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first time in 1995. The DOE believes that

it will become aware of any errors or

omissions in the list published today by

means of the comment process called

for by this Notice. The DOE will, after

consideration of any comment and other

information available to the DOE,

provide written notice of any further

additions or deletions to the list.

II. Notification and Comment

Procedures

No later than 4:30 p.m. on April 16,

1997, each State regulatory authority

must notify the DOE in writing of each

utility on the list over which it has

ratemaking authority. Two copies of

such notification should be submitted to

the address indicated in the ADDRESSES

section of this Notice and should be

identified on the outside of the envelope

and on the document with the

designation ‘‘Docket No. FE–R–79–

43B.’’ Such notification should include:

1. a complete list of electric utilities

and gas utilities over which the State

regulatory authority has ratemaking

authority;

2. legal citations pertaining to the

ratemaking authority of the State

regulatory authority; and

3. for any listed utility known to be

subject to other ratemaking authorities

within the State for portions of its

service area, a precise description of the

portion to which such notification

applies.

All interested persons, including State

regulatory authorities, are invited to

comment in writing, no later than 4:30

p.m. on April 16, 1997, on any errors or

omissions with respect to the list. Two

copies of such comments should be sent

to the address indicated in the

ADDRESSES section of this Notice and

should be identified on the outside of

the envelope and on the document with

the designation ‘‘Docket No. FE–R–79–

43B.’’ Written comments should include

the commenter’s name, address, and

telephone number.

All notifications and comments

received by the DOE will be made

available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying in the Freedom

of Information Reading Room, Room

1E–190, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, between

the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays.

III. List of Electric Utilities and Gas

Utilities

The 1997 list consists of two parts

(appendices A and B). Each displays a

different tabulation of the utilities that

meet PURPA coverage requirements. As

stated above, the inclusion or exclusion

of any utility on or from the lists does

not affect its legal obligations or those

of the responsible State regulatory

authority under PURPA.

Appendix A contains a list of utilities

which are covered by PURPA. These

utilities are grouped by State and by the

regulatory authority within each State.

Also included in this list are utilities

which are covered by PURPA but which

are not regulated by the State regulatory

authority. This tabulation, including

explanatory notes, is based on

information provided to the DOE by

State regulatory authorities in response

to the December 28, 1995, Federal

Register notice (60 FR 67133) requiring

each State regulatory authority to notify

the DOE of each utility on the list over

which it has ratemaking authority,

public comments received with respect

to that notice, and information

subsequently made available to the

DOE.

The utilities classified in Appendix A

as not regulated by the State regulatory

authority in fact may be regulated by

local municipal authorities. These

municipal authorities would be State

agencies as defined by PURPA and thus

have responsibilities under PURPA

identical to those of the State regulatory

authority. Therefore, each such

municipality is to notify the DOE of

each utility on the list over which it has

ratemaking authority.

In Appendix B, the utilities are listed

alphabetically, subdivided into electric

utilities and gas utilities, and further

subdivided by type of ownership:

investor-owned utilities, publiclyowned utilities, and rural cooperatives.

Those parties interested in accessing

the list electronically require the

following equipment: a personal

computer, communications software

such as PROCOMM, RELAY, or

CROSSTALK; and, a MODUM.

Before dialing the Fuels Programs

Bulletin Board you should set your

communications software to the

following parameters: 1200 or 2400

baud; no parity; 8 data bits; 1 stop bit;

and, full duplex.

The Bulletin Board telephone number

is (202) 586–7853. Calls are limited to

40 minutes of on-line time per day.

The changes to the 1996 list of electric

and gas utilities are as follows:

Additions:

City of Fort Pierce (FL)

City of Jacksonville Beach (FL)

Golden Valley Electric Cooperative (AK)

McPherson Board of Public Utilities

(KS)

Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. (VT)

(Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act

of 1978, Pub. L. 95–617, 92 Stat. 3117

et seq. (16 U.S.C. 2601) et seq.))

Issued in Washington, D.C., on March 5,

1997.

Anthony J. Como,

Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office

of Coal and Power Im/Ex, Office of Fossil

Energy.

[FR Doc. 97–6589 Filed 3–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Office of Energy Research

[Notice 97–12]

Energy Research Financial Assistance

Program; Atmospheric Chemistry

Program

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice inviting grant

applications.

SUMMARY: The Office of Health and

Environmental Research (OHER) of the

Office of Energy Research, U.S.

Department of Energy (DOE) hereby

announces its interest in receiving

applications to support the continuation

of its Atmospheric Chemistry Program

(ACP). The applications should address

the continuation of experimental and

theoretical study of atmospheric

chemistry processes affected by energyrelated air pollutants (i.e., sulfur oxides,

nitrogen oxides, aerosols, and ozone).

These studies are intended to be in

support of DOE information needs

under the National Energy Policy Act

(Public Law 102–486).

DATES: To permit timely consideration

for awards in Fiscal Year 1998, formal

applications submitted in response to

this notice should be received by 4:30

p.m. E.D.T., June 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Formal applications

referencing Program Notice 97–12

should be forwarded to: U.S.

Department of Energy, Office of Energy

Research, Grants and Contracts

Division, ER–64, 19901 Germantown

Road, Germantown, MD 20874–1290,

ATTN: Program Notice 97–12. This

address must also be used when

submitting applications by U.S. Postal

Service Express Mail or any other

commercial overnight delivery service,

or when hand-carried by the applicant.

An original and seven copies of the

application must be submitted;

however, applicants are requested not to

submit multiple application copies

using more than one delivery or mail

service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Rickey Petty, Environmental Sciences

Division, ER–74, Office of Health and

Environmental Research, Office of

Energy Research, U.S. Department of

Energy, 19901 Germantown Road,
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Germantown, MD 20874–1290,

telephone: (301) 903–5548, E-mail:

rick.petty@oer.doe.gov, fax: (301) 903–

8519.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Atmospheric Chemistry Program is part

of the DOE’s Global Change Research

Program and is closely linked with other

national and international programs.

