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17. Puget Sound Power & Light

Company

[Docket No. ER97–875–000]

Take notice that on December 20,

1996, Puget Sound Power & Light

Company, as Transmission Provider,

tendered for filing a Service Agreement

for Firm Point-to-Point Transmission

Service (Service Agreement) with the

Bonneville Power Administration, as

Transmission Customer (Bonneville). A

copy of the filing was served upon

Bonneville.

The Service Agreement is for firm

point-to-point transmission service.

Comment date: January 17, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

18. Northern Indiana Public Service

Company

[Docket No. ER97–876–000]

Take notice that on December 20,

1996, Northern Indiana Public Service

Company, tendered for filing an

executed Service Agreement between

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company and Coral Power, L.L.C.

Under the Service Agreement,

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company agrees to provide services to

Coral Power, L.L.C. under Northern

Indiana Public Service Company and

Coral Power, L.L.C. request waiver of

the Commission’s sixty-day notice

requirement to permit an effective date

of January 1, 1997.

Copies of this filing have been sent to

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission and the Indiana Office of

Utility Consumer Counselor.

Comment date: January 17, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

19. Northern Indiana Public Service

Company

[Docket No. ER97–877–000]

Take notice that on December 20,

1996, Northern Indiana Public Service

Company, tendered for filing an

executed Standard Transmission

Service Agreement between Northern

Indiana Public Service Company and

Central Illinois Public Service

Company.

Under the Transmission Service

Agreement, Northern Indiana Public

Service Company will provide Point-toPoint Transmission Service to Central

Illinois Public Service Company

pursuant to the Transmission Service

Tariff filed by Northern Indiana Public

Service Company in Docket No. ER96–

1426–000 and allowed to become

effective by the Commission. Northern

Indiana Public Service Company, 75

FERC ¶ 61,213 (1996). Northern Indiana

Public Service Company has requested

that the Service Agreement be allowed

to become effective as of January 1,

1997.

Copies of this filing have been sent to

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission and the Indiana Office of

Utility Consumer Counselor.

Comment date: January 17, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

20. Northern Indiana Public Service

Company

[Docket No. ER97–878–000]

Take notice that on December 20,

1996, Northern Indiana Public Service

Company, tendered for filing an

executed Service Agreement between

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company and American Electric Power

Service Corporation.

Under the Service Agreement,

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company agrees to provide services to

American Electric Power Service

Corporation under Northern Indiana

Public Service Company’s Power Sales

Tariff. Northern Indiana Public Service

Company and American Electric Power

Service Corporation requested waiver of

the Commission’s sixty-day notice

requirement to permit an effective date

of January 1, 1997.

Copies of this filing have been sent to

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission and the Indiana Office of

Utility Consumer Counselor.

Comment date: January 17, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

21. Louisville Gas and Electric

Company

[Docket No. ER97–879–000]

Take notice that on December 20,

1996, Louisville Gas and Electric

Company, tendered for filing copies of

a service agreement between Louisville

Gas and Electric Company and Federal

Energy Sales, Inc. under Rate GSS.

Comment date: January 17, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. 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 Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

the comment date. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–438 Filed 1–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Environmental Protection Agency

Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control

Program: Proposed Findings

Documents, Environmental

Assessments, and Findings of No

Significant Impact

AGENCY: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, and the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of

Proposed Findings Documents,

Environmental Assessments, and

Findings of No Significant Impact on

Approval of Coastal Nonpoint Pollution

Control Programs for New Jersey, New

York, and Florida.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

availability of the Proposed Findings

Documents, Environmental Assessments

(EA’s) and Findings of No Significant

Impact for New Jersey, New York, and

Florida. Coastal states and territories

were required to submit their coastal

nonpoint programs to the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA) and the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

for approval in July 1995. The Findings

documents were prepared by NOAA

and EPA to provide the rationale for the

agencies’ decision to approve each state

and territory coastal nonpoint pollution

control program. Section 6217 of the

Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization

Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C.

section 1455b, requires states and

territories with coastal zone

management programs that have

received approval under section 306 of

the Coastal Zone Management Act to

develop and implement coastal

nonpoint pollution control programs.

The EA’s were prepared by NOAA,

pursuant to the National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. sections

4321 et seq., to assess the environmental

impacts associated with the approval of
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the coastal nonpoint pollution control

programs submitted to NOAA and EPA

by New Jersey, New York, and Florida.

