emergency Response Issues in IEA

Candidate Countries

—The Emergency Reserve Situation of

IEA Candidate Countries

11. Emergency Data System and Related

Questions

—Monthly Oil Statistics (MOS) June

1997

—MOS July 1997

—Base Period Final Consumption

(PFC)—Q396–Q297

—Quarterly Oil Forecast—Q397–Q298

12. Emergency Reference Guide

—Update of Emergency Contact

Points List

13. Any Other Business

—1998 Non-Member Countries/SEQ

Joint Activities relating to

Emergency Response Issues

—Report by Mr. Masuda on Japan

National Oil Company 30th

Anniversary Seminar

—Other issues

As provided in section 252(c)(1)(A)(ii)

of the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(ii)), these

meetings are open only to

representatives of members of the IAB

and their counsel, representatives of

members of the SEQ and the SOM,

representatives of the Departments of

Energy, Justice, and State, the Federal

Trade Commission, the General

Accounting Office, Committees of the

Congress, the IEA, and the European

Commission, and invitees of the IAB,

the SEQ, the SOM or the IEA.

Issued in Washington, DC, October 30,

1997.

Eric J. Fygi,

Acting General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–29263 Filed 11–4–97; 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 5, 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
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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. EIA–767, ‘‘Steam-Electric Plant

Operation and Design Report’’

2. Energy Information Administration,

Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and

Alternate Fuels (additional sponsors are

the Environmental Protection Agency

and DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy);

OMB Nos. 1901–0298, and 2080–0018;

Reinstatement of a Previously Approved

Collection; Mandatory

3. The Form EIA–767 is a

consolidation of data requirements of

EPA and DOE. Data are collected

annually from steam-electric power

plants of 10 (MW) or more. Data on air

emission and water quality are used for

economic, regulatory, and

environmental analysis. Power plants

between 10 MW and 100 MW file only

pages 6, 13, and 14 fuel and flue gas

desulfurization data.

4. Business or other for-profit; Federal

Government; State, Local or Tribal

Government

5. 52,148 hours (60.85 hrs. × 1

response per year × 857 respondents)

Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L.

104–13).

Issued in Washington, D.C., October 29,

1997.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and

Methods Group, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–29262 Filed 11–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–4273–000]

Cargill-IEC, L.L.C.; Notice of Issuance

of Order

October 31, 1997.

Cargill-IEC, L.L.C. (Cargill-IEC) filed

an application for authorization to sell

electric capacity and energy at marketbased rates, and for certain waivers and

authorizations. In particular, Cargill-IEC

requested that the Commission grant

blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34

of all future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liabilities by Cargill-IEC.

On October 17, 1997, the Commission

issued an Order Conditionally

Accepting for Filing Proposed MarketBased Rates (Order), in the abovedocketed proceeding.

The Commission’s October 17, 1997

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (D), (E), and (G):

(D) Within 30 days of the date of this

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the Commission’s blanket

approval of issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities by Cargill-IEC

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 Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214.

(E) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (D) above, Cargill-IEC is

hereby authorized to issue securities

and assume obligations and liabilities as

guarantor, indorser, surety or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of CargillIEC, compatible with the public interest,

and reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

(G) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

Cargill-IEC’s issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities* * *.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is

November 17, 1997.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–29251 Filed 11–4–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–4335–000]

GEN–SYS Energy; Notice of Issuance

of Order

October 31, 1997.

GEN–SYS Energy (GEN–SYS) filed an

application for authorization to engage

in the wholesale sale of electric capacity

and energy at market-based rates, and

for certain waivers and authorizations.

In particular, GEN–SYS requested that

the Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liabilities by GEN–SYS. On October

17, 1997, the Commission issued an

Order Conditionally Accepting for

Filing Proposed Market-Based Rates

(Order), in the above-docketed

proceeding.

The Commission’s October 17, 1997

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (D), (E), and (G):

(D) Within 30 days of the date of this

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the Commission’s blanket

approval of issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities by GEN–SYS

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 Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214.

(E) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (D) above, GEN–SYS is

hereby authorized to issue securities

and to assume obligations or liabilities

as guarantor, indorser, surety or

otherwise in respect to any security of

another person; provided that such

issue or assumption is for some lawful

object within the corporate purposes of

GEN–SYS, compatible with the public

interest, and reasonably necessary or

appropriate for such purposes.

(G) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interest will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of