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1 15 U.S.C. § 3142(c) (1982).

2See 80 FERC ¶61,264 (1997); order denying

reh’g issued January 28, 1998, 82 FERC ¶ 61,058

(1998).

3Public Service Company of Colorado v. FERC,

91 F.3d 1478 (D.C. 1996), cert. denied, Nos. 96–954

and 96–1230 (65 U.S.L.W. 3751 and 3754, May 12,

1997) (Public Service).

to DOE and its regulators in the areas of

environmental restoration, waste

management, and related activities.

Tentative Agenda

1. The Board will consider approving

a recommendation concerning economic

reuse at the Rocky Flats Technology

Site.

2. The Board will review and consider

approval of comments and

recommendations on the draft cleanup

plan, ‘‘Accelerating Cleanup: Paths to

Closure.’’

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Committee either

before or after the meeting. Individuals

who wish to make oral statements

pertaining to agenda items should

contact Ken Korkia 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

at the beginning of the meeting.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585 between

9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday–Friday,

except Federal holidays. Minutes will

also be available at the Public Reading

Room located at the Board’s office at

9035 North Wadsworth Parkway, Suite

2250, Westminster, CO 80021;

telephone (303) 420–7855. Hours of

operation for the Public Reading Room

are 9:00 am–4:00 pm on Monday

through Friday. Minutes will also be

made available by writing or calling Deb

Thompson at the Board’s office address

or telephone number listed above.

Issued at Washington, DC on April 13,

1998.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–10076 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 1991]

City of Bonners Ferry; Notice of

Authorization for Continued Project

Operation

April 10, 1998.

On April 1, 1998, the City of Bonners

Ferry, licensee for the Moyie River

Project No. 1991, filed an application for

a new or subsequent license pursuant to

the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the

Commission’s regulations thereunder.

Project No. 1991 is located on the Moyie

River in Boundary County, Idaho.

The license for Project No. 1991 was

issued for a period ending March 31,

1998. Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16

U.S.C. 808(a)(1), requires the

Commission, at the expiration of a

license term, to issue from year to year

an annual license to the then licensee

under the terms and conditions of the

prior license until a new license is

issued, or the project is otherwise

disposed of as provided in Section 15 or

any other applicable section of the FPA.

If the project’s prior license waived the

applicability of Section 15 of the FPA,

then, based on Section 9(b) of the

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.

558(c), and as set forth at 18 CFR

16.21(a), if the licensee of such project

has filed an application for a subsequent

license, the licensee may continue to

operate the project in accordance with

the terms and conditions of the license

after the minor or minor part license

expires, until the Commission acts on

its application. If the licensee of such a

project has not filed an application for

a subsequent license, then it may be

required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b),

to continue project operations until the

Commission issues someone else a

license for the project or otherwise

orders disposition of the project.

If the project is subject to Section 15

of the FPA, notice is hereby given that

an annual license for Project No. 1991

is issued to the City of Bonners Ferry for

a period effective April 1, 1998, through

March 31, 1999, or until the issuance of

a new license for the project or other

disposition under the FPA, whichever

comes first. If issuance of a new license

(or other disposition) does not take

place on or before March 31, 1999,

notice is hereby given that, pursuant to

18 CFR 16.18(c), an annual license

under Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA is

renewed automatically without further

order or notice by the Commission,

unless the Commission orders

otherwise.

If the project is not subject to Section

15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given

that the City of Bonners Ferry is

authorized to continue operation of the

Moyie River Project No. 1991, until such

time as the Commission acts on its

application for subsequent license.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–10086 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. SA98–77–000]

BP Exploration and Oil, Inc.; Notice of

Petition for Adjustment and Extension

of Time

April 10, 1998.

Take notice that on March 23, 1998,

BP Exploration and Oil, (BP), filed a

petition pursuant to Section 502(c) of

the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978

(NGPA) 1 and Subpart K of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.1101–385.1117),

for: (1) a 106-day extension of the

Commission’s March 9, 1998, refund

deadline, by which date BP would

otherwise be required to make Kansas

ad valorem tax refunds, with interest, to

ANR Pipeline Company (ANR); and (2)

an adjustment with respect to BP’s

refund obligation, waiving BP’s

obligation to refund the interest that

would otherwise accrue during the 106-

day period from November 10, 1997 to

February 24, 1998. BP’s petition is on

file with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

On September 10, 1997, in Docket No.

RP97–369–000 et al., the Commission

issued an order,2 on remand from the

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals,3 that

directed first sellers to make Kansas ad

valorem tax refunds, with interest, for

the period from 1983 to 1988. The

Commission directed the pipelines to

serve first sellers with a Statement of

Refunds Due within 60 days of the date

of the refund order, and directed first

sellers to make the necessary refunds

within 180 days of the date of the

refund order (i.e., by March 9, 1998).

