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1Standards For Business Practices Of Interstate

Natural Gas Pipelines, Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking, 61 FR 58790 (Nov. 19, 1996), 77 FERC

¶ 61,143 (Nov. 13, 1996).

The Proposed Amendment

In consideration of the foregoing, the

Federal Aviation Administration

proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as

follows:

PART 71—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 14 CFR

part 71 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113,

40120; E. O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–

1963 Comp., p. 389; 14 CFR 11.69.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9D, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 4, 1996, and effective

September 16, 1996, is amended as

follows:

Paragraph 6004 Class E airspace areas

designated as an extension to a Class D or

Class E surface area.

* * * * *

AWP CA E4 Fallbrook, CA [New]

Fallbrook Community Airpark, CA

(Lat. 33°21′15′′N, long. 117°15′03′′W)

Within 4 miles west and 5.3 miles east of

the 014° bearing from the Fallbrook

Community Airpark extending from

Fallbrook Community Airpark to 20.5 miles

north of the airport. This Class E airspace

area is effective during the specific dates and

times established in advance by a Notice to

Airmen. The effective date and time will

thereafter be continuously published in the

Airport/Facility Directory.

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Issued in Los Angeles, California, on

December 23, 1996.

Sabra W. Kaulia,

Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Western-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 97–395 Filed 1–7–97; 8:45 am]

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14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96–AWP–32]

Proposed Amendment of Class E

Airspace; Battle Mountain, NV

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking;

correction.

SUMMARY: This action corrects an error

in the airspace description and allows

for an extension of the comment period

of a proposed notice of rulemaking that

was published in the Federal Register

on December 18, 1996, Airspace Docket

No. 96–AWP–32.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before February 18, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Buck, Airspace Specialist,

Operations Branch, AWP–530, Air

Traffic Division, Western-Pacific

Region, Federal Aviation

Administration, 15000 Aviation

Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261,

telephone (310) 725–6556.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

Federal Register Document 96–32018,

Airspace Docket No. 96–AWP–32,

published on December 18, 1996 (61 FR

66620), revised the description of the

Class E airspace area at Battle Mountain,

NV. An error was discovered in the

airspace description for the Battle

Mountain, NV, Class E airspace area.

This action corrects that error and

extends the comment period until

February 18, 1997.

Correction to Proposed Notice of

Rulemaking

Accordingly, pursuant to the

authority delegated to me, the airspace

description for the Class E airspace area

at Battle Mountain, NV, as published in

the Federal Register on December 18,

1996 (61 FR 66620), (Federal Register

Document 96–32018), is corrected as

follows:

§ 71.1 [Corrected]

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AWP NV E5 Battle Mountain, NV [Corrected]

Battle Mountain Airport, NV

(Lat. 40°35′54′′ N, long. 116°52′31′′ W)

Battle Mountain VORTAC

(Lat. 40°34′09′′ N, long. 116°55′20′′ W)

On page 66621, in the first column, the

airspace description for Battle Mountain, NV,

is corrected to read as follows:

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 4.3-mile

radius of the Battle Mountain Airport and

within 4.3 miles southeast and 12 miles

northwest of the Battle Mountain VORTAC

218° radial extending from the Battle

VORTAC to 25 miles southwest of the

VORTAC. That airspace extending upward

from 1,200 feet above the surface within 8.7

miles southeast and 11.7 miles northwest of

the Battle Mountain VORTAC 218° and 038°

radials extending from 25 miles southwest to

10.4 miles northeast of the Battle Mountain

VORTAC and within 5.6 miles south and 7.8

miles north of the Battle Mountain VORTAC

077° and 257° radials, extending from 7 miles

west to 161.1 miles east of the Battle

Mountain VORTAC.

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Issued in Los Angeles, California, on

December 24, 1996.

Sabra W. Kaulia,

Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Western-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 97–393 Filed 1–7–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

18 CFR Part 284

[Docket No. RM96–1–003]

Standards for Business Practices of

Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines

December 18, 1996.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; Notice of

comment schedule.

SUMMARY: The Commission’s proposed

rule in this proceeding would amend its

open access regulations by

incorporating by reference standards

promulgated by the Gas Industry

Standards Board (GISB). A staff

technical conference was held on

December 12 and 13, 1996, to discuss

the future direction of GISB’s electronic

communication standards and the

possible need for standards in disputed

areas. Comments are requested on issues

considered at that technical conference.

DATES: Comments on issues considered

at the technical conference are due on

or before February 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Goldenberg, Office of the

General Counsel, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

(202) 208–2294.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

given that comments on issues

considered at the technical conference

held on December 12 and 13, 1996, are

to be filed by February 21, 1997.

Commenters should address the issues

and questions identified in the Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking 1 as the subjects

for discussion at the technical

conference. Further, commenters should

address the issues identified by staff at

the technical conference, including:

whether it is important for the creation

of an efficient interstate pipeline grid to

have the Commission or GISB develop

standards in the disputed areas; whether

there are policy questions that the

industry, through the Gas Industry

Standards Board, will be unable to

resolve and that the Commission should

resolve to permit further progress in

developing standards in these areas;
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and, if there are such policy questions,

how and why they should be resolved

in a particular manner.

Commenters are encouraged to submit

their comments electronically and, in

particular, are encouraged to participate

in the Commission’s pilot project using

the Internet for filing comments.

Comments can be submitted on

computer diskette in WordPerfect 6.1

or lower format or in ASCII format, with

the name of the filer and Docket No.

