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Authority: These programs are authorized

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5011 and 5013. The

income eligibility levels are determined by

the current guidelines published by DHHS

pursuant to Sections 652 and 673 (2) of the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981

which requires poverty guidelines to be

adjusted for Consumer Price Index changes.

Dated: April 16, 1998.

Kenneth L. Klothen,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–10649 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

American Heritage Rivers Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Assistant Secretary of the Army

(Civil Works), Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Public Law 92–463),

this notice sets forth the schedule and

proposed agenda of the forthcoming

meeting of the American Heritage Rivers

Advisory Committee (‘‘Committee’’), a

Presidential Commission. The meeting

will be open to the public except for the

last portion of the meeting where the

Committee will select up to 20 river

communities from which the President

will chose river communities for

designation as American Heritage

Rivers. The partial closure is necessary

in order to permit the selection of the 20

finalist applicant rivers for submission

to the President and to prevent

premature disclosure of their identity.

Because the seating capacity of the

meeting room might be limited, an

advance notice of intent to attend,

although not required, is requested. This

will help make adequate arrangements

for those wishing to attend. Members of

the public will not be permitted to make

oral statements at the meeting due to

equity considerations and time

constraints. Written comments may be

submitted for the record to Mr. Charles

R. Smith, Executive Secretary, at the

address listed below. Comments must

be received by 5:00 p.m. on May 8.

NAME OF COMMITTEE: American Heritage

Rivers Advisory Committee.

DATES OF MEETING: Monday, May 11,

1998, and Tuesday, May 12, 1998, from

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

PLACE: The meeting will be at the White

House Conference Center, 726 Jackson

Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Charles R. (Chip) Smith, Office of

the Assistant Secretary of the Army

(Civil Works), 108 Army, Pentagon

(2E569), Washington, D.C. 20310–0108.

Mr. Smith also can be reached by

telephone (703) 693–3655, or FAX (703)

697–3366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

Committee shall consist of up to 20

members appointed by the President

from the public and private sectors,

whose charge shall be to appraise the

quality of nominations for selection of

rivers as ‘‘American Heritage Rivers.’’

The Committee shall recommend up to

20 rivers for designation as American

Heritage Rivers by the President.

In its review of nominations

submitted by communities, the

Committee shall provide its assessment

of:

1. The scope of each nomination’s

application and the adequacy of its

design to achieve the community’s

goals;

2. Whether the natural, economic

(including agricultural), scenic, historic,

cultural, and/or recreational resources

featured in the application are

distinctive or unique;

3. The extent to which the

community’s plan of action is clearly

defined and the extend to which the

plan addresses all three American

Heritage Rivers objectives—natural

resource and environmental protection,

economic revitalization, and historic

and cultural preservation—either

through planned actions or past

accomplishments, as well as any other

characteristics of the proposals that

distinguish a nomination, such as:

(A) Community vision and

partnership:

(B) Sustainability of products and

projects, including project maintenance;

(C) Resources, both committed and

anticipated, including means of

generating additional support from both

private and public sources;

(D) Anticipated Federal role as

defined by the applicants;

(E) Schedule or timeline;

(F) Citizen involvement;

(G) Public education relating to the

designation of the river;

(H) Logistical support, operating

procedures, and policies;

(I) Prior accomplishments, if relevant,

and relationship to existing plans and

projects in the area; and

(J) Measures of performance.

4. The strength and diversity of

support for the nomination and plan of

action as evidenced by letters from local

and state governments, Indian tribes,

elected officials, any and all parties who

participate in the life and health of the

area to be nominated, or who have an

interest in the economic life and

cultural and environmental vigor of the

involved community.

