Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 31 / Friday, February 14, 1997 / Notices 6961

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is

hereby given of the following Advisory

Committee meeting: Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Paducah Gaseous

Diffusion Plant

DATES: Thursday, February 20, 1997,

6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: West Kentucky Technical

School (cafeteria), 5200 Blandville

Road, Paducah, Kentucky.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carlos Alvarado, Site-Specific Advisory

Board Coordinator, Department of

Energy Paducah Site Office, Post Office

Box 1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky

42001, (502) 441–6804.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of

the Board is to make recommendations

to DOE and its regulators in the areas of

environmental restoration, waste

management, and related activities.

Tentative Agenda: Updates on the

Federal Facility Agreement and

membership drive, and a report on the

St. Louis SSAB Chairperson’s Meeting.

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Committee either

before or after the meeting. Individuals

who wish to make oral statements

pertaining to agenda items should

contact Carlos Alvarado at the address

or telephone number listed above.

Requests must be received 5 days prior

to the meeting and reasonable provision

will be made to include the presentation

in the agenda. The Designated Federal

Official is empowered to conduct the

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate

the orderly conduct of business. Each

individual wishing to make public

comment will be provided a maximum

of 5 minutes to present their comments.

This notice is being published less than

15 days in advance of the meeting due

to programmatic issues that needed to

be resolved.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585 between

9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday,

except Federal holidays. Minutes will

also be available at the Department of

Energy’s Environmental Information

and Reading Room at 175 Freedom

Boulevard, Highway 60, Kevil,

Kentucky between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00

p.m. on Monday through Friday, or by

writing to Carlos Alvarado, Department

of Energy Paducah Site Office, Post

Office Box 1410, MS–103, Paducah,

Kentucky 42001, or by calling him at

(502) 441–6804.

Issued at Washington, DC on February 11,

1997.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–3785 Filed 2–13–97; 8:45 am]

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Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Monticello

Site

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is

hereby given of the following Advisory

Board Committee Meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Monticello

Site.

DATES AND TIMES: Tuesday, March 18,

1997, 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: San Juan County

Courthouse, 2nd Floor Conference

Room, 117 South Main, Monticello,

Utah 84535.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Audrey Berry, Public Affairs Specialist,

Department of Energy Grand Junction

Projects Office, P.O. Box 2567, Grand

Junction, CO 81502, (303) 248–7727.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of

the Board is to advise DOE and its

regulators in the areas of environmental

restoration, waste management, and

related activities.

Tentative Agenda: Update on

repository status, scheduling for tailings

haul beginning this spring,

supplemental standards, reports from

subcommittees on local training and

hiring, health and safety, and future

land use.

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Committee either

before or after the meeting. Individuals

who wish to make oral statements

pertaining to agenda items should

contact Audrey Berry’s office at the

address or telephone number listed

above. Requests must be received 5 days

prior to the meeting and reasonable

provision will be made to include the

presentation in the agenda. The

Designated Federal Official is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. Each individual

wishing to make public comment will

be provided a maximum of 5 minutes to

present their comments.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585, between

9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday–Friday,

except Federal holidays. Minutes will

also be available by writing to Audrey

Berry, Department of Energy Grand

Junction Projects Office, P.O. Box 2567,

Grand Junction, CO 81502, or by calling

her at (303) 248–7727.

Issued at Washington, DC, on February 11,

1997.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–3786 Filed 2–13–97; 8:45 am]

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[FERC–547]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

February 10, 1997

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection and request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(a) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13), the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is

soliciting public comment on the

specific aspects of the information

collection described below.

DATES: Consideration will be given to

comments submitted on or before April

15, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed

collection of information can be

obtained from and written comments

may be submitted to the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael

P. Miller, Information Services Division,

ED–12.4, 888 First Street N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michel P. Miller may be reached by

telephone at (202) 208–1415, by fax at
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(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at

mmiller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

information collected under the

requirements of FERC–547 ‘‘Gas

Pipeline Rates: Refund Report

Requirements’’ (OMB No. 1902–0084) is

used by the Commission to implement

the statutory provisions of the Sections

4, 5, and 16 of the Natural Gas Act

(NGA) (15 U.S.C. 717–717w). Refund

Reports are required to carry out the

refund obligation policy in Section 4(e)

of the NGA. Refunds are created due to

the difference between pipeline rates

collected subject to refund and firm

rates set by the Commission. The

refunds are flowed through by the

following means: (a) pursuant to

settlement agreements, and (b) legal

requirement. The Commission uses the

data to insure the pass-through to gas

consumers of refunds required to correct

rates charged by pipelines. The data

provided by the respondents are used to

monitor the progress being made in

making those refunds and to assure that

refunds are being made in compliance

with the Commission’s regulatory

functions. The Commission is

committed to insuring that refunds

owed by pipelines to their customers are

made as expeditiously as possible, in

order to hasten their ultimate passthrough to residential customers and

other end-users. The data required to be

filed for the refund report is specified by

18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

154.501.

Action: The Commission is requesting

a three-year extension of the current

expiration date, with only minor

changes to the existing collection of

data. In response to an industry-wide

settlement that changes the collection of

amounts for the Gas Research Institute

(GRI), pipeline companies are making

more frequent refund reports. However,

due to the less complex nature of these

reports, the time required to prepare

these refund reports is less than that

needed for most other refund reports.

Therefore, while the number of

projected refund reports has increased

slightly, the total annual burden has not

changed.

Burden Statement: Public reporting

burden for this collection is estimated

as:

Number of respondents annuallyNumber of responses per

respondent

Average burden hours per

response Total annual burden hours

(1) (2) (3) (1)×(2)×(3)

80 1.25 56.25 5,625

The estimated total cost to

respondents is $281,250, (5,625 hours

divided by 2,087 hours per year per

employee times $104,350 per year per

average employee = $281,250). The cost

per respondent is $3,516.

The reporting burden includes the

total time, effort, or financial resources

expended to generate, maintain, retain,

disclose, or provide the information

including: (1) reviewing instructions; (2)

developing, acquiring, installing, and

utilizing technology and systems for the

purposes of collecting, validating,

verifying, processing, maintaining,

disclosing and providing information;

(3) adjusting the existing ways to

comply with any previously applicable

instructions and requirements; (4)

training personnel to respond to a

collection of information; (5) searching

data sources; (6) completing and

reviewing the collection of information;

and (7) transmitting, or otherwise

disclosing the information.

The estimate of cost for respondents

is based upon salaries for professional

and clerical support, as well as direct

and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs

include all costs directly attributable to

providing this information, such as

administrative costs and the cost for

information technology. Indirect or

overhead costs are costs incurred by an

organization in support of its mission.

These costs apply to activities which

benefit the whole organization rather

than any one particular function or

activity.

Comments are invited on: (1) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the Commission,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of

the agency’s estimate of the burden of

the proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (3)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology

e.g. permitting electronic submission of

responses.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3761 Filed 2–13–97; 8:45 am]

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Information Collection Submitted for

Review and Request for Comments

(FERC–538)

February 11, 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 of Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

review under provisions of Section 3507

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. 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

October 24, 1996 (61 FR 55137–38) 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 within 30 days of this

notification.

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, N.W. Washington, D.C. 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 N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael P. Miller may be reached by

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