14128 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 57 / Tuesday, March 25, 1997 / Notices

[FE Docket Nos. 96–84–NG, 96–87–NG, 96–

88–NG, 96–92–NG, 96–81–NG, 96–90–NG,

96–93–NG, 96–94–NG, 96–95–NG, and 96–

91–NG]

Orders Granting Authorization To

Import and/or Export Natural Gas

North American Resources Company,

Westcoast Gas Services Inc., Westcoast Gas

Services (America) Inc., Wascana Energy

Marketing (U.S.) Inc., Tristar Gas Marketing

Company, Newco US, L.P., Louis Dreyfus

Energy Canada LTD., Duke/Louis Dreyfus

L.L.C., Louis Dreyfus Energy Corp., Union

Pacific Fuels, Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of orders.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy of

the Department of Energy gives notice

that it has issued Orders authorizing

various imports and/or exports of

natural gas. These Orders are

summarized in the attached appendix.

These Orders are available for

inspection and copying in the Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and

Export Activities, Docket Room, 3F–056,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585,

(202) 586–9478. The Docket Room is

open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 11,

1997.

Wayne E. Peters,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and Export

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

APPENDIX—BLANKET IMPORT/EXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS GRANTED

[DOE/FE Authority]

Order No. Date issued Importer/exporter FE docket No.

Two-year maximum

Comments Import

volume

Export

volume

1225 ........ 12/10/96 North American Resources Company (96–

84–NG).

.................. 73 Bcf ...... Exports combined total to Canada and

Mexico.

1226 ........ 12/11/96 Westcoast Gas Services Inc. (96–87–NG) 1,000 Bcf 1,000 Bcf Imports including LNG from Canada. Exports to Canada.

1227 ........ 12/11/96 Westcoast Gas Services (America) Inc.

(96–88–NG).

1,000 Bcf 1,000 Bcf Imports including LNG from Canada. Exports to Canada.

1228 ........ 12/23/97 Wescana Energy Marketing (U.S.) Inc.

(96–92–NG).

200 Bcf Imports/Exports combined total to and

from Canada and Mexico.

1229 ........ 12/23/96 Tristar Gas Marketing Company (96–81–

NG).

(1)10 Bcf .................. Imports from Canada.

10 Bcf Imports/Exports combined total to and

from Mexico.

1230 ........ 12/23/96 Newco US, L.P. (96–90–NG) ..................... 1,000 Bcf 1,000 Bcf Imports combined total from Canada and

Mexico. Exports combined total to Canada and Mexico.

1231 ........ 12/23/96 Louis Dreyfus Energy Canada Ltd. (96–

93–NG).

200 Bcf Import/Export including LNG combined

total from and to Canada and Mexico.

1232 ........ 12/23/96 Duke-Louis Dreyfus L.L.C. (96–94–NG) .... 200 Bcf Imports/Exports including LNG combined

total from and to Canada and Mexico.

1233 ........ 12/23/96 Louis Dreyfus Energy Corporation (96–95–

NG).

200 Bcf Imports/Exports including LNG combined

total from and to Canada and Mexico.

1234 ........ 12/24/96 Union Pacific Fuels, Inc. (96–91–NG) ....... 200 Bcf Imports/Exports combined total from and

to Canada and Mexico.

[FR Doc. 97–7472 Filed 3–24– 97; 8:45 am]

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Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, DOE

ACTION: Agency information collection

activities: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of form EIA–767, ‘‘SteamElectric Plant Operation and Design

Report.’’

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted within 60 days of the

publication of this notice. If you

anticipate that you will be submitting

comments, but find it difficult to do so

within the period of time allowed by

this notice, you should advise the DOE

contact listed below of your intention to

do so as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to John G.

Colligan, Energy Information

Administration, Coal and Electric Data

and Renewables Division, EI–524, U.S.

Department of Energy, Washington, DC

20585–0650; telephone (202) 426–1174;

e-mail jcolliga@EIA.DOE.GOV; and FAX

(202) 426–1308).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the form and instructions

should be directed to John Colligan at

the address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Current Actions

III. Request for Comments

I. Background

In order to fulfill its responsibilities

under the Federal Energy

Administration Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No.

93–275) and the Department of Energy

Organization Act (Pub. L. No. 95–91),

the Energy Information Administration

is obliged to carry out a central,

comprehensive, and unified energy data

and information program. As part of this

program, EIA collects, evaluates,

assembles, analyzes, and disseminates

data and information related to energy
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resource reserves, production, demand,

and technology, and related economic

and statistical information relevant to

the adequacy of energy resources to

meet demands in the near and longer

term future for the Nation’s economic

and social needs.