The Committee also should seek to

recommend the selection of rivers that

as a group:

1. Represent the natural, historic,

cultural, social, economic, and

agricultural diversity of American

rivers;

2. Showcase a variety of stream sizes

and an assortment of urban, rural, and

mixed settings from around the country,

including both relatively pristine and

degraded rivers;

3. Highlight a variety of innovative

programs in such areas as historic

preservation, sustainable development

through tourism, wildlife management,

fisheries restoration, recreation,

community revitalization, agricultural

practices, and flood plain and

watershed management;

4. Include community efforts in early

stages of development as well as those

that are more well-established; and

5. Stand to benefit from targeted

Federal assistance.

Submitted by Office of the Assistant

Secretary of the Army (Civil Works):

Charles R. Smith,

Executive Secretary, American Heritage

Rivers Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 98–10792 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[FERC–576 IC98–576–000]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

April 16, 1998.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection and request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(a) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13), the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is

soliciting public comment on the

specific aspects of the information

collection described below.

DATES: Consideration will be given to

comments submitted on or before June

22, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed

collection of information can be

obtained from and written comments

may be submitted to the Federal Energy
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Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael

Miller, Information Services Division,

CI–1, 888 First Street, NE., Washington,

DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by

telephone at (202) 208–1415, by fax at

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at

michael.miller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

information collected under the

requirements of FERC–576 ‘‘Report by

Gas Pipeline Companies on Service

Interruptions’’ (OMB No. 1902–0004) is

used by the Commission to implement

the statutory provisions of the Natural

Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C. 717–717w).

Under Sections 4, 7, 10(a) and 16 of the

NGA the Commission is empowered to

oversee continuity of service in the

transportation of natural gas in

interstate commerce. The information

collected under FERC–576 notifies the

Commission in a timely manner of any

interruption to service or possible

hazard to public health or safety. The

Commission uses this information to

assess the validity of its regulations and

policies which are implemented to

insure the availability of adequate

supplies at reasonable prices. The data

collected pertains to serious

interruptions of service to any

wholesale customer involving facilities

operated under certificate authorization

from the Commission. Specifically, the

data collected includes: (1) Date of

service interruption, (2) date of

reporting the interruption to the

Commission, (3) location, (4) brief

description of facility involved and

cause of interruption, (5) customers

affected, (6) duration of interruption,

and (7) volumes of gas interrupted.

The Commission implements these

mandatory information collection

requirements in the Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR Part

260.9.

Action: The Commission is requesting

a three-year extension of the current

expiration date.

Burden Statement: Public reporting

burden for this collection is estimated as

follows:

Number of respondents annually Number of responses per respondent

Average burden hours per response Total annual burden hours

(1) (2) (3) (1)×(2)×(3)

12 1.25 1.0 15

Estimated cost burden to respondents:

15 hours divided by 2,088 hours per

year times $110,000 per year equal $790

(rounded). The estimated cost per

respondent is equal to $65.83.

The reporting burden includes the

total time, effort, or financial resource

expended to generate, maintain, retain,

disclose, or provide the information

including: (1) Reviewing instructions;

(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and

utilizing technology and systems for the

purpose of collecting, validating,

verifying, processing, maintaining,

disclosing and providing information;

(3) adjusting the existing ways to

comply with any previously applicable

instructions and requirements; (4)

training personnel to respond to a

collection of information; (5) searching

data sources; (6) completing and

reviewing the collection of information;

and (7) transmitting, or otherwise

disclosing the information.

The estimate of cost for respondents

is based upon salaries for professional

and clerical support, as well as direct

and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs

include all costs directly attributable to

providing this information, such as

administrative costs and the cost for

information technology. Indirect or

overhead costs are costs incurred by an

organization in support of its mission.

These costs apply to activities which

benefit the whole organization rather

than any one particular function or

activity.

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the Commission,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; (2) 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; (3)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–10609 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–2381–000]

CMP Trading & Marketing; Notice of

Filing

April 16, 1998.

Take notice that on March 30, 1998,

CMP Trading & Marketing tendered for

filing its Quarterly Report of

Transactions for the periods July 1997 to

September 30, 1997, and October 1,

1997 to December 31, 1997.

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

April 28, 1998. 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

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–10608 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

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