Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 9 / Tuesday, January 14, 1997 / Notices 1879

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice

is hereby given of the following

Advisory Committee meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),

Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas.

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, January 28,

1997: 1:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m.

ADDRESS: Amarillo Association of

Realtors, 5601 Enterprise Circle,

Amarillo, Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Williams, Program Manager,

Department of Energy, Amarillo Area

Office, P.O. Box 30030, Amarillo, TX

79120 (806) 477–3121.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of

the Committee: The Board provides

input to the Department of Energy on

Environmental Management strategic

decisions that impact future use, risk

management, economic development,

and budget prioritization activities.

Tentative Agenda

1:00 p.m.—Welcome—Agenda

Review—Approval of Minutes

1:15 p.m.—Nominations Subcommittee

Report; Approval of Continuing

Members

1:30 p.m.—Transition, Funding

Mechanism Change Discussion, &

Recommendation

5:00 p.m.—Adjourn

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public, and public comment

will be invited throughout the meeting.

Written statements may be filed with

the Committee either before or after the

meeting. Written comments will be

accepted at the address above for 15

days after the date of the meeting.

Individuals who wish to make oral

statements pertaining to agenda items

should contact Tom Williams’ office at

the address or telephone number listed

above. Requests must be received 5 days

prior to the meeting and reasonable

provision will be made to include the

presentation in the agenda. The

Designated Federal Official is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. Each individual

wishing to make public comment will

be provided a maximum of 5 minutes to

present their comments.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Pantex Public Reading

Rooms located at the Amarillo College

Lynn Library and Learning Center, 2201

South Washington, Amarillo, TX phone

(806) 371–5400. Hours of operation are

from 7:45 am to 10:00 pm, Monday

through Thursday; 7:45 am to 5:00 pm

on Friday; 8:30 am to 12:00 noon on

Saturday; and 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm on

Sunday, except for Federal holidays.

Additionally, there is a Public Reading

Room located at the Carson County

Public Library, 401 Main Street,

Panhandle, TX phone (806) 537–3742.

Hours of operation are from 9:00 am to

7:00 pm on Monday; 9:00 am to 5:00

pm, Tuesday through Friday; and closed

Saturday and Sunday as well as Federal

Holidays. Minutes will also be available

by writing or calling Tom Williams at

the address or telephone number listed

above.

Issued at Washington, DC on January 8,

1997.

Rachel Murphy Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–836 Filed 1–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[FERC–715]

Agency Information Collection Under

Review by the Office of Management

and Budget

January 8, 1997.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of request submitted for

review to the Office of Management and

Budget.

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

has submitted the energy information

collection listed in this notice to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review under provisions of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. 104–13). Any interested person

may file comments on the collection of

information directly with OMB and

should address a copy of those

comments to the Commission, as

explained below. The Commission

received public comments from a single

entity in response to an earlier Federal

Register notice of September 9, 1996 (61

FR 47506) and has replied to these

comments in its submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before February 13, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to Office

of Management and Budget, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Federal Energy Commission

Desk Officer, 726 Jackson Place, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20503. A copy of the

comments should also be sent to Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission,

Division of Information Services,

Attention: Mr. Michael Miller, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by

telephone at (202) 208–1415 and by email at mmiller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description

The energy information collection

submitted to OMB for review contains:

1. Collection of Information: FERC

Form No. 715, ‘‘Annual Transmission

Planning and Evaluation Report’’.

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

3. Control No.: 1902–0171. The

Commission is now requesting that

OMB approve a three year extension of

these mandatory collection

requirements.

4. Necessity of Collection of

Information: Submission of the

information is necessary to enable the

Commission to carry out its

responsibilities in implementing

provisions of the Federal Power Act

(FPA). The information reported on

FERC Form No. 715 is used to

adequately inform potential

transmission customers, State

Regulatory authorities, and the public of

potentially available transmission

capacity and transmission constraints

on electric transmission systems.

Potential electrical transmission

system customers will use the

information to determine transmission

availability to potential wholesale

electric power purchasers. Transmission

dependent utilities will use the

information to determine transmission

availability from alternative wholesale

suppliers. The information is consistent

with and supports the Commission’s

policy of encouraging information

sharing and dispute resolution between

all stakeholders within Regional

Transmission Groups. The data reported

on Form No. 715 will facilitate analysis

and resolution of transmission disputes

brought before the Commission.