BP explains that ANR’s Statement of

Refunds Due identifies $227,793.83 as
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being due from Lear Exploration, Inc.

(Lear), as a result of gas sales that Lear

made to ANR before December 31, 1986,

and that ANR sent that Statement of

Refunds Due to Lear, not BP.

BP further explains that BP America,

Inc., BP’s parent, acquired Lear

Petroleum Corporation, Lear’s parent, in

1988, and that through corporate

reorganization, BP became Lear’s parent

company. BP adds that it sold Lear’s

stock to another entity in 1991, but

remained responsible for the past refund

obligations of Lear. BP also states that

Lear sold the properties in question to

Total Minatome Corporation (Total

Minatome) on December 31, 1986, prior

to BP America, Inc.’s acquisition of

Lear’s stock. BP states that Lear retained

liability for refunds from sales made

before the transfer to Total Minatome,

and that the sales that generated the

refunds were all made by Lear before

the transfer to Total Minatome.

Because BP did not receive any notice

of the refund obligation until after

February 24, 1998, BP contends that it

was not afforded the full 120-day period

that the Commission intended first

sellers to have, to evaluate their refund

obligations. BP also points out that the

refunds in question pertain to sales from

properties that Lear disposed of prior to

the date that BP America, Inc., acquired

Lear. Therefore, BP requests a 106-day

extension of the refund deadline, from

March 9, 1998 to June 23, 1998.

BP also requests adjustment relief

from its obligation to refund the interest

that accrued on BP’s outstanding

balance between November 10, 1997

and February 24, 1998, on the basis that

BP’s response to the Commission’s

refund order, through no fault of its

own, has been unavoidably delayed. BP

argues that it would be inequitable to

require BP to pay interest during the

106-day period between November 10,

1997 and February 24, 1998.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

petition should on or before 15 days

after the date of publication in the

Federal Register of this notice, file with

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 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, 385.211,

385.1105, and 385.1106). 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 protestants 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–10088 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–335–000]

Colorado Interstate Gas Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

April 10, 1998.

Take notice that on April 6, 1998,

Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG),

Post Office Box 1087, Colorado Springs,

Colorado 80944, filed a request with the

Commission in Docket No. CP98–335–

000, pursuant to Sections 157.205, and

157.211 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(NGA) for authorization to increase

capacity at a delivery facility authorized

in blanket certificate issued in Docket

No. CP83–21–000, all as more fully set

forth in the request on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

CIG states that on January 27, 1998, it

filed a prior notice, in Docket No. CP98–

207–000, for a new delivery facility to

be located within CIG’s Kit Carson

Compressor Station in Cheyenne

County, Colorado. The filing was

noticed on February 3, 1998 and there

were no protests. The proposed delivery

facility filed for on January 27, 1998,

consisted of a two-inch meter run and

appurtenant facilities at an estimated

cost of $8,000. CIG further states that

Union Pacific Fuels, Inc., has now

determined they will need a four-inch

meter run and appurtenant facilities

with the associated increase in capacity

at this location. CIG reports that the

estimated cost of the revised facility

would be $10,500.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after the

Commission has issued this notice, 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

NGA (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the

request. If no protest is filed within the

allowed time, 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 authorization pursuant

to Section 7 of the NGA.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–10089 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–334–000]

Midwestern Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

April 10, 1998.

Take notice that on April 6, 1998,

Midwestern Gas Transmission Company

(Midwestern), Post Office Box 2511,

Houston, Texas 77252, filed in Docket

No. CP98–334–000 a request pursuant to

Sections 157.205, 157.212, and 157.216

of the Commission’s Regulations under

the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.212, and 157.216) for authorization

to upgrade a delivery point for

continued service to Western Kentucky

Gas Company (Western Kentucky), a

local distribution company. Midwestern

makes such request under its blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

414–000 pursuant to Section 7 of the

Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Midwestern request authorization to

modify an existing delivery point on its

system in Daviess County, Kentucky in

order to deliver additional volumes at

that delivery point to Western

Kentucky. Midwestern proposes to

uprate its existing Meter Station No. 2–

7068 located at Milepost 2106–1+3.88,

in order to enable Midwestern to deliver

on an interruptible and firm basis up to

30 MMcf a day of natural gas at that

meter station.

Specifically, Midwestern is proposing

to modify the existing meter station by

removing the existing 2-inch orifice

meter and associated piping, 2-inch

flow control valve and associated

bypass and isolation valves, 3-inch

check valve and approximately 45 feet

of 3-inch diameter interconnecting pipe.

Midwestern states that it will install an

8-inch orifice meter, 4-inch flow control

valve and associated bypass and

isolation valves, 8-inch check value and

approximately 45 feet of 8-inch

diameter interconnecting pipe.

Additionally, Midwestern states that it

also proposes to reconfigure the