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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]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

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.
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Tentative Agenda:

Thursday, April 17, 1997

9:00 a.m.—Review of Subpanel Reports

5:00 p.m.—Public Comments

6:00 p.m.—Adjourn

Friday, April 18, 1997

9:00 a.m.—Executive Summary

11:00 a.m.—Preparation of FESAC

Report

1:00 p.m.—Presentation of Results to Dr.

Martha Krebs

4:00 p.m.—Adjourn

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Committee either

before or after the meeting. Members of

the public who wish to make oral

statements pertaining to agenda items

should contact Albert L. Opdenaker at

301–903–8584 (fax) or

albert.opdenaker@mailgw.er.doe.gov (email). Requests to make oral statements

must be received 5 days prior to the

meeting; reasonable provision will be

made to include the statement in the

agenda. The Chairperson of the

Committee is empowered to conduct the

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate

the orderly conduct of business.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying within 30 days at the Freedom

of Information Public Reading Room,

1E–190, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

Issued at Washington, DC on March 20,

1997

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer

[FR Doc. 97–7476 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–290–000]

Colorado Interstate Gas Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

March 19, 1997.

Take notice that on March 14, 1997,

Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG),

tendered for filing to become part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume

No. 1, the tariff sheets listed on

Appendix A to the filing, to be effective

April 14, 1997.

CIG states on November 1, 1996 it

filed in Docket No. RP97–63–000 pro

forma tariff sheets to comply with Order

No. 587. As part of CIG’s filing it

proposed a new Headstation Pooling

Rate Schedule (HPS–1). CIG further

states in the Commission’s order on

CIG’s compliance filing issued January

16, 1997, the Commission stated that the

GISB standards ‘‘intended the pipeline

to implement a new pooling service but

in order to implement a new service the

pipeline must make a section 4 filing’’

(that is a filing pursuant to Section 4 of

the Natural Gas Act). CIG states this is

the purpose of this filing.

CIG states that copies of this filing

have been served on CIG’s jurisdictional

customers and public bodies.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Section

385.214 and Section 385.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations. All such

motions or protests must be filed as

provided in Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. Protests will

be consider 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 in the Public Reference

Room.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7425 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. CP97–284–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

March 19, 1997.

Take notice that on March 11, 1997,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue,

S.E., Charleston, West Virginia 25314,

filed in Docket No. CP97–284–000 a

request pursuant to Sections 157.205

and 157.211 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, 157.211) for

authorization to construct and operate

additional points of delivery for firm

transportation service to existing

customers, under Columbia’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP83–

76–000 pursuant to Section 7 of the

Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request that is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Columbia proposes to construct and

operate the facilities needed to establish

thirteen additional delivery points. The

customers and counties involved are:

Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. (CKY)

(Martin and Clark Counties, Kentucky);

Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. (COH)

(Ottawa, Medina and Carroll Counties,

Ohio); Mountaineer Gas Company

(MGC) (Boone, Marshall, Barbour,

Gilmer, Wayne, Wyoming and Tucker

Counties, West Virginia), and The

Waterville Gas Company (WGC) (Wood

County, Ohio).

Each new delivery point’s

interconnecting facility will vary

according to area conditions; but, in

most cases, the following will be

installed: a 4-inch by 1-inch tap saddle

(depending on pipeline size), a 1-inch

valve, nipple, and less than 20 feet of

pipe on Columbia’s existing right-ofway. CKY, COH, MGC and WGC will set

the meter and regulator for each

location. The estimated natural gas

quantities are: 10,851 Dth/day and

4,398,250 Dth/annual for CKY; 4.5 Dth/

day and 450 Dth/annual for COH; 13.5

Dth/day and 1,650 Dth/annual for MGC,

and 1.8 Dth/day and 200 Dth/annual for

WGC.

Columbia states that the new delivery

points are not prohibited by its existing

tariff and that it has sufficient capacity

to accomplish deliveries without

detriment or disadvantage to other

customers. The proposed delivery

points will not have an effect on

Columbia’s peak day and annual

deliveries and the total volumes

delivered will not exceed total volumes

authorized prior to this request.

Columbia estimates the new tap

installation costs to be approximately

$150 each and will be treated as an

O&M expense, except for the Martin

County, Kentucky project which is an

existing tap and will require no

additional cost.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for