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NESS OF GOVERNMENT DAM ANNUAL

CHARGES, ET AL.

CAH–8.

DOCKET# P–2149, 059, PUBLIC UTILITY

DISTRICT NO. 1 OF DOUGLAS

COUNTY, WASHINGTON

CONSENT AGENDA—ELECTRIC

CAE–1.

DOCKET# ER96–3113, 000,

COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY

CAE–2.

DOCKET# ER97–606, 000, FLORIDA

POWER CORPORATION

OTHER#S ER97–515, 000, FLORIDA

POWER CORPORATION

ER97–516, 000, FLORIDA POWER

CORPORATION

CAE–3.

DOCKET# ER97–556, 000, BRITISH

COLUMBIA POWER EXCHANGE

CORPORATION

OTHER#S EL95–62, 000, BRITISH

COLUMBIA POWER EXCHANGE

CORPORATION

CAE–4.

OMITTED

CAE–5.

DOCKET# EC96–13, 000, IES UTILITIES,

INC., INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY

AND WISCONSIN POWER & LIGHT

COMPANY, ET AL.

OTHER#S ER96–1236, 000, IES UTILITIES,

INC., INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY

AND WISCONSIN POWER & LIGHT

COMPANY, ET AL.

ER96–2560, 000, IES UTILITIES, INC.,

INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY AND

WISCONSIN POWER & LIGHT

COMPANY, ET AL.

OA96–133, 000, INTERSTATE ENERGY

CORPORATION

CONSENT AGENDA—GAS AND OIL

CAG–1.

DOCKET# PR97–2, 000, TECO PIPELINE

COMPANY

CAG–2.

DOCKET# RP96–333, 001, NATIONAL

FUEL GAS SUPPLY CORPORATION

OTHER#S RP96–333, 000,

NATIONAL FUEL GAS SUPPLY

CORPORATION

CAG–3.

DOCKET# RP96–366, 002, FLORIDA GAS

TRANSMISSION COMPANY

CAG–4.

OMITTED

CAG–5.

OMITTED

CAG–6.

DOCKET# RP96–337, 001, PACIFIC GAS

TRANSMISSION COMPANY

CAG–7.

DOCKET# RP97–195, 000, VIKING GAS

TRANSMISSION COMPANY

CAG–8.

OMITTED

CAG–9.

DOCKET# RP91–143, 037, GREAT LAKES

GAS TRANSMISSION LIMITED

PARTNERSHIP

CAG–10.

DOCKET# RP96–81 ET AL., 001,

CARNEGIE INTERSTATE PIPELINE

COMPANY

CAG–11.

DOCKET# RP97–14, 001, MIDWESTERN

GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY

CAG–12.

DOCKET# RP97–61, 000, NORAM GAS

TRANSMISSION COMPANY

CAG–13.

DOCKET# RP97–62, 000, WYOMING

INTERSTATE COMPANY, LTD.

CAG–14.

DOCKET# RP97–63, 000, COLORADO

INTERSTATE GAS COMPANY

CAG–15.

DOCKET# RP97–73, 000, MISSISSIPPI

RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

CAG–16.

DOCKET# PR96–14, 000, BRIDGELINE

GAS DISTRIBUTION LLC

CAG–17.

DOCKET# RP97–42, 002, TRUNKLINE

GAS COMPANY

CAG–18.

OMITTED

CAG–19.

OMITTED

CAG–20.

DOCKET# RP97–32, 002, EASTERN

SHORE NATURAL GAS COMPANY

OTHER#S CP96–128, 002, EASTERN

SHORE NATURAL GAS COMPANY

CAG–21.

DOCKET# RP92–149, 007,

TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE

CORPORATION

CAG–22.

DOCKET# OR97–2, 000, ULTRAMAR INC.

V. SFPP, L.P.

CAG–23.

DOCKET# RP97–36, 000, ENERGY

MANAGEMENT CORPORATION V.

PEOPLES GAS SYSTEM, INC.

CAG–24.

OMITTED

CAG–25.

OMITTED

CAG–26.

DOCKET# CP96–213, 000, COLUMBIA

GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

OTHER#S CP90–644, 003, COLUMBIA

GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

CP96–213, 001, COLUMBIA GAS

TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

CP96–559, 000, TEXAS EASTERN

TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

CAG–27.

