Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 71 / Monday, April 14, 1997 / Notices 18103

Issued at Washington, DC. on April 9,

1997.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–9523 Filed 4–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Pantex Plant

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

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.

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, April 22, 1997:

10:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 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:

10:00 a.m. Welcome—Agenda

Review—Approval of Minutes

10:10 a.m. Co-Chair Comments

10:20 a.m. Task Force Reports

—Environmental Restoration

—Transition

—Site Development

10:50 a.m. Subcommittee Reports

—Policy & Personnel

—Nominations & Membership

—Air Monitoring

11:20 a.m. Ex-Officio Reports

12:00 p.m. Lunch

12:30 p.m. Air Monitoring Talk by Joe

Panketh

1:30 p.m. Updates—Occurrence

Reports—DOE

2:30 p.m. Closing Remarks/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. This notice is

being published less than 15 days in

advance of the meeting due to

programmatic issues that needed to be

resolved.

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 April 9, 1997.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–9524 Filed 4–11–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy

[FE Docket No. 97–28–NG]

Panenergy Trading and Market

Services, L.L.C.; Order Granting LongTerm Authorization To Import Natural

Gas From Canada

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Order.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy of

the Department of Energy gives notice

that it has issued DOE/FE Order No.

1266 on March 20, 1997, granting

PanEnergy Trading and Market Services,

L.L.C. long-term authorization to import

up to 8,782 MMBtu (approximately

8,782 Mcf) of natural gas per day from

Canada commencing November 1, 1997,

and terminating October 31, 2007. The

natural gas shall be imported at Niagara

Falls, New York, under a supply

arrangement with PanEnergy Marketing

Limited Partnership.

This order is 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, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585–

0350, (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, D.C., March 31,

1997.

Wayne E. Peters,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas and Petroleum Import and Export

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 97–9525 Filed 4–11–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–318–000]

Algonquin Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Application

April 8, 1997.

Take notice that on March 31, 1997,

Algonquin Gas Transmission Company

(Algonquin), 1284 Soldiers Field Road,

Boston, Massachusetts 02135, filed in

Docket No. CP97–318–000, an

abbreviated application pursuant to

Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for

authorization to construct and operate a

lateral pipeline to connect Algonquin’s

existing pipeline system with facilities

owned by the Taunton Municipal Light

Plant (TMLP), all as more fully set forth

in the application which is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Algonquin proposes to construct and

operate approximately 924 feet of 12-

inch diameter pipeline lateral and

appurtenant facilities from a point on

Algonquin’s existing G–10 system in the

Town of Berkeley, Massachusetts,

passing under the Taunton River, to

Taunton, Massachusetts. Algonquin

says the facilities are required to

provide up to 27,000 MMBtu per day of

transportation service for TMLP under
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Algonquin’s existing open access Rate

Schedule AFT–CL, as modified.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before April

29, 1997, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

D.C. 20426, a motion to intervene or a

protest in accordance with the

requirements of the Commission’s Rules

of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations

under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR

157.10). All protests filed with the

Commission will be considered by it in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken but will not serve to make the

protstants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

to a proceeding or to participate as a

party in any hearing therein must file a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the Commission’s Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas

Act and the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, a hearing will

be held without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that a grant of the

certificate is required by the public

convenience and necessity. If a motion

for leave to intervene is timely filed, or

if the Commission on its own motion

believes that a formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Under the procedures herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for Algonquin to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9494 Filed 4–11–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. RP97–171–002, RP97–170–

002, RP97–139–001, RP97–173–001, RP97–

162–001, RP97–167–002, RP97–166–001,

RP97–114–002, RP97–153–001, RP97–147–

001, RP97–161–002, RP97–104–001, RP97–

144–001, RP97–154–002, RP97–140–001,

RP97–152–001, RP97–151–001, RP97–155–

001, RP97–105–001, RP97–179–002, RP97–

136–001, RP97–150–002 RP97–143–001,

RP97–159–002, RP97–146–001, RP97–156–

002, RP97–163–001, and RP97–148–002 (Not

Consolidated)]

ANR Pipeline Company, Blue Lake Gas

Storage Company, Caprock Pipeline

Company, Carnegie Interstate Pipeline

Company, Cove Point LNG Limited

Partnership, Columbia Gas

Transmission Corporation, Columbia

Gulf Transmission Company,

Equitrans, L.P., Granite Gas

Transmission Inc., High Island

Offshore System, Iroquois Gas

Transmission System, L.P., Kentucky

West Virginia Gas Company; L.L.C., K

N Wattenberg Transmission Ltd.

Liability Co., Koch Gateway Pipeline

Company, Louisiana-Nevada Transit

Company, Michigan Gas Storage

Company, Mid Louisiana Gas

Company, Mobile Bay Pipeline

Company, Nora Transmission

Company, Ozark Gas Transmission

System, Paiute Pipeline Company,

Richfield Gas Storage System, T C P

Gathering Company, Transcontinental

Gas Pipe Line Corporation, U-T

Offshore System, Viking Gas

Transmission Company, WestGas

Interstate, Inc., and Williston Basin

Interstate Pipeline Company,; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariffs

April 8, 1997.

Take notice that the applicants

referenced above tendered for filing

tariff sheets to comply with the

Commission’s directives in Order No.

587 and Order No. 587–B, to be effective

June 1, 1997.

Each applicant states that its filing

complies with the Commission’s early

order on its pro forma tariff filing and

complies with the Commission’s Order

No. 587–B, issued on January 30, 1997,

in Docket No. RM96–1–003, by

incorporating by reference into its FERC

Gas Tariff the Electronic Delivery

Mechanism Standards promulgated by

the GISB and adopted in Order No. 587–

B.

Each applicant states that copies of

the filing have been mailed to all

affected customers and state regulatory

commissions.

The above-referenced dockets are

being noticed together due to the large

number of filings received. The filings

are not being consolidated. Any party

who wishes to file a protest must file a

separate protest for each docket. The

notice can be located in the

Commission’s CIPS under the lead filing

ANR Pipeline Company, Docket No.

RP97–171–002.

Any person desiring to protest said

filings should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed on or before April 22, 1997.

Protests will be considered by the

Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceeding. Copies of the filings are

on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection in the

Public Reference Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9500 Filed 4–11–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–326–000]

Arkansas Western Pipeline Company;

Notice of Filing

April 8, 1997.

Take notice that on April 1, 1997,

Arkansas Western Pipeline Company

(AWP) tendered for filing a petition for

waiver of certain business practice

standards promulgated by the Gas

Industry Standards Board and adopted

by the Commission in Order Nos. 587

and 587–B.

AWP states that copies of the filing

have been mailed to all of its

jurisdictional customers and to affected

state regulatory commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations. All such

motions or protests should be filed on

or before April 22, 1997. Protests will be

considered 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