Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 220 / Wednesday, November 13, 1996 / Notices 58175

INEL, the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant

Remedial Investigation Feasibility Study, and

the Radioactive Waste Management Complex

Remedial Investigation Feasibility Study. For

a most current copy of the agenda, contact

Woody Russell, DOE-Idaho, (208) 526–0561,

or Marsha Hardy, Jason Associates, (208)

522–1662. The final agenda will be available

at the meeting.

Public Comment Availability: The two-day

meeting is open to the public, with a Public

Comment Availability session scheduled for

Tuesday, November 19, 1996 from 5:00 p.m.

to 6:00 p.m. MST. The Board will be

available during this time period to hear

verbal public comments or to review any

written public comments. If there are no

members of the public wishing to comment

or no written comments to review, the board

will continue with its current discussion.

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 the Idaho National Engineering

Laboratory Information line or Marsha Hardy,

Jason Associates, at the addresses or

telephone numbers 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.

Issued at Washington, DC, on November 5,

1996.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–29004 Filed 11–12–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

[Case No. CW–004]

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products: Granting of an

Extension for an Interim Waiver to

General Electric Appliances From the

DOE Clothes Washer Test Procedure

(Case No. CW–004)

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Today’s notice grants an

extension of the Interim Waiver

previously granted to General Electric

Appliances (GEA). Interim Waiver CW–

004 was granted to GEA on April 4,

1996, and published in the Federal

Register on April 24, 1996, for its

clothes washer with non-traditional

wash temperature selections and

automatic water fill capability. The

Department has not yet issued a

Decision and Order and is extending the

Interim Waiver by 180 days.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

P. Marc LaFrance, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Mail Station

EE–431, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202)

586–8423.

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

Mail Station GC–72, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585–0103,

(202) 586–9507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products (other than

automobiles) was established pursuant

to the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act, as amended, (EPCA) 42 U.S.C. 6291

et seq., which requires DOE to prescribe

standardized test procedures to measure

the energy consumption of certain

consumer products, including clothes

washers. The intent of the test

procedures is to provide a comparable

measure of energy consumption through

which manufacturers can establish

compliance and that will assist

consumers in making purchasing

decisions. These test procedures appear

at Title 10 CFR Part 430, Subpart B.

DOE amended the test procedure

rules to provide for a waiver process by

adding § 430.27 to 10 CFR Part 430. (45

FR 64108, September 26, 1980.)

Thereafter, DOE further amended the

appliance test procedure waiver process

to allow the Assistant Secretary for

Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy (Assistant Secretary) to grant an

Interim Waiver from test procedure

requirements to manufacturers that have

petitioned DOE for a waiver from such

prescribed test procedures. (51 FR

42823, November 26, 1986).

The waiver process allows the

Assistant Secretary to temporarily waive

the test procedures for a particular basic

model when a petitioner shows that the

basic model contains one or more

design characteristics which prevent

testing according to the prescribed test

procedures or when the prescribed test

procedures may evaluate the basic

model in a manner so unrepresentative

of its true energy consumption as to

provide materially inaccurate

comparative data. Waivers generally

remain in effect until final test

procedure amendments become

effective, resolving the problem that is

the subject of the waiver.

The Interim Waiver provisions, added

by the 1986 amendment, allow the

Assistant Secretary to grant an Interim

Waiver when it is determined that the

applicant will experience economic

hardship if the Application for Interim

Waiver is denied, if it appears likely

that the Petition for Waiver will be

granted, and/or the Assistant Secretary

determines that it would be desirable for

public policy reasons to grant

immediate relief pending a

determination on the Petition for

Waiver. An Interim Waiver remains in

effect for a period of 180 days or until

DOE issues its determination on the

Petition for Waiver, whichever is

sooner, and may be extended for an

additional 180 days, if necessary.

On October 9, 1995, GEA filed a

Petition for Waiver and an Application

for Interim Waiver regarding its clothes

washer model WZSE5310. The design

features of this model that differ from

those covered by the existing clothes

washer test procedure are: five wash

temperatures (a cold, three warms and

a hot) in a factory preset primary mode,

34 wash temperature selections in a

secondary programming mode which

may be substituted for the factory preset

temperatures, and a consumer activated

choice of a manual or automatic water

fill capability. Current test procedures

do not contain provisions for testing

clothes washers with these features. On

April 4, 1996, in accordance with 10

CFR Part 430, Section 430.27(g), the

Department granted GEA an Interim

Waiver on the grounds that it is ‘‘likely

that the Petition for Waiver will be

granted’’ and for ‘‘public policy

reasons.’’ On April 24, 1996, both the

Interim Waiver and Petition for Waiver

were published in the Federal Register.

61 FR 18125. The Interim Waiver was

granted for 180 days.

Currently, the Department is

considering adoption of revisions to the

clothes washer test procedure found at

10 CFR Part 430, Subpart B, Appendix

J, which may resolve some or all of the

issues addressed in the Interim Waiver

granted to GEA. Therefore, a decision

regarding the Petition for Waiver for the

GEA clothes washer is being delayed.

Accordingly, in accordance with 10 CFR

Part 430, Section 430.27 (h), the

Department is granting GEA an

extension to the Interim Waiver.