DOCKET# CP96–339, 000, TOTAL

PEAKING SERVICES, L.L.C.

CAG–28.

DOCKET# CP96–770, 000, COASTAL

STATES GAS TRANSMISSION

COMPANY

CAG–29.

DOCKET# CP96–779, 000, K N

INTERSTATE GAS TRANSMISSION

COMPANY

CAG–30.

DOCKET# CP96–495, 000, GPM GAS

CORPORATION V. CONTINENTAL

NATURAL GAS, INC.

CAG–31.

DOCKET# CP96–577, 000, PLANT

OWNERS V. CONTINENTAL NATURAL

GAS, INC.

CAG–32.

OMITTED

CAG–33.

DOCKET# OR97–1, 000, RIO GRANDE

PIPELINE COMPANY

CAG–34.

DOCKET# RM96–14, 003, SECONDARY

MARKET TRANSACTIONS ON

INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS

PIPELINES

OTHER#S RP96–352, 002,

TRANSWESTERN PIPELINE

COMPANY, PACIFIC GAS AND

ELECTRIC COMPANY AND SOUTHERN

CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY

RP96–353, 001, NATIONAL FUEL GAS

DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

RP96–355, 001, COLUMBIA GULF

TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

RP96–356, 001, COLUMBIA GAS

TRANSMISSION COMPANY

RP96–360, 001, TRANSCONTINENTAL

GAS PIPE LINE CORPORATION

RP96–368, 001, WASHINGTON GAS

LIGHT COMPANY

RP96–369, 001, BROOKLYN UNION GAS

COMPANY

RP96–370, 001, KERN RIVER GAS

TRANSMISSION COMPANY

RP96–371, 001, CENTRAL HUDSON GAS

& ELECTRIC CORPORATION

RP96–372, 001, MOUNTAINEER GAS

COMPANY

RP96–373, 001, BOSTON GAS COMPANY

RP96–379, 001, ARIZONA PUBLIC

SERVICE COMPANY

RP96–382, 001, ORANGE AND

ROCKLAND UTILITIES, INC.

HYDRO AGENDA

H–1.

RESERVED

ELECTRIC AGENDA

E–1.

RESERVED

OIL AND GAS AGENDA

I.

PIPELINE RATE MATTERS

PR–1.

RESERVED

II.

PIPELINE CERTIFICATE MATTERS

PC–1.

RESERVED

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–842 Filed 1–9–97; 11:56 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5675–8]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Reporting

Requirements Under EPA’s Voluntary

WasteWi$e Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

EPA is planning to submit the following

continuing Information Collection

Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Reporting Requirements Under EPA’s

WasteWi$e Program (OMB Control No.

2050–0139; EPA ICR No. 1698). This is

a request for extension of a currently

approved information collection. Before

submitting the ICR to OMB for review

and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

proposed information collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before March 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Commenters must send an

original and two copies of their

comments referencing docket number

F–96–WWIP–FFFFF to: RCRA Docket

Information Center, Office of Solid

Waste (5305G), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA, HQ), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.

Hand deliveries of comments should be

made to the Arlington, VA, address

listed below. Comments may also be

submitted electronically by sending

electronic mail through the Internet to:

rcra-docket@epamail.epa.gov.

Comments in electronic format should

also be identified by the docket number

F–96–WWIP–FFFFF. All electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Public comments and supporting

materials are available for viewing in

the RCRA Information Center (RIC),

located at Crystal Gateway I, First Floor,

1235 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA. The RIC is open from 9

a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding federal holidays. To review

docket materials, it is recommended

that the public make an appointment by

calling 703–603–9230. The public may

copy a maximum of 100 pages from any

regulatory docket at no charge.

Additional copies cost $0.15/page.

The official record for this action will

be kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA

will transfer all comments received

electronically into paper form and place

them in the official record, which will

also include all comments submitted

directly in writing. The official record is

the paper record maintained at the

address in ADDRESSES at the beginning

of this document.

EPA responses to comments, whether

the comments are written or electronic,

will be in a notice in the Federal

Register or in a response to comments

document placed in the official record.

