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income and revenue. Form EIA–417R

collects data on electric power

disturbances. Respondents include

electric utilities, nonutility electric

power producers, electric reliability

council members, and independent

electric power system operators. Electric

power data collected are used by the

Department of Energy for analysis and

forecasting. Data are also published in

various EIA reports.

Based upon presurvey comments

received and further study of the

industry, the EIA has revised the

changes and modifications originally

proposed in the Federal Register notice

of July 29, 1997. Many of the proposed

changes, (principally to the Form EIA–

861), have not been included in the

package submitted to OMB. Included in

the changes submitted to OMB is the

deletion of the proposed Form EIA–

417A. Four of the questions that were

included on the Form EIA–417A

regarding outages have been

incorporated into the Form EIA–861.

Additionally, a question pertaining to

alternative fueled vehicles has been

added to both the Form EIA–861

(electric utility) and the Form EIA–867

(nonutility). Other modifications are

described in the supporting statement

that has been submitted to OMB and is

available upon request.

With respect to the confidentiality of

electric power data collected by EIA, the

EIA is proposing no changes in its

current confidentiality provisions for its

electric power surveys and is requesting

approval for these surveys for only one

year, rather than the normal three-year

approval request. During 1998, the EIA

will prepare and publish a Federal

Register notice seeking input and

guidance from both electric power data

providers and users on the question of

confidentiality of electric power data

currently collected and published by the

EIA. The EIA will formulate a new

policy on confidentiality of its electric

power data considering input from all

interested parties as well as the

deregulation of the industry.

4. Business or other for-profit; Federal

government; State, local, or tribal

governments

5. 90,697 hours (3.73 average hours

per response x 2.7 average responses per

year × 8,994 respondents)

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

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. 104–13).

Issued in Washington, D.C., December 3,

1997.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and

Methods Group, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–32437 Filed 12–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–100–000]

Algonquin, Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Application

December 5, 1997.

Take notice that on November 24,

1997, Algonquin Gas Transmission

Company (Algonquin), 5400

Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas

77251–1642, filed an application

pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural

Gas Act and Part 157 of the

Commission’s Regulations for a

certificate of public convenience and

necessity to construct, own, operate,

and maintain a pipeline lateral in

Norfolk County, Massachusetts, all as

more fully set forth in the application

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Specifically, Algonquin proposes to

construct, own operate, and maintain

5,848 feet of 14-inch pipeline lateral

extending from an interconnection with

its 24-inch and 30-inch mainline system

to ANP Bellingham Energy Company’s

(ANP-Bellingham) proposed electric

generating plan in Bellingham,

Massachusetts. Algonquin will also

construct a metering station at the

Bellingham plant and other appurtenant

facilities. The estimated cost of the

proposed lateral is $4.6 million. The

proposed in-service date is October 1,

1999. Algonquin states that it has

entered into a Precedent Agreement

with ANP-Bellingham to transport up to

110,000 Dth per day, on a firm basis, for

a primary term of 20 years. Algonquin

states that the transportation service

will be performed under Algonquin’s

existing Part 284 Rate Schedule AFT–CL

and that ANP-Bellingham will be

assessed an initial incremental demand

rate of $0.8399 per Dth.

Any person desiring to participate in

the hearing process or to make any

protest with reference to said

application should on or before

December 29, 1997, file with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 1st

Street, N.E., 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 of 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. The Commission’s

rules require that protestors provide

copies of their protests to the party or

parties directly involved. Any person

wishing to become 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.

A person obtaining intervenor status

will be placed on the service list

maintained by the Secretary of the

Commission and will receive copies of

all documents filed by the applicant and

by every one of the intervenors. An

intervenor can file for rehearing of any

Commission order and can petition for

court review of any such order.

However, an intervenor must submit

copies of comments or any other filing

it makes with the Commission to every

other intervenor in the proceeding, as

well as 14 copies with the Commission.