The Interim Waiver is based upon the

presumed validity of all statements and

assertions submitted by GEA. The

Interim Waiver may be revoked or

modified at any time upon a

Case No. CW-004 COMMENT 03
58176 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 220 / Wednesday, November 13, 1996 / Notices

determination that the factual basis

underlying the Application is incorrect.

The Interim Waiver shall remain in

effect until March 29, 1997, or until the

Department acts on the Petition for

Waiver, whichever is sooner.

Issued in Washington, DC, November 6,

1996.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 96–29006 Filed 11–12–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection Under

Review by the Office of Management

and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request .

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) has submitted the

energy information collection(s) listed at

the end of this notice to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review under section 3507(a)(1)(D)of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13). The listing does not include

collections of information contained in

new or revised regulations which are to

be submitted under section

3507(d)(1)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act, nor management and

procurement assistance requirements

collected by the Department of Energy

(DOE).

Each entry contains the following

information: (1) Collection number and

title; (2) summary of the collection of

information (includes sponsor (the DOE

component)), current OMB document

number (if applicable), type of request

(new, revision, extension, or

reinstatement); response obligation

(mandatory, voluntary, or required to

obtain or retain benefits); (3) a

description of the need and proposed

use of the information; (4) description of

the likely respondents; and (5) estimate

of total annual reporting burden

(average hours per response x proposed

frequency of response per year x

estimated number of likely

respondents.)

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before December 13, 1996. If you

anticipate that you will be submitting

comments but find it difficult to do so

within the time allowed by this notice,

you should advise the OMB DOE Desk

Officer listed below of your intention to

do so as soon as possible. The Desk

Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395–

3084. (Also, please notify the EIA

contact listed below.)

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the

Department of Energy Desk Officer,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 726 Jackson Place NW.,

Washington, DC 20503. (Comments

should also be addressed to the Office

of Statistical Standards at the address

below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Requests for

additional information should be

directed to Herbert Miller, Office of

Statistical Standards, (EI–73), Forrestal

Building, U.S. Department of Energy,

Washington, DC 20585. Mr. Miller may

be telephoned at (202) 426–1103, FAX

(202) 426–1081, or e-mail at

hmiller@eia.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

energy information collection submitted

to OMB for review was:

1. EIA–411, ‘‘Regional Bulk Power

Supply Program’’.

2. Energy Information Administration,

OMB No. 1905–0195, Reinstatement,

Voluntary; (Based upon comments

received on our Federal Register notice,

61 FR 14766, dated April 3, 1996, EIA

will be reinstating Item 1 of the form,

Projected Energy and Peak Demand for

the First Ten Years and Actual Data for

the Previous Year. In addition, EIA is

undertaking a broader review of the data

collection needs associated with

assuring adequate public access to

information necessary for assessing the

adequacy and reliability of the nation’s

electrical system.).

3. EIA–411 provides a single,

comprehensive source of information on

current and planned electric power for

the U.S. The data are used to evaluate

the current and projected reliability of

bulk electric power supply, and the

effects of unforseen changes in

powerplant construction schedules. Ten

Regional Electric Reliability Councils

submit data for electric utilities.

4. Regional Electric Reliability

Councils, electric utilities.

5. 16,657 (20.89 hrs. × 1 response per

year × 797 respondents).

Statutory Authority: 44 U.S.C.

3506(a)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104–13).

Issued in Washington, DC, November 4,

1996.

Yvonne M. Bishop,

Director, Office of Statistical Standards,

Energy Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–29005 Filed 11–12–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project Nos. 11499 & 11500—Tennessee]

Armstrong Energy Company; Notice of

Inter-Agency Meeting

November 6, 1996.

The interdisciplinary team consisting

of staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC), the Tennessee

Valley Authority (TVA), and the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers has scheduled

a meeting to discuss preliminary

scoping issues submitted in public

comments for the Environmental Impact

Statement for Armstrong Energy

Company’s proposed Reynolds Creek

Pumped Storage Project No. 11500 and

Laurel Branch Pumped Storage Project

No. 11499.

The meeting will be held in

Knoxville, Tennessee, from 10 a.m. to 5

p.m. November 22, 1996, and will be

located in the Knoxville Towers, Room

WT 9D.

Any questions concerning this

meeting may be directed to Ed Crouse

(FERC) at (202) 219–2794, or Linda

Oxendine (TVA) at (432) 632–3440.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–28965 Filed 11–12–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP97–66–000]

Canyon Creek Compression Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

November 6, 1996.

Take notice that on November 1,

1996, Canyon Creek Compression

Company (Canyon) tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Third

Revised Volume No. 1, certain pro

forma tariff sheets to be effective May 1,

1997.

Canyon states that the purpose of the

filing is to reflect changes to conform to

the standards adopted by the Gas

Industry Standards Board and

incorporated into the Commission’s

Regulations by Order No. 587, issued

July 17, 1996 in Docket No. RM96–1–

000.

Canon states that copies of the filing

are being mailed to its jurisdictional

customers and interested state

regulatory agencies.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing 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 Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Case No. CW-004 COMMENT 03