RM96–1–003 on the outside of the

diskette. Internet comments should be

submitted through Internet E-Mail to

‘‘comment.rm@ferc.fed.us’’ in the

following format: on the subject line,

specify Docket No. RM96–1–003; in the

body of the E-Mail message, specify the

name of the filing entity and the name,

telephone number and E-Mail address of

a contact person; and attach the

comment in WordPerfect 6.1 or lower

format or in ASCII format as an

attachment to the E-Mail message.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–378 Filed 1–7–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

30 CFR Part 902

[AK–005, Amendment No. V]

Alaska Regulatory Program

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment

period and opportunity for public

hearing on proposed amendment.

SUMMARY: The Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is

announcing receipt of a proposed

amendment to the Alaska regulatory

program (hereinafter, the ‘‘Alaska

program’’) under the Surface Mining

Control and Reclamation Act of 1977

(SMCRA). The proposed amendment

consists of revisions to and additions of

rules pertaining to self-bonding. The

amendment is intended to revise the

Alaska program to be consistent with

the corresponding Federal regulations.

DATES: Written comments must be

received by 4:00 p.m., m.s.t., February 7,

1997. If requested a public hearing on

the proposed amendment will be held

on February 3, 1997. Requests to present

oral testimony at the hearing must be

received by 4:00 p.m., m.s.t., January 22,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be mailed or hand delivered to James F.

Fulton at the address listed below.

Copies of the Alaska program, the

proposed amendment, and all written

comments received in response to this

document will be available for public

review at the addresses listed below

during normal business hours, Monday

through Friday, excluding holidays.

Each requester may receive one free

copy of the proposed amendment by

contacting OSM’s Denver Field

Division.

James F. Fulton, Chief, Denver Field

Division, Western Regional

Coordinating Center, Office of Surface

Mining Reclamation and

Enforcement, 1999 Broadway, Suite

3320, Denver, Colorado 80202.

Bob Loeffler, Project Manager, Division

of Mining and Water Management,

Department of Natural Resources,

3601 C Street, Suite 800, Anchorage,

Alaska 99503–5935.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James F. Fulton, Telephone: (303) 844–

1424.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background on the Alaska Program

On March 23, 1983, the Secretary of

the Interior conditionally approved the

Alaska program. General background

information on the Alaska program,

including the Secretary’s findings, the

disposition of comments, and

conditions of approval of the Alaska

program can be found in the March 23,

1983, Federal Register (48 FR 12274).

Subsequent actions concerning Alaska’s

program and program amendments can

be found at 30 CFR 902.15 and 902.16.

II. Proposed Amendment

By letter dated December 12, 1996,

Alaska submitted a proposed

amendment to its program pursuant to

SMCRA (Amendment number V,

administrative record No. AK–F–1, 30

U.S.C. 1201 et seq.). Alaska submitted

the proposed amendment in response to

required program amendments at 30

CFR 902.16(b)(1). The provisions of the

Alaska Administrative Code (AAC) that

Alaska proposes to revise and add are

11 AAC 90.207(f)(3), concerning

requirements for self-bonds and 11 AAC

90.207(f)(8), concerning definitions of

specific terms used for self-bonding.

Specifically, Alaska is proposing to

revise 11 AAC 90.207(f)(3) to provide, in

pertinent part, that the Commissioner

[of Natural Resources] will, in the

Commissioner’s discretion, accept a

written guarantee from a corporate

guarantor if the applicant for a self-bond

meets certain conditions, including

designating and maintaining its own

agent for service of process in Alaska.

Alaska proposes the addition of new

language at 11 AAC 90.207((f)(8) (A)

through (H) to provide definitions for

the terms ‘‘self-bond,’’ ‘‘current assets,’’

‘‘current liabilities,’’ ‘‘fixed assets,’’

‘‘liabilities,’’ ‘‘net worth,’’ ‘‘parent

corporation,’’ and ‘‘tangible net worth’’

as follows:

(A) ‘‘self-bond’’ means an indemnity

agreement in a sum certain executed by the

applicant or by the applicant and any

corporate guarantor and made payable to the

regulatory authority with or without a

separate surety;

(B) ‘‘current assets’’ means cash or other

assets or resources which are reasonable

expected to be converted to cash or sold or

consumed within one year or within the

normal operating cycle of the business;

(C) ‘‘current liabilities’’ means obligations

which are reasonably expected to be paid or

liquidated within one year or within the

normal operating cycle of the business;

(D) ‘‘fixed assets’’ means plants and

equipment, but does not include land or coal

in place;

(E) ‘‘liabilities’’ means obligations to

transfer assets or provide services to other

entities to the future as a result of past

transactions;

(F) ‘‘net worth’’ means total assets minus

total liabilities and is equivalent to owners’

equity;

(G) ‘‘parent corporation’’ means a

corporation which owns or controls the

applicant; and

(H) ‘‘tangible net worth’’ means net worth

minus intangibles such as good will and

rights to patents or royalties.

III. Public Comment Procedures

In accordance with the provisions of

30 CFR 732.17(h), OSM is seeking

comments on whether the proposed

amendment satisfies the applicable

program approval criteria of 30 CFR

732.15. If the amendment is deemed

adequate, it will become part of the

Alaska program.

1. Written Comments

Written comments should be specific,

pertain only to the issues proposed in

this rulemaking, and include

explanations in support of the

commenter’s recommendations.

Comments received after the time

indicated under DATES or at locations

other than the Denver Field Division,

Western Regional Coordinating Center,

will not necessarily be considered in the

final rulemaking or included in the

administrative record.

2. Public Hearing

Persons wishing to testify at the

public hearing should contact the

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT by 4:00 p.m.,

m.s.t., January 23, 1997. Any disabled