Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 1997 / Notices 67851

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The

National Board of the Fund for the

Improvement of Postsecondary

Education is established under Section

1001 of the Higher Education

Amendments of 1980, Title X (20 U.S.C.

1131a–1). The National Board of the

Fund is authorized to recommend to the

Director of the Fund and the Assistant

Secretary for Postsecondary Education

priorities for funding and approval or

disapproval of grants of a given kind.

The meeting of the National Board is

open to the public. The National Board

will meet on Friday, January 23, from

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to provide an

overview of the Fund’s current

competition progress, and to discuss the

planning of several other funding

initiatives.

The meeting site is accessible to

individuals with disabilities. An

individual with a disability who will

need an auxiliary aid or service to

participate in the meeting (e.g.,

interpreting service, assistive listening

device or materials in an alternate

format) should notify the contact person

listed in this notice at least two weeks

before the scheduled meeting date.

Although the Department will attempt

to meet a request received after that

date, the requested auxiliary aid or

service may not be available because of

insufficient time to arrange it.

Records are kept of all Board

proceedings, and are available for public

inspection at the office of the Fund for

the Improvement of Postsecondary

Education, Room 3100, Regional Office

Building #3, 7th & D Streets, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20202 from the hours

of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Dated: December 22, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 97–33906 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy

[FE Docket Nos. 97–80–NG et al.]

Sierra Pacific Power Company et al.;

Orders Granting, Transferring and

Vacating Blanket Authorizations To

Import and/or Export Natural Gas

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of orders.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy of

the Department of Energy gives notice

that it has issued Orders authorizing,

transferring and/or vacating various

imports and/or exports of natural gas.

These Orders are summarized in the

attached appendix.

These Orders are available for

inspection and copying in the Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and

Export Activities, Docket Room, 3F–056,

Forrestal Building, 1000

IndependenceAvenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586–

9478. The Docket Room is open between

the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on December

17, 1997.

Wayne E. Peters,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and Export

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

APPENDIX.—BLANKET IMPORT/EXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS GRANTED

Order No. Date issued Importer/Exporter FE Docket No.

Two-year maximum

Comments Import volume

Export volume

Doe/FE Authority

1328 ........ 11/06/97 Sierra Pacific Power Company 97–80–NG 95 Bcf ...... ................. Import from Canada.

1331 ........ 11/06/97 Texas-Ohio Energy, Inc. (Formerly TexasOhio Gas Inc.) 97–95–NG.100 Bcf .... ................. Import from Canada beginning July 11,

1997, through July 10, 1999.

1333 ........ 11/10/97 Southern California Edison Company 97–

98–NG.

100 Bcf .... ................. Import from Canada beginning November

1, 1997, through October 31, 1999.

1334 ........ 11/14/97 Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. 97–96–NG ...... 20 Bcf ...... 20 Bcf ...... Import and export from and to Canada beginning December 23, 1997, through December 22, 1999.

1335 ........ 11/19/97 Sumas Cogeneration Company, L.P. 97–

101–NG.

17.8 Bcf ... ................. Import from Canada.

1336 ........ 11/20/97 Husky Gas Marketing Inc. 97–97–NG ......... 200 Bcf .... ................. Import from Canada.

[FR Doc. 97–33946 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–181–000]

Howard/Avista Energy, LLC; Notice of

Issuance of Order

December 22, 1997.

Howard/Avista Energy, LLC (Howard/

Avista) filed an application for

authorization to sell power at marketbased rates, and for certain waivers and

authorizations. In particular, Howard/

Avista requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

Part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liabilities

by Howard/Avista. On December 15,

1997, the Commission issued an Order

Conditionally Accepting For Filing

Proposed Market-Based Rates (Order), in

the above-docketed proceeding.

The Commission’s December 15, 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 Howard/

Avista 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 (E) above, Howard/Avista is

hereby authorized to issue securities
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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

Howard/Avista, 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

Howard/Avista’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 January

14, 1998.

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. 97–33836 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–242–000]

North American Energy, Inc., Notice of

Issuance of Order

December 22, 1997.

North American Energy, Inc. (North

American) submitted for filing a rate

schedule under which North American

will engage in wholesale electric power

and energy transactions as a marketer.

North American also requested waiver

of various Commission regulations. In

particular, North American requested

that the Commission grant blanket

approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all

future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liability by North

American.

On December 10, 1997, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Rate Applications, Office of

Electric Power Regulation, granted

requests for blanket approval under Part

34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by North American 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).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, North American is

authorized to issue securities and

assume obligations or liabilities as a

guarantor, endorser, surety, or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issuance or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of the

applicant, and compatible with the

public interest, and is reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval North American’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is January

9, 1998. 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. 97–33837 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–132–000]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Application

December 22, 1997.

Take notice that on December 15,

1998, Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern), filed in Docket No. CP98–

132–000 an application, pursuant to

Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, for

a certificate of public convenience and

necessity authorizing it to construct and

operate approximately 9.6 miles of 30-

inch pipeline and appurtenances,

located in Steele and Rice Counties,

Minnesota, in order to provide

increased natural gas deliveries to Koch

Energy Services (Koch), all as more fully

set forth in the application which is on

file with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Northern states that the expanded

capacity will be used to provide

incremental firm transportation service

requested in its recent open season by

Koch for use at its Rosemount Refinery.

Northern proposes to construct and

operate the proposed facilities which

will provide additional peak day

capacity in its operational Zone EF by

approximately 40,000 Mcf of natural gas

per day. Northern states that its

application is supported by a precedent

agreement with Koch covering firm

transportation services subscribing the

full capacity of the proposed facilities.

Northern estimates the cost of the

proposed facilities to be approximately

$9.4 million which it anticipates to

finance with internally generated funds.

Northern requests approval for rolledin rate treatment of the expansion costs

of the proposed facilities. Northern

states that the rate impact to Northern’s

existing shippers meets the threshold

applied by the Commission for a

presumption in favor of rolled-in rates

and the proposed facilities are integral

to Northern’s existing transmission

system.

Any person desiring to participate in

the hearing process or to make any

protest with reference to said

application should on or before January

12, 1998, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 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

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 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.

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