Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 227 / Tuesday, November 25, 1997 / Notices 62767

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–84–000]

The Peoples Gas Light and Coke

Company; Notice of Application

November 19, 1997.

Take notice that on November 12,

1997, The Peoples Gas Light and Coke

Company (Peoples Gas), 130 East

Randolph Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601,

filed in Docket No. CP98–84–000, an

application pursuant to Section 7 of the

Natural Gas Act, as amended, and

Section 284.224 of the Commission’s

Regulations, for a blanket certificate of

public convenience and necessity

authorizing Peoples Gas to provide firm

and interruptible transportation services

in interstate commerce, all as more fully

set forth in the application which is on

file with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Peoples Gas is a public utility and its

rate and tariffs are subject to regulation

by the Illinois Commerce Commission.

Peoples Gas is engaged in the business

of purchasing and storing natural gas

and distributing and selling natural gas

to approximately 840,000 retail

customers within the City of Chicago,

Illinois. Peoples Gas owns and operates

a distribution system within the City of

Chicago and it owns and operates a

storage field located in central Illinois.

Peoples Gas states that it owns and

operates a looped pipeline (30-inch and

42-inch) which connects the storage

field with its distribution system.

Peoples Gas claims that these facilities

are subject to the Illinois Commission’s

jurisdiction. Peoples Gas asserts that

these facilities currently serve only

retail customers in Illinois and that it is

not authorized to provide interstate

services subject to the Commission’s

jurisdiction.

Peoples Gas notes that its facilities

interconnect with four interstate

pipelines, namely ANR Pipeline

Company, Midwestern Gas

Transmission Company, Natural Gas

Pipeline Company of America and

Trunkline Gas Company. Peoples Gas

claims that it could also have

interconnections with Northern Border

Pipeline Company and Alliance

Pipeline Company if these projects are

approved and completed. Since these

pipelines are tied to major gas

producing regions in the United States

and Canada. Peoples Gas feels that it is

strategically located to provide

transportation service in the Chicago,

Illinois market area. By transporting gas

on behalf of other local distribution

companies, producer/marketers and end

users, Peoples Gas claims that it will

enhance competition in the Chicago

market by facilitating pooling, providing

additional options for shippers serving

midwest markets and for end users in

those markets by linking existing and

proposed pipelines, and improving

liquidity in the commodity market at

the Chicago citygate.

Peoples Gas asserts that during the

twelve-month period ending September

30, 1997, it received 287,644 Mdth of

gas from all sources into its system

within or at the boundary of the State

of Illinois. Peoples Gas states that it

does not currently provide wholesale

transportation services and none of the

gas received during the most recent

period was exempt from the

Commission’s regulation by reason of

Section 1(c) of the NGA. Peoples Gas

states that all of the gas received was

exempt from the Commission’s

jurisdiction by reason of section 1(b) of

the NGA since all of such gas was

purchased for the purpose of

distribution to end users within Illinois

and was subject to the Illinois

Commission jurisdiction. Peoples Gas

filed its proposed rates in its

contemporaneously filed application in

Docket No. PR98–1–000 for approval of

rates pursuant to Sections 284.123 and

284.224 of the Commissions Regulations

(18 CFR 284.123 and 284.224) Peoples

Gas states that it will comply with the

conditions of Section 284.224(e) of the

Commission’s regulations.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before

December 10, 1997, file with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, D.C.

20426, a motion to intervene or a protest

in accordance with the requirements of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)

and the Regulations under the Natural

Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All protests

filed with the Commission will be

considered by it in determining the

appropriate action to be taken but will

not serve to make the protestants parties

to the proceeding. Any person wishing

to become a party to a proceeding or to

participate as a party in any hearing

therein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas

Act and the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, a hearing will

be held without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that permission and

approval for the proposed abandonment

and grant of certificate are required by

the public convenience and necessity. If

a motion for leave to intervene is timely

filed, or if the Commission on its own

motion believes that a formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for Peoples Gas to appear

or be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30885 Filed 11–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–85–000]

Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Application for

Abandonment

November 19, 1997.

