5978 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 27 / Monday, February 10, 1997 / Notices

4. Williams Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP97–206–000]

Take notice that on January 24, 1997,

Williams Natural Gas Company (WNG),

P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101,

filed in Docket No. CP97–206–000 a

request pursuant to 157.205 and 157.216

of the Commission’s Regulations under

the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.216) for authorization to abandon in

place by sale to Warren Energy

Resources, Limited Partnership

(Warren), formerly NGC Resources,

approximately 27.3 miles of 16-inch

lateral pipeline, related service and

facilities, under WNG’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

479–000 pursuant to Section 7 of the

Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request that is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

WNG proposes to abandon in place by

sale to Warren approximately 27.3 miles

of the Rodman (Enid) 16-inch lateral

pipeline (Line ‘‘TM’’), related service

and facilities located in Alfalfa, Major

and Garfield Counties, Oklahoma.

WNG states that, as set out in the

Assignment and Bill of Sale, WNG’s

right-of-way service obligation to the six

domestic customers located on the 16-

inch pipeline to be abandoned will be

assumed by Warren since all facilities

serving the domestics are part of the

Assignment and Bill of Sale. WNG states

that the sales price of the line is

$690,000.

Comment date: March 17, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph G

at the end of this notice.

5. ANR Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP97–207–000]

Take notice that on January 27, 1997,

ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 500

Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan

48243 filed in Docket No. CP96–207–

000 a request pursuant to Sections

157.205, and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and

157.211) for approval and permission to

operate under the blanket certificate

issued in Docket No. CP88–532–000,

pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural

Gas Act (NGA), an existing

interconnection in Kane County,

Illinois, that has been constructed

pursuant to Section 311 of the Natural

Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA), all as

more fully set forth in the request which

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

ANR states that it constructed an

interconnection (Hampshire

Interconnection) with Northern Illinois

Gas Company (NiGas) in November,

1995 pursuant to NGPA Section 311.

ANR further states that the facilities

consist of meter station, heater,

separator, flow control facilities, and

approximately 2,900 feet of sixteen-inch

piping. ANR indicates that the facilities

cost approximately $3,200,000. ANR

asserts that it has been delivering

natural gas to NiGas at this

interconnection for delivery to North

Shore Gas Company under Rate

Schedule ETS of ANR’s FERC Gas

Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1.

By this application, ANR seeks

authorization to operate the Hampshire

Interconnection under the provisions of

Section 7(c) of the NGA. ANR asserts

that the NiGas Interconnection is

designed for 300 MMcf/day.

Comment date: March 17, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph G

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

F. Any person desiring to be heard or

make any protest with reference to said

filing should on or before the comment

date file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

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 385.211 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.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

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

filing 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

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

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 the applicant to appear

or be represented at the hearing.

G. Any person or the Commission’s

staff may, within 45 days after the

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 therefore,

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. 97–3195 Filed 2–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

Southeastern Power Administration

Intent to Formulate Revised Power

Marketing Policy Georgia-AlabamaSouth Carolina System of Projects

AGENCY: Southeastern Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to its Procedure for

Public Participation in the Formulation

of Marketing Policy published in the

Federal Register of July 6, 1978, 43 FR

29186, Southeastern intends to revise its

marketing policy for future disposition

of power from its Georgia-AlabamaSouth Carolina System of Projects.

The current power marketing policy

published on December 28, 1994, for the

Southeastern Power Administration’s

(Southeastern) Georgia-Alabama-South

Carolina System is reflected in contracts

for the sale of system power which are

maintained in Southeastern’s

headquarter’s offices. Proposals and

recommendations for consideration in

formulating the proposed revised

marketing policy are solicited, as are

requests for further information or

consultation.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Comments must be

submitted on or before April 11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Five copies of written

proposals or recommendations should

be submitted to the Administrator,

Southeastern Power Administration,

Elberton, Georgia 30635, (706) 213–

3800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A ‘‘Final

Power Marketing Policy for the Georgia-
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Alabama-South Carolina System of

Projects’’ was developed and published

in the Federal Register on December 28,

1994, 59 FR 66957 by Southeastern.

Transmission contracts under this

policy have been negotiated with the

Southern Company, Oglethorpe Power

Corporation, Alabama Electric

Cooperative, South Mississippi Electric

Power Association, and the Municipal

Electric Authority of Georgia effective

October 1, 1996. Existing transmission

contracts with Duke Power Company,

South Carolina Electric & Gas, and

South Carolina Public Service Authority

are in the process of renegotiation.

The Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina

System consists of the Allatoona,

Buford, Carters, Water F. George,

Hartwell, Robert F. Henry, Millers Ferry,

Richard B. Russell, J. Strom Thurmond,

and West Point projects. The power

from the projects is currently marketed

to Preference Customers located in the

service areas of the Southern Company,

South Carolina Public Service

Authority, South Carolina Electric & Gas

Company, and in the Duke Power

Company. The policy also deals with

the allocation of power among

preference customers. It includes

pumping operations at the Carters and

Richard B. Russell pump-storage

projects and the utilization of area

utility systems for essential purposes

such as transmission and support. The

policy also discusses wholesale rates,

resale rates, and energy and economic

efficiency measures.

Under Section 5 of the Flood Control

Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s),

Southeastern is responsible for the

transmission and disposition of electric

power and energy from reservoir

projects operated by the Department of

Army. Southeastern has negotiated

transmission contracts with area

utilities described previously under this

authority. To pay the transmission fees

under these contracts to area utilities

Southeastern must obtain an

appropriation each year in a budget

approved by Congress and the

President. Because of budget

constraints, Southeastern has had

difficulty in obtaining these

appropriations. This difficulty has

compelled Southeastern to consider

selling the government power at the bus

bar of the projects. Southeastern

requests comments on this change in its

marketing policy. The current policy

does not contemplate such a disposition

of the power from the projects.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charles A. Borchardt, Administrator,

Southeastern Power Administration,

Elberton, Georgia 30635, (706) 213–

3800.

Issued in Elberton, Georgia, January 30,

1997.

Charles A. Borchardt,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–3170 Filed 2–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5686–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request;

Environmental Leadership Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the following Information Collection

Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval:

Environmental Leadership Program,

EPA ICR number 1794.01. The ICR

describes the nature of the information

collection and its expected burden and

cost; where appropriate, it includes the

actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before March 12, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR no. 1794.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Environmental Leadership

Program, EPA ICR number 1794.01. This

is a new collection.

Abstract: The Environmental

Leadership Program (ELP) is a voluntary

program designed to accomplish several

goals, including better protecting the

environment and human health,

encouraging environmental

enhancement activities, and increasing

identification and timely resolution of

environmental compliance issues by

ELP participants. The Program should

foster constructive and open

relationships between agencies, the

regulated community, and the public.

As part of the application process for

the ELP, facilities will be asked to

submit information about their

environmental management systems

(EMS), compliance and EMS auditing

programs, and community outreach and

employee involvement programs.

Federal facilities applying to the ELP

must submit a statement affirming they

endorse the Code of Environmental

Management Principles.

EPA will assess each applicant’s

information and determine whether

they meet ELP requirements. EPA will

conduct a compliance screening of

qualifying facilities and provide a 30-

day public comment period. On-site

visits will be conducted at facilities that

pass the initial eligibility requirements.

Upon acceptance to the ELP, facilities

will be required to submit Annual

Environmental Performance Reports for

each of the 6 years of participation. The

Annual Report should contain

information on EMS activities,

objectives, goals, and measures; a table

of information on the formal audit (EMS

and compliance) for years 2 and 5 of the

6-year performance period; an EMS

performance evaluation (results and

measures); information on agency

inspections; compliance issues and

status summary for the year; other

environmental enhancement activities;

and highlights from community

outreach/ employee involvement and

mentoring programs.

The submission of information for the

purposes of application to the ELP is

voluntary. The ELP will use a disclosure

and confidentiality policy that includes

40 CFR Part 2 and reference to any

State-specific regulations of

confidentiality. Submission of the

Annual Report is required for

participation in the Program. The

Annual Report will be made available to

the public. An agency may not conduct

or sponsor, and a person is not required

to respond to, a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s

regulations are listed in 40 CFR Part 9

and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The Federal

Register Notice required under 5 CFR

1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this

collection of information was published

on 11/18/96 (61 FR 58750); no

comments were received.

Burden Statement: It is estimated that

approximately 75 facilities may

voluntarily apply to the ELP annually.

EPA estimates that participating

facilities may need to spend up to 85

hours to prepare the application and

supplemental information. EPA also

estimates that facilities that pass the

initial application/compliance screening

may need to spend 32 hours during the

on-site visit. Participating facilities will

need an estimate of 166 hours for

preparing the Annual Report.

Burden means the total time, effort, or

financial resources expended by persons

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose

or provide information to or for a

Federal agency. This includes the time