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final action for location(s) for dry

loading naval spent nuclear fuel which

is currently stored at the ICPP or which

will be stored at ICPP prior to

establishment of a dry storage facility, or

for location(s) for temporary dry storage

of naval spent nuclear fuel at the INEL.

Those actions will be the subject of an

upcoming Record of Decision.

Issued in Washington, D.C., this 26th day

of December 1996.

Richard Danzig,

Acting Secretary of the Navy.

Alvin L. Alm,

Assistant Secretary for Environmental

Management U.S. Department of Energy.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Wetlands Involvement for

Environmental Remediation at

Argonne National Laboratory-East

AGENCY: Chicago Operations Office,

DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Wetlands

Involvement.

SUMMARY: DOE proposes to conduct a

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (RCRA) corrective-action program

and other environmental remediation

activities at contaminated sites at

Argonne National Laboratory-East

(ANL–E). Two of the contaminated sites

include small wetlands. In accordance

with DOE regulations for compliance

with floodplain and wetlands

environmental review requirements (10

CFR 1022), DOE will prepare a wetlands

assessment for this proposed action. The

wetlands assessment will be included in

the environmental assessment being

prepared for the proposed project in

accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act.

DATES: Comments are due to the address

below no later than January 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to: Dr. W. S. White, NEPA

Compliance Officer, U.S. Department of

Energy, Chicago Operations Office, 9800

S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439.

(630) 252–2101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Further information on this proposed

action and wetlands assessment can be

obtained from Donna Green, Document

Manager, U.S. Department of Energy,

Argonne Group, 9800 S. Cass Avenue,

Argonne, IL 60439. (630) 252–2264.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed action would involve two

small palustrine emergent wetlands.

One of the wetlands is 0.004 hectares

(0.0016 acres); the other is 0.036

hectares (0.015 acres). Contaminant

hazards at these wetlands would be

reduced by excavation, containment, or

phytoremediation.

Issued in Chicago, IL on December 18,

1996.

Dr. W. S. White,

NEPA Compliance Officer, Chicago

Operations Office, Department of Energy.

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[FERC–423]

Agency Information Collection Under

Review by the Office of Management

and Budget

January 3, 1997.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of request submitted for

review to the Office of Management and

Budget.

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

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 public comments from two

entities in response to an earlier Federal

Register notice of August 12, 1996 (61

FR 41779) and has replied to these

comments in its submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before February 7, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to Office

of Management and Budget, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Federal Energy 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 Miller may be reached by

telephone at (202) 208–1415 and by email at mmiller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description

The energy information collection

submitted to OMB for review contains:

1. Collection of Information: FERC

Form No. 423, ‘‘Monthly Report of Cost

and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants’’.

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

3. Control No.: 1902–0024. The

Commission is now requesting that

OMB approve a three year extension of

these 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

provisions of the Federal Power Act

(FPA) as amended by the Public Utility

Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). The

Commission uses the information

reported on FERC Form No. 423 to

conduct fuel reviews under Section 205

(a) and (e) of the FPA, and to prepare

expert testimony in electric utility rate

cases filed with the Commission. The

Form 423 data provides the only

effective means for assessing the

potential impact of new developments

on the future utility fuel supply

patterns. The Commission’s staff

compare delivered fuel costs for utilities

receiving like fuels of similar quality;

detect consistently high cost patterns or

irregularities indicative of possible

uneconomic fuel purchase practices;

evaluate the economic effect of unusual

fuel purchases practices, such as buying

fuel from affiliate fuel sources, as

opposed to selecting buyers by

competitive bids, and investigate a

broad range of fuel costs and fuel

purchase practice issues raised in

contested rate proceedings.

5. Respondent Description: The

respondent universe currently

comprises approximately 230 public

utilities.

6. Estimated Burden: 17,112 total

burden hours, 228 respondents, 713

responses annually, 2.0 hours per

response (average).

Statutory Authority: Section 205, of the

Federal Power Act, as amended by Section

208 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies

Act. (49 Stat. 851; 16 U.S.C. 824d).

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–376 Filed 1–7–97; 8:45 am]

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