EPA will not immediately reply to

commenters electronically other than to

seek clarification of electronic

comments that may be garbled in

transmission or during conversion to

paper form, as discussed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lynda Wynn at 401 M St., SW, (5306W),

Washington DC 20460, or at 703–308–

7273, FAX 703–308–8686,

wynn.lynda@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Reporting Requirements Under

EPA’s Voluntary WasteWi$e Program

(OMB No. 2050–0139. EPA ICR No.

1698). Expiring May 31, 1997.

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those

businesses, institutions, and

government agencies that sign up to

participate in EPA’s WasteWi$e

program.

Abstract: EPA’s voluntary WasteWi$e

program encourages businesses and

other organizations to reduce solid

waste through waste prevention,

recycling, and the purchase or

manufacture of recycled products.

WasteWi$e participants include

partners, which commit to

implementing waste reduction activities

of their choice, and endorsers which

promote the WasteWi$e program and

waste reduction to their members.

Endorsers, which are typically trade

associations or other membership-based

associations, submit only a one-page

form, the Endorser Registration Form.

This form identifies the organization,

the principal contact, and the activities

to which the Endorser commits.

Partners fill out three forms as follows.

The Partner Registration Form identifies

the organization and the facilities that

will participate in WasteWi$e, and

requires the signature of a senior official

that can commit the organization to the

program. Each partner develops its own

waste reduction goals and submits a

one-page Goals Identification Form to

EPA each year. Partners also report

annually on the progress made toward

achieving these goals in the Annual

Reporting Form, estimating amounts of

waste prevented and recyclables

collected, and describing buy-recycled

activities.

The EPA WasteWi$e program uses the

submitted information to (1) identify

and recognize outstanding waste

reduction achievements by individual

organizations, (2) compile aggregate

results that indicate overall

accomplishments of WasteWi$e

partners, (3) identify cost-effective waste

reduction strategies to share with other

organizations, and (4) identify topics on

which to develop assistance and

information efforts.

The EPA would like to solicit

comments to:

(i) evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(ii) evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(iv) minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed

in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15.

Burden Statement: The respondent

burden for this collection is estimated to

average 24 hours per response for the

Endorser Registration Form; 10 hours

per response for the Partner Registration

Form; 40 hours per response for the first

year’s Goals Identification Form; 20

hours per response for each subsequent

year’s Goals Identification Form; and

55.5 hours per response for the Annual

Reporting Form. This results in an

estimated one-time respondent burden

of 24 hours for Endorsers, and an annual

Partner respondent burden of 105.5

hours in the first year and 75.5 hours

each subsequent year. The estimated

number of respondents is 200 in year 1;

300 in year 2; and 400 in year 3.

Estimated total annual burden on

respondents is 28,500 hours in year 1;

29,850 hours in year 2; and 37,650

hours in year 3.

Burden estimates include the total

time, effort, or financial resources

expended by persons to generate,

maintain, retain, or disclose or provide

information to or for a Federal agency.

This includes the time needed to review

instructions; develop, acquire, install,

and utilize technology and systems for

the purposes of collecting, validating,

and verifying information, processing

and maintaining information, and

disclosing and providing information;

adjust the existing ways to comply with
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any previously applicable instructions

and requirements; train personnel to be

able to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Dated: December 27, 1996.

Michael Shapiro,

Director, Office of Solid Waste.

[FR Doc. 97–746 Filed 1–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5676–1]

Notice of Public Meeting on the

National Performance Measures

Strategy for Enforcement and

Compliance Assurance

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting to

solicit suggestions for innovative,

supplemental measures of enforcement

and compliance assurance program

performance; develop a common

understanding with partners and

stakeholders about a set of national

measures and the steps necessary to

implement them (based on the state of

national compliance); and discuss how

to carry out an implementation plan to

put the new set of measures into

practice.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) is announcing a public

meeting on Monday, February 3, 1997,

in Washington, D.C., which will be

devoted to the National Performance

Measures Strategy for Enforcement and

Compliance Assurance. The focus of the

meeting will be to hear presentations

and statements from a cross-section of

stakeholders about innovative

approaches to measuring enforcement

and compliance assurance program

performance.

