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A copy of this filing has been served

upon the Public Service Commission of

Wisconsin.

Comment date: April 24, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

25. Wisconsin Power and Light

Company

[Docket No. ER98–2465–000]

Take notice that on April 6, 1998,

Wisconsin Power and Light Company

(WP&L), tendered for filing executed

Form Of Service Agreements for Firm

and Non-Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Service, establishing

Illinois Power Company as a point-topoint transmission customer under the

terms of WP&L’s transmission tariff.

WP&L requests an effective date of

March 16, 1998, and accordingly, seeks

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirements.

A copy of this filing has been served

upon the Public Service Commission of

Wisconsin.

Comment date: April 24, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

26. Wisconsin Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER98–2466–000

Take notice that on April 6, 1998,

Wisconsin Power & Light Company

(WP&L), tendered for filing a second

amendment to the Wholesale Power

Contract dated January 4, 1977, between

the City of Stoughton and WP&L. WP&L

states that this amended Wholesale

Power Contract revises the previous

agreement between the two parties

dated August 9, 1989, and designated

Rate Schedule No. 115 by the

Commission.

The parties have amended the

Wholesale Power Contract to add an

additional delivery point. Service under

this amended Wholesale Power Contract

will be in accordance with standard

WP&L Rate Schedule W–3.

WP&L requests that an effective date

concurrent with the planned

construction completion date be

assigned.

WP&L indicates that copies of the

filing have been provided to the City of

Stoughton and to the Public Service

Commission of Wisconsin.

Comment date: April 24, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

27. Long Island Lighting Company

[Docket No. ER98–2467–000

Take notice that on April 6, 1998,

Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO),

filed Electric Power Service Agreements

entered into as of the following dates by

LILCO and the following parties:

Purchaser Electric Power 1

Green Mountain Power

Corporation.

March 5, 1998.

Virginia Electric and

Power Company.

March 7, 1998.

1Electric Power Service Agreement Date.

The Electric Power Service

Agreements listed above were entered

into under LILCO’s Power Sales

Umbrella Tariff as reflected in LILCO’s

amended filing on February 6, 1998

with the Commission in Docket No.

OA98–5–000. The February 6, 1998,

filing essentially brings LILCO’s Power

Sales Umbrella Tariff in compliance

with the unbundling requirements of

the Commission’s Order No. 888.

LILCO requests waiver of the

Commission’s sixty (60) day notice

requirements and an effective date of

March 16, 1998, for the Electric Power

Service Agreements listed above

because in accordance with the policy

announced in Prior Notice and Filing

Requirements Under Part II of the

Federal Power Act, 64 FERC ¶61,139,

clarified and reh’g granted in part and

denied in part, 65 FERC ¶61,081 (1993),

service will be provided under an

umbrella tariff and each Electric Power

Service Agreement is being filed either

prior to or within thirty (30) days of the

commencement of service. LILCO has

served copies of this filing on the

customers which are a party to each of

the Electric Power Service Agreements

and on the New York State Public

Service Commission.

Comment date: April 24, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

28. Wisconsin Power and Light

[Docket No. ER98–2468–000

Take notice that on April 6, 1998,

Wisconsin Power and Light Company

(WP&L), tendered for filing executed

Form Of Service Agreements for Firm

and Non-Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Service, establishing

Merchant Energy Group of the

Americas, Inc., as a point-to-point

transmission customer under the terms

of WP&L’s transmission tariff.

WP&L requests an effective date of

April 1, 1998, and accordingly, seeks

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirements.

A copy of this filing has been served

upon the Public Service Commission of

Wisconsin.

Comment date: April 24, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. 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 Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

the comment date. 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 these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–10082 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RM95–9–003]

Open Access Same-time Information

System (OASIS) and Standards of

Conduct; Notice of Filing of

Corrections to How Group’s Oasis

Phase 1A Submittal and Request for

Comments

April 10, 1998.

Take notice that on April 10, 1998,

the OASIS How Working Group (How

Group), tendered for filing corrections to

the How Group’s revised OASIS

Standards and Communication

Protocols document submitted as part of

the How Group’s OASIS ‘‘Phase 1A’’

submittal filed on September 23, 1997.

We invite written comments on this

filing on or before April 27, 1998. Any

person desiring to submit comments

should file an original and 14 paper

copies and one copy on a computer

diskette in WordPerfect 6.1 format or in

ASCII format with the Office of the

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. The comments

must contain a caption that references

Docket No. RM95–9–003.

Copies of this filing are on file with

the Commission and are available for

public inspection. The filing will also be

posted on the Commission Issuance

Posting System (CIPS), an electronic

bulletin board and World Wide Web (at

WWW.FERC.FED.US) service, that
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provides access to the texts of formal

documents issued by the Commission.