NOAA and EPA have proposed to

approve, with conditions, the coastal

nonpoint pollution control programs

submitted by New Jersey, New York,

and Florida. The requirements of 40

CFR Parts 1500–1508 (Council on

Environmental Quality (CEQ)

regulations to implement the National

Environmental Policy Act) apply to the

preparation of the Environmental

Assessments. Specifically, 40 CFR

section 1506.6 requires agencies to

provide public notice of the availability

of environmental documents. This

notice is part of NOAA’s action to

comply with this requirement.

Copies of the Proposed Findings

Documents, Environmental

Assessments, and Findings of No

Significant Impact may be obtained

upon request from: Joseph P. Flanagan,

Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3),

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource

Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland,

20910, tel. (301) 713–3121, x201.

DATES: Individuals or organizations

wishing to submit comments on the

proposed Findings or Environmental

Assessments should do so by February

10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be made

to: Joseph A. Uravitch, Coastal Programs

Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and

Coastal Resource Management, NOS,

NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, Maryland, 20910, tel. (301) 713–

3155, x195. (Federal Domestic

Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone

Management Program Administration)

Dated: January 6, 1997.

Robert H. Wayland,

Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and

Watersheds, Environmental Protection

Agency.

David L. Evans,

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for

Ocean Services and Coastal Zone

Management, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–520 Filed 1–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–12–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5673–5]

Notice of Public Meeting on Drinking

Water Issues

Notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

is holding a two-day public meeting in

Cincinnati, Ohio, on January 9 and 10,

1997, for the purpose of information

exchange on technical issues related to

the expedited development of a Stage I

Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts

Rule and an Interim Enhanced Surface

Water Treatment Rule. Discussion will

focus on treatment processes that

impact byproduct formation, microbial

control and related drinking water

quality parameters, with particular

emphasis on enhanced coagulation.

EPA is inviting all interested members

of the public to participate in the

meeting, which will be held in Room G–

51 of the Andrew Breidenbach

Environmental Research Center, 26

West Martin Luther King Drive,

Cincinnati, Ohio. For further

information regarding the agenda or

other aspects of the meeting, members

of the public are requested to contact

Crystal Rodgers of EPA’s Office of

Ground Water and Drinking Water at

(202) 260–0676, or contact via e-mail at

rodgers.crystal@epamail.epa.gov.

Cynthia C. Dougherty,

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water.

Dated December 30, 1996.

[FR Doc. 97–559 Filed 1–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collections Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission

December 31, 1996.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burden

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following information collection, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An

agency may not conduct or sponsor a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid control

number. No person shall be subject to

any penalty for failing to comply with

a collection of information subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that

does not display a valid control number.

Comments are requested concerning (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarify of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on

this information collection should

submit comments March 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to

Dorothy Conway, Federal

Communications Commission, Room

234, 1919 M St., N.W., Washington, DC

20554 or via internet to

dconway@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Dorothy

Conway at 202–418–0217 or via internet

at dconway@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval No.: 3060–0448.

Title: Section 63.07, Special

Procedures for Non-dominant Common

Carriers.

Form No.: Not applicable.

Type of Review: Extension of an

existing collection.

Respondents: Businesses or others for

profit, which may include small

businesses.

Number of Respondents: 5.

Estimate Hour Per Response: 100

hours (avg.).

Total Annual Burden: 500.

Estimated Costs To Respondents:

Estimated engineer hourly salary

$18.42×500=$9,210.

Needs and Uses: The National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

requires all federal agencies to consider

the impact of their actions upon the

environment, 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321 et seq.

Section 63.07 subjects domestic,

facilities-based common carriers to the

same requirements imposed on all

Commission applicants and licensees.

Commission applicants and licensees

are required to submit an Environmental

Assessment where their proposals may

have a significant effect on the

environment, as set forth in section

1.1307 of the Commission’s rules. See

47 CFR § 1.1307. An Environmental

Assessment is a narrative statement that

describes the proposal, the

environmental ramifications of the

proposal, and the alternatives, if any, to

the proposal. See 47 CFR § 1.1311.

Without the information contained in

Environmental Assessments, the

Commission would be deprived of the

environmental information needed to

consider the environmental

consequences of its actions approving

the applications of domestic, facilitiesbased common carriers, and thus could

not fulfill its statutory obligation under

NEPA.