Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 230 / Monday, December 1, 1997 / Notices 63541

GPU Energy has served copies of the

filing on regulatory agencies in New

Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Comment date: December 5, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

23. Florida Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER98–529–000]

Take notice that on November 4,

1997, Florida Power & Light Company

(FPL), tendered for filing a proposed

notice of cancellation of an umbrella

service agreement with NIPSCO Energy

Services, Inc., for Firm Short-Term

transmission service under FPL’s Open

Access Transmission Tariff.

FPL requests that the proposed

cancellation be permitted to become

effective on November 1, 1997.

FPL states that this filing is in

accordance with Part 35 of the

Commission’s Regulations.

Comment date: December 5, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

24. Florida Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER98–531–000]

Take notice that on November 4,

1997, Florida Power & Light Company,

filed a letter notice dated September 26,

1997, from Florida Keys Electric

Cooperative Association, Inc., to FPL.

This letter contains information

provided pursuant to Section 11.1 of the

Long Term Agreement to Provide

Capacity and Energy by Florida Power

& Light Company to Florida Keys

Electric Cooperative Association, Inc.,

dated August 15, 1991. FPL requests

that the proposed notice be made

effective January 1, 1998.

Comment date: December 5, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

25. Northeast Utilities Service Company

[Docket No. ER98–532–000]

Take notice that on November 4,

1997, Northeast Utilities Service

Company (NUSCO), tendered for filing,

a Service Agreement with the New York

State Electric & Gas Corporation under

the NU System Companies’ Sale for

Resale, Tariff No. 7.

NUSCO states that a copy of this filing

has been mailed to the New York State

Electric & Gas Corporation.

NUSCO requests that the Service

Agreement become effective November

1, 1997.

Comment date: December 5, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

26. California Independent System

Operator Corporation

[Docket No. ES98–9–000]

Take notice that on November 17,

1997, the California Independent

System Operator Corporation (ISO)

tendered for filing an Application under

Section 204 of the Federal Power Act for

authorization to issue securities and for

certain waivers of Part 34 requirements.

The ISO requests authorization (1) to

issue promissory notes to the ISO

Restructuring Trust (ISO Trust) in

exchange for the ISO’s assets and for

working capital; (2) to issue long-term

bonds; and (3) for other evidences of

indebtedness to be used for general

corporate purposes.

Comment date: December 16, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

27. California Power Exchange

Corporation

[Docket No. ES98–10–000]

Take notice that on November 17,

1997, the California Power Exchange

Corporation (PX) tendered for filing an

Application under Section 204 of the

Federal Power Act for authorization to

issue securities and for certain waivers

of Part 34 requirements.

The PX requests authorization (1) to

issue promissory notes to the PX

Restructuring Trust (PX Trust) in

exchange for PX’s assets and for

working capital; (2) to other evidences

of indebtedness to be used for general

Corporate purposes.

Comment date: December 16, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest said 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 Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

the comment date. 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

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–31378 Filed 11–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission.

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: November 21, 1997, 62

FR 62299.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF

MEETING: November 25, 1997, 10:00 a.m.

CHANGE IN THE MEETING: The following

Docket Number and Company has been

added as Item CAG–1 on the Agenda

scheduled for the November 25, 1997

meeting.

Item No. Docket No. and company

CAG–1 RP96–312–000, Tennessee Gas

Pipeline Company.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–31540 Filed 11–26–97; 1:06 pm]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Notice of Issuance of Decisions and

Orders During the Week of September

8 Through September 12, 1997

During the week of September 8

through September 12, 1997, the

decisions and orders summarized below

were issued with respect to appeals,

applications, petitions, or other requests

filed with the Office of Hearings and

Appeals of the Department of Energy.

The following summary also contains a

list of submissions that were dismissed

by the Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Copies of the full text of these

decisions and orders are available in the

Public Reference Room of the Office of

Hearings and Appeals, Room 1E–234,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585–

0107, Monday through Friday, between

the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.,

except federal holidays. They are also

available in Energy Management:

Federal Energy Guidelines, a

commercially published loose leaf

reporter system. Some decisions and

orders are available on the Office of

Hearings and Appeals World Wide Web

site at http://www.oha.doe.gov.
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Dated: November 20, 1997.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Decision List No. 50; Week of

September 8 Through September 12,

1997

Appeals

Bruce Darrow Gaither, 9/8/97; VFA–

0324

The Department of Energy denied a

Freedom of Information Act Appeal

filed by Bruce Darrow Gaither. In his

Appeal, Gaither contested the adequacy

of the search for responsive documents

performed by the DOE’s Freedom of

Information and Privacy Act Division.

After reviewing the scope of the search,

the DOE concluded that the search was

adequate.