A person does not have to intervene,

however, in order to have comments

considered. A person, instead, may

submit two copies of comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Commenters will be placed on the

Commission’s environmental mailing

list, will receive copies of

environmental documents and will be

able to participate in meetings

associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Commenters will not be required to

serve copies of filed documents on all

other parties. However, commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission and will not have the right

to seek rehearing or appeal the

Commission’s final order to a federal

court.

The Commission will consider all

comments and concerns equally,

whether filed by commenters or those

requesting intervenor status.

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 a grant of the
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certificate is 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

believe 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 Algonquin to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32379 Filed 12–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Dockets Nos. CP98–107–000 and CP98–

109–000]

Continental Natural Gas, Inc.; Notice of

Application

December 5, 1997.

Take notice that on December 1, 1997,

Continental Natural Gas, Inc. (CNG)

filed under Section 7(c) of the Natural

Gas Act (NGA) for a Section 7 certificate

and also for a blanket certificate under

Part 157, Subpart F authorizing

conversion and continued operation of

an 11 mile pipeline segment under

Section 7 of the NGA, all as more fully

set forth in the application which is on

file with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

CNG owns natural gas gathering and

processing facilities in Beaver County,

Oklahoma. CNG gathers and processes

gas using its two natural gas plants, the

Beaver Plant and the Mocane Plant

along with inlet and outlet facilities. In

Plant Owners v. Continental Natural

Gas, 80 FERC ¶61,285, the Commission

determined that the 11-mile, 10-inch

diameter pipeline connecting the Beaver

Plant with ANR Pipeline Company

(ANR) is a jurisdictional transmission

line. As a result, CNG now seeks a

Section 7 certificate and blanket

certificate authorization. CNG states that

it has no intention of changing the

manner in which it operates the 11-mile

line and that the line will remain

dedicated to moving CNG’s gas from its

Beaver Plant to ANR.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to this

application should, on or before

December 29, 1997, file with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

a motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 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 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. Copies of this filing are on file

with the Commission and are available

for public inspection.

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 NGA and

§ 385.802 of 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, or

if the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that a grant of the

certificate is required by the public

convenience and necessity. If a motion

for leave to intervene is timely filed, or

the Commission on its own motion

believes that a formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32380 Filed 12–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–108–000]

East Tennessee Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

December 5, 1997.

Take notice that on December 1, 1997,

East Tennessee Natural Gas Company

(ETNG), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas

77252, filed in Docket No. CP98–108–

000 a request pursuant to §§ 157.205

and 157.216 of the Commission’s

Regulations (18 CFR 157.205, 157.216)

under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for

authorization to abandon the Hawkins

County Lateral, located in Hawkins

County, Tennessee, as a delivery point

under ETNG’s blanket certificate issued

in Docket No. CP82–412–000, pursuant

to Section 7 of the NGA, all as more

fully set forth in the request that is on

file with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

ETNG proposes to abandon the

Hawkins County Lateral by sale to the

Hawkins County Utility District

(HCUD). It is stated that the lateral

consists of 5.18 miles of 6-inch pipeline

and appurtenant facilities. It is

explained that the lateral was installed

in 1961 in order to make deliveries to

HCUD, formerly the Natural Gas Utility

District of Hawkins County, a

municipality engaged in the local

distribution of natural gas to the public.

It is asserted that ETNG and HCUD have

negotiated a Purchase and Sales

Agreement to transfer ownership of the

lateral from HCUD to ETNG and that no

facilities would be removed or

abandoned in place. It is further

asserted that HCUD is the only customer

served by the facilities and that HCUD

has consented to the abandonment by

sale.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to

§ 157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32381 Filed 12–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–82–000]

Gas Transport, Inc.; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

December 5, 1997.

Take notice that on December 1, 1997,

Gas Transport, Inc. (GTI) tendered for

filing revised tariff sheets to its FERC

Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No.

1, with a proposed effective date of

January 1, 1998.

GTI states that the purpose of this

filing is to conform GTI’s tariff to the

requirements set forth in Subpart C of

Part 154 of the Commission’s

Regulations and Order No. 582.