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apply to for-profit subcontractors and

suppliers of a nonprofit contractor?

Should the exemption apply to a forprofit partner of a nonprofit contractor?

31. Should DOE continue to have

discretionary authority to provide

educational nonprofit institutions with

an automatic remission of civil

penalties? If so, should the remission be

available where the nonprofit entity has

a for-profit partner, subcontractor, or

supplier?

32. Should the maximum amount of

civil penalties be modified? If so, how?

33. Should the provisions in section

234A.c. concerning administrative and

judicial proceedings relating to civil

penalties be modified? If so, how?

34. Should there be any modification

in the authority in section 223.c. to

impose criminal penalties for knowing

and willful violations of nuclear safety

requirements by individual officers and

employees of contractors,

subcontractors and suppliers covered by

the DOE Price-Anderson

indemnification? Should this authority

be extended to cover violations by

persons not indemnified?

Issued in Washington, DC on December 23,

1997.

Eric J. Fygi,

Acting General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–34036 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[FERC–525]

Information Collection Submitted for

Review and Request for Comments

December 24, 1997.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission for review

by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

has submitted the energy information

collection listed in this notice to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review under provisions of

Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104–

13). Any interested person may file

comments on the collection of

information directly with OMB and

should address a copy of those

comments to the Commission as

explained below. The Commission

received no comments in response to an

earlier Federal Register notice of August

8, 1997 (62 FR 42768) and has made this

notation in its submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments regarding this

collection of information are best

assured of having their full effect if

received or on before January 30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to Office

of Management and Budget, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Desk Officer, 726 Jackson

Place, NW., Washington, DC 20503. A

copy of the comments should also be

sent to Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Division of Information

Services, Attention: Mr. Michael Miller,

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC

20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by

telephone at (202) 208–1415, by fax at

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at

mmiller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description

The energy information collection

submitted to OMB for review contains:

1. Collection of Information: FERC–

525 ‘‘Financial Audits’’.

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

3. Control No.: OMB No. 1902–0092.

The Commission is now requesting that

OMB approve a three-year extension of

the current expiration date, with no

changes to the existing collection. There

is a decrease in the reporting burden

because the Commission is revamping

its audit program to concentrate on

compliance with issues related to Order

Nos. 636 and 888 including issues that

impede competition among companies.

This shift in the emphasis of its audits

is to gather information necessary to

evaluate the regulatory implications of

overseeing industry practices and

standards in a competitive environment.

These are mandatory collection

requirements.

4. Necessity of Collection of

Information: Submission of the

information is necessary to enable the

Commission to carry out its

responsibilities in implementing the

provisions of the Federal Power Act

(FPA), the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and

the Interstate Commerce Act (ICA). The

information reported under Commission

identifier FERC–525 is filed in

accordance with Sections 4(b), 208,

301(b), 302, 307 and 308 of the FPA,

Sections 6, 8(b), 9 and 10 of the NGA

and Sections 19 and 20 of the ICA. The

Commission also conducts reviews to

ensure respondents comply with

requirements established under

Commission Order Nos. 636 and 888.

These audits are performed to ensure

that financial records and reports of

entities regulated by the Commission

comply with its accounting and

reporting requirements and to provide

assurance of the reliability of

companies’ financial data for both the

Commission and investor purposes. The

information gathered during the audits

forms the basis of the audit staff’s

opinion regarding the reliability of

financial data filed with the

Commission by companies; the extent of

conformance by companies to the

Uniform System of Accounts and other

regulations of the Commission, and

compliance with the Commission’s

regulation for open access

transportation of natural gas and electric

energy including standards of conduct

and electronic bulletin board posting of

transportation/transmission availability

and pricing.

5. Respondent Description: The

respondent universe currently

comprises, on average, 77 respondents.

6. Estimated Burden: 7,700 total

burden hours, 77 respondents, 1

response annually, 100 hours per

response (average).

7. Estimated Cost Burden to

Respondents: 7,700 hours ÷ 2,088 hours

per year × $110,000 per year = $405,846,

average cost per respondent = $5,271.

Statutory Authority: Sections 4(b), 208,

301(b), 302, 307, 308 of the FPA, 16 U.S.C.

792–828g; Sections 6, 8(b), 9 and 10 of the

NGA, 15 U.S.C. 717–717w; and Sections 19

and 20 of the ICA, 49 U.S.C. 19 and 20.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–34108 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–137–000]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

Request Under Blanket Authorization

December 24, 1997.

Take notice that on December 16,

1997, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR),

500 Renaissance Center, Detroit,

Michigan 48243, filed in Docket No.

CP98–137–000 a request pursuant to

Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR

157.205, 157.211) under the Natural Gas

Act (NGA) for authorization to install

and operate a new turbine meter at an

existing meter station in Branch County,

Michigan, under ANR’s blanket