The complete text on diskette in

WordPerfect format may be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

La Dorn Systems Corporation. La Dorn

Systems Corporation is located in the

Public Reference Room at 888 First

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

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–10083 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5997–6]

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and

Equivalent Methods; Designation of

Three Reference Methods for PM2.5

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of designation.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) has designated, in accordance

with 40 CFR part 53, three new

reference methods for the measurement

of PM2.5 concentrations in the ambient

air.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Frank F. McElroy, Human Exposure and

Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD–

46), National Exposure Research

Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle

Park, North Carolina 27711. Phone:

(919) 541–2622, email:

mcelroy.frank@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

announces the designation of three new

reference methods for measuring mass

concentrations of particulate matter as

PM2.5 in the ambient air. These

designations are made under the

provisions of 40 CFR part 53, as

amended on July 18, 1997 (62 FR

38764). Each of the new reference

methods is a manual monitoring method

based on a particular PM2.5 sampler. The

new methods are identified as follows:

RFPS–0498–116, ‘‘BGI Incorporated

Model PQ200 PM2.5 Ambient Fine

Particle Sampler,’’ operated with

software version 1.4, for 24-hour

continuous sample periods, in

accordance with the Model PQ200

Instruction Manual and with the

requirements and sample collection

filters specified in 40 CFR Part 50,

Appendix L.

RFPS–0498–117, ‘‘Rupprecht &

Patashnick Company, Incorporated

Partisol–FRM Model 2000 PM–2.5 Air

Sampler,’’ operated with software

version 1.102, with or without the

optional insulating jacket for cold

weather operation, for 24-hour

continuous sample periods, in

accordance with the Model 2000

Instruction Manual and with the

requirements and sample collection

filters specified in 40 CFR Part 50,

Appendix L.

RFPS–0498–118, ‘‘Rupprecht &

Patashnick Company, Incorporated

Partisol–Plus Model 2025 PM–2.5

Sequential Air Sampler,’’ operated with

software version 1.003, for 24-hour

continuous sample periods, in

accordance with the Model 2025

Instruction Manual and with the

requirements and sample collection

filters specified in 40 CFR Part 50,

Appendix L.

Applications for reference method

determinations for these methods were

received by the EPA on October 8, 1997

for the BGI method, and on October 7,

1997 for the Rupprecht & Patashnick

methods. A notice of receipt for these

applications was published in the

Federal Register on February 10, 1998.

The BGI method (RFPS–0498–116) is

‘‘conditionally’’ designated under the

provisions of § 53.51(b)(2), which allows

the applicant up to one year following

designation to complete the process of

obtaining ISO 9001 registration of its

sampler manufacturing facility. BGI

Incorporated is currently in the very

final stage of that registration process.

This method is available commercially

from the applicant, BGI Incorporated, 58

Guinan Street, Waltham, MA 02154.

The other two methods listed are

available commercially from the

associated applicant, Rupprecht &

Patashnick Company, Incorporated

(R&P), 25 Corporate Circle, Albany, NY

12203.

Test samplers representative of these

methods have been tested by the

respective applicants, BGI Incorporated

and R&P, in accordance with the test

procedures specified in 40 CFR part 53

(as amended on July 18, 1997). After

reviewing the results of those tests and

other information submitted by the

applicants, EPA has determined, in

accordance with part 53, that these

methods should be designated as

reference methods. The information

submitted by the applicants will be kept

on file at EPA’s National Exposure

Research Laboratory, Research Triangle

Park, North Carolina 27711 and will be

available for inspection to the extent

consistent with 40 CFR part 2 (EPA’s

regulations implementing the Freedom

of Information Act).

As a designated reference method,

each of these methods is acceptable for

use by states and other air monitoring

agencies under the requirements of 40

CFR part 58, Ambient Air Quality

Surveillance. For such purposes, the

method must be used in strict

accordance with the specifications and

requirements set forth in Appendix L to

40 CFR part 50, the operation or

instruction manual associated with the

method, and the specifications and

limitations (e.g., sample period)

specified in the applicable designation

method description (see identification

of the methods above). Use of the

method should also be in general

accordance with the guidance and

recommendations of Quality Assurance

Guidance Document 2.12, which is part

of the Quality Assurance Handbook for

Air Pollution Measurement Systems,

Volume II (EPA/600/R–94/038b).

Vendor modifications of a designated

method used for purposes of part 58 are

permitted only with prior approval of

the EPA, as provided in part 53.

Provisions concerning modification of

such methods by users are specified

under Section 2.8 of Appendix C to 40

CFR part 58 (Modifications of Methods

by Users).

In general, a method designation

applies to any sampler or analyzer

which is identical to the sampler or

analyzer described in the designation. In

some cases, similar samplers or

analyzers manufactured prior to the

designation may be upgraded (e.g., by

minor modification or by substitution of

a new operation or instruction manual)

so as to be identical to the designated

method and thus achieve designated

status at a modest cost. The

manufacturer should be consulted to

determine the feasibility of such

upgrading.

Part 53 requires that sellers of

designated method analyzers or

samplers comply with certain

conditions. These conditions are given

in 40 CFR 53.9 and are summarized

below for PM2.5 methods:

(1) A copy of the approved operation

or instruction manual must accompany

the sampler or analyzer when it is

delivered to the ultimate purchaser.

(2) The sampler or analyzer must not

generate any unreasonable hazard to

operators or to the environment.

(3) The sampler or analyzer must

function within the limits of the

applicable performance specifications

given in parts 50 and 53 for at least one

year after delivery when maintained and

operated in accordance with the

operation or instruction manual.

(4) Any sampler or analyzer offered

for sale as part of a reference or

equivalent method must bear a label or

sticker indicating that it has been

designated as part of a reference or