5. Respondent Description: The

respondent universe currently

comprises approximately 200 public

utilities.

6. Estimated Burden: 20,000 total

burden hours, 200 respondents, 200

responses annually, 100.0 hours per

response (average).

Statutory Authority: Sections 202, 203,

205, 206(d), 207, 210, 211, 212, 304(a) and
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311 of the Federal Power Act, as amended

(49 Stat. 838; 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–825 Filed 1–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket Nos. CP96–178–000, CP96–178–

002, CP96–248–000, CP96–248–003, CP96–

249–000, and CP96–249–003]

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.

and Portland Natural Gas

Transmission System; Notice of

Meeting

January 9, 1997.

On January 17, 1997, the Commission

staff will meet with Maritimes &

Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. (Maritimes)

and Portland Natural Gas Transmission

System (PNGTS). The meeting is in

response to Maritimes’ and PNGTS’s

Joint Request, filed January 3, 1997, for

a pre-filing conference to discuss a joint

application proposed to be filed by

January 27, 1997. The proposed filing

concerns a 30-inch diameter pipeline

from Westbrook, Maine to Dracut,

Massachusetts that will be jointly

owned by Maritimes and PNGTS. In

addition, other environmental and

scheduling issues will be discussed. The

meeting will occur at 9:30 AM, in a

room to be designated at the

Commission’s headquarters, 888 First

Street NE, Washington, DC.

Subsequent to the filing of the joint

application, the Commission staff will

issue a notice to convene a technical

conference to be held at a location near

the proposed joint project area. The

exact time and location will be provided

in that notice.

For additional information of a

procedural nature, contact Jeff Wright at

(202) 208–2239.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–841 Filed 1–13–97; 8:45 am]

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–399–000 and Docket No.

ER97–449–000

MP Energy, Inc. and Montana Power

Company; Notice of Issuance of Order

January 8, 1997.

On November 7, 1996, MP Energy,

Inc. (MP Energy) filed an application for

authorization to sell power at marketbased rates, and for certain waivers and

authorizations. In particular, MP Energy

requested that the Commission grant

blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34

of all future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liabilities by MP Energy.

On January 6, 1997, the Commission

issued an Order Conditionally

Accepting For Filing Proposed MarketBased Rates (Order), in the abovedocketed proceedings.

The Commission’s January 7, 1997

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (E), (F), and (H):

(E) Within 30 days of the date of this

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the Commission’s blanket

approval of issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities by MP Energy

should file a motion to intervene or

protest with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214

(1996).

(F) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (E) above, MP Energy is

hereby authorized to issue securities

and assume obligations and liabilities as

guarantor, endorser, surety or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of the MP

Energy, compatible with the public

interest, and reasonably necessary or

appropriate for such purposes.

(H) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of MP

Energy’s issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities. * * *

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is

February 5, 1997.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–826 Filed 1–13–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. PR97–3–000]

Olympic Pipeline Company; Notice of

Petition for Rate Approval

January 10, 1997.

Take notice that on December 12,

1996, Olympic Pipeline Company

(Olympic), filed pursuant to Section

284.123(b)(2) of the Commission’s

Regulations, a petition for rate approval

requesting that the Commission approve

as fair and equitable a firm

transportation reservation charge of

$3.22 per MMBtu and a 100 percent

load factor interruptible transportation

charge of $0.1060 per MMBtu for

transportation services performed by

Olympic through its West Chalkley

System under Section 311(a)(2) of the

Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA).

Olympic states that it is an intrastate

pipeline within the meaning of Section

2(16) of the NGPA and it owns and

operates an intrastate pipeline system in

the State of Louisiana. Olympic

proposes an effective date of December

12, 1996.

Pursuant to Section 284.123(b)(2)(ii),

if the Commission does not act within

150 days of the filing date, the rate will

be deemed to be fair and equitable and

not in excess of an amount which

interstate pipelines would be permitted

to charge for similar transportation

service. The Commission may, prior to

the expiration of the 150-day period,

extend the time for action or institute a

proceeding to afford parties an

opportunity for written comments and

for the oral presentation of views, data,

and arguments.

Any person desiring to participate in

this rate proceeding must file a motion

to intervene in accordance with

Sections 385.211 and 385.214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedures. All motions must be filed

with the Secretary of the Commission

on or before January 31, 1997. The

petition for rate approval is on file with

the Commission and is available for

public inspection.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–934 Filed 1–14–97; 8:45 am]

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