DATES: The meeting date will take place

on Monday, February 3, 1997, from 8:30

a.m to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will

take place on Monday, February 3, 1997,

at the Holiday Inn Historic District

Alexandria, 625 First Street, Alexandria,

Virginia, 22314 (703–548–6300).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James McDonald, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of

Compliance, 401 M Street, S.W.

(2201A), Washington, D.C., 20460;

telephone (202) 564–4043, fax (202)

501–0701.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

For many years, EPA has counted

annual enforcement outputs (e.g.,

inspections conducted, number of civil

and criminal cases, penalties assessed)

as the predominant measure of

performance for the enforcement and

compliance assurance program. While

these outputs will continue to be used

as an important measure of

environmental enforcement, EPA seeks

additional measures to assess the status

and trends of regulatory compliance, as

well as environmental improvements

resulting from enforcement and

compliance assurance activities. This

need was recognized during the

enforcement reorganization in 1993, and

a commitment was made during that

process to develop additional measures.

In addition, the requirements of the

Government Performance and Results

Act (GPRA) offer an opportunity to

review and improve performance

measures.

For almost three years, the Office of

Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

(OECA) has been taking steps to

improve its performance measures for

enforcement and compliance assurance

activities. During that time, OECA: (1)

convened a Measures of Success Work

Group comprised of EPA and Regional

officials, (2) developed and

implemented a Case Conclusion Data

Sheet (CCDS) to gather new types of

information about completed cases, (3)

developed and implemented a reporting

measure for compliance assistance

activities, and (4) realigned single-media

data bases to enable reporting of

enforcement data by industry sector.

Through these steps, OECA has made

progress in developing an enhanced set

of performance measures. Specifically,

OECA is now able to supplement

traditional enforcement output

measures with other measures,

including: (1) actions taken by violators

to return to compliance, (2) quantitative

environmental impact and qualitative

environmental benefit of those actions,

(3) types, amounts, and impact of

compliance assistance activities, and (4)

industry-specific compliance rates.

These elements were fully operational

together for the first time in FY 96, and

the results of these efforts are being

compiled in a national

accomplishments report. However,

OECA recognizes further improvements

can, and should, be made with regard to

reporting the state of national

compliance and trends of environmental

enforcement and compliance.

The purpose of this notice is to reach

out for new ideas from EPA’s regulatory

partners (i.e., State, Tribal, and Local

governments) and interested

stakeholders. As described below, EPA

plans to initiate this effort with a

national meeting.

II. The National Performance Measures

Strategy

The purpose of the National

Performance Measures Strategy is to

develop and implement an enhanced set

of performance measures for the

enforcement and compliance assurance

program. The Strategy includes: (1)

soliciting new ideas from regulatory

partners and stakeholders for more

meaningful and sophisticated measures

of program performance, (2) developing

a common understanding with

regulatory partners and stakeholders

about a set of national measures and the

short- and long-term steps necessary to

implement them, and (3) carrying out an

implementation plan to put the new set

of measures into practice.

The Strategy includes the following

elements:

1. Conduct dialogue with regulatory

partners, including senior EPA

Headquarters and Regional managers,

State officials, and a Department of

Justice representative, to assist with

implementation of the Strategy

2. Hold initial public meetings to

present objectives of the Strategy and

key measurement issues and hear

presentations and statements from a

cross-section of stakeholders (by March

1, 1997)

3. Meet with sets of stakeholders

during FY 97 to discuss ideas and

proposals for improved measures and/or

conduct meetings of mixed stakeholders

in various locations (between March

and June 1997)

4. Meet with other Federal regulatory

and law enforcement agencies to learn

about new performance measurement

approaches being used in enforcement

and compliance programs (between

March and June 1997)

5. Hold a ‘‘capstone’’ conference with

a cross-section of stakeholders at the

end of the outreach process to identify

common understandings, areas of

agreement, and unresolved issues (by

mid-September 1997)

6. Develop a report of findings and an

implementation plan with a schedule

(by October 1, 1997)

7. Implement new ideas and

approaches in accordance with the

schedule.

III. Agenda/Focus Topics for Public

Meeting

EPA is interested in hearing and

considering ideas from regulatory

partners and a wide range of