Collaborations are maintained with

global change counterparts in other

agencies, particularly NASA, NOAA,

and the NSF. Internationally, the DOE

ACP links with the World

Meteorological Organization’s (WMO)

Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW)

program, particularly through the North

American Regional Experiment (NARE),

the Aerosol Chemistry Experiment

(ACE) 1 and 2, North American

Research Strategy for Tropospheric

Ozone (NARSTO), and the Southern

Oxidant Study (SOS).

Detailed descriptions of ACP plans,

rationale, and foci are provided on the

DOE ACP homepage at: http://

www.atmos.anl.gov/ACP.

Research applications that

demonstrate the continuity and progress

of the DOE ACP during the 1993–1997

period (see research abstracts in http://

www.atmos.anl.gov/ACP) addressing

midlatitude tropospheric ozone and

heterogeneous chemistry, atmospheric

chemical-conversion processes, and

wet-removal and air/surface exchange is

encouraged. More so, applications

addressing ozone research that is in

support of the NARSTO are also

encouraged.

In coordination with other federal

agencies, the DOE is addressing

recommendations from the National

Academy of Sciences report, ‘‘Aerosol

Radiative Forcing and Climate Change.’’

Thus, projects that enhance ongoing

aerosol research, such as coupled

aerosol-oxidant research through

modeling, laboratory and field studies,

are encouraged.

This notice requests applications for

grants to support:

(Category 1): Research to understand

the fundamental scientific phenomena

associated with atmospheric ozone

formation and removal processes. Such

fundamental studies can take the form

of modeling, laboratory, field, and

theoretical investigations and analyses

of mechanistic behavior. The research

should also address the possible

catalytic/inhibition effects of aerosols

(especially in the lower stratosphere),

and possible new chemical mechanisms

influencing ozone behavior in the

remote free troposphere, and a variety of

scientific topics aimed at enhancing our

ability to manage midlatitude regionalscale tropospheric ozone pollution.

Field activities may be conducted

cooperatively with major ACP field

campaigns. ACP field campaigns may

also include using the ACP G–1

Research Aircraft Facility.

(Category 2): Ozone and UV–B trend

analysis, using past and emerging data

sets. Of special interest in this category

are investigations of interactions among

ozone and ultraviolet (UV) radiation

with regards to competing/

compensating effects of other trace

gases, aerosols and clouds, and their

obscurance of ozone trend evaluations

and associated UV–B impacts.

(Category 3): Research to understand

the fundamental scientific phenomena

associated with aerosol radiative forcing

and climate change. Such studies

should include research on aerosol

forcing of climates that advances

knowledge in the representation of

aerosols in global climate models,

particularly with respect to indirect

climate effects; laboratory and

theoretical research on aerosol optical

properties; identification of aerosol

molecular composition, particularly the

organic fraction; development of an

understanding of aerosol formation and

growth in the atmosphere; studies

elucidating the aerosol-CCN-cloud

droplet-albedo relationship; execution

of atmospheric closure experiments to

test theoretical understanding;

application of instrumentation

technology for measuring aerosol

properties in situ; and system

integration and assessment utilizing

sensitivity/uncertainty analyses.

It is anticipated that approximately $3

million will be available for multiple

grant awards in FY 1998, contingent

upon availability of appropriated funds.

Applications may request project

support up to three years, with out-year

support contingent on availability of

funds, progress of the research, and

programmatic needs. Annual budgets

are expected to range from

approximately $50,000 to $500,000.

Applications should include detailed

and justified budgets for each year of

support requested. The technical

portion of the application should not

exceed twenty-five (25) double-spaced

pages. Lengthy application appendices

are not encouraged.

Applications will be subjected to

formal merit review (peer review) and

will be evaluated against the following

evaluation criteria listed in descending

order of importance codified at 10 CFR

605.10(d):

1. Scientific and/or Technical Merit of

the Project;

2. Appropriateness of the Proposed

Method or Approach;

3. Competency of Applicant’s

personnel and Adequacy of Proposed

Resources;

4. Reasonableness and

Appropriateness of the Proposed

Budget.

The evaluation will include program

policy factors such as the relevance of

the proposed research to the terms of

the announcement and an agency’s

programmatic needs. Note, external peer

reviewers are selected with regard to

both their scientific expertise and the

absence of conflict-of-interest issues.

Non-federal reviewers will often be

used, and submission of an application

constitutes agreement that this is

acceptable to the investigator(s) and the

submitting institution.

To provide a consistent format for the

submission, review and solicitation of

grant applications submitted under this

notice, the preparation and submission

of grant applications must follow the

guidelines given in the Application

Guide for the Office of Energy Research

Financial Assistance Program 10 CFR

Part 605. Access to ER’s Financial

Assistance Application Guide is

possible via the World Wide Web at:

http://www.er.doe.gov/production/

grants/grants.html.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number for this program is

81.049, and the solicitation control number is

ERFAP 10 CFR Part 605.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 5,

1997.

John Rodney Clark,

Associate Director for Resource Management,

Office of Energy Research.

[FR Doc. 97–6587 Filed 3–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–1859–000, et al.]

Louisville Gas and Electric Company,

et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

March 11, 1997.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Louisville Gas and Electric Co.

[Docket No. ER97–1859–000]

Take notice that on February 24, 1997,

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(LG&E), tendered for filing an executed

Service Agreement between LG&E and

Big Rivers Electric Corporation under

LG&E’s Rate Schedule GSS. LG&E had

previously filed an unexecuted Service

Agreement in this docket.