The Energy Information

Administration, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden (required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13)), conducts a presurvey

consultation program to provide the

general public and other Federal

agencies with an opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing reporting forms. This

program helps to ensure that requested

data can be provided in the desired

format, reporting burden is minimized,

reporting forms are clearly understood,

and the impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

properly assessed. Also, EIA will later

seek approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for the

collections under Section 3507(h) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. No. 104–13, Title 44, U.S.C. Chapter

35).

The Form EIA–767, ‘‘Steam-Electric

Plant Operation and Design Report,’’

remains an annual form that collects

data on the operation and design of

steam-electric plants. The form collects

data required by the following sponsors:

the DOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE),

and the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA). The data collected on the

Form EIA–767 are used to:

• Develop, assess, reform, and enforce

the regulations required by the Clean

Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution

Control Act, and the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act

• Appraise the environmental

impacts of electric energy plans and

projections and the impact of

environmental regulations on the

generation of electric power

• Determine emission trends and

appraisals

• Evaluate the inventory of pollution

control technology and generation

technologies

• Determine the expenditures of

pollution abatement and control

expenditures on operating costs and

revenue.

EIA is responsible for collecting and

processing the data. Within EIA, the

data are used to develop a

comprehensive electric power data base

that supports EIA models and

publications. Other data users include

Congress, Federal, and State agencies.

II. Current Actions

The Energy Information

Administration requests a 3-year

extension with no change to the existing

collection of the Form EIA–767, ‘‘SteamElectric Plant Operation and Design

Report.’’

III. Request for Comments

Prospective respondents and other

interested parties should comment on

the actions discussed in item II. The

following guidelines are provided to

assist in the preparation of responses.

General Issues

A. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency? Does the information have

practical utility? Practical utility is

defined as the actual usefulness of

information to or for an agency, taking

into account its accuracy, adequacy,

reliability, timeliness, and the agency’s

ability to process the information it

collects.

B. What enhancements can EIA make

to the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected?

As a Potential Respondent

A. Are the instructions and

definitions clear and sufficient? If not,

which instructions require clarification?

B. Can data be submitted by the due

date?

C. Public reporting burden for this

collection is estimated to average 84

hours per response. Burden includes the

total time, effort, or financial resources

expended to generate, maintain, retain,

or disclose or provide the information.

Please comment on (1) the accuracy of

our estimate and (2) how the agency

could minimize the burden of the

collection of information, including the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

D. EIA estimates that respondents will

incur no additional costs for reporting

other than the hours required to

complete the collection. What is the

estimated: (1) total dollar amount

annualized for capital and start-up

costs, and (2) recurring annual costs of

operation and maintenance, and

purchase of services associated with this

data collection?

E. Do you know of any other Federal,

State, or local agency that collects

similar data? If you do, specify the

agency, the data element(s), and the

methods of collection.

As a Potential User

A. Can you use data at the levels of

detail indicated on the form?

B. For what purpose would you use

the data? Be specific.

C. Are there alternate sources of data

and do you use them? If so, what are

their deficiencies and/or strengths?

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of the form. They also will

become a matter of public record.

Statutory Authority: Section 3506 (c)(2)(A)

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13).

Issued in Washington, D.C. March 19,

1997.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Statistical

Standards, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–7473 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

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Office of Energy Research

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory

Committee

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

given of a meeting of the Fusion Energy

Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC).

DATES: Thursday, April 17, 1997, 9 a.m.

to 6 p.m., and Friday, April 18, 1997, 9

a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESS: U.S. Department of Energy,

Auditorium, 19901 Germantown Road,

Germantown, Maryland 20874.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Albert L. Opdenaker, III, Executive

Assistant, Office of Fusion Energy

Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy,

Germantown, MD 20874, Telephone:

301–903–4941.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Meeting: The Fusion

Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

has been charged to review the

International Thermonuclear

Experimenetal Reactor (ITER) Detailed

Design Report which includes cost and

schedule estimates, in order to provide

its view of the adequacy of the design

to meet ITER’s technical objectives. This

information will be used as part of the

basis for a United States Government

decision on whether or not to enter

negotiations on the terms and

conditions for an agreement for the

construction, operation, exploitation,

and decommissioning of ITER. The

Committee has been asked to provide its

view to the Department of Energy by

May 1, 1997.