Greenpeace USA, 9/11/97; VFA–0311

Greenpeace USA appealed a

Determination issued to it in response to

a request made under the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA) for information

on contracts for technical assistance that

DOE’s Idaho Operations Office (ID)

provided to California in the

development of new commercial lowlevel radioactive waste management

systems. ID withheld some documents

under Exemptions 3, 4, and 6 of the

FOIA. Material withheld under

Exemption 3 was categorized as exempt

under the National Defense

Authorization Act of 1997 (NDAA),

which generally prohibits the release of

proposals. The DOE found on Appeal

that some of the withheld material did

not meet the NDAA’s requirement of a

solicitation for a competitive proposal.

In addition, the DOE found that some

material withheld was non-exempt.

Accordingly, the Appeal was granted in

part and the case was remanded to ID

for further action.

Janice C. Curry, 9/9/97; VFA–0313

The DOE granted an Appeal by a

former DOE contractor employee for

documents related to her employment.

The DOE found that the Office of

Environmental Management (EM) did

not adequately address the basis for its

withholding of information under FOIA

Exemption 6, and that EM’s search for

responsive documents was inadequate.

The matter was, therefore, remanded to

EM.

Ralph C. Elkins, 9/12/97; VFA–0317

Ralph C. Elkins appealed a denial by

the Freedom of Information and Privacy

Act Division of a request for his security

clearance file that he submitted under

the Privacy Act. The FOIA Division had

not found the requested file. In

considering the Appeal, the DOE found

that the FOIA Division had conducted

an adequate search for responsive

documents, and it accordingly denied

the Appeal.

Personnel Security Hearing

Personnel Security Hearing, 9/10/97;

VSO–0151

A Hearing Officer issued an Opinion

regarding the eligibility of an individual

for access authorization under the

provisions of 10 C.F.R. Part 710. The

Hearing Officer found the individual

had harassed his ex-spouse and three

co-workers and that this conduct, as

specified by Criterion L, indicated that

he may not be honest, reliable or

trustworthy or may be subject to

pressure, coercion, exploitation or

duress. The Hearing officer found that

the individual had engaged in a number

of harassing acts towards his ex-spouse

and three co-workers and that he had

not demonstrated sufficient evidence of

reformation. The Hearing officer also

found that the individual had been

diagnosed by a psychiatrist as suffering

from mixed personality disorder and

depressive disorder and that in the

psychiatrist’s opinion these illnesses

could cause a significant defect in

judgment and reliability, as specified by

Criterion H. Although the individual

presented witnesses testifying that he

did not exhibit the personality

characteristics described by the DOE

psychiatrist, the Hearing Officer

concluded that he had not presented

sufficient evidence to warrant rejection

of the psychiatrist’s opinion. Given the

above findings, the Hearing Officer

recommended that the individual’s

access authorization should not be

restored.

Refund Applications

The Office of Hearings and Appeals

issued the following Decisions and

Orders concerning refund applications,

which are not summarized. Copies of

the full texts of the Decisions and

Orders are available in the Public

Reference Room of the Office of

Hearings and Appeals.

Buttler County Commission, et al:

RF272–76385, 9/10/97

Crude Oil Ref. Dist.: RB272–00117,

9/11/97

Empire Gas Corp./Howe Laundry: et al:

RF335–00001, 9/12/97

Estate of Victor G. Zonver et al: RK272–

01788, 9/11/97

Godwin Constsruction Co. et al: RF272–

98611, 9/11/97

Worley’s Asphalt & Paving Co. et al:

RK272–04466, 9/11/97

Dismissals

The following submissions were

dismissed.

American Building Components Co.,

Case No. RF272–57013

Arka, Inc., Case No. RF272–94509

Damar Worldwide, Inc., Case No. VEE–

0048

Houston Slag Materials Company, Case

No. RK272–04476

Midwest Paving Company, Case No.

RG272–00836

[FR Doc. 97–31386 Filed 11–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5930–3]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; National Oil and

Hazardous Substances Pollution

Contingency Plan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that EPA is planning to submit the

following continuing Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

National Oil and Hazardous Substances

Pollution Contingency Plan, EPA ICR

No. 1463.03, OMB No. 2050–0096,

expiring on January 31, 1998. Before

submitting the ICR to OMB for review

and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

proposed information collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before January 30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Community Involvement

and Outreach Center, Office of

Emergency and Remedial Response, 401

M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460,

Mail Code: 5204–G, 703–603–8889.

Persons interested in obtaining a copy of

the ICR without charge may call the

telephone number above to request a

free copy.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois

Gartner, telephone number: 703–603–

8889, facsimile number: 703–603–9100,

e-mail address:

gartner.lois@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those states

and members of the public that