Take notice that on November 12,

1997, Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation (Texas Eastern), 5400

Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas

(77056–5310, filed an application

pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural

Gas Act and Part 157 of the

Commission’s Regulations for an order

granting permission and approval to

abandon certain facilities in place and

by removal, all as more fully set forth in

the application which is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Specifically, Texas Eastern requests

authorization to abandon the Point Au

Chien compressor station; lateral lines

40–E–11, 40–E–12, 40–E–13, and 40–F;

and certain meter stations and

appurtenant facilities. All of the

facilities for which Texas Eastern seeks

abandonment authority for are located

in Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes,

Louisiana. Texas Eastern states that

neither it nor its customers are utilizing

the subject facilities. In addition, Texas

Eastern states that it does not propose to

attach any new sources of natural gas to

the subject facilities.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before

December 10, 1997, file with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 1st

Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20426, a
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motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214) and the regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All

protests filed with the Commission will

be considered by it in determining the

appropriate action to be taken but will

not serve to make the protestants parties

to the proceeding. Any person wishing

to become a party in any proceeding

herein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the

Natural Gas Act and the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedure, a

hearing will be held without further

notice before the Commission or its

designee on this application if no

motion to intervene is filed within the

time required herein, if the Commission

on its own review of the matter finds

that permission and approval for the

proposed abandonment are required by

the public convenience and necessity. If

a motion for leave to intervene is timely

filed, or if the Commission on its own

motion believes that formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for Texas Eastern to appear

or to be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30886 Filed 11–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–408–000]

Trailblazer Pipeline Company; Notice

of Informal Settlement Conference

November 19, 1997.

Take notice that an informal

settlement conference will be convened

in this proceeding on December 4, 1997

at 10:00 a.m., to continue through

December 5, 1997 as needed, at the

offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, DC, for the purpose of

exploring the possible settlement of the

above-referenced docket.

Any party, as defined by 18 CFR

385.102(c), or any participant as defined

by 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited to

attend. Persons wishing to become a

party must move to intervene and

receive intervenor status pursuant to the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

385.214).

For additional information, please

contact Robert Young at (202) 208–5705

or Thomas Burgess at (202) 208–2058.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30892 Filed 11–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–42193; FRL–5759–3]

Endocrine Disruptors; Notice of Public

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA)

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the sixth

meeting of the Endocrine Disruptors

Screening and Testing Advisory

Committee (EDSTAC), a committee

established under the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA) to advise EPA on a strategy for

screening chemicals and pesticides for

their potential to disrupt endocrine

function in humans and wildlife.

DATES: The meeting will begin on

December 2 at 9 a.m. and is scheduled

to adjourn December 3 at 12 p.m. A

public comment period will be held on

the evening of December 2 from 7 p.m.

to 9 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Omni Rosen Hotel, 9840

International Drive, Orlando, FL. The

telephone number at the hotel is 407–

354–9840; fax: 407–248–0865.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

technical information, contact Dr.

Anthony Maciorowski (telephone: 202–

260–3048) or Mr. Gary Timm

(telephone: 202–260–1859) at EPA. To

obtain additional information please

contact the contractor assisting EPA

with meeting facilitation and logistics:

Ms. Tutti Otteson, The Keystone Center,

P.O. Box 8606, Keystone, CO 80435.

Telephone: 970–468–5822; fax: 970–

262–0152; email: totteson@keystone.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA’s

Office of Prevention, Pesticides and

Toxic Substances is taking the lead for

the Agency on endocrine disruptor

screening and testing required by recent

legislation (i.e., reauthorization of the

Safe Drinking Water Act and the Food

Quality Protection Act) and has formed

an advisory committee (EDSTAC) to

provide advice and counsel to the

Agency on a strategy to screen and test

chemicals, including pesticides, for

their potential to disrupt endocrine

function in humans, fish, and wildlife.

It is proposed that the agenda for this

meeting include the following topics:

1. A report from the Screening and

Testing Work Group—Further

discussion of Tier 1 screening assays—

Proposals for Tier 2 testing.

2. An update on the Communication

Strategy from the Communications and

Outreach Work Group.

3. A report from the Priority Setting

Work Group—Proposals for handling

mixtures and polymers—Update on

other topics.

Dated: November 20, 1997.

William H. Sanders,

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics.

[FR Doc. 97–31127 Filed 11–21–97; 2:49 pm]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

November 17, 1997.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burden

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following information collection(s), as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An

agency may not conduct or sponsor a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid control

number. No person shall be subject to

any penalty for failing to comply with

a collection of information subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that

does not display a valid control number.

Comments are requested concerning (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before December 26,

1997. If